What is the Rarest Kill Icon in TF2?

I'm sure at one point or another you've looked at the killfeed, seen a strange-looking picture, and thought, "what in the world is that?" TF2's kill icons are pretty inconsistent, with most of the "obscure" kills being denoted by the default skull and crossbones icon. So seeing a rare kill that actually HAS a unique icon is an especially unlikely find. This video looks to find which icons are the rarest to see, both in casual and in TF2 overall.
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Also, if you're wondering what's up with the kill icons in the background gameplay, I forgot I installed an icon fix pack a while ago. I personally very much dislike the default icons, but that's a video for another day.

[@bogusWasHere]

Fun fact, this went unused in game, but if it was used, the deflected headshot flaming arrow would likely be the most uncommon kill icon

[@someperson7491]

Speaking of unused, some unused weapons have kill icons. So despite not being in the game, they can still be seen by a player if they look hard enough in the files. So if you’re on my side, they are the rarest. However I completely understand if you think that since they can’t be seen in-game, they should not be counted. That’s it for my TedTalk, thanks and have fun.

[@RockylarsYT]

What about deflected sandmann ball? Or reflected wrap assassin ball.

[@TheCowai]

But only the *flaming* deflected headshot, right? Because I'm pretty sure i once got an reflect arrow headshot icon once (and were really disappointed the theres no achievement for that).

[@AngelSamael]

Not as unlikely as you would think. If a Pyro is doing good then a player on the enemy team is likely to switch to Pyro to counter them. The enemy Pyro can ignite the Sniper's arrow and the hit registration on the Huntsman is so busted that it's probably the easiest projectile to reflect if you can get the timing right.

[@wrongtime9097]

I bagged a kill like that once against the Huntsman Sniper that shot at me. I was pretty hyped

[@jaredparks4713]

Kinda wish there was an icon for telefrags, that'd be pretty funny.

[@gaz5396]

I think there’s a mod that adds a specific kill icon for every thing in the game

[@GogiRegion]

I’m surprised there isn’t, to be honest. They’re such a big part of Quake related shooter culture that I’m surprised they didn’t make one just to humiliate those who get telefragged more.

[@pun5925]

@@gaz5396 name? if you ever find it

[@piscatoris]

The mod TF2Classic has such an icon.

[@YeetZmeN]

@Thot Destroyer that’s a custom icon not in the game. It is on the Steam Workshop, but Valve hasn’t added the kill icons from that thing yet.

[@healerlfg7769]

Honorable mention: a spectator killing a member of either team. this USED to be possible with the Crusader's crossbow: If a medic fired a bolt and changed teams while the bolt was still in-flight, the bolt would *also* change ownership. If the medic swapped to spectator mid-flight, it would do damage instead of healing, and the team-color for the kill icon's text would be grey instead of red or blue.

[@lightningfinger]

@Clu Rosencrans scout probably deserved it

[@numbersstationsarchive194]

@Clu Rosencrans I think it used to be possible with one of Soldier's rocket launchers too, a long time ago. This was before casual/competitive existed and before people really used binds.

[@connar7623]

Same thing with flames back then, using the backburner at the beginning of a round then switching to spec could kill your entire team.

[@aynursarkaya824]

its actually white,you can also encounter it in MVM when you die after the wave ends,apperantly the bot go in spectator at that time

[@eddcs1901]

I used to do something like this in CSGO not too long ago. I used to throw molotovs at teammates, spectate, and then watch it deal damage to them lmao it was funny af

[@petergeorgehill]

Crit spy knife is actually super common; you forgot about end of round victory rampages. The spies are critted and still forget they have a gun while slicing up defenceless enemy guys

[@TehKorwinMikke]

Using crit-knife has a much cooler animation than revolvers.

[@diegodevars4618]

And it's very satisfying to watch the heavy being slowly shanked to death on his spawn room

[@Leto_0]

@@diegodevars4618 😬

[@australianpogchamp5976]

The Krits pocket med:

[@PowerOutageGootraxian]

,........................

[@HeavyTF2real]

I’ve actually gotten a kill with a reflected rescue ranger projectile once. The engi and I were both equally surprised

[@piplupfan1]

Ive killed someone with it too

[@Kokoawsum421]

our small club grows larger

[@KIgaming.]

yeah my friend did too. he actually said it was the rarest kill icon when he got it so i think people have known about that one for a little while

[@xxspicytacoxx1861]

Oh wow- Reading this I see people who are more skilled than me not just in reaction but just better at pyro Congrats to you gentlemen * speaks as a true spy/scout main *

[@HauntedMusket]

I wonder if that engie was me

[@windywriter]

The Lumbricus Lid's unique kill icon actually used to be a lot more common since back when it was added, having the Rocket Jumper equipped would negate the Kamikaze taunt's self-damage. It was fairly common to see a variation of Trolldier in Hightower servers dedicating themselves to taunt kills.

