Pyro

Pyro
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Basic Information
Icon:
Type:	Offensive
Health:	175 / 260
Speed:	100% 110% with the Gas Jockey item set
Meet the Pyro

“

Mpphhh mphh mphhhh mphhh mhh! Click to listen — The Pyro on just about anything

”

The Pyro is a mumbling pyromaniac of indeterminate origin, and has a fervent fondness for fire and all things fire-related. Wielding a homemade Flamethrower, the Pyro can set opponents aflame, whittling their health away over time with the ensuing afterburn damage. The Pyro also wears an asbestos-lined suit that protects him/her against any afterburn effect. Due to the short range of the Flamethrower, the Pyro relies heavily on ambush tactics to catch opponents off-guard. One of the primary, and vital roles of the Pyro is Spy-checking; a puff of flame will ignite both Cloaked and Disguised Spies.

Though categorized as an offensive class, the Pyro can also be a useful asset in defense, protecting friendly Sentry Guns from Spies and sending an entire attacking team retreating for health. In addition, the Pyro can use the compression blast ability to reflect enemy projectiles, extinguish burning teammates, separate a Medic from its target, disorient enemies by pushing them into the air, and even rocket jump by reflecting a rocket toward your feet. Pyros can also ignite a friendly Sniper's Huntsman arrow, so it can ignite an enemy on a hit. The Pyro can remove Sappers from an Engineer's Buildings using the Homewrecker or the Maul.

There is much debate about whether the Pyro is female or male. Other classes' domination responses (Spy, Sniper, Scout, Soldier, Demoman, and Engineer) referencing this speculation appear to be insulting the Pyro's fighting capability. The flowery purse located near its locker in the spawn room of 2Fort and many other maps, as well as the Pyro's Madame Dixie hat and humiliation stance, have only served to further fuel fan speculation. Additionally, the Pyro has been referred to as both "he" and "she" by Valve, including on the official blog. A prime example of this was in the UI introduced after the Mac update, which referred to the Pyro as either 'him' or 'her' in the challenge dialogue box and alternated randomly between the two.

The Pyro is voiced by Dennis Bateman.

Bio

Name: Unknown Location of origin: Unknown Job: Template:W Motto: "Mmmphh-mphhhh-mmphh" Emblems:    Description: Only two things are known for sure about the mysterious Pyro: he/she sets things on fire and he/she doesn't speak. In fact, only the part about setting things on fire is undisputed. Some believe his/her occasional rasping wheeze may be an attempt to communicate through a mouth obstructed by a filter and attached to lungs ravaged by constant exposure to his/her asbestos-lined suit. Either way, he's/she's a fearsome, inscrutable, Pyro-Frankenstein of a man or woman.

Basic strategy

Main articles: Pyro tips, Pyro strategy

• Your Flamethrower does more damage the closer you are to the enemy.
• Ambush enemies to catch them in the short range of your Flamethrower. Use corners to your advantage.
• Your Flamethrower chews up a lot of ammo. Pick up fallen weapons to refill your supply.
• Switch to your Flare Gun, Detonator or Shotgun if enemies retreat beyond the short range of your Flamethrower.
• You can often set enemies on fire and retreat, leaving them to die from the burning.
• Press E to call for a Medic if you get hurt. Nearby Medics will be notified of your need.

Weapons

Main article: Weapons

Note: Weapon damage is approximate and listed at base value. See individual weapon pages for additional figures.

The Flamethrower, Backburner, Degreaser, Flare Gun, and Detonator deal no damage when fired underwater, instead they produce harmless bubbles. However, they will deal base damage if you are above the water and your enemy is also slightly above the water. There is no afterburn however, making these weapons less effective.

