I Main Pyro Now 

"Ain't no way he's a pyro main now-" *Shows fursona* "Aight pack it up it's clear he's made his choice"

He went so far that he commissioned someone to draw furry Dane. Absolute Madlad.

12:48 absolutely love how that spy shot you ONCE then immediately recognized his mistake by running away only to die horribly

17:41, seeing a sniper next to the cliff on upward and NOT air-blasting him off the edge is ABSURD

Uncle Dane really turned into Uncle Norwegian during April Fools

We all saw this coming after you voted for Pyro during Meat VS Match

Rest in peace Uncle Dane. You will live on and be remembered by the TF2 community

I know I'm a couple months late to this (I was taking a bit of a TF2 break when this came out), but as a self-proclaimed Pyro main, this was such a fresh breath of air. Dane's said a couple of times before that he didn't really care for Pyro which I was fine with, it's alright if people don't share the same opinions all of the time. But actually seeing Dane give Pyro a chance and sticking with them despite previously not really liking them is so unbelievably nice to see. Also, as a little side note, I've noticed that people who don't tend to gel with Pyro typically enjoy the dragon's fury (which, yeah, fair), and the flare gun seems to be the only universally respected Pyro weapon. It's just a bit interesting seeing that.

This is an April fools video, but I would love to see UncleDane's experience with other classes. He has a very in-depth analysis to why pybros would be better off bloodthirsty, and his preference of the dragon's fury.

Little did he know, with just a single April Fools video, Uncle Dane was going to re-define the public Pyro meta forever.

Love how most people who end up playing Pyro for an extended period of time end up realizing that the sustain damage class is more fun when played with burst damage

2:28-2:35 The deadpan delivery of that line, along with the gameplay slays me.

What you have been doing with pyro is what I have been doing with Spy recently. Playing your least played or worst class and learning how to play him is a ton of fun

Seeing a fursona 10 seconds in cements it perfectly. He is indeed a pyro main.

The dragons fury is literally just a short range direct hit and I love it

Been several years since I’ve played this game. Pyro was in my top 3 most played classes. I think I was drawn to him because: 1. My aim was inconsistent at best with hitscan weapons 2. Pyros play style isn’t overly complicated or nuanced like spy for example, so it was rarely an overwhelming or frustrating experience 3. I just found it fun. Pyro is great for tight corridors and inside spaces, which was great because I was never the type to stick to the main paths and open areas.

Now all you need is a certain big mod from a tf2 incident and you will truly become a pyro main.

Fun fact: the initial hit of the dragons fury is actually debuffed compared to hitting an already on fire enemy, explaining the reason why it does 75 to buildings instead of 25

As a veteran pyro main it's nice to see a skilled player such as yourself give done damn respect to my favorite class. Much love Dane, keep up the good work.

The reason you press mouse2 when you do when an explosive class appears is because you know that that's when they are going to shoot. I do the same thing. My brain just goes "yeah he's probably gonna go from seeing me to pressing mouse1... about now" and then I right click and it works. Sometimes I mess the timing up. Sometimes I'm wrong. But this doesn't work because it's random, it works because soldiers and demomen are sorta predictable. They see thing, they shoot thing.

"This is real, and heres my fursona to prove it." Whoever made that did a nice job, and also that was hilarious.

praise uncle dane for not only making a banger april fools video, but also for unintentionally using his fame to create more popularity towards skill-based pyro playing

"The scorch shot is maybe good but i don't see the funny 90- on the screen" -Someone during the Pyromania

given your enjoyment of sentry jumping, I'm surprised you didn't talk about the flyro (patent pending) playstyle: backburner, thermal thruster, axtinguisher. When you're in the mood to mess around... can't go wrong with that. Would recommend on a map like Harvest.

Consider Dane: Your brain subconsciously predicts when an explosive class is going to throw something at you, so instead of saying "I was just kinda pressing it at random ig" you *did* actually learn how to, most of the time, time your airblasts with the enemies firing. Things like that are more of an instinct than a conscious action

"you should give your least played class another chance, try to play it in a way you think you would enjoy" alright Uncle Dane thank you for the inspiration i will now play battle Medic for a month

I came back to this channel (and TF2) after months and months and this is the first video I see. The overwhelming weight of this dark world is truly taking a toll on Dane.

I would really love to see this video format from you on a “I Mained My Next Least-Played Class” type video. Not saying you should do this with every class (Insert SoundSmith Screaming In Anguish About Stereotypes), but it would still be really cool.

