TF2 - 10 Tips for the Heavy 

Plot twist heavy update isn't coming. Instead we get T F 2 C A R D G A M E

You missed one collosal tip with Heavy that greatly affects his sniper matchup. If you look slightly to your right and call Medic, the heavy will put his big hand in front of his face, momentarlly removing his head hitbox since the hand hitbox is covering it. I've used this to great effect vs good/god snipers, and even aimbots. And once you've done it to the same sniper a few times, they tend to be more hesitant about headshotting you.

The best tip for Heavy is to make Heavy lose a ton of weight, become Boston and become a Force A' Nature

2:58 *It's over Anakin, I have the high ground*

Heavy: it’s over soldier I have the high ground Soldier:you underestimate my power Heavy:don’t try it Soldier: *rocket jumps* Heavy: *deletes the soldier*

0:11 God tier editing right here.

06:24 "help your medic..." (medic backstabed) 👌

6:21 "If you spot a spy attacking your medic, you should of course make it your priority to take out that spy and help your medic out." 6:24 *Medic gets backstabbed by a spy* Also, I would give an extra tip: watch your ammunition. Ammo runs out on minigun rather quickly than you would expect.

I have 1,5k hours on tf2 and this vid still helped me.

Some people might say that the Heavy versus Heavy is really boring, probably more boring than Pyro versus Pyro. However if you consider the requirements the Heavy needs to outdamage his opponent and win the deathmatch, there are several things you, as a Heavy player, should keep an eye on. For example, usually wins the Heavy, who spins up faster, has more health or has a ground advantage. If the enemy Heavy has a stronger source of healing nearby, he will mow you down unless he's totally unaware of what's happening. Tomislav wins at longer range, the Stock Minigun wins at short/medium range. Brass Beast, if spinned in time, almost always wins. Belive or not, enemy Heavies are often your largest threats on the battlefield, depending on which gun you're using and whether you have healing at your disposal or not, you will be at an advantage or disadvantage to your counterpart.

i honestly feel when the heavy update comes out, on the first day everyone will go heavy, then the second day everyone will go sniper and spy realizing the f r a g potential and there will be 2 heavies

that tier list is incorrect, everyone knows the buffalo steak + warrior's spirit combo is the greatest item combination in the game EDIT: changed "warrior's steak" to "warrior's spirit"

"With the heavy update right around the corner" One year later: these devs are BABIES

15:50 That pyro. I hate when that happens. When I do something that an enemy mistakes for being friendly and then I don't wanna shoot them cause they are so cute but I didn't really wanna be friendly either so it's a dilemma :/

Heavy is one of those classes that has major weaknesses and your enemies will do whatever it takes to use that to their advantage. But heavies also have incredible strengths. So if you manage to work around your short comings you’ll become nigh unstoppable.

heavy: I have the high ground! Spy: You Underestimate my power!

Simple. Screw the team. Become a hoovy today.

Bro was so confident that it would come out

I am a heavy main and sitting in front of my pc crying with joy. PERFECT video! PERFECT! Subscribed.

thx mman, I loved the fact that you actually got over heavy guide, which is very rare considering that heavy is a very underrated. I'm comparatively new to tf2 but heavy seem to fit me, so I found this video very helpful. Thx Toofty!

"Heavy update will probably be tomorrow" 5 Months later.....

Alright one tip which is pretty useful is with the holiday punch. If the enemy team pops Uber, you can nullify it by making the medic or his target laugh. Either punch their backs, or, if your team has a kritzkrieg, you pop kritz and stop it that way.

Thanks for the video toofty, you big gay.

i disagree with ranking the natascha in b tier. i used it for a while now and it's so damn good. the slowdown makes it much easier to connect bullets and throw people off guard. definitely able to keep up with stock and tomi imo.