[@umutcantacer7271]

Ah, the good old days.

[@bareodin]

These newer KZbinrs don't know about the good ol days of tf2.

[@Goldenleyend]

Wait rocket jumper doesn't negate kamikaze damage anymore?

[@nrh756]

@@Goldenleyend they were the good ol days for a reason :/

[@senseihello]

@@nrh756 I miss the old look to rocket jumpers too. :(

[@DinnerForkTongue]

7:23 You forgot to mention that the Engineer will more often than not be sitting almost on, if not _literally_ on, his dispenser. So yeah, it's even worse.

[@racheltoothaker3259]

What I can’t understand you

[@DinnerForkTongue]

@@racheltoothaker3259 Click the timestamp on my reply. It'll take you to the argument I'm commenting on.

[@racheltoothaker3259]

No it’s because ur gammer was so confusing

[@Intestine_Ballin-ism]

​@@DinnerForkTongue bro I see you EVERYWHERE

[@DinnerForkTongue]

@@Intestine_Ballin-ism It means we have the same good tastes 😉

[@SpriterSonikku]

@8:30 The crit boosted Holiday Punch kill icon is possible in-game if the Heavy is minicrit boosted, as the killfeed doesn't differentiate between crits/minicrits.

[@Forestxavier20]

As a Black Rose owner, I have exclusively used that when I play Spy and I genuinely wish that they would allow me to Strangify the damn thing. I know it's a weapon only like a few thousand of people own and it's just a prettier version of the stock knife, but 99% of the current playerbase likely only knows about this weapon because the wiki or they see ONE person play spy and get a butter knife kill with it.

[@aabeeek]

Ah, a fellow Black Rose owner! It's becoming rare to meet us.

[@skyethemin4922]

@@aabeeek Yo same here! Honestly didnt even know it was a rare item till today, it just kinda appeared one day in my inventory without doing much of anything, really. But i must admit, its a really snazzy looking knife!

[@joemancool]

I understand. I professional killstreaked mine. It's lovely :)

[@gabrielklug4387]

oh yea, mine is a specialized killstreak. one of my favorite spy knifes

[@scarletcrusader5431]

God I fucking used mine in crafting years back, how fucking stupid of me smh

[@tujan7598]

I once got killled by the reflected rescue ranger bolt when I was just spamming rescue ranger bolts on a 5cp map once

[@lunarpitch]

i'm gonna guess this happened once

[@costilla1212]

I wasn't even aware you could reflect that

[@lmquan082]

@@costilla1212 airblast reflect a lot. engiw short circuit energy ball for example

[@BongBong-Gaming]

@@lmquan082 I killed a engi by accidentally airblasting the energy ball

[@FrosstKatt]

2:11 I remember I was on a 2fort server and a guy with a gold pan joined and dropped it for everyone and the entire kill feed was gold pan kills the whole match

[@tylercoon1791]

Based

[@StreifelXP]

I like how you picked the best actual option and not just a super obscure single weapon 1 person has or something. Possible to happen in many games just so unlikely it never shows up.

[@Planty_]

One time I got headshotted by a pyro because it's a pyro in the killcam. Oddly enough I saw it being just an ordinary headshot icon, and I suspect the Pyro reflected a huntsman arrow into me and headshotted, and the TF2 wiki seems to back this up as well as a reflected huntsman headshot uses the same kill icon as the sniper rifle headshot.

[@gongolius]

thats epic

[@horizeonguy]

yep, i once panic reflected a huntsman arrow near the cart, headshotted the sniper and got a headshot kill icon

[@RenShinomiya121]

There should actually be a reflected arrow headshot kill icon. But it went unused in the game.

[@ProfessorCat-lf1tm]

exactly, that's the first thing i thought about when clicking this video, but it didn't even show up. It's definitely one of the more rare ones.

[@StilvurBee]

i got that yesterday which is why i had an interest in this video

[@rduplexdawn]

Just a thought- because when you slap someone with a fish it shows how many times you hit them, wouldnt fish x99 or higher be rarer? Edit: as people are still looking through this comment, the maximum is x24 (thanks snivy!) Also, as some people are confused, this is in a real-game situation, not setting it up. It would be insane to be able to hit an overhealed heavy 24 times and then kill him while the heavy is shooting at you.

[@silentdrew7636]

Wouldn't that still use the same icon though?

[@immortalsun]

@@silentdrew7636 Yep.

[@goombanr3411]

but isnt that not a kill icon per se? as you dont kill someone?

[@alphamale4528]

@@dontcallmenate2274 with 98x just set autoclicker to click 98 times not that hard

[@Gamemaster1379]

The memory maker trivia is incorrect. Runner ups in Saxxies did not always receive a memory maker. First year participants received nothing as consolation.

