Scorch Shot

Scorch Shot
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Basic Information
Used by:	Pyro
Slot:	Secondary
Contributed by:	Square Jal
Released:	June 27, 2012 Patch (Pyromania Update)
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #77 (Strange), Chemistry Set (Collector's) or War Paint (Decorated)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	Yes
Medieval:	No
Ammo
Ammo loaded:	16
Reload type:	No reload
Available Qualities
Unique Strange Collector's Decorated
Loadout Stats
The Scorch Shot Level 1 - 100 Flare Gun 100% mini-crits vs burning players Flare knocks back target on hit and explodes when it hits the ground. Increased knockback on burning players -35% self damage force -35% damage penalty This weapon will reload automatically when not active.

“

Huhuhuhuhu... Click to listen — The Pyro on sinister weapons

”

The Scorch Shot is a community-created secondary weapon for the Pyro. It is a flare gun with a gray barrel, an orange painted muzzle, and a black grip held in place with pins on the underside of the barrel, as was notably seen in Meet the Pyro.

Flares fired from this gun bounce off enemies as well as allies before exploding, which ignites all enemies caught in the explosion and knocks back the enemy hit with the flare. Flares that don't directly hit an enemy explode instantly on contact with an object or touching a player a second time. Both the impact from the flare and the explosion can damage and ignite enemies, potentially hitting the same enemy twice. Only a direct hit with the weapon will cause knockback, though it will do 35% less damage compared to direct hits from other flare guns. Should a flare strike an enemy already on fire with a direct hit or explosion, mini-crit damage will be inflicted, the strength of the knockback will increase and the target's afterburn duration will be reset.

The knockback itself behaves similarly to a Compression Blast except that the angle in which the flare hits an enemy has no effect on the direction they are pushed back. That is, a shot fired from above and a shot fired from below will knock the target away in the same way. The Scorch Shot's explosion can also be used to propel the player into the air with a flare jump, though this jump gives less distance but lower self-damage than jumps from the Detonator due to the Scorch Shot's 35% self-damage force penalty and 35% lower damage, respectively.

Flares fired from this weapon can destroy stickybombs, in the same fashion as the Detonator, Scottish Resistance, Quickiebomb Launcher and any hitscan weapon.

Taunting with the Scorch Shot equipped will perform the Execution kill taunt. If the flare hits at close range, the flare does 400 damage on impact; otherwise it acts like a normal shot from the gun. The projectile is fired as a normal shot, and will travel depending on where your reticule was at the time of taunting. Unlike other taunt attacks, this taunt always consumes 1 ammo from the ammo pool.

The Scorch Shot was contributed to the Steam Workshop.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Damage and function times
Shot type		Projectile
Damage type		Dual-type (fire and bullet)
Ranged or Melee damage?		Ranged
Damage
Base damage	100%	20
Critical		60
Mini-crit		26
Afterburn		4 / tick 60 total
Afterburn (mini-crit)		5 / tick 75 total
Splash damage
Minimum splash	50%	6.88 ft
Self-damage		15-30
Self damage (rocket jump)		15-30
Function times
Attack interval		2 s
Afterburn duration		7.5 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Reclaimed Metal		Flare Gun		Degreaser		Scorch Shot
	+		+		=

Class Token - Pyro		Slot Token - Secondary		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

Strange variant

Strange variant information

Strange Scorch Shot Strange Flare Gun - Kills: 0 100% mini-crits vs burning players Flare knocks back target on hit and explodes when it hits the ground. Increased knockback on burning players -35% self damage force -35% damage penalty This weapon will reload automatically when not active. Only the first statistic counts towards the strange rank.

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

General

Escape the Heat Jump into a pool of refreshing water while on fire.

Flamethrower Set five enemies on fire in 30 seconds.

 Soldier

Semper Fry Kill 20 enemies while you are on fire.

 Pyro

Attention Getter Ignite 100 enemies with the flare gun. Baptism by Fire Force 10 burning enemies to jump into water. Burn Ward Ignite 3 Medics that are ready to deploy an ÜberCharge. Controlled Burn Ignite 50 enemies capturing one of your control points. Cooking the Books Ignite 5 enemies carrying your intelligence. Firewall Ignite 5 Spies who have a sapper on a friendly building. Firewatch Ignite 10 Snipers while they are zoomed in. Freezer Burn Provide enemies with freezecam shots of each of your taunts. Got A Light? Ignite an enemy Spy while he's flicking a cigarette.

