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| reload          = No Reload
 
| reload          = No Reload
 
| loadout          = yes
 
| loadout          = yes
   | quality        = unique
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   | item-kind      = Minigun
   | level          = Level 1-100 Minigun
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   | level          = 1-100
   | att-1-positive = Create a ring of flames while spun up
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   | att-1-positive = Creates a ring of flames while spun up
   | att-2-negative = Consumes an additional 6 ammo per second while spun up
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   | att-2-positive = 25% damage bonus vs burning players
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  | att-3-negative = -10% damage penalty
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  | att-4-negative = Consumes an additional 4 ammo per second while spun up
 
}}
 
}}
  
{{Quotation|'''The Heavy'''|The burning you feel? It is '''shame'''.|sound=Heavy_domination15.wav}}
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{{Quotation|'''The Heavy''' to a burning Spy|The burning you feel? It is '''shame'''.|sound=Heavy_domination15.wav}}
  
The '''Huo-Long Heater''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[promotional]] [[Weapons#heavyprimary|primary weapon]] for the [[Heavy]].  It is an antique-looking, partially team-colored machine gun made of wood and metal, which features a traditional [[wikipedia:Chinese dragon|Chinese dragon]]'s head mounted on the muzzle of the gun and a hexagonal, chest-resembling ammo drum. The name comes from the Chinese word for "fire dragon" (火龍, ''huǒlóng'').
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The '''Huo-Long Heater''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[Promotional items|promotional]] [[Weapons#heavyprimary|primary weapon]] for the [[Heavy]].  It is an antique-looking, partially team-colored machine gun made of wood and metal, which features a traditional [[wikipedia:Chinese dragon|Chinese dragon]]'s head mounted on the muzzle of the gun and a hexagonal, chest-resembling ammo drum. The name comes from the Chinese word for "fire dragon" (火龍, ''huǒlóng'').
  
While deployed, a flashing [[Fire|ring of flame]] and smoke surrounds the user; this ring lights any enemy within the flame's radius on fire and inflicts afterburn damage, but will not damage buildings and cannot deal [[critical hits]] (though it can deal Mini-crits). However, the Huo-Long Heater consumes an additional 6 ammunition per second while spun up, even if not firing. In addition, the fire ring will stop appearing if the weapon is out of ammunition.
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The Huo-Long Heater emits constant rings of fire around the player while the weapon is spun-up, with either the primary or secondary fire buttons. Its base damage and afterburn from the rings of fire are also increased by 25% against burning players. However, this comes at the cost of 4 ammo lost per second while spun-up, and 10% less base damage compared to the [[Minigun|default Minigun]].
  
 
The Huo-Long Heater was awarded in [[Genuine]] quality to players who pre-ordered ''[[Sleeping Dogs]]'' on [[Steam]] before August 14, 2012, or August 17, 2012 in Europe.
 
The Huo-Long Heater was awarded in [[Genuine]] quality to players who pre-ordered ''[[Sleeping Dogs]]'' on [[Steam]] before August 14, 2012, or August 17, 2012 in Europe.
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| damage            = yes
 
| damage            = yes
|  base              = 9 / per bullet
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|  base              = 8 / per bullet
|  fall off          = 4.5 / per bullet
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|  fall off          = 4 / per bullet
|  ramp up          = 13.5 / per bullet
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|  ramp up          = 12 / per bullet
|  point blank      = {{tooltip|50-54 / per 1 ammo|108 / critical damage}}<br/>{{tooltip|500-540 / per second|1080 / critical damage}}
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|  point blank      = {{tooltip|41-48 / per 1 ammo|97 / critical damage}}<br/>{{tooltip|410-480 / per second|970 / critical damage}}
|  medium range      = {{tooltip|5-30 / per 1 ammo|27/54/81/108 / critical damage}}<br/>{{tooltip|50-300 / per second|540 / critical damage}}
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|  medium range      = {{tooltip|7-21 / per 1 ammo|24/49/73/97 / critical damage}}<br/>{{tooltip|70-210 / per second|490 / critical damage}}
|  long range        = {{tooltip|5-10 / per 1 ammo|27/54 / critical damage}}<br/>{{tooltip|50-100 / per second|270 / critical damage}}
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|  long range        = {{tooltip|4-9 / per 1 ammo|24/49 / critical damage}}<br/>{{tooltip|40-90 / per second|240 / critical damage}}
|  crit              = 27 / per bullet
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|  crit              = 24 / per bullet
|  minicrit          = 12-18 / per bullet
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|  minicrit          = 11-16 / per bullet
 