[@XtremeOverload]

Cool video. I actually renamed one of my Memory Makers to "The Cameo Appearance". Using it as a Demoknight (or in this case, Paparazzi Demo) is fun as hell.

[@ericb3157]

reminds me of a server where "jarate" had been re-named to "piss thrown"...

[@TheLostPhoenixOfTheSkies]

God tier name honestly

[@realryushiro]

I'd say seeing the Wanga Prick is extremely rare since you yourself have to have it and get a kill or be killed by someone with it without being backstabbed since nobody else will see the kill icon except you and the spy.

[@papelhat4265]

I'M NOT EVEN KIDDING ABOUT THIS. I was watching this video while I waited to load in and I saw the holy hand grenade part and paused and went in. A couple minutes in and I saw some dude doing the pickaxe taunt kill with the hat on so i ran at him and let it happen.

[@piplupfan1]

Insane! What was his reaction

[@papelhat4265]

@@piplupfan1 he simply responded with "you have made my day by walking into that pyro"

[@piplupfan1]

@@papelhat4265 Awesome! All hail the holy hand grenade!

[@horizeonguy]

*get rng'd*

[@user-pu4lv6pr5v]

I remember back in 2010 and 2011 a lot of people would be taunt killed by it on 2fort, or at the very least try. It was also back in the day when you could survive the taunt. I assume the taunt killing gave him nostalgia.

[@KoobyKarasu]

Personally, I feel like the reflected stickybomb kill icon is the rarest. It is really difficult to have it appear, because it only appears if the stickybomb is detonated while it is still airborne when it detonates (otherwise it just counts as finishing off). I have seen it at most 3 times in my 5,300 hours of playing, despite stickybombs being super common to see.

[@EzekiesAcheron]

Same. 2,202 hours. NEVER seen it. Didn't even know it existed.

[@yspear_]

Yep i am a pyro main and never manage to get that icon

[@person0-016]

I've only ever seen it once when a pyro airblasted my stickies into me. Glad someone else recognises that kill icon.

[@XanderFenikkusu]

I'm a demo main and sadly I can say that I have seen this icon...

[@vidbuddy92]

As a pyro main, I've gotten it quite a few times. Funnily enough, I got a rescue ranger reflect kill on the medic during a Highlander scrim. I have it on youtube actually.

[@DJL3G3ND]

5:32 that reminds me of one time I used the jump spell near a pumpkin bomb ring and it sent me flying across the map and I died from fall damage. didnt even know that spell did damage at all until then

[@ashtongiertz8728]

the biggest issue I have with the short circuit's primary fire is that there's no way to visually figure out what its range is. If the particles emitted light then you would be able to get a good idea of its range, but otherwise it's all up to trial and error

[@TheOriginalLeo]

Any spell kill with killstreak count on it, in killfeed is pretty rare. Its means that whoever did casted that spell must have killstreak Spellbook Magazine, Fancy Spellbook or Fireproof Secret Diary. Those exist due to bug where blank killstreak kits dropped and you could apply them to anything and yes they acually work on these items and count killstreaks.

[@danielsurvivor1372]

Do they shine on the player model if they're Spec KS? Do they give you eye effect if they're pro ks?

[@adelite2185]

Or even a killstreak saxxy

[@TheOriginalLeo]

@@danielsurvivor1372 No they dont. Atleast the Specialized one's dont since those weapons dont have shine medels apart of few like Rocket Jumper, Bonk Atomic Punch and Sticky Jumper. Last year I managed to get Glitched Specialized Kit and applied it on Secret Diary. It does not shine however it does sync with rest of KS weapons + it show the ks icon in front of kill icon. I'm not sure if Glitched Pro-ks kits would do that, its possible but I wont begging one anytime soon.

[@BiblemanTF]

extremely rare an vanilla servers but pretty common on moded, so this couldnt go in the video for that i guess

[@BiblemanTF]

@@MTH57 wym, read again

[@meemeleem]

“situations that rarely happen” footage: reflected rocket kill

[@nyancatec]

*direct hit Rockets from stock are easy to airblast, and have a big explosion range. Direct hit has -70% explosion size, and a crit hitting someone directly is just cherry on top.

[@goofyahdemoman1134]

@@nyancatec Direct hit reflecting requires quite a bit of skill lol

[@LeeBuddy]

2:03 that crit reflect was nasty.

[@Star_Bright1]

I got one of those rescue ranger reflect kills last week! I remember seeing the icon and thinking "now there's something you don't see a lot" but I didn't think it would be that much rarer!

