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Weapon tips and tricks:Scout [Updated]

By Frözen

Do you want to try something new with your weapon?Do you want to see what matches with that weapon well?Do you hate the meta and try to use a different weapon for diversity?No,well too bad!If you did,here's some tips and tricks about the Scout weapons!

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Frözen
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Category: Weapons

Languages: English

Class: Scout

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14 Apr, 2017 @ 6:42pm

5 Jul, 2017 @ 2:25pm

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Guide Index

Overview

Scattergun

Force-A-Nature

Soda Popper

Shortstop

Baby Face's Blaster

Back Scatter

Pistol

Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol

Winger

Flying Guillotine

Mad Milk

Bonk! Atomic Punch

Crit-A-Cola

Bat & Holy Mackerel

Sandman

Wrap Assassin

Boston Basher

Candy Cane

Sun-on-a-Stick

Fan-o-War

Atomizer

Comments

Scattergun

The most reliable of all, it's good in every situation, but not the best in every situation, but it's the best for Scouts playing seriously
Because of it's versatility, any weapon works well with this gun
Use Scout's mobility as an advantage, shotguns deal more damage the closer you get, sneaking up on enemies, or catching them off guard are great ways to deal massive chunks of damage, but don't get too far away
Don't forget to pay attention to Scout's weakness while you're dealing the damage, getting close puts you at a big risk, rockets, miniguns, etc. ramps up, and you need to make sure you kill them before they drain your 125 HP
If you are too far away,don't shoot them, use your pistol, cleaver, sandman ball, or ornament to get them, the pellets have fall-off, which adds insult to the injury that is the less pellets hitting them

Force-A-Nature

This is almost as reliable as the Scattergun, it can easily be used as an alternative
Because of it's reliability, it can go well with anything
Use the self knockback as an advantage, because you lose a pellet every time you fire one off and reload, you will lose ammo much quicker, use the "3rd jump" to get to hard to reach ammo boxes
The knockback on enemies can be a huge downside sometimes, because shotguns deal less damage when farther away, and you can knock the enemies out of that perfect range, treat the knockback like an airblast, try to trap enemies in corners or against walls to easily deliver that second shot fast
It can be useful on KOTH or CP maps, as you can knock enemies off the point
Heavies and Pyros can easily ♥♥♥♥ you up at close range, you will most likely lose in a close ranged fight with them, if you suddenly get too close, knock them back and retreat

Soda Popper

This is very similar to the F-A-N, but it's best use is on maps with hard to reach vertical area (Nucleus' balconies, Hoodoo's 3rd area's top floors, etc.)
Because of it's versatility against enemies, it works well with anything
If you want to make the most out of the hype's worth, don't spam spacebar when you get it, time it to where you jump right when the previous jump ends
Hype doesn't stack with the Atomizer
It fires and reloads faster than the F-A-N

Shortstop

This is very versatile, but has way too much hidden stats, it's also the best Scout primary to fight sentries with
The pellets don't spread as much, which makes this the Tomislav of Scout primaries; it's the best at mid range, but is outshined at very close ranged combat
The weapon fires a lot faster than the Scattergun, so it's easy to spray out 4 shots and get out of there
This is the best Scout primary to fight Pyros with, just stay out of his (or her) range and fire the accurate shots at 'em
Never go up to someone just to push them, it doesn't knock back far, you'll only piss them off

Baby Face's Blaster

This weapon is best used on gigantic maps, which has long area to run across (Granary, 5CP badlands,etc.), but worse with starting out on large maps, as your base speed is slower
Because any damage fills the boost, the massive burst damage of the Sandman/Cleaver combo instantly filling the boost really helps it out
If you feel like you're going too fast, slow down, air jump to maintain your boost
Boost doesn't stack with the Crit-a-Cola's speed bonus
Don't be afraid to double jump, use it to jump across a gap to that health kit, or to save yourself from fall damage, it's better to lose 75% of the boost than to lose 90% of the boost as well as some of your health

Back Scatter

This is the opposite of the Shortstop; it's weaker than the Scattergun at mid-range, but deals the same damage at close range
Because you should be getting behind them, try to flank around with the Winger and the Atomizer
If you are behind someone, wait until you are very close, if you fire too soon, they'll turn around, and you won't deal the big damage, if they look like they're about to turn around, go for it, better the mini-crits now than never
The huge damage can knock back enemies if they are on the edge of a surface
If you are behind everyone, take out the most important target, cut off their main healing source, make sure their biggest damage class is off the objective!