| function times    = yes
 
| function times    = yes
 
|  attack interval  = 0.1 s
 
|  attack interval  = 0.1 s
| ammo interval      = {{tooltip|6 / s|while spinning}}<br/>{{tooltip|16 / s|while firing}}
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| ammo interval      = {{tooltip|4 / s|while spinning}}<br/>{{tooltip|14 / s|while firing}}
 
|  windup time      = 0.87 s
 
|  windup time      = 0.87 s
 
}}
 
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| damage            = yes
 
| damage            = yes
| base              = 15
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| base              = 12
| point blank        = 12-18
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| point blank        = 12
| minicrit          = 16-24
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| minicrit          = 16
| afterburn          = {{tooltip|3 / tick|6 / s}}<br/>60 total
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| afterburn          = {{tooltip|4 / tick|8 / s}}<br/>60 total
| afterburn minicrit = {{tooltip|4 / tick|8 / s}}<br/>80 total
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| afterburn minicrit = {{tooltip|5 / tick|10 / s}}<br/>75 total
 
|function times      = yes
 
|function times      = yes
 
| attack interval    = 0.5 s
 
| attack interval    = 0.5 s
| afterburn time    = 10 s
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| afterburn time    = 7.5 s
 
}}
 
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  | rankson = kills
 
  | rankson = kills
 
  | rankson2 =
 
  | rankson2 =
   | att-1-positive = Sustains a ring of flames while deployed
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   | att-1-positive = Creates a ring of flames while spun up
   | att-2-negative = 6 ammo consumed per second while deployed
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   | att-2-positive = 25% damage vs burning players
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  | att-3-negative = -10% damage penalty
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  | att-4-negative = Consumes an additional 4 ammo per second while spun up
 
  | can deal damage = yes
 
  | can deal damage = yes
 
  | can deal gib damage = no
 
  | can deal gib damage = no
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== Related achievements ==
 
== Related achievements ==
 
 
=== {{class link|Heavy}} ===
 
=== {{class link|Heavy}} ===
 
{{Achievement table
 
{{Achievement table
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== Update history ==  
 
== Update history ==  
<!--The item WAS called the {{botignore|Huo Long Heatmaker}} when the first 2 patches were issued; it was later renamed to the Heater.-->
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<!--The item '''was''' called the {{botignore|Huo Long Heatmaker}} when the first 2 patches were issued; it was later renamed to the Heater.-->
 
{{Update history | '''{{Patch name|8|2|2012}}''' ([[Triad Pack]])
 
{{Update history | '''{{Patch name|8|2|2012}}''' ([[Triad Pack]])
 
* The {{botignore|Huo Long Heatmaker}} was added to the game.  
 
* The {{botignore|Huo Long Heatmaker}} was added to the game.  
  
 
'''{{Patch name|8|3|2012}}'''
 
'''{{Patch name|8|3|2012}}'''
* Fixed The {{botignore|Huo Long Heatmaker}} not consuming additional ammo while firing.
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* Fixed the {{botignore|Huo Long Heatmaker}} not consuming additional ammo while firing.
  
 
'''{{Patch name|8|10|2012}}'''
 
'''{{Patch name|8|10|2012}}'''
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'''{{item schema|9|13|2012|id=64884f6c45b1ca50b97c623ffd0db0ada7a4e596}}'''
 
'''{{item schema|9|13|2012|id=64884f6c45b1ca50b97c623ffd0db0ada7a4e596}}'''
* Made the Huo-Long Heater in genuine quality tradable and giftable.
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* Made the Huo-Long Heater in genuine quality [[Trade|tradable]] and [[Gift wrap|giftable]].
  
