Stickybomb Launcher

Stickybomb Launcher
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Basic Information
Used by:	Demoman
Slot:	Secondary
Availability:	Stock, Uncrate #19 (Strange), Uncrate #35, Uncrate #45 (Strange) or Reward (Botkiller and Australium)
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	No
Ammo
Ammo loaded:	8
Ammo carried:	24 / 40
Reload type:	Single
Available Qualities
Normal Unique Strange Decorated
Loadout Stats
Stickybomb Launcher 1 - 100

“

Ye appear to 'ave trodden on a mine! Click to listen — The Demoman

”

The Stickybomb Launcher is the default secondary weapon for the Demoman. It is a modified grenade launcher with a large magazine and wide barrel.

This weapon launches small, glowing, spiked bombs that adhere to almost any surface, but bounce off enemy players, buildings, and certain map entities such as spawn gates or carts. Stickybombs do not explode on contact, but instead can be detonated manually with secondary fire approximately 0.7 seconds after being deployed. The bombs disappear harmlessly in a white flash if the owner dies or if they are hit by bullets, syringes, melee attacks, or explosions caused by Scottish Resistance Stickybombs. Up to eight Stickybombs can be placed at one time; the oldest Stickybomb detonates when the player tries to deploy a ninth bomb. The total number of bombs in place on the map is shown in the HUD.

Should a Stickybomb be hit by an explosion or compression blast from any enemy weapon barring the Scottish Resistance, it is pushed away, but does not detonate. The Stickybombs are otherwise unharmed by the force of the blast. Stickybomb explosions deal splash damage: there is a blast radius falloff that causes less damage to be done the greater the distance a target is from the center of an explosion, even for critical hits. Note that sticky explosions can juggle targets for more damage.

The Demoman can also use Stickybombs to propel himself into the air. Unlike the Soldier, however, the self-damage incurred by such a tactic is much higher; sometimes as much as half of a Demoman's total health.

Stickybombs are fired from the launcher at 805 Hammer units per second, around 34 miles per hour. By holding down primary fire, the launcher can be charged up to launch a Stickybomb over greater distances. A meter below the ammo count will show how much force is behind the Stickybomb, and the launcher will begin to tremble when it reaches its maximum strength. If the charge bar fills completely, the sticky will fire automatically. A fully charged Stickybomb travels at a speed equivalent to approximately 230% of that of an uncharged one. It should be noted that Stickybombs will not be 100% accurate in where they land.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Damage and function times
Shot type		Projectile
Damage type		Explosive
Ranged or Melee damage?		Ranged
Damage
Maximum ramp-up	115%	138
Base damage	100%	120
Maximum fall-off	50%	60
Critical		6 ft: 180 3 ft: 261 Under: 353
Mini-crit		6 ft: 81 3 ft: 117 Under: 162
Splash damage
Minimum splash	50%	11.8 ft
Damage reduction		1% / 3.18
Splash damage range		6 ft: 47-90 3 ft: 60-124 Under: 103-138
Self-damage		45-114
Function times
Attack interval		0.6 s
Reload (first)		1.09 s
Reload (consecutive)		0.67 s
Activation time		0.7 s
Maximum charge time		4.00 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Strange variant

Strange variant information

Strange Stickybomb Launcher Strange Stickybomb Launcher - Kills: 0 Only the first statistic counts towards the strange rank. Available as a Strange Festive variant. Available in all strange botkiller varieties.

Compatible Strange parts Strange Part: Damage Dealt Strange Cosmetic Part: Fires Survived Strange Part: Allied Healing Done Strange Part: Allies Extinguished Strange Part: Scouts Killed Strange Part: Soldiers Killed Strange Part: Pyros Killed Strange Part: Demomen Killed Strange Part: Heavies Killed Strange Part: Engineers Killed Strange Part: Medics Killed Strange Part: Snipers Killed Strange Part: Spies Killed Strange Part: Cloaked Spies Killed Strange Part: Low-Health Kills Strange Part: Posthumous Kills Strange Part: Kills While Übercharged Strange Part: Defender Kills Strange Part: Underwater Kills Strange Part: Critical Kills Strange Part: Gib Kills Strange Part: Kills While Explosive Jumping Strange Part: Headshot Kills Strange Part: Airborne Enemies Killed Strange Part: Burning Enemy Kills Strange Part: Medics Killed That Have Full ÜberCharge Strange Part: Unusual-Wearing Player Kills Strange Part: Point-Blank Kills Strange Part: Long-Distance Kills Strange Part: Domination Kills Strange Part: Revenge Kills Strange Part: Full Moon Kills Strange Part: Halloween Kills Strange Part: Kills During Victory Time Strange Part: Kills with a Taunt Attack Strange Part: Buildings Destroyed Strange Part: Sappers Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Giant Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Robot Spies Destroyed Strange Part: Tanks Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed During Halloween Strange Part: Projectiles Reflected Strange Cosmetic Part: Freezecam Taunt Appearances Strange Part: Killstreaks Ended Strange Part: Player Hits

Related achievements

 Soldier

Bomb Squaddie Destroy 10 sticky bombs with the shotgun in a single life.

 Pyro

Hot Potato Reflect 100 projectiles with your compressed air blast.

