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| type = weapon | | type = weapon | ||
| image = Holy Mackerel.png | | image = Holy Mackerel.png | ||
+ | | 3d-image-1 = Holy Mackerel | ||
+ | | 3d-image-2 = Holy Mackerel Festivized | ||
+ | | 3d-image-4 = Holy Mackerel Festive | ||
+ | | 3d-button-1 = default | ||
+ | | 3d-button-2 = colored_pair | ||
+ | | 3d-button-4 = colored_pair | ||
+ | | 3d-viewname-1 = Default | ||
+ | | 3d-viewname-2 = Festivized | ||
+ | | 3d-viewname-4 = Festive | ||
| kill-text-1 = FISH KILL! | | kill-text-1 = FISH KILL! | ||
− | | used-by = | + | | used-by = {{used by|Scout}} |
| slot = melee | | slot = melee | ||
− | | contributed-by = {{ | + | | contributed-by = {{Backpack Item Link|76561197998113407|143016277}} |
− | | released = | + | | released = {{Patch name|9|30|2010}} |
− | | availability = | + | | released-major = Mann-Conomy Update |
− | | loadout = | + | | availability = {{avail|drop|craft|purchase|crate30-strange|crate52-festive|collectors|warpaint}} |
− | | | + | | marketable = yes |
− | | item- | + | | numbered = no |
− | | | + | | loadout = yes |
+ | | item-kind = {{item kind|Fish}} | ||
+ | | item-level = 42 | ||
+ | | item-description = {{item description|Holy Mackerel}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
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− | + | {{Quotation|'''Holy Mackerel''' publicity blurb|Tired of people telling you what you can or cannot use as a weapon? Those days are over! This fish is PURE ACTION!}} | |
− | + | The '''Holy Mackerel''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[Weapons#scoutmelee|melee weapon]] for the [[Scout]]. It is a fish, presumably a mackerel, wrapped in faded, dirty newspaper and tied with a rubber band. The end of the newspaper is shaped for easy handling. The [[Festive weapons|Festive]] version replaces the newspaper with gift wrap, and places five small, team-colored lights around the handle, as well as one large one in the fish's mouth. The Festivized version of the Holy Mackerel is similar to the default, with nine small team-colored festive lights wrapped around it with a battery pack charging the lights. While the Scout is moving, the Holy Mackerel [[Jiggle bones|bends]] around with his movements. | |
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− | + | This weapon functions identically to the default [[Bat]]. However, every successful hit by the weapon on another player is announced in the kill feed, showing the weapon's icon in addition to the number of times the victim has been slapped recently. Upon killing a player, the kill feed replaces this number with the message "FISH KILL!" alongside the icon. | |
− | + | The kill feed does not register hits or announce "FISH KILL!" on non-player objects such as [[buildings]] or [[boss]]es. It also only displays the number of hits when it triggers a [[Spy]]'s [[Dead Ringer]], instead of saying "FISH KILL!", which can be used to determine if a death was legitimate or not. | |
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− | ==Item set== | + | The kill icon for the Holy Mackerel was contributed by {{Steamid|76561197976113694}}. |
− | {{Set| | + | |
+ | == Damage and function times == | ||
+ | {{Damage table | ||
+ | | identical = [[Bat]] | ||
+ | | damagetype = Melee | ||
+ | | rangetype = Melee | ||
+ | |||
+ | | damage = yes | ||
+ | | base = 35 | ||
+ | | crit = 105 | ||
+ | | minicrit = 47 | ||
+ | |||
+ | | function times = yes | ||
+ | | attack interval = 0.5 s | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Item set == | ||
+ | {{Set|The Special Delivery}} | ||
{{Weapon Demonstration}} | {{Weapon Demonstration}} | ||
− | ==Blueprint== | + | == Crafting == |
+ | {{See also|Crafting}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Blueprint === | ||
{{Blueprint | {{Blueprint | ||
| ingredient-1 = Sandman | | ingredient-1 = Sandman | ||
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| result = Holy Mackerel | | result = Holy Mackerel | ||
}} | }} | ||
+ | {{Blueprint | autoresult = Scout melee}} | ||
− | ==As a | + | === As a crafting ingredient === |
+ | {{Blueprint|autoresult=Special Delivery}} | ||
