Pyro

Pyro
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Basic Information
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Type:	Offensive
Health:	175 / 260
Speed:	100% 110% with the Gas Jockey item set
Meet the Pyro

“

Mpphhh mphh mphhhh mphhh mhh! Click to listen — The Pyro, on anything and everything

”

A mumbling, besuited psychopath of indeterminate origin, the Pyro has a burning fondness for fire and all things fire-related. Wielding a home-made Flamethrower, the Pyro can set opponents aflame, whittling their health away over time with the ensuing burn damage. The Pyro also wears an asbestos-lined suit that prevents any afterburn on the Pyro. Due to the short range of the Flamethrower, the Pyro relies heavily on ambush tactics to catch opponents off-guard. One of the primary roles of the Pyro is the vital task of Spy-checking; a puff of flame will ignite both Cloaked and Disguised Spies, and the Pyro will then proceed to hunt them down with the same mercy and goodwill shown all of its opponents—which is to say, none.

Though categorized as an offensive class, the Pyro can also be a useful asset in defense, protecting friendly Sentry Guns from meddling Spies and sending whole attacking teams running back home in search of burn cream. In addition, the Pyro can also make use of compression blasts to reflect projectiles and sticky bombs right back to their owners, extinguish any friendly teammate that has been caught on fire and push enemies away. Pyros can also ignite a friendly Sniper's Huntsman arrow so it can ignite an enemy on a hit. The Pyro can also remove Sappers from a Engineer's Buildings by using their trusty hammer, the Homewrecker.

There is much debate about whether or not the Pyro is a female. Other classes' domination responses (Spy, Sniper, Scout, Soldier, Demoman and Engineer) that refer to this speculation appear to be insulting the Pyro's fighting capability. The flowery purse/toiletry bag located near its locker, as well as the Pyro's humiliation stance being quite feminine, have only served to further fan speculation. Additionally, the Pyro has been referred to as both "he" and "she" by Valve, including on their official blog. A prime example of this is in the UI introduced after the Mac update, which refers to the Pyro as either a he or a she in the challenge dialogue box and alternates randomly between the two. To date, Valve has yet to confirm the Pyro's gender, although the Vintage Merryweather refers to "his flames" in the description, and the misc. item the Whiskered Gentleman makes him/her seem masculine.

The Pyro is voiced by Dennis Bateman.

Bio

Name: N/A Location of origin: Unknown Job: Pyrotechnics Motto: "Mmmphh mphhhh mphh" Emblems:    Description: Only two things are known for sure about the mysterious Pyro: The Pyro sets things on fire and doesn't speak at all. In fact, only the part about setting things on fire is undisputed. Some believe the Pyro's occasional rasping wheeze may be an attempt to communicate through a mouth obstructed by a filter and attached to lungs ravaged by constant exposure to the asbestos lined suit. Either way, the Pyro is a fearsome, inscrutable on-fire Frankenstein of a creature.

Basic Strategy

Main articles: Pyro tips, Pyro strategy, Compression blast strategy

• Your Flamethrower does more damage the closer you are to the enemy.
• Ambush enemies to catch them in the short range of your Flamethrower. Use corners to your advantage.
• Your Flamethrower chews up a lot of ammo. Pick up fallen weapons to refill your supply.
• Switch to your Shotgun if enemies retreat beyond the short range of your Flamethrower.
• You can often set enemies on fire and retreat, leaving them to die from the burning.
• Press E to call for a Medic if you get hurt. Nearby Medics will be notified of your need.

Weapons

Main article: Weapons

The Flamethrower, Backburner, Degreaser and Flare Gun deal no damage when firing underwater. However they will deal base damage when you are above the water and your enemy is also slightly above the water. There is no after-burn however, making them less effective.

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

Primary

	Weapon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Standard	Flamethrower	Fire: 200 Air blasts: 10 (same reserve)	N/A	Base (Max): 139.4 / sec. Crit (Max): 427.5 / sec. Afterburn: 6 / sec. × 10 secs.1	Secondary fire blasts compressed air which knocks back enemies, redirects enemy projectiles and extinguishes flames on teammates, using 20 ammo per blast. All reflected rockets/grenades/arrows will inflict Mini-Crit damage.
Unlock	Backburner	Fire: 200	N/A	Base (Max): 160.4 / sec. Crit (Max): 472.5 / sec. Afterburn: 6 / sec. × 10 secs.1	Flamethrower alternative:  . Guarantees critical hits when attacking from behind.  . Deals 15% more damage.  . Does not have the compression blast.
Craft	Degreaser	Fire: 200 Air blasts: 10 (same reserve)	N/A	Base (Max): 139.4 / sec. Crit (Max): 427.5 / sec. Afterburn: 4.5 / sec. × 10 secs.1	Flamethrower alternative  . Gives 65% faster weapon switch.  . Deals 25% less afterburn damage.

Secondary

	Weapon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Standard	Shotgun	6	32	Base: 60 Crit: 180 [6 dmg. × 10 pellets]
Unlock	Flare Gun	1	16	Base: 30 Crit: 90 Afterburn: 6 / sec. × 10 secs.1	On hit ignites enemy. Guarantees Mini-Crit damage on burning targets within medium range (800 units). Guarantees Critical damage on burning targets at longer ranges.

Melee

	Weapon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Standard	Fire Axe	N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195
Unlock	Axtinguisher	N/A	N/A	Base: 33 Crit: 195	. Guarantees Critical damage on burning targets.  . Deals 50% less damage on non-burning targets.  . No random Critical hits.
Craft	Homewrecker	N/A	N/A	Base: 49 Crit: 146	. Deals double damage against enemy buildings.  . Able to remove Electro Sappers.  . Deals 25% less damage against players.
Craft	Powerjack	N/A	N/A	Base: 78 Crit: 234	. On kill restores 75 health points, and can overheal from maximum health.  . Deals 25% more damage.  . No random Critical hits.

¹ Fire damage is determined by particle range from Flamethrower.

Taunt attack

	Attack	Weapon	Duration	Damage
Secondary	Hadouken	Shotgun / Flare Gun (must have ammo)	3 seconds	500 hp (instant kill) on hit plus fire effect.

Item sets

Main article: Item sets

The Gas Jockey's Gear
	Degreaser Powerjack Attendant
Effect	Leave a Calling Card on your victims

Hats

Main article: Hats

Miscellaneous items

Main article: Miscellaneous items

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Official class avatars

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

Achievements

Main article: Pyro achievements Pyro pack: 35 achievements, 3 milestones. 1 General achievement

Trivia

• The pressure tank on the Pyro's back contains oxygen rather than fuel, as the fuel for the Flamethrower is contained in a large propane gas tank inside the Flamethrower itself.
• The Pyro's home-made Flamethrower is constructed from a converted gas pump and a canister of propane. The Degreaser however, is made from a gas pump, a car muffler, a fire extinguisher, and a stovetop burner.

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• The Pyro is the mascot of "Pyro's Hamburgers", a brand of food sold in Left 4 Dead 2.
• Abraham Lincoln was hired as the first BLU team Pyro.
• In the Xbox 360 version of Team Fortress 2, the Pyro is completely flame-retardant. (Citation needed)

See also

• Fire
• Compression blast
• Juggling
• Pyro User Guides
• Ambushing
• Pyro match-ups
• Pyro taunts
• Pyro responses
• Pyro scripts
• Pyro strategy
• Pyro voice commands
• List of references (Pyro)
• Dodgeball

External links

• "The Pyro Update"

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