Pistol

This is the most versatile secondary in the Scout's arsenal, able to deal massive damage if aimed correctly
The main use for this weapon is to finish off opponents when they're at low health, instead of using up another shot in your primary
Because of it's versatility, any weapon works well with this
Use this if you have no time to reload your primary

Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol

This is as versatile as the Pistol, but the biggest risk is taking out the weapon
Use this to finish off enemies, but don't leave it out too long
Because it's a big risk to pull out the weapon, fire at them while dodging enemy fire with the Atomizer, you can also save yourself from fall damage that could drain the BFB's boost, so you don't have to double-jump to lose some of it, or if you go too high with the Soda Poppers hype
The health on hit doesn't apply when you hit buildings

Winger

This is not supposed to be used to kill people, rather, as a utility weapon
The jump height bonus only applies while the weapon is active
Just because it's a utility weapon, doesn't mean you can't kill people, you can still use it to finish off opponents, but it's better for people with good pistol aim, if you miss one Pistol shot, you have eleven left, if you miss one Winger shot, you wasted 1/5 of your clip, but with good pistol aim, you're not going to miss anyways
This weapon pairs well with anything, but it's best used with the Back Scatter and Atomizer to take extra special routes to get behind people and dish out extra damage

Flying Guillotine

This weapon is special, instead of firing bullets, it's a projectile that deals 50 damage along with bleed damage
Because the projectile has no damage fall-off, it's good for long ranged combat, but it's weaker at finishing off opponents
If you see a Spy, throw it at him so if he tries to cloak away, you'll see him try
This weapon goes well with the BFB, because the bleed can fill the boost meter, the Sandman also goes well with this
The weapon can also crit spooked players, airblasted players, and players being shot by the Natascha

Mad Milk

This is not a weapon at all, but it's very good at supporting damage classes, as they deal more damage, which gives them more healing from milked players
If the other team as a Pyro or a Spy, that's also a good enough reason to use this, extinguishing teammates even lowers the cooldown by 4 seconds
Directly hitting someone with the jar will have the effect last 10 seconds, instead of it splashing on them and it lasting 5 seconds
If you're trying to retake a point, use this, splash everyone on the point with the milk, and have the push classes push through, they will have less trouble pushing, as they gain health back
The best weapons to use with this are weapons with more damage, like the F-A-N or the Soda Popper, more damage = more health back

Bonk! Atomic Punch

This is also a weapon that can't deal damage, it's a utility weapon, but there are a few ways you can support the team
If you are distracting sentries, don't crouch jump, you can get launched off a cliff, or into a hazard, as crouch jumping makes you take more knockback
Use this against spawncamping ♥♥♥♥♥
People will most likely still shoot you even when you're under the effects, take this as an advantage when you are against Soldiers or Demoman, they can still hurt themselves, so you can get close, and they could blow themselves up, but keep track on the time you have left if you do this
Afterburn still affects you even under the effects, the effects last for 8 seconds, and afterburn lasts for 10 seconds, so there's a chance you can still take afterburn damage, you can't be lit up while under the effects, though, only before you drink it

Crit-A-Cola

This has the same properties as the Bonk! Atomic Punch, but instead, you deal 35% more damage, but take 10% more damage while under the effects
On 5CP maps, don't immediately drink up, wait until you are almost there, then drink it, so you can easily kill Soldiers and Scouts who also made it to mid
Don't fight sentries with this, mini-crits don't apply to buildings
The mini-crits don't stack with the Fan-o-War and Back Scatter's mini-crits

Am I Red Robot yet?

