Heavy

Heavy
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Basic Information
Icon:
Type:	Defensive
Health:	300 / 350 /450 300 / 350 /450 with the Warrior's Spirit equipped
Speed:	77% (See Speed below for further details)
Meet the Heavy

“

Some people think they can outsmart me - maybe *sniff* maybe. I have yet to meet one that can outsmart bullet. Click to listen — The Heavy on intelligence

”

The Heavy is a towering hulk of a man that hails from the USSR. The Heavy is the largest and possibly most dangerous class in Team Fortress 2. Boasting the most default health and devastating firepower from his trusty Minigun, the Heavy is no pushover. The Heavy's Minigun can inflict heavy damage at a high rate of fire, allowing him to mow down most enemies in seconds. The Heavy's movement speed is his main weakness. Revving up or firing his Minigun brings his already unimpressive speed down to a snail's pace, making him a very easy target for Snipers and Spies. His slow speed makes him more dependent on support from Medics and Engineers to keep him in the fight. Aside from decimating entire teams, the Heavy is able to provide further support for his comrades with an oft-required health boost via his Sandvich, which, when consumed, is capable of healing him to full health. It can also be dropped to provide an instant 50% health boost to his greedy teammates. However, if he isn't careful, an enemy may pick up the dropped Sandvich for a health boost of their own.

The Heavy is the face of Team Fortress 2. He appears prominently on box-art and promotional materials, starred in the very first Meet the Team video, and has appeared in all further videos to date.

The Heavy is voiced by Gary Schwartz.

Bio

Name: Unknown; Referred to as "Heavy Weapons Guy" Location of origin: Template:W, Template:W, Template:W Job: Mow Down Motto: "Shooting Good." Emblems:    Beta emblems: 50px  50px Description: Like a hibernating bear, the Heavy appears to be a gentle giant. Also like a bear, confusing his deliberate, sleepy demeanor with gentleness will get you ripped limb from limb. Though he speaks simply and moves with an economy of energy that's often confused with napping, the Heavy isn't dumb; he's not your big friend and he generally wishes that you would just shut up before he has to make you shut up.

Speed

Main article: Speed

Modifier	Speed
Standard	77 .00%
With Minigun, Natascha, Iron Curtain or Tomislav revved.	37 .00%
With Brass Beast revved.	14 .66%
While using the G.R.U..	99 .67%
When buffed by the Buffalo Steak Sandvich.	103 .50%

Basic strategy

Main articles: Heavy tips, Heavy strategy

• Hold MOUSE2 to keep your Minigun spinning, ready for approaching enemies.
• You're a great Medic buddy. Keep a clear line of sight to your Medic to keep the Medigun on you.
• Hit E to call for a Medic if you get hurt. Nearby Medics will be notified of your need.
• Your Minigun chews up a lot of ammo. Pick up fallen weapons to refill your supply.

Weapons

Main article: Weapons

Note: Weapon damage is approximate and listed at base value. See individual weapon pages for additional figures.

Primary

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Minigun		200	N/A	Base: 9 Crit: 27 [40 rounds / sec.]	Secondary fire spins-up the barrel without firing.  Fires 4 bullets per unit of ammo used.
Promotional Iron Curtain
Unlock Natascha		200	N/A	Base: 6.75 Crit: 20.25 [40 rounds / sec.]	Secondary fire spins-up the barrel without firing.  Fires 4 bullets per unit of ammo used.  On hit: slows down enemy players.  Slowdown-on-hit effect is reduced over distance.  +20% damage resistance when spun up and health is less than 50% of max.  Deals 25% less damage.  30% longer spin-up time.
Craft Brass Beast		200	N/A	Base: 10.8 Crit: 32.4 [40 rounds / sec.]	Secondary fire spins-up the barrel without firing.  Fires 4 bullets per unit of ammo used.  +20% damage bonus.  20% damage resistance when spun up and health is less than 50% of max.  50% slower spin up time.  60% slower move speed when deployed.
Craft Tomislav		200	N/A	Base: 9 Crit: 27 [33 rounds / sec.]	Secondary fire deploys the barrel without firing.  Fires 4 bullets per unit of ammo used.  20% faster spin up time.  20% more accurate.  Silent Killer: No spin-up sound.  20% slower firing speed.
Promotional / Craft Huo-Long Heater		200	N/A	Base: 8.1 Crit: 24.3 [40 rounds / sec.] Afterburn: 8 / sec. × 7.5 secs.	Secondary fire deploys the barrel without firing.  Fires 4 bullets per unit of ammo used.  Create a ring of flames while spun up.  25% more damage against burning players.  Deals 10% less damage.  Consumes an additional 4 ammo per second while spun up.