 
'''{{Patch name |6|19|2013}}'''
 
'''{{Patch name |6|19|2013}}'''
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* All mini-guns now have damage and accuracy ramp up after they start firing. Full accuracy and damage is reached 1 second after firing.
 
* All mini-guns now have damage and accuracy ramp up after they start firing. Full accuracy and damage is reached 1 second after firing.
  
'''{{Patch name|7|2|2015}} #1''' ([[Gun Mettle Update]])
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'''{{Patch name|7|8|2014}}'''
* Updated description to better detail the weapon's features.}}
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* Minigun: Winding up via secondary attack now counts toward reducing the one-second accuracy penalty.
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'''{{Patch name|2|11|2015}} #1'''
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* Fixed not being able to switch away from the Minigun while spinning down.
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'''{{Patch name|7|2|2015}}''' ([[Gun Mettle Update]])
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* Minigun damage penalty on Level 2 and Level 3 Sentry Guns slightly decreased. Level 2 Sentry resistance changed from 20% to 15% and Level 3 changed from 33% to 20%.
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* Updated description to better detail the weapon's features.
  
'''{{Patch name|8|18|2015}}'''
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'''{{Patch name|8|18|2015}} #1'''
 
* The Huo-Long Heater can now accept Posthumous Kills strange parts.
 
* The Huo-Long Heater can now accept Posthumous Kills strange parts.
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'''{{Patch name|7|7|2016}}''' ([[Meet Your Match Update]])
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* Changed attributes:
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** Added -10% damage.
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** Added +25% increased damage vs. burning players.
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** Reduced ammo drain to -4/sec (from -6).
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** Reduced pulse damage from Ring of Fire to 12 (from 15) due to increased damage vs. burning targets.
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'''{{Patch name|5|4|2017}}'''
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*{{Undocumented}} Updated the description of the Huo-Long Heater.
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'''{{Patch name|10|20|2017}}''' ([[Jungle Inferno Update]])
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* The 1-second damage and accuracy penalty now applies to the first second of spun-up time, whether or not the Heavy is firing. Previously, the 1-second damage penalty would only be removed after 1 second of firing.
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* Accuracy and damage penalties now reset when the Heavy spins down, rather than when the Heavy stops firing. This means if you stay spun-up beyond one second, and fire in bursts, damage and accuracy will remain at 100%.
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'''{{Patch name|10|24|2017}}'''
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* Fixed the afterburn duration for the Huo-Long Heater.
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}}
  
 
== Bugs ==
 
== Bugs ==
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* The Genuine variant viewmodel is not affected by the "[[Multiplayer options#Advanced multiplayer options|Use minimized viewmodels]]" option.
 
* The fire ring can damage enemies while underwater.
 
* The fire ring can damage enemies while underwater.
 
* The ring still can have an Afterburn effect on a Pyro, if the Pyro has been injured by another Huo-Long Heater.
 
* The ring still can have an Afterburn effect on a Pyro, if the Pyro has been injured by another Huo-Long Heater.
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* If the contributors were unable to make the proper changes to the weapon in time, then [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=154 Wrath of Wan Hu], a Pyro flamethrower with a similar theme submitted before the promotion, would have taken the Huo-Long Heater’s place. However, Huo-Long Heater was finished in time.<ref>[http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1205459&p=37350784&viewfull=1#post37350784 Facepunch forums]</ref>
 
* If the contributors were unable to make the proper changes to the weapon in time, then [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=154 Wrath of Wan Hu], a Pyro flamethrower with a similar theme submitted before the promotion, would have taken the Huo-Long Heater’s place. However, Huo-Long Heater was finished in time.<ref>[http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1205459&p=37350784&viewfull=1#post37350784 Facepunch forums]</ref>
 
* The weapon's name and appearance are based on the Chinese God called Huang Long. He is a large gold (or yellow) dragon, according to Chinese mythology.
 
