Heavy

Heavy
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Basic Information
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Type:	Defensive
Health:	300 /450 (See Health below for further details)
Speed:	77% (See Speed below for further details)
Meet the Heavy

“

Some people think they can outsmart me. Maybe... maybe. I have yet to meet one that can outsmart bullet. — The Heavy, Meet the Heavy

”

The Heavy, short for Heavy Weapons Guy, is a towering hulk of a man hailing from the USSR. He is often considered the face of the game due to his prominent appearance on box art, promotional materials, and loading screens. He starred in the very first Meet the Team video and has appeared in all further movies to date.

The Heavy is the largest and arguably most dangerous class in Team Fortress 2, boasting the most base health combined with the devastating firepower of his trusty Minigun. This weapon can inflict huge damage at a very high rate of fire, allowing him to mow down opposing Heavies, cowards, and tiny-baby-men in mere seconds. However, as the slowest class in the game, the Heavy's low movement speed is his main weakness, making him an appealing target for Snipers and Spies. Upon revving up or firing his Minigun, this already unimpressive speed slows to a crawl, making it even easier for enemies to damage him. As a result, the Heavy is often dependent on support from Medics and Engineers to keep him in the fight. Thanks to his burly stature, he also takes 50% less knockback from most damage sources—excluding Sentry Gun bullets.

Aside from shredding entire teams when adequately supported, the Heavy is able to provide limited healing for himself and his comrades via his Sandvich, which, when consumed, is capable of restoring him to perfect health within seconds. It can also be dropped to provide an instant, often-appreciated 50% health boost to his teammates, equal to a medium health kit. However, if the Heavy is not careful, an opportunistic enemy may pick up the dropped Sandvich for a health boost of their own.

The Heavy is voiced by Gary Schwartz.

Bio

Name: Misha (short for Mikhail) Location of origin: Dzhugdzhur Mountains, Khabarovsk Krai, USSR Job: Mow Down Motto: "Shooting Good." Emblems:    Description: Like a hibernating bear, the Heavy appears to be a gentle giant. Also like a bear, confusing his deliberate, sleepy demeanor with gentleness will get you ripped limb from limb. Though he speaks simply and moves with an economy of energy that's often confused with napping, the Heavy isn't dumb; he's not your big friend and he generally wishes that you would just shut up before he has to make you shut up.

Health

Main articles: Health, Overheal

Class	Health	Overheal	Quick-Fix Overheal
Heavy	300	450	376
Under the effects of the Dalokohs Bar or Fishcake	350	500†	426
With the Fists of Steel equipped	300	390	346
With the Fists of Steel equipped and while under the effects of the Dalokohs Bar or Fishcake	350	440	396

^†Theoretical value. Overheal does not exceed 150% of the classes' maximum health.

Speed

Main article: Speed

Condition	Normal	Backward	Crouched	Swimming
Heavy	77 %	69 %	26 %	61 %
Any of the Heavy's Primary weapons spun up, except the Brass Beast	37 %	33 %	0 %	29 %
Brass Beast spun up	15 %	15 %	0 %	12 %
Under the effects of the Buffalo Steak Sandvich	104 %	93 %	35 %	83 %
Wielding the Gloves of Running Urgently	100 %	90 %	33 %	80 %
Wielding the Eviction Notice	88 %	79 %	29 %	71 %

Basic strategy

Main articles: Heavy tips, Basic Heavy strategy, Community Heavy strategy

• Hold MOUSE2 to keep your Minigun spinning, ready for approaching enemies.
• You're a great Medic buddy. Keep a clear line of sight to your Medic to keep the Medigun on you.
• Hit E to call for a Medic if you get hurt. Nearby Medics will be notified of your need.
• Your Minigun chews up a lot of ammo. Pick up fallen ammo boxes to refill your supply.

Weapons

Main article: Weapons

Note: Weapon damage is approximate and listed at base value. See individual weapon pages for additional figures.