Secondary

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Shotgun		6	32	Base: 60 Crit: 180 [6 damage × 10 pellets]
Unlock Sandvich	N/A	1	∞	N/A	With primary fire or taunt key, restores 300 health over about 4 seconds.  With secondary fire, throws it for another player to restore 50% health.  When thrown and then picked up, restores recharge bar.  If injured, after use it must recharge (over about 25.7 seconds or with any health pickup when at full health) to be used again.  If your health is full, collecting any health pickup will completely fill the recharge bar.
Promotional Robo-Sandvich
Craft Dalokohs Bar	N/A	1	∞	N/A	With primary fire or taunt key, restores 100 health over about 4 seconds  With secondary fire, throws it for another player to restore 20.5% health.  When thrown and then picked up, restores recharge bar.  Raises maximum health by 50 points for 30 seconds.  If injured, after use it must recharge (over about 10 seconds) to be used again.  If your health is full, collecting any health pickup will completely fill the recharge bar.  If used when player is at full health, grants 50 points of overheal.
Promotional Fishcake
Craft Buffalo Steak Sandvich	N/A	1	∞	N/A	While under effect:  All damage dealt is Mini-Crits.   Grants 30% faster movement.   Player can only use melee weapons.   Damage taken is increased by 20%.  Effects last for 16 seconds.  With secondary fire, throws it for another player to restore 50% health.  When thrown and then picked up, restores recharge bar.  After use it must recharge (over about 25.7 seconds or with any health pickup when at full health) to be used again.  If your health is full, collecting any health pickup will completely fill the recharge bar.
Craft Family Business		8	32	Base: 51 Crit: 153 [5.1 damage × 10 pellets]	+33% clip size.  +15% increased attack speed.  -15% damage done.
Craft Panic Attack		6	32	Base: 72 Crit: 216 [4.8 damage × 15 pellets]	+50% bullets per shot.  +50% faster weapon deploy time.  Fires a fixed shot pattern.  -20% damage penalty.  Successive shots become less accurate.
Contract Second Banana	N/A	1	∞	N/A	With primary fire or taunt key, restores 200 health over about 4 seconds  With secondary fire, throws it for another player to restore 20.5% health.  When thrown and then picked up, restores recharge bar.  If injured, after use it must recharge (over about 10 seconds) to be used again.  If your health is full, collecting any health pickup will completely fill the recharge bar.

