Loose Cannon

Loose Cannon
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Basic Information
Used by:	Demoman
Slot:	Primary
Contributed by:	Dewzie
Released:	December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #60 (Strange) or Chemistry Set (Collector's)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	No
Ammo
Ammo loaded:	4
Ammo carried:	16
Reload type:	Single
Available Qualities
Unique Strange Collector's Decorated
Loadout Stats
The Loose Cannon 1 - 100 Cannonballs have a fuse time of 1 second; fuses can be primed to explode earlier by holding down the fire key. Cannonballs push players back on impact Cannonballs do not explode on impact

This article is about the weapon. For the comic, see Loose Canon.

“

Ya call those bombs, ya wee little romance novel? I'll show you bombs! Click to listen — The Demoman on old-fashioned bombs

”

The Loose Cannon is a community-created primary weapon for the Demoman. It resembles a pirate-style cannon with a stock and a sight near the front of the barrel.

The Loose Cannon fires explosive, glowing cannonballs that travel at approximately 1811 Hammer Units per second (roughly 77 mph), 50% faster than the Grenade Launcher's projectiles. Cannonballs explode faster than grenades, having a fuse of 1 second. Impact deals approximately 40% less damage upon contact with enemies and do not explode immediately, inflicting potent knockback instead. The subsequent explosion also deals approximately 40% less damage at point blank range, and as with other explosive weapons, scaling down to half that amount when damaging at the maximum explosion radius. The Demoman can hold down the fire button to prime the cannonball without shooting until the button is released, allowing control over how long it takes to explode once fired. As a reward for doing so perfectly, if a cannonball impacts an enemy and then explodes within half a second, the enemy will take mini-crit damage from the explosion. This is known as a "Double-Donk" and produces a unique sound and "DONK 2x" effect on success.

Both the impact and explosion of a cannonball are considered explosive damage. Holding a primed shot for too long will automatically fire the shot, which will immediately explode similar to the Beggar's Bazooka overloading, and deal damage to the user. Over-shortening the fuse in this way can allow for a strong grenade jump known as a cannon jump.

The Loose Cannon was contributed to the Steam Workshop.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Damage and function times
Shot type		Projectile
Damage type		Explosive
Ranged or Melee damage?		Ranged
Damage
Base damage	100%	Direct: 58-61 Splash: 29-52 Bounce: 29-57
Critical		Direct: 180 Splash: 90-153 Bounce: 90-173
Mini-crit		Direct: 81-83 Splash: 41-69 Bounce: 41-77
Splash damage
Minimum splash	50%	3 ft
Damage reduction		1% / 2.88
Self-damage		Splash: 56-104 Bounce: 56-104 Overload: 64-71
Function times
Attack interval		0.6 s
Reload (first)		1.24 s
Reload (consecutive)		0.6 s
Maximum charge time		1 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Note: Explosive damage varies depending on how it hits a player. The larger the classes' hit box and the closer to the explosion, the more damage delivered. The further away from the explosion, the less damage. Explosions do the most damage when they happen at the mid point of a player model. The explosion will cover more of the hit box, thus doing the most possible damage.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Loch-n-Load		Reclaimed Metal		Loose Cannon
x3	+		=

Class Token - Demoman		Slot Token - Primary		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

Strange variant

Strange variant information

Strange Loose Cannon Strange Grenade Launcher - Kills: 0 (Double Donks: 0) Cannonballs have a fuse time of 1 second; fuses can be primed to explode earlier by holding down the fire key. Cannonballs push players back on impact Cannonballs do not explode on impact -50% damage on contact with surfaces Only the first statistic counts towards the strange rank.

