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. Click to listen — The Heavy

”

The Heavy Weapons Guy, more commonly known as the Heavy, is a towering hulk of a man hailing from the USSR. He is the largest and possibly most dangerous class in Team Fortress 2. Boasting the most default health and devastating firepower from his trusty Minigun, the Heavy is no pushover. The Heavy's Minigun can inflict heavy damage at a high rate of fire, allowing him to mow down opposing babies, cowards, and teeny-men in seconds. The Heavy's movement speed is his main weakness. Upon revving up or firing his Minigun, his already unimpressive speed drops down to an even lower amount, making him a very easy target for Snipers and Spies. His slow speed makes him more dependent on support from Medics and Engineers to keep him in the fight. Aside from decimating entire teams, the Heavy is able to provide further support for his comrades with an often required health boost via his Sandvich, which, when consumed, is capable of healing him to full health. It can also be dropped to provide an instant 50% health boost to his teammates, systematically equal to a Medium Health kit. However, if the Heavy isn't careful, an enemy may pick up the dropped Sandvich for a health boost of their own.

The Heavy is the face of Team Fortress 2, and the character many players often think of when they hear of the game. He appears prominently on box-art, promotional materials, and loading screens. He starred in the very first Meet the Team video, and he has appeared in all further videos to date.

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:    Beta emblems: 50px  50px 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, 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: slows down enemy players.  Slowdown-on-hit effect is reduced over distance.  +20% damage resistance when spun up and health is less than 50% of max.  Deals 25% less damage.  30% longer 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 spun up and health is less than 50% of max.  50% slower spin up time.  60% slower move speed when deployed.
Craft Tomislav		200	N/A	Base: 9 Crit: 27 [33 rounds / sec.]	Secondary fire deploys the barrel without firing.  Fires 4 bullets per unit of ammo used.  20% faster spin up time.  20% more accurate.  Silent Killer: No spin-up 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 deploys the barrel without firing.  Fires 4 bullets per unit of ammo used.  Create a ring of flames while spun up.  25% more damage against burning players.  Deals 10% less damage.  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 secondary fire, throws it for another player to restore 50% health.  When thrown and then picked up, restores recharge bar.  If injured, after use it must recharge (over about 25.7 seconds or with any health pickup when at full health) to be used again.  If your health is full, collecting any health pickup will completely fill 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 secondary 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 injured, after use it must recharge (over about 10 seconds) to be used again.  If your health is full, collecting any health pickup will completely fill the recharge bar.  If used when player is 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 secondary 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 your health is full, collecting any health pickup will completely fill the recharge bar.
Craft Family Business		8	32	Base: 51 Crit: 153 [5.1 damage × 10 pellets]	+33% clip size.  +15% increased attack speed.  -15% damage done.
Craft Panic Attack		6	32	Base: 72 Crit: 216 [4.8 damage × 15 pellets]	+50% bullets per shot.  +50% faster weapon deploy time.  Fires a 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 secondary fire, throws it for another player to restore 20.5% health.  When thrown and then picked up, restores recharge bar.  If injured, after use it must recharge (over about 10 seconds) to be used again.  If your health is full, collecting any health pickup will completely fill 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	Secondary fire will throw a right-handed punch (no difference from left-handed punch).
Promotional / Craft Apoco-Fists					Secondary fire will throw a right-handed punch (no difference from left-handed punch).  Killing an enemy with a Critical hit or Mini-crit will turn 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	Secondary fire will throw a right-handed punch (no difference from left-handed punch).  On kill: grants 5 seconds of guaranteed Critical hits for all weapons.  Has 20% slower swing rate.
Craft Gloves of Running Urgently		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Secondary fire will throw a right-handed punch (no difference from left-handed punch).  When active, grants 30% faster speed movement.  -50% slower switch-from speed.  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	Secondary fire will throw a right-handed punch (no difference from left-handed punch).  +30% damage bonus.  +50 health on kill.  +30% damage vulnerability while active.
Craft Fists of Steel		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Secondary fire will throw a right-handed punch (no difference from left-handed punch).  –40% damage from ranged sources while active.  +100% slower switch-from speed.  +100% damage vulnerability from melee sources while active.  -40% maximum overheal on wearer.  -40% health from healers on wearer.
Craft Eviction Notice		N/A	N/A	Base: 26 Crit: 78	Secondary fire will throw a right-handed punch (no difference from left-handed punch).  +40% faster firing speed.  +15% faster move speed while active.  Gain 3 second speed boost on hit.  –60% damage done.  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	Secondary fire will throw 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: Showdown 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". "Pow! Haha!"

