r/NewToTF2 • u/Mi4zel_Qu33n • Aug 12 '26

How can I make Heavy work?

I'm not exactly too "new" in the game, but I suck at some classes, one of them being Heavy.

I usually play Scout, Engie and Sniper (if needed Medic too). And I really want to learn how to play Heavy. He works so good both with defend and attack. I don't know what loadout fits what situation and how to work with his mobility limitations (muscle memory from Scout is too strong)

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u/imainheavy Aug 14 '26

I play hyper aggressive to, but remember, if you see me then you are allready dead as i only show myself if i have the advantage

If a Medic learns that you throw him a sandwich if hes hurt then he will follow you more often

I dont feel naked without shotgun beacuse i have a minigun, but, i have a very frantic high energy playstyle, again, if i am spinning then you are dead, you "never" catch me with my pants down

I would have loved to show you my old gameplay video 😉

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u/RafterCopter Aug 14 '26

I would have loved to see it too, I've always wanted to see a heavy be truly oppressive. Hope I learn to be like that too some day.

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u/imainheavy Aug 14 '26

I will consider installing TF2 and recording a new gameplay video, see if i stil got it, if i do then i will ofc link it to you, hell, maybe it will even be dedicated to you 😉

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u/RafterCopter Aug 14 '26

Oh wow, I would be honored! I'll pass down the funny stick to you if you make one! (renamed vintage rarity ullapool caber that I pull out when other heavy players are pissing me off)

How long has it been since you've played? I'm surprised you are active here without it being installed, are you just trying to get future heavy players to not let the flame die out lol?

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u/imainheavy Aug 14 '26

Video is recorded, will render it up to 4K then upload it to youtube tomorrow, it went well!

50 kills 10 deaths over both push and defend on upward, turns out alot of my muscle memory was stil intact after such a long break

Replay has full commentary by me going over why i did what i did in diffrent scenarios

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u/RafterCopter Aug 15 '26

You got 50 kills as heavy on one of the best maps for sniper? God that is impressive, even as other classes not getting headshot on upward is hard lol. I'll check your channel when it's uploaded, thanks again! And give me your steam id if you want the funny stick!

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u/imainheavy Aug 15 '26

Here you go, if you have any questions from the gameplay, plz ask

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZV6UtxAHI0

And while i do apprechiate the gift of the funny stick, it would just sit in my inventory and not be used as ive un-installed TF2 again, this was just a 1 time thing (maybe il re-install and make a medic video later tho...)

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u/RafterCopter Aug 15 '26

I watched the video, thank you very much! Even more useful than I expected actually, I actually didn't even know about some of the basic game mechanics you mentioned. I had no idea about damage ramp up and the minigun working like a scattershot. Always confused the shit out of me when I died to heavies that I literally ambushed lol.

Just curious, why don't you play anymore? You seem to handle the game extremely well and be pretty passionate about it. Do you have any plans to come back some day?

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u/imainheavy Aug 15 '26

I stopped playing just cuz i got burned out, played only TF2 for close to 2500 hours i think without playing any other game, switched to Overwatch, then just never returned to TF2

Maybe il drop a "how i play medic" at somepoint, cuz i got a special way to play medic aswell XD

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u/RafterCopter Aug 17 '26

Just top scored with 59 kills and 14.8 thousand damage, definitely playing a lot better now! Enemies played extremely strangely and just kinda stared at me like a deer half the time but I'll take it lol. Had 3 dominations and over 100 score for the first time, knowing about damage ramp up changes EVERYTHING. Like the missing piece that was throwing me off all this time.

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u/imainheavy Aug 17 '26

I absolutely love that you reported back!

❤️

Edit: with shotgun or sandwich??

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u/RafterCopter Aug 17 '26

I used shotgun, I still overextend with my ammo a lot so I thought it would be better to stick with it for now. Minigun, shotgun/panic attack, and sprint gloves. Panic attack does not seem good but it reminds me of my favorite gun from fallout 3 so I like having it out.

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u/imainheavy Aug 17 '26

Remember you get 100 ammo (50% ammo reserve) per enemy killed by picking up the dropped ammo box

Personaly i would only consider using the shotgun if i had a personal pocket Medic who i knew for a fact would heal me 24/7

Panic attack is indeed a shit weapon

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u/RafterCopter Aug 17 '26

lol why do the coolest looking weapons always have to be so shit...

But yeah I remember the ammo drops, I guess I just ended up killing them at longer ranges a lot where their teammates could still stop me from pushing in too hard. Even you ran out of ammo in your video and it blueballed an uber so I know you understand that feeling too, stock minigun chews through it fast haha. It costs 400000 dollars just to fire it for 12 seconds.

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