Melee

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Fists		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Secondary fire will throw a right-handed punch (no difference from left-handed punch).
Promotional / Craft Apoco-Fists					Secondary fire will throw a right-handed punch (no difference from left-handed punch).  Killing an enemy with a Critical hit or Mini-crit will turn the victim into Gibs.
Promotional Frying Pan
Craft Conscientious Objector
Promotional / Craft Freedom Staff
Drop Bat Outta Hell
Distributed Memory Maker
Promotional Ham Shank
Unlock Necro Smasher
Uncrate Crossing Guard
Promotional Prinny Machete
Distributed Saxxy					Limited item from the Replay Update.  Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature).
Distributed Golden Frying Pan					Limited item from the Two Cities Update.  Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature).
Unlock Killing Gloves of Boxing		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Secondary fire will throw a right-handed punch (no difference from left-handed punch).  On kill: grants 5 seconds of guaranteed Critical hits for all weapons.  Has 20% slower swing rate.
Craft Gloves of Running Urgently		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Secondary fire will throw a right-handed punch (no difference from left-handed punch).  When active, grants 30% faster speed movement.  -50% slower switch-from speed.  Maximum health is drained while item is active at a rate of -10 per second, to a minimum of 100.  Maximum health is gradually recovered while this weapon is not active.
Uncrate Bread Bite
Craft Warrior's Spirit		N/A	N/A	Base: 85 Crit: 254	Secondary fire will throw a right-handed punch (no difference from left-handed punch).  +30% damage bonus.  +50 health on kill.  +30% damage vulnerability while active.
Craft Fists of Steel		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Secondary fire will throw a right-handed punch (no difference from left-handed punch).  –40% damage from ranged sources while active.  +100% slower switch-from speed.  +100% damage vulnerability from melee sources while active.  -40% maximum overheal on wearer.  -40% health from healers on wearer.
Craft Eviction Notice		N/A	N/A	Base: 26 Crit: 78	Secondary fire will throw a right-handed punch (no difference from left-handed punch).  +40% faster firing speed.  +15% faster move speed while active.  Gain 3 second speed boost on hit.  –60% damage done.  Maximum health is drained while item is active at a rate of -5 per second, to a minimum of 100.  Maximum health is gradually recovered while this weapon is not active.
Craft Holiday Punch		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 0	Secondary fire will throw a right-handed punch (no difference from left-handed punch).   Critical hit forces victim to laugh.   Always critical hit from behind.   On Hit: Force enemies to laugh who are also wearing this item.   Critical hits do no damage.

Taunt Attack

	Associated items	Description
	Fists  Saxxy  Apoco-Fists  Holiday Punch	Main article: Showdown With a flick of the wrist, the Heavy mimics a quick-draw Pistol Showdown and shouts before blowing out the imaginary smoke from the "barrel". "Pow! Haha!"

Item sets

Main article: Item sets

The Hibernating Bear
	Brass Beast Buffalo Steak Sandvich Warrior's Spirit Big Chief
Effect	No effect

Main article: Item sets

Black Market Business
	Tomislav Family Business Eviction Notice Capo's Capper
Effect	No effect

Main article: Item sets

The FrankenHeavy
	Can Opener Soviet Stitch-Up Steel-Toed Stompers
Effect	Allows the Heavy to perform the FrankenHeavy taunt.

Cosmetic items

Main article: Hats

Official class avatars

Official class avatars
Original set	RED ÜberCharged set	BLU ÜberCharged set
Get TF2 avatars on Steam: Original

Achievements

Main article: Heavy achievements Heavy pack: 35 achievements, 3 milestones.

Update history

October 8, 2007 Patch

• Fixed Heavy minigun exploit.

April 29, 2008 Patch (Gold Rush Update)

• Added new speech for the Heavy.

August 19, 2008 Patch (A Heavy Update)

• Added Natascha, The Sandvich and The Killing Gloves of Boxing.
• Added 35 new Heavy achievements.
• Fixed players getting stuck in a bad animation state when class switching while spinning the minigun.
• Fixed a bug which caused the minigun spinning & firing sounds to occasionally stop while the Heavy was still firing.
• [Undocumented] Added a new Fists kill icon.
  • The previous kill icon is assigned to the Killing Gloves of Boxing.
• [Undocumented] Showdown becomes a taunt kill attack.
• [Undocumented] Added a new fist bodygroup to the Heavy model.

January 28, 2009 Patch

• Fixed Natascha not getting the proper 75% of damage and slightly increased the strength of Natascha's slowdown.

February 2, 2009 Patch

• Slight reduction (improvement) of the minigun's spread.
• Rewrote Natascha's slowdown code to be more consistent.

February 16, 2009 Patch

• Removed Natascha's ammo belt in first person view model.

February 25, 2009 Patch

• Players with full health can now pick up dropped Sandviches.
• Fixed the Heavy's hands disappearing when he's stunned while wearing the KGB.

March 5, 2009 Patch

• Fixed a bug that caused Natascha's slow on hit effect to be inverted from 75% to 25%.

March 13, 2009 Patch

• Fixed Natascha's chain not being drawn on the view model.
• Fixed stun code regression that resulted in a subtle reduction of Natascha's slowdown effect.

May 21, 2009 Patch (The Sniper vs. Spy Update)

• The Heavy and Sniper now have new custom death animations.
• Added hat: Football Helmet.