{{Blueprint | {{Blueprint | ||
− | | ingredient-1 = | + | | ingredient-1 = Reclaimed Metal |
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| ingredient-2 = Holy Mackerel | | ingredient-2 = Holy Mackerel | ||
− | | result = | + | | ingredient-3 = Gloves of Running Urgently |
+ | | result = Holiday Punch | ||
}} | }} | ||
− | == | + | == Strange variant == |
− | + | {{Strange item info | |
− | + | | item-type = {{item kind|Fish}} | |
− | + | | rankson = humiliations | |
− | + | | rankson2 = | |
− | + | | festive = yes | |
− | ''' | + | | item-description = {{item description|Holy Mackerel}} |
− | + | | can deal damage = yes | |
+ | | can deal gib damage = no | ||
+ | | can headshot = no | ||
+ | | can reflect projectiles = no | ||
+ | | can deal posthumous damage = no | ||
+ | | can extinguish = no | ||
+ | | notes = Only kills with the Strange '''Holy Mackerel''' count as humiliations. | ||
+ | }} | ||
− | == | + | == Update history == |
− | * The | + | {{Update history| |
− | * | + | '''{{Patch name|9|30|2010}}''' ([[Mann-Conomy Update]]) |
− | * | + | * The Holy Mackerel was added to the game. |
− | * | + | |
+ | '''{{Patch name|10|6|2010}}''' | ||
+ | * The Holy Mackerel was altered to not display the hit message concerning disguised Spies. | ||
+ | * Hitting someone with the Holy Mackerel no longer counts as a kill, as this would cause problems with [[achievements]] and some statistics systems. | ||
+ | * {{Undocumented}} The Holy Mackerel will no longer add to the kill feed when hitting a building. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''{{Patch name|10|8|2010}}''' | ||
+ | * {{Undocumented}} The Holy Mackerel was added to the crafting blueprint for the [[Milkman]]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''{{Patch name|10|18|2010}}''' | ||
+ | * The hit message no longer awards the player [[Critical hits#First Blood|First Blood]] during an [[Arena]] match. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''{{Patch name|2|3|2011}}''' | ||
+ | * Fixed the assister's name not being listed in the fish humiliation and kill notices. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''{{Patch name|2|14|2011}}''' | ||
+ | * Fixed the Holy Mackerel's melee attack not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs). | ||
+ | * Fixed players getting set bonuses applied on tournament servers when the server is restricting the player's weapons using the item_whitelist. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''{{Patch name|6|3|2011}}''' | ||
+ | * Added community contributed response rules to the Holy Mackerel. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''{{Patch name|10|13|2011}}''' | ||
+ | * {{Undocumented}} Added [[Strange]] quality. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''{{Patch name|1|11|2012}}''' | ||
+ | * {{Undocumented}} The Holy Mackerel was added to the crafting blueprint for the [[Holiday Punch]]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''{{Patch name|12|20|2012}}''' ([[Mecha Update]]) | ||
+ | * Added [[Festive weapons|Festive]] variant. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''{{Patch name|1|8|2013}}''' | ||
+ | * Fixed Festive Holy Mackerel not completing a set when equipped. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''{{Patch name|1|16|2013}}''' | ||
+ | * Fixed the Festive Holy Mackerel using the wrong sounds. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''{{Patch name|11|12|2013}}''' | ||
+ | * {{Undocumented}} Added [[Collector's]] quality. | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''{{Patch name|12|21|2017}}''' ([[Smissmas 2017]]) | ||
+ | * Added [[Festivizer|Festivized]] variant. | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Bugs == | ||
+ | <!-- Please do not add the bug about the jigglebones. It is already mentioned on the Jiggle bones page, since it is a problem with all jiggleboned items.--> | ||
+ | * If the player assists a fish kill, the kill icon is not highlighted in the kill feed like other kills and assists. | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