[@pokeman5699]

ive always wanted a Memory Maker its such a unassuming and goofy looking item yet its less common to see one compared to an actual Saxxy despite being almost as rare i actually thought the Memory Maker was the 1st place award for the Saxxy Events at some point

[@simonsoupshark8009]

you used to be able to get them from achievement servers back before KZbin api stopped working with tf2 achievements

[@mareksicinski3726]

i mean not that goofy, and that's contradictory no? also why want it just bc it's rare

[@pancakes8816]

@@simonsoupshark8009 I think steam removed them from people who never worked for them, I had one once from the achievement server and its gone now

[@Roebloz]

@@simonsoupshark8009 False, that's the Taunt: Director's Vision

[@simonsoupshark8009]

@@Roebloz you could get both the taunt the helmet and the memory maker at one point so what i said isnt false its just not every item that could be obtained by via youtube achievments

[@yeetmcmeat]

i honestly didnt know you could reflect rescue ranger bolts.

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

you can reflect every single projectile, even syringes I'm pretty sure

[@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413]

@@Mate_Antal_Zoltan nope, you cant reflect nor destroy syringes. The pomson and the bison also cant be reflected.

[@hardlyanydiggity3953]

you can reflect any projectile that doesn't specifically say you can't, unless its one of the medic's syringes.

[@hardlyanydiggity3953]

@@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413 also manmelter

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

@@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413 damn, I remember being able to reflect syringes maybe it was in some sourcemod

[@monmagog]

The only situation I can think of where you can get the reflected rescue ranger kill is in TF2 x10 because of the pyro’s insane airblast, but even that feels like it wouldn’t happen much

[@ToastedEgg89]

Something interesting about the Flaming Skull and Crossbones kill icon is that it existed long before the Cow Mangler was in the game. I still don't know what its triggers were, but you would occasionally see it.

[@selah6778]

I genuinely use the crossing guard on all my loadouts (bar engie and spy obv) and I've never seen anyone else use it

[@llmkursk8254]

I think the problem is that you can’t killstreak the Crossing Guard with its own kit, you have to get a Universal one. Pretty sure it’s the only Strange weapon without a Killstreak Kit that can actually kill.

[@selah6778]

@@llmkursk8254 You're probably right. I just use it because I thought it was funny when I bought it and have so many kills on my strange it wouldn't be worth to sell now.

[@chazym9649]

My friend is a huge railroad fan so he uses one, and I don't think we've ever seen anyone else either. Kind of shame, it looks pretty nice

[@Calvin_Coolage]

I think it's because most people that got it wanted a cosmetic from those EotL cases.

[@EzekiesAcheron]

I completely forgot the crossing guard even existed lol.

[@DominatorLegend]

To be fair, while the Black Rose is a cooler knife and any Spy player will see it as good-looking skin, there are two reasons why you don't see it often: 1- While it's true it was free to get if you got some achievement in another free to play game, said game (A.V.A.) was known to be fishy and have some shady stuff in it, so people just avoided it. 2- A.V.A. was also shut down a while ago, so getting the knife nowadays by yourself it's impossible. You can only get in in market, and because it's normally unobtainable now, it costs A LOT. It really is a collector's item at this point.

[@rey4874]

Ugh I used mine in crafting I should have sold it later aiuw2hwh

[@okbuddy9889]

fuck bruh I sold my black rose from MvM for like pennies I think

[@BunnLilah]

Wow I didn't realize it's rare now but yeah. I have an untradeable one and I never really gave it much thought because at the time, that game was pretty active so it was easy to get. So I just thought "eh it's cool but anyone can get it easily". I didn't realize that yeah it's impossible to get it now, so it feels cool to have one, even though it's untradeable.

[@xuavrice2338]

I got the black rose, but seriously regret not making the $5 investment in Night at the Poker Inventory, I didn’t want to spend the time to get the items from that game but now I’d rather play it for hours than pay half price on the lugermorph or enthusiasts time piece.

[@ashtar3876]

My brother has it pog

[@UndeadShadow64]

I absolutely agree with you. In my years of playing TF2, I have never seen a Pyro trying to reflect Rescue Ranger repair claws, considering these projectiles are fast like Huntsman arrows.

[@wojtekpolska1013]

4:11 train killicons are not rare, as they are the default icon for movic enviromental object. thats why you will see them very often on custom maps, especially deathrun

[@poke548]

You used to see a _lot_ more Lumbricus Lids back in the day, as I remember. This was back the the Equalizer was one weapon- and by far the most popular soldier melee- and the Rocket Jumper would prevent you from taking self-damage from the Kamikaze taunt. Kamikazeing battlement snipers and clueless heavies on 2Fort and Hightower was a popular alternate take on typical trolldier shenanigans, so a fair amount of trolldiers who were particularly committed to the bit would grab the Lid to make their Kamikaze kills a bit more distinct. It still wasn't super common to see, but I'd consider it akin to seeing a pyro main using the Rainblower: uncommon, but you'll see one very now and then if you keep an eye out. Now, though, as more and more soldier melees are better balanced, and the Rocket Jumper no longer prevents self-damage from Kamikaze, yeah. The Lumbricus Lid is nowhere to be seen, and sadly, Kamikaze-spamming soldier is dead. RIP to the bug that gave us so many antics, immortalized in Star_'s classic _TF2 Sniper_Stomper_ video.