Primary

Weapon	Kill Icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Flame Thrower		Fire: 200 Air blasts: 10 (same reserve)	N/A	Base (Max): 139.5 / sec. Crit (Max): 418.5 / sec. Afterburn: 6 / sec. × 10 secs.1	Secondary fire blasts compressed air which knocks back enemies, redirects enemy projectiles, and extinguishes flames on teammates, using 20 ammo per blast. All reflected rockets/grenades/arrows will inflict Mini-Crit damage.
Unlock Backburner		Fire: 200 Air blasts: 4 (same reserve)	N/A	Base (Max): 160.4 / sec. Crit (Max): 481.3 / sec. Afterburn: 6 / sec. × 10 secs.1	Guarantees Critical hits when attacking from behind.  Deals 10% more damage.  Airblasts cost 150% more ammo to fire.  Secondary fire blasts compressed air which knocks back enemies, redirects enemy projectiles, and extinguishes flames on teammates, using 50 ammo per blast. All reflected rockets/grenades/arrows will inflict Mini-Crit damage.
Craft Degreaser		Fire: 200 Air blasts: 10 (same reserve)	N/A	Base (Max): 139.4 / sec. Crit (Max): 418.2 / sec. Afterburn: 4 / sec. × 10 secs.1	Gives 65% faster weapon switch.  Deals 25% less afterburn damage.  Secondary fire blasts compressed air which knocks back enemies, redirects enemy projectiles, and extinguishes flames on teammates, using 20 ammo per blast. All reflected rockets/grenades/arrows will inflict Mini-Crit damage.

¹ Fire damage is determined by particle range from Flamethrower.

Secondary

Weapon	Kill Icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Shotgun		6	32	Base: 60 Crit: 180 [6 dmg. × 10 pellets]
Unlock Flare Gun		1	16	Base: 30 Crit: 90 Afterburn: 6 / sec. × 10 secs.	On hit, ignites enemy.  Guarantees Critical damage on burning targets.
Craft Detonator		1	16	Base: 30 Crit: 90 Afterburn: 6 / sec. × 10 secs.	On hit, ignites enemy.  Alt-fire detonates flare in flight. Creating a small explosion which ignites nearby players, but does less damage than a normal hit. Knockback can be used to flare jump.  Flares detonate on impact, with a greatly reduced explosion radius.  Guarantees Mini-Crit damage on burning targets, regardless of distance (only when flare is not detonated).  20% explosion self-damage vulnerability on user.

Melee

Weapon	Kill Icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Fire Axe		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195
Unlock Axtinguisher		N/A	N/A	Base: 33 Crit: 195	Guarantees Critical damage on burning targets.  Deals 50% less damage on non-burning targets.  No random Critical hits.
Craft Homewrecker		N/A	N/A	Base: 491 Crit: 146	Deals double damage against enemy buildings.  Able to remove Electro Sappers.  Deals 25% less damage against players.
Craft Powerjack		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	On kill: restores 75 health points and can overheal from maximum health.  +20% damage from melee sources while active.
Craft Back Scratcher		N/A	N/A	Base: 82 Crit: 244	+25% Damage done.  +50% Health from packs on wearer.  -75% Health from healers on wearer.
Promotional / Craft Sharpened Volcano Fragment		N/A	N/A	Base: 52 Crit: 156 Afterburn: 6 / sec. × 10 secs.	On Hit: target is engulfed in flames.  -20% damage done
Promotional / Craft Maul		N/A	N/A	Base: 491 Crit: 146	Deals double damage against enemy buildings.  Able to remove Electro Sappers.  Deals 25% less damage against players.
Distributed Saxxy		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Limited item from the Replay Update.  Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature).

Taunt Attack

	Associated items	Description	Kill icon
	Shotgun  Flare Gun  Detonator	Main article: Hadouken The Pyro charges up and performs a Hadouken, complete with a burst of flame emerging from the hands.