Primary

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Minigun		200	N/A	Base: 9 Crit: 27 [40 rounds / sec.]	Secondary fire spins-up the barrel without firing  Fires 4 bullets per unit of ammo used
Promotional Iron Curtain
Unlock Natascha		200	N/A	Base: 6.75 Crit: 20.25 [40 rounds / sec.]	Secondary fire spins-up the barrel without firing  Fires 4 bullets per unit of ammo used  On Hit: 100% chance to slow target  Slowdown-on-hit effect is reduced over distance  -20% damage resistance when below 50% health and spun up  -25% damage penalty  30% slower spin up time
Craft Brass Beast		200	N/A	Base: 10.8 Crit: 32.4 [40 rounds / sec.]	Secondary fire spins-up the barrel without firing  Fires 4 bullets per unit of ammo used  +20% damage bonus  -20% damage resistance when below 50% health and spun up  50% slower spin up time  -60% slower move speed while deployed
Craft Tomislav		200	N/A	Base: 9 Crit: 27 [33 rounds / sec.]	Secondary fire spins-up the barrel without firing  Fires 4 bullets per unit of ammo used  20% faster spin up time  20% more accurate  Silent Killer: No barrel spin sound  20% slower firing speed
Promotional / Craft Huo-Long Heater		200	N/A	Base: 8.1 Crit: 24.3 [40 rounds / sec.] Afterburn: 8 / sec. × 7.5 secs.	Secondary fire spins-up the barrel without firing  Fires 4 bullets per unit of ammo used  Creates a ring of flames while spun up  25% damage bonus vs burning players  -10% damage penalty  Consumes an additional 4 ammo per second while spun up

Secondary

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Shotgun		6	32	Base: 60 Crit: 180 [6 damage × 10 pellets]
Unlock Sandvich	N/A	1	∞	N/A	With primary fire or taunt key, restores 300 health over about 4 seconds  With alt-fire, throws it for another player to restore 50% health  When thrown and then picked up, restores recharge bar  If used while injured, it must recharge (over about 25.7 seconds or with any health pickup when at full health) to be used again  If the user is at full health, collecting any health pickup completely fills the recharge bar
Promotional Robo-Sandvich
Craft Dalokohs Bar	N/A	1	∞	N/A	With primary fire or taunt key, restores 100 health over about 4 seconds  With alt-fire, throws it for another player to restore 20.5% health  When thrown and then picked up, restores recharge bar  Raises maximum health by 50 points for 30 seconds  If used while injured, it must recharge (over about 10 seconds) to be used again  If the user is at full health, collecting any health pickup completely fills the recharge bar  If used while at full health, grants 50 points of overheal
Promotional Fishcake
Craft Buffalo Steak Sandvich	N/A	1	∞	N/A	While under effect:  All damage dealt is Mini-Crits  Grants 30% faster movement  Player can only use melee weapons  Damage taken is increased by 20%  Effects last for 16 seconds  With alt-fire, throws it for another player to restore 50% health  When thrown and then picked up, restores recharge bar  After use, it must recharge (over about 25.7 seconds or with any health pickup when at full health) to be used again  If the user is at full health, collecting any health pickup completely fills the recharge bar
Craft Family Business		8	32	Base: 51 Crit: 153 [5.1 damage × 10 pellets]	+33% clip size  +15% faster firing speed  -15% damage penalty
Craft Panic Attack		6	32	Base: 72 Crit: 216 [4.8 damage × 15 pellets]	+50% bullets per shot  This weapon deploys 50% faster  Fires a wide, fixed shot pattern  -20% damage penalty  Successive shots become less accurate
Contract Second Banana	N/A	1	∞	N/A	With primary fire or taunt key, restores 200 health over about 4 seconds  With alt-fire, throws it for another player to restore 20.5% health  When thrown and then picked up, restores recharge bar  If used while injured, it must recharge (over about 10 seconds) to be used again  If the user is at full health, collecting any health pickup completely fills the recharge bar