− | * The Holy Mackerel is | + | * "Holy Mackerel!" is an expression of surprise found commonly in comedy TV shows, as well as cartoons and other children's TV shows. |
− | ** Two further references are the books '' | + | * The Holy Mackerel's level, 42, is a reference to Douglas Adams's book series [[w:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'']], in which 42 is considered to be the answer to "The ultimate question of Life, The Universe, and Everything". |
− | + | ** Two further references are the books [[w:So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish|''So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish'']], a title in the book series whose name was taken from a line in the original book, and [[w:The Salmon of Doubt|''The Salmon of Doubt'']], a posthumous collection of various essays and an unfinished novel written by Adams. | |
− | + | * The texture file of the Holy Mackerel reveals that the newspaper wrapped around the fish is named ''The Gravel Pit Gazette'', alluding to the map [[Gravel Pit]]. | |
− | + | * A [[w:Priest (tool)|'''Fish Bat''']] is a fishermen tool and police, [https://www.ebay.com/itm/Solid-Steel-16-Tire-Thumper-Fish-Billy-Tire-Pressure-Checker-for-Semi-Truckers-/264294261037 trucker],<!--just for "checking tires" --> and [https://www.pinterest.com/pin/483433341225709185/ SCA] slang for a shorter, heavy club. | |
− | + | * As part of a cross-promotion, the Holy Mackerel was available as a melee weapon in ''[[Alliance of Valiant Arms]]'', before it was shut down on June 29th, 2018. | |
− | * The texture file of | ||
− | * | ||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
− | File:Holy Mackerel 1st person.png|1st person | + | File:Holy Mackerel 1st person.png|First-person view.. |
+ | File:Festive Holy Mackerel 1st person red.png|[[RED]] [[Festive weapons|Festive]] variant. | ||
+ | File:Festive Holy Mackerel 1st person blu.png|[[BLU]] Festive variant. | ||
+ | File:Festive Holy Mackerel 2017 1st person red.png|RED Festivized variant. | ||
+ | File:Festive Holy Mackerel 2017 1st person blu.png|BLU Festivized variant. | ||
+ | File:HolyMackerel concept.jpg|Holy Mackerel concept. | ||
+ | File:Holy Mackeral AVA.png|The Holy Mackerel as it appeared in ''[[Alliance of Valiant Arms]]''. | ||
+ | File:Holy Mackerel - Gravel Pit Gazette.png|Holy Mackerel texture showing The Gravel Pit Gazette. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
− | *[[Scout strategy#Holy Mackerel|Holy Mackerel strategy]] | + | * [[Basic Scout strategy#Holy Mackerel + reskins|Holy Mackerel strategy]] |
+ | * [[Festive weapons]] | ||
− | {{ | + | {{Mann-Conomy Nav}} |
{{Allweapons Nav}} | {{Allweapons Nav}} | ||
{{Scout Nav}} | {{Scout Nav}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Category:Jiggleboned]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Reskins]] | ||
[[Category:The Special Delivery]] | [[Category:The Special Delivery]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:31, 8 September 2024
“ | Tired of people telling you what you can or cannot use as a weapon? Those days are over! This fish is PURE ACTION!
— Holy Mackerel publicity blurb
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” |
The Holy Mackerel is a community-created melee weapon for the Scout. It is a fish, presumably a mackerel, wrapped in faded, dirty newspaper and tied with a rubber band. The end of the newspaper is shaped for easy handling. The Festive version replaces the newspaper with gift wrap, and places five small, team-colored lights around the handle, as well as one large one in the fish's mouth. The Festivized version of the Holy Mackerel is similar to the default, with nine small team-colored festive lights wrapped around it with a battery pack charging the lights. While the Scout is moving, the Holy Mackerel bends around with his movements.
This weapon functions identically to the default Bat. However, every successful hit by the weapon on another player is announced in the kill feed, showing the weapon's icon in addition to the number of times the victim has been slapped recently. Upon killing a player, the kill feed replaces this number with the message "FISH KILL!" alongside the icon.
