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With a twirl behind his back, leading to a horizontal slash to the slow, unaware, or simply unfortunate neck that stands before him, the [[Demoman]] performs his '''Decapitation''' [[Weapons#demomantaunt|taunt]]. The Demoman concludes his short swipe by bringing his blade back and wiping down its length with his fingers. The decapitation will kill anyone caught within range (128 Hammer Units, past which it has no effect) as the blade swings across them, rewarding the Demoman with a new head to his collection if he has the [[Eyelander]], [[Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker]], or [[Nessie's Nine Iron]] equipped.  However, a kill with the decapitation will not contribute to any [[Demoman achievements|achievements]] involving performing [[kills]] with the Eyelander. Killing someone with this taunt is considered "honorable" by the [[Half-Zatoichi]], and will allow the user to sheath his weapon without taking damage, as well as filling health.
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If equipped with the [[Eyelander]], [[Half-Zatoichi]], [[Claidheamh Mòr]], [[Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker]], [[Persian Persuader]], or [[Nessie's Nine Iron]], the [[Demoman]] can perform the '''Decapitation''' [[Weapons#demomantaunt|taunt]]. It involves a twirl of his sword behind his back, leading to a horizontal slash that slices off the head of anyone slow, unaware, or simply unfortunate to be in the way. The Demoman concludes his short swipe by bringing his blade back and wiping down its length with his fingers. Only a single target can be affected by the kill taunt at one time, even if multiple enemies stand in the same spot.
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The decapitation will kill anyone caught within range (128 Hammer Units, past which it has no effect) as the blade swings across them, rewarding the Demoman with a new head to his collection if he has the Eyelander, Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker, or Nessie's Nine Iron equipped.  However, a kill with the decapitation will not contribute to any [[Demoman achievements|achievements]] involving performing [[kills]] with the Eyelander. Killing someone with this taunt is considered "honorable" by the [[Half-Zatoichi]], and will allow the user to sheath his weapon without taking damage, as well as filling health.
  
 
As with most kill taunts, this taunt can be used to kill enemy players during a [[Match outcomes#Stalemate|stalemate]] or [[Match outcomes#Humiliation|humiliation]], despite being visibly disarmed.
 
As with most kill taunts, this taunt can be used to kill enemy players during a [[Match outcomes#Stalemate|stalemate]] or [[Match outcomes#Humiliation|humiliation]], despite being visibly disarmed.
 
The Decapitation can be performed with the Eyelander, [[Half-Zatoichi]], [[Claidheamh Mòr]], Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker, [[Persian Persuader]], and Nessie's Nine Iron.
 
  
 
== Damage and function times ==
 
== Damage and function times ==

Revision as of 11:03, 6 January 2017

There can be only one! ... Eye!
The Demoman slicing the neck of another Demoman

If equipped with the Eyelander, Half-Zatoichi, Claidheamh Mòr, Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker, Persian Persuader, or Nessie's Nine Iron, the Demoman can perform the Decapitation taunt. It involves a twirl of his sword behind his back, leading to a horizontal slash that slices off the head of anyone slow, unaware, or simply unfortunate to be in the way. The Demoman concludes his short swipe by bringing his blade back and wiping down its length with his fingers. Only a single target can be affected by the kill taunt at one time, even if multiple enemies stand in the same spot.

The decapitation will kill anyone caught within range (128 Hammer Units, past which it has no effect) as the blade swings across them, rewarding the Demoman with a new head to his collection if he has the Eyelander, Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker, or Nessie's Nine Iron equipped. However, a kill with the decapitation will not contribute to any achievements involving performing kills with the Eyelander. Killing someone with this taunt is considered "honorable" by the Half-Zatoichi, and will allow the user to sheath his weapon without taking damage, as well as filling health.

As with most kill taunts, this taunt can be used to kill enemy players during a stalemate or humiliation, despite being visibly disarmed.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage
Damage and function times
Damage
Point blank 500
Function times
Taunt duration 5 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Related achievements

Leaderboard class demoman.png Demoman

Scotch Tap
Scotch Tap
Glory in the slaughter of your enemies using the Eyelander.

Update history

December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)

  • The taunt was added to the game.

December 18, 2009 Patch

  • Fixed a server crash caused by the Demoman taunt kill.

March 15, 2011 Patch

  • Fixed the Demoman taunt not working correctly when the Half-Zatoichi is the active weapon.

April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)

  • Fixed taunt kills made with a Katana not counting towards honorbound kills.

June 3, 2011 Patch

  • [Undocumented] The taunt was assigned to the Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker and the Claidheamh Mòr.

July 2, 2012 Patch

  • Fixed decapitations creating head gibs in Low Violence and Pyrovision.

Unused content

  • There is an unused model located in game files, which depicts a cleanly "decapitated" neck, located in the Soldier directory. Whether this model was meant to appear in game, or on an update page in the case of a Demoman victory during the WAR! Update is unknown.

See also