Are TF2's Gimmick Weapons Really THAT BAD? 

Happy to be the one to teach you how to use the beggars, it might not be the best rocket launcher but it's definitely the flashiest.

A while back, I've decided to main loose cannon demo. About a year later, I don't regret it. The obvious pro of the Double Donk sound effect aside, being able to juggle your opponents is very fun. After a certain point it's no less viable than the stock. It's a good tool to get scouts out of your face too.

Fan of war is for hitting a strong enemy and then running so that the enemy that is demolishing your team dies much faster.

The classic lets you see more as you can charge while not being scoped. That alone makes it decent as you can whip around and shoot people and makes it harder to get snuck up on.

As a guy who played military simulators with realistic ballistics quite often, using fast projectile weapons like The Huntsman actually is easier for me to use than the conventional sniper rifles in TF2. I've adapted to aiming where a moving target will go rather than where they are.

this guy has the editing skills of a 2 Million subs youtuber and the watchability of a 20 Million

I've been playing only beggars lately and once I got used to it, It's just so amazing when I accidentally hit what I call a 'lord and saviour". Hitting 2 burst rockets in a row on a jumping enemy, then hitting them with another 20 km off the ground, and sometimes hitting them with a last one or a crater either works. The entire weapon is just the dream of jumping soldiers and Is so fun

Because you retain your charge while jumping with the Classic, I’ve found a really dumb but fun way to use it is in Sniper duels. Imagine, you’re watching a sightline, and the enemy sniper waddles in, bunnyhopping. You take your shot, but because he keeps jumping you miss his head, and then he bodyshots you and you die.

One thing to consider: the fan might not always be the best in helping YOU secure a kill, but instead helps ensure that someone else dies. There is very much a difference, since you can also get out of it a postmortem trade. It's also very much a mileage may vary weapon depending on your kit and approach. Most instances, you've used it and sat right on the target, but have you considered hit and run strats? Find a target, smack him, and pepper away at him. The mark sits on the target for 15 irremovable seconds after all. That's a tremendously long time in this game. Just my thoughts on it.

It's amazing how much more you can appreciate team fortress 2 when you're actively hindering yourself and not just running the meta day in and day out

The beggars is pretty good imo. No fire precision is definitely a liability, but the mobility options it gives are insane

Honestly I love the Beggar’s, I love using it to bomb into the enemy, then.. *die to fall damage..* Edit: 8:00 *that miss hurt me*

I HATE how channels like yours have such little sub counts. Honestly, you should have like 300k. Your content is awesome.

The loosecannon and the beggars are actually very similar, especially the mobility in exchange for health. Didn't know you could do that with the LC. A very informative video, and thanks for doing something other than the force-a-nature for a gimmick scout weapon.

Honestly I've grown to enjoy the FAN and FON combo purely for the fact snipers facing you the split second before flying across the room is hilarious

Like what lazypurple said, the loose cannon feels like sticky spamming.

As someone with a Hale's Own Classic, I feel I should throw in my two cents here. It does require a more passive playstyle compared to quickscoping with a normal sniper, but you essentially become an instakill sentry at any range with much more visibility than a normal sniper. Scope in for long range shots when necessary but stay scooed out for more map awareness. You're also even more of a menace to overconfident aggressive heavies. The ability to delete someone with a point blank 450 damage headshot is very potent, and even a 130 bodyshot will rid you of any light class that approaches you. If you try to play it like a normal sniper, you're going to be disappointed. Pretend you're a huntsman sidegrade, if that mindset makes it easier for you.

Great video :D Though I have a few things to say about the Fan-O-War : -The best weapons to use with this are the Scattergun (obviously), and the Soda Popper sing it doesn't push enemies away and has better burst damage -In medieval mode, it's surprisingly fun to mindlessly swing this weapon around, mark every enemy for death and get every assist under the sun

As someone who's favorite weapons are every single one in this video save for the fan o war and huntsman, im so glad this video exists. I've got 2k kills and double donks on my loose cannon (rip my muscle memory for not using it in months), and I've been having a blast with the beggar's recently. I'm glad you mentioned Antoni since that's who got me into using it and I genuinely can't imagine playing soldier without the beggar's now

Found your channel last night and watched all your videos, just to find a new one today. I'm excited to watch this one, keep up the awesome work

I was waiting for this moment, keep the good work mate 🧡

Great video! Please bring us more :)

just got done with your subclass video, really enjoy this type of tf2 content. Especially highlighting less used weapons. keep it up!

The Classic can still one shot every class compared to the Sydney Sleeper which has really no purpose.

I hadn't seen someone cannon jump into a double-donk before. But the first two minutes changed that. Excellent work!

