Do professional killstreak effects show up on hats?
Due to a recent bug in the Gun Mettle update (which has since been patched), Specialized Killstreak and Professional Killstreak kits/fabricators can be found in MvM and applied to any item (including hats).
Since this patch, the only way to obtain such items is via the Steam community market, and they're very expensive.
I'm considering buying one, but I need to know beforehand: do the Professional Killstreak effects apply to the hats? e.g. If I have killed 10 people with a Killstreak shotgun and am wearing a Professional killstreak Gibus, will the Professional Killstreaker show (even though I have no Professional Killstreak weapons)?
Best Answer
From the wiki:
When a Killstreak weapon is equipped, a kill counter appears in the player's HUD, tracking the number of kills made with any Killstreak weapon equipped.
Killstreak items work by counting the kills made by the weapon in a single life - for the counter to be incremented, it must be the weapon that kills a player.
Since you cannot kill players with hats, and assists do not count to a killstreak (removing the possibility of a hat (e.g. alienswarm parasite) counting kills), any killstreak hats will be useless other than their title, and to gain any killstreak effect (including those of the hat) you will need to already have a killstreak weapon logging your kills.
A killstreak hat will not give a sheen, but WILL give other killstreak-unique effects.
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What does a professional Killstreak kit do?
Used to add killstreak properties and a cool sheen to an item. Gives the user special effects when on a killstreak. Killstreak effects must be removed from an item via Restore button before a new kit can be applied.Can you put a professional Killstreak kit on a specialized Killstreak weapon?
1 Answer. Show activity on this post. You can not use a Professional Kill Streak kit on a weapon with a kit already on it (same with all kits), you must remove the Specialized Part of the Weapon using the restore button, and then apply the new kit to it.Do professional Killstreak effects stack?
No. Separate professional killstreaks will not combine their effects and glows when you reach a killstreak over 5.TF2: Do Professional Killstreak Effects Stack? [The Answer]
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