Item sets

Main article: Item sets

The Gas Jockey's Gear
	Degreaser Powerjack Attendant
Effect	Leave a Calling Card on your victims

Hats

Main article: Hats

Official class avatars

Official class avatars
Original set	RED ÜberCharged set	BLU ÜberCharged set
Get TF2 avatars on Steam: Original

Achievements

Main article: Pyro achievements Pyro pack: 35 achievements, 3 milestones. 1 General achievement

Update history

September 28, 2007 Patch

• Fixed the Flamethrower hit detection
• Increased the Flamethrower damage at point blank range

December 20, 2007 Patch

• Fixed the flamethrower stuttering when firing directly into a building
• Fixed occasional misreporting of Syringe Gun & Fire Axe damage distances to the stats system

February 14, 2008 Patch

• Added Flamethrower "sizzle" sound when the Pyro is hitting a target

April 29, 2008 Patch (Gold Rush Update)

• Fixed flamethrower bug where a player flush against a wall couldn't be lit on fire from the front
• Added new weapons: Backburner, Flare Gun and Axtinguisher

June 19, 2008 Patch (The Pyro Update)

• Added alt-fire compression blast to the basic flamethrower
• Added The Axtinguisher, The Backburner, and The Flare Gun
• Hadouken taunt now kills people it hits
• Tuned the flamethrower hit detection to improve detection versus retreating opponents
• Removed Flamethrower's damage falloff (was falling off to 25% by the end)

June 20, 2008 Patch

• Fixed "Hot on your Heels" counting non-flamethrower based kills
• Fixed some Pyro achievement not working on some servers
• Fixed Compression Blast and Flare Gun trail particles on DX8

June 23, 2008 Patch

• Fixed another issue with the Hot on your Heels achievement

July 1, 2008 Patch

• Added back some damage falloff to the Pyro's flamethrower. Not nearly as extreme as it was before the Pyro class pack
• Fixed Backburner's flame critical hits not being recalculated after collision. This meant that it would check if the target was looking away once and after that the flame could score a critical hit again even if the orientation changed

July 8, 2008 Patch

• Fixed flares not always being removed on impact

July 29, 2008 Patch

• Removed health bonus from the Backburner
• Fixed grenades, rockets, and flamethrower being able to fire through grates at round starts

August 19, 2008 Patch (A Heavy Update)

• Added new firing sounds to The Backburner
• Fixed bug where switching from flaregun-wielding Pyro to another class meant you didn't get a full ammo loadout on first spawn

January 28, 2009 Patch

• Fixed Pyro model not animating in the class menu

February 2, 2009 Patch

• Increased flare direct hit damage from 20 to 30

February 25, 2009 Patch

• Fixed the Axtinguisher

March 5, 2009 Patch

• Fixed Flamethrower loophole that resulted in the flame effect being stuck on while the Flamethrower wasn't really firing

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

• Flamethrower's air burst now extinguishes fire on friendly targets
• Grenades and rockets deflected by a pyro under the effects of Kritzkrieg will now be criticals
• Added hat Pyro's Beanie

May 26, 2009 Patch

• Serverl log improvements:
  • Added "player_extinguish" event for servers to log when a Pyro extinguishes flame with the airburst

June 8, 2009 Patch

• Fixed not being able to reflect arrows with the Flamethrower
• [Undocumented] Flare Gun will now Mini-Crit on a burning enemy

June 23, 2009 Patch

• Added log entries for player extinguished events using the Flamethrower
• Force-A-Nature & Flamethrower air blast knockback effects no longer work on disguised spies
• [Undocumented] A Pyro's air blast will now extinguish burning disguised enemy Spies.

August 13, 2009 Patch

• Added new hats: Brigade Helm and Respectless Rubber Glove

August 31, 2009 Patch

• Fixed the Pyro's airblast pushing Spectators in free-look mode
• Fixed Pyro's Hadouken killing Scouts that have used Bonk! and are phasing

December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)

• Fixed being able to affect friendly pipes with airblast (they would unstick)
• Added jiggle bones for Pyro's chicken hat

December 22, 2009 Patch

• Fixed Pyro's not getting the proper kill icon for kills with deflected Direct Hit rockets

January 13, 2010 Patch

• Added backstab death animation

January 13, 2010 Patch

• Shotgun reload for Heavy & Pyro changed to feel more appropriate now

February 23, 2010 Patch

• Fixed the Pyro not being able to deflect enemy flares

March 18, 2010 Patch (First Community Contribution Update)

