Difference between revisions of "High Noon"

High Noon
Kill Icon
Basic Information
Used by:	Heavy
Slot:	Melee (Taunt)
Available Qualities
	Unique

Latest revision as of 17:33, 22 November 2022

"Showdown" redirects here. For the Comic, see The Showdown.

“

POW! Ha ha!

Click to listen

— The Heavy

”

The High Noon, also known as Showdown, is a kill taunt that activates upon taunting with the Fists, Saxxy, Apoco-Fists or Holiday Punch equipped. The Heavy mimics a quick-draw pistol showdown, resulting in instant death for any enemy slow, unaware, or merely unlucky enough to be in the way.

Unlike most taunt kills, High Noon must be aimed manually; the taunt's invisible bullet fires in the direction the player was facing at the time. Because of this, it can be aimed in any direction, including straight up or down, and can miss even when the enemy is directly in front of the Heavy's "gun hand." However, this property also allows the taunt to hit enemies through even the smallest holes, such as between the missing boards of the center point in Badlands.

The range at which the taunt kills is 500 Hammer units, the equivalent of 9 players standing shoulder to shoulder of any class. For example, if the Heavy performed the taunt in a horizontal line, the range is about the length of one of the storage units at Granary. The taunt's vertical range is approximately the distance between the ground level and second-floor ceiling of 2Fort. Once past the taunt's range, it has no effect.

As with most kill taunts, this taunt can be used to kill enemy players during humiliation and stalemates.

Damage and function times

Related achievements

Heavy

Show Trial
Kill an enemy with a taunt.

Update history

August 19, 2008 Patch (Heavy Update)

[Undocumented] The taunt now kills those in front of the Heavy.

October 6, 2010 Patch

The Gloves of Running Urgently now use the boxing taunt, and boxing glove weapons are now of the type "Boxing Gloves" instead of "Fists."

Bugs

When an enemy is killed with this taunt, the blood particles come from the Heavy performing it, instead of the victim.

Trivia

Before the Heavy Update, there were three different lines of dialogue associated with the performance of this taunt. When it became a taunt kill, two of the lines were removed.

References

↑ Taunt duration

Weapons
v • d • e	Scout	Soldier	Pyro	Demoman	Heavy	Engineer	Medic	Sniper	Spy
Primary	Scattergun	Rocket Launcher	Flame Thrower	Grenade Launcher	Minigun	Shotgun	Syringe Gun	Sniper Rifle	—
Primary	Force-A-Nature Shortstop Soda Popper Baby Face's Blaster Back Scatter	Direct Hit Black Box Rocket Jumper Liberty Launcher Cow Mangler 5000 Original Beggar's Bazooka Air Strike	Backburner Degreaser Phlogistinator Rainblower Nostromo Napalmer Dragon's Fury	Loch-n-Load Ali Baba's Wee Booties Bootlegger Loose Cannon B.A.S.E. Jumper Iron Bomber	Natascha Iron Curtain Brass Beast Tomislav Huo-Long Heater	Frontier Justice Widowmaker Pomson 6000 Rescue Ranger Panic Attack	Blutsauger Crusader's Crossbow Overdose	Huntsman Sydney Sleeper Bazaar Bargain Machina Hitman's Heatmaker AWPer Hand Fortified Compound Classic Shooting Star	—
Secondary	Pistol	Shotgun	Shotgun	Stickybomb Launcher	Shotgun	Pistol	Medi Gun	SMG	Revolver
Secondary	Bonk! Atomic Punch Lugermorph Crit-a-Cola Mad Milk Winger Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol Flying Guillotine Mutated Milk C.A.P.P.E.R	Buff Banner Gunboats Battalion's Backup Concheror Mantreads Reserve Shooter Righteous Bison B.A.S.E. Jumper Panic Attack	Flare Gun Detonator Reserve Shooter Manmelter Scorch Shot Panic Attack Gas Passer Thermal Thruster	Chargin' Targe Scottish Resistance Sticky Jumper Splendid Screen Tide Turner Quickiebomb Launcher	Sandvich Dalokohs Bar Buffalo Steak Sandvich Fishcake Family Business Robo-Sandvich Panic Attack Second Banana	Lugermorph Wrangler Short Circuit C.A.P.P.E.R Giger Counter	Kritzkrieg Quick-Fix Vaccinator	Jarate Razorback Darwin's Danger Shield Cozy Camper Cleaner's Carbine Self-Aware Beauty Mark	Ambassador Big Kill L'Etranger Enforcer Diamondback
Melee	Bat	Shovel	Fire Axe	Bottle	Fists	Wrench	Bonesaw	Kukri	Knife
Melee	Sandman Frying Pan Holy Mackerel Boston Basher Candy Cane Sun-on-a-Stick Fan O'War Three-Rune Blade Saxxy Atomizer Conscientious Objector Unarmed Combat Wrap Assassin Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Batsaber Prinny Machete	Equalizer Pain Train Frying Pan Half-Zatoichi Saxxy Disciplinary Action Market Gardener Conscientious Objector Escape Plan Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete	Axtinguisher Homewrecker Frying Pan Powerjack Back Scratcher Sharpened Volcano Fragment Maul Saxxy Postal Pummeler Conscientious Objector Third Degree Lollichop Neon Annihilator Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete Hot Hand	Eyelander Pain Train Scotsman's Skullcutter Frying Pan Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker Claidheamh Mòr Ullapool Caber Half-Zatoichi Saxxy Persian Persuader Nessie's Nine Iron Conscientious Objector Scottish Handshake Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete	Killing Gloves of Boxing Frying Pan Gloves of Running Urgently Fists of Steel Warrior's Spirit Saxxy Eviction Notice Conscientious Objector Apoco-Fists Holiday Punch Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Bread Bite Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete	Golden Wrench Gunslinger Southern Hospitality Jag Saxxy Eureka Effect Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Prinny Machete	Ubersaw Frying Pan Vita-Saw Amputator Saxxy Solemn Vow Conscientious Objector Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete	Tribalman's Shiv Bushwacka Frying Pan Saxxy Shahanshah Conscientious Objector Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete	Your Eternal Reward Conniver's Kunai Saxxy Big Earner Wanga Prick Sharp Dresser Spy-cicle Black Rose Golden Frying Pan Prinny Machete
Primary PDA	—	—	—	—	—	Construction PDA	—	—	Disguise Kit
Primary PDA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Secondary PDA	—	—	—	—	—	Destruction PDA	—	—	Invis Watch
Secondary PDA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Cloak and Dagger Dead Ringer Enthusiast's Timepiece Quäckenbirdt
Building	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Sapper
Building	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Red-Tape Recorder Ap-Sap Snack Attack
Taunt	Grand Slam	Grenade	Hadouken Armageddon Execution Gas Blast	Barbarian Swing	High Noon	Arm Blender Guitar Smash	Oktoberfest Uberslice Medicating Melody	Arrow Stab	Fencing

