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{{Improveimage|Updated 3D view/firstperson views to new c_models}}
 
 
{{Item infobox
 
{{Item infobox
 
| type          = weapon
 
| type          = weapon
 
| image          = Minigun_IMG.png
 
| image          = Minigun_IMG.png
 
| 3d-image-1    = Minigun
 
| 3d-image-1    = Minigun
| 3d-image-2    = Minigun Australium
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| 3d-image-2     = Minigun Festive
| 3d-image-3     = Minigun Festive
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| 3d-image-4    = Minigun Festivized
| 3d-image-5     = Minigun Botkiller Rust
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| 3d-image-6    = Minigun Australium
| 3d-image-6    = Minigun Botkiller Blood
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| 3d-image-7     = Minigun Australium Festivized RED
| 3d-image-7    = Minigun Botkiller Carbonado
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| 3d-image-8     = Minigun Australium Festivized BLU
| 3d-image-8    = Minigun Botkiller Diamond
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| 3d-image-9     = Minigun Botkiller Rust
| 3d-image-9    = Minigun Botkiller Silver Mk.I
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| 3d-image-10    = Minigun Botkiller Blood
| 3d-image-10   = Minigun Botkiller Gold Mk.I
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| 3d-image-11    = Minigun Botkiller Carbonado
| 3d-image-11   = Minigun Botkiller Silver Mk.II
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| 3d-image-12    = Minigun Botkiller Diamond
| 3d-image-13   = Minigun Botkiller Gold Mk.II
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| 3d-image-13    = Minigun Botkiller Silver Mk.I
| 3d-button-1    = default_half
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| 3d-image-14   = Minigun Botkiller Gold Mk.I
| 3d-button-2    = australium_half
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| 3d-image-15   = Minigun Botkiller Silver Mk.II
| 3d-button-3   = colored_pair
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| 3d-image-17   = Minigun Botkiller Gold Mk.II
| 3d-button-5    = default_half
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| 3d-button-1    = default
| 3d-button-6    = default_half
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| 3d-button-2    = colored_pair
| 3d-button-7    = default_half
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| 3d-button-4   = colored_pair
| 3d-button-8    = default_half
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| 3d-button-6    = australium
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| 3d-button-7    = australium_half
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| 3d-button-8    = australium_half
 
| 3d-button-9    = default_half
 
| 3d-button-9    = default_half
 
| 3d-button-10  = default_half
 
| 3d-button-10  = default_half
| 3d-button-11  = colored_pair
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| 3d-button-11   = default_half
| 3d-button-13   = colored_pair
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| 3d-button-12  = default_half
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| 3d-button-13  = default_half
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| 3d-button-14  = default_half
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| 3d-button-15   = colored_pair
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| 3d-button-17   = colored_pair
 
| 3d-viewname-1  = Default
 
| 3d-viewname-1  = Default
| 3d-viewname-2  = Australium
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| 3d-viewname-2 = Festive
| 3d-viewname-3 = Festive
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| 3d-viewname-4  = Festivized
| 3d-viewname-5 = Rust
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| 3d-viewname-6  = Australium
| 3d-viewname-= Blood
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| 3d-viewname-7 = Australium Festivized (RED)
| 3d-viewname-= Carbonado
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| 3d-viewname-8 = Australium Festivized (BLU)
| 3d-viewname-= Diamond
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| 3d-viewname-9 = Rust
| 3d-viewname-= Silver Mk.I
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| 3d-viewname-10 = Blood
| 3d-viewname-10 = Gold Mk.I
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| 3d-viewname-11 = Carbonado
| 3d-viewname-11 = Silver Mk.II
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| 3d-viewname-12 = Diamond
| 3d-viewname-13 = Gold Mk.II<br>
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| 3d-viewname-13 = Silver Mk.I<br>
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| 3d-viewname-14 = Gold Mk.I<br>
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| 3d-viewname-15 = Silver Mk.II<br>
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| 3d-viewname-17 = Gold Mk.II<br>
 
| used-by        = [[Heavy]]
 
| used-by        = [[Heavy]]
 
| slot          = primary
 
| slot          = primary
| availability  = {{avail|stock|crate21-strange|crate35|mvm-both-types|contract|crate93|crate94}}
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| availability  = {{avail|stock|crate21-strange|crate35-festive|mvm-both-types|contract|crate93|crate94|warpaint}}
 
| numbered      = no
 
| numbered      = no
 
| ammo-loaded    = 200
 
| ammo-loaded    = 200
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| loadout        = yes
 
| loadout        = yes
 
   | quality      = normal
 
   | quality      = normal
   | level        = Level 1 Minigun
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   | item-kind    = Minigun
| weapon-name    = tf_weapon_minigun
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  | level        = 1
 