ANY DAY NOW GUYS (10 bucks says the heavy update delayed til 2107)

Here are a few extra tips: -You can turn a small health kit into a medium health kit by throwing your sandvitch on the ground (only at full health mind you), and grabbing the small medkit, it'll replenish your sandvitch bar and now you have two medium health kits at your team's disposal. -If you are healed by a medic, you can see how much health he has, which also means you can see whenever your medic takes damages, if that's the case, you're probably being flanked by a scout/soldier or any mobile class, you should check behind you for 1 or 2 seconds but not more than that because you'll have your back turned to the frontline and you won't be able to see what's coming to you. -With any minigun other than the tomislav you should avoid revving up your minigun too much, it makes a lot of noise and most soldiers/demo will just spam splash damage in your general direction without even having a line of sight, it also has a tendency to attract spies so be prepared whenever you rev your minigun. -The fists of steel are a good option if you ever have to cross a sniper sightline with no other alternate routes. -Look up, seriously many ambushes take into account the fact that the enemy isn't looking above their heads.

The nice thing is, this video also is useful for fighting heavy. I wont play heavy anytime soon because I dont like playing a turtle with a gun, but as a scout these tips are pretty nice too😂

I love using the Huo Long Heater with The Family Business but only if there's a good medic in the team.

After watching this video, I truly can call myself a Heavy main!

Third!

I realized I was already doing most of it myself without even realising so uhh thanks for opening my eyes on how skilled I am I guess

Hey toofty your tips are awesome keep up the work and you made me a demo main Thanks for the likes

you improved sooo much with the tips ! I love these kind of videos

13:07 interesting name u got xd

Number one tip for heavy: when your medic is being attacked by a spy, *TURN AROUND.*

MAN THIS GUIDE IS NUTS!!! Love all of the tips, and the video looks really good! Nice work man!

Hey Toofty, could you add some kind of sign when you do those freeze-cams, it always tricks me into thinking that I lost connection.

Nice one doing a video on Heavy - probably one of the least played classes along with medic

As a Hale’s Own Heavy main myself I have a few tips. 1) PRIORITY. Here’s the list of what you should worry about at all times and the order you should take out classes. 1: Engineers/nests. This is your JOB. Kill nests and make sure the Engineer doesn’t scuttle off to make a new one. 2: Spies. Spies will ruin your day, your Medic’s day, your team’s day. If you EVER see a spy, go for them. 3: Medics. Self explanatory, Medics are the lifeblood of a team and killing them sooner rather than later will almost single handedly win the mid-fight. 4: Pyros. Pyros will not only chew through your health like single plied toilet paper, but the flames will go through you and onto your Medic. Kill them quick and stay frosty. 5: Scouts. Quick and easy to kill. Kill them quick and make sure they don’t go for your Medic. 6: Demoman: They will WRECK your team with their stickies and whatever armament they have. Other Heavies: Not much of a threat to you but to your teammates. If your have a Medic and they don’t it shouldn’t be a chore. Soldiers: Not much of a threat if you have a Medic. Kill them when you can but there’s more important targets. Snipers: Don’t try it. Just find a new path that doesn’t have a Sniper.

When the heavy update comes out, several new weapons will be introduced. It will take approximately two years for strange versions of them to come out. Why? Because Valve

Oh that intro joke about the Heavy Update gets more painful by the day 😢

That's a very good video.Keep up doing such a good work like this.

As a Heavy main, the best advice I can give is this; let them come to you. I know it's not as fun, I love overextending with the Tomislav too, but any decent team will tear you do shreds if you do that, no matter how good you are. I'm not saying don't be aggressive, but try to maintain aggressive holds so your team can follow to back you up, as opposed to trying to push by yourself, even if you have a pocket. Also, assuming you're using a Sandvich, never pick up health packs if you can avoid it. At least, not for healing, see every pack as a Sandvich recharging station. They do despawn after thirty seconds or if you throw down another one though, so keep that in mind. (I recommend throwing them near dispensers, since people default there for healing).

Thank you for the tips!

Great video toofy!!

What i would like to mention is, that if you use the sandvich, you can eat it, then take a small health pack, and get your sandvich back. it prevents you from waiting for another one, and turns a small healthpack into a medium one.

Oh hey I was playing. That's pretty neat.

