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The '''Huo-Long Heater''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[Promotional items|promotional]] [[Weapons#heavyprimary|primary weapon]] for the [[Heavy]].  It is an antique-looking, partially team-colored machine gun made of wood and metal, which features a traditional [[wikipedia:Chinese dragon|Chinese dragon]]'s head mounted on the muzzle of the gun and a hexagonal, chest-resembling ammo drum. The name comes from the Chinese word for "fire dragon" (火龍, ''huǒlóng'').
 
The '''Huo-Long Heater''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[Promotional items|promotional]] [[Weapons#heavyprimary|primary weapon]] for the [[Heavy]].  It is an antique-looking, partially team-colored machine gun made of wood and metal, which features a traditional [[wikipedia:Chinese dragon|Chinese dragon]]'s head mounted on the muzzle of the gun and a hexagonal, chest-resembling ammo drum. The name comes from the Chinese word for "fire dragon" (火龍, ''huǒlóng'').
  
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While deployed, the Huo-Long Heater repeatedly expels a [[Fire|ring of flame]], centered around the user. This ring [[fire|ignites]] any enemies within its radius and inflicts afterburn damage at the same rate as the [[Flamethrower]], although it will not damage buildings and cannot deal [[critical hits]] (though it can deal mini-crits). Additionally, the weapon deals 25% extra damage against burning targets. However, the Huo-Long Heater deals 10% lower damage when compared to the [[Minigun]], and consumes an additional 4 ammunition per second while spun up, even if not firing, making it more difficult to conserve ammo while it is revved up or fired for extended periods of time. In addition, the fire ring will stop appearing if the weapon is out of ammunition.
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While spun-up, the Huo-Long Heater repeatedly expels [[Fire|rings of flame]] every 0.5 seconds, positioned closely to the ground and centered around the player. These rings of flame ignite and deal 12 damage to any enemies within their range, and inflict afterburn damage at the same rate as the [[Flamethrower]]. Enemies have to be relatively close to the ground to be affected by the Huo-Long Heater's rings of flame. As such, enemies can completely avoid being ignited by timing their approach after a ring is expelled, or by simply jumping over them (although this will not prevent the next ring from igniting them). However, these rings of flame come at the cost of -4 ammo per second while spun-up, regardless of whether or not the gun itself is being fired.
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Furthermore, they won't damage buildings and cannot deal [[Critical hits]] (though they can deal mini-crits). The rings of flame will stop appearing if the weapon is out of ammo, but can still appear when being [[Sandman|stunned]] or when [[Water|underwater]] (and with ammo loaded).
  
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Enemies have to be directly touching the Huo-Long Heater's flames to be affected by it, as the ring of fire spreads from the player's feet at ground level with slight pauses after each ring. As such, enemies can completely avoid being ignited by timing their approach after a ring is expelled, or by simply jumping over it (although this will not prevent the next ring from igniting them).
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In addition, the Huo-Long Heater deals 10% less damage to enemies when compared to the [[Minigun|default Minigun]], placing its [[Hitscan|individual bullet]] base damage at approximately 8.1 instead of 9. This is balanced out by a 25% increase in bullet and fire damage against players who are burning, such as those lit by the rings of flame. However, it should be noted that this 25% damage increase is based off the base damage of the Huo-Long Heater, and not of the default Minigun, placing it at approximately 10.1 base damage per individual bullet, which is still slightly less than the [[Brass Beast|Brass Beast's]] 10.8 base damage per individual bullet. The damage of the rings of flame become 15 when they hit enemy players who are already on fire.
  
 
The Huo-Long Heater was awarded in [[Genuine]] quality to players who pre-ordered ''[[Sleeping Dogs]]'' on [[Steam]] before August 14, 2012, or August 17, 2012 in Europe.
 
The Huo-Long Heater was awarded in [[Genuine]] quality to players who pre-ordered ''[[Sleeping Dogs]]'' on [[Steam]] before August 14, 2012, or August 17, 2012 in Europe.

Revision as of 13:38, 31 August 2016

“
The burning you feel? It is shame.
Click to listen
— The Heavy to a burning Spy
 ”

The Huo-Long Heater is a community-created promotional primary weapon for the Heavy. It is an antique-looking, partially team-colored machine gun made of wood and metal, which features a traditional Chinese dragon's head mounted on the muzzle of the gun and a hexagonal, chest-resembling ammo drum. The name comes from the Chinese word for "fire dragon" (火龍, huǒlóng).

While spun-up, the Huo-Long Heater repeatedly expels rings of flame every 0.5 seconds, positioned closely to the ground and centered around the player. These rings of flame ignite and deal 12 damage to any enemies within their range, and inflict afterburn damage at the same rate as the Flamethrower. Enemies have to be relatively close to the ground to be affected by the Huo-Long Heater's rings of flame. As such, enemies can completely avoid being ignited by timing their approach after a ring is expelled, or by simply jumping over them (although this will not prevent the next ring from igniting them). However, these rings of flame come at the cost of -4 ammo per second while spun-up, regardless of whether or not the gun itself is being fired. Furthermore, they won't damage buildings and cannot deal Critical hits (though they can deal mini-crits). The rings of flame will stop appearing if the weapon is out of ammo, but can still appear when being stunned or when underwater (and with ammo loaded).

In addition, the Huo-Long Heater deals 10% less damage to enemies when compared to the default Minigun, placing its individual bullet base damage at approximately 8.1 instead of 9. This is balanced out by a 25% increase in bullet and fire damage against players who are burning, such as those lit by the rings of flame. However, it should be noted that this 25% damage increase is based off the base damage of the Huo-Long Heater, and not of the default Minigun, placing it at approximately 10.1 base damage per individual bullet, which is still slightly less than the Brass Beast's 10.8 base damage per individual bullet. The damage of the rings of flame become 15 when they hit enemy players who are already on fire.