June 8, 2009 Patch

• Added a backstab custom death animation to the Heavy.

June 25, 2009 Patch

• Fixed the Heavy's punches not matching mouse button presses when the view models are flipped.

August 13, 2009 Patch (Classless Update)

• Heavies spinning their mini-guns will continue to spin when stunned (whether the left or right mouse button is pressed).
• Fixed Heavy "civilian" exploit.
• Added Hats: Officer's Ushanka and Tough Guy's Toque.

August 21, 2009 Patch

• Fixed being able to alt-fire with the fists while stunned as a Heavy.

September 15, 2009 Patch

• Alt-fire on the Sandvich now drops sandviches.
  • A single sandvich can be dropped at a time. Dropping the Sandvich removes it from the Heavy.
  • A Heavy can regain his sandvich by collecting a healthkit while already being at full health.
  • Eating a Sandvich using the taunt method now heals a Heavy to full health.
  • Dropped Sandviches heal 50% of the collector's health.

October 14, 2009 Patch

• Fixed being able to eat your Sandvich (via taunt) and drop it in the same frame.
• Fixed thrown Sandvich traveling through players before being activated.
• Fixed Sandviches sometimes spawning inside walls, or being thrown through thin walls.

December 7, 2009 Patch

• Fixed the Heavy's fists being hidden while taunting.

December 22, 2009 Patch

• Fixed the Heavy picking up his own thrown Sandvich if it was thrown while running forward.

December 22, 2009 Patch

• Achievement fixes
  • Fixed the "Gorky Parked" Heavy achievement being incremented by committing suicide on a control point.
  • Updated the "Big Pharma" (Medic) and "Division of Labor" (Heavy) achievements to be 10 kills in a single life.

January 13, 2010 Patch

• Shotgun reload for Heavy & Pyro changed to feel more appropriate now.

March 18, 2010 Patch (First Community Contribution Update)

• Added weapon: Dalokohs Bar.
• Added hat: Hound Dog.

April 28, 2010 Patch

• Minigun spin-up/down time reduced by 25%.
• Minigun firing movement speed increased to just under half-normal (from 80 to 110).
• Throwing a Sandvich to a teammate now earns a full bonus point (was half a point).

May 20, 2010 Patch (Second Community Contribution Update)

• Added hat: Heavy Duty Rag.

July 8, 2010 Patch (Engineer Update)

• The Sandvich now uses a cooldown timer, instead of the health pack recharge mechanic.

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

• Added Weapon: Gloves of Running Urgently.
• Added Hats: Pugilist's Protector and Hard Counter.
• Achievement tuning
  • Heavy achievement "Krazy Ivan" changed to 50 from 100.
• [Undocumented] Removed the cooldown timer from the Sandvich and the Dalokohs Bar when eating.
  • This was later revealed to be a bug, as Valve tried to make the Sandvich/Dalokohs Bar only trigger the cooldown when the Heavy was hurt when he starts eating, likely in an attempt to revive "Heavy Picnics". It has since been correctly patched.
• [Undocumented] Added unused "Hi-five" taunt.

October 6, 2010 Patch

• Fixed the Sandvich cooldown not occurring when the Heavy is hurt.
• Fixed the Heavy's hands being invisible.
• The Pugilist's Protector, The Hard Counter, Football Helmet paint effects are more noticeable.
• The Gloves of Running Urgently now using the boxing taunt and boxing glove weapons are now of the type "Boxing Gloves" instead of "Fists".

October 8, 2010 Patch

• Fixed an exploit that allowed people to bypass the Gloves of Running Urgently's damage taking penalty.

October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress)

• Added hat: Cadaver's Cranium.
• [Undocumented] Added the Cadaver's Cranium and Heavy Duty Rag to the store.

November 3, 2010 Patch

• Added the Dealer's Visor for players who pre-purchase Poker Night from Telltale Games.

November 19, 2010 Patch

• Added Telltale Games items:
  • The Iron Curtain: The Heavy's first love (equipped by the Heavy, obviously).
• Fixed a Heavy exploit that let him run at full speed while shooting.
• Fixed the shotgun reload animations for the Heavy looping endlessly.

