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Sniper Heavy

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— The Sniper Boom. Headshot. ”

A headshot is a successful attack to the head of an enemy with a scoped shot from the Sniper Rifle, Bazaar Bargain, Sydney Sleeper, Machina, Hitman's Heatmaker, AWPer Hand, and Shooting Star, as well as a fully charged shot from the Classic (scoped or unscoped). A Huntsman/Fortified Compound arrow or an Ambassador bullet can also deal headshots. Headshots deal guaranteed Critical hits; unless a damage reducing effect is active, a fully charged headshot from the Sniper Rifle will instantly kill any class regardless of overheal, except a Dead Ringer Spy, which requires a fully charged Machina headshot. The hitbox for the head of any class will always remain centered on the Y axis of rotation, no matter what the onscreen appearance may dictate.

Killing an enemy with a headshot yields an extra half point, for a total of 1.5 points per headshot kill. Scoring a lethal headshot with a Huntsman arrow yields an additional half point, for a total of 2 points.

Items related to headshot

Related achievements

Grey Matter

Get 25 Headshots as a Sniper.



Parting Shot

Headshot an enemy player the moment his invulnerability wears off.

Socket to Him

Headshot an enemy Demoman. Self-destruct Sequence

Headshot 10 enemy Snipers.

Skullpluggery

While using the Ambassador, kill 20 Snipers with a headshot. Who's Your Daddy?

Headshot 3 Scouts with the Ambassador.

Kill icons

Sniper Rifle

Huntsman

Deflected Huntsman arrow

Ambassador

Machina penetrating headshot

Unused kill icons

October 2, 2007 Patch

Fixed headshots not always registering for crouched players.

December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)

Added headshot death animations.

Trivia

There is a 25% chance that a player killed by a headshot will enter a special death animation [1] unique to that class. Any sword or axe for the Demoman and Half-Zatoichi for the Soldier will also have a 25% chance for the player killed to enter the special death animation, since these weapons remove the enemy's head after a successful kill.

unique to that class.