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Unlike most taunt kills, the Showdown must be aimed manually; the taunt's invisible bullet will fire in the direction the player was facing at the time. Because of this, it can be aimed in any direction, including straight up or down, and can miss even when the enemy is directly in front of the Heavy's "gun hand."
 
Unlike most taunt kills, the Showdown must be aimed manually; the taunt's invisible bullet will fire in the direction the player was facing at the time. Because of this, it can be aimed in any direction, including straight up or down, and can miss even when the enemy is directly in front of the Heavy's "gun hand."
  
Community testing has found that the range at which this taunt will kill is respectable for such a situational attack. The taunt can and will kill people who are standing the equivalent of 9 players away, of any [[class]], from the Heavy performing the taunt in a horizontal line, or about the length of one of the storage units at [[Granary (Control Point)|Granary]]. The taunt's vertical range is approximately the distance between the ground level and second floor ceiling of [[2Fort]].
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The range at which the taunt will kill is 500 Hammer Units, the equivalent of 9 players standing shoulder to shoulder of any [[class]]. For example if the Heavy performed the taunt in a horizontal line, the range is about the length of one of the storage units at [[Granary (Control Point)|Granary]]. The taunt's vertical range is approximately the distance between the ground level and second floor ceiling of [[2Fort]]. Once past the taunt's range, it has no effect.
  
 
As with most kill taunts, this taunt can be used to kill enemy players during [[humiliation]] and [[Match outcomes#Stalemate|stalemate]]s.
 
As with most kill taunts, this taunt can be used to kill enemy players during [[humiliation]] and [[Match outcomes#Stalemate|stalemate]]s.

Revision as of 04:59, 11 September 2016

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The Heavy

Upon taunting with the Fists, Saxxy, Apoco-Fists or Holiday Punch equipped, the Heavy mimics a quick-draw pistol showdown, resulting in instant death for any enemy slow, unaware, or simply unfortunate enough to be in the way.

A fully-overhealed Heavy, however, has a chance of surviving the Showdown if the Heavy executing the Showdown taunt does not stand close enough to said overhealed Heavy when it hits.

Unlike most taunt kills, the Showdown must be aimed manually; the taunt's invisible bullet will fire in the direction the player was facing at the time. Because of this, it can be aimed in any direction, including straight up or down, and can miss even when the enemy is directly in front of the Heavy's "gun hand."

The range at which the taunt will kill is 500 Hammer Units, the equivalent of 9 players standing shoulder to shoulder of any class. For example if the Heavy performed the taunt in a horizontal line, the range is about the length of one of the storage units at Granary. The taunt's vertical range is approximately the distance between the ground level and second floor ceiling of 2Fort. Once past the taunt's range, it has no effect.

As with most kill taunts, this taunt can be used to kill enemy players during humiliation and stalemates.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage
Damage and function times
Damage
Point blank 400-500
Medium range 400-500
Long range N/A
Mini-crit 675
Function times
Taunt duration 3 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Related achievements

Leaderboard class heavy.png Heavy

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Kill an enemy with a taunt.

Update history

August 19, 2008 Patch (A Heavy Update)

  • [Undocumented] The taunt now kills those in front of the Heavy.

October 6, 2010 Patch

  • The Gloves of Running Urgently now using the boxing taunt, and boxing glove weapons are now of the type "Boxing Gloves" instead of "Fists."

Trivia

  • Before the Heavy Update, there were three different lines of dialogue associated with the performance of this taunt. When it became a taunt kill, two of the lines were removed.

See also