Heavy

Heavy
Basic Information
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Type	Defensive
Health	300 (450 with overheal)
Speed	77%

The Heavy is a defensive class. The Heavy is the slowest class but has the highest HP, letting him stand up to a lot. With his Minigun he's able to deal sustained damage to enemies.

Bio

Country of Origin: Russia

Job: Mow Down

Motto: "Shooting Good."

Like a hibernating bear, the Heavy appears to be a gentle giant. Also like a bear, confusing his deliberate, sleepy demeanor with gentleness will get you ripped limb from limb. Though he speaks simply and moves with an economy of energy that's often confused with napping, the Heavy isn't dumb, he's not your big friend, and he generally wishes you'd just shut up before he has to make you shut up.

Weapons

Primary

Weapon	Kill icon
Minigun
Anti-Aircraft Cannon

Secondary

Weapon	Kill icon
Shotgun
Sandvich	N/A

Melee

Weapon	Kill icon
Fists
Chekhov's Punch

Tips

As a Heavy…

• …hold MOUSE2 to keep your minigun spinning, ready for approaching enemies.
• …you're a great Medic buddy. Keep a clear line of sight to your Medic to keep the medigun on you."
• …your minigun chews up a lot of ammo. Pick up fallen weapons to refill your supply.
• …you don't lose momentum while spinning up your minigun in the air. Use this to surprise enemies around corners!
• …with the sandvich equipped, be sure to press MOUSE2 in order to heal your teammates.
• …be sure to find a safe place to eat your sandvich, otherwise you will be rudely interupted.

Related achievements

Achievement		Description
	If He Dies...	Win a melee duel using your Fists outside of Medieval mode.
	Disarmament	As a Heavy, safely trigger an enemy Mine that is at least 5 seconds old without walking near it.
	Setup and Payoff	Get a crit kill with Chekhov's Punch at maximum crit storage.
	Chekhov's What?	As a Heavy, get 20 critical kills with the Shotgun.
	It's Dead!	Give an enemy Heavy who has the Chekhov's Punch equipped a heart attack!
	Duck Season	Kill 9 airborne enemies with the A.A. Cannon's mini-crits.
	Collective Punishment	Using the A.A. Cannon, deal 2000 splash damage to enemies by landing direct hits on their teammates.
	Policy of Containment	Using the A.A. Cannon, deal 2000 damage in a single life without hitting yourself.
	Red Scare	Make an enemy Heavy blow himself up with his A.A. Cannon.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Bulgarian	Картечар	Gunner
Spanish	Heavy	-
English	Heavy	-
French	Heavy	-
German	Heavy	-
Hungarian	Gépágyús	Gunner
Italian	Grosso	Heavy
Polish	Gruby	Heavy
Brazilian Portuguese	Heavy	-
Romanian	Heavy	-
Russian	Пулемётчик	Gunner
Turkish	Heavy	-

Trivia

• The Heavy's voice actor, Gary Schwartz, also voices the Demoman class.
• The official name of the class is the ‘Heavy Weapons Guy’; though, the Heavy is never referred to as this in-game.
• The emblem on the Heavy's arm was originally a Skull, which was later changed to a Fist.
• In Team Fortress 2 Classic, Heavy gets another line for his "Thanks!" voice command where he says ‘до свидания!" (‘Da svidaniya!’ Translation: "Goodbye!"), This voice line was lifted from Prerelease versions of Team Fortress 2.