Hot Hand
| Hot Hand | |
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| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | Pyro |
| Slot: | Melee |
| Released: | October 20, 2017 Patch (Jungle Inferno Update) |
| Availability: | ConTracker |
| Tradable: | Yes |
| Giftable: | Yes |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Craft No.?: | No |
| Medieval: | Yes |
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 The Hot Hand |
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The Hot Hand is a melee weapon for the Pyro. It is a team-colored (grey for RED, dark yellow for BLU) rubber glove with two yellow bands on the wrist and soot-darkened fingertips. It appears similar to the gloves worn by real-life firemen.
Unlike other melee weapons, pressing primary fire (default key:MOUSE1) will cause two consecutive melee attacks. The weapon deals less damage than the Fire Axe, which is split between the two slaps (28 x 2, for a total of 56 damage).
Upon hitting an enemy with this weapon, the player gains a very short speed boost (similarly to the Disciplinary Action, but with a much shorter duration) and the hit is announced in the kill feed, similar to the Holy Mackerel and the Unarmed Combat. Kills with this weapon are shown as "SLAP KILL!" in the killfeed; like the aforementioned weapons, this message does not show if the victim is a Spy using an active Dead Ringer.
Taunting with the Hot Hand equipped will perform the Hadouken kill taunt.
Currently, the only way to obtain the Hot Hand is to complete all Pyroland contracts, which grants an untradable and unmarketable Hot Hand as a contract reward.
Contents
Damage and function times
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| Damage type | Melee | |
| Ranged or Melee damage? | Melee | |
| Damage | ||
| Base damage | 100% | 28 (x2) |
| Critical | 84 (x2) | |
| Mini-crit | 38 (x2) | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 1.0 s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Related achievements
Pyro
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Update history
October 20, 2017 Patch #1 (Jungle Inferno Update)
- Added the Hot Hand to the game.
- Fixed The Hot Hand not displaying the item level in its description
Bugs
- The weapon's damage penalty is actually 15%, not the 20% stated in the description.
- If the player assists a slap kill, the kill icon will not be highlighted in the kill feed like other kills and assists.
- Taunt kills with the Hot Hand will announce "SLAP KILL!" in the second killfeed.
- The glove is always RED version (grey color) in the client view.
- The Hot Hand does not glow when crit-boosted.
- The Hot Hand's viewmodel is not affected by the "Use minimized viewmodels" option.
Trivia
- The Hot Hand was called the Slap Attack on the Jungle Inferno Day 4 Update page, likely referencing an old name considered during development but later scrapped in favor of its current one. Valve has since silently fixed the page.
Gallery
First-person view.
See Also
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