Half-Zatoichi

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The Soldier

The Half-Zatoichi is a promotional melee weapon for the Soldier and Demoman. It is a samurai's Template:W with a circular guard with rounded notches, adorned with brown hilt wrapping.

Whenever the Half-Zatoichi becomes the active weapon, it cannot be switched for another until a kill is made. Once an enemy is slain with the weapon, the blade will become decorated with the victim's blood and it can be switched. To offset this limitation, the weapon will restore the user's health to 100% upon a successful kill. In addition, wielding this weapon allows the player to instantly slay any enemy brandishing a Half-Zatoichi of their own. Unlike the Demoman's other swords, this weapon utilizes standard melee range.

Taunting as a Demoman with this weapon equipped will perform the Decapitation kill taunt. Successfully killing someone with the taunt will allow the Demoman to sheath the weapon.

Players who pre-purchased Total War: Shogun 2 on Steam before March 15, 2011 were awarded with a Genuine quality version of this item.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage
Damage and function times
Damage
Base damage 100% 65
Point blank 55-75 / 300%
Critical 195
Mini-crit 75-101
Healing
Self-healing 100%
Function times
Attack interval 0.8 s
Effect duration
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Demonstration

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Eyelander Reclaimed Metal Half-Zatoichi
Item icon Eyelander.pngx2 + Item icon Reclaimed Metal.png = Item icon Half-Zatoichi.png
Class Token - Soldier Slot Token - Melee Scrap Metal Possible Results
Item icon Class Token - Soldier.png + Item icon Slot Token - Melee.png + Item icon Scrap Metal.png =
Item icon Equalizer.png Item icon Pain Train.png Item icon Half-Zatoichi.png Item icon Disciplinary Action.png
Item icon Market Gardener.png Item icon Escape Plan.png Item icon Freedom Staff.png Item icon Ham Shank.png
Item icon Bat Outta Hell.png Item icon Conscientious Objector.png
Class Token - Demoman Slot Token - Melee Scrap Metal Possible Results
Item icon Class Token - Demoman.png + Item icon Slot Token - Melee.png + Item icon Scrap Metal.png =
Item icon Eyelander.png Item icon Scotsman's Skullcutter.png Item icon Ullapool Caber.png Item icon Claidheamh Mòr.png
Item icon Pain Train.png Item icon Half-Zatoichi.png Item icon Persian Persuader.png Item icon Nessie's Nine Iron.png
Item icon Scottish Handshake.png Item icon Freedom Staff.png Item icon Ham Shank.png Item icon Bat Outta Hell.png
Item icon Conscientious Objector.png

As a crafting ingredient

Half-Zatoichi Scrap Metal Persian Persuader
Item icon Half-Zatoichi.pngx2 + Item icon Scrap Metal.png = Item icon Persian Persuader.png

Related Achievements

Leaderboard class demoman.png Demoman

Beat Me Up, Scotty
Beat Me Up, Scotty
Use a critical swing with the Eyelander to kill 5 enemy players.


Brainspotting
Brainspotting
Decapitate 50 enemy players.


Left 4 Heads
Left 4 Heads
Decapitate 4 players with only 10 seconds between each kill.


Shorn Connery
Shorn Connery
Decapitate a cloaked Spy.
Slammy Slayvis Woundya
Slammy Slayvis Woundya
Decapitate an enemy Soldier who is brandishing the Equalizer.


The Scottish Play
The Scottish Play
Get a melee kill while sticky jumping.


There Can Be Only One
There Can Be Only One
Decapitate your nemesis.


Scotch Tap
Scotch Tap
Glory in the slaughter of your enemies using the Eyelander.

Update history

March 10, 2011 Patch (Shogun Pack)
  • The Half-Zatoichi was added to the game.

March 11, 2011 Patch

  • Fixed players getting a health bonus based on the weapon they're currently holding instead of the weapon that dealt the killing blow.

March 15, 2011 Patch

  • Fixed a server crash caused by using the Half-Zatoichi to hit someone not holding a weapon.
  • Fixed the Soldier/Demoman taunts not working correctly when the Half-Zatoichi is the active weapon.
  • Fixed a bug where players could switch weapons after deploying the Half-Zatoichi before they killed someone with it.
  • The item became tradeable.
  • All Half-Zatoichis crafted before this patch have been upgraded to Vintage quality.
  • [Undocumented] The item was given a unique crafting recipe.

March 21, 2011 Patch

  • Updated honor-bound weapons so that they can be holstered within a second of touching a supply cabinet.

April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)

  • Fixed taunt kills made with a Katana not counting towards honorbound kills.
  • Fixed a bug where killing a Katana wielder with a Katana was incorrectly causing an increased crit chance

June 3, 2011 Patch

  • Added new community contributed response rules to this weapon.

June 10, 2011 Patch

  • Fixed a problem with honorbound weapons not allowing themselves to be holstered after killing a Spy using the Dead Ringer.

July 7, 2011 Patch

  • Fixed a bug with honorbound weapons allowing themselves to be holstered before getting a kill.

July 22, 2011 Patch

  • [Undocumented] The honorbound attribute wording was changed from "This weapon is Honorbound and once drawn cannot be sheathed until it kills" to "Honorbound: Once drawn cannot be sheathed until it kills".

Bugs

  • The Soldier's thumb clips through the guard in third person view.
  • The weapon clips with the Demoman's body when taunting.
  • Neither the Soldier, nor the Demoman fully grip the sword in first person view. This is because the view models are recycled from the Shovel and Eyelander respectively.
  • The weapon uses the Demoman and Soldier's RED sleeves in first person view, regardless of their team.
  • The swinging animation may not play in some cases.
  • Players are able to switch between the Half-Zatoichi and other weapons if done so before the draw animation ends and the idle animation begins. It is unknown if this is a bug or intended.
  • The loadout screen shows the Demoman holding the Half-Zatoichi in the same one-handed manner as the Bottle, Frying Pan, Ullapool Caber, and the Persian Persuader. In-game, he holds it in the same two-handed manner as he does with the Eyelander, Scotsman's Skullcutter, Claidheamh Mòr and Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker which all appear correctly in the loadout screen.
  • It is possible to get the Demoman achievement Scotch Tap twice with this weapon.
  • A Spy disguised as a Demoman, wielding the Half-Zatoichi, will hold it like the Bottle.
  • After setting someone on fire with the Cow Mangler 5000's charged shot, should the victim die as the Soldier is holding the Half-Zatoichi, the weapon will become bloodied but the player will remain honorbound.

Unused content

  • A kill icon exists for Half-Zatoichi duel kills, but it is currently unused.

Trivia

  • Template:W is a fictional character who appears in many Japanese films. He is a very able swordsman even though he is blind.
  • The weapon attribute is a reference to the legend of Template:W, a famous Japanese swordsmith, who is said to have forged swords that, once drawn, could not be sheathed again until the blade had drawn blood.
  • The weapon's description is written in Template:W, a form of Japanese poetry. However, the second line's "duel" must be pronounced as a two-syllable Template:W in order to fit the line's requisite seven syllables.
  • In the censored version of Team Fortress 2, the weapon is not covered in blood after a kill.

Gallery

See also