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i really love your videos already! can't wait to stick around for more (also surprised there's *another* soldier main that runs killer exclusive AND has a double-spelled, festivized rocket launcher lmfao)

holy fuck, this editing and commentary is absolutely top-tier

it was fun playing in that pub with you :) have a good day

When you say "Loose Cannon" are you speaking of "the dopamine machine?"

Great video! As an avid Lucksman user, I'm glad you found it enjoyable! :D

Dude your videos are so good how do you not have more subs.

No way you have only 6k subs. Earned a subscriber.

A very useful mechanic of the loose Cannon that most players forget is it's insane knockback, when running the stickybomb launcher as a primary dmg source the loose Cannon is god-tier at getting aggressive scouts or soldiers (any class for that matter) pushed back to mid range right where the sticky bombs can quickly detonate and demoman is at his strongest.

It feels so weird to see that you only have 4 videos right now. The quality of these vids just makes it feel like there should be so much more of a backlog

The fan o war pairs really well with the soda popper or the shortstop, the force a nature is one of the worst to pair it with and it’s also a better idea to use it as a support tool rather a weapon

The Beggar's Bazooka is also really, really great for Mann vs. Machine if you ever try it there

Holy shit! From your editing and video quality i thought you were a popular tf2 youtuber who i just didnt know! Your amazing man! Already a big fan from egypt and in gonna binge your vids rn!

The classic for me has 2 uses. 1: Killing cheaters. Your charge it up, then when they appear, whabam. insta kill. 2: Sniper duals. You can move around at normal speed when scoped if your not charging. Mess up the other sniper.

man ur getting good at this

I'm gonna blow your mind and say that running Demo with Pain Train, Chargin Targe, and Loose Cannon on payload offense is OP Just stay on the cart and knock away anyone that comes at you

Barnblitz plank jump is goated, huge if you wanna help out your explosive jumpers as medic

Love the video! Hope to one day see more of tf2s whacky arsenal that we don't talk about as much on display, like the airstrike or the baby faces blaster.

high quality video and only 6k subs, new subscriber right here bro

The loose cannon is my main weapon, it was the first alert item i received and i never figured out itd full power. I simply treated it like the stock grenade launcher. Thanks for telling me how to use it!

It’s nice watching another RU-vidr starting up who you know is gonna hit it big

Bro, I'm getting so much nostalgia, I forgot how fun it was trying out new weapons in TF2 lol

Hey I just played a game with you on upward a few hours ago! I was streaming to my friend on discord and we both pointed out "This soldier has a sick hat", so when I saw this video come up and recommended I recognized your pfp! (We were on the same team, I was playing spy and Beggar's soldier, which is REALLY ironic considering the video! 😂) It's nice to see new tf2 youtubers popping up now. Subbed

The Loose Cannon actually synergizes really well with the Quickiebomb Launcher, as the shorter charge time lets you launch bombs outside of the LC’s effective range, getting in that little bit of extra chip damage you may need to finish someone off with a Double Donk.

Fan O War is actually quite useful when using with the Popper. Because it fills the meter a lot quicker which makes you becomes a Bird scout more often.

I thought inwad watcjing a 100k plus subbed youtube channel, man, why is this video so well made for someone with such a low sub count to back it, you need more.

the way i see the fan o war and the classic, you should use them as support tools. If you're low on health as scout with no health packs around, maybe marking someone (or shooting in the classic's case) could be useful for clearing a chokepoint

Something important about the Huntsman headshot zones, it doesn't apply if there's a hitbox in the path of the arrow, only if it enters the collision box but just skims the actual character hitboxes.

Any time I get dominated by a sniper I swap to my strange killstreak Classic with 2,000+ kills, 25 kill streaks ended, 140 demomen killed, 57 revenges. “Wait, did you just die to the Classic” is its name and the description is, “Yes, you did.”

It’s great having the loose cannon and being able to just say no to an ubered heavy and then proceed to knock them back further that where they started the Uber

1:40 dude i thought the bomb sirens were going off for a second there

FanoWar is for the times when pocketed heavy or soldier stomp the team and no singe man is capable to take down one or another by raw damage. I love the idea that some weapons is not made for using it in every single battle and have such a niche uses

After seeing Antoni using the beggars I started only using that weapon for months straight and I honestly think it's the 2nd best rocket launcher now. Doing 1 overload jump and then shooting 2 rockets instantly at someone is so good at getting kills. And the movement with the weapon might be the most fun thing ever

That medic taunt at 4:58 was absolutely ruthless.

Fan o war in par well with scatter gun and pistol you can effectively duel a heavy straight on if you get the first strike

Never knew the Loose Cannon could be considered bad, it can go real crazy with the knockback and with the double donks. Also, Classic is nice against second scoping snipers. Force em to get their shot first or be gibbed when you charge around a corner.

i feel that using the fan with the short stop would be a good idea

ayyyy! let's go, Hive knight boss battle music for the intro!!!

