Obtaining heavy achievements

Take 1000 points of damage in a single life.

Difficulty: Easy

How To: This should come after a reasonable amount of time as Heavy, simply keep a Medic with you and go about your business. A backstab or headshot may trigger this achievement; 'overkill' damage counts towards the total.

Kill or assist in killing 10 cloaked spies.

Difficulty: Easy

How To: Keep a good eye on places that Spies normally come from, such as the sewers from 2Fort. If you see a Spy cloak, get injured or bump into some one, use the wide spray of your minigun to keep him visible and finish him off. Assists count so as long as you hit the Spy you should get at least an assist.

Kill 50 enemies within 3 seconds of them attacking your Medic.

Difficulty: Medium

How To: Since most enemies will attempt to go straight for the Medic, it should not be too hard to kill the enemy before they kill him. It is not recommended to allow an enemy to injure your Medic before killing them, since they could possibly kill him. Simply keep a close eye on your Medic and kill anyone who comes near.

Kill 5 enemies without spinning down your gun

Difficulty: Easy

How To: For this achievement, a Medic and nearby ammo source are essential. Dispensers gives you health and ammo, and the Medic can overheal you and use ÜberCharges on you. Stay out of open areas for you are an easy target for Snipers and Spies. Stay near a corner so that you can retreat without having to un-rev your minigun. Pick up dropped weapons that are close to you to refill your ammo.

Kill 20 enemies with a Medic assisting you, where neither of you die.

Difficulty: Hard

How To: For this achievement, stay near a Health source for your Medic, and an ammo source for continued firing. It's recommended that you stay in friendly territory and let the enemy come to you. If you or your Medic are in danger, retreat immediately and remember to keep your guard up for Spies and Snipers. This achievement coincides with the Medic's Big Pharma achievement, so use similar strategy.

Fire $200,000 worth of minigun rounds in a single life.

Difficulty: Easy

How To: Be a Heavy, hold left click and stay near an ammo cabinet. Simple. (This method is not recommended on serious play servers.) At $200 a cartridge, $200,000 would be 1000 rounds. Approximately 1 minute and 45 seconds of continuous minigun fire is required to obtain this achievement.

Earn a domination for a Medic who's healing you.

Difficulty: Easy

How To: This is pretty straight-forward. Since assists count towards dominations, you should be able to earn the Medic (and yourself) a domination by killing the same enemy 3 times without him at least killing the Medic.

Kill an enemy with a critical punch.

Difficulty: Easy

How To: While the Heavy can survive a single melee critical hit strike, all other classes (which have not been overhealed) besides the Soldier will die in a single hit. The easiest enemy to kill would be the Scout, but since Scouts would rarely use their bat on a Heavy, chances are he will attempt to use his Scattergun. Try to lure the enemy behind a corner, pretend that you are hurt or out of ammo, he follow you around the corner and you can meet him halfway with your fists, and hope for one to be a crtical hit. Spies are also fairly easy to deal with, granted you can keep them in front of you, but watch out for facestabs. If unlocked by this point, the K.G.B would be very useful in this situation.

Kill an enemy with a taunt.

Difficulty: Medium

How To: Activating this achievement requires that a player use the Heavy's "Showdown" taunt to kill an enemy during normal gameplay. It should be noted that the taunt will kill the other player instantly if done correctly. It's not a 'pretend' kill, the player will die. The kill weapon in the top right corner of the screen will show a hand with two fingers & thumb as the means of death. To activate the taunt, a player must choose the Heavy's default melee slot (the Fists) and then press the taunt button. Note that the taunt can be aimed with the crosshairs -- that is to say, whatever is centered in the reticule when the taunt begins is what will be hit by the taunt when it gets to the "lethal" part of the animation. Also note that a player can only acquire this achievement during normal gameplay; successfully taunt killing an enemy during Humiliation will not count. Finally, remember that "Showdown" is a ranged line effect that extends approximately the same distance as half the length of the bridge in 2Fort. Use the range and precise aim afforded to get this achievement. Lastly, keep in mind that there is a delay from the time you start the taunt until the time your hand actually 'fires', and you can't change your aim once the taunt starts. So it is best to use this in close quarters, or from behind on an unexpecting victim.

Heal 1000 damage with med-kits in a single life.

Difficulty: Medium

How To: Being healed by a Medic will not work here, and only health that is healed (not the maximum the kit can heal) will count towards this achievement. Stay near a med-kit area and when you have taken sufficient damage use the med-kit. Repeat. If there are Medics around while you are trying to earn this, consider telling them so they don't heal you too much while you are attempting this. This also coincides with the Iron Kurtain achievement.