}}
 
}}
  
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The '''Minigun''', known affectionately as "'''Sasha'''", is the default [[Weapons#heavyprimary|primary weapon]] for the [[Heavy]]. It is an enormous Gatling-style machine gun with a large rotating barrel, complete with a large white underslung [[ammo|ammunition]] case and two handles.
 
The '''Minigun''', known affectionately as "'''Sasha'''", is the default [[Weapons#heavyprimary|primary weapon]] for the [[Heavy]]. It is an enormous Gatling-style machine gun with a large rotating barrel, complete with a large white underslung [[ammo|ammunition]] case and two handles.
  
Firing four bullets at a time at a rate of ten times a second, the Minigun is able to quickly rip through opponents at short range. The [[damage]], however, will fall off quickly over longer distances and the bullets are subject to a wide cone of fire.
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Firing four bullets at the same time at a rate of ten times a second, the Minigun is able to quickly rip through opponents at short range. The [[damage]], however, will fall off quickly over longer distances and the bullets are subject to a wide cone of fire.
  
 
The weapon requires a short period of time to spin up and down before and after firing; during this period and while firing the Heavy cannot [[jump]] or switch weapons, has his speed reduced to approximately 47% of the Heavy's regular [[movement speed]] (= 37% of standard forward movement speed), and cannot move at all while [[crouch]]ing. The spin up can be initiated in mid-air without losing speed to jump quickly around corners while ready to fire.
 
The weapon requires a short period of time to spin up and down before and after firing; during this period and while firing the Heavy cannot [[jump]] or switch weapons, has his speed reduced to approximately 47% of the Heavy's regular [[movement speed]] (= 37% of standard forward movement speed), and cannot move at all while [[crouch]]ing. The spin up can be initiated in mid-air without losing speed to jump quickly around corners while ready to fire.
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'''{{Patch name|3|1|2012}}'''
 
'''{{Patch name|3|1|2012}}'''
* Refined Minigun Recoil force.
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* Refined Minigun recoil force.
  
 
'''{{Patch name|8|15|2012}}''' ([[Mann vs. Machine Update]])
 
'''{{Patch name|8|15|2012}}''' ([[Mann vs. Machine Update]])
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* {{undocumented}} Added an Australium variant.
 
* {{undocumented}} Added an Australium variant.
  
'''{{Patch name|6|18|2014}}'''
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'''{{Patch name|6|18|2014}}''' ([[Love & War Update]])
 
* 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|8|2014}}'''
 
'''{{Patch name|7|8|2014}}'''
* Minigun: Winding up via secondary attack now counts toward reducing the one-second accuracy penalty.
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* Minigun: Spinning up via secondary attack now counts toward reducing the one-second accuracy penalty.
  
 
'''{{Patch name|2|11|2015}} #1'''
 
'''{{Patch name|2|11|2015}} #1'''
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'''{{Patch name|1|7|2016}}'''
 
'''{{Patch name|1|7|2016}}'''
* Fixed the Australium Minigun and Scattergun materials.}}
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* Fixed the Australium Minigun materials.
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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%.}}
  
 
== Unused content ==
 
== Unused content ==
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==Bugs==
 
==Bugs==
 
* Occasionally, when the Minigun is being fired as the player dies, the weapon firing effects and sound will still be shown/heard while the player is waiting to respawn. Once the player respawns, the Minigun will appear to be firing upwards, it will then stop "shooting", and move up and down several times, then continue in its normal state.
 