A small addition - If you ever see an enemy Medic with the Quick Fix uber with his buddy, then chances are you can probably defeat that combo on your own. The Minigun outputs so much damage that it can overcome the increased healing of the Quick Fix Uber, rendering it and the medic worthless. *SPREADSHEET* *Scout* - Highly unlikely, but will get annoying pretty fast. He's not invincible, but he damn sure feels like it. Good tracking required. If he is not smart, he will run straight at you. If he has any gamesense, he will jump around and close the distance gradually. High level of threat. *Soldier* - Highly likely, the Soldier is one of the primary targets for an Quick Fix Uber. Though powerful and probably buffed up with 4 rockets, he can withstand about 2 seconds of being fired upon in close range by a lone heavy before collapsing on the floor like his chances of ever joining the army. If he strafes around the corner, go up it out of his sight, and jump out as close as you can. Medium level of threat *Pyro* - Another quite likely target for 108 hp/s, the Pyro relies on being able to close the distance.... so.. he's toast, just rip him a new stomach while you're at it, there's no way that he can outdamage you and his medic can't outheal your damage from this close up. Low level of threat *Demoman* - Another viable target for the Quick Fix uber, but this time more dangerous than the Soldier. Soldier can output more damage per rocket, but at a slower rate, and it can be pretty inconsistent. Demo, meanwhile, can output regular, 100-per-nade damage, killing you in 3 shots from a relative safety, as his distance will render your damage null to his buddy's healing. Strafing will be required. If he mainly uses stickies, close the gap, and then revv up. Medium/High level of threat *Heavy* - That's a juicy one. The Quick-Fix alone gives your opponent an additional 75 health, and ubering will help him mow you, the alone heavy, down rather quickly. If you get caught off-guard by one, be prepared to wipe the floor with your blood as you scramble to your team. If you catch the medic off guard and he pops, try to close the gap between yourself and the Heavy, constantly firing. Medium/High level of threat *Engineer* - Now this is a tricky one. On his own, Engineer is nothing but a fly that you swat everyday. His sentry guns are threatening, but you can rid him easily if he foolishly decides to rush you with his shotgun... even if it's the Frontier Justice with >3 crits. Now, a pocketed and ubered Texan is still an annoyance, don't get me wrong. His weapon of choice decides if he's even worth what he's claiming to be. If he's got Stock, Pomson or the Panic Attack, just mow him down, he's no threat. If he has the Frontier Justice, try to strafe as you set him ablazing, waste his crits on meaningless 70 damage instead of the full blown 180. The Widowmaker makes it easier for the Engie to continue to pepper you with lead so long as he's hitting you, so he'll want to close the distance to you and that's... well, suicide. Low/medium level of threat *Medic* - *looks at the camera* why are you gay? Low level of threat *Sniper* - Well, I was going to say the exact same thing as above, but I remembered that the Huntsman exists. If the medic pops, he will have a window of time just large enough to fully charge the 360 damage arrow and D E S T R O Y you up close. Thanks to the hitbox using the projectile model, you are a ripe toast ready to be taken out, so exercise caution when fighting a Huntsman Sniper. If he's using anything other than that, then his medic is dumb enough to uber a sniper that needs 4 seconds to charge up a headshot strong enough to kill you. Low/Semi-High level of threat *Spy* - *looks at the camera* Why are you the way you are? His revolvers can do no harm to your 300 magnificience, and his knife, although buggy, will not be able to get a facestab in the 2 seconds he has left staring at you. Dismissed, low level of threat.

Still waiting for the heavy update, in anyyyy moooomeeeent...

Great video as always!

Okay I found out why crouching as heavy vs. heavy works. The enemy heavy aims at your center of mass so the most bullets would hit you, but when you crouch he's now aiming at your head so some bullets would go over your head.

As a Heavy main, I'm absolutely terrified about the Heavy Update. Not because I'm worried about what will be added, but because as soon as the team comp is entirely Heavy, my terrible skills will be revealed.

Yippeee Heavy update just around the corner can’t wait

Uses the hibernating bear loadout daily cause it’s really fun to do *sees all the weapons rated lowly*

Great video,some great tips.tyggwp

A fun thing to do is to cycle through the miniguns every life (after getting at least one kill with each). Chocolate is better than sandvich. Recharges faster, helps overcome temporary health loss of gru (agree this is most useful melee) and gives you a health buff that can save you more often than you'd think. Also, the Huo-long heater is devastating in the right circumstances and better than you gave it credit for, imo. Great for humping the cart and it tight spaces.

Thanks, this helps a lot

You didn't say the Sandvich only recharges when at full health at picking up a health kit.