The Huo-Long Heater was awarded in Genuine quality to players who pre-ordered Sleeping Dogs on Steam before August 14, 2012, or August 17, 2012 in Europe.

The Huo-Long Heater was later contributed to the Steam Workshop, at Valve's request.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage
Damage and function times
Shot type Hitscan
Damage type Bullet
Ranged or Melee damage? Ranged
Damage
Maximum ramp-up 150% 12 / per bullet
Base damage 100% 8 / per bullet
Maximum fall-off 52.8% 4 / per bullet
Point blank 41-48 / per 1 ammo
410-480 / per second
Medium range 7-21 / per 1 ammo
70-210 / per second
Long range 4-9 / per 1 ammo
40-90 / per second
Critical 24 / per bullet
Mini-crit 11-16 / per bullet
Function times
Attack interval 0.1 s
Ammo consumption interval 4 / s
14 / s
Wind-up time 0.87 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Fire Ring

See also: Damage
Damage and function times
Shot type Area of effect
Damage type Fire
Ranged or Melee damage? Ranged
Damage
Base damage 100% 12
Point blank 12
Mini-crit 16
Afterburn 4 / tick
80 total
Afterburn (mini-crit) 5 / tick
100 total
Function times
Attack interval 0.5 s
Afterburn duration 10 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Demonstration

Strange variant


Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Family Business Reclaimed Metal Huo-Long Heater
Item icon Family Business.pngx3 + Item icon Reclaimed Metal.png = Item icon Huo-Long Heater.png
Class Token - Heavy Slot Token - Primary Scrap Metal Possible Results
Item icon Class Token - Heavy.png + Item icon Slot Token - Primary.png + Item icon Scrap Metal.png =
Item icon Natascha.png Item icon Brass Beast.png Item icon Tomislav.png Item icon Huo-Long Heater.png
Item icon Panic Attack.png

Related achievements

Leaderboard class heavy.png Heavy

Heavy Industry
 Heavy Industry
Fire $200,000 worth of minigun rounds in a single life.


Marxman
 Marxman
Kill 10 enemies in mid-air with the minigun.
Permanent Revolution
 Permanent Revolution
Kill 5 enemies without spinning down your gun.

Update history

August 2, 2012 Patch (Triad Pack)
  • The Huo Long Heatmaker was added to the game.

August 3, 2012 Patch

  • Fixed The Huo Long Heatmaker not consuming additional ammo while firing.

August 10, 2012 Patch

  • Renamed from "The Huo Long Heatmaker" to "The Huo-Long Heater".

August 15, 2012 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Added Huo-Long Heater to the drop system.

September 13, 2012 [Item schema update]

  • Made the Huo-Long Heater in genuine quality tradable and giftable.

June 19, 2013 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

November 12, 2013 Patch

January 9, 2014 Patch

  • Fixed not being able to apply Killstreak Kits to the Sleeping Dogs promo items.

June 18, 2014 Patch

  • All mini-guns now have damage and accuracy ramp up after they start firing. Full accuracy and damage is reached 1 second after firing.

July 8, 2014 Patch

  • Minigun: Winding up via secondary attack now counts toward reducing the one-second accuracy penalty.

February 11, 2015 Patch #1

  • Fixed not being able to switch away from the Minigun while spinning down.

July 2, 2015 Patch (Gun Mettle Update)

  • Minigun damage penalty on Level 2 and Level 3 Sentry Guns slightly decreased. Level 2 Sentry resistance changed from 20% to 15% and Level 3 changed from 33% to 20%.
  • Updated description to better detail the weapon's features.

August 18, 2015 Patch #1

  • The Huo-Long Heater can now accept Posthumous Kills strange parts.

July 7, 2016 Patch (Meet Your Match Update)

  • Changed attributes:
    • Added -10% damage.
    • Added +25% increased damage vs. burning players.
    • Reduced ammo drain to -4/sec (from -6).
    • Reduced pulse damage from Ring of Fire to 12 (from 15) due to increased damage vs. burning targets.

Bugs

  • The attribute 25% damage vs burning targets is missing a "+", which may be misread as the weapon only dealing 25% damage to burning targets.
  • The Genuine variant viewmodel does not affect by "Use minimized viewmodels" option.
  • The fire ring can damage enemies while underwater.
  • The ring still can have an Afterburn effect on a Pyro, if the Pyro has been injured by another Huo-Long Heater.

Trivia

  • The weapon was originally designed to be a firework cannon, but was changed into more of a gun shape at Valve’s request. [1]
  • If the contributors were unable to make the proper changes to the weapon in time, then Wrath of Wan Hu, a Pyro flamethrower with a similar theme submitted before the promotion, would have taken the Huo-Long Heater’s place. However, Huo-Long Heater was finished in time.[2]
  • The weapon's name and appearance are based on the Chinese God called Huang Long. He is a large gold (or yellow) dragon, according to Chinese mythology.
  • The Huo-Long Heater is called Sheila by Heavy, which can be seen in The Showdown comic. [3]

Gallery

  • RED first-person view

  • BLU first-person view

  • The Huo-Long Heater's concept art

  • The Huo-Long Heater's concept art

  • A previous iteration of the Huo-Long Heater before the final changes to the in-game version

  • The viewmodel view of the previous Huo-Long Heater iteration

  • Promotional image featuring the Sleeping Dogs promotional items

  • Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Huo-Long Heater

  • Huo-Long Heater, featured in The Showdown comic along with 3 other miniguns: Minigun, Tomislav and Brass Beast

See also

References

  1. ↑ Facepunch forums
  2. ↑ Facepunch forums
  3. ↑ The Showdown comic page
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