Pyro (Team Fortress 2)

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Unknown
Alias	The Pyro Mumbling Abomination Freak Pyromaniac That Thing (by the Heavy)
Origin	Team Fortress 2
Occupation	Pyromaniac Serial killer Mercenary
Powers / Skills	Flamethrower Axe Flare gun Pyrokinesis Fire resistance Vast array of melee weapons and flamethrowers
Hobby	Burning things. Spreading joy and happiness.
Goals	Spread happiness anywhere he goes.
Crimes	Destruction Mass murder Arson
Type of Villain	Psychotic Mercenary

“	I fear no man, but that....thing.... it scares me.	„
	~ The Heavy revealing his fear of the Pyro.

“	One shudders to imagine what inhuman thoughts lie behind that mask... what dreams of chronic and sustained cruelty...	„
	~ The Spy's thoughts about his psychopathic "ally".

The Pyro is one of the playable character classes in the video game Team Fortress 2. They are a mysterious, mumbling, masked pyromaniac wielding a flamethrower. However, despite being a mercenary and an having an affinity for fire, the Pyro is actually unaware of the death and destruction they are spreading; the Pyro sees their own weapons as innocent items such as lollipops, bubble blowers and rainbow throwers when, in reality, they are deadly axes, flare guns and flamethrowers. They believe that they are spreading color and happiness, but are actually causing mass destruction and bloodshed.

They were voiced by Dennis Bateman, who also voices the Spy in the same game.

Gameplay

The Pyro specializes in fighting enemies at close range using a homemade Flamethrower. Enemies set on fire suffer from afterburn and take additional damage-over-time, allowing the Pyro to excel at hit-and-run tactics. Due to the Flamethrower's short-range, the Pyro is weaker at longer ranges and relies heavily on ambushing, taking alternate routes to catch opponents off-guard. The Pyro wears an asbestos-lined suit that provides protection from the afterburn from enemy Pyros.

According to "Meet the Pyro", the Pyro imagines that he is in a marvelous and happy world known as "Pyroland" where his 'enemies' are cheerful, chubby cherubs.

Although categorized as an offensive class, the Pyro brings a few sources of utility to the battlefield. The Pyro's compression blast, for example, can reflect enemy projectiles, extinguish burning teammates, and forcibly reposition any enemy, even one under the effects of an ÜberCharge. With high health and average movement speed, the Pyro is devastating against any class in close combat.

Because enemies hit by fire are visibly ignited, the Pyro is the best class for Spy-checking, as even a small puff of flame can nullify the Spy's Cloak and disguise. Additionally, the Pyro can use the Homewrecker/Neon Annihilator to protect an Engineer's buildings from enemy Spies or use the Detonator to jump to normally unreachable places.

Gallery

Images

RED Pyro

BLU Pyro

Pyro doing the Hadouken taunt.

The RED Pyro wearing the Cremator's Conscience cosmetic.

The Pyro with the Balloonicorn.

Videos

Meet the Pyro

Team Fortress 2 Soundtrack Dreams of Cruelty

Trivia

• There is an ongoing debate about the Pyro's gender, since his/her face is always concealed and voice always muffled, as well as his/her suit being shapeless. Valve has acknowledged this debate with things such as the woman's purse in the locker room, toilets dedicated to the class of Pyro, and a lack of reference to gender in dialogue. The Pyro is also 5' 9", which is tall for a real-life adult woman, but makes him/her the second-shortest mercenary.
  • In an analysis done by Matthew Patrick of the YouTube channel Game Theory, the Pyro's bodily shape, limb and digit length, height, and weight all suggest that the Pyro is a homosexual male.
  • However, the original Pyro from Team Fortress Classic is confirmed to be female.
• In the comic Ring of Fired, Pyro has become a CEO of a successful company after Mann Co. (then taken over by Gray Mann) fired him/her and the rest of the mercenaries.
• Pyro seems to suffer from pyromania as he has a morbid love for playing with fire and burning things.
• They could also be suffering from Schizophrenia, a mental illness that distorts reality, due to his hallucinations of an imaginary Childish Utopia dubbed "Pyroland".
• Pyro's primary weapon is his homemade flamethrower. His secondary weapon is a shotgun in case the flamethrower runs out of propellant, and his melee weapon is a fire axe.

See also

• Pyro on the Heroes Wiki