Compatible Strange parts Strange Part: Damage Dealt Strange Cosmetic Part: Fires Survived Strange Part: Allied Healing Done Strange Part: Allies Extinguished Strange Part: Scouts Killed Strange Part: Soldiers Killed Strange Part: Pyros Killed Strange Part: Demomen Killed Strange Part: Heavies Killed Strange Part: Engineers Killed Strange Part: Medics Killed Strange Part: Snipers Killed Strange Part: Spies Killed Strange Part: Cloaked Spies Killed Strange Part: Low-Health Kills Strange Part: Posthumous Kills Strange Part: Kills While Übercharged Strange Part: Defender Kills Strange Part: Underwater Kills Strange Part: Critical Kills Strange Part: Gib Kills Strange Part: Kills While Explosive Jumping Strange Part: Headshot Kills Strange Part: Airborne Enemies Killed Strange Part: Burning Enemy Kills Strange Part: Medics Killed That Have Full ÜberCharge Strange Part: Unusual-Wearing Player Kills Strange Part: Point-Blank Kills Strange Part: Long-Distance Kills Strange Part: Domination Kills Strange Part: Revenge Kills Strange Part: Full Moon Kills Strange Part: Halloween Kills Strange Part: Kills During Victory Time Strange Part: Kills with a Taunt Attack Strange Part: Buildings Destroyed Strange Part: Sappers Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Giant Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Robot Spies Destroyed Strange Part: Tanks Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed During Halloween Strange Part: Projectiles Reflected Strange Cosmetic Part: Freezecam Taunt Appearances Strange Part: Killstreaks Ended Strange Part: Player Hits

Related achievements

 Demoman

Blind Fire Destroy an Engineer building that you can't see with a direct hit from your Grenade Launcher. Bloody Merry Provide an enemy player with a freeze cam of your smiling face.

Glasg0wned Kill 25 Scouts and Pyros with the Grenade Launcher.

Foundry achievements

Terminated, Too Kill a player by pushing them into the cauldron fire.

Astro-chievements

Lift-offed Push a player into the rocket's exhaust path at the end of the round.

Update history

December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)

• The Loose Cannon was added to the game.

January 24, 2013 Patch

• Fixed missing text in the recipe description for The Loose Cannon.

June 11, 2013 Patch

• Fixed not hearing the Loose Cannon impact sound when playing on dedicated servers.

July 10, 2013 Patch

• Changed attributes:
  • Range no longer affects direct cannonball impact damage.
  • Reduced charge time to 1 second.
  • Added Double-Donk (directly impacting an enemy within half a second before the bomb explosion) sound and particle effects.
  • Double-Donk damage now mini-crits.
  • [Undocumented] Removed hidden +50% damage bonus.

July 12, 2013 Patch

• Updated the Loose Cannon description to match the updated gameplay.

August 27, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

November 12, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.

April 1, 2014 Patch

• [Undocumented] Fixed crit boosted glow not showing.

June 19, 2014 Patch

• [Undocumented] The Loose Cannon's cannon ball explosions now use a deeper sound.

December 22, 2014 Patch (Smissmas 2014)

• Double donk explosive damage now deal full radius damage to victims. Previously double donk explosive damage was reduced by radius distance from the explosion.
• Removed a hidden penalty where Cannonballs that touched the world would deal 50% less damage in addition to regular grenade damage reduction on world touch.
• Reduced the amount of self-damage received from the Loose Cannon.

December 23, 2014 Patch

• Fixed a bug related to the Loose Cannon's Double Donk damage calculation

Bugs

• Cannonballs reflected with a compression blast do not deal mini-crit damage.
• If the player taps the attack button and switches weapons before the weapon starts priming, the priming sound will still play.
  • This also happens when the players die as they are priming the weapon.
• Since the cannonball impact is considered to be explosive damage, it will gib players on kill should their health be low enough.
• The Loose Cannon uses the same reload animation as the Grenade Launcher, resulting in it reloading downwards instead of in the barrel.

Trivia

• A "loose cannon" was a cannon on a ship which broke loose from its mounts and thus became a danger to the ship and crew; in modern idiom, it is a person who has little to no self-control.

Gallery

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  RED first-person view.

• 

  BLU first-person view.

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  RED projectile.

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  BLU projectile.

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  Double Donk Icon

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  Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Loose Cannon.

See also

• Loose Cannon strategy