Huo-Long Heater
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| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | Heavy |
| Slot: | Primary |
| Released: | August 2, 2012 Patch |
| Availability: | Craft, Drop, Purchase or Promotional |
| Tradable: | Yes |
| Giftable: | Yes |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Craft No.?: | Yes |
| Medieval: | No |
| Ammo | |
| Ammo loaded: | 200 |
| Reload type: | No Reload |
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| Loadout Stats | |
 The Huo-Long Heater |
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| “ | The burning you feel? It is shame.
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The Huo-Long Heater is a primary weapon for the Heavy. The name comes from the Chinese word for "fire dragon" (火龍, huǒlóng). It is an antique wooden machine gun with team-colored portions. A traditional Chinese dragon's head is mounted on the muzzle of the gun.
While deployed, a flashing ring of flame and smoke surrounds the user; this ring lights enemy players on fire and inflicts afterburn damage, but will not damage buildings and cannot deal critical hits (though it can deal Mini-crits). However, the Huo-Long Heater consumes 6 ammunition per second while spun up, even if not firing. In addition, the Ring of Fire will not take effect if the weapon is out of ammunition.
This item was awarded in Genuine quality to players who pre-purchased Sleeping Dogs on Steam before August 14, 2012, or August 17, 2012 in Europe.
The Huo-Long Heater was later contributed to the Steam Workshop, at Valve's request.
Contents
Damage and function times
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| Shot type | Hitscan | |
| Damage | ||
| Maximum ramp-up | 150% | 13.5 / per bullet |
| Base damage | 100% | 9 / per bullet |
| Maximum fall-off | 52.8% | 4.5 / per bullet |
| Point blank | 50-54 / per 1 ammo 500-540 / per second | |
| Medium range | 5-30 / per 1 ammo 50-300 / per second | |
| Long range | 5-10 / per 1 ammo 50-100 / per second | |
| Critical | 27 / per bullet | |
| Mini-crit | 12 / per bullet | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.1 s | |
| Ammo consumption interval | 6 / s 16 / s | |
| Wind-up time | 0.87 s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Fire Ring
| Damage and function times | ||
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| Shot type | Area of effect | |
| Damage | ||
| Base damage | 100% | 15 |
| Point blank | 12-18 | |
| Mini-crit | 21 | |
| Afterburn | 3 / tick 60 total | |
| Afterburn (mini-crit) | 4 / tick 80 total | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.5 s | |
| Afterburn duration | 10 s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Demonstration
Crafting
Blueprint
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Related achievements
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Update history
- The Huo Long Heatmaker was added to the game.
- Fixed The Huo Long Heatmaker not consuming additional ammo while firing
- Renamed "The Huo Long Heatmaker" to "The Huo-Long Heater"
- [Undocumented] Added Huo-Long Heater to the drop system.
September 13, 2012 (Item schema update)
- Made this item in genuine quality tradable and giftable.
Bugs
- The Ring of Fire can damage enemies while underwater.
- The Ring of Fire still can have an Afterburn effect on a Pyro, if the Pyro has been injured by another Huo-Long Heater.
Trivia
- The weapon was originally designed to be a firework cannon, but was changed into more of a gun shape at Valve’s request. [1]
- If the contributors were unable to make the proper changes to the weapon in time, then the contributors would have submitted a different weapon, called the Wrath of Wan Hu, a Pyro flamethrower with a similar theme, which would have taken the Huo-Long Heater’s place. [2]
Gallery
RED first-person view.
BLU first-person view.
The Huo-Long Heater's concept art.
The Huo-Long Heater's concept art.
A previous iteration of the Huo-Long Heater before the final changes to the in-game version.
The viewmodel view of the previous Huo-Long Heater iteration.
Promotional image featuring the Sleeping Dogs promotional items.
See also
References
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