Loose Cannon

Loose Cannon
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Basic Information
Used by:	Demoman
Slot:	Primary
Contributed by:	Dewzie
Released:	Mecha Update
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #60 (Strange) or Chemistry Set (Collector's)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	No
Ammo
Ammo loaded:	4
Ammo carried:	16
Reload type:	Single
Available Qualities
Unique Strange Collector's Decorated
Loadout Stats
The Loose Cannon 1 - 100 Cannonballs have a fuse time of 1 second; fuses can be primed to explode earlier by holding down the fire key. Cannonballs push players back on impact Cannonballs do not explode on impact -50% damage on contact with surfaces

This article is about the weapon. For the comic, see Loose Canon.

“

Ya call those bombs, ya wee little romance novel? I'll show you bombs! Click to listen — The Demoman on old-fashioned bombs

”

The Loose Cannon is a community-made primary weapon for the Demoman. It resembles a pirate-style cannon with a stock and a sight near the front of the barrel.

The Loose Cannon fires explosive, glowing cannonballs that travel at approximately 1811 Hammer Units per second, 50% faster than the Grenade Launchers' projectiles. The cannonballs have a shorter, 1-second-long fuse, and will not explode on contact with an enemy, instead dealing less damage but inflicting potent knockback. The impact damage is considered explosive damage for the purposes of Damage Resistance.

Holding fire will prime the cannonball but not shoot it until the button is released, allowing control over the timing of the fuse. Cannonballs inflict 50% less damage once they have touched a surface, so priming them correctly is key to achieving maximum efficiency. It should be noted, however, that this damage penalty isn't applied to self-damage: cannonballs inflict full damage to the Demoman, even after touching a surface. If a cannonball is timed carefully so that it deals both impact and explosive damage to the same enemy within half a second, the explosive damage will be a mini-crit and a "double-donk" effect will play over their head with sound.

Holding a primed shot for too long will automatically fire the shot, which will immediately explode similar to the Beggar's Bazooka overloading, and deal damage to the user. Over-shortening the fuse can allow for a strong grenade jump known as a cannon jump.

The Loose Cannon was contributed to the Steam Workshop under the same name.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Damage and function times
Shot type		Projectile
Damage
Base damage	100%	Direct: 57-77 Splash: 22-64 Bounce: 11-32
Critical		Direct: 202 Splash: 101-192 Bounce: 50-96
Mini-crit		Direct: 91-104 Splash: 29-91 Bounce: 23-43
Splash damage
Minimum splash	50%	3 ft
Damage reduction		1% / 2.88
Self-damage		Splash: 56-104 Bounce: 56-104 Overload: 97-109
Function times
Attack interval		0.6 s
Reload (first)		1.24 s
Reload (consecutive)		0.6 s
Maximum charge time		1 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Note: Explosive damage varies depending on how it hits a player. The larger the classes' hit box and the closer to the explosion, the more damage delivered. The further away from the explosion, the less damage. Explosions do the most damage when they happen at the mid point of a player model. The explosion will cover more of the hit box, thus doing the most possible damage.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Loch-n-Load		Reclaimed Metal		Loose Cannon
x3	+		=

Class Token - Demoman		Slot Token - Primary		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

Related achievements

 Demoman

Blind Fire Destroy an Engineer building that you can't see with a direct hit from your Grenade Launcher. Bloody Merry Provide an enemy player with a freeze cam of your smiling face.

Glasg0wned Kill 25 Scouts and Pyros with the Grenade Launcher.

Foundry achievements

Terminated, Too Kill a player by pushing them into the cauldron fire.

Astro-chievements

Lift-offed Push a player into the rocket's exhaust path at the end of the round.

Update history

December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)

• The Loose Cannon was added to the game.

January 24, 2013 Patch

• Fixed missing text in the recipe description for The Loose Cannon.

June 11, 2013 Patch

• Fixed not hearing the Loose Cannon impact sound when playing on dedicated servers.

July 10, 2013 Patch

• Changed attributes:
  • Range no longer affects direct cannonball impact damage.
  • Reduced charge time to 1 second.
  • Added Double-Donk (directly impacting an enemy within half a second before the bomb explosion) sound and particle effects.
  • Double-Donk damage now mini-crits.
  • [Undocumented] Removed hidden +50% damage bonus.

July 12, 2013 Patch

• Updated the Loose Cannon description to match the updated gameplay.

August 27, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

November 12, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.

Bugs

• Reflected cannonballs do not deal mini-crit damage.
• This weapon does not glow when crit boosted.
• If the player taps the attack button and switches weapons before the weapon starts priming, the priming sound will still play.
  • This also happens when the player dies as they are priming the weapon.
• Since the cannonball impact is considered to be explosive damage, it will gib players on kill.

Trivia

• A "loose cannon" was a cannon on a ship which broke loose from its mounts and thus became a danger to the ship and crew; in modern idiom, it is a person who has little to no self-control.

Gallery

• 

  RED first-person view.

• 

  BLU first-person view.

• 

  RED projectile.

• 

  BLU projectile.

• 

  Double Donk Icon

See also

• Loose Cannon strategy