Its the king of crutch, the faster blaster, the green machine, everyone’s favorite(?) rocket launcher, the Liberty Launcher! Its stats have been manipulated several times over its life, and pretty much has always been disliked by someone or another. Today we’ll examine its history, and its faults.
Read morePeople, more often that not, argue that afterburn is one of pyro’s weakest and least skillful abilities. Here I am to say the opposite. Not only can fire be relevant, but a decent tool in the pyro’s toolkit, not only to proc forced criticals.
Read moreSo you want to learn how to ambush? It takes a certain mindset and awareness in order to maintain successful ambushes and achieve the roaming playstyle. Here are some tips to the novice ambusher-in-training…
Read moreEvidently, making edits to the item text file in your TF2 folder allows one to play around with the stats of the various weapons. Today, I experiment with two fairly commonly suggested/asked about weapons for Team Fortress, both specializing in mobility: A detonator jumper for pyro, and a gunboats-like grenade launcher replacement for the demoman. For the det jumper, I modded the entry for the detonator so it would have zero self-damage. I tried it out on Viaduct with a bunch of bots. Tecnically this detonator still damages other players, but for the test I only used it for jumping,… [Continue Reading]
Read moreDid you know that Demoman has a neat axe melee weapon? No, not the Halloween one. It’s great and all, but I’m talking about a different one. You know, that one that’s under that pile of dust in the corner of your backpack, next to that Sun-on-a-Stick. Yeah, the Scotsman’s Skullcutter, and I’m here to show you one of the best ways to actually use this weapon: pair it with the sticky jumper.
Read moreIf I can recall, the Backscratcher was one of the first strange weapons to ever grace my backpack. Given that I find strange weapons encourage me to use stuff I would normally not care about, I gave the ‘scratcher a chance. From then on it has stayed in the slot, and has grown to be one of my favorites. For those whom are unaware, the Backscratcher grants extra healing from collecting health packs. However, other healing sources, such a medics dispensers, and bomb carts, heal you at a snail’s pace. The rake also has a slight increase in damage. The… [Continue Reading]
Read moreThe Fists of Steel are a melee weapon for Heavy that, while active, grants damage resistance to all ranged weapons, but also take double damage from melee damage. Because they are not the GRU, they are often overlooked. However, I find the FoS to have at least a few interesting uses as well as a decent melee weapon, especially with a more shotgun/boxing strategy.
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