[1] Taunt duration

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-{{Weapon infobox
+{{hatnote|"Showdown" redirects here. For the Comic, see ''[[The Showdown]]''.}}
-| weapon-slot = [[Melee]] ([[Taunt]])
+{{Item infobox
-| used-by = [[Heavy]]
+| type         = taunt
-| weapon-image = Heavyshowdowntauntkill.PNG
+| image        = Heavyshowdowntauntkill.PNG
+| used-by      = [[Heavy]]
+| slot         = melee
 | availability = Standard
-| purchasable = no
+| numbered     = no
 }}
-{{Quotation|'''The Heavy'''|'''POW!''' Ha ha!|sound=Heavy_niceshot02.wav}}
-Upon [[taunt]]ing with the [[Fists]] equipped, the [[Heavy]] mimics a quick-draw Pistol '''Showdown''', resulting in crippling pain and/or death for anyone slow, unaware or simply unfortunate enough to actually be hit by it. Unlike the [[Hadouken]], this move cannot be used to destroy [[buildings]]. It is necessary to kill someone using the Showdown taunt to gain the ''Show Trial'' [[Heavy achievements|achievement]]. The taunt can still be used during [[Humiliation]], to kill the winning team members as they come barreling into your spawn, and during a [[Stalemate]], when the two enemy teams meet and spam taunts at each other. The taunt animation exists in the 360 and PS3 versions of the game but does not cause any damage.
-Community testing has found that the range at which this taunt will kill is actually pretty respectable for such a situational attack. The taunt can (and will) kill people who are standing the equivalent of 9 players (of any class) away from the Heavy performing the taunt (horizontally), and its vertical range is approximately the distance between the ground level and second floor ceiling of 2Fort, giving it the longest range of all the taunt attacks by far. However, due to the taunt's straight line of fire, it is still difficult to kill someone with it, and so it should not be considered a serious strategy, unless used against enemies that are distracted, and standing still, such as a scoped Sniper and a Heavy firing. It may be used in most melee only servers or games, making the Heavy the only class with any amount of range in melee (not counting [[Sandman]]'s balls).
+{{Quotation|'''The Heavy'''|'''POW!''' Ha ha!|sound=Heavy niceshot02.wav}}
-== Damage ==
+The '''High Noon''', also known as '''Showdown''', is a [[Taunts#Kill taunt|kill taunt]] that activates upon [[Weapons#heavytaunt|taunting]] with the [[Fists]], [[Saxxy]], [[Apoco-Fists]] or [[Holiday Punch]] equipped. The [[Heavy]] mimics a quick-draw {{botignore|pistol}} {{botignore|showdown}}, resulting in instant death for any enemy slow, unaware, or merely unlucky enough to be in the way.
-* Point Blank: 400-500
-* Medium Range: 400-500 (straight line of fire)
-* Long Range: N/A (out of range)
-* [[Critical hit]]: N/A
-== Function times ==
+Unlike most taunt kills, High Noon must be aimed manually; the taunt's invisible bullet fires in the direction the player was facing at the time. Because of this, it can be aimed in any direction, including straight up or down, and can miss even when the enemy is directly in front of the Heavy's "gun hand." However, this property also allows the taunt to hit enemies through even the smallest holes, such as between the missing boards of the center point in [[Badlands (Control Point)|Badlands]].
-* Attack Interval: 3
-All times are in seconds. Times are approximate and determined by community testing.
-==Related Achievements==
