Demoman

Demoman
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Basic Information
Icon:	40px
Type:	Defensive
Health:	175 / 260 150 / 225 with the Eyelander or HHHH equipped 210 / 315 with the Eyelander or HHHH fully charged 160 / 240 with the Claidheamh Mòr equipped
Speed:	93% 79% with the Scotsman's Skullcutter equipped 123% with the Eyelander or HHHH fully charged
Meet the Demoman

“

One crossed wire, one wayward pinch of potassium chlorate, one errant twitch...and kablooie! Click to listen — The Demoman on occupational hazards.

”

The Demoman, real name Tavish DeGroot, is a scrumpy-swilling drunken demolitions expert from the Scottish Highlands, and is one of the more versatile members of the team. Though his weapons lack pinpoint long-range accuracy, the Demoman is a powerful if unpredictable asset, and can hold his own in just about any situation. He is a master of explosives, excelling at indirect, mid-range combat. Armed with his Grenade Launcher and Stickybombs, the Demoman uses his only good eye and knowledge of the surrounding environment for well-timed detonations that send enemies skyward, often in many pieces.

The Demoman excels at swift disassembly; he can bounce his grenades in creative angles to wreak havoc on enemy Sentry Gun emplacements while remaining safely out of sight. His Stickybombs are a perfect tool for area denial, and are effective in keeping opponents away from any carts, control points and Intelligence cases he deems off-limits.

The Demoman is voiced by Gary Schwartz.

Bio

Name: Tavish DeGroot Location of origin: Template:W Job: House Cleaning Motto: "Boom Boom Baby" Emblems:    Description: A fierce temper, a fascination with all things explosive, and a terrible plan to kill the Loch Ness Monster cost the six year old Demoman his original set of adoptive parents. Later, at the Crypt Grammar School for Orphans near Ullapool in the Scottish Highlands, the boy's bomb-making skills improved dramatically. His disposition and total number of intact eyeballs, however, did not. Word of his proficiency with explosives spread, and it was not long before Crypt Grammar received two visitors; the Demoman's real parents, who lovingly explained that all Demomen are abandoned at birth until their skills manifest themselves, a long-standing, cruel, and wholly unnecessary tradition among the Highland Demolition Men. His unhappy childhood had ended. But his training had just begun.

Basic strategy

Main articles: Demoman tips, Demoman strategy

• Hit MOUSE1 to fire sticky bombs and then use MOUSE2 to detonate them later.
• With the Stickybomb Launcher, the longer you hold down the fire button, the farther the shot will go.
• Set off sticky bombs beneath your feet to ‘sticky-jump' up to great heights.
• Shoot sticky bombs onto walls and ceilings where they're hard to spot.

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 Grenade Launcher		4 / 6	16 / 30	On direct hit: Base: 90–110 Crit: 270–330 After bounce: Base: 22–64 Crit: 1901	Grenades have zero range falloff on a direct hit.  Grenades explode on contact with an enemy player or building, provided they have not bounced first.
Craft Loch-n-Load		2	16	On direct hit: Base: 103–147 Crit: 342–388	Grenades have zero range falloff on a direct hit.  Grenades explode on contact with an enemy.  +20% damage done.  +25% projectile speed.  Launched bombs shatter on surfaces.  -60% clip size.  +25% damage done to self.
Über Update Ali Baba's Wee Booties	NONE	N/A	N/A	UNKNOWN	+25% max health on wearer.  +100% increase in turning speed while charging.

Secondary

Weapon	Kill Icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Stickybomb Launcher		8	24	Directly underneath: Base: 103–138 Crit: 3531	Primary fire launches the bombs, secondary fire makes them all explode at once. Holding primary fire launches the bomb farther.  Stickybombs stick to most surfaces and remain ready until the player either detonates them or dies.  Can lay up to 8 stickybombs at once.  Stickybombs may be attacked and destroyed with any bullet firing weapon, direct strike from a melee weapon, or an enemy Scottish Resistance sticky detonating near it.
Unlock Chargin' Targe		N/A	N/A	Full charge: 50 + 10 per head (up to 5)	Secondary fire makes the player charge forward at high speed, adding mini-crits at half charge or critical hits at full charge to any melee attack. Any enemy hit by only the shield charge takes 50 or more damage.  Adds 50% resistance to fire damage.  Adds 40% resistance to explosive damage.  Grants its abilities passively, does not need to be selected.  Does not grant resistance to self-inflicted damage.  Cannot be instantly recharged from a resupply cabinet.
Unlock Scottish Resistance		8	36	Directly underneath: Base: 103–138 Crit: 3531	Stickies are visible through walls and any obstacle, and can be selectively detonated by aiming at them and pressing the secondary fire button.  Stickybombs may be attacked and destroyed with any bullet firing weapon, direct strike from a melee weapon, or an enemy Scottish Resistance sticky detonating near it.  Can destroy enemy stickies.  Can lay up to 14 stickybombs at once.  Has 12 more ammo carried.  Has 25% higher firing speed.  Has 0.8 sec. longer priming time.
Craft Sticky Jumper		8	72	Directly underneath: Base: 0 Crit: 0	+200% max primary ammo on wearer.  No self inflected blast damage taken.  -100% damage done.  +100% explosive damage vulnerability on wearer  +100% bullet damage vulnerability on wearer  +100% fire damage vulnerability on wearer
Über Update Splendid Screen	NONE	N/A	N/A	Unknown	+25% fire damage resistance on wearer.  +20 explosive damage resistance on wearer.  Can deal charge impact damage at any range.  +70% increase in charge impact damage.