Melee

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Fists		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Alt-fire throws a right-handed punch (no difference from left-handed punch).
Promotional / Craft Apoco-Fists					Alt-fire throws a right-handed punch (no difference from left-handed punch).  Killing an enemy with a Critical hit or Mini-crit turns the victim into gibs
Promotional Frying Pan
Craft Conscientious Objector
Promotional / Craft Freedom Staff
Drop Bat Outta Hell
Distributed Memory Maker
Promotional Ham Shank
Unlock Necro Smasher
Uncrate Crossing Guard
Promotional Prinny Machete
Distributed Saxxy					Limited item from the Replay Update.  Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature).
Distributed Golden Frying Pan					Limited item from the Two Cities Update.  Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature).
Unlock Killing Gloves of Boxing		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Alt-fire throws a right-handed punch (no difference from left-handed punch).  On kill: grants 5 seconds of guaranteed critical hits for all weapons  20% slower firing speed
Craft Gloves of Running Urgently		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Alt-fire throws a right-handed punch (no difference from left-handed punch).  When weapon is active: Grants 30% faster movement  This weapon holsters 50% slower  Maximum health is drained while item is active at a rate of -10 per second, to a minimum of 100  Maximum health is gradually recovered while this weapon is not active
Uncrate Bread Bite
Craft Warrior's Spirit		N/A	N/A	Base: 85 Crit: 254	Alt-fire throws a right-handed punch (no difference from left-handed punch).  +30% damage bonus  +50 health restored on kill  When weapon is active: 30% damage vulnerability on wearer
Craft Fists of Steel		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Alt-fire throws a right-handed punch (no difference from left-handed punch).  -40% damage from ranged sources while active  +100% damage from melee sources while active  This weapon holsters 100% slower  -40% maximum overheal on wearer  -40% health from healers on wearer
Craft Eviction Notice		N/A	N/A	Base: 26 Crit: 78	Alt-fire throws a right-handed punch (no difference from left-handed punch).  +40% faster firing speed  +15% faster move speed on wearer  On Hit: Gain a speed boost  -60% damage penalty  Maximum health is drained while item is active at a rate of -5 per second, to a minimum of 100  Maximum health is gradually recovered while this weapon is not active
Craft Holiday Punch		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 0	Alt-fire throws a right-handed punch (no difference from left-handed punch).  Critical hit forces victim to laugh  Always critical hit from behind  On Hit: Force enemies to laugh who are also wearing this item  Critical hits do no damage

Taunt attack

	Associated items	Description
	Fists  Saxxy  Apoco-Fists  Holiday Punch	Main article: High Noon With a flick of the wrist, the Heavy mimics a quick-draw pistol showdown and shouts before blowing out the imaginary smoke from the "barrel."

Ability taunt

	Associated items	Description
	Sandvich  Robo-Sandvich  Buffalo Steak Sandvich  Dalokohs Bar  Fishcake  Second Banana	The Heavy takes a large, noisy nom from his lunchbox item and applies the consumed lunchbox item's effects.

Item sets

Main article: Item sets

The Hibernating Bear
	Brass Beast Buffalo Steak Sandvich Warrior's Spirit Big Chief
Effect	No effect

Black Market Business
	Tomislav Family Business Eviction Notice Capo's Capper
Effect	No effect

The FrankenHeavy
	Can Opener Soviet Stitch-Up Steel-Toed Stompers
Effect	Allows the Heavy to perform the FrankenHeavy taunt.

The Grand Duchess
	Grand Duchess Tiara Grand Duchess Fairy Wings Grand Duchess Tutu
Effect	Enables additional voice responses.

The Minsk Beast
	Minsk Beef Bull Locks Bone-Cut Belt
Effect	No effect

The Monster Mash-Up Pack
	Kathman-Hairdo Himalayan Hair Shirt Abominable Snow Pants
Effect	No effect

Cosmetic items

Main articles: Cosmetic items, List of Heavy cosmetics, List of Multi-class cosmetics, List of All class cosmetics

Official class avatars

Official class avatars
Original set	RED ÜberCharged set	BLU ÜberCharged set
Get TF2 avatars on Steam: Original

Achievements

Main article: Heavy achievements Heavy pack: 38 achievements, 3 milestones.

Update history

April 29, 2008 Patch (Gold Rush Update)

• Added speech for the Heavy.

August 19, 2008 Patch (Heavy Update)

• Added 35 Heavy achievements.
• [Undocumented] Added a new fist bodygroup to the Heavy model.

May 21, 2009 Patch (Sniper vs. Spy Update)

• The Heavy and Sniper now have custom death animations.

June 8, 2009 Patch

• Added a backstab custom death animation to the Heavy.

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

• [Undocumented] Added unused "Hi-five" taunt.

October 6, 2010 Patch

• Fixed the Heavy's hands being invisible.