One of the biggest things you missed on was using airblast against the players themselves rather than on projectiles. You can juggle ANY class and keep them from running away while confusing them to the point where they can't get their crosshair on you. It works best in enclosed areas and not outside, and it's definitely something to try out. Get up close to an enemy and airblast the floor.

This video made me love tf2 that much more. The fact that someone who doesn't like a class because of their play style can like it by switching weapons and making it more personal to them. With other class based shooters I've seen, they keep adding characters instead of weapons, leading to players not playing 70% of the characters because they don't like them and there is no other way to play them. This is no means of saying the others are bad I like those too, but I've noticed I only play a couple because the rest I don't like or I get bored of them because there is only so much you can do with a character with one way of playing besides going for strategies that are different, but not good.

To be honest, after watching your channel it gave me a lot more confidence in Engi, after practice and learning about how good battle Engi can be with the widowmaker it gave me a whole new perspective on Engi as a whole

Ive always loved pyro because to me his different load outs feel good for filling a verity of roles that your team may be missing both aggressively or defensively

5:42 One of my favorite moments playing as Pyro is those awkward points where you're just staring at each other because half the time it will result in us having a silly exchange of emotes, because that's a lot of people's natural response to awkward moments is to laugh.

I was skeptical at first given the upload date but after the fursona I knew this was 100% genuine. Welcome to the club Mr dane-

I’m just now being recommended this as I’ve been starting to play TF2 again after a few years off. I tried out heavy again as of late and I’ve gotta say, I’m super enjoying him. I’m also somehow amazing playing him while pubstomping. I’m averaging 90 points a match! I think the advice you gave of “try you least played class” was spot on. I’m a medic main but I’m starting to slowly enjoy heavy just as much

“I’m a Pyro main now- here’s my fursona if you don’t believe me.”

The fursona part is really funny lmao, whoever drew it did a great job.

uncle dane is the one guy to main pyro and still be able to build stuff

In my experience, all flamethrowers penetrate multiple targets, but due to how they work the closest target takes more damage. Still, yeah, plenty of times using a dispenser as cover to burn the engi and sentry. Personally fond of the Backburner/Detonator/Backscratcher roaming sPyro.

Makes a lot of sense. Having always been a Pyro main, I definitely have more of a "We take those" attitude towards any successes made from random reflects, environmental kills, and other such opportunistic gameplay. It's not luck, its skill independence.

I'm surprised you didn't mention detonator jumping because it's really fun and gives a lot of extra mobility to the Pyro. If you like the flare gun definitely try using the detonator for a bit too. It might not do the crazy 90 damage crits but it can still dish out quite a bit of damage and can hit multiple targets if you get good with the timing. It's basically like a balanced version of the scorch shot with more utility. Also the degreaser would definitely be more up your alley if you used it more IMO.

This is the first time watching a video from you and TF2, had to say I really enjoyed it man :)

Uncle dane, The high levels of dopamine when you reflect a Christmas ornament or baseball is insane, 90% of the time they think your cheating

2:35 You can see Dane's muscle memory of going for a sentry rocket jump for a split second as he switches to his flare gun (same slot as wrangler) and starts to aim down right before quickly switching back to aiming at the Scout.

As a pyro main, the fursona part was very accurate

Seeing Uncle Dane in a server playing Pyro must feel like what it would if you went up to an ice cream truck to see Obama selling ice cream, but he doesn't address that he's Obama or why he's selling ice cream.

When you're talking about airblasts in the video I had to laugh. Airblasting, spychecks, team utility and flanking (otherwise group harrassment) is what separates a meh pyro from a fantastic pyro. The stereotypes are all there, as a pyro main (Or used to be as I hardly play the game anymore or have the time to be theorizing with other pyros on effectiveness or new metas of secondaries) I know that there are a lot of Pyros that do just that (W+M1). The natural chaos of getting random reflections and fire burning all around you as you detonate into a 7 man group while "Ummmph UMMMMMPH'ing" and combo'ing the nearest scout is what we live for. 😂 Also, hearing you talk about the flaregun is *exactly* how I feel about it, minus sidegrading as obviously the scorch shot is where it's at (so long as you can hit both the initial hit and pop on the ground)

Thank you Dane for raising such a crucial point at 1:17 in the video. It rarely gets attention, but addressing this issue can allow the community to a have a long and healthy debate about such an important and overlooked topic in the TF2 community.