Melee

Weapon	Kill Icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Bottle		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	The Bottle will break upon a successful Critical hit (purely cosmetic feature).
Unlock Eyelander		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Has 37% longer melee range.  Every killing blow decapitates the enemy, increasing its head counter. Every head taken raises user's speed (7.5%) and health points (15) to a maximum of 4 times each life.  Lowers maximum health by 25 points.  No random Critical hits.
Craft Pain Train		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Doubles capture power for points and carts.  Raises bullet vulnerability by 10%.
Craft Scotsman's Skullcutter		N/A	N/A	Base: 78 Crit: 234	Has 37% longer melee range.  Deals 20% more damage.  Lowers speed by 15% on wearer.  Every killing blow decapitates the enemy, but does not increase the head counter.
Promotional Frying Pan		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Same as the Bottle's specs.
Craft Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Halloween item.  Same as the Eyelander's specs.
Craft Claidheamh Mòr		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Has 37% longer melee range.  0.5 Sec. increase in charge duration.  -15 Max health on wearer.  No random Critical hits.  Every killing blow decapitates the enemy, but does not increase the head counter.
Craft Ullapool Caber		N/A	N/A	Base: 35 + 149 1 Crit: 105 + 300 1	On hit the grenade's 'head' will explode dealing melee damage to the enemy and explosive damage to the user and all enemies around him. The explosion can be triggered also by hitting solid parts of the map and will launch the user upward. Afterwards, it will show signs of damage and will be able to deal only the melee damage and won't explode again until the user respawns or visits a resupply cabinet.  No random Critical hits.
Promotional, Craft Half-Zatoichi		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	On kill: restores you to 100% health  This weapon is Honorbound and once drawn cannot be sheathed until it kills.  A single successful hit will kill an enemy wielding the same weapon.
Distributed Saxxy		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Limited item from the Replay Update.  Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature).
Über Update Persian Persuader	NONE	N/A	N/A	UNKNOWN	+100% increase in charge recharge rate.  All ammo collected becomes health.

¹ Explosion damage is determined by the distance from the explosion.

Taunt Attack

	Associated items	Description	Kill icon
	Eyelander  Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker  Claidheamh Mòr  Half-Zatoichi	Main article: Decapitation The Demoman swings his sword around, gathering momentum, and then slashes in front of him, cleaning the blade with his hand afterwards.

Item sets

Main article: Item sets

The Expert's Ordnance
	Loch-n-Load Ullapool Caber Scotch Bonnet
Effect	No effect

Hats

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: Demoman achievements Demoman pack: 35 achievements, 3 milestones.

Bugs

• The Demoman's head slightly clips with his own collar.

Trivia

• The voice actor for the Demoman, Gary Schwartz, also voices the Heavy.
• The beta prototype of the Demoman was supposed to have a stereotypically Scottish appearance, consisting of pale skin and red hair. It was later dropped for the actual black Scottish style both because the former lacked originality and because the latter was easier to differentiate from the other classes.[1]
• The HUD icon of the Demoman is inverted horizontally, as he is depicted as left-handed. The Demoman's eye patch is also on the wrong eye.
• Acording to his biography, the Demoman lost his eye before being found by his real parents, but in the WAR! comic, there is a photo of him with both eyes and his parents.
• The Demoman was part of a KritzKast contest, in which contestants submitted what they thought the Demoman says in the censored portion of the Meet the Demoman.
• The emblem on the Demoman's arm was originally a bomb, which was later changed to a stick of dynamite. It is currently a sticky bomb as of November 19, 2010. Other ingame appearences of the logo, such as the 119th_medals or the Carouser's Capotain remain unchanged.
• In Poker Night at the Inventory, an image of the RED Demoman makes a cameo as the Jack card for the red suits, hearts and diamonds, in the "TF2" card deck.
• The Demoman's eyepatch and beanie make an appearance in Worms: Reloaded as one of the hats selectable for the player's worms.
• Template:W was hired as the first BLU Demoman.
• The WAR! comic features a picture of the demoman as a child with his parents. The seal in the background states "In Regionem Caecorum Rex Est Luscus." In English, this is translated to "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king".
  • Ironically, no Highlander should have had an eye past thirty, according to the WAR! comic.
• The Assault class in Monday Night Combat has a promo item with the Demoman's eyepatch and beanie named "Eye Lad".

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  One of the conceptual designs for the Demoman

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  The Demoman playing card as seen in Poker Night at the Inventory (hearts and diamonds).

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  The Demoman's eyepatch and beanie as a selectable Worms: Reloaded worm hat

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  The in-game item for Monday Night Combat; "Eye Lad"

• Demoman badge old RED.png

  The Demoman's original RED emblem

• Demoman badge old BLU.png

  The Demoman's original BLU emblem

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  The Demoman's smiling face

Related merchandise

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  RED Sticky Bomb Plush

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  BLU Sticky Bomb Plush

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  The Demoman T-Shirt

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  Team Mousepad

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  The Team Poster

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  Demoman Class Decal, White

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  Demoman Class Decal, Black

See also

• Meet the Demoman
• Demoman match-ups
• Anti-Demoman Strategy
• Demoman taunts
• Demoman marketing poses
• Demoman responses
• Demoman voice commands
• Sticky jump
• Juggling
• Basic Demoman strategy
• Community Demoman strategy
• List of references (Demoman)
• Demoman (Classic)
• Merchandise

External links

• Demoman page on the Official TF2 Website
• WAR! Update
• WAR! Update - The Demoman Update
• The Demoman comic
• TF2 Official Blog - A Grim Bloody Fable!
• TF2 Official Blog - Attention Employees...
• TF2 Official Blog - The War Update!
• TF2 Official Blog - It's a Bloodbath!
• TF2 Official Blog - War, Day 2
• TF2 Official Blog - Casualties of War!
• Robin Walkner Confirms Demoman