I Fry Ignite 10 disguised Spies. Next of Kindling Ignite an enemy, and the Medic healing him. Pilot Light Ignite a rocket-jumping Soldier while he's in midair. Pyromancer Do 1 million points of total fire damage. Second Degree Burn Kill a burning enemy who was ignited by another Pyro. Spontaneous Combustion Ignite 10 cloaked Spies. Trailblazer Ignite 10 enemies that have recently used a teleporter. Weenie Roast Have 2 enemy Scouts on fire at the same time.

 Heavy

Rasputin In a single life, get shot, burned, bludgeoned, and receive explosive damage.

 Engineer

The Extinguished Gentleman Have dispensers you built extinguish 20 burning players.

 Medic

Autoclave Assist in burning 5 enemies with a single ÜberCharge on a Pyro.

Infernal Medicine Extinguish 100 burning teammates.

 Sniper

Friendship is Golden Extinguish a burning teammate with your Jarate.

 Spy

Burn Notice Survive 30 seconds after being ignited while cloaked.

Update history

June 27, 2012 Patch (Pyromania Update)

• The Scorch Shot was added to the game.

July 2, 2012 Patch

• Fixed exploit where the Scorch Shot could fire its short range kill pellet at the very beginning of the taunt.

July 5, 2012 Patch

• Added recoil forces for the Scorch Shot.

July 24, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Medics using the Quick-Fix will now take jump force from Pyros using the Scorch Shot to explosive jump.

November 12, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.

December 6, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

December 20, 2013 Patch

• Fixed Taunt Kills strange scores not incrementing properly for the Strange Scorch Shot.

September 17, 2014 Patch

• Fixed the Scorch Shot taunt attack not firing a projectile.

July 2, 2015 Patch #1 (Gun Mettle Update)

• Updated description to better detail the weapon's features.
• Changed attributes:
  • Reduced damage penalty from -50% to -35%
  • Now has increased knock back on burning targets.
  • Increased the blast radius from flares from 92Hu to 110Hu.
  • Hits and explosions always Mini-Crit burning targets.

July 6, 2015 Patch

• Changed attribute:
  • Added a -35% self damage force penalty (Reduced blast jumping).

July 8, 2015 Patch #1

• Fixed the Scorch Shot not applying its small knockback on non-burning enemies.
• Fixed the Scorch Shot knockback from affecting Quick-Fix Über.

July 23, 2015 Patch #1

• Fixed the Scorch Shot flares pushing teammates.

September 24, 2015 Patch

• Fixed a push bug with The Scorch Shot and giant robots in Mann vs. Machine mode.

December 21, 2017 Patch (Smissmas 2017)

• Added Festive variant.

Bugs

• The projectile can go through thin walls such as setup gates when fired at a correct angle.
• If the player taunts and is moved, the projectile will still fire from the original place.
• If the player fires the last flare and taunts, the player is still able to do the kill taunt.
• Firing a critical hit with the Scorch Shot flare causes the following shots fired with the Execution kill taunt to deal only critical hit damage (59) instead of the full taunt damage (400); this effect lasts indefinitely and is removed by dying, switching class, or sometimes by making normal attacks with the Scorch Shot or other weapons.
• Due to a model error, part of the barrel doesn't move when loading in new flares, which allows players to see through part of the barrel. Additionally, one side of the hammer does not move with the rest of it, which allows players to see through part of the hammer.
• The damage penalty is not applied to buildings. As the result, the Scorch Shot deals more damage to buildings at longer ranges than any other Pyro secondary weapon.

Gallery

• 

  First-person view.

• 

  RED projectile.

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  BLU projectile.

• 

  Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Scorch Shot.

• 

  Blog post image of the Scorch Shot.

• 

  Image of the Scorch Shot in Meet the Pyro.

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  Image of a burning city with the Pyro holding the Scorch Shot in the background.

See also

• Scorch Shot strategy