* Occasionally, when the Minigun is being fired as the player dies, the weapon firing effects and sound will still be shown/heard while the player is waiting to respawn. Once the player respawns, the Minigun will appear to be firing upwards, it will then stop "shooting", and move up and down several times, then continue in its normal state.
* If the Minigun is spun up with one bullet left, lightly tapping the firing button will cause the Minigun to appear to be firing without ammunition.
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* Holding secondary fire and tapping primary fire with one bullet left will cause the Minigun to play the firing animation loop despite having no ammo.
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* Emptying ammo completely then picking up a dropped Minigun will show Heavy in an [[reference pose]] and unable to fire.
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* Sometimes, the Minigun will not spin in client view while revving up. This can be fixed by unrev and rev again.
  
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
 
* In [[Meet the Heavy]], the Heavy says that the Minigun weighs 150 kilograms. This is equal to roughly 330.75 pounds. A real, portable Minigun weighs roughly 39 kilograms.
 
* In [[Meet the Heavy]], the Heavy says that the Minigun weighs 150 kilograms. This is equal to roughly 330.75 pounds. A real, portable Minigun weighs roughly 39 kilograms.
 
* How the Minigun is revved up and fired is debatable. The Minigun poster purchasable in the [[Merchandise#Prints|Valve Store]] depicts a trigger in the far back handle. In other media sources, instead of this trigger, a small button is often shown on the front handle. Neither of these possible triggers are visible on the in-game models.
 
* How the Minigun is revved up and fired is debatable. The Minigun poster purchasable in the [[Merchandise#Prints|Valve Store]] depicts a trigger in the far back handle. In other media sources, instead of this trigger, a small button is often shown on the front handle. Neither of these possible triggers are visible on the in-game models.
* The Heavy claims that it costs 400,000 dollars to fire the Minigun for twelve seconds, presumably not counting the spin-up time. At the claimed 10,000 rounds per minute, the cost of each bullet would be $200. In game, the Minigun fires 4 rounds every .1 second, or 2,400 bullets per minute. Going by in-game rates, the cost of each bullet would be over $800 apiece.
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* The Heavy claims that it costs 400,000 dollars to fire the Minigun for twelve seconds, presumably not counting the spin-up time. At the claimed 10,000 rounds per minute, the cost of each bullet would be $200. In game, the Minigun fires 4 rounds every .1 second, or 2,400 bullets per minute. Going by in-game rates, the cost of each bullet would be over $800 a piece.
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* '''The Minigun''' is called '''Sasha''' by Heavy, which can be heard in [[Meet the Heavy]] video, and seen in [[The Showdown]] comic<ref>[http://www.teamfortress.com/theshowdown/#f=42 The Showdown comic page]</ref>.
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
 
File:Minigun 1st person.png|First-person view.
 
File:Minigun 1st person.png|First-person view.
File:Festive Minigun 1st person red.png|[[RED]] [[Festive weapons|Festive variant]].
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File:Festive Minigun 1st person red.png|[[RED]] [[Festive weapons|Festive]] variant.
 
File:Festive Minigun 1st person blu.png|[[BLU]] Festive variant.
 
File:Festive Minigun 1st person blu.png|[[BLU]] Festive variant.
File:Botkiller Minigun 1st person.png|[[Botkiller weapons|Silver Botkiller Mk.I variant]].
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File:Minigun Festivized RED 1st person.png|RED [[Festivizer|Festivized]] variant.
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File:Minigun Festivized BLU 1st person.png|BLU Festivized variant.
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File:Australium minigun.png ‎| [[Australium weapons|Australium]] variant.
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File:Australium minigun Festivized RED 1st person.png ‎|RED Australium Festivized variant.
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File:Australium minigun Festivized BLU 1st person.png ‎|BLU Australium Festivized variant.
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File:Botkiller_Minigun_rust_1st_person.png|Rust [[Botkiller weapons|Botkiller]] variant.
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File:Botkiller_Minigun_blood_1st_person.png|Blood Botkiller variant.
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File:Botkiller Minigun carbonado 1st person.png|Carbonado Botkiller variant.
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File:Botkiller Minigun diamond 1st person.png|Diamond Botkiller variant.
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File:Botkiller Minigun 1st person.png|Silver Botkiller Mk.I variant.
 
File:Botkiller Minigun gold 1st person.png|Gold Botkiller Mk.I variant.
 
