If you dont want to read this than just look at the list of weapons at the bottom.

When playing scout, you want to have the best chance possible of success. When choosing your loadout it should be always consistant. With the force of nature the bullets fire fast and do burst-damage, but take some time to reload because of it having only 2 bullets. Which make it inconsistent to a certain extent, same could be said with the soda popper. And even if you measure the ups and downs of every weapon the scatter gun would always be the best because it has no real downsides. So the scatter gun is required for your primary.

Same could be said with pistol and it always gets boiled down to your a stock Pistol or The Winger...
1.Scattergun required
2.Pistol/Reskins or The Winger
3.Your preference

(If you're in a comp then your bat should be a boston basher or a reskin to build uber faster :D)

The best movement technique is stutter stepping, this consist of mashing a and d really fast to move, instead of holding them and going side to side the same exact left and right for too long. your movement should be left right left right fast and holding them for different times (about for 0.1 to 1 second) you want to be as unpredictable as possible. yes...you want to be very. veRY. VERY. complicated while strafing (dont use w and s often, yes move across the map with it but use it sparingly in fights)

this is one of the easiest things to master as long as you dont forget them.

1. if theres a medic healing a weak class
KILL BOTH (but pick med first)

2. if theres a lonely heavy
JUMP TF AROUND HIM AND PICK HIM (unless hes overhealed then get tf out of there lol, also
you want to strafe longer/wider with heavies)

3. if there is a lonely class that doesnt know ur there
KILL HIM

4. if theres a lonely demo/soldier
KILL HIM (you want to strafe longer with them and make sure to jump around to waste their ammo :D, also stay mid range with them so you have time to react to projectiles)

5. pick from long range?
UR NOT A LONG RANGE CLASS MEATSHOT TF OUT OF HIM

6. flank?
YES

7. bad scout?
STRAFE AND MEATSHOT TF OUT OF HIM

8. alone class that is better than you?
GET TF OUT OF THERE

9. bad situation
GET TF OUT OF THERE

10. theres a heavy close range with a medic?
GET TF OUT OF THERE!!!


easy? good.

this, okay THIS is the thing that will make you a LETHAL class, a LETHAL scout, if you dont already know


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it is the best thing to do if you want to be good at your main job...1v1's
so when you go on there ask if there is any one wants to scout v scout. again make sure to strafe by mashing a and d, finish them off with pistol, MEATSHOT, MEATSHOT, MEATSHOT!

(also smol tip if they go left you go right if they go right you go left, match there movement so you dont have to move your mouse to aim. aim with a and d instead) .

also another smol tip if you want to...look at b4nny or clockw0rkk play. and try to do things they do how they strafe, aim and overall play, this can let you see what kind of things good scouts do.

last tip, if ur at low heath jump around over and around, 360 and just random ♥♥♥♥ while jumping but keep the scout or whatever class in your view so you can jump over them and get those last few meatshots in so that you dont lose any health whatsoever.