Armageddon

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Armageddon is a kill taunt for the Pyro that can be performed with the Rainblower as the active weapon.

Upon taunting in Pyroland, the Pyro blows a stream of bubbles as a rainbow forms over them, complete with a sparkling, swaying Balloonicorn in the center. The Pyro then leans over as foreboding music plays, causing the rainbow to become engulfed in flames while they laugh demonically and unleash a fiery Armageddon, inflicting potentially fatal damage to any enemies slow, unaware, or simply unfortunate enough to be in range. When seen outside of Pyroland, the rainbow and Balloonicorn do not appear, dramatic music builds up, and the Pyro simply breathes a steady arc of fire before releasing their inferno. In both cases, the taunt ends with "Mwuh huh huh!" demonically.

The Armageddon's wide range of fire is capable of hitting multiple targets at once. The first target gets hit for 400 fire damage, while each subsequent target gets hit for 50% of the damage dealt to the previous one. It also inflicts afterburn damage and knockback to all surviving players.

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 type Fire
Effect Deals base damage to the first target,
then every next target gets half the damage
of the last one (so 400, 200, 100, etc.)
Damage
Base damage 100% 400
Function times
Taunt duration 5.2 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Related achievements

Leaderboard class pyro.png Pyro

Full Spectrum Warrior
Full Spectrum Warrior
Ignite 3 enemy players using your Rainblower taunt.
OMGWTFBBQ
OMGWTFBBQ
Kill an enemy with a taunt.

Update history

June 27, 2012 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Added the Armageddon taunt.

July 5, 2012 Patch

  • Fixed the Rainblower taunt attacking players through walls.

December 9, 2025 Patch (Smissmas 2025)

  • Fixed Armageddon Pyro taunt not properly cleaning up all particle systems (community fix from Churkinator)

Bugs

  • During humiliation, this taunt plays no animation, sounds, or particle effects.
  • The particles for the bubbles/fire for the beginning of the taunt are tilted incorrectly, so that they appear to shoot out of the bubble blower's side.
  • When seen outside of Pyroland, the Rainblower appears to hover vertically next to the Pyro.
  • Occasionally, this taunt can go through setup gates and kill enemy players standing in range.
  • If the Pyro experiences knockback while taunting, the particles remain where they were, though the taunt only affects those within range of the Pyro's new position.

Trivia

See also