File:Botkiller Minigun gold 1st person.png|Gold Botkiller Mk.I variant.
File:Botkiller_Minigun_rust_1st_person.png|Rust Botkiller Mk.I variant.
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File:Botkiller Minigun Silver Mk2 1st person RED.png|RED Silver Botkiller Mk.II variant.
File:Botkiller_Minigun_blood_1st_person.png|Blood Botkiller Mk.I variant.
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File:Botkiller Minigun Silver Mk2 1st person BLU.png|BLU Silver Botkiller Mk.II variant.
File:Botkiller Minigun carbonado 1st person.png|Carbonado Botkiller Mk.I variant.
 
File:Botkiller Minigun diamond 1st person.png|Diamond Botkiller Mk.I variant.
 
File:Botkiller Minigun Silver Mk2 1st person RED.png|Silver Botkiller Mk.II RED variant.
 
File:Botkiller Minigun Silver Mk2 1st person BLU.png|Silver Botkiller Mk.II BLU variant.
 
 
File:Botkiller Minigun Gold Mk2 1st person.png|Gold Botkiller Mk.II variant.
 
File:Botkiller Minigun Gold Mk2 1st person.png|Gold Botkiller Mk.II variant.
File:Botkiller Minigun Mirror 1st person.png|Unused Mirror Botkiller variant.
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File:Botkiller Minigun Mirror 1st person.png|Mirror Botkiller (Unused).
File:Botkiller Minigun Uranium 1st person.png|Unused Uranium Botkiller variant.
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File:Botkiller Minigun Uranium 1st person.png|Uranium Botkiller (Unused).
File:Australium minigun.png ‎| [[Australium weapons|Australium variant]].
 
 
File:Heavystuff1 concept.jpg|Concept art of Heavy weapons.
 
File:Heavystuff1 concept.jpg|Concept art of Heavy weapons.
 
File:Minigun concept1.png|Minigun concept art.
 
File:Minigun concept1.png|Minigun concept art.
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File:Minigun old concept.jpg|Minigun concept art.
 
File:Minigun old concept.jpg|Minigun concept art.
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
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== References ==
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<references/>
  
 
== Merchandise ==
 
== Merchandise ==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
File:Minigun1.png|[http://store.valvesoftware.com/product.php?i=P0108 The Minigun Poster].
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File:Tf2 heavy mousepad.png|[http://store.valvesoftware.com/product.php?i=M0230 Heavy Mousepad]
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File:Minigun1.png|[http://store.valvesoftware.com/product.php?i=P0108 The Minigun Poster]
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
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* [[Australium weapons]]
 
* [[Australium weapons]]
  
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{{Standard Weapons Nav}}
 
{{Allweapons Nav}}
 
{{Allweapons Nav}}
 
{{Heavy Nav}}
 
{{Heavy Nav}}
 
[[Category:Weapons using the CommunityWeapon material proxy]]
 
[[Category:Weapons using the CommunityWeapon material proxy]]

Revision as of 22:03, 17 January 2019

This article is about the Heavy's stock weapon. For other miniguns, see Minigun (disambiguation).
"Sasha" redirects here. For the weapon Heavy refers to as Sasha in Poker Night at the Inventory, see Iron Curtain.

The Minigun, known affectionately as "Sasha", is the default primary weapon for the Heavy. It is an enormous Gatling-style machine gun with a large rotating barrel, complete with a large white underslung ammunition case and two handles.

Firing four bullets at the same time at a rate of ten times a second, the Minigun is able to quickly rip through opponents at short range. The damage, however, will fall off quickly over longer distances and the bullets are subject to a wide cone of fire.

The weapon requires a short period of time to spin up and down before and after firing; during this period and while firing the Heavy cannot jump or switch weapons, has his speed reduced to approximately 47% of the Heavy's regular movement speed (= 37% of standard forward movement speed), and cannot move at all while crouching. The spin up can be initiated in mid-air without losing speed to jump quickly around corners while ready to fire.

Players can begin spinning the barrel by holding down secondary fire, which will not fire any ammunition until primary fire is pressed. This can allow the Heavy to quickly respond to enemies when keeping the same position.

