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{{Quotation|'''The Heavy''' ''on the five day forecast.''|So much blood!|sound=Heavy_cheers03.wav}}
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The '''Hard Counter''' is a [[Contribution page|community-created]] [[Hats|headwear]] item for the [[Heavy]]. It is a team colored umbrella hat with brown ribs and the Heavy's class icon on it.
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The '''Hard Counter''' is a [[Contribution page|community-created]] [[Hats|headwear]] item for the [[Heavy]]. It is a team colored umbrella hat with the Heavy's class icon on it.
 
  
 
Despite the description, the Hard Counter offers no protection from [[Jarate]].
 
Despite the description, the Hard Counter offers no protection from [[Jarate]].
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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
 
* This hat's development name was "Überella" before Valve renamed it.<ref name="polycount forum">[http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1136558&postcount=611 Polycount forum], retrieved November 8, 2010.</ref>  
 
* This hat's development name was "Überella" before Valve renamed it.<ref name="polycount forum">[http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1136558&postcount=611 Polycount forum], retrieved November 8, 2010.</ref>  
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* "Hard Counter" is a term used mostly in online gaming that describes one thing, such as a skill, weapon, or equipment item, that completely nullifies another.
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* "Hard Counter" is a term used mostly in online gaming that describes a skill, weapon, or equipment item that completely nullifies another.
  
 
== References ==  
 
== References ==  

Revision as of 05:23, 26 April 2011

“
So much blood!
Click to listen
— The Heavy on the five day forecast
 ”

The Hard Counter is a community-created headwear item for the Heavy. It is a team colored umbrella hat with brown ribs and the Heavy's class icon on it.

Despite the description, the Hard Counter offers no protection from Jarate.

Painted variants

Main article: Paint Can
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Single colors
Painted Hard Counter E6E6E6.png Painted Hard Counter D8BED8.png Painted Hard Counter C5AF91.png Painted Hard Counter 7E7E7E.png
An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge Color No. 216-190-216 Peculiarly Drab Tincture Aged Moustache Grey
Painted Hard Counter 141414.png Painted Hard Counter 2D2D24.png Painted Hard Counter 694D3A.png Painted Hard Counter 7C6C57.png
A Distinctive Lack of Hue After Eight Radigan Conagher Brown Ye Olde Rustic Colour
Painted Hard Counter A57545.png Painted Hard Counter CF7336.png Painted Hard Counter E7B53B.png Painted Hard Counter F0E68C.png
Muskelmannbraun Mann Co. Orange Australium Gold The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
Painted Hard Counter E9967A.png Painted Hard Counter FF69B4.png Painted Hard Counter 7D4071.png Painted Hard Counter 51384A.png
Dark Salmon Injustice Pink as Hell A Deep Commitment to Purple Noble Hatter's Violet
Painted Hard Counter 2F4F4F.png Painted Hard Counter 424F3B.png Painted Hard Counter 808000.png Painted Hard Counter 729E42.png
A Color Similar to Slate Zepheniah's Greed Drably Olive Indubitably Green
Painted Hard Counter 32CD32.png Painted Hard Counter BCDDB3.png
The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime A Mann's Mint
Team colors
Painted Hard Counter A89A8C.png Painted Hard Counter 839FA3.png Painted Hard Counter 3B1F23.png Painted Hard Counter 18233D.png
Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
Painted Hard Counter B8383B.png Painted Hard Counter 5885A2.png Painted Hard Counter 483838.png Painted Hard Counter 384248.png
Team Spirit (RED) Team Spirit (BLU) Operator's Overalls (RED) Operator's Overalls (BLU)
Painted Hard Counter 803020.png Painted Hard Counter 256D8D.png Painted Hard Counter 654740.png Painted Hard Counter 28394D.png
The Value of Teamwork (RED) The Value of Teamwork (BLU) An Air of Debonair (RED) An Air of Debonair (BLU)
Painted Hard Counter C36C2D.png Painted Hard Counter B88035.png RED Hard Counter.png BLU Hard Counter.png
Cream Spirit (RED) Cream Spirit (BLU) Unpainted (RED) Unpainted (BLU)

Update history

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

  • The Hard Counter was added to the game.

October 6, 2010 Patch

  • Paint affects this hat's color more, colors are less washed out.

February 28, 2011 Patch

Trivia

  • This hat's development name was "Überella" before Valve renamed it.[1]
  • "Hard Counter" is a term used mostly in online gaming that describes a skill, weapon, or equipment item that completely nullifies another.

References

  1. Jump up ↑ Polycount forum, retrieved November 8, 2010.
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