Killing Gloves of Boxing

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The Heavy

The Killing Gloves of Boxing, often abbreviated as K.G.B., are unlockable melee weapons for the Heavy. They appear as large, smooth, padded boxing gloves in team colours.

These gloves deal the same damage on hit as the Fists, but have a 20% longer swing time and thus less potential to follow up hits. When the Heavy kills an enemy with the K.G.B., however, he is guaranteed critical hits for the next 5 seconds, and can kill additional enemies with the weapon to refresh the boost's duration. This boost affects other weapons, allowing the Heavy to switch to other weapons such as the Shotgun to deal further damage at the cost of losing boost time through the switch animation.

The Killing Gloves of Boxing are automatically given to any player who obtains 22 Heavy achievements.

Damage

See also: Damage

Identical to the Fists.

Function times

Function times (in seconds)
Attack interval 0.96 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Demonstration

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

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

As a Crafting Ingredient

Killing Gloves of Boxing Scrap Metal Gloves of Running Urgently
Item icon Killing Gloves of Boxing.png + Item icon Scrap Metal.pngx2 = Item icon Gloves of Running Urgently.png
Killing Gloves of Boxing Reclaimed Metal Fists of Steel
Item icon Killing Gloves of Boxing.png + Item icon Reclaimed Metal.png = Item icon Fists of Steel.png

Related Achievements

Leaderboard class heavy.png Heavy

Borscht Belt
Borscht Belt
Kill 10 Heavies with The K.G.B.
Communist Mani-Fisto
Communist Mani-Fisto
Kill an enemy with a critical punch.

Update history

August 19, 2008 Patch

  • The item was added to the game.

February 25, 2009 Patch

  • Fixed the Heavy's hands disappearing when he's stunned while wearing the K.G.B.

September 30, 2010 Patch

January 7, 2011 Patch

  • This weapon's kill icon was updated.

January 10, 2011 Patch

  • Fixed the Heavy's fists not playing the critical hit animation.

March 15, 2011 Patch

  • [Undocumented] The weapon was added to the crafting blueprint for the Fists of Steel.
  • [Undocumented] The crafting cost for the Gloves of Running Urgently reduced to two Scrap Metal + K.G.B.

Bugs

  • The Heavy's hands will sometimes majorly clip through the Gloves while taunting.

Trivia

  • K.G.B. was the acronym for the Russian security agency, secret police and intelligence agency Komityet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosty, which was disbanded in 1995.
  • The K.G.B.'s taunt is an homage to Mr. Sandman's warm-up technique from Punch Out!!.
  • In the .gcf files, there is a scrapped weapon mechanic which was intended for the K.G.B. With it, every kill would earn the Heavy, and his surrounding allies, 50 health regenerated and an additional 10% to their critical hit chances. The downside was that the Heavy taunted after each and every successful K.G.B. kill.

Gallery

See also

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