+The range at which the taunt kills is 500 [[Hammer unit]]s, the equivalent of 9 players standing shoulder to shoulder of any [[Classes|class]]. For example, if the Heavy performed the taunt in a horizontal line, the range is about the length of one of the storage units at [[Granary (Control Point)|Granary]]. The taunt's vertical range is approximately the distance between the ground level and second-floor ceiling of [[2Fort]]. Once past the taunt's range, it has no effect.
+As with most kill taunts, this taunt can be used to kill enemy players during [[humiliation]] and [[Match outcomes#Stalemate|stalemate]]s.
+== Damage and function times ==
+{{Damage table
+| type            = [[Hitscan]]
+| damagetype      = Bullet
+| rangetype       = Ranged
+| damage          = yes
+|  point blank    = 500
+|  medium range   = 500
+|  long range     = {{tooltip|N/A|Out of range}}
+|  minicrit       = 675
+| function times  = yes
+|  taunt duration = 4.3 s <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGX26P_sWgw Taunt duration]</ref>
+}}
+== Related achievements ==
+=== {{Class link|Heavy}} ===
 {{Achievement table
 | 1 = {{Show achievement|Heavy|Show Trial}}
 }}
-== Demonstration ==
+== Update history ==
-{{youtube|6kIABEOzw6Y}}
+'''{{Patch name|8|19|2008}}''' ([[Heavy Update]])
+* {{Undocumented}} The taunt now kills those in front of the Heavy.
+'''{{Patch name|10|6|2010}}'''
+* The [[Gloves of Running Urgently]] now use the boxing taunt, and boxing glove weapons are now of the type "Boxing Gloves" instead of "Fists."
+== Bugs ==
+* When an enemy is killed with this taunt, the blood particles come from the Heavy performing it, instead of the victim.
 == Trivia ==
-*The sound clip used for Showdown is heavy_niceshot02, one of the Heavy's three sound bytes for the "Nice Shot!" vocal command.
+* Before the [[Heavy Update]], there were three different lines of dialogue associated with the performance of this taunt. When it became a taunt kill, two of the lines were removed.
-*There used to be 3 different ways the Heavy presented this taunt, shouting "POW! Haha!", silently, and with a short, high-pitched laugh, before the taunt was converted into an attack.
-*This is the only ranged attack in the game with unlimited ammo (not counting how the Sandman regenerates the ball it launches over time, or the Jarate's and Mad Milk's regeneration).
-*Unlike most other taunt attacks, Showdown does not hit based on the enemy player's position relative to the taunt animation- to hit, the target must be on the line indicated by the Heavy's crosshairs at the start of the taunt. As a result, the taunt can be aimed in any direction, including straight up or down. The Engineer taunt Organ Grinder is the only other taunt that functions this way.
-*The range of this taunt is equivalent to approximately 9 Heavies in a line.
-**Nine Heavies in a line is about the length from the edge of the roof of the building near the second point in Badwater, down to the trailer that is reachable with a jump.
-*If you are on top of someone, point down and kill them with this Taunt, the animation will be cut short.
 == See also ==
-*[[Heavy strategy#Showdown|Showdown strategy]]
+* [[Taunts]]
+== References ==
+<references/>
+{{Heavy Update Nav}}
 {{Allweapons Nav}}
-<br/>
 {{Heavy Nav}}
-[[Category:Taunts]]
+[[Category:Weapon Taunts]]

Damage and function times
Shot type		Hitscan
Damage type		Bullet
Ranged or Melee damage?		Ranged
Damage
Point blank		500
Medium range		500
Long range		N/A
Mini-crit		675
Function times
Taunt duration		4.3 s ^[1]
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

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