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[[Image:Assist_demo.png|right|300px|thumb|A Kill Assist]]

{{Quotation|'''The Medic''' on his kill assist|That was doctor-assisted homicide!|sound=Medic_specialcompleted09.wav}}

A '''kill assist''' is awarded to a player when an enemy that they have wounded is [[kill]]ed by another teammate. If multiple players wounded the victim, priority goes to the player who dealt the most [[damage]]. Some methods of gaining kill assists will have greater priority than others.  Unlike [[captures]], only one assist is possible for every kill, which award points to multiple players.

== Example ==
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{{kill notice|extend=no|width=400px|weapon=stickybomb launcher|killer=Killer + Assister|victim=Target|}}</div>

;Consider the example demonstrated in the image:
# A [[BLU]] [[Pyro]] called Assister is using a [[Flamethrower]] on a [[RED]] [[Scout]] called Target.
# Assister stops attacking.  Target has suffered direct damage from the Flamethrower and is now on [[fire]].
# A BLU [[Demoman]] called Killer places [[Stickybomb]]s beneath Target and then detonates them.
# The Stickybombs kill Target. They also happen to kill Killer because he's too close when they detonate.

;Result:
* Killer is awarded a [[kill]] because the Stickybombs dealt the last damage to Target.
* Assister is awarded a '''kill assist''' for damaging Target prior to Killer.
* Assister is not awarded a kill because his attack was not the one that killed Target.
* The [[console]] notification for a kill with a kill assist:  ''Killer + Assister (Killer's Weapon) Target''.  A zoomed-in view of the notification is featured at the bottom of the image.
* Killer's death from the Stickybomb splash damage does not affect either his kill award or Assister's kill assist award.

==Gaining kill assists==
===Priority===
If several people help in getting a kill, then the one who is highest in the list below will get the assist.

#Soaking the victim in [[Jarate]].
#Healing the killer with the [[Medi Gun]] or [[Kritzkrieg]] at the time of the kill (this includes healing disguised enemy [[Spy|Spies]], even if the healing beam breaks upon kill).
#Lighting the victim on [[fire]], provided they are still on fire at the time of the kill. (The last player to light them on fire gets priority.)
#Wounding the victim. (The player who dealt the most damage gets priority.)
#Boosting the killer with the [[Buff Banner]].

===General===
Other ways that you can gain kill assists include:

* Upgrading or restocking a fellow Engineer's [[Sentry Gun]] with your [[Wrench]].
* [[Stun]]ning the victim with the [[Sandman]].
* [[Airblast]]ing the victim shortly before the kill.

==Additional notes==
* A Kill assist is worth half a point. Half points are not displayed, however, so a player's score will only appear to rise with every two assists.
* If the person who receives a kill assist is being dominated by the victim, they will get a [[revenge]] kill. It is possible for both the killer and the assister to get a revenge kill if the victim was dominating both. Similarly, it is possible to dominate a player by getting four kill assists on them.
* Unlike Pyros receiving assists when someone who was lit by them is killed, a Medic will ''not'' receive an assist if a player he has healed or overhealed recently scores a kill and he isn't healing him at that moment. A Medic will only receive an assist kill if his patient kills someone while he's being healed.
* It is actually possible to assist yourself by throwing [[Jarate]] and then killing your target or by hitting them with the Sandman's baseball and killing them. If the enemy kills himself (fall damage, the Demoman's explosives, the Soldier's rockets or his suicide grenade) you'll still be awarded for the kill.
* Even though no damage is done, if a Pyro [[compression blast]]s an enemy who is killed shortly afterward, the Pyro receives a kill assist.
* While [[Jarate]] grants a kill assist, [[Mad Milk]] has no assist score given to the [[Scout]].
* A Spy will not earn a kill assist if his team-mate destroys a [[sap]]ped Engineer building. On the other hand, the Spy still receives a point for having [[sap]]ped a building.

==Related achievements==
==={{Class link|scout}}===
{{Achievement table
| 1 = {{Show achievement|Scout|Strike Zone}}
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==={{Class link|soldier}}===
{{Achievement table
| 1 = {{Show achievement|Soldier|Brothers in Harms}}
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==={{Class link|pyro}}===
{{Achievement table
| 1 = {{Show achievement|Pyro|Second Degree Burn}}
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==={{Class link|demoman}}===
{{Achievement table
| 1 = {{Show achievement|Demoman|Well Plaid!}}
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==={{Class link|heavy}}===
{{Achievement table
| 1 = {{Show achievement|Heavy|Division of Labor}}
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| 2 = {{Show achievement|Heavy|Red Oktoberfest}}
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==={{Class link|engineer}}===
{{Achievement table
| 1 = {{Show achievement|Engineer|Deputized}}
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==={{Class link|medic}}===
{{Achievement table
| 1 = {{Show achievement|Medic|Autoclave}}
      {{Show achievement|Medic|Big Pharma}}
      {{Show achievement|Medic|Blast Assist}}
      {{Show achievement|Medic|Blunt Trauma}}
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| 2 = {{Show achievement|Medic|Doctor Assisted Homicide}}
      {{Show achievement|Medic|Medical Breakthrough}}
      {{Show achievement|Medic|Ubi Concordia, Ibi Victoria}}
      {{Show achievement|Medic|You'll Feel a Little Prick}}
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==={{Class link|sniper}}===
{{Achievement table
| 1 = {{Show achievement|Sniper|Number One Assistant}}
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