December 7, 2010 Patch

• Fixed a bug that enabled players to weapon switch away from the Iron Curtain during spin down.

December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)

• 'Natascha' changes:
  • Spin-up time increased.
  • Slowdown-on-hit effect is reduced over distance.
• Added 'The Hibernating Bear' item set.
• Added new weapons: 'The Fists of Steel', 'The Buffalo Steak Sandvich', 'The Brass Beast' and 'The Warrior's Spirit'.
• Added new hats: 'Big Chief', 'Magnificent Mongolian' and 'Coupe D'isaster'.

December 21, 2010 Patch

• The following hats are now paintable or have had their paintability improved: Coupe D'isaster.

December 22, 2010 Patch

• The Buffalo Steak Sandvich's speed boost no longer stacks with other speed boosts.

January 7, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] The spin-up and spin-down animations of the Heavy's miniguns were changed.

January 19, 2011 Patch

• Added a new plate model to be used when a Heavy throws the Buffalo Steak Sandvich to heal teammates.
• [Undocumented] Textures of The Iron Curtain were updated.

February 3, 2011 Patch

• Updated sounds for the Brass Beast.

February 22, 2011 Patch

• Updated the Red team skin for the Fists of Steel.

February 28, 2011 Patch

• The Hard Counter and Pugilist's Protector were added to the Mann Co. Store.

March 10, 2011 Patch (Shogun Pack)

• Added hat: Dread Knot.

March 15, 2011 Patch

• Crafting recipe for the following weapons changed Brass Beast, Buffalo Steak Sandvich, Dalokohs Bar, Gloves of Running Urgently and Warrior's Spirit.
  • Items from The Hibernating Bear set crafted before this patch were made Vintage.

April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)

• Item changes:
  • Removed item cool down meter and ammo count when using the Dalokohs Bar.
  • Increase Fists of Steel deploy times 20% and Ranged damage reduced 40% (down from 60%).

April 28, 2011 Patch

• Added Fishcake.

May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)

• Added new hats: Large Luchadore and The Team Captain.
• Fixed the Gloves of Running Urgently not using the correct skin in the character loadout screen.

May 6, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Removed the ability to craft the Fishcake using a secondary slot token.

May 25, 2011 Patch

• Added the Fishcake to the list of weapons allowed in Medieval mode.

June 8, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] New laughing taunt animations have been added but are currently unused.

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

• Added weapons: Tomislav, Family Business and Eviction Notice.
• Added hat: Capo's Capper.
• Added misc: Pocket Medic.

June 28, 2011 Patch

• Tomislav spin-up reduction has been reduced from 75% to 40% (so it now spins-up slower).
• Tuned Brass Beast recoil to have less of an impact on your aiming reticle.

July 1, 2011 Patch

• Added hats: Big Steel Jaw of Summer Fun and Copper's Hard Top.
• Added misc: Security Shades.
• Fixed a bug allowing players to switch from the Saxxy to Heavy's primary weapon after eating a Buffalo Steak Sandvich.
• Fixed an exploit with the Heavy's Buffalo Steak Sandvich.

July 7, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Fixed Buffalo Steak Sandvich allowing the user to switch to a primary weapon.

July 18, 2011 Patch

• Copper's Hard Top, Big Steel Jaw of Summer Fun and Security Shades became craftable.

July 22, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Changed Tomislav Description "This weapon has no barrel spin sound" is now "Silent Killer: No barrel spin sound".

August 2, 2011 Patch

• Added hat: Pilotka.

August 3, 2011 Patch

• Added hat: Tamrielic Relic.

August 18, 2011 Patch (Manno-Technology Bundle)

• Added misc Purity Fist.

October 13, 2011 Patch (Manniversary Update & Sale)

• Added hats: Gym Rat, One-Man Army and the Outdoorsman
• Added a previously unused fist swing line
• Fixed Buffalo Steak Sandvich not having a cooldown if the Heavy is at full health
• Fixed touching a cabinet while under the effects of the Buffalo Steak Sandvich removing the mini-crits but not removing the melee weapon restriction

October 27, 2011 Patch (Very Scary Halloween Special)

• Added hat: Can Opener.
• Added Misc: Soviet Stitch-Up & Steel-Toed Stompers.

