Kill assist

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Kill assist Demonstration of a Kill assist

A Kill assist is awarded to a player when an enemy that has wounded is killed by a team-mate. If multiple teammates have wounded an enemy, the player who dealt the most damage (without killing the enemy) is awarded the assist. Each kill assist is worth half a point. Only one assist is possible for every kill, unlike captures, which award points to multiple players.

If a Medic is healing a teammate with the Medigun, and that teammate scores a kill, the Medic is awarded a kill assist. This takes priority over normal kill assists.

Note that a Spy will not earn a kill assist if his teammate destroys a sapped Engineer building. On the other hand, the Spy still receives a point for having sapped a building.

Example

Consider the example demonstrated in the image

1. A BLU Pyro called Assister is using a Flamethrower on a Red Scout called Target.
2. Assister stops attacking. Target has suffered direct damage from the Flamethrower and is now on fire.
3. A BLU Demoman called Killer places Sticky bombs beneath Target and then detonates them.
4. The Sticky bombs kill Target. They also happen to kill Killer because he's too close when they detonate.

Result

• Killer is awarded a Kill because the Sticky bombs dealt the last damage to Target.
• Assister is awarded a Kill assist for damaging Target prior to Killer.
• Assister is not awarded a Kill because his attack was not the one that killed Target.
• The console notification for a Kill with a Kill assist: Killer + Assister (Killer's Weapon) Target. A zoomed-in view of the notification is featured at the bottom of the image.
• Killer's death from the Sticky bomb splash damage does not affect either his Kill award or Assister's Kill assist award.