The Minigun deals 15% less damage to a level 2 Sentry Gun, and 20% less damage to a level 3 Sentry Gun.

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% 13.5 / per bullet
Base damage 100% 9 / per bullet
Maximum fall-off 52.8% 4.5 / per bullet
Point blank 50-54 / per 1 ammo
500-540 / per second
Medium range 5-30 / per 1 ammo
50-300 / per second
Long range 5-10 / per 1 ammo
50-100 / per second
Critical 27 / per bullet
Mini-crit 12-18 / per bullet
Function times
Attack interval 0.1
Wind-up time 0.87 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Demonstration

Strange variant


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

October 8, 2007 Patch

August 19, 2008 Patch (A Heavy Update)

  • Fixed players getting stuck in a bad animation state when class switching while spinning the Minigun.

August 13, 2009 Patch (Classless Update)

  • Heavies spinning their mini-guns will continue to spin when stunned (whether the left or right mouse button is pressed).

April 28, 2010 Patch

  • Minigun spin-up/down time reduced by 25%.
  • Minigun firing movement speed increased to just under half-normal (from 80 to 110).

November 19, 2010 Patch

  • Fixed a Heavy exploit that let him run at full speed while shooting.

January 7, 2011 Patch

  • This weapon's kill icon was updated.
  • [Undocumented] The spin-up and spin-down animations of the Heavy's miniguns were changed.

June 3, 2011 Patch

  • Added community contributed response rules to the Minigun.

June 23, 2011 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas 2011)

December 19, 2011 Patch

  • Festive Miniguns can now be gifted.

March 1, 2012 Patch

  • Refined Minigun recoil force.

August 15, 2012 Patch (Mann vs. Machine Update)

  • [Undocumented] Added Silver and Gold Botkiller variants.

October 9, 2012 Patch

  • Added Rust, Blood, Carbonado, and Diamond Botkiller variants.

December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)

  • Added Silver and Gold Botkiller Mk. II variants.

April 18, 2013 Patch

  • Fixed a client crash related to doing a changelevel while firing the Minigun.

November 21, 2013 Patch (Two Cities Update)

  • [Undocumented] Added an Australium variant.

June 18, 2014 Patch (Love & War Update)

  • 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: Spinning 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%.
  • [Undocumented] Updated model to c_model system.

August 19, 2015 Patch

  • Updated the materials for the Australium Minigun.

January 7, 2016 Patch

  • Fixed the Australium Minigun materials.

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%.

Unused content

  • There is a remastered version of the Assault Cannon (Classic) in the game files. In both v_minigun and w_minigun, all the textures from the Assault Cannon can be located.

Bugs

  • Occasionally, when the Minigun is being fired as the player dies, the weapon firing effects and sound will still be shown/heard while the player is waiting to respawn. Once the player respawns, the Minigun will appear to be firing upwards, it will then stop "shooting", and move up and down several times, then continue in its normal state.
  • Holding secondary fire and tapping primary fire with one bullet left will cause the Minigun to play the firing animation loop despite having no ammo.
  • Emptying ammo completely then picking up a dropped Minigun will show Heavy in an reference pose and unable to fire.
  • Sometimes, the Minigun will not spin in client view while revving up. This can be fixed by unrev and rev again.

Trivia

  • In Meet the Heavy, the Heavy says that the Minigun weighs 150 kilograms. This is equal to roughly 330.75 pounds. A real, portable Minigun weighs roughly 39 kilograms.
  • How the Minigun is revved up and fired is debatable. The Minigun poster purchasable in the Valve Store depicts a trigger in the far back handle. In other media sources, instead of this trigger, a small button is often shown on the front handle. Neither of these possible triggers are visible on the in-game models.
  • The Heavy claims that it costs 400,000 dollars to fire the Minigun for twelve seconds, presumably not counting the spin-up time. At the claimed 10,000 rounds per minute, the cost of each bullet would be $200. In game, the Minigun fires 4 rounds every .1 second, or 2,400 bullets per minute. Going by in-game rates, the cost of each bullet would be over $800 a piece.
  • The Minigun is called Sasha by Heavy, which can be heard in Meet the Heavy video, and seen in The Showdown comic[1].

Gallery

References

Merchandise

See also