November 10, 2011 Patch

• Added weapon: Apoco-Fists
• Added misc: Cold War Luchador

November 16, 2011 Patch

• Added hat: War Head

November 22, 2011 Patch

• Added new FrankenHeavy set taunt

November 23, 2011 Patch

• Updated the Cold War Luchador and the Apoco-Fists so they can be crafted and traded.
• [Undocumented] Updated the Cold War Luchador and the Apoco-Fists so they can be gifted.

November 29, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Fixed the Capo's Capper backpack icon not being consistent between out of game backpack viewers and in-game.

December 1, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Changed description of the Pocket Medic to be "Pocket Buddy" rather than a "Badge"

December 9, 2011 Patch

• Made War Head craftable and tradable.

December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas 2011)

• Added weapon: Holiday Punch.
• Added misc items: Sandvich Safe & All-Father
• [Undocumented] Added weapon: Festive Minigun
• [Undocumented] Re-implemented the Community phong boost on the Brass Beast

December 21, 2011 Patch

• Added crit forces for the Holiday Punch

January 26, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Updated the texture for the Pocket Medic

February 2, 2012 Patch

• Fixed a server crash caused by Holiday Punch critical attacks on physics objects.

February 9, 2012 Patch

• Fixed the Heavy bots not spawning in the commentary maps
• Pilotka was made paintable.
• Cold War Luchador was made paintable.
• [Undocumented] Holiday Punch now makes fabric sounds when moved around in backpack.

February 14, 2012 Patch

• Updated the Heavy's Sandvich so it will only resupply ammo if the owner picks it up after dropping it. This means the only way to gain health from the Sandvich is by eating it.
  • [Undocumented] Changes to Sandvich also applied to the Buffalo Steak Sandvich.

April 27, 2012 Patch

• Added misc item: Toss-Proof Towel

Bugs

• In world view, the Heavy's gloves appear to be a dark brown, where in first-person the gloves are black.
• Sometimes when the Heavy dies while firing the Minigun, a glitch appears after the respawn that shows a muzzle flash and the sound of shooting while the gun itself is unrevved.
• Depleting all of the ammo of any Minigun by lightly tapping the primary fire while keeping it spun-up with secondary fire allows the Heavy to appear to be firing indefinitely despite having no ammunition. Sounds will play and a muzzle flash is visible, but no damage will be dealt.
• A Heavy with any melee weapon as his active weapon can continue to attack while stunned, albeit with invisible animations.
• If a Heavy spins up his primary and taunts while keeping the secondary fire held down, the barrel will not spin. This can be fixed by firing or discontinuing to spin the barrel.

