Hitscan

A hitscan weapon does not spawn a projectile entity or prop. Instead, it traces a line in the direction the player is aiming, checks if something is in the line's path, and causes damage or effects accordingly. In practice, they have an instant effect that cannot be seen. Merely aiming at the target will cause a hit. Some hitscan weapons also require the target to be within a certain range, such as with Melee Weapons. There may also be a short day between entering the command to fire and having the scan occur, to better sync with the weapon graphics.

The following are Hitscan Weapons:

Scout:

• Melee:
  • Bat
  • Sandman (note: The Sandman's alternate fire is not a hitscan, only the primary melee attack.)
  • Holy Mackerel

Soldier:

• Melee:
  • Shovel
  • Equalizer
  • Pain Train
  • Frying Pan

Pyro:

• Melee:
  • Fire Axe
  • Axtinguisher
  • Homewrecker
  • Powerjack

Demoman:

• Melee
  • Bottle
  • Eyelander
  • Scotsman's Skullcutter
  • Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker
  • Frying Pan

Heavy:

• Melee
  • Fists
  • Killing Gloves of Boxing
  • Gloves of Running Urgently

Engineer:

• Melee
  • Wrench
  • Golden Wrench
  • Gunslinger
  • Southern Hospitality (note: causes Bleed effect on hit)

Medic:

• Melee
  • Bone Saw
  • Ubersaw
  • Vita-Saw

Sniper:

• Primary
  • Sniper Rifle
  • Sydney Sleeper
• Melee
  • Kukri
  • Tribalman's Shiv (note: causes Bleed effect on hit)
  • Bushwhacka

Spy:

• Melee
  • Knife
  • Your Eternal Reward