Detonator
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| Detonator | |
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| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | Pyro |
| Slot: | Secondary |
| Contributed by: | Template:Dictionary/steam ids/326093098 |
| Released: | Über Update |
| Availability: | Craft, Drop, Purchase |
| Tradable: | Yes |
| Giftable: | Yes |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Craft No.?: | Yes |
| Medieval: | No |
| Ammo | |
| Ammo loaded: | 16 |
| Reload type: | Single |
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 The Detonator |
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The Detonator is a secondary weapon for the Pyro. It is a Flare Gun with a modified elongated barrel taped in place, an extra curved sight and spiral paint designs on the chamber.
Similar to the Flare Gun, the weapon fires projectiles which, upon contact with an enemy, with deal slight damage as well as set them alight. Should a flare strike an enemy already on fire, Mini-Crit damage will be inflicted (instead of the full Crit damage inflicted by the normal Flare Gun), and the target's afterburn duration will be reset.
The weapon's main ability is its eponymous detonate ability. Pressing secondary fire whilst a flare is in flight will cause it to explode, creating a small blast radius which damages and ignites nearby enemy players within range.
The knockback from the explosion can also be used to Flare jump in a manner similar to rocket or sticky jumping. However, Pyros wielding the Detonator will suffer an additional 25% damage taken from their own explosive weapons.
Taunting with the Detonator equipped makes the Pyro perform a deadly Hadouken.
The Detonator was previously tested in the Team Fortress 2 Beta.
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Damage and function times
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| Shot type | Projectile | |
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| Base damage | 100% | 30 Flare detonation: 10-20 Flare explosion: 561 |
| Critical | 902 | |
| Mini-crit | 412 | |
| Afterburn | 3 / tick 60 total | |
| Afterburn (mini-crit) | 4 / tick 80 total | |
| Splash damage | ||
| Minimum splash | 50% | {{{splash radius}}} |
| Self-damage | 39-68 | |
| Self damage (rocket jump) | 39-68 | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 2.02 s | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
1 Damage caused by the flare detonating on impact with the world.
2 Note that detonated flares won't receive the Crit bonus for hitting a burning enemy.
Crafting
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Related Achievements
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Update history
- The Detonator, a new Flare Gun, has been added. Its stats are:
- Alt-fire detonates flare in flight
- Creates a small explosion that catches players on fire
- 20% explosion damage vulnerability
- Alt-fire detonates flare in flight
- Detonation particle effect increased to better match the radius
- [Undocumented] Added a new sound effect for projectile.
- Hooked up new Detonator sounds
- Flares now detonate on impact with the world, but with a greatly reduced radius (manually detonated radius unchanged)
- Replaced +20% increased blast damage with +20% increased self blast damage
- [Undocumented] The Detonator will now deal mini-crits instead of crits, on burning targets
June 23, 2011 Patch (Uber Update)
- The Detonator was added to the main game.
Bugs
- The Pyro's fingers clip slightly into the barrel of the weapon.
- The afterburn of a flare projectile can harm a Scout under the effect of Bonk! Atomic Punch.
- If a Pyro were to reflect a flare and hit a target who then dies from the afterburn, the kill icon will be that of the Detonator and not the reflected flare icon.
- From a first-person view, the flare seems to fire from behind the Detonator, just like the Huntsman.
- When an enemy is hit with a detonated flare, the blood particles will come from where the flare was detonated, instead of the player.
- The Detonator uses the Flare Gun's critical hit sounds when launched.
- Despite having a unique Flare Model when reloading, a launched Detonator projectile uses the Flare Gun's projectile.
- When detonating in a large group of enemies, the Detonator may only apply afterburn to one enemy.
Trivia
- When first released in the beta a Detonator jump didn't count as an explosive jump meaning that a Direct Hit Soldier couldn't mini-crit a Flare Jumping Pyro.
Gallery
RED first-person view.
BLU first-person view.
RED projectile.
BLU projectile.
Detonating a flare beside an enemy Medic.
See also
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