Are TF2's Gimmick Weapons Really THAT BAD?

TF2 has a lot of bad weapons but I believe some weapons are simply misunderstood take the Loose Cannon for example on one hand it's pretty inconsistent and not very easy to use but on the other hand well it's about to go crazy boom these guys are so dead the double double dog but let's take a step back I'm gonna take five of tf2's most controversial gimmick weapons and put them to the test to find out if I can harness their power or if they really are useless I can't deal with this thing starting off with the Loose Cannon I was feeling pretty confident that I'd be able to really show off this weapon's potential all I have to do is charge it up and double dock oh I missed it uh just charge it up and double dunk oh no oh my God I can't hit him please just charge it up and double donk now dunk the heavy off the cliff maybe oh oh third time's a charm if you don't know the Loose Cannon has a mechanic called the double donk which occurs when your Cannonball bounces off an enemy and then explodes to hit them again the biggest problem my face while using the Loose Cannon was treating it just like the stock grenade launcher I kept getting too close to enemies panicking and then spamming grenades until eventually I hate this weapon the charge time before shooting means you generally have to be a lot more careful when choosing your shots which is something that I am not very good at dude I cannot I'm so bad with this thing and if someone has more than 125 Health you're not gonna One-Shot them like what why why did I think that was a good idea once you can get used to the unique playstyle that this weapon offers you can begin to experience one of the most satisfying things in TF2 put I know there's a pyro up here okay come here oh oh hello Scout bye-bye oh the heavy two heavy heavy okay I better hand the medic come here oh my God the huge long range dunk got him yo trollter what okay I got scammed of that one yo wait what the hell what and though this weapon takes a little bit of getting used to I think it's safe to say that the Loose Cannon is more than just a useless gimmick that said I would not recommend it over the stock if you actually want to win your games moving on to the Huntsman or as you may know it the luxman this silly little bow and arrow is notorious for having the dumbest hitbox in the game which often leads to a lot of skillful interactions I've played a good amount of traditional sniper over the years so it took me a while to adapt to the more aggressive play style that the Huntsman lends itself to but there was one trick I learned that really helped me push my Huntsman gameplay to the next level taunt kills the Huntsman has arguably the best taunt kill in the game because of just how fast it is take the Scout for example I decide I'm not good enough to try to shoot at him so I just walk around the corner and press the funny button oh my God that was crazy there's no way the Huntsman taunt kill is like actually viable dude this strategy can be surprisingly effective but unfortunately you are always at risk of having your fun ripped right out of your hands are you ready [Music] another great thing about the Huntsman is that you don't even have to see the person you're trying to kill I'll play it against those 15 000 hour hail Zone sniper Mains but the only thing scarier is the free to play gibbous sniper getting cross map kills on players he didn't even know existed what the learning curve for this weapon is also pretty low as it actually requires you to think less about what you're doing compared to a normal sniper rifle what simply turning my brain off and making stupidly aggressive plays actually allowed me to get some pretty cool kills [Music] and you know sometimes with this weapon you just need to think why not go for this shot yep I deserve that and with a skill floor so low it's practically in Hell the Huntsman is far from useless coming up next we've got the Beggars bazooka this weapon has always been a mystery to me and I'm sure we've all seen those insane movement videos from people using this weapon to just fly across the map for some crazy Montage clips oh my God I have never really been able to replicate that oh my God this is the one this is it oh please please please uh before trying to learn the movement techniques I decided to warm up my skills by using the Beggars bazooka in the most brainless map possible Dust Bowl oh and this is canuckle he got me into TF2 way back in 2014 and he's here to make sure I don't have fun or at least that's what he tried to do hey guys I just walked forward I just walked forward I'm the best I'm the best player I can walk forward and unfortunately for him all the Medics on my team just really wanted to keep ubering me no no no hey oh yes oh yes such a good gamer I am body shot by the office no oh I got Uber and run at me run fear me if I don't kill you I'm doing like 20 questions right now 20 push-ups okay you wouldn't run you wouldn't do that get on the floor start doing your push-ups when I said I kept getting ubered I seriously meant it oh no okay it's okay oh I got ubered because I was low on health I wasn't even in the fight why wouldn't I get Uber I wasn't even just get a random Crypt too on me with all the pocket Medics and random crits we decided there was only one