Holy Mackerel

Holy Mackerel
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Kill Icon
FISH KILL!
Basic Information
Used by:	Scout
Slot:	Melee
Contributed by:	[NRV] 5p3tch
Released:	Mann-Conomy Update
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #30 (Strange), Uncrate #52 (Festive)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	Yes
Loadout Stats
The Holy Mackerel Level 42 Fish   Getting hit by a fish has got to be humiliating.

“

Tired of people telling you what you can or cannot use as a weapon? Those days are over! This fish is PURE ACTION! — Holy Mackerel publicity blurb

”

The Holy Mackerel is a community-made melee weapon for the Scout. It is a fish, presumably a mackerel, wrapped in faded newspaper and tied with a rubber band. The end of the newspaper is shaped for easy handling. The Festive version replaces the newspaper with gift wrap, and places five small, team-colored lights around the handle, as well as one large one in the fish's mouth. While the Scout is moving, the Holy Mackerel will bend around, depending on your direction.

The Holy Mackerel is identical to the default Bat. However, every successful hit by the weapon on another player will be announced in the kill feed, showing the weapon's icon in addition to the number of times the victim has been slapped recently. Upon killing a player, the kill feed will replace this number with the message "FISH KILL!" alongside the icon.

The kill feed will not register hits or announce "FISH KILL!" on non-player objects such as buildings or bosses.

The kill icon for the Holy Mackerel was contributed by Psyke.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Identical to: Bat

Damage and function times
Damage
Base damage	100%	35
Point blank		30-40
Critical		105
Mini-crit		40-54
Function times
Attack interval		0.5 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Item set

The Special Delivery
	Shortstop Mad Milk Holy Mackerel Milkman
Effect	+25 max health on wearer

Demonstration

Learn more about the Weapon Demonstration project.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Sandman		Reclaimed Metal		Holy Mackerel
	+		=

Class Token - Scout		Slot Token - Melee		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

As a crafting ingredient

Refined Metal		Special Delivery weapon		Milkman
x4	+		=

Reclaimed Metal		Holy Mackerel		Gloves of Running Urgently		Holiday Punch
	+		+		=

Strange variant

Strange Variant Information
Strange Holy Mackerel Strange Fish - Humiliations: 0   Getting hit by a fish has got to be humiliating. Available as a strange festive.	Only kills with the Strange Holy Mackerel count as humiliations.
	Compatible Strange parts Strange Part: Airborne Enemies Killed Strange Part: Gib Kills Strange Part: Heavies Killed Strange Part: Buildings Destroyed Strange Part: Headshot Kills Strange Part: Projectiles Reflected Strange Part: Allies Extinguished Strange Part: Posthumous Kills Strange Part: Critical Kills Strange Part: Demomen Killed Strange Part: Revenge Kills Strange Part: Domination Kills Strange Part: Kills While Explosive Jumping Strange Part: Soldiers Killed Strange Part: Full Moon Kills Strange Part: Scouts Killed Strange Part: Cloaked Spies Killed Strange Part: Sappers Destroyed Strange Part: Engineers Killed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Low-Health Kills Strange Part: Halloween Kills Strange Part: Robots Destroyed During Halloween Strange Part: Underwater Kills Strange Part: Snipers Killed Strange Part: Kills While Übercharged Strange Part: Pyros Killed Strange Part: Defender Kills

Update history

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

• The Holy Mackerel was added to the game.

October 6, 2010 Patch

• This weapon was altered to not display the hit message concerning disguised Spies.
• Hitting someone with this weapon no longer counts as a kill, as this would cause problems with achievements and some statistics systems.
• [Undocumented] This weapon will no longer add to the kill feed when hitting a building.

October 8, 2010 Patch

• [Undocumented] This weapon was added to the crafting blueprint for the Milkman.

October 18, 2010 Patch

• The hit message no longer awards the player First Blood during an Arena match.

February 3, 2011 Patch

• Fixed the assister's name not being listed in the fish humiliation and kill notices.

February 14, 2011 Patch

• Fixed this weapon's melee attack not destroying remote detonation pipes (Stickybombs).
• Fixed players getting set bonuses applied on tournament servers when the server is restricting the player's weapons using the item_whitelist.

June 3, 2011 Patch

• Added community contributed response rules to this weapon.

October 13, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

January 11, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] This item was added to the crafting blueprint for the Holiday Punch.

December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)

• Added Festive variant.

January 8, 2013 Patch

• Fixed Festive Holy Mackerel not completing a set when equipped.

January 16, 2013 Patch

• Fixed the Festive Holy Mackerel using the wrong sounds.

Bugs

• The flipped viewmodel version of this weapon appears as if it has been turned inside out.
• If the player assists a fish kill, the kill icon will not be highlighted in the kill feed like other kills and assists.
• Due to a glitch with the jigglebones, this weapon's viewmodel will occasionally twist up, giving a deformed look.

Trivia

• The Holy Mackerel's level, 42, is a reference to Douglas Adams' book series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in which 42 is considered to be the answer to "the ultimate question of Life, The Universe, and Everything".
  • Two further references are the books So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, a title in the book series whose name was taken from a line in the original book, and The Salmon of Doubt, a posthumous collection of various essays and an unfinished novel written by Adams.
• "Holy Mackerel!" is an expression of surprise found commonly in comedy TV shows, as well as cartoons and other children's TV shows.
• The texture file of the Holy Mackerel reveals that the newspaper wrapped around the fish is named The Gravel Pit Gazette, alluding to the map Gravel Pit. The Gravel Pit Gazette was also the newspaper that advertised the Soldier vs. Demo conflict.
• The melee weapon for the Special Delivery pack was originally a spiked bat named "Nail Biter" before being replaced by the Holy Mackerel.
• The subtitle for this weapon's announcement in the Polycount pack (shown here) is a reference to the British comedy troupe Monty Python's sketch about a British ritual.
• As part of a cross-promotion, the Holy Mackerel is available as a melee weapon in Alliance of Valiant Arms.

Gallery

• 

  First-person view

• 

  RED Festive variant first person view

• 

  BLU Festive variant first person view

• 

  The Holy Mackerel as it appears in Alliance of Valiant Arms.

• 

  A deformed Holy Mackerel

See also

• Holy Mackerel strategy