Flying Guillotine

This article is about the weapon. For related cosmetics, see Handhunter and Horrific Headsplitter.

Flying Guillotine
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Basic Information
Used by:	Scout
Slot:	Secondary
Contributed by:	neodos Svdl SquareEnix Mr. Bunce
Released:	August 2, 2012 Patch (Triad Pack)
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Purchase, Promotional (expired), Uncrate #56 (Strange) or Chemistry Set (Collector's)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	Yes
Medieval:	Yes
Available Qualities
Unique Genuine Strange Collector's
Loadout Stats
The Flying Guillotine Level 1 - 100 Cleaver Throw at your enemies to make them bleed! Long distance hits reduce recharge time No random critical hits

“

Wayta duck! Click to listen — The Scout to victims of low-flying kitchenware

”

The Flying Guillotine is a community-created promotional secondary weapon for the Scout. It is a meat cleaver with the Chinese characters for "dead meat" (死肉, sǐròu) above the grip.

Unlike the Pistol, the Flying Guillotine is a unique ranged weapon that is thrown in an arc as a projectile. Primary and secondary fire flings the cleaver at enemies, dealing damage and inflicting bleeding for up to 5 seconds, but it has no effect against buildings or after bouncing off a surface. The weapon cannot roll for random Critical hits. Once the weapon is thrown, it recharges after approximately six seconds. The recharge time can be sped up by 1.5 seconds if the player hits an enemy from long range. A long-range hit is determined by how long the Guillotine is flying in the air, with 0.5 seconds being the minimum to be considered long range. Unlike the projectile of the Sandman, it cannot be picked up from the ground to refill the meter. Like most projectiles, the cleaver can be reflected by an enemy Pyro's compression blast. The Flying Guillotine cannot be fired underwater.

The Flying Guillotine has a maximum range; upon traveling a long enough distance, it acts as if it has "landed" and does not deal damage to opponents that it may or may not have "hit".

This item has two styles, named "Thirsty" and "Thirstier". The "Thirsty" style gives the weapon a clean appearance, while the "Thirstier" style adds bloodstains to the blade.

This item was awarded in Genuine quality to players who pre-ordered Sleeping Dogs on Steam before August 17, 2012.

The Flying Guillotine was later contributed to the Steam Workshop, at Valve's request.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Damage and function times
Shot type		Projectile
Damage type		Untyped
Ranged or Melee damage?		Ranged
Effect		Causes bleeding
Damage
Base damage	100%	50
Critical		150
Mini-crit		68
Bleeding		8 / s 40 total
Bleeding (mini-crit)		10.8 / s 54 total
Function times
Attack interval		0.25 s
Recharge time		5.1 s / 3.6 s
Bleeding duration		5 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Mad Milk		Reclaimed Metal		Flying Guillotine
x3			=

Class Token - Scout		Slot Token - Secondary		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
					=

Strange variant

Strange variant information

Strange Flying Guillotine Strange Cleaver - Kills: 0 Throw at your enemies to make them bleed! Long distance hits reduce recharge time No random critical hits Only the first statistic counts towards the strange rank.

Compatible Strange parts Strange Part: Damage Dealt Strange Cosmetic Part: Fires Survived Strange Part: Allied Healing Done Strange Part: Allies Extinguished Strange Part: Scouts Killed Strange Part: Soldiers Killed Strange Part: Pyros Killed Strange Part: Demomen Killed Strange Part: Heavies Killed Strange Part: Engineers Killed Strange Part: Medics Killed Strange Part: Snipers Killed Strange Part: Spies Killed Strange Part: Cloaked Spies Killed Strange Part: Low-Health Kills Strange Part: Posthumous Kills Strange Part: Kills While Übercharged Strange Part: Defender Kills Strange Part: Underwater Kills Strange Part: Critical Kills Strange Part: Gib Kills Strange Part: Kills While Explosive Jumping Strange Part: Headshot Kills Strange Part: Airborne Enemies Killed Strange Part: Burning Enemy Kills Strange Part: Medics Killed That Have Full ÜberCharge Strange Part: Unusual-Wearing Player Kills Strange Part: Point-Blank Kills Strange Part: Long-Distance Kills Strange Part: Domination Kills Strange Part: Revenge Kills Strange Part: Full Moon Kills Strange Part: Halloween Kills Strange Part: Kills During Victory Time Strange Part: Kills with a Taunt Attack Strange Part: Buildings Destroyed Strange Part: Sappers Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Giant Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Robot Spies Destroyed Strange Part: Tanks Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed During Halloween Strange Part: Projectiles Reflected Strange Cosmetic Part: Freezecam Taunt Appearances Strange Part: Killstreaks Ended Strange Part: Player Hits

