Covering

HUD icon for covering

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I have been shown who is the boss! Click to listen — The Spy when hitten by Mad Milk or Jarate

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Covering is an effect that can be applied by certain weapons or submerging to deep water. Covered players will continually shed droplets of accorded liquid. This liquid can have many different effects depending on what the liquid is. Some liquids can cure burning effect or removal of other liquids.

Associated weapons

List of covered-associated weapons
Scout	Secondary			Mad Milk is a thrown weapon. Covering foes with Mad Milk inflicts a debuff, allowing any teammate to heal by damaging an opponent under its effects. The only ways to prematurely remove the effects of Mad Milk is by visiting a Resupply locker, by being submerged in water, or by being healed for an extended period of time. Additionally, Mad Milk can be used to extinguish burning allies, including the user, and nullify a Spy's cloak and disguise.
		Mad Milk	Mutated Milk
Pyro	Secondary			Gas Passer is a thrown weapon. Covering foes with Gas Passer inflicts a debuff, allowing any teammate to light any opponents under its effects on fire with damage. The only ways to prematurely remove the effects of Gas Passer is by visiting a Resupply locker, by being submerged in water, or by being healed for an extended period of time.
		Gas Passer
	Melee			The Neon Annihilator deals guaranteed critical hits on wet targets, including those covered in Jarate, Mad Milk, Gas Passer, swimming, or simply standing in water of any depth. It is primarily an effective method for dealing with enemies in water, though players are also considered wet for five seconds after leaving a water source.
		Neon Annihilator
Sniper	Primary			If a Sniper is zoomed in, the shot applies a Jarate effect onto an enemy target, scaled up from 2 to 5 seconds depending on the charge. The Jarate effect can extinguish allies in the same fashion that the Jarate can.
		Sydney Sleeper
	Secondary			Jarate is a thrown weapon. It inflicts a temporary debuff upon its victims, causing all soaked enemies to take Mini-crit damage for 10 seconds. The only ways to prematurely remove the effects of Jarate is by visiting a Resupply locker, by being submerged in water, or by being healed for an extended period of time. Additionally, Jarate can be used to extinguish burning allies, including the user, and nullify a Spy's cloak and disguise.
		Jarate	Self-Aware Beauty Mark

Update history

May 21, 2009 Patch (Sniper vs. Spy Update)

• Added Jarate to the game.

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

• Added Mad Milk and Sydney Sleeper to the game.

August 2, 2012 Patch

• Added Neon Annihilator to the game.

Bugs

• While the cvar mp_usehwmmodels is set to 1, player model heads will not be tinted yellow when coated with Jarate.
  • Similarly, when thrown at a Sentry Buster, the "bomb" part of the model will not be tinted yellow; only the legs will be tinted.

Gallery

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  A Spy coated in Water

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  A Spy coated in Mad Milk

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  A Spy coated in Jarate

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  A cloaked Spy coated in Water

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  A cloaked Spy coated in Mad Milk

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  A cloaked Spy coated in Jarate

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  An example of the covering notification being displayed on the HUD

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  Icon shown above Jarate-coated players in Colorblind mode