Toofty, try using the Dalokohs Bar with the gloves of running urgently. It is an awesome combo. Even when you run back to the front line and drop down to 100 health, by the time you finish eating it you are over 300 health. Almost removes the down side entirely.

9:34 and 1 more thing, when comfranted with a spy and let's say a scout, it's better to kill the spy first even though you already started damaging the scout.

This actually helped me a lot.

It's absolute hell not configuring your interp settings when you're using/playing a hitscan weapon/class.

So tomorrow we finally getting the heavy update? YAY!

I remember when the heavy update came out a few hours after this video actually. Definitely one of the best updates in tf2

can't wait to see on you're opinions on how the heavy update should be :D maybe that's a good video idea or maybe it's boring because people are starting to make videos about it,well whatever,i just wanted to see you're opinions about it,don't need to make a video about it if you don't wanna,hope to see you're next video,keep up the great content

inb4 the Heavy update is released exactly 24 hours after the video is uploaded

Some of the biggest tips of heavy i can give as an engy main as well as for other classes: -as a heavy stick to CQC enclosed areas. Be a pyro or soldier / demoknight. You're biggest counter is spy and sniper. So stick to rooms short hallways and have your back to the wall. Trust me when i say 2 things. 1. Any disguised spy that starts hugging wall shoot down 2. You'll win most class engagements at that enclosed areas -tomislav is great for accuracy and range but fired too slowly. As a heavy you should rely on sustained fire. Imagine a pyro that only fan flames. That's a tomislav heavy. The biggest bonus is it is silent which plays into ambush heavy -hide behind corners and near health packs. People usually run in without peeking around corners so you can catch em off guard even without tomislav silent revv up -miniguns are mid to close range treat em as widowmaker shotgun / flamethrower hybrid not needing to reload and limited range unless you got a krtiz medic lol. -stock all arounder. Natasha for mobile support aka resistance heavy and support to hold enemies in place for allies to pick off. Huo for sentry nest defense / pyro team up. Really screws over spies without kunai who miss the stab and 2nd best kart minigun. Tomislav for silent ambush heavy against most cept heavy medic pairs. Brass beast for being a meat sentry. Best from a high ground falling down to revv up and close distance between enemies and you. Also for a large enemy push this gun just shuts it down mowing down 2-3 enemies without a medic healing you which is still a lot 1/6- 1/4 of the enemy team -as a medic weight your options for medigun with heavy medic pairing: =stock for invul for team pushing and sentry busting but as a heavy close the distance as much as possible or else may as well be using a pistol especially on wrangled sentries for falloff damage =krtiz for chokepoints. Best on defense because offense rarely has sentries setup when pushing up. As a heavy just shoot sustained damage first aka other heavies and pyros first. Then splash damage aka soldiers and demos. Then medic distance speedsters / mobility aka scouts demoknights or explosive jumping demos / soldiers. Next pick classes aka spies and snipers. Finally support other medics or engies. You'll mow em down fast and should always go after whomever is closest and leave stragglers for your team. You get no falloff damage but distance accuracy is still a thing. =quick fix if you got a decent team and wanna take out a sentry or the enemy pyro tries airblasting you back a lot. Also taking any low health red health heavy from say 30-40 health up to 100% + overheal and sustained healing is extremely scary and in pubs very hard to out dps without a good team. As a heavy take out airblasting pyro first then the sentry =vaccinator all arounder. As a medic always have in bullet / hitscan (unless huntsman sniper but rare and at mid range no worries). Snipers are heavy's main counter removing their ability to down him with 2 quick scopes or 1 full charge scope is paramount. But like 60% is melee damage in game. The other 40% is divided like 60% bullet / hitscan, 30% projectile 10% fire. Explosive for any CQC with demospams or soldiers. At range soldiers aren't as threatening b/c falloff damage. Fire rarely unless pyro is flare spamming but best used medic pyro pairs but more for phlog pyros. You can use 2+ uber resistances meaning save up at least 2 ubers before popping for emergencies. Also you carrt crossbow to pop uber switch arrow shot then back resistances for very secure multiheals. As a heavy best pair with chocolate bar + GRU or FoS. Chocolate bar for extra health and panic heals for fire afterburn or bleed on your medic buddy. GRU for closing distance down from 30% damage vul to 20% vul with just passive healing or 40% resistances with uber. Best when crossing sentries or enemy fire. Fists of steel are more reliable tanking and you can even easily tank sustained sentry fire enough that without constant refill you can outlast the ammo runnibg out. Best avoid lvl 3 for rockets though. Before i cont. Now you may think why engy main? Trust me when i saw spending most time guarding and on standby as well as wrangler to stall a good heavy from bad heavy and good team vs bad team it does work 9/10 times.

