The Pyro

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The Pyro
Basic Information
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Type:	Offensive
Health:	175 (260 when buffed by a Medic)
Speed:	100%

“

Mpphhh mphh mphhhh mphhh mhh!  Click to listen — The Pyro on just about everything.

”

A mumbling, besuited psychopath of indeterminate origin, the Pyro has a burning fondness for fire and all things fire-related. The pyro is followed by the common myth that it is female, but Valve has yet to confirm this. Wielding a home-made flamethrower, the Pyro can set opponents aflame, whittling their health away over time with the ensuing burn damage. Due to the short range of the flamethrower, the Pyro relies heavily on ambush tactics to catch opponents off-guard. One of the primary roles of the Pyro is the vital task of Spy-checking; a puff of flame will ignite both cloaked and disguised Spies, and the Pyro will then proceed to hunt them down with the same mercy and goodwill shown to all opponents - which is to say, none.

Despite being categorized as an offensive class, the Pyro can also be a useful asset in defense, protecting friendly Sentries from meddling Spies and sending whole attacking teams running back home in search of burn cream. In addition, the Pyro can also make use of compression blasts to reflect projectiles and sticky bombs right back to their owners or extinguish any friendly teammate that has been caught on fire and push enemies away. Pyros can also ignite a friendly Sniper's Huntsman arrow so it can ignite an enemy on a hit. The Pyro can also remove sappers from a Engineer's buildings by using their trusty hammer, the Homewrecker. The Pyro also has one of the most powerful Melee weapons in the game, the Powerjack.

There is much debate about whether the Pyro is a female or a male. Other classes' domination responses (Spy, Sniper, Scout, Soldier, Demoman, and Engineer) that refer to this speculation appear to be insulting the Pyro's fighting capability. The flowery purse located near its locker in the spawn room of 2Fort, as well as the Pyro's humiliation stance being quite feminine, have only served to further fan speculation. Additionally, the Pyro has been referred to as both "he" and "she" by Valve, including on the official blog. A prime example of this was in the UI introduced after the Mac update, which referred to the Pyro as either a he or a she in the challenge dialogue box and alternated randomly between the two. The Xbox 360 manual for Team Fortress 2 uses the male pronoun to describe the Pyro. Also, the base description of the Vintage Merryweather reads "Pyro wears this in tribute to the many firefighters that have perished trying to quell his Flames." However, in the Steam news on July 26 2011 there was a post with female pin-up variations of all the characters, and it stated that "Though, going by the spirit of the thing... shouldn't the Pyro be chugging a beer and watching the football?" which implies that the Pyro's opposite would be a male stereotype.

The Pyro is voiced by Dennis Bateman.

Pyro does not need a bio. So skip this line

Primary

	Weapon	Ammo Carried	Airblast Cost	Damage Range	Special Ability
Standard	Flamethrower	200	20	Max: 122/sec Crit (Max): 366/sec Afterburn: 5-6/sec for 11 secs.1	Alt-fire blasts compressed air which knocks back enemies, redirects enemy projectiles which include sandman balls, jarate, and mad milk; and extinguishes flames on teammates, using 20 ammo per blast. All reflected rockets/grenades/arrows Mini-crit as well as dealing the special effect of the projectile to your opponent. Airblasting enemies into environmental deaths awards the death credit to the Pyro.
Unlock/Drop	Backburner	200	50	Max: 153/sec Crit (Max): 459/sec Afterburn: 5-6/sec for 10 seconds.1	Different from the flamethrower in that it guarantees critical damage when attacking an enemy from behind, and does 10% more damage, although airblasts cost 150% more.
Drop/Craft	Degreaser	200	20		Different from the flamethrower in that it gives a 65% faster weapon switch, but deals 25% less afterburn damage (residual flames on enemies). The Degreaser can be crafted by combining 1 Backburner and 1 Reclaimed Metal.
Drop/Craft/Purchase	Phlogistinator	200	N/A		The Phlogistinator increases "mmmph" charge with damage ( much like the Buff Banner). The "mmmph" is deployed with a taunt which unleashes Critical Hits for 10 sec and refills health completely. No Random Crits. No Compression Blast.