• Added weapon: Homewrecker
• Added hat: Triboniophorus Tyrannus

April 28, 2010 Patch

• Flamethrower direct damage reduced 20%.
• Burn duration reduced (10 -> 6 seconds).
• Airblast re-fire delay reduced by 25%.
• Airblast ammo usage reduced by 20%.
• All reflected rockets/grenades/arrows now Mini-Crit.
• Airblasting enemies into environmental deaths now awards the death credit to the Pyro.

April 29, 2010 Patch (119th Update)

• Added a 20% damage bonus to The Backburner.
• Fixed the Flare Gun's afterburn duration being lowered by the Flamethrower's duration reduction.

May 7, 2010 Patch

• Updated the Homewrecker
  • It now damages enemy sappers on friendly buildings

May 19, 2010 Patch

• Flamethrower changes
  • Increased base damage 10%
  • Afterburn duration increased (from 6 to 10)
  • Flares that hit a burning player at mid-to-long range will crit
  • Reduced Backburner damage bonus from 20% to 15%

May 20, 2010 Patch (Second Community Contribution Update)

• Added hats: Vintage Merryweather and Whiskered Gentleman

May 21, 2010 Patch

• Moved the "Whiskered Gentleman" to the Misc loadout slot

July 8, 2010 Patch (Engineer Update)

• Added better feedback sound for Pyros when their flamethrower is doing damage

July 19, 2010 Patch

• TF Bot Changes
  • Added tf_bot_pyro_always_reflect cvar. Set to 1 to make Pyro bots always reflect projectiles, regardless of difficulty level

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

• Added weapons: Degreaser and Powerjack
• Added hats: Attendant, Handyman's Handle, Napper's Respite and Old Guadalajara
• [Undocumented] Added unused "Hi-five" taunt
• [Undocumented] Pyro's Airblast pushes grounded stickies approximately twice the distance now

October 6, 2010 Patch

• The Respectless Rubber Glove and Brigade Helm paint effects are more noticeable
• [Undocumented] Paint fixed on the Old Guadalajara
• [Undocumented] Napper's Respite's team colored stripes changed to a brownish-orange

October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress)

• [Undocumented] Fixed Napper's Respite painted pattern
• [Undocumented] Added the Triboniophorus Tyrannus to the store

November 19, 2010 Patch

• Fixed the shotgun reload animations for the Pyro looping endlessly
• The Homewrecker is now capable of removing Sappers from both a Teleporter's entrance and exit with a single swing

December 2, 2010 Patch

• Made the following hats paintable: Pyro's Beanie, Whiskered Gentleman
• Fixed the Pyro's Beanie not being paintable

December 13, 2010 Patch

• Added the Pyro's "Foster's Facade" and "Stockbroker's Scarf

December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)

• Added new weapon: 'The Back Scratcher'
• Added new hats: 'Madame Dixie', 'Pyromancer's Mask' and Prancer's Pride'
• Fixed a Flamethrower bug that allowed players to rapidly fake the Pyro's airblast effect

December 21, 2010 Patch

• The following hats are now paintable or have had their paintability improved: Pyromancer's Mask and Madame Dixie
• Fixed a spelling error on the "Pyromancer's Mask"

January 7, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Fixed Degreaser not using the native icon when killing enemy players
• [Undocumented] Fixed players claiming health by switching to the Powerjack as the enemy dies from burn damage from the Flamethrower

January 10, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] The Powerjack behaves as it did before the January 7, 2011 Patch

February 3, 2011 Patch

• Added New weapon: Sharpened Volcano Fragment
• Fixed some missing surfaces on the bottom of the Pyro's mask

February 7, 2011 Patch

• Updated the burn effect from the Pyro's Sharpened Volcano Fragment to only last for a limited time on enemies

February 28, 2011 Patch

• The Napper's Respite, Handyman's Handle and Old Guadalajara were added to the Mann Co. Store

