I found out my best FAN scout counter.

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Duke von Carrot

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Medic. With the Blut needle gun, since most of the scouts do a bum-rush I can keep hitting them and by sapping health from them I can withstand the damage from the FAN and thus kill them when they are reloading.

Now I'll probably get ganged up by 4 scouts on Blackmesa. :sneaky2:
 
a good Scout will keep dodging very well and jumping around.

Except with FaN when firing in midair you fly everywhere.

But I dont use FaN anyway.
 
Basically what I do, Got to have a really good aim because like Pez said, they're flying EVERYWHERE. So it's a pain to get a couple GOOD hits. But 1 lucky crit from them and it's gg.
 
The best counter for a FAN scout is really:

a) Natascha Heavy
b) Flamethrower Pyro (Airblast)
 
JiveMoose said:
Basically what I do, Got to have a really good aim because like Pez said, they're flying EVERYWHERE. So it's a pain to get a couple GOOD hits. But 1 lucky crit from them and it's gg.
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Yeah, well he was talking about the blutsauger, and there's no crits with that weapon, just a +3 health each hit.
 
Duke von Carrot said:
Medic. With the Blut needle gun, since most of the scouts do a bum-rush I can keep hitting them and by sapping health from them I can withstand the damage from the FAN and thus kill them when they are reloading.

Now I'll probably get ganged up by 4 scouts on Blackmesa. :sneaky2:
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...Now all you have to do is figure out how to avoid getting backstabbed, then you have me beat 100% of the time... :(
 
Duke von Carrot said:
Medic. With the Blut needle gun, since most of the scouts do a bum-rush I can keep hitting them and by sapping health from them I can withstand the damage from the FAN and thus kill them when they are reloading.

Now I'll probably get ganged up by 4 scouts on Blackmesa. :sneaky2:
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Rule 18. Never assume enemy stupidity

Not only will they dodge, but a smart scout on a pubserver will NEVER use the FaN because it sucks

(Okay, competitive scouts do, but that's only because they play 6v6, in which the FaN becomes more effective)
 
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damn FaN, but any class that knows what they're doing could get the best of a scout in most situations.
 
FaN is lame, but I get a good feeling knowing most of the scouts won't be able to take out the other 4 people behind me. Hit and Run. Teamfortress is a team based game for a reason.
 
EchelonThree said:
Rule 18. Never assume enemy stupidity

Not only will they dodge, but a smart scout on a pubserver will NEVER use the FaN because it sucks

(Okay, competitive scouts do, but that's only because they play 6v6, in which the FaN becomes more effective)
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The Fan isnt used for competive play because its just not as good as teh scatterguns 6 shots but lately u see atleast 1 comp scout with the FaN for the lulz
 
EchelonThree said:
Rule 18. Never assume enemy stupidity

Not only will they dodge, but a smart scout on a pubserver will NEVER use the FaN because it sucks

(Okay, competitive scouts do, but that's only because they play 6v6, in which the FaN becomes more effective)
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Have you been playing tf2 lately? Every scout I encounter has the FaN, and i'd say its quite effective. Getting 2 shot as a pyro ftl. They should have never added the 10% damage.

I hardly see any comp players using the fan.
 
SnipaDuDe- said:
The Fan isnt used for competive play because its just not as good as teh scatterguns 6 shots but lately u see atleast 1 comp scout with the FaN for the lulz
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During one of our scrim matches (I won't specify which so I can avoid any trouble gettin started over this.)

Both our scouts used FaN. Their poor medic didn't have a chance.
 
I agree that the FAN is lame, it's overpowered (Over-A-Power). The FAN at close range is like the minigun at close range. It's very powerful. Valve should remove the target knockback.
 
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