Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker

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See? I told ye they were a buncha' wee lasses! Click to listen — The Demoman on dead horsemen

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The Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker is a melee weapon for the Demoman class. It appears as a rustic single bladed axe once wielded by the Horseless Headless Horsemann. It is covered in notches and sports a malevolently grinning face, similar to the face commonly carved on pumpkins for Halloween.

This weapon does not drop randomly and cannot be purchased from the Mann Co. Store. It can only be acquired by crafting. It is a remodel of the Eyelander; it deals the same damage, has the same function times, and has the ability to increase the player's speed and maximum health upon decapitating another player. Additionally, if the player manages to decapitate another Demoman wielding the Eyelander or this weapon, both the enemy's accumulated head count and the head of the decapitated Demoman will be added to the killing player's head count.

This item can only be crafted using the Unusual Haunted Metal Scrap, acquired from the Gored! achievement.

Damage

See also: Damage

• Base: 65 (59 to 72 damage)
• Mini-Crit: 88
• Critical hit: 195 (cannot Crit randomly)

Function times

• Attack Interval: 0.8
• Damage Per Second: 81

All times are in seconds. Times are approximate and determined by community testing.

Blueprint

Refined Metal		Haunted Metal Scrap		Scotsman's Skullcutter		[[Unusual Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker|Template:Dictionary/items/unusual horseless headless horsemann's headtaker]]
x2	+		+		=

Related Achievements

Beat Me Up, Scotty Use a critical swing with the Eyelander to kill 5 enemy players. Brainspotting Decapitate 50 enemy players. Left 4 Heads Decapitate 4 players with only 10 seconds between each kill.

Shorn Connery Decapitate a cloaked Spy. Slammy Slayvis Woundya Decapitate an enemy Soldier who is brandishing the Equalizer.

Trivia

• Although the axe glows when the Horseless Headless Horsemann uses the axe, the same glow is not present when equipped by the Demoman.
• Like the Scotsman's Skullcutter, the axe does not have a taunt.
• The same kill icon is used for both the Horseless Headless Horsemann and the Demoman when getting a kill with the axe.
• Because the axe can only be crafted using the achievement-earned Unusual Haunted Metal Scrap, the Unusual Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker cannot be traded, unless gifted by Gift Wrap.
  • Axes crafted prior to the to the Gift Wrap update, however, are tradable.
• While equipped, the axe randomly whisper "heads" during the game, just like the Eyelander.
• The axe is currently the only weapon which can be unusual, and is not known to exist in any other quality.
  • Despite being labeled as an unusual weapon, the Unusual Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker has no associated particle effect.
• When destroying a building with the Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker, the kill icon still depicts a human target being axed in the back.
• The axe carried by the Horseless Headless Horsemann is much bigger than the one carried by the Demoman.

Gallery

• Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker 1st person cropped.png

  1st person view.

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  Full 1st person view.

• Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker with Chargin' Targe 1st person cropped.png

  1st person view with Chargin' Targe.

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  Full 1st person view with Chargin' Targe.

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  The Headtaker wielded by the Horsemann

See also

• Eyelander strategy