Secondary

	Weapon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Special Ability
Standard	Shotgun	6	32	Base/Max: 60/90 Crit: 180
Unlock/Drop/Craft	Reserve Shooter	3	32	Base/max:60\90 Crit: 180	+15% faster weapon switch speed. Mini-crits airborne targets for 3 seconds after switch-50% clip size
Unlock/Drop	Flare gun	1	16	Base: 30 Crit: 90 Afterburn: 5-6/sec for 10 seconds.1	Flares ignite any enemy that are hit by them. Flares deal Critical Hits to burning victims.
100px Unlock/Drop	Manmelter	1	N/A	Base: 30 Crit: 90 Afterburn: 5-6/sec for 10 seconds.1	Flares ignite any enemy that are hit by them. Flares deal Critical Hits to burning victims. Does not require ammo. Projectiles cannot be reflected. Alt-fire: Extinguish teammates to gain guarenteed crits. No random crits.
Craft/Drop	Detonator	1	16	Base: 30 Crit: 90 Flare explosion: 10-25	Alt-Fire: Detonate flare. 25% damage to self. Flares deal mini-crits to burning victims.

Melee

	Weapon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Special Ability
Standard	Fire axe	N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195
100px Standard	Third degree	N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Damage transfers through medic beams.
Unlock/Drop	Axtinguisher	N/A	N/A	Base: 33 Crit: 195	Guarantees critical damage on burning targets. Otherwise, it lacks the ability to crit, and inflicts only 50% damage on those who are not burning.
Drop/Craft	Homewrecker	N/A	N/A	Base: 49 Crit: 145	Deals only 75% of the regular Fire axe damage, but deals an extra 200% Fire axe damage against buildings. It can also destroy sappers on friendly buildings in one hit.
Craft/Drop	Powerjack	N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Restores/overheal +75 health upon kill.However you take 30% more melee damage. Along with the release of the Mann-conomy update, The Powerjack can be crafted by taking 1 Reclaimed Metal and 1 Axtinguisher
Craft/Drop	Back Scratcher	N/A	N/A	Base: 80 Crit: 240	Deals 25% more damage than the regular Fire axe. The player also gains 50% more health from packs. Any other healing source rate is diminished by 75%.
Craft/Promotion	Sharpened Volcano Fragment	N/A	N/A	Base: 52 Crit: 156	Deals 20% less damage than the regular Fire axe. Hit players will be set on fire.
Craft/Drop	The Maul	N/A	N/A	Base: 49 Crit: 145	100% of damage vs buildings. Damage Removes Sappers. 25% lower damage vs players.
Craft/Drop	Postal Pummeler	N/A	N/A	Base: 33 Crit: 195	Guarantees critical damage on burning targets. Otherwise, it lacks the ability to crit, and inflicts only 50% damage on those who are not burning.

¹Fire damage is determined by particle range from flamethrower.

Taunt attack

	Attack	Weapon	Duration	Damage
Secondary	Hadouken	Shotgun/Flare gun/Detonator (must have ammo)	3 Seconds	500 (Instant kill) plus fire effect.

Item sets

The Gas Jockey's Gear
100x100px	Degreaser Powerjack Attendant
Effect	+10% faster move speed on wearer +10% bullet damage vulnerability on wearer

Hats

Main article: Hats

Original	Classless		Community		Polycount		Mann Conomy
Pyro's Beanie	Brigade Helm	Respectless Rubber Glove	Triboniophorus Tyrannus	Vintage Merryweather	Handyman's Handle	The Attendant	Napper´s Respite	Old Guadalajara

Australian Christmas			Promotional
Prancer's Pride	Pyromancer's Mask	Madame Dixie	Foster's Facade