[@mr.kittysavestheworld695]

I used the Lumbricus Lid for years and never really changed to anything else. Once I have a cosmetic loadout I like, I very rarely change it. I eventually moved away from it, but this might have convinced me to put it back on.

[@tf2349]

Damn… He actually did it! He made original tf2 content. A rare sight these days

[@ashtar3876]

I mean, course it would be. 5 years without a meaningful update.

[@johannesneumayer6041]

6:52 Ooh, the alliterations!

[@flevami]

This is very interesting to see when you started playing Tf2. The channel seems to cover a lot of useful topics. I will definitely stay here so I can learn more about the game

[@Randoman590]

The Machina penetration kill icon becomes a lot more common when you play MvM, as a lot of bullet weapons get Projectile Penetration upgrades which then use the Machina's kill icon for such situations, regardless of whether it was a Machina kill or not. That said, MvM doesn't display kills against normal robots from your teammates, so you'll only see those kills in the feed if you're personally contributing to the kill or if it happens to a Giant robot. Sadly, the Medic's projectile shield doesn't have a unique kill icon, just the default skull and crossbones. Shame.

[@drillbitz2816]

Or just play engineer fortress

[@droideka1890]

@@drillbitz2816 What’s that?

[@drillbitz2816]

@@droideka1890 everyone has to go against 14 engies in one round

[@endorito]

@@drillbitz2816 that's just casual 2fort

[@drillbitz2816]

@@endorito based

[@TheDolphinTuna]

The lumbricus lid was a lot more common back in the day since it was one of the only hats the soldier could equip.

[@goldenpig6453]

i dont even play tf2 why am i watching this

[@zxxzxzzzxzzxzzzxxzxzzxzx]

2:30 "...weapon reskins that aren't that expensive, but nobody seems to run for whatever reason" >Shows the black rose You do realise that that thing is like 150 keys, right? I'm aware that it came from an achievement back in the day, but it's no longer obtainable.

[@scalderm]

Weapon reskins in TF2 have always seemed like a strange case to me.

[@rmwpl86]

Weirdest one for me was reflected sticky bomb, I got pretty confused when I saw it.

[@EzekiesAcheron]

Yeah I have NEVER EVER seen that kill icon. I didn't even know it existed, and I have 2,202 hrs in TF2

[@moonmelons]

@@EzekiesAcheron I have to look at this because I'm pretty sure it's impossible. Even if a pyro reflects a sticky and the Demo is holding down M2 so it blows up on himself, it doesn't count as a reflect. The demo just takes his standard self-damage and the kill feed if it kills him is the same as if he kills himself through any kind of self-damage.

[@EzekiesAcheron]

@@moonmelons Perhaps the demo's stickies have to- wait no, they don't change team affiliation so they don't damage teammates... DON QUOIS?

[@gamesandglory1648]

@@moonmelons it has to be reflected and detoanted in midair, never touching a surface.

[@TastySalamanders]

8:38 "It used to be possible to kill someone with sappers by beating them at Rock, Paper, Scissors while holding one." Used to? It's still possible. The RPS taunt uses the kill icon for whatever weapon you're holding, which of course means if you are holding a Medigun, food item, Jarate, Milk, etc - you get the default skull icon since all of those lack their own one. (It would have been nice if Valve added a kill icon for the Medigun's Projectile Shield during the Two Cities Update, especially since that cuts through bots like a hot knife through butter, but alas it's stuck with the default skull.)

[@yamatanooroshikirin4001]

I think he means that the kill icon is now the generic skull/crossbone icon for winning RPS while holding a sapper

[@maxx2536]

I don't know what you are talking about since i don't play TF2

[@taureon_]

@@maxx2536 why are you here then

[@WalleBot]

The icon used to be a sapper, similar to the icon shown when a building is destroyed, but it's just the default now

[@yspear_]

It's just the default skull icon now

[@deroplat]

Good video about the topic. If you want to get really deep into even harder to get kill icons, the rarest kill icon you can ever come across would be a saxxy with a killstreak arrow or a Halloween spell with a killstreak arrow. Both of these are possible because of a glitch that allowed you to get a blank killstreak kit. I've seen the killstreak spell kill one time and have only ever seen a killstreak saxxy kill in a screenshot.

[@ZombieEater25]

nice video and amazingly well executed explanation from each icon. Great video, well done

[@nucleenix7762]

i'm curious about the kill icon of the reflected sticky bomb. does it ever appear since they don't switch team affiliation?