January 7, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] The spin-up and spin-down animations of the Heavy's miniguns were changed.

June 8, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] New laughing taunt animations have been added but are currently unused.

October 13, 2011 Patch (Manniversary Update & Sale)

• Added a previously unused fist swing line.

November 22, 2011 Patch

• Added FrankenHeavy set taunt.

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

• [Undocumented] Added new voice lines to Heavy.

October 26, 2012 Patch (Spectral Halloween Special)

• [Undocumented] Added voice lines.

February 1, 2013 Patch

• Fixed the Heavy using incorrect melee animations.

February 7, 2014 Patch

• Fixed the Heavy not playing his response rules lines after eating a Sandvich, Buffalo Steak Sandvich, etc.

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.

January 20, 2016 Patch

• [Undocumented] Fixed Heavy and Soldier not playing animations for some of their voice commands.

May 31, 2016 Patch

• Fixed pink error textures appearing on heavy^(sic) fist weapons.

October 20, 2017 Patch 1 (Jungle Inferno Update)

• The 1-second damage and accuracy penalty on mini-guns now applies to the first second of spun-up time, whether or not the Heavy is firing.

March 28, 2018 Patch (Blue Moon Pack)

• Fixed the Heavy being able to attack with secondary and melee weapons while stunned.

January 18, 2020 Patch

• Fixed an exploit related to the Heavy being invisible.

April 27, 2020 Patch

• Fixed Heavy exploit related to infinite overheal.

September 16, 2021 Patch

• Fixed the Heavy being able to crouch and jump while stunned.

July 24, 2025 Patch (Summer 2025 Update)

• Updated the Heavy's model to add a 'bullets' bodygroup for cosmetics.

Bugs

• The Heavy's hands occasionally turn invisible if he dies or taunts with his melee weapon out.
• If the Heavy dies while firing the Minigun, the weapon may show a muzzle flash and make firing noises upon respawning, even though it's unrevved.
• Depleting all of the ammo of any Minigun by lightly tapping the primary fire while keeping it spun up with secondary fire allows the Heavy to appear to be firing indefinitely despite having no ammunition. Sounds play and a muzzle flash is visible, but no damage is dealt.
• If a Heavy spins up his primary and taunts while keeping the secondary fire held down, the barrel does not spin after the taunt is finished. This can be fixed by firing or unrevving.
• Depleting the ammo of any Minigun while simultaneously picking up any other Minigun makes the Heavy unable to attack or deal damage. It also causes the Heavy's animations to stop completely.

Trivia

• The Heavy's voice actor, Gary Schwartz, voices the Demoman and MONOCULUS as well.
• The songs that the Heavy may sing as part of his response rules include Song of the Volga Boatmen, Chopin's Funeral March, and Khachaturian's Sabre Dance.
• The Heavy is the mascot of "Heavy Gulp", a brand of drink sold in Left 4 Dead 2.
• In the Left 4 Dead comic The Sacrifice, a RED Heavy statue appears on Louis' work desk during his recollection.
• Just like the rest of the classes, the Heavy makes an appearance in Saints Row: The Third in the form of a wearable head mask.
• The Heavy takes a starring role as one of the four main characters in Telltale Games' Poker Night at the Inventory. In the remastered version, he can also appear as a BLU robot.
  • Players can unlock the Iron Curtain for use in Team Fortress 2 by knocking him out of a tournament in which he buys in with the weapon instead of the normal $10,000.
  • An image of the Heavy makes a cameo as the king of diamonds in the "Team Fortress 2", "Poker Night" and "Poker Night Alternative" decks, respectively, as well as the king of hearts in the "Team Fortress 2" deck.
• The Heavy makes an appearance in Worms Reloaded as part of one of the forts; the rest of the fort is composed of Dustbowl. A plastic mask of the Heavy also makes an appearance as one of the hats selectable for the player's worms.
• The Gunner class of Monday Night Combat has a promo item resembling the Heavy's ammo belt, named "Bavcon".
  • The name "Bavcon" comes from bandolier, the type of ammo belt that Heavy wears. Bacon is a running gag throughout Monday Night Combat.
• The first BLU team Heavy resembled John Henry.
• Heavy posted his first blog post on April 7, 2011 while Soldier was on jury duty.
• On page 7 of Meet the Director comic, it was revealed that Heavy sleeps in a bed next to Sasha, who is in a smaller bed.
  • It was also mentioned on page 4 of the same comic that the Heavy's father was a "counter-revolutionary" who was executed, and that his mother, sisters, and he himself were sent to a north Siberian Gulag in September 1941. The gulag was destroyed, and all prisoners escaped in December of the same year.
• On page 3 of Bombinomicon comic, it was revealed that the Heavy works to feed his family, meaning he is still in contact with them. This is confirmed in later comics, where he is seen reuniting with his family in A Cold Day in Hell.
• The Heavy is a Familiar (a pet) in the game Dungeon Defenders. The three other TF2 Familiars in the same game are the Pyro, Medic, and Engineer.
  • The Heavy appears in the teaser trailer in Dungeon Defenders, where he fights against the BLU team on the Gravel Pit and gets pulled by the hero character Huntress into a portal to the Dungeon Defenders universe.
• The Heavy makes an appearance in the film Chef on a background of an iPad Mini while wearing the Connoisseur's Cap and eating a Sandvich on Dustbowl's first stage.