* The weapon's name and appearance are based on the Chinese God called Huang Long. He is a large gold (or yellow) dragon, according to Chinese mythology.
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* The '''Huo-Long Heater''' is called '''Sheila''' by Heavy, which can be seen in [[The Showdown]] comic. <ref>[http://www.teamfortress.com/theshowdown/#f=42 The Showdown comic page]</ref>
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
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File:Huo-Long Heater concept art2.jpg|The Huo-Long Heater's concept art.
 
File:Huo-Long Heater concept art2.jpg|The Huo-Long Heater's concept art.
 
File:Huo-Long Heater oldversion.png|A previous iteration of the Huo-Long Heater before the final changes to the in-game version.
 
File:Huo-Long Heater oldversion.png|A previous iteration of the Huo-Long Heater before the final changes to the in-game version.
File:Huo-Long Heater oldversionviewmodel.jpg|The viewmodel view of the previous Huo-Long Heater iteration.
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File:Huo-Long Heater oldversionviewmodel.jpg|The viewmodel of the previous Huo-Long Heater iteration.
 
File:SleepingDogs_Promotional_Image.png|Promotional image featuring the ''[[Sleeping Dogs]]'' promotional items.
 
File:SleepingDogs_Promotional_Image.png|Promotional image featuring the ''[[Sleeping Dogs]]'' promotional items.
File:Steamworkshop tf2 huo long heater thumb.jpg|Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Huo-Long Heater.  
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File:Steamworkshop tf2 huo long heater thumb.jpg|Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Huo-Long Heater.
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File:Theshowdown42.jpg|Huo-Long Heater, featured in [[The Showdown]] comic along with 3 other miniguns: [[Minigun]], [[Tomislav]] and [[Brass Beast]].
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  

Revision as of 18:58, 11 August 2019

The burning you feel? It is shame.
The Heavy to a burning Spy

The Huo-Long Heater is a community-created promotional primary weapon for the Heavy. It is an antique-looking, partially team-colored machine gun made of wood and metal, which features a traditional Chinese dragon's head mounted on the muzzle of the gun and a hexagonal, chest-resembling ammo drum. The name comes from the Chinese word for "fire dragon" (火龍, huǒlóng).

The Huo-Long Heater emits constant rings of fire around the player while the weapon is spun-up, with either the primary or secondary fire buttons. Its base damage and afterburn from the rings of fire are also increased by 25% against burning players. However, this comes at the cost of 4 ammo lost per second while spun-up, and 10% less base damage compared to the default Minigun.

The Huo-Long Heater was awarded in Genuine quality to players who pre-ordered Sleeping Dogs on Steam before August 14, 2012, or August 17, 2012 in Europe.

The Huo-Long Heater was later contributed to the Steam Workshop, at Valve's request.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage
Damage and function times
Shot type Hitscan
Damage type Bullet
Ranged or Melee damage? Ranged
Damage
Maximum ramp-up 150% 12 / per bullet
Base damage 100% 8 / per bullet
Maximum fall-off 52.8% 4 / per bullet
Point blank 41-48 / per 1 ammo
410-480 / per second
Medium range 7-21 / per 1 ammo
70-210 / per second
Long range 4-9 / per 1 ammo
40-90 / per second
Critical 24 / per bullet
Mini-crit 11-16 / per bullet
Function times
Attack interval 0.1 s
Ammo consumption interval 4 / s
14 / s
Wind-up time 0.87 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Fire Ring

See also: Damage
Damage and function times
Shot type Area of effect
Damage type Fire
Ranged or Melee damage? Ranged
Damage
Base damage 100% 12
Point blank 12
Mini-crit 16
Afterburn 4 / tick
60 total
Afterburn (mini-crit) 5 / tick
75 total
Function times
Attack interval 0.5 s
Afterburn duration 7.5 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Demonstration

Strange variant


Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Family Business Reclaimed Metal Huo-Long Heater
Item icon Family Business.pngx3 + Item icon Reclaimed Metal.png = Item icon Huo-Long Heater.png
Class Token - Heavy Slot Token - Primary Scrap Metal Possible Results
Item icon Class Token - Heavy.png + Item icon Slot Token - Primary.png + Item icon Scrap Metal.png =
Item icon Natascha.png Item icon Brass Beast.png Item icon Tomislav.png Item icon Huo-Long Heater.png
Item icon Panic Attack.png

Related achievements

Leaderboard class heavy.png Heavy

Heavy Industry
Heavy Industry
Fire $200,000 worth of minigun rounds in a single life.