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 article: Cosmetic items

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 (A 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)

• [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 fist weapons.

Bugs

• The Heavy's hands will occasionally turn invisible if he dies or taunts with his melee weapon out.
• A glitch involving the Heavy dying while firing the Minigun can occur; upon respawning, the Minigun may show a muzzle flash and make firing noises even though its 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 will play and a muzzle flash is visible, but no damage will be dealt.
• A Heavy with any melee weapon as his active weapon can continue to attack while stunned, albeit with invisible animations.
• If a Heavy spins up his primary and taunts while keeping the secondary fire held down, the barrel will 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 make the Heavy unable to attack or deal damage. It will also cause the Heavy's animations to stop completely.

Guest Appearances

2010 - 2012

• Saints Row: The Third - In the form of an cosmetic item.
• Poker Night at the Inventory - Non Playable Character
• Battle Nations - Usable Character
• Dungeon Defenders - Non Playable Character / Familiar
• Hero Academy - Usable Character
• Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed - As a part of the "Team Fortress" Playable Character, alongside Spy and Pyro (PC Version Only)

2013 - Now

• Surgeon Simulator - Non Playable Character
• Joe Danger - Playable Character

Trivia

• The Heavy's voice actor, Gary Schwartz, voices the Demoman and MONOCULUS as well.
• The Heavy's Assault Canon from the original Team Fortress mod was inspired by the M134 Minigun from the movie Predator.
• The songs that the Heavy may sing as part of his response rules include Mily Balakirev's 'Song of the Volga Boatmen', Chopin's 'Funeral March', Khachaturian's 'Sabre Dance'.
• The emblem on the Heavy's sleeve was originally a skull and crossbones. This is still visible in Meet the Heavy and in a backdrop for TF2's library page on Steam.
• The English Meet the Heavy video uses a low-resolution model of Heavy. All subsequent translated versions use a higher quality version.
• 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. [1]
• Just like the rest of the classes, the Heavy makes an appearance in the 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.
  • Players can unlock the Iron Curtain for use in Team Fortress 2 by knocking him out of a tournament in which he buys with the weapon instead of the normal $10,000.
  • He describes how listening to Huey Lewis on the battlefield helps keeps spirits up while fighting.
  • His favorite movies are The Dirty Dozen and the first 20 minutes of Rocky IV.
  • His drink of choice is peach bellini (a cocktail consisting of peach puree and Prosecco wine), though he says the bubbles sometimes give him a headache.
  • An in-game conversation suggests that the Heavy is very educated, having gone to college and receiving a PhD in Russian literature. When asked if he uses his education in his line of work, he responds with "More than you would think".
  • 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.
• In the 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 that the Heavy's father was a "counter-revolutionary" who was executed, and that his mother, sisters and 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.
• In the 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

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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.

• Heavy back.jpg

  Trading card front.

• Heavy2.jpg

  Trading card back.

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  The Heavy's Mafia Monday mugshot.

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  Steam Trading Card.

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  Steam Profile Background.

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  Updated Class Portrait BLU.

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  Updated Class Portrait.

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  Heavy's Appearance in the Main Menu.

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  Heavy's Appearance as a Zombie in the Main Menu.

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  Heavy's Class Card.

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  Heavy's Arsenal.

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 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
• A Cold Day in Hell