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How does one play Heavy effectively?
Hello r/truetf2 a post here mainly in a form of a question or a help I guess.
So uh, Heavy. He is a class. Not a good class, but not bad, he's just decent, he's okay. He has good close range damage (sucks beyond spitting distance though), okay-ish health (not too much in a game like TF2) and overall is FINE. However, he is often considered one of the easier to play and pick up classes, in the game. I mean people say he is THE BEST starter player class (I think Soldier or Pyro fit that better but a lot of people think differently). But here IS MY ISSUE... **I fucking suck at Heavy**.
Sounds weird right? A class that's considered to be quite easy to play (to quote a someone here: [Are we even playing the same class? Heavy is the class I use while wanting to turn my brain off and kill people by just hovering my mouse over them.](https://www.reddit.com/r/truetf2/comments/173dwn7/is_heavy_really_that_tanky/k44x7ri/?context=3) ) but to me, I just CANT PLAY HIM FOR THE LIFE OF ME.
He's not great offensively even in Pubs due to abundance of damage, Spies and Snipers, so I usually tend to die while being offensive, too much. If I play him the **intended** way of sitting behind the frontline or closely behind it, as a sort of Area Denial tool, I never get any kills or points, and end up like in the middle of the leaderboard, because this playstyle won't net you much. The only times enemies push in if you play like this is if they're ubered or making a big push, and 1 Heavy will just die to it. Even when I switch to Heavy on last in 6s, it's not amazing. I just get insta-jumped by Ubered Demo (or rushed by Ubered Scout) and nothing I can do, I won't survive fire of 5 people, I won't live long enough to buy my team time (to quote Dutch) and most importantly, I can't run because I can't leave last exposed. Maybe it's just my positioning and such being off, but even when I play him the way he is meant to be played, I don't do well at all.
And again, it's odd, since all 3 Generalists (excluding Med) aka. Demo Soldier and Scout (and Sniper sorta), not only do I do better as them 99% of the time no matter the map, I usually topscore or end up top 5 as each one, in most places I play, wether it's pubs, Uncletopia or THG (or Skial or any other community server). As HEavy though, I'm lucky to make it to half of the leaderboard. Like, the only times I do well as him, is with a Medic up my ass. And let's be honest **when you see a Heavy topscore, it's usually with a Med up his ass and not alone.** Now [there are people who point out how Heavy isn't that good even in Pubs](https://www.reddit.com/r/truetf2/comments/gzbghw/comment/ftfiy7q/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) just as often as [you see people saying he is OP/Too easy in pubs](https://www.reddit.com/r/truetf2/comments/gzbghw/comment/ftfcy7q/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) but to me, I have only seen the latter while being Pocketed, and seen lots of the former.
However, how do I Make Heavy work for me then? I do well as 3 generally-considered to be harder to play classes, and I mean WELL as in x100 better than I do as Heavy, even against bad teams/players. So, how do I play Heavy effectively? Like I said, I do try to play him the intended way I just SUCK. I genuinenly feel like playing Demo or Soldier is just x100 better all the time, even in moments Heavy would shine. Which sucks because I like Heavy, but playing him SUCKS for me.
TL:DR - I can't play Heavy and even when I try to play him as he is meant to be I suck. Help.
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Author: Bounter_
http://www.reddit.com/r/truetf2/comments/177qszx/how_does_one_play_heavy_effectively/
Hello r/truetf2 a post here mainly in a form of a question or a help I guess.
So uh, Heavy. He is a class. Not a good class, but not bad, he's just decent, he's okay. He has good close range damage (sucks beyond spitting distance though), okay-ish health (not too much in a game like TF2) and overall is FINE. However, he is often considered one of the easier to play and pick up classes, in the game. I mean people say he is THE BEST starter player class (I think Soldier or Pyro fit that better but a lot of people think differently). But here IS MY ISSUE... **I fucking suck at Heavy**.
Sounds weird right? A class that's considered to be quite easy to play (to quote a someone here: [Are we even playing the same class? Heavy is the class I use while wanting to turn my brain off and kill people by just hovering my mouse over them.](https://www.reddit.com/r/truetf2/comments/173dwn7/is_heavy_really_that_tanky/k44x7ri/?context=3) ) but to me, I just CANT PLAY HIM FOR THE LIFE OF ME.
He's not great offensively even in Pubs due to abundance of damage, Spies and Snipers, so I usually tend to die while being offensive, too much. If I play him the **intended** way of sitting behind the frontline or closely behind it, as a sort of Area Denial tool, I never get any kills or points, and end up like in the middle of the leaderboard, because this playstyle won't net you much. The only times enemies push in if you play like this is if they're ubered or making a big push, and 1 Heavy will just die to it. Even when I switch to Heavy on last in 6s, it's not amazing. I just get insta-jumped by Ubered Demo (or rushed by Ubered Scout) and nothing I can do, I won't survive fire of 5 people, I won't live long enough to buy my team time (to quote Dutch) and most importantly, I can't run because I can't leave last exposed. Maybe it's just my positioning and such being off, but even when I play him the way he is meant to be played, I don't do well at all.
And again, it's odd, since all 3 Generalists (excluding Med) aka. Demo Soldier and Scout (and Sniper sorta), not only do I do better as them 99% of the time no matter the map, I usually topscore or end up top 5 as each one, in most places I play, wether it's pubs, Uncletopia or THG (or Skial or any other community server). As HEavy though, I'm lucky to make it to half of the leaderboard. Like, the only times I do well as him, is with a Medic up my ass. And let's be honest **when you see a Heavy topscore, it's usually with a Med up his ass and not alone.** Now [there are people who point out how Heavy isn't that good even in Pubs](https://www.reddit.com/r/truetf2/comments/gzbghw/comment/ftfiy7q/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) just as often as [you see people saying he is OP/Too easy in pubs](https://www.reddit.com/r/truetf2/comments/gzbghw/comment/ftfcy7q/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) but to me, I have only seen the latter while being Pocketed, and seen lots of the former.
However, how do I Make Heavy work for me then? I do well as 3 generally-considered to be harder to play classes, and I mean WELL as in x100 better than I do as Heavy, even against bad teams/players. So, how do I play Heavy effectively? Like I said, I do try to play him the intended way I just SUCK. I genuinenly feel like playing Demo or Soldier is just x100 better all the time, even in moments Heavy would shine. Which sucks because I like Heavy, but playing him SUCKS for me.
TL:DR - I can't play Heavy and even when I try to play him as he is meant to be I suck. Help.
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Author: Bounter_
http://www.reddit.com/r/truetf2/comments/177qszx/how_does_one_play_heavy_effectively/