March 1, 2011 Patch

• Updated the Sharpened Volcano Fragment so it can be traded
• [Undocumented] Updated the Sharpened Volcano Fragment so it can be crafted

March 15, 2011 Patch

• Crafting recipe for the following weapons changed Homewrecker and Sharpened Volcano Fragment

April 7, 2011 Patch

• Added new hat: Sight for Sore Eyes

April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)

• Added new paint styles to the Pyromancer's Mask
• Replaced the no-crit attribute with -25% damage on the following: The Powerjack
• Item changes:
  • Flaregun Flares always crit burning targets, regardless of range
  • Backburner
    • Removed the restriction on airblast
    • Ammo cost increased 150% (4 blasts at full ammo)
    • Damage bonus reduced to 10% (from 15%)
• [Undocumented] Attribute 23 (no airblast) which was previously applied to the Backburner, is no longer functional. Other attributes that previously have been removed from weapons and are no longer in use, are still functional to date (ie. attribute 49: no double jump)

April 20, 2011 Patch

• Updated the Pyromancer's Mask with changes from the community creators

April 28, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Dead Cone

May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)

• Added new hats: Hottie's Hoodie and Connoisseur's Cap
• Dead Cone made craftable, tradeable, and giftable
• Dead Cone was added to the list of hats that can be unusual

May 10, 2011 Patch

• Made the Hottie's Hoodie craftable

May 12, 2011 Patch

• Updated the Connoisseur's Cap to be craftable

June 3, 2011 Patch

• Added The Maul

June 14, 2011 Patch

• Updated The Maul so it can be crafted and traded

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

• Added weapon: Detonator

Trivia

• The pressure tank on the Pyro's back contains oxygen rather than fuel, as the fuel for the Flamethrower is contained in a large propane gas tank inside the Flamethrower itself.
• The Pyro is the mascot of "Pyro's Hamburgers", a brand of food sold in Left 4 Dead 2.
• Template:W was hired as the first BLU team Pyro.
• The Pyro has the same voice for the English, German, Spanish, French and Russian versions of Team Fortress 2.
• There is a small issue in the Pyro's BLU team icon, where the Pyro holds a RED Team Flamethrower instead of the BLU Team Flamethrower. This can be seen in the class menu in-game while on BLU team.
• The Pyro is playable in Killing Floor, as a promotional bonus character for those who have purchased both Killing Floor and Team Fortress 2.
• The Pyro makes an appearance in Worms: Reloaded as part of one of the forts; the rest of the fort is composed of Hydro. In addition, the Pyro's gas mask is a selectable hat for the player's worms.
• A promotional item exists in Monday Night Combat of the Pyro's gas mask, wearable by the Tank class, with the name "Jet Guns Are Better".
• Three Napalm Grenades, a weapon from the original Team Fortress Classic, rest on the front of the Pyro's suit (unless the player has the Stockbroker's Scarf equipped.) These were originally intended to be usable weapons in TF2, but they (along with all the other classes' grenades) were pulled from the game, and are now purely cosmetic.
• From the Über Update The Pyro is now the only one without a Meet the team video.

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  The Pyro's appearance in Killing Floor.

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  The Pyro's gas mask as a selectable Worms: Reloaded worm hat.

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  The in-game item for Monday Night Combat; "Jet Guns Are Better".

Related merchandise

• Flamethrower.jpg

  The Flamethrower Poster

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  Team Mousepad

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  The Team Poster

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  Pyro Class Decal, White

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  Pyro Class Decal, Black

See also

• Fire
• Compression blast
• Juggling
• Ambushing
• Pyro match-ups
• Anti-Pyro Strategy
• Pyro taunts
• Pyro responses
• Basic Pyro strategy
• Community Pyro strategy
• Pyro voice commands
• List of references (Pyro)
• Dodgeball
• Pyro (Classic)
• Merchandise

External links

• Pyro page on the Official TF2 Website
• "The Pyro Update"