Gallery

Related images: Heavy images

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  Updated class portrait RED.

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  Updated class portrait BLU.

Concept art

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  Concept art of the Heavy Weapons Guy.

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  Concept art of the Heavy Weapons Guy.

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  Concept art of the Heavy Weapons Guy, with a mullet.

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  Concept art of the Heavy Weapons Guy.

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  Concept art of the Heavy Weapons Guy.

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  Concept art of the Heavy Weapons Guy.

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  Concept art of the Heavy Weapons Guy.

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  Concept art of the Heavy Weapons Guy.

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  Concept art of the Heavy Weapons Guy.

In other media

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  The Heavy king of hearts card from Poker Night at The Inventory.

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  The Heavy king of diamonds card from Poker Night at The Inventory.

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  The Heavy king of diamonds card from Poker Night at The Inventory.

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  The alternative Heavy king of diamonds card from Poker Night at The Inventory.

Cards

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  Trading card front.

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  Trading card back.

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  Heavy's class card.

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  Steam Trading Card.

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  Steam Foil Trading Card.

Main menu

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  Heavy's default appearance in the main menu.

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  Alternate Heavy appearance in the main menu.

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  Heavy's FrankenHeavy appearance in the main menu during Halloween or Full Moon.

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  Heavy's Scream Fortress 2013 appearance in the main menu during Halloween or Full Moon.

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  Heavy's Minsk Beast appearance in the main menu during Halloween or Full Moon.

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  Heavy's appearance in the main menu during Smissmas.

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  Heavy as a zombie in the main menu during Halloween or Full Moon.

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  RED Heavy in the background that appeared during the Meet Your Match Update.

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  BLU Heavy in the background that appeared during the Meet Your Match Update.

Other

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  Steam profile background.

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  Heavy's arsenal.

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  The Heavy's Mobster Monday mugshot.

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  Contracts drawer photo.

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  Steam animated sticker RED.

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  Steam animated sticker BLU.

Related merchandise

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  Heavy portrait poster.

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  The Sandvich T-shirt.

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  The Heavy T-shirt.

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  The Heavy RED figurine.

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  The Heavy BLU figurine.

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  Anatomy of Heavy Weapons Guy poster.

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  The Minigun poster.

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  The Sandvich poster.

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  Team poster.

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  Heavy class decal, white.

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  Heavy class decal, black.

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  RED Heavy action figure.

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  BLU Heavy action figure.

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  RED Robot Heavy action figure.

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  BLU Robot Heavy action figure.

See also

• Heavy match-ups
• Anti-Heavy strategy
• Heavy taunts
• Heavy responses
• Heavy voice commands
• Basic Heavy strategy
• Community Heavy strategy
• Heavy's family
• Heavy Weapons Guy (Classic)

External links

• Heavy page on the Official TF2 Website.
• "A Heavy Update".
• TF2 Official Blog - A Heavy Problem.
• TF2 Official Blog - So much blood!.
• TF2 Official Blog - Incoming Heavy!.
• TF2 Official Blog - This is Very Good Title to Blog Post.
• Heavy on Wikipedia.