Bat & Holy Mackerel

This is trusty and versatile, it's better to have this than no melee at all
It goes well with anything, because there's no real combo with this
The Holy Mackerel and Unarmed Combat doesn't say "FISH KILL" or "ARM KILL" on a feigning Dead Ringer Spy

Sandman

It's as trusty and reliable as the Bat, but it shouldn't be used in situations where survival is very important
If there is someone destroying your team, stun him, you'll leave him open for attacks by your teammates
Don't get too close to someone using this, the ball won't stun them, you're in the perfect position to shoot them if you are close enough
The projectile travels the same speed as the Flying Guillotine does, but the cleaver has a bigger arc
Anything works well with this, but the Flying Guillotine is meant to combo with this

Wrap Assassin

This is very similar to the Sandman, but the ball makes enemies bleed on top of 15 base damage
It's okay to get very close and hit someone with the ball, they'll still bleed
Bleed damage stacks on top of the Flying Guillotine's bleed damage
Unlike afterburn, the bleed damage can crit
You can't pick an ornament back up, so be careful where you launch the projectile

Boston Basher

This is the best bat for dealing damage without crits or a projectile, but be careful when you use it
Swing slow, you could get a crit, and you swing again because you didn't expect him to die by that swing, take your time when you swing this bat, or else meet the other end of the bat/blade
You can jump with your swing, just make sure you have a nearby health kit or a Bonk! Atomic Punch
You can help a Medic build übercharge by damaging yourself

Candy Cane

We said the word "Versatile" too much in this guide, let's dive in the situational weapons, like the Candy Cane, which is best used when there are little-to-no explosive classes
The effects are passive, which means you can get kills with your Primary or Secondary and still get health kits
This is useful to use against Pyros, the health kits drop and you can extinguish yourself
Don't take a lot of health kits, your team can use some, and you can get your own
If there's an enemy next to another enemy, be careful when you kill him, the health pack could bounce and land on the other enemy

Sun-on-a-Stick

This is another situational weapon, if your team has a Pyro, it's better to use this than the Bat, if you see a Pyro light someone up, and then die, finish his job, pull it out and deal the critical damage
If you are on fire and retreating, take this out, the fire resistance also applies to afterburn

That's it

Fan-o-War

This is versatile, and isn't meant to deal damage, but isn't used as a utility weapon neither
Only whip this out when you're up against someone with high health, and hasn't seen you
If you use this with the Mad Milk, you get more healing from the mini-crit damage, and with the BFB, you get more boost per shot
If you're making a big push to retake a point, try your best to mark the defending Heavy/Demoman, there's less work to do for the pushing teammates because the most powerful defenders are dead quicker

Atomizer

This is also not meant to be used as a weapon, but as a tool
Use this against Soldiers and Demomen, the third jump can be used to dodge the rocket/grenade, it's better to take 10 damage than 60-100 damage
Don't spam the triple jump, you know why
If you know that your enemy knows that you have the Atomizer, make your jumps unpredictable, sometimes do the third jump, but don't always use the third jump, because most players expect Atomizer Scouts to always triple jump

38 Comments

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★nd★ 1 May, 2017 @ 8:49am

Another good guide thx for the tips

Tactical Tardigrade 24 Apr, 2017 @ 4:29pm

Well, I guess I shouldn't have put it so harshly. Despite my comment, good job on fixing it and the guide overall. :)

Big Mouth Prick 24 Apr, 2017 @ 7:39am

"The lack of spaces after punctuation gives me a mild form of cancer"
Really?
Unnecessary comment. '-'

Frözen [author] 23 Apr, 2017 @ 8:21pm

Oh, for fuck sake

Frözen [author] 23 Apr, 2017 @ 8:21pm

UPDATE

[h1] Put spaces in front of the commas, your welcome [/h1]

[h1] Put a new tip for the Bonk!Atomic Punch and the Boston Basher [/h1]

[h1] Removed a tip for the Bat and Holy Mackerel [/h1]

Tactical Tardigrade 23 Apr, 2017 @ 2:56pm

The lack of spaces after punctuation gives me a mild form of cancer, but other than that nice guide.

mocha 22 Apr, 2017 @ 4:02pm

extcra t h i c c

tf2 spinbot clanker (derogatory) 21 Apr, 2017 @ 6:58pm

Best advice, just don't play it.

Frözen [author] 21 Apr, 2017 @ 4:55pm

Exactly, it's good for any situation, like for guides, or making comments

Randy Butternubs 21 Apr, 2017 @ 4:45pm

This versatile guide is pretty versatile. Plus, that word is pretty versatile for these versatile weapons. versatily.

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