Your Favorite Underrated Weapons?

Grynn

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There's silly loadouts for lots of fun, there's serious loadouts for killing people, but there's some loadouts that are just unused because people think they're bad. I'll try to list a weapon from each class that I think could see a lot more use, because they're good.

Fast Shoot Guy: Boston Basher. I don't see this guy a lot, and it's a great weapon. Same damage and swing speed as regular bad, but has bleed! If you can accurately hit a guy, you're doing a lot of damage, with no maximum health loss. Melees are powerful, because they seem to crit the most. Another note, you can help speed a medics uber really fast with this, more efficiently compared to rockets!

Rocket Shoot Man: Concheror. This guy is like putting mad milk on everything at once. A shorter rage build up than the Buff Banner, 4 direct hit shots at close range charges this guy, and you can heal fully on one clip of rockets! I do see it a lot, but really this is a great weapon that could be used more.

Fire Gun Dude: Stock shotgun. You would think a default weapon would be used a lot, considering it comes with the character, but it seems everyone goes to unlockables. This trusty weapon has 6 shots compared to the 3 shot mini-crit inducing reserve shooter, so you can last longer if you have to use the shotgun. Compared to a flare gun, a flare can set things on fire at long distances, but in the halls of Turbine, I find the trusty shotgun to be able to pump 70's in to people 6 times, and they're already on fire.

Drunk Explosives Expert: That sword that lets you charge longer, but I don't want to look up to know how to spell it. This guy is amazing, charge in to enemy lines, go past them, and chop up a medic that thought hiding behind his team was a good idea. Pretty fun with a demoknight loadout, but really wouldn't benefit true demonstration man.

Large Minigun Individual: Really, hoovy is pretty well rounded, and I see no "underrated" weapons on him. I've seen almost everything but the Family Buisness be used seriously, and even that can do well on a good day. If anything, pocket heavies should m2 their sandvich more for their medic, instead of eating them while a heal beam is being shoved up their lunchbox.

Construction Hat Person: Stock Shotgun. Sure there's other situational guns, but like the pyro, the good ol' shotgun can get you out of places where a 3 shot Frontier Justice or a metal-eating widowmaker simply won't do.

Heal Laser Comrade: Crusader's Crossbow. Sure if you're godlike at needles you can output more damage, but an airshot of a 1 health rocket-jumping soldier from across the field means he can live, and that's pretty dang impressive.

South Amerstralian Longshoot Friend: Bazaar Bargain. Really, if you're great at headshots (or the other team likes standing still) this gun is amazing. Load up 7 heads and a quickscope grants you a 450 damage headshot, or 150 bodyshot. Skill = Reward with this gun

Invisible French Knife Baguette: any revolver. Newer spies just go invisible and knife. Use your gun. It can do damage. Buttering people in the chest will only go so far.

What weapons do you think should be used more, or even go as far as to mention an entire loadout that could be amazing in the right hands!
 
Mantreads. Crush 'me all.
 
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Fan-o-War.

This ain't just for robots, lol. That weapon can be widely used for team support, making enemy heavies more vulnerable even when sided with medics.
 
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Short circuit:
That thing will make an engy nest indestructable if used correctly. It's not useful for anything else though (except dead ringer checking), so it's never used. Definitely underrated though
 
Short circuit:
That thing will make an engy nest indestructable if used correctly. It's not useful for anything else though (except dead ringer checking), so it's never used. Definitely underrated though

100% agreed with jhnsn. Short Circuit is amazing if you can use it right.
 
Boston Basher
Detonater
Disciplinary Action
Loch N' Load
Natasha
Short Circuit
Crusader Crossbow and the QuickFix
Shiv
Le trange
 
Boston Basher
Detonater
Disciplinary Action
Loch N' Load
Natasha
Short Circuit
Crusader Crossbow and the QuickFix
Shiv
Le trange

Boston Basher, Disciplinary, Detonator, Crusader and Le'tranger are all used commonly ._. I would hardly call them underrated.
 
Black Box
Black Box
Black Box
Detonator on some maps, and the
Black Box


I really like the Black Box, even though it's suboptimal. I mean, I like that missile launcher more than I like most people.
 
Short circuit:
That thing will make an engy nest indestructable if used correctly. It's not useful for anything else though (except dead ringer checking), so it's never used. Definitely underrated though
I 100% agree, it's a battle Engies best friend. I usually use the regular shotgun with it though. It's saved me more than a few times from those pesky Demomen & Soldiers when I'm trying to run away :P
 
The sticky jumper and The rocket jumper.

Best weapons in the game, should be used more.
Best moments is when you get those random crits.
 
The AWP.

Crap, sorry. Wrong game.
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