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April Fools' Day/2011
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

“

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

”

A scrumpy-swilling drunken demolitions expert from the Scottish highlands, the Demoman (real name Tavish DeGroot) 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 Sticky bombs, the Demoman uses his only good eye and knowledge of the surrounding environment for well-timed detonations that send enemies skyward.

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 sticky bombs 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: Demopan tips, Demopan strategy

• Hit MOUSE1 to attack with your Frying Pan, then MOUSE2 to offer your Stout Shako for two Refined Metal.
• With the Frying Pan, the longer you hold down the fire button, the more hats you equip at once.
• Throw the Frying Pan beneath your feet to ‘Demopan-jump' up to great heights.
• Hide your many hats inside walls and ceilings where they're hard to phish.

Weapons

Main article: Weapons

Note: Weapon damage is approximate and listed at base value. See individual weapon pages for additional figures.

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 / Craft / Drop 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 (~8%) and health points (15) to a maximum of 4 times each life.  Lowers maximum health by 25 points.  No random Critical hits.
Craft / Drop / Uncrate Pain Train		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Doubles capture power for points and carts.  Raises bullet vulnerability by 10%.
Craft / Drop Scotsman's Skullcutter		N/A	N/A	Base: 78 Crit: 234	Has 37% longer melee range.  Deals 20% more damage.  Lowers speed by 15%, even if not wielded.  Every killing blow decapitates the enemy, but does not increase the head counter.
Promotional Frying Pan		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Promotional item from Left 4 Dead 2: The Sacrifice.  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, without the taunt.
Craft / Drop / Uncrate Claidheamh Mòr		N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Has 37% longer melee range.  0.5 Sec. increase in charge duration.  No random Critical hits.  -15 Max health on wearer.  Every killing blow decapitates the enemy, but does not increase the head counter.
Craft / Drop Ullapool Caber		N/A	N/A	Base: 35 (149) 1 Crit: 105 (300) 1	On a successful hit, the grenade's 'head' will explode, dealing damage to the user and to all enemies around him. The blast will launch the user upward.  No random Critical hits.  Deals only 35 damage after exploding.  The grenade's 'head' will show signs of damage after exploding, and will not explode again until the user respawns or visits a supply closet.

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

Taunt attack

	Associated item	Description	Kill Icon
	Eyelander	See also: Decapitation The Demoman swings his sword around, slashes in front of him, then cleans the blade with his hand.

Item sets

Main article: Item sets

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

• Wearing the Chargin' Targe with The Expert's Ordnance will only give the Demoman 55% Fire Damage Resistance instead of 60% because 50% of 100 is 50% (Chargin' Targe) and 10% of the remaining 50% is 5% (The Expert's Ordnance), which will add up to 55%.
• Wearing the Sticky Jumper with The Expert's Ordnace will only give the Demoman 80% Fire Damage Vulnerability instead of 90% because 100% plus 100% (Sticky Jumper) is 200% and 10% of the resulting 200% is 20% (The Expert's Ordnance), which will add up to 180% Fire Damage = +80%.

Hats

Main article: Hats

Official class avatars

Official class avatars
Original set	RED ÜberCharged set	BLU ÜberCharged set
128px	128px	128px
Get TF2 avatars on Steam: Original

Achievements

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

Bugs

• If you die while holding a sticky bomb launcher, and before you respawn you change it to the Chargin' Targe, you will appear to be holding an invisible bottle on respawn. This invisible bottle cannot attack. To fix this, just switch to a new weapon.

Trivia

• The Heavy and the Demoman are both voiced by Gary Schwartz.
• The beta prototype of the Demoman was supposed to have a stereotypically Scottish appearance, consisting of pale skin, red hair and a beard. 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.
• 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.
• The WAR!: The Demoman lost the seven-day War waged between him and the Soldier, thus losing out on his chance to obtain the Gunboats.
• He was a part of the KritzKast contest as well, 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, then later changed to a stick of dynamite, and is currently a sticky bomb, as of November 19, 2010.
• In Template:W, 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 Template:W as one of the hats selectable hat for the player's worms.

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  The Demoman playing card

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

Related Merchandise

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  RED Sticky Bomb Plush

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  BLU Sticky Bomb Plush

• Merch Demoman shirt.png

  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

• 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!