I like how with the exception of the intro, this is a genuine Uncle dane video, good april fools video is making a joke topic into a actual topic.

goddd u have such good music choices in ur videos to accompany such great commentary

0:12 Pyrocynical

I think Pyro is really cool just because of the insane diversity of playstyles different players will love. It's so open-ended. Each primary and secondary opens up so much interesting gameplay, so you can really customize the class to a degree I don't feel from the other classes. Pyro really has a subclass for everyone.

1:18 no one: Closed Captions: “Yeah, so for about 30 days, I officially maimed Pyro”

6:26 that free bird bit was so cool.

One thing I love about pyro on certain maps is afterburned + being sneaky. It feels like spy for people who are too dumb to play spy (me)

I definitely expected some sort of silly frag montage, and I probably would have enjoyed it even then; but the fact that you turned it into a reflection of a positive gaming experience and even shined some light on the Pyro from the perspective of someone who's been playing the game as long as you have made it an even better watch. Honestly one of your best videos.

This is truly heartwarming, i will miss uncle dane using engineer

This was actually a really great video, nice one dane!

I main pyro now *Shows his fursona* Me: *Gets up and has fun outside*

When I used to play TF2, I mained pyro and that was the loadout I used. But, sometimes, I rocked a backburner and flanked the entire enemy team. The amount of damage and chaos one can create if you manage to actually get behind them without being seen is soooo satisfying. I might not kill most of them, but that is a sure fire way to get a lot of assists.

As a Pyro main you don't know how happy this video made me! Best Pyro youtuber hands down :)

This video kinda made me rethink some of my opinions on pyro and I hope you do something like this with some of the other classes.

Id like to mention that the other flare gun (i forgot the name, its the alien metallic one) works well on a enemy team with pyros and extends your effective range farther while mitigating having to use the dragons fury airblast to extinguish team mates, being forced to wait 2 sec to use it. its also a good punisher to the annoying scorch shot spam pyro

As a pyro main, this was a nice birthday present. Thanks Dane.

The fact Dane showed a Fursona to sell the april fool's joke had me leaning back in my chair trying not to laugh.

"I'm a pyro main now, here's my fursona if you didn't believe me" Accurate

Someone tell him: "That's the deal: I get: all your buildings, pistols and wrenches You get: FLAMENWERFE!"

As a Pyro main, I respect your choices and say that I feel the same way about half my sentry kills in the rare times I take Engie. Great video as always and glad to know you were out there setting the world on fire for a time. Always glad to watch your videos and appreciate you still making them.

It’ll take some getting used to but if you like the flare gun, you should try the Manmelter. It’s slower than the flare gun, but once you figure out how the fire delete mechanic works, it’s really fun to precisely pop someone from across the map with crits from a pyro that tried to light up your team. Or even non crits can be fun. Takes a lot of play to figure out the arc the laser takes though.

I love comming back to this video just to see the AURA emmanating from the first few seconds of the video, peak comedy.

fun seeing a similar arc to what ive been going through while just starting to play the game as pyro

I love seeing that Dane's definition of "Fun Pyro" is the exact loadout I often try to use. Giving my least-played classes another chance has been my whole thing for a while because my simple brain loves seeing that silly little playtime graph be as even as possible and I love knowing the different extents of what each class can do.

On the topic of Pybro, my preferred pyro melee is the neon annihilator for multiple reasons. 1. It can remove sappers for some reason. 2. It does more player damage than the homewrecker. 3. Airblasting people into water for free crits will always be hilarious. I like it because it doesn’t force me to babysit engies to get utility out of it, but when I do have to, I’m able to remove sappers and possibly save the match by doing so.

Pyro with the beard and hat is the most blursed images I've ever seen

Hearing the tera raid music while watching you tear it with the dragons fury was very satisfying.

Ah understandable have a nice day uncle pyro (There will be a sticky trap in you’re mailbox)

i cant believe uncle dane would do this to us. i actually used to look up to him and its so saddening to see him go down this route.

Honestly this should be a series every april fools day be a new class main

A large part of what makes pyro 'skilled' is positioning and timing, i think. Knowing when to deal your damage, when to airblast.. But when a video game itself doesnt tell you *how* you should play, then you should feel free to make it your own. Meta only matters if the other options dont work also

hey, I main pyro! I’m glad you actually gave the class a shot and had fun with it. I personally despise w+m1, I use the degrease+panic attack (and I get called stupid a lot because of it) though the dragons fury is one of my personal favorites. Happy April Fools!