[@Andelai2137]

I believe it happens when Demo kills himself with said stickies shortly after deflect. I've seen it sometimes myself but don't know the conditions.

[@someperson7491]

I’m pretty sure that it has to be in air.

[@phlogchamp]

Yes, it appears. It happens when the demo kills himself with a detonation up to 0.5 seconds after the sticky has been reflected.

[@clueless6738]

It does, I have a friend that got it a few months ago. Problem is, it's hard as hell to get because needs several conditions to appear. I'm not 100% sure, but I think you can't damage the demo in any way (fire, shotgun, etc), so he has to be low health by himself for some time, then you need to reflect the sticky while it's in the air and the Demo has to explode it, killing himself, while it's still in the air. If any of the conditions are not met you just get a "finished off" kill instead. I'm not sure if you get this icon with other people damaging the Demo but I believe that he has to be at that point that the damage he received is not credited to anyone or it's all self damage. Again, I'm not sure if those are the conditions exactly, but I know they are hard to come by and to pull off.

[@anonymousaccordionist3326]

@@clueless6738 It was against a bot several years ago, but I actually once got a reflect sticky kill by reflecting a sticky trap that, while it was still moving, the bot demo detonated and killed himself. I am not sure if it has been changed, but that would suggest the stickies simply have to be in motion, not airborne.

[@Uber_Rush]

I've gotten a non-critical headshot before and it confused me because normally you'd hear the person who got shot scream but it was a simple grunt with the headshot death animation that played, the person got mad and thought it was a bodyshot

[@kopimathrubal8644]

7:36 did somebody notice that demo have golden pan ? :D

[@idkgaminglol818]

It's a demopan lol

[@thegregorys7800]

@@idkgaminglol818demopan?

[@ben1ben]

8:38 this happened to me in game, thats what got me interested in this video.

[@skeptic_lemon]

The sharpened volcano fragment has one of the coolest kill icons I've ever seen. Only if it was actually useful.

[@clueless6738]

I'm pretty sure the reflected sticky icon is way harder to come by than the reflected Rescue Ranger one, not because it's hard to reflect stickies but because usually you get a "finished off" kill instead. I have a friend that got it a few months ago, and he believes that you can only get it if: 1) You don't damage the demo in any way (fire, shotgun, other reflects, etc); 2) You need to reflect the sticky while it's in the air and the Demo has to explode it while it's still in the air; 3) He kills himself with that, so to begin with he has to be low health by prior self-damage or be away of combat for some time; If any of the conditions are not met you just get a "finished off" kill instead. I'm not sure if you get this icon with other people damaging the Demo but I believe that he has to be at that point that the damage he received is not credited to anyone or it's all self damage. Again, I'm 100% not sure if those are the conditions exactly, but I know they are hard to come by and to pull off.

[@TumblrSexyMan31]

The rarest kill icon is a non-crit ubersaw kill

[@ErroneousNickname]

I would argue that the lumbricious lid taunt kill was exceptionally common back in the day because at the time of release the equalizer was one item and not split into equalizer + escape plan. On top of that the old rocket jumper had a glitch where it counted all self induced blast damage, which included the kamikaze taunt, and the hat pre-dates that patch as well.

[@QweRinatrtY]

If you reflect a flaming arrow and it makes a headshot with a player, then you as a pyro will only see a sniper rifle headshot kill icon. While the sniper rifle headshot kill icon is not rare on its own, seeing a pyro inflict it is incredibly rare.

[@memdic6987]

You would be surprised at how effective overdose at the moments when you run away from an enemy and spray it at them. This either kills the chaser, or makes him move to the sides, ensuring your escape

[@bltcat]

I have NEVER seen someone get a kill with sun on a stick.

[@gault6546]

i actually got the reflected claw icon twice. i was reflecting an engies claws from across the map but accidentally hit a scout walking by. the other time was on a dead ringer spy.

[@s-zz]

This video was actually very fascinating, i've been playing tf2 for almost 7 years and never knew the Rescue Ranger airblast kill had a unique icon.

[@M.J44]

I don't think I've ever seen that kill icon before this video

[@mrstudent9125]

Memory maker can be seen in Jugolf’s videos, while golden wrench is often used by Delfy.

[@matiauka1]

That one guy towards the end talking about how he's gonna be a house husband is LIVING THE DREAM.

[@alechandro89]

1:50 putting overdose next to sandman and poison is like putting the crusaders crossbow next to heavy's fists.

[@Kaelanore]

As a batsaber owner, I can definitely confirm my time using melee as a scout player at least tripled since getting one. (It's not strange though, but the unboxing grind doesn't stop)

[@MrCoolioPants]

Just buy it instead of wasting your money

[@tylercoon1791]

@@MrCoolioPants but how will I get that sweet, sweet dopamine fix!?

