Holiday Punch

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The Heavy while tickling someone

The Holiday Punch is a community-created melee weapon for the Heavy. It is a large pair of team-colored knitted mittens, featuring a decorative snowflake woven into the back.

This weapon functions just like the Fists except for an additional backstab-like mechanic. The weapon will always crit from behind in an arc similar to that of the backstab. Any hits from this weapon that strike targets in the back will do no damage but will cause victims to burst into laughter, leaving them temporarily defenseless. Victims who are also wearing the Holiday Punch will always be forced to laugh when hit, regardless of the damage or angle of the hit. Critical hits given by crit-boost items like the Kritzkrieg that are not from behind will deal normal critical damage. Mini-crits will not cause opponents to laugh. Laughing will only occur if the victim is in a position where they would normally be able to taunt, including when under the effects of an Ubercharge. This means that critical hits do not affect disguised or cloaked Spies in any way, or victims who are underwater or in the air.

Taunting with the Holiday Punch equipped will perform the Showdown taunt.

The Holiday Punch was contributed to game via the Steam Workshop, under the name "Masculine Mittens".

Damage and function times

See also: Damage
Damage and function times
Damage
Base damage 100% 65
Point blank 55-75
Critical 0
Mini-crit 75-101
Function times
Attack interval 0.8 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Reclaimed Metal Holy Mackerel Gloves of Running Urgently Holiday Punch
Item icon Reclaimed Metal.png + Item icon Holy Mackerel.png + Item icon Gloves of Running Urgently.png = Item icon Holiday Punch.png
Class Token - Heavy Slot Token - Melee Scrap Metal Possible Results
Item icon Class Token - Heavy.png + Item icon Slot Token - Melee.png + Item icon Scrap Metal.png =
Item icon Killing Gloves of Boxing.png Item icon Gloves of Running Urgently.png Item icon Warrior's Spirit.png Item icon Fists of Steel.png
Item icon Eviction Notice.png Item icon Apoco-Fists.png Item icon Holiday Punch.png Item icon Freedom Staff.png
Item icon Ham Shank.png Item icon Bat Outta Hell.png Item icon Conscientious Objector.png

Related achievements

Leaderboard class heavy.png Heavy

Show Trial
Show Trial
Kill an enemy with a taunt.
Communist Mani-Fisto
Communist Mani-Fisto
Kill an enemy with a critical punch.

Leaderboard class medic.png Medic

Blunt Trauma
Blunt Trauma
Assist in punching 2 enemies with a single ÜberCharge on a Heavy.

Update history

December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas 2011)

  • The Holiday Punch was added to the game.

December 21, 2011 Patch

  • The Holiday Punch is now droppable and craftable.
  • Added crit forces for the Holiday Punch

January 11, 2012 Patch

  • Added crafting blueprint for the Holiday Punch.

Unused content

  • An unused texture exists within the GCFs for this weapon; it bears a similar design to the Officer's Ushanka.
  • This weapon has an unused kill icon.

Bugs

  • The hit sound during the draw animation will still play despite the gloves not coming in contact with each other. This is due to the weapon sharing the same draw animation as the Killing Gloves of Boxing.
  • This item does not glow when crit boosted.
  • Sometimes when using the Holiday Punch the player's fists will disappear.
  • Landing a critical hit on a physics prop will crash the server.
  • If a forced critical hit from this weapon, such as one applied by a Kritzkrieg, hits a disguised enemy Spy, it will trigger the laugh effect, but the laugh sound will be that of the Spy, not of the class that the Spy is disguised as.

Trivia

  • Holiday Punch is a drink commonly made during the holiday season.
  • The Holiday Punch was first teased on the first day of the Australian Christmas Update 2011, on the bottom left corner of the title image.

Gallery

See also