0:06 "and stupid" had me dead and i have no idea why 💀

I don't think I'll be doing Medic anytime soon, but you gave me a good idea for a Pyro Build. Now I have 3 good classes I enjoy; - Engineer (Battle or Defensive) - Trolldier (I saw videos from someone on how to be a good trolldier, and I just wanna meme) - Dragon's Fury Pyro. Another class I like is Scout when I wanna be an annoying little nat buzzing around your base on 2Fort

If youre doing a push and in the middle of it you see the outline of a demo laughing you know that lobby is going crazy

As a spy main this is exactly what happened to me. I never thought I could enjoy pyro but then I found out about det jumping into an axetinguisher combo and it kinda just made it so much more fun (Instead of having to reflect someones projectile I could just jump on my own now!)

Yeah, something that’s always bugged me with Pyro is that every flamethrower that isn’t the stock punishes air blasting. I would’ve hoped one of them would be designed to encourage it further.

So you have mastered the way of the W gaming Uncle Dane. Use this great power with great responsibility.

"and that fuckin sniper thing that disables my whole class, that's gotta go, delete it" spy mains for the last 13 years:

One of these videos for each class would be super fun to watch imo. Just seeing Uncle try out different builds and show us his favourite and most fun way to play everyone. A complete opinion piece but I enjoyed seeing the process and his reasons for the build :D

From my view on it, the dragon's fury being bad at airblasting is a big part of its kit, it is just honestly better than most of the flamethrowers at actually killing people in just about any situation, so it trades some of its utility (airblast) in exchange for that offensive power. I personally typically use the normal flamethrower since it's the best at airblasting and I like playing a more defensive style. Honestly thank you for this wonderful video my dude and I hope your day goes wonderfully, it was nice seeing a pretty good look over on pyro and I'm glad you got past your initial perception of it being the W+M1 class

I think that rare feeling of "Oh wow I deleted that man." with a airblast that is 'random' is what gets people to learn the mechanic more. I could say the same think about just vomiting rockets as soldier, but hitting direct hits gave me the feeling that made me fall in love with the rocket launcher. course that is just my take

Dane: lazy what kinda defense is this?? Lazy: I AM THE DEFENSE years later Dane: NOW I AM THE DEFENSE

1:02 i did NOT expect SCOUT of all classes to be second to last... huh that is extremely interesting.

A major issue with the axstinguisher clips is just how you repeatedly go for kills with it even when you shouldnt. The axe allows for burst damage in closer ranged encounters or against unaware players so you dont have to rely on the flames. Outside of much closer ranged encounters though youre better off using the flamethrower at a distance.

I don't know if you learn that later in the video but some people see pyro as a suport class because of the air blast, as he can remove stickies in one go, reflect incoming projectiles and extinguish flames from allys

uncle fire 😭 glad to see you back

Finally somebody acknowledges how good the Dragon's Fury is and all the positive aspects of it, imo it is the most underrated pyro primary and always love seeing people giving it the love it deserves.

This is really cool, I'm a pyro main who basically uses the same loadout but switched with the degreaser, I like to think of the flames from the degreaser as a debuff to apply to the enemy before switching to my flare gun (or sometimes axtingusher when I'm using it) to do the real damage even when at close range, the switch speed is something that just adds to the skill ceiling for that kind of play and I find it super rewarding.

Just need to get a strange Dragon"s Fury in the game now. Also, it seems like it was designed to be a succesor to the Incendiary Cannon from Team Fortress Classic.

As a Pyro main, this makes me very happy, I love the flare gun, and it feels so satisfying to hit people with it from far away, I love using it to deal with snipers, and I love the range. the dragons fury is also my favorite flame thrower though its frustrating sometimes (cause I have bad aim). and sometimes I just use the back burner with the thermal-thruster for some more aggressive styles, because I love the extra movement and the crits from behind. and the last thing is my second favorite class to play just so happens to be engi, I love him and that is why on my Pyro load outs I have myself a pocket pardner, also its adorable.

I never use the degreaser either. But the philosophy is pretty easy to understand. The degreaser makes your secondary your primary. You become a flare/shotgun pyro with a flamethrower in quick swap reserve when things get all up in your grill.