Your editing is amazing, I cannot believe you only have 6k subs! Don’t get me wrong that’s a lot but you deserve way more.

“Dude im so bad with this thing!” *the scout fucking teleporting*

I love your editing dude, what software do you use?

2:20 MMMMH, Love those juicy Cannon Ball Crits

I used to use scatter gun, milk and fan o war as my loadout and it would work alot back when i was playing tf2 constantly

the fan o war goes kinda crazy with the shortstop, but you do have to play less like a scout and more like a pyro with the dragon's fury. It might also help to use a pistol just in case.

When it comes to the beggars you either suck and sniff glue Or sniff enough glue to become an elevated being Currently trying to go for the most glue consumed in one sitting and so far the weapon works wonders

I like the classic backpack healing melee combo as you can tap fire your enemies then crit melee them also good to jump charge before korners to insta body shot 4 out of the 9 classes and then shot again if you are far away or melee if close it has a very aggressive plaistile Side note:love your channel hope more people subscribe

The loose cannon is so good at denying ubers and disrupting pushes, it's not so good for attack but great for defense

Why have I never thought about loose cannon jumping

All I can say is that I’m a day one’er! I’ve been watching your videos since the start and I’m excited to see where you go! You deserve more subs

It's a great day when searavioli uploads

The fan can be really good if you know how to use it but I do admit that it can be hard to get good with

Jesus that editing -Chefs Kiss-

Dude a good beggars bazooka soldier is actually the scariest thing in the game

Fan o War with the pocket pistol is nasty

before this video i didn't know you could charge the Loose Cannon

My personal use of the fan 'o war is: -run in -hit as many enemies with the fan as possible -die -see how the assist kills rise like bread dough

The Fan o War paired with the Force a Nature has an interesting use case: you can 1 shot Medics

What's the music at the start of the beggars bazooka part?

Lessgoo new vid :D

As someone who enjoys all of these in some way either mvm or normal gamemodes this list brought me joy that its not just another hate Campaign

I enjoy bagger's and loose canon, and i do believe if you somehow manage to consistently double donk you basicly got 30%damage buff and the ability to airblast ubers as demo and from far And baggers is baggers eazy to use and super effective...till you get ambushed

Great vid

this needs a sequel please talk about the baby face, axetinghisher, scottish resi, huo long, and amputator or vita saw. if you ever do a sequel.

Don't worry about the classic beung useless. As someone who has a click and hold M1 slip (meaning the mouse register as me clicking rather than click and hold. So the classic fires without charging when my intention was to charge it first.), it pretty much stresses me out to use it. I know about the blow on the mouse to blow the static off. But I've done that like many times and it still just register as a click rather than click and hold.

how did you get the hurt sounds on your screen

The loos canon is also a pretty good anti pyro weapon as its harder to do reflects with it

To me the best worst weapon is the huntsman

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0:22 The Loose Cannon: The most truest of side grades, beloved by memers, this grenade launcher's knockback comes in clutch for Demo cause it can also knock back ubered players like Pyro's Air Blast The Huntsman: While very janky in it's hit detection, it allows Sniper Players to be more aggressive in a medium range scenario and heavily changes how you play Sniper. The Beggar's Bazooka: Having the Overload mechanic just like if you hold down the trigger with the loose cannon allows you to rocket jump anywhere (which also applies to the Loose Cannon) and on top of that the loading mechanic being like the old Panic Attack makes it a great choice for Rocket jumping due to being able to SPEW out rockets. The Classic: while not too remarkable, the Classic has an amazing benefit of letting you be unscoped, which while it may seem just like a gimmick, can really help with tunnel vision as a sniper and allow you to see when an enemy is coming up from the side. The Fan O'War: While it's use in any normal TF2 match is very limited, the FOW is a beloved weapon by Scout Mains who play MVM due to the sheer utility of on demand crits on specific targets like some of the tankier giant bosses in the MVM mode. C: EDIT: Oh, also the loose cannon's direct hits that knockback players can go through multiple and crit for as much as an uncharged scoped sniper headshot. (150 damage)

In the first minute to the fresh content. You love to see it

Very underrated editing :)

Beggars bazooka is the best one for MVSM

Without having played with the loose Cannon (or played TF2 for at least a few years), it strikes me as similar to the direct hit. Both of them requires a great deal of accuracy and removes or at least reduces your ability to spam a crowd for area denial. But the trade-off is significantly increased damage if you can adjust your playstyle and land your shots

0:03 bro who let the minecraft sniffer out???

Heya! Fan o War user here, I run it with the pretty boys pistol and baby faces blaster-it's situational, but certainly secures me more kills then my atomizer would.