Flying Guillotine

Flying Guillotine
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Basic Information
Used by:	Scout
Slot:	Secondary
Released:	August 2, 2012 Patch
Availability:	Craft, Drop, Purchase or Promotional
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	Yes
Medieval:	Yes
Available Qualities
Unique Genuine Strange Collector's
Loadout Stats
The Flying Guillotine 1 - 100 Throw at your enemies to make them bleed! Long distance hits cause mini-crits 100% critical hits vs stunned players No random critical hits

“

Wayta duck! Click to listen — The Scout to victims of low-flying kitchenware

”

The Flying Guillotine is a secondary weapon for the Scout. It is a meat cleaver with the Chinese characters for "dead meat" (死肉, sǐròu) above the grip.

It is a ranged weapon that can be thrown at enemies to damage them, causing bleed damage, but it has no effect against buildings or after bouncing off a surface. Throwing the weapon from a far enough distance and hitting an enemy will result in a mini-crit. Hitting enemies that are stunned will result in a guaranteed critical hit, however the weapon will not deal random critical hits. Once the weapon is thrown, it will recharge after approximately six seconds. Unlike the projectile of the Sandman or Wrap Assassin, it cannot be picked up from the ground to refill the meter. Like most projectiles, the cleaver can be reflected by an enemy Pyro's Compression blast. The cleaver flies in arc.

The Flying Guillotine has two different styles, Thirsty and Thirstier. Thirstier adds bloodstains to the blade of the weapon.

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 Flying Guillotine was later contributed to the Steam Workshop, at Valve's request.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Damage and function times
Shot type		Projectile
Effect		Causes bleeding
Damage
Base damage	100%	50
Point blank		44-57
Critical		150
Mini-crit		58-77
Bleeding		8 / s 40 total
Bleeding (mini-crit)		10.8 / s 54 total
Function times
Attack interval		0.25 s
Recharge time		6 s
Bleeding duration		5 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Mad Milk		Reclaimed Metal		Flying Guillotine
x3	+		=

Class Token - Scout		Slot Token - Secondary		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

Template:Dictionary/items/styles

Main article: Styles

Styles
Template:Dictionary/items/thirsty	Thirstier

Update history

August 2, 2012 Patch

• The Flying Guillotine was added to the game.

August 3, 2012 Patch

• This weapon is now available in Medieval mode.

August 10, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Adjusted the way that the Flying Guillotine is held in the Scout’s hand.

August 15, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Flying Guillotine to the drop system.

September 13, 2012 (Item schema update)

• Made this item in genuine quality tradable and giftable.

Bugs

• The cleaver can go through thin walls such as setup gates when thrown at the correct angle.
• This item's level does not show up in the backpack or loadout.
• If the style is changed while the weapon is drawn, the appearance will not change in client view until the weapon is switched.
• Critical hit kills with this weapon do not trigger critical hit death screams.
• The recharge meter on the HUD may be labeled as "leaver" when using the minimal HUD setting.

Trivia

• The characters on one side of the blade (looking at the cleaver with handle on left, blade pointing downwards) are mirrored.
• The Template:W is a legendary ranged weapon from the Qing Dynasty that is usually in the form of a hat.

Gallery

• Flying Guillotine 1st person.png

  First-person view, Thirsty style.

• Flying Guillotine blood 1st person.png

  First-person view, Thirstier style.

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  Concept art for the Flying Guillotine drawn by BANG!

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  Promotional image featuring the Sleeping Dogs promotional items.

See also

• Flying Guillotine strategy
• Horrific Headsplitter
• Sleeping Dogs