The heavys' spider-sense though...

I am a heavy, engie and medic main and this video is EXTREMELY helpful as i suck at tf2. Thanks!

I am going to watch this video every day for the rest of my life so that WHEN, and yes, when the heavy update comes out someone will have watched it the day before the heavy update comes out, and yes, it will come out, and I will wait patiently for that day

A 10 tips and tricks tf2 video that is not 9 years ago? Sign me up my man

This was helpful, my load out now is the tomi, Sandvich, and Fist Of Steel

I agree, the Gloves of running awesomely are underrated.

Helpful video btw

I think i know a good way to deal with a Sniper when you have no choice but to push is to make him miss the first time, then walk in a straight line until he's about to scope in a second time, at that moment, you quickly move to the left, right, Jump or Crouch, The Sniper will have a 1 in 4 chance of guessing how you're gonna dodge the headshot.

Speaking of crouching, I’ll never forget like 3 weeks ago I was in a discord call with like 4 other people and we were all Classic snipping on 2Fort when this one Machina sniper started hard-targeting me (maybe it’s cause I was dominating half their team, maybe it’s cause I was the only 1 with an unusual, who knows). I turned the corner, we basically made eye contact, I crouched, the tracer went over my head, and I no scope headshot him... We went WILD, calling me frickin’ Neo and stuff.

I main Heavy with the Brass Beast and it makes me feel like a scout when using a normal minigun. I feel like it's the best choice when learn positioning as you have to factor in the slow down effect when playing.

Regarding the Heavy Update. If you looked at the recent patch it said updated *Some* Localization files which could mean they translated most or everything needes for the Heavy update. While I could ve wrong it might be a little hidden hint like back in the day.

Yay a toofty vid!

If you duel another Heavy, trying to juke him is better than crouching. If you're at extrememly close range, crouching rarely ever helps stop damage, because the minigun's spread is tight enough for a smaller hitbox to not matter. At short to medium range, moving unpredictably really helps during a heavy duel. Most of the time while you're focusing another heavy, his team will also be putting damage on you. Most heavies underestimate how quickly you can move while reved, so instead of crouching and tanking the damage, try to juke it. It's saved me countless times, and I see way too many pub heavies trying to crouch.

thank you toofty very cool

It has been 888 tommorow's since this video came out, I have a feeling 889 is gonna be the tommorow I've been waiting for

"Viable in some situations: Family Business." I love you.

Im sooo hyped for that update!

I hope one day you'll make a 10 tips for SPOY

I've just binged the Etiquette series and it's really hard to take these seriously now

I completely agree on the gloves.

your video is always relaxing because of your voice

I did NOT know about that recharging sandvich trick.

toofty: the heavy update is around the corner me a year later: ...fuck

2:58 HAPPY OBI WAN NOISES

I found that Dalokos bar is good for a heavy with no pocket because as heavy you are slow and big and that extra 50 health has saved me so many times that iI can’t count the only bad part is that it only heals 100 health but it recharges fast so I would say it is good in a lot of situations specific when there is another heavy or a pyro or a good solder. (Edit) I found that for every corner I jump and rev when I go around it so anything there has the disadvantage

I just realized that if the heavy update came the day after this video, it would be my birthday. Pls gaben

This is a Great video, all tips are ok point. All F2P Heavies should see this

Which dpi and sensitivity are you using for Heavy? It looks so smooth

Hi bro you helped me a lot and i wanted to ask you if its worth to buy a festivized strange minigun👍

When i grow up, I want to update heavy so my ancestors can rest Valve: I have the high ground.

And here we are still waiting for heavy’s salvation valve

Thank you

The steak is great to rollout to mid in a 5cp map if you have a medic, because you wont need much healing and you can throw medium health packs. I would put it B or C tier.