Trivia

• The Heavy's voice actor, Gary Schwartz, voices the Demoman as well.
• The songs that the Heavy may sing as part of his response rules include Mily Balakirev's 'Song of the Volga Boatmen', Chopin's 'Funeral March', Khachaturian's 'Sabre Dance'.
• The emblem on the Heavy's sleeve was originally a skull and crossbones. This is still visible in Meet the Heavy and in a backdrop for TF2's library page on Steam.
• The Heavy is the mascot of "Heavy Gulp," a brand of drink sold in Left 4 Dead 2.
• In the Left 4 Dead comic "The Sacrifice", a RED Heavy statue appears on Louis' work desk during his recollection. [1]
• The Heavy takes a starring role as one of the four main characters in Telltale Games' Poker Night at the Inventory.
  • Players can unlock the Iron Curtain for use in Team Fortress 2 by knocking him out of a tournament in which he buys with the weapon instead of the normal $10,000.
  • An in-game conversation suggests that the Heavy is very educated, having gone to college and receiving a PhD in Russian literature. When asked if he uses his education in his line of work, he responds with "More than you would think."
  • An image of the Heavy makes a cameo as the King of Diamonds in the "Team Fortress 2", "Poker Night" and "Poker Night Alternative" decks, respectively, as well as the King of Hearts in the "Team Fortress 2" deck.
• The Heavy makes an appearance in Worms: Reloaded as part of one of the forts; the rest of the fort is composed of Dustbowl. A plastic mask of the Heavy also makes an appearance as one of the hats selectable for the player's worms.
• The Gunner class of Monday Night Combat has a promo item resembling the Heavy's ammo belt, named "Bavcon".
  • The name "Bavcon" comes from bandolier, the type of ammo belt that Heavy wears. Bacon is a running gag throughout Monday Night Combat.
• The Heavy lives in a remote log mansion in the Template:W.
• The first BLU team Heavy resembled Template:W.
• Heavy posted his first blog post on April 7, 2011 while Soldier was on jury duty.
• In the Meet the Director comic, it was revealed that Heavy sleeps in a bed next to Sasha, who is in a smaller bed.
  • It was also mentioned that the Heavy's father was a "counter-revolutionary" who was executed, and that his mother, sisters and himself were sent to a north Siberian Gulag in September 1941. The gulag was destroyed and all prisoners escaped in December of the same year.
• In the Bombinomicon, it was revealed that the Heavy works to feed his family, meaning he is still in contact with them.
• The Heavy is a Familiar (a pet) in the game Template:W. The three other Familiars in the same game are the Pyro, Medic and Engineer.
  • The Heavy appears in the teaser trailer in Dungeon Defenders, where he fights against the BLU team on the Gravel Pit and gets pulled by the hero character Huntress in a portal to the Dungeon Defenders universe.
• The Heavy and Medic's HWM models are the only ones with tongues.

Gallery

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  Team Fortress Heavy Weapons Guy model

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  The Heavy class of Team Fortress Classic

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  Concept art of the Heavy Weapons Guy

• Heavy concept r.png

  Concept art of the Heavy Weapons Guy

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  Concept art of the Heavy Weapons Guy, with a mullet

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  Concept art of the Heavy Weapons Guy

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  Concept art of the Heavy Weapons Guy

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  Concept art of the Heavy Weapons Guy

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  Concept art of the Heavy Weapons Guy

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  Concept art of the Heavy Weapons Guy

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  Concept art of the Heavy Weapons Guy

• Heavy back.jpg

  Trading card front

• Heavy2.jpg

  Trading card back

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  The Heavy's mugshot from the Über Update

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  The Heavy King of Diamonds card from the "Team Fortress 2" deck as seen in Poker Night at the Inventory

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  The Heavy King of Hearts card from the "Team Fortress 2" deck as seen in Poker Night at the Inventory

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  The Heavy King of Diamonds card from the "Poker Night" deck as seen in Poker Night at the Inventory

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  The Heavy King of Diamonds card from the "Poker Night Alternative" deck as seen in Poker Night at the Inventory

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  The Heavy Weapons Guy mask as a selectable Worms: Reloaded worm hat

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  Heavy and Dustbowl as a playable fort in Worms: Reloaded

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  The in-game item for Monday Night Combat; "Bavcon"

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  Class card as seen on the TF2 Official Website

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  The Heavy's default arsenal

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  Advertisement for the first PC Gamer Digital episode as seen in the Steam store

Related merchandise

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  The Sandvich T-Shirt

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  The Heavy T-Shirt

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  The Heavy RED Figurine

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  The Heavy BLU Figurine

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  The Heavy Poster

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  Anatomy of Heavy Weapons Guy Poster

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  The Minigun Poster

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  The Sandvich Poster

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  «Team» Mousepad

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  RED Team Mousepad

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  Heavy Mousepad

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  «Team» Poster

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  Heavy Class Decal, White

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  Heavy Class Decal, Black

See also

• Meet the Heavy
• Meet the Sandvich
• Heavy match-ups
• Anti-Heavy strategy
• Heavy taunts
• Heavy responses
• Heavy voice commands
• Basic Heavy strategy
• Community Heavy strategy
• List of references (Heavy)
• Heavy Weapons Guy (Classic)

External links

• Heavy page on the Official TF2 Website
• "A Heavy Update"
• TF2 Official Blog - A Heavy Problem
• TF2 Official Blog - So much blood!
• TF2 Official Blog - Incoming Heavy!
• TF2 Official Blog - This is Very Good Title to Blog Post