Miscellaneous Items

Misc
Whiskered gentleman	Stockbroker's Scarf	Sight For Sore Eyes

All
	Cheater's lament	Ghastly gibus	Bill's Hat	Max's severed head	Wiki Cap	Alien Swarm Parasite
	Modest pile of hat	Noble amassment of hats	Towering pillar of hats	Mann Co Cap	Ellis' Cap	Saxton Hale Mask
	Horrific Headsplitter	Spine-Chilling Skull	Voodoo Juju	Treasure Hat	Bounty Hat	Hat of Undeniable Wealth And Respect
Holiday Restricted Hats
	Scout Mask	Soldier Mask	Pyro Mask	Demoman Mask	Heavy Mask	Engineer Mask
	Medic Mask	Sniper Mask	Spy Mask	Mildly disturbing Halloween mask	Horseless Headless Horsemann's Head

Misc. items
Primeval warrior	Grizzled veteran	Soldier of fortune	Mercenary	Earbuds	Platinum Dueling Badge
Gold Dueling Badge	Silver Dueling Badge	Bronze Dueling Badge	Polycount Pin	License to Maim	Companion Cube Pin

Official class avatars

Offical Class avatars
Original	RED 'ÜberCharged'	BLU 'ÜberCharged'

Achievements

Main article: Pyro achievements

• Pyro pack: 35 achievements, 3 milestones.
• 1 General achievement

Trivia

• There is much debate about whether or not the Pyro is a female. Other classes' domination responses (Scout, Soldier, Demoman, Sniper, Spy) that refer to this speculation appear to be insulting the Pyro's fighting capability. The flowery purse/toiletry bag in her/his locker as well as the Pyro's humiliation stance being quite feminine have only served to further fan speculation. Additionally, the Pyro has been referred to as both "he" and "she" by Valve, including on their official blog. The prime example of this is in the UI introduced after the Mac update, which refers to the Pyro as either a he or a she in the challenge dialogue box and alternates randomly between the two. To date, Valve has yet to confirm the Pyro's gender, although its misc. item, the Whiskered gentleman (see above) makes he/she seem masculine. In Poker Night at the Inventory the Heavy refers to his good friend Pyro as a "he" in a conversation with Strong Bad. Another possibility is that Pyro could be a robot. This is highly unlikely due to the blood effect when the Pyro is wounded, but since Pyro has Engineer's glove and in the Engineer update video, Engineer had Pyro's flamethrower, however, this is only one opinion. The blood could be reconciled with the possibility that the Pyro is a cyborg, and an inhuman nature is hinted at in the referral to the Pyro as a 'Frankenstein of a man'.
• According to some fans, it's possible that Pyro is Scout's mother, as he/she had copies of the pictures showing RED Spy and BLU Scout's mother make love in a fan-based version of the possibly up-coming "Meet the Pyro", as this would, naturally, be private. Although, some other fans said that he/she could have done the same thing as the RED spy.
• One of the Pyro's voice commands for the control point is "Get on the point you wassok." Wassok does not exist in any English dictionary, as it is an English derogatory insult meaning "Gullible fool, or Village Idiot, with elements of pomposity."
• The creators of TF2 said they wanted a female member on the Team Fortress team, and being the only class whose gender is unknown, the Pyro is speculated to be that female.
• On the TF2 official blog page, the Pyro has his/her gas mask on backwards, as well as the Sniper's hat and Heavy's ammo belt.
• In Poker Night at the Inventory the Heavy refers to the Pyro as a male when talking with Strong Bad and Tycho.
• The Pyro is the only class that lacks its own Meet the Team video. Ironically, it was also one of the first classes to receive updates.
• The Pyro is voiced by Patrick Bateman, the same voice actor for the Spy.
• The Pyro's designated job and motto was not given in Trailer 2.
• Because of the flame retardant suit, the Pyro is the only class that does not suffer the afterburn effect that is caused by an enemy Pyro's flame based attacks.
• The Pyro is right handed; however, the Fire axe is held left-handed. This points towards the Pyro possibly being ambidextrous.
• The Pyro can perform a rocket jump by successfully deflecting a rocket at their own feet using the compression blast ability. The Pyro's lighter weight than the Soldier makes him fly further and allows him to steer through the air easily, but as a result he also takes more self damage then the Soldier or Demoman.
• The pressure tank on the Pyro's back contains air rather than fuel, as the fuel for the Flamethrower is contained in a large kerosene gas tank inside the Flamethrower itself.
• The Pyro's home-made Flamethrower is constructed from a converted gas pump and a canister of propane.
• The Pyro carries several unusable napalm grenades on his/her belt.
• The Pyro's Flamethrower pilot light does not go out when under water, as it is part of the model.
• Despite being unintelligible, the Pyro is the class that talks, or rather, attempts to talk, the most, aside from the Scout.
• The Pyro is the mascot of "Pyro's Hamburgers", a brand of food sold in Left 4 Dead 2.
• The Pyro's HUD icon shows an earlier version of him, with a completely black oxygen canister instead of the current yellow one.
• Even though the canister on the Pyro's back contains air instead of fuel, he/she will still lose health from drowning.
• The Pyro has the least amount of voice responses and voice commands out of all the classes.
• With the comic followed by the release of the Engineer Update, some believe that the Pyro is Abraham Lincoln or related to him.
• The Pyro has the same voice for English, German, Spanish, French and Russian.
• When the Pyro takes forth the Shotgun, he/she will make a fast reload, that only can be seen in player-view. This is purely cosmetic and has no effect on gameplay.
• Because of the muffled voice of the Pyro, the Pyro is the only class whose nationality is unknown.
• The Pyro, along with the Spy, are the only two classes with default headgear that covers their entire head. Coincidentally, they're both voiced by the same person.
• The Pyro is one of only two characters currently featured in other games, Pyro in Killing Floor and Heavy in Poker Night at the Inventory.
• When the Pyro is played in Killing Floor, using voice commands makes him speak with a heavy British accent.
• If you click the Pyro's mask on the flip pad on the 'World War Wednesday' page of the über update, you are taken to a 'secret' page, describing a new Pyro weapon - the Detonator - as:

"The concept THEY warned us was TOO HAT for the internet! The weapon THEY ordered us NOT TO SHIP! For the class THEY BANNED from EVERY SINGLE day of the Uber Update! Well, guess what? THEY'RE NOT THE BOSS OF US! In fact, nobody can 100% remember who "they" are, even though a bunch of people do vaguely recall somebody ordering us to do something. Anyway, just in case it turns out they are our boss, we're gonna put The Detonator on this secret page where they hopefully won't see it." With the side note: "Don't worry Pyro fans, we only left out the Engineer!" If 'The Boss' does exist, they're probably screwed. Oh well.

See also

• Fire
• Compression blast
• Juggling
• Pyro User Guides
• Ambushing
• Pyro match-ups
• Pyro taunts
• Pyro responses
• Pyro scripts
• Pyro strategy
• Pyro voice commands
• List of references (Pyro)
• Dodgeball

External links

• "The Pyro Update"

v • d • e The Pyro Weapons Primary: Flamethrower / Backburner / Degreaser / Phlogistinator • Secondary: Shotgun / Flare gun / Detonator • Melee: Fire axe / Axtinguisher / Homewrecker / Powerjack / Back Scratcher / Sharpened Volcano Fragment / Maul / Saxxy / Postal Pummeler / Conscientious Objector / Third Degree • Taunt: Hadouken Abilities Fire • Compression Blast • Juggling • Overheal Hats Pyro's beanie • Brigade helm • Respectless rubber glove • Triboniophorus tyrannus • Whiskered gentleman • Vintage merryweather • The Attendant • Handyman's Handle • Napper's Respite • Old Guadalajara • Pyromancer's Mask • Prancer's Pride • Foster's Facade • Stockbroker's Scarf • Madame Dixie • Dead Cone • Hottie's Hoodie • Connoisseur's Cap • Stately Steel Toe • Birdcage • Little Buddy • Flamboyant Flamenco • Blazing Bull • Bubble Pipe • Head Warmer • Waxy Wayfinder • Headgear and misc. items wearable by all classes Strategy Pyro strategy • Pyro match-ups • Pyro User Guides • Ambushing Character Taunts • Voice commands • Responses Achievements Pyro achievements (How to) Other Pyro Update • References • Scripts Misc Sight for Sore Eyes • Cremator's Conscience • Fallen Angel • Tail From the Crypt • Apparition's Aspect • Last Breath • Moonman Backpack • Ornament Armament • Jingle Belt • Scrap Pack

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