The kill feed does not register hits or announce "FISH KILL!" on non-player objects such as buildings or bosses. It also only displays the number of hits when it triggers a Spy's Dead Ringer, instead of saying "FISH KILL!", which can be used to determine if a death was legitimate or not.
The kill icon for the Holy Mackerel was contributed by Psyke .
Contents
Damage and function times
Damage and function times | ||
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Damage type | Melee | |
Ranged or Melee damage? | Melee | |
Damage | ||
Base damage | 100% | 35 |
Critical | 105 | |
Mini-crit | 47 | |
Function times | ||
Attack interval | 0.5 s | |
Values are approximate and determined by community testing. |
Item set
The Special Delivery | |
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Effect |
Leave a Calling Card on your victims |
Demonstration
Crafting
Blueprint
Sandman | Reclaimed Metal | Holy Mackerel | ||
+ | = |
Class Token - Scout | Slot Token - Melee | Scrap Metal | Possible Results | |||||||||||||||||||
+ | + | = |
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As a crafting ingredient
Refined Metal | Special Delivery weapon | Milkman | ||
x4 | + | = |
Reclaimed Metal | Holy Mackerel | Gloves of Running Urgently | Holiday Punch | |||
+ | + | = |
Strange variant
Update history
- The Holy Mackerel was added to the game.
- The Holy Mackerel was altered to not display the hit message concerning disguised Spies.
- Hitting someone with the Holy Mackerel no longer counts as a kill, as this would cause problems with achievements and some statistics systems.
- [Undocumented] The Holy Mackerel will no longer add to the kill feed when hitting a building.
- [Undocumented] The Holy Mackerel was added to the crafting blueprint for the Milkman.
- The hit message no longer awards the player First Blood during an Arena match.
- Fixed the assister's name not being listed in the fish humiliation and kill notices.
- Fixed the Holy Mackerel's melee attack not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).
- Fixed players getting set bonuses applied on tournament servers when the server is restricting the player's weapons using the item_whitelist.
- Added community contributed response rules to the Holy Mackerel.
- [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.
- [Undocumented] The Holy Mackerel was added to the crafting blueprint for the Holiday Punch.
December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)
- Added Festive variant.
- Fixed Festive Holy Mackerel not completing a set when equipped.
- Fixed the Festive Holy Mackerel using the wrong sounds.
- [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.
December 21, 2017 Patch (Smissmas 2017)
- Added Festivized variant.
Bugs
- If the player assists a fish kill, the kill icon is not highlighted in the kill feed like other kills and assists.
Trivia
- "Holy Mackerel!" is an expression of surprise found commonly in comedy TV shows, as well as cartoons and other children's TV shows.
- The Holy Mackerel's level, 42, is a reference to Douglas Adams's book series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, in which 42 is considered to be the answer to "The ultimate question of Life, The Universe, and Everything".
- Two further references are the books So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, a title in the book series whose name was taken from a line in the original book, and The Salmon of Doubt, a posthumous collection of various essays and an unfinished novel written by Adams.
- The texture file of the Holy Mackerel reveals that the newspaper wrapped around the fish is named The Gravel Pit Gazette, alluding to the map Gravel Pit.
- A Fish Bat is a fishermen tool and police, trucker, and SCA slang for a shorter, heavy club.
- As part of a cross-promotion, the Holy Mackerel was available as a melee weapon in Alliance of Valiant Arms, before it was shut down on June 29th, 2018.
Gallery
BLU Festive variant.
The Holy Mackerel as it appeared in Alliance of Valiant Arms.
See also
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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 |
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Secondary | Pistol | Shotgun | Shotgun | Stickybomb Launcher | Shotgun | Pistol | Medi Gun | SMG | Revolver | |
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 | |
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 | |
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Secondary PDA | — | — | — | — | — | Destruction PDA | — | — | Invis Watch | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cloak and Dagger Dead Ringer Enthusiast's Timepiece Quäckenbirdt | ||
Building | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sapper | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 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 |
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