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Revision as of 15:13, 22 July 2012
“ | That was doctor-assisted homicide!
Click to listen
— The Medic on his kill assist
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A kill assist is awarded to a player when an enemy that they have wounded dies through any means.
Participating in a kill assist may sometimes produce a special audio response from your class. Using the "Thanks!" command moments after the assist will also make your class use these responses.
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Example
- 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 Stickybombs 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 killfeed 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 at the time of the kill (this includes healing disguised enemy Spies, even if the healing beam breaks upon kill).
- Engineers healing the killer with a Dispenser.
- 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, Battalion's Backup or Concheror.
General
Other ways that you can gain kill assists include:
- Upgrading or restocking a fellow Engineer's Sentry Gun with your Wrench.
- Stunning the victim with any stun-capable weapon, such as the Sandman.
- Airblasting the victim shortly before the kill.
- Marking the enemy for death with the Fan O'War.
Additional notes
- Kill assists are worth half a point and will be counted as a full point every two of them.
- If the person who receives a kill assist is being dominated by the victim, they will get a revenge kill. Similarly, assist kills count as one of the four kills needed to dominate a player.
- A Medic will only recieve a kill assist if the player is being actively healed. Overheal, at any stage of decay, does not count.
- It is 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 (e.g. fall damage, the Demoman's explosives, the Soldier's rockets, or the Kamikaze taunt) you'll still receive credit for the kill, but it will not count as a kill assist.
- While Jarate grants a kill assist, Mad Milk has no assist score given to the Scout.
- Kill assists count as a point whilst using a Dueling Mini Game.
- Some hats and miscellaneous items can be credited as being assisted by the player on unassisted kills when using the Pyrovision Goggles.
Related achievements
Scout
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Soldier
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Pyro
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Demoman
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Heavy
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Engineer
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Medic
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Sniper
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Update history
- Fixed a rare server crash related to assists
- [Undocumented] Triboniophorus Tyrannus and Alien Swarm Parasite are now credited as being assisted by the player on unassisted kills.
- [Undocumented] Pocket Medic, Cremator's Conscience, Balloonicorn, and Bird-Man of Aberdeen are now credited with assists on unassisted kills.
- Teddy Roosebelt can now get assist credits.