 Demoman

Caber Toss Bounce an enemy into the air and kill them before they land. Double Mauled Scotch Kill 2 people in a single sticky jump. He Who Celt It Use the Sticky Launcher to kill an enemy player via environmental damage. Highland Fling Sticky jump a really long way... Loch Ness Bombster Kill an enemy player with stickybombs within 5 seconds of them teleporting. Pipebagger Kill at least three players with a single detonation of stickybombs. Robbed Royal Destroy 100 enemy stickybombs with the Scottish Resistance.

Scotch Guard Kill 3 enemies capping or pushing a cart in a single stickybomb detonation 3 separate times. Something Stickied This Way Comes Kill 30 players with air burst stickybombs. The Argyle Sap Blow up an Engineer, his sentry gun, and his dispenser with a single stickybomb detonation. The High Road Sticky jump onto a cap point and capture it. The Scottish Play Get a melee kill while sticky jumping. The Stickening Kill 3 Heavies from full health with a single stickybomb detonation.

 Heavy

0wn the Means of Production Remove 20 stickybombs by killing the Demomen who produced them.

 Engineer

How the Pests Was Gunned Destroy 50 enemy stickybombs lying in range of friendly buildings.

 Sniper

Jumper Stumper Kill a rocket or grenade-jumping enemy in midair with your Sniper Rifle or the Huntsman.

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Main article: Styles

Styles
Festive	Festivest

Note: Only applies to the Festive variant of this weapon.

Update history

September 27, 2007 Patch

• Fixed prediction error that caused jittery Stickybomb Launcher behavior.

February 28, 2008 Patch

• Reduced Demoman's maximum Stickybomb reserve ammo from 40 to 24.

March 6, 2008 Patch

• Fixed critical modifier for explosive weapons (rockets, pipe bombs) increasing critical chance more than intended.

February 16, 2009 Patch

• Stickybombs now get a reduced close range damage ramp up (like Rocket Launcher & Syringe Gun).
  • Ultimately reduces damage done by Stickybombs to enemies < 512 Hammer units from the Demoman.
• Demoman's secondary weapon has been renamed to Stickybomb Launcher.

May 5, 2010 Patch

• Fixed deflected Stickybombs becoming mini-crits when detonated.
• Fixed deflected Stickybombs becoming crits if the Pyro was crit-boosted.

January 19, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] The Stickybomb Launcher now drops the appropriate weapon on death, on RED team.

February 14, 2011 Patch

• Fixed the Stickybomb Launcher viewmodel sleeves using the wrong team colors for team BLU.
• Fixed melee attacks not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).

April 20, 2011 Patch

• Fixed the Stickybomb Launcher and the Sticky Jumper using the wrong skins.

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

• [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

July 18, 2011 Patch

• Fixed a case where stickybombs could sometimes damage enemies on the other side of a wall.

July 22, 2011 Patch

• Updated the gamehaptics file.
  • Refined the Demoman's Stickybomb Launcher reload forces.

December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas 2011)

• Added Festive variant.

December 19, 2011 Patch

• Festive Stickybomb Launchers can now be gifted.

April 27, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Stickybombs and grenades now have a team-colored aura when fired and a rapidly flashing critical particle effect.

May 3, 2012 Patch

• Fixed a rendering error affecting sticky bomb particle effects.

August 15, 2012 Patch (Mann vs. Machine Update)

• [Undocumented] Added Silver and Gold Botkiller variants.

October 9, 2012 Patch

• Added Rust, Blood, Carbonado, and Diamond Botkiller variants.

December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)

• Added Silver and Gold Botkiller Mk. II variants.

February 14, 2013 Patch

• Added multicolored-lights style to the Festive Stickybomb Launcher.
• Fixed the Stickybomb Launcher using the wrong RED team arms skin while on the BLU team.

February 15, 2013 Patch

• Fixed the BLU team Stickybomb Launcher using the Scottish Resistance material when dropped into the world.

June 18, 2014 Patch

• All Demoman stickybombs now have damage ramp up. Full damage is reached 2 seconds after firing.

June 23, 2014 Patch

• Reverted the recent stickybomb damage ramp up change. We will continue to evaluate the use of stickybomb air detonations and potential changes to that mechanic.

Unused content

Unused Pipebomb model.

• Based on its name displayed on the stats page, the Stickybomb Launcher was originally supposed to be the Pipebomb Launcher, a weapon from the first Team Fortress. It is thought to have been similar to the Grenade Launcher except that the grenades would only detonate when the player pressed the alt fire key (as seen in Trailer 2). The Pipebomb Launcher's grenade is still in the game files.

Bugs

• The Scottish Resistance-specific Achievement Sticky Thump can sometimes be earned with this weapon.
• When changing the styles on the festive variant, the preview does not show the light bulbs.

Trivia

• The Stickybomb Launcher bears resemblance to a weapon cut from Half-Life 2, simply named the "Sticky Launcher". Had it been included, it would have functioned in an almost identical manner, except that it would stick to enemies as well as map surfaces.
• In a 2008 interview Robin Walker explained that internally at Valve, at one point Sticky Bombs were referred to as "winbombs" due to being perceived as too powerful by the development team.

Gallery

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  First-person view.

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  Festive variant, Festive style.

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  Festive variant, RED Festivest style.

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  Festive variant, BLU Festivest style.

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  Botkiller variant.

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  Australium variant.

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  RED projectile.

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  BLU projectile.

Merchandise

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  RED Stickybomb Plushie.

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  BLU Stickybomb Plushie.

See also

• Stickybomb strategy
• Festive weapons
• Botkiller weapons
• Australium weapons