Kill 10 enemies carrying your intelligence.

Difficulty: Medium

How To: Since the Heavy is a rather slow fellow, quick action is required since Scouts are normally the intel runners. When you hear the alert, watch the intel radar at the bottom or your screen to determine his escape route and move to intercept. This is easiest on 2Fort since there are only 2 ways to get to the intel room.

Kill an enemy with your shotgun while you're out of minigun ammo.

Difficulty: Easy

How To: The easiest way to get this achievement would be to intentionally waste all your minigun ammunition, take out your shotgun and hunt down a weak class, such as a Medic or Scout. Avoid fighting strong classes such as the Pyro, Soldier or Demoman.

Work with a friendly Medic to kill an enemy Heavy & Medic pair.

Difficulty: Medium

How To: Since most Heavy vs. Heavy fights come down to who has fired or crits first, it is recommended that you have an ÜberCharge or Kritzkrieg to give you a large advantage. Upon death of their buddy, most Medics will turn tail and run so try to damage the Medic during the fight aswell, and if you are ÜberCharged go for the Medic first so that you can pick off the much slower Heavy afterwards. If the opposing pair has an ÜberCharge ready for deployment, it's best to focus more on the opposing Medic to pressure a premature deployment. (After the opposing team deploys their ÜberCharge, wait three to five seconds and have your Medic deploy his as well. When theirs is over, resume fire to take a small advantage.) If no ÜberCharge or Kritzkrieg is available, try to have the element of surprise and attack the pair when they aren't expecting it, especially when the Heavy is un-revved.

Be the first on your team to start capturing a control point in a round.

Difficulty: Easy

How To: Since it is mainly the work of the Heavy to clear a room, they are usually the closest one to the control point, so long as nearby team-mates acknowledge your need for this achievement, they would let you get the on point first. A co-operative team works well with this achievement.

While invulnerable and on defense, block an invulnerable enemy Heavy's movement.

Difficulty: Easy

How To: This is simply being ÜberCharged and running in front of an enemy ÜberCharged Heavy and blocking his progress while on Defense. This works best on maps where there is a small opening for the attacking team to come out, such as Stage 1 of Dustbowl.

Get 50 caps on payload maps.

Difficulty: Easy

How To: This should come after a reasonable time playing in Payload maps. Simply stay near the cart at all times while attacking and it should come easily.

Block the enemy from moving the payload cart 25 times.

Difficulty: Medium

How To: This is harder than Pushkin the Kart, since the other team's players will be all over the cart, and the Heavy moves very slowly so it is hard for him to intercept the cart. Try to keep the element of surprise. In Goldrush Stage 1, you can stay in the house to the right as the cart comes up the hill, and when it is within a reasonable distance, jump and get next to the cart and spin up your minigun as fast as possible. Even if you aren't successful in clearing the enemies in the cart's presence it should still count towards the achievement.

Kill 10 enemies in mid-air with the minigun.

Difficulty: Easy

How To: This is quite easy to obtain, as a common strategy is for people to try to jump out of your cone of fire whilst you are spun up, especially scouts, or try to jump of ledges to get away from you. Killing them in either of the situations counts towards the achievements, and you'll typically get this achievement after playing for some time as heavy.

Recieve 50 ÜberCharges.

Difficulty: Easy

How To: This should come after a reasonable time as playing Heavy. (Note: Boosts from the K.G.B count toward this achievement)

Kill 25 enemies while you're standing on a control point you own.

Difficulty: Easy

How To: Hang around on defense on a control point of your own and kill them there. The map Gravel Pit is an easy area to do this.

Kill 20 enemies while being recharged by a dispenser.

Difficulty: Medium

How To: Due to the fact you can stay in one spot, this could be hard to come by. Ask for a dispenser in choke points to make this easier but watch out your dispenser doesn't get destroyed. Kills while next to the cart also count.

Kill 15 enemies capturing a control point you own.

Difficulty: Easy

How To: Hang around on defense near a control point of your own and kill them there. The map Gravel Pit is an ideal area to preform this.

Get 25 enemy kills where you either assist or are assisted by another Heavy.

Difficulty: Medium

How To: This will come in time to any Heavy. This can be achieved by asking a team-mate to stay and defend in a map like 2fort near the plaza, or naturally by being on the attacking side of a payload/control point maps. You're likely to get it much faster (even if it's unwanted) from the assistance of other Heavies trying to get achievements.

Help 5 team-mates get revenge on their nemeses.