Styles

Main article: Styles

Styles
Thirsty	Thirstier

Update history

August 2, 2012 Patch (Triad Pack)

• The Flying Guillotine was added to the game.

August 3, 2012 Patch

• The Flying Guillotine is now available in Medieval mode.

August 10, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Adjusted the way that the Flying Guillotine is held in the Scout’s hand.

August 15, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added the Flying Guillotine to the item drop system.

September 13, 2012 [Item schema update]

• Made the Flying Guillotine in Genuine quality tradable and giftable.

October 9, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Fixed the Flying Guillotine's level not showing up.

March 12, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

November 12, 2013 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added Collector's quality.

December 20, 2013 Patch

• Changed attribute:
  • Alt-Attack now also throws the Guillotine when active.

January 9, 2014 Patch

• Fixed not being able to apply Killstreak Kits to the Sleeping Dogs promo items.

June 11, 2014 Patch

• Fixed being able to apply the Strange Part: Buildings Destroyed tool to the Flying Guillotine.

October 6, 2015 Patch (Invasion Community Update)

• Throwables (Jarate, Mad Milk, Flying Guillotine) will now pass through friendly targets at close range. This is the same behavior as rockets and grenades.

October 20, 2017 Patch #1 (Jungle Inferno Update)

• Changed attributes:
  • Removed Crit vs stunned players.
  • Removed Mini-Crits at long range.
  • Long range hits reduce recharge (by 1.5 seconds).
    • Distance considered "long range" reduced by half of the previous value when determining Mini-Crits.
• [Undocumented] Updated the animation, previously it used the same animation as Bonk! Atomic Punch, Crit-a-Cola and Mad Milk.
• [Undocumented] Updated the sounds for the Flying Guillotine.

December 13, 2017 Patch

• Fixed the Genuine version of the Flying Guillotine having no taunt.

Bugs

• The Flying Guillotine can go through thin walls (less than 16 Hammer units thick, such as setup gates), when thrown at the correct angle.
• Reflected Flying Guillotines do not deal Mini-Crits damage to enemies.
• Reflect kills with the Flying Guillotine use the standard kill icon for the Flame Thrower used.
• Victims killed and turned into ragdolls are sent flying at a strange angle sideways.
• Holding down the Alt-Fire button while throwing the Flying Guillotine stops the Scout's weapon from changing while the button is held. If the button is held down until the weapon has recharged, it is thrown again, but no animation is played for it. Additionally, other players still see the Scout holding the Flying Guillotine while the button is held down.
• If the Flying Guillotine has reached the max flight time, it makes a noise as if it hit a surface.
• Despite not being able to deal damage to tanks, a Strange Flying Guillotine can still have the Strange Part: Tanks Destroyed applied.
• When on RED team, and equipped in the "Thirstier" style, doing the Victory Lap taunt changes the model of the car to the BLU version. This only works on the RED team.

Trivia

• The characters on one side of the blade (looking at the cleaver with the handle on left, blade pointing downwards) are mirrored.
  • The pronunciation of the characters are phonetically similar to the English word "throw".
• The flying guillotine is a legendary ranged weapon from the Qing dynasty that is usually in the form of a hat.

Gallery

• 

  First-person view, Thirsty style.

• 

  First-person view, Thirstier style.

• 

  Concept art for the Flying Guillotine.

• 

  Promotional image featuring the Sleeping Dogs promotional items.

• 

  Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Flying Guillotine.

See also

• Flying Guillotine strategy
• Sleeping Dogs