Domination

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The burning you feel? It is shame. Click to listen — The Heavy

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If you kill (or assist in killing) a particular player four times without being killed by them in turn, you will receive a Domination, accompanied by a distinct sound cue and a message on the recent kills section of the HUD. In this case, an icon will appear over your head visible only to that player, indicating you to be their Nemesis. If a player you are dominating kills you, they gain a Revenge kill, and you lose your domination and status as their nemesis. There is an equivalent sound queue when a player becomes your nemesis.

Dominations in one life are counted in your all-time stats. When dominating players, a medal symbol will appear next to your name on the scoreboard along with a number indicating how many opposing players you are currently dominating. Dominations are carried over map stages, but not over team or map changes.

Dominating someone may sometimes produce a domination response, which may be specific to the class you have just dominated. Dominating several people in one round will result in increasingly enthusiastic responses from your character.

Team swapping will cause all dominations for and against you to be lost.

Revenge

Killing your nemesis is called a revenge kill. This is accompanied by a short sound cue, and a special kill notice on the HUD. Obtaining a revenge kill will also produce a short audio response by your class. Revenge kills were added to promote relationships between players, creating a small negative reinforcement loop by giving players an opportunity to score extra points against their nemesis.

A Revenge kill is worth double the Points received for a regular Kill, and will remove your Nemesis' Domination against you. Revenge kills in one life, as well as in your player history, count towards your all-time stats. Players receive the Nemesis achievement upon collecting 5 total Revenge kills in their all-time stats. A Revenge kill can occur during Humiliation, which is a highly advantageous and satisfying time to get one, as your Nemesis will be cowering and completely vulnerable.

Related Achievements

Pyro

BarbeQueQ Cause a dominated player to leave the server.

Heavy

Icing on the Cake Get 20 kills on players that you're dominating.

Red Oktoberfest Earn a domination for a Medic who's healing you.

Sniper

Australian Rules Dominate an enemy Sniper.

Rode Hard, Put Away Wet Jarate an enemy that you're dominating.

Spy

	High Value Target Backstab an enemy who is dominating 3 or more of your teammates.		The Melbourne Supremacy Dominate a Sniper.
	Come In From The Cold Get a Revenge kill with a backstab.

Scarechievements

Ghastly Gibus Grab Dominate a player wearing the Ghastly Gibus to earn your own.

Demoman

Three Times a Laddy Dominate three Engineers.

Soldier

Dominator Get 3 dominations in a single life.