Difficulty: Medium

How To: If a medic has people dominating him, ask him to heal you so you can take out his nemeses for him. Make them primary target for the time being.

Remove 20 stickybombs by killing the Demomen who produced them.

Difficulty: Hard

How To: Try to get behind the Demoman and kill him from there. Don't go directly in front of him, because he'll either see you or blow up the stickies in your face. One simple way to go about this is to simply kill every Demoman you see and hope they had a mine field laid down.

Kill an enemy in the first 5 seconds after you exit a teleporter.

Difficulty: Easy

How To: Don't think about walking to someone to kill them thanks to the heavies slow speed. Take a teleporter and hope you end up in the midst of the action. This should be common on most maps.

Kill 100 enemies while both you and your victim are underwater.

Difficulty: Hard

How To: Water is hard to come by, and if you do hanging around it can be a pain. Try under the bridge of 2Fort and wait for enemies to come by and kill them in the water. Be sure not to drown though. If you have a friendly engineer on your team, you can ask them to erect a dispenser near one of your team's corners and keep the minigun revved facing their sewer's exit, if you have a pyro on your team this will be more effective as you're likely to get people diving in to extinguish themselves. The dispenser will keep you alive while filing your ammo, which will also credit you for the factory worker achievement. Remember to keep your back to a corner and fire in a spray left and right to hopefully detect cloaked spies and protect your dispenser from being sapped.

Provide an enemy with a freezecam shot of you taunting while invulnerable.

Difficulty: Medium

How To: You wouldn't want to waste time taunting while Ubered. If you get ubered, kill only one one enemy and if no one else is around, go ahead and taunt. Failing that, win a round with a medic who has an undeployed ÜberCharge as they will often deploy it in celebration, simply kill an enemy then and taunt him.

In a single life, get shot, burned, bludgeoned, and receive explosive damage.

Difficulty: Medium

How To: Being shot, burned and hit with explosives comes naturally to the Heavy, being bludgeoned by a melee weapon, however, does not. If you've already taken explosive and bullet damage, there is one main occurrence where fire and melee damage come commonly. A Pyro who has unlocked the Axtingisher will burn you, then attempt you melee you to death with the Axtingiusher. This should give you the achievement, but if you wish to survive, kill the Pyro after the first swing.

Eat 100 sandviches.

Difficulty: Easy

How To: Simply keep eating sandviches and it should come naturally. This is made much easier by the Sandvich's unlimited supply. Sandviches eaten during the setup phase count towards this achievement so if you are ready and there is still time to Setup, eat some Sandviches to raise your count, just don't get caught off guard when the round starts!

Get 20 kills on players that you're dominating.

Difficulty: Easy

How To: This should come after a reasonable time playing as the Heavy. Since you're already dominating them, you probably are killing them repeatedly anyway. The only thing to watch out for is the fact that they will go for you over nearby team-mates. Be wary, since some people change to a Spy solely for the purpose of revenge.

Kill 50 scouts using Natascha.

Difficulty: Medium

How To: The fact that Natascha can slow the Scouts give you more time to deal damage, but the reduced damage will make you kill Scouts slightly slower than normal. Using Natascha, you can easily kill Scouts who attempt to circle strafe you or try to run away.

Survive a direct hit from a critical rocket.

Difficulty: Easy

How To: Luckily, the Heavy has enough health to survive a critical rocket, but is rarely in a position where he has full health in such an occasion without a Medic. It's highly recommended that you keep a Medic with you when fighting Soldiers, if you see a critical rocket and you have enough health to survive it, jump in front.

Kill 10 heavies with The K.G.B.

Difficulty: Hard

How To: Unless another Heavy is attempting to get this achievement as well, it is uncommon that two Heavies would be "boxing" each other. It is most likely that an enemy Heavy would have his minigun out and have a Medic supporting him. The easiest way to get this achievement would be to get an ÜberCharge and punch the Heavy to death. The Kritzkrieg would be less useful in this situation, because the Heavy's slow movement speed is not enough to use the advantage on the other Heavy before being cut to ribbons by his minigun. The slower attack speed of K.G.B. makes this harder, but if you can get the crit-boost from killing another player then the Heavy should go down with no problem.

To make this achievement easier, try going to servers with only melee weapons enabled. That way, you have the minigun problem out of the way.

Get 1000 assists.

Difficulty: Easy

How To: You should get this after a while playing Heavy. Just spread a wide spray of bullets in open areas with lots of enemies, mainly at the beginning of the round, and hope someone else takes them out.