Holy Mackerel

Holy Mackerel
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Kill Icon
FISH KILL!
Basic Information
Used by:	Scout
Slot:	Melee
Contributed by:	5p3tch
Released:	September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #30 (Strange), Uncrate #52 (Festive), Chemistry Set (Collector's) or War Paint (Decorated)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	Yes
Available Qualities
Unique Strange Collector's Decorated
Loadout Stats
The Holy Mackerel Level 42 Fish Getting hit by a fish has got to be humiliating.

“

Tired of people telling you what you can or cannot use as a weapon? Those days are over! This fish is PURE ACTION! — Holy Mackerel publicity blurb

”

The Holy Mackerel is a community-created melee weapon for the Scout. It is a fish, presumably a mackerel, wrapped in faded, dirty newspaper and tied with a rubber band. The end of the newspaper is shaped for easy handling. The Festive version replaces the newspaper with gift wrap, and places five small, team-colored lights around the handle, as well as one large one in the fish's mouth. The Festivized version of the Holy Mackerel is similar to the default, with nine small team-colored festive lights wrapped around it with a battery pack charging the lights. While the Scout is moving, the Holy Mackerel will bend around, depending on your direction.

The Holy Mackerel functions identically to the default Bat. However, every successful hit by the weapon on another player will be announced in the kill feed, showing the weapon's icon in addition to the number of times the victim has been slapped recently. Upon killing a player, the kill feed will replace this number with the message "FISH KILL!" alongside the icon.

The kill feed will not register hits or announce "FISH KILL!" on non-player objects such as buildings or bosses. It will also only display the number of hits when it triggers a Spy's Dead Ringer, instead of saying "FISH KILL!", which can be used to determine if a death was legitimate or not.

The kill icon for the Holy Mackerel was contributed by Psyke .

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Identical to: Bat

Damage and function times
Damage type		Melee
Ranged or Melee damage?		Melee
Damage
Base damage	100%	35
Critical		105
Mini-crit		47
Function times
Attack interval		0.5 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Item set

Main article: Item sets

The Special Delivery
	Shortstop Mad Milk Holy Mackerel Milkman
Effect	Leave a Calling Card on your victims

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Sandman		Reclaimed Metal		Holy Mackerel
	+		=

Class Token - Scout		Slot Token - Melee		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

As a crafting ingredient

Refined Metal		Special Delivery weapon		Milkman
x4	+		=

Reclaimed Metal		Holy Mackerel		Gloves of Running Urgently		Holiday Punch
	+		+		=

Strange variant

Strange variant information

Strange Holy Mackerel Strange Fish - Humiliations: 0 Getting hit by a fish has got to be humiliating. Available as a Strange Festive variant. Notes: Only kills with the Strange Holy Mackerel count as humiliations.

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

Update history

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

• The Holy Mackerel was added to the game.

October 6, 2010 Patch

• The Holy Mackerel was altered to not display the hit message concerning disguised Spies.
• Hitting someone with the Holy Mackerel no longer counts as a kill, as this would cause problems with achievements and some statistics systems.
• [Undocumented] The Holy Mackerel will no longer add to the kill feed when hitting a building.

October 8, 2010 Patch

• [Undocumented] The Holy Mackerel was added to the crafting blueprint for the Milkman.

October 18, 2010 Patch

• The hit message no longer awards the player First Blood during an Arena match.

February 3, 2011 Patch

• Fixed the assister's name not being listed in the fish humiliation and kill notices.

February 14, 2011 Patch

• Fixed the Holy Mackerel's melee attack not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).
• Fixed players getting set bonuses applied on tournament servers when the server is restricting the player's weapons using the item_whitelist.

June 3, 2011 Patch

• Added community contributed response rules to the Holy Mackerel.

October 13, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

January 11, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] The Holy Mackerel was added to the crafting blueprint for the Holiday Punch.

December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)

• Added Festive variant.

January 8, 2013 Patch

• Fixed Festive Holy Mackerel not completing a set when equipped.

January 16, 2013 Patch

• Fixed the Festive Holy Mackerel using the wrong sounds.

November 12, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.

December 21, 2017 Patch (Smissmas 2017)

• Added Festivized variant.

October 8, 2021 Patch (Smissmas 2017)

• Fixed a bug with the Swashbucked war paint which caused the Holy Mackerel to appear with no textures.

Bugs

• If the player assists a fish kill, the kill icon will not be highlighted in the kill feed like other kills and assists, similar to the Unarmed Combat.

Trivia

• "Holy Mackerel!" is an expression of surprise found commonly in comedy TV shows, as well as cartoons and other children's TV shows.
• The Holy Mackerel's level, 42, is a reference to Douglas Adams's book series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in which 42 is considered to be the answer to "The ultimate question of Life, The Universe, and Everything".
  • Two further references are the books So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, a title in the book series whose name was taken from a line in the original book, and The Salmon of Doubt, a posthumous collection of various essays and an unfinished novel written by Adams.
• The texture file of the Holy Mackerel reveals that the newspaper wrapped around the fish is named The Gravel Pit Gazette, alluding to the map Gravel Pit.
• A Fish Bat is a fishermen tool and police, trucker, and SCA slang for a shorter, heavy club.
• The melee weapon for the Special Delivery pack was originally a spiked bat named "Nail Biter" before being replaced by the Holy Mackerel.
• As part of a cross-promotion, the Holy Mackerel was available as a melee weapon in Alliance of Valiant Arms, before it was shut down on June 29th, 2018.
• When the Swashbuckled war paint was added to the game, a texturing bug caused the Holy Mackerel to appear without any textures. This was then patched three days later.

Gallery

• 

  First-person view

• 

  RED Festive variant.

• 

  BLU Festive variant.

• 

  RED Festivized variant.

• 

  BLU Festivized variant.

• 

  Holy Mackerel concept by 5p3tch

• 

  The Holy Mackerel as it appears in Alliance of Valiant Arms

See also

• Holy Mackerel strategy
• Festive weapons