Fair way to settle this one though I won though now that I'm a little more used to this weapon I feel like I actually have to start learning how to use it properly but where do I start do you want to give yourself a little introduction oh [ __ ] that's like the first time anyone else God I don't even know uh uh this is cream he's an Australian YouTuber who you may know from videos such as these and he's also really good with the Beggars bazooka I asked him to teach me some common rollouts and jumps in hopes that I could finally Master this weapon wow that is sick so that's like the wall scene right yeah yeah oh [ __ ] yeah the second the second you shoot the second rocket release like the other one okay oh [ __ ] I had struggled to do this jump for quite a while until finally I managed to do this okay okay Tommy a couple more jumps around the map until I finally felt ready to hop into a real game to nobody's surprise these jumps are a lot harder to do when there are 12 enemy Gamers trying to kill you I should have traded Market card named God [ __ ] damn it I didn't expect I was gonna oh out of all my fails I think this one is probably the most painful clip of them all sorry but after so many painful failed attempts I finally managed to have a couple cool moments with this weapon yes oh my God this little rollout became my new favorite jump because it was easy to do and consistently set me up with a clean Market card unfortunately I wasn't good enough to consistently pull off the wall sink jump that cream taught me but overloading did just fine here I think it's safe to say that the Beggars bazooka has some insane power and whether or not I can harness it it has proved to be a useful side grade what was that hello must have just been a nightmare no no not you again I can't do it just leave me alone why I'm not even that bad the classic is one of the weirdest weapons in TF2 if you aren't aware it allows you to charge your rifle while unscoped but only allows you to hit headshots when the rifle is fully charged this means your gameplay basically looks like I'm I'm coming I'm coming you watch out oh [ __ ] it can be pretty boring to use sometimes but insta killing any class from across the map has no right to be as stupidly satisfying as it is in terms of efficiency the classic is effectively a straight downgrade to the stock sniper rifle but it does have a niche use of making it a lot easier to bully any rocket or sticky jumpers unlike the Huntsman the classic gets stronger the farther away from your opponents you are most of the time using this weapon the players I'm shooting at are so tiny on the screen it kind of just feels like I'm swatting flies if you do want to get more aggressive it helps to abuse flank roots and hide in unexpected places and shout out to this pyro for accidentally showing me the craziest flank root that I've ever seen wait can you seriously do that oh my God if the objective the Classic this jump [Music] oh my God I hate to say it but after playing with this thing for a little bit and getting used to it I genuinely did start to enjoy it oh why am I actually having fun but as much as I had a fun time using the classic I would have a hard time calling it useful in comparison to literally any other sniper rifle sorry last and probably also least the fan of war the only time I ever use this thing is an MVM so I'm trying to do like my whole old man vs machine Loadout but I don't think it's gonna go very well right off the bat there seem to be only one viable way to utilize this weapon I think the only time this thing is useful is if I can get in on a heavy who's just sitting on the cart so I might be able to or or right here actually can I okay see that was actually useful You could argue that I probably wasn't using the fan optimally but especially as a force nature user it seemed like it always would have been more efficient to just walk up and shoot the enemy instead laughs the fan of war was so useless there like it was I I guess it helped do damage but like why would I not have just shot him it did not feel great to use and I would even say this weapon was actively hindering me when I needed a melee weapon because of the massive damage reduction come here [ __ ] dude I can't another issue I faced is I often force myself to use or completely forgot to use both the fan or the Mad milk in combat oh my God please oh I had milk wait I can milk myself [ __ ] don't take that out of context the game was going about as I expected until I decided to demonstrate my extremely high skill movement with the force of nature no but I'm re-queuing yeah after that one I decided I was never gonna play upward again so uh now we're on Sweden going into Sweden I'm gonna go go go go go go go into Sweden yeah this is the one this is the target I didn't milk them but okay he's AFK I didn't even kill him still is it even fair to call the fan of War bad if this is the person using it like come on unfortunately I'm still not convinced that this weapon has ever helped me get a kill that I wouldn't have gotten otherwise and for that I am gonna have to say this weapon is useless [Music] all right guys I think that's all we have time for today thanks for checking out the video uh why are we doing it out

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Published: Fri Aug 25 2023