[@tooflour67]

Reflected stickies kill icon is bugged and impossible to get in-game. Instead you typically get "user finished off" or something, with the default death icon. If Demo detonates his own stickies after having them reflected into his face, they also don't deal minicrit damage because Pyro can't inherit stickies like he does other projectiles. It used to be possible but then a few evil sorts thought it would be funny to use reflect to get permanent minicrits on stickies. Then it got nerfed, but in the process caused some bugs.

[@deroplat]

It's possible to get. If the reflected sticky is detonated by the demo before hitting a wall or ground and kills the demo it will appear.

[@tooflour67]

@@deroplat I'll test this at some point, but if you're right I stand corrected.

[@Turkce_Oyun]

@@deroplat Yes. I've actually got that one twice a very long time ago.

[@poffzihavenoidea531]

@@deroplat Yeah, I actually got one just a few days ago.

[@cairax23]

I have over 2500 hours on TF2, active around 2011 and at that time I witnessed a lot of Holy Hand geenade kills. Time really flies seeing as how it isn't seen as something cool and neat now where it eould be considered extremely rare.

[@FruitBasket696]

this came up on recommended, found it hilarious...subbed.

[@ipressedon9289]

I like the one where you get a kill with the projectile for either the sandman or the wrap assassin. Not the weapon itself, but the projectile. Death by being beaned is hilarious.

[@byrguy1295]

haha ye😆

[@IBeforeAExceptAfterK]

I feel like the Ap-Sap and Snack Attack would fall into the same sort of category as the Batsaber or the Golden Frying Pan. Sure, they're not quite as expensive at only a few keys, but considering they're stock reskins on a weapon where the only alternative is kinda bad, there's pretty much no reason not to use them if you own them.

[@agenttex5973]

To be fair the AP-sap is definitely still worse then the stock sapper as I'm pretty sure the Wheatley Voice lines are heard by the enemy team as well basically giving you away.... well assuming the enemy team is listening

[@itzelpretzel]

I've used an AP-sap as as as my default sapper for like 7 years and I don't recall ever seeing another player with one outside of trade servers

[@AverageConsumer-uj8sm]

i fucking love wheatley and i wish i played spy so i could justify acquieing him

[@someskills785]

It’s really interesting how much Great Blue’s videos vary, some seem to get so much attention compared to others.

[@dagobahstudios3662]

“I’ve seen more golden frying pans than crossing guards in my time playing TF2” Now that’s a sentence that only makes sense in context.

[@seekthuth2817]

This video definitely didn't seem like it took as much effort as a lot of your other videos, but this was an Amazing video to fill in between your 40+ minute videos. Please keep this kind of thing up, it was awesome.

[@percher4824]

Just reminds me of what a massive shame it is that TF2 has so many great and unique cosmetics that will never see the light of day due to their sheer rarity.

[@awkwardcultism]

That's nothing compared to TCGs. Wixoss has cards that have probably never been used in any game ever because there's less than ten copies of them in the world. MTG and Yu-gi-oh also have rare cards but you can see them in simulators.

[@ketaminekeith9740]

@@awkwardcultism ok nerd

[@EzekiesAcheron]

@@ketaminekeith9740 okay shitposter.

[@applesj83]

Well I have around 3k hours and I have only seen this icon once: The skull death icon like when you fall off a cliff, but critical. It was on hightower, and i will never forget it. The red shiny mist around the skull, its probably the rarest, i dont even know how it happened

[@fluffy_knight]

TF2 kill icons have rarely been a strange case to me.

[@Lati22]

Rescue Ranger projectile airblasted? Just a guess, still haven't watched the video

[@supremecalamitas342]

I doubt that was a guess

[@ElliottJamesLodyga]

You did not guess that.

[@jfan3049]

why does no one believe this guy, he literally commented 2 mins after the video was uploaded and the rescue ranger is known to be a garbage offensive weapon

[@Xhepyxopila]

@@jfan3049 you know you could always just skip forward to the end, right?

[@supremecalamitas342]

@@jfan3049 He just skipped to the answer, obviously

[@spy9514]

3:51 I once got the bodyshot kill and a headshot kill having that icon and the enemy team tough I was a cheater lol

[@yeongheo5678]

8:45 * "I may become a ***** house-husband" * Dude's about to live the best time of his life

[@TJ-hg6op]

I got killed by a deflected bolt while I was playing Engi, didn’t even know it was possible to reflect. Maybe going into combat with the rescue ranger isn’t the best idea.

[@grummdoesstuff2983]

I’ve never actually seen someone who had an Unarmed Combat, much less used it.

[@CAMSLAYER13]

Just for you, im gonna equip it

[@GogiRegion]

I’ve seen it as a Scunt alternative to the fish. Just showing hits in the chat is enough to get Scunts to use it, although I honestly see more warpaint fish instead just to show off more.