Marxman
Marxman
Kill 10 enemies in mid-air with the minigun.
Permanent Revolution
Permanent Revolution
Kill 5 enemies without spinning down your gun.

Update history

August 2, 2012 Patch (Triad Pack)
  • The Huo Long Heatmaker was added to the game.

August 3, 2012 Patch

  • Fixed the Huo Long Heatmaker not consuming additional ammo while firing.

August 10, 2012 Patch

  • Renamed from "The Huo Long Heatmaker" to "The Huo-Long Heater".

August 15, 2012 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Added Huo-Long Heater to the drop system.

September 13, 2012 [Item schema update]

June 19, 2013 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

November 12, 2013 Patch

January 9, 2014 Patch

  • Fixed not being able to apply Killstreak Kits to the Sleeping Dogs promo items.

June 18, 2014 Patch

  • All mini-guns now have damage and accuracy ramp up after they start firing. Full accuracy and damage is reached 1 second after firing.

July 8, 2014 Patch

  • Minigun: Winding up via secondary attack now counts toward reducing the one-second accuracy penalty.

February 11, 2015 Patch #1

  • Fixed not being able to switch away from the Minigun while spinning down.

July 2, 2015 Patch (Gun Mettle Update)

  • Minigun damage penalty on Level 2 and Level 3 Sentry Guns slightly decreased. Level 2 Sentry resistance changed from 20% to 15% and Level 3 changed from 33% to 20%.
  • Updated description to better detail the weapon's features.

August 18, 2015 Patch #1

  • The Huo-Long Heater can now accept Posthumous Kills strange parts.

July 7, 2016 Patch (Meet Your Match Update)

  • Changed attributes:
    • Added -10% damage.
    • Added +25% increased damage vs. burning players.
    • Reduced ammo drain to -4/sec (from -6).
    • Reduced pulse damage from Ring of Fire to 12 (from 15) due to increased damage vs. burning targets.

May 4, 2017 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Updated the description of the Huo-Long Heater.

October 20, 2017 Patch (Jungle Inferno Update)

  • The 1-second damage and accuracy penalty now applies to the first second of spun-up time, whether or not the Heavy is firing. Previously, the 1-second damage penalty would only be removed after 1 second of firing.
  • Accuracy and damage penalties now reset when the Heavy spins down, rather than when the Heavy stops firing. This means if you stay spun-up beyond one second, and fire in bursts, damage and accuracy will remain at 100%.

October 24, 2017 Patch

  • Fixed the afterburn duration for the Huo-Long Heater.

Bugs

  • The Genuine variant viewmodel is not affected by the "Use minimized viewmodels" option.
  • The fire ring can damage enemies while underwater.
  • The ring still can have an Afterburn effect on a Pyro, if the Pyro has been injured by another Huo-Long Heater.

Trivia

  • The weapon was originally designed to be a firework cannon, but was changed into more of a gun shape at Valve’s request. [1]
  • If the contributors were unable to make the proper changes to the weapon in time, then Wrath of Wan Hu, a Pyro flamethrower with a similar theme submitted before the promotion, would have taken the Huo-Long Heater’s place. However, Huo-Long Heater was finished in time.[2]
  • The weapon's name and appearance are based on the Chinese God called Huang Long. He is a large gold (or yellow) dragon, according to Chinese mythology.
  • The Huo-Long Heater is called Sheila by Heavy, which can be seen in The Showdown comic. [3]

Gallery

See also

References