[@bhx6252]

That's been my default scout melee for a long ass time now lmao

[@IBeforeAExceptAfterK]

You might have more luck if you try looking for it during Halloween. I have one, but I only use it with my Halloween loadout.

[@D34DHUNT3R1]

Man, watching this vid gave me hardcore flashbacks to my TF2 days, I was poor as dirt, but damn did I know and play with some awsome people. Used to play with a dude that had a Golden Wrench (I still have the Fan o War he gifted me in my emptied out tf2 backpack), ran into about 3 people with the Memory Maker, and I once saw a real Burning Team Captain. I saw alot of cool shit in my times of wandering the far corners of the server browser.

[@sirbill_greebi3811]

I remember that one time I jumped around a corner at the same time as a bow-sniper, and I air-blasted an arrow right back into him. He took an arrow in the knee and did a cartwheel into a confused scout.

[@JoeJoel]

Point against the lumbricus lid: it was one of the earliest hats added to the game. Back in like 2012 we saw that kill icon way more often since people were more likely to wear it with the busted pre-split equalizer.

[@ricedanan]

I didn't even know the Rescue Ranger bolts could even be reflected. Edit: Also I did not expect to see Fluttershy x Great Blue art.

[@Zeblasky]

The funny thing is, I do remember seeing quite a few Holy hand grenade kills back in the day, when it just came out. But that trend was pretty short lived.

[@sorrydudebros]

I'm certain that the teleport spell icon would be the rarest if it does only 4 damage. Only available for event maps + less efficient than a Fan o' War + needs luck to get the spell. Otherwise it's reflected Sandman ball

[@DJL3G3ND]

3:25 whenever I play pyro I light friendly snipers arrows on fire for them so Ive seen this quite a few times

[@Thornskade]

Hey, I like the Lumbricus Lid. Anyway, I only learned that reflect sticky has a kill icon several thousand hours into the game which blew my mind. It's rare because the time window is very low. The Demo needs to blow himself up pretty soon after you reflected the sticky, if he does it too late he will have suicided instead.

[@Fadedagent64]

4:25 gotta give props for blue on that amazing ks and how he held his own on that point for a while.

[@epicsandvich014]

Our team was very uncoordinated and this dude was pretty fucking nuts ngl.

[@SECURITEH]

Wow this made me feel ancient as I remember loving my Lumbricus Lid and trying to kill people with the taunt.

[@theradiumgirl9298]

I have no idea what happened, but one time I was playing Engineer and somehow got a critical sentry gun kill? It had the shiny red background on the killfeed. I think what happened is that I got a sentry kill on someone who was Marked-For-Death or covered in Jarate and I managed to kill them with a mini-crit.

[@thelastoofer2131]

Technically you can just go for a rescue ranger engi with low health and barely anybody around,just wait for him to shoot then reflect. Or reflect a random crit of it. (Kinda like you said)

[@punnyperson4663]

Black Rose is definitely gonna be one of them

[@Bluerage98]

I actually get the reflected rescue ranger bolt a bunch, it's a very popular weapon in casual servers and I swear it crits so much making it wonderful to reflect and kill someone with

[@ashtongiertz8728]

Another interesting video idea would be making unique kill icons for situations that use the generic skull and crossbones, such as the reflected lasers you mentioned in this video, pushing someone into various environmental hazards (TF2 does have a way of detecting this, apparently), fall damage, grappling hook, and all the different environmental kills that don't have icons (there are a lot of these)

[@ashtongiertz8728]

ooh, and we can't forget telefrags

[@purplehaze2358]

In my experience, reflected rescue ranger bolts are about as rare as green stars.

[@enginer8935]

I would have said it would be the valve rocket launcher, saxxy, or the golden wrench

[@icewhallowcome6689]

valve rocket launcher is the regular rocket launcher icon, no?

[@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413]

I think the valve rocket launcher uses the normal kill icon because its just the stock rocket launcher with a special grade that makes it op

[@enginer8935]

oh that does make since but it would be cool if it had a special kill icon

[@hanklee7609]

Great blue:you don't really see the stock bonesaw kill icon- Battle medic who just bought the game:observe

[@wabbajocky8235]

holy shit this video popped off, the first time i saw this it was only at 10k views. nice job man

[@thatorangeguy3646]

Whats the song at 4:00? Its familier but i caint pin it and really want it

[@woahluigi6360]

Any kill feed with me on the left side :P

[@MrGlyra]

Hahaha, when I started watching I was wondering if you were gonna mention the RR reflect kill icon. I think I've pulled it off only 5 times or so in the 4200 hours and 20+ seasons of HL I've played lmao. First time it happened in a lobby I think, and I went absolutely monkey when I saw it.

[@SirMoohsAlot]

8:01 I like your funny words, magic man.