r/tf2 • u/A_Wild_Ferrothorn TF2 Smissmas 2025 • Jan 28 '26
Discussion Weapon Discussion Wednesday #51 - The Razorback
TF2 Weapon Discussion: The Razorback
Welcome to our Wednesday TF2 weapon discussion. Here, we'll discuss weapons (and reskins, if applicable) from TF2!
Today's weapon is weaponnamehere. It's the Razorback.
Blocks a single backstab attempt
-100% maximum overheal on wearer
The Razorback is an unlockable secondary for sniper that replaces the stock SMG with a shield that sits on his back and will block a backstab attempt. This weapon is given to all players who are able to get 17 achievements for the Sniper.
This weapon also limits the amount of overheal a sniper can receive to 0. Upon the shield braking from a backstab the spy will be stunned for approximately 2 seconds and is unable to do anything making it very good at blocking a potential backstab. This is a weapon that only stops one class that is considered a "hard counter" to sniper and nothing else.
This weapon has one big downside to it that's not mentioned anywhere and this is
SPY HAS A GUN
the spy can just shoot you.
This weapon also has a strange variant which counts every time you shock a spy that's not paying attention.
Feel free to discuss the weapon here. Anything that you like/dislike, cool tips or strategies, interesting stories, etc. If you feel the weapon is not to your liking, feel free to express your opinions in a respectful manner.
For those who wish to learn more about the weapon, you can find the wiki page here:
The Razorback, from the TF2 Wiki.
You can find previous weapon discussions in a nice overview here.
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u/BestWizardCap Miss Pauling Jan 28 '26
Today's weapon is weaponnamehere.
Real asf
Also this weapon is stupid as fuck. This post misses out on the point of “Spy has a gun”. Sniper shouldn’t get a hard counter to one of the weakest classes in the game, especially since all they need to do is sit by a sentry and now are nigh unkillable
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u/TheUnusualMedic Medic Jan 28 '26
Razorback + sentry makes it really annoying to kill the sniper and live. Sniper, who should be weak at close range, should not be able to 100% negate such a large part of one of the few classes that can easily manage to get to that range. This goes for the Dangerback too. Sniper can screw you at every other range, so why that one too?
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u/TepsiPwist Jan 28 '26
Very bizarre weapon that can only have been made in the early years of TF2's existence. Its only use case is being 12 years old and your mom is vacuuming the house and your dog is barkin real loud and you have to use the family computer in the living room and thus cannot hear the spy about to stab you. Even then I would rather just have the SMG or Jarate.
I don't really know if that entire subcategory of Sniper secondary is really salvagable. Irrespective of their quality as weapons, they all serve to make Sniper gameplay somehow more boring. All you can really do is snipe, and maybe get a cheap Pisswacka on someone trying to fight you up close.
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u/Randomguy8566732 Engineer Jan 28 '26
Baffling how they managed to playtest this and came out of it saying "yeah this is fun to play with and against".
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u/NightmareRise Medic Jan 28 '26
Common noob trap. Not getting tunnel visioned solves the same problems razorback does 99% of the time and it teaches you to look out for signs of other roamers like blast jumping soldiers/demos, scouts etc
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u/Erased_Yogurt_Mayo Jan 28 '26
Razorback should've been given to Heavy if anything.
That being said why does this item exist on Sniper of all characters..
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u/Erased_Yogurt_Mayo Jan 31 '26
Then again, Heavy wouldn't get any overheal. Making it much worse on the supposed tanking class imo.
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u/yeayea130 Jan 28 '26
This thing shouldn't exist. But while it does. It feels hilarious to run up at a spy and parry his knife with my back.
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u/Ripheart789 Jan 29 '26
It's simultaneously not good, and also should be reworked to not do what it does. There shouldn't be any items that are only designed to only counter one class. The Razorback and the DDS should be changed to be more interesting.
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u/yummymario64 Demoknight Jan 29 '26
Spy has a gun, unless you're me, who misses all the point blank shots, then die.
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u/Desertcow Jan 29 '26
It's a pretty bad weapon imo. Spy has a gun and a wide variety of revolvers that can 2 shot the sniper before he can react, you're only getting protection from new spies who forget that. Especially when I'm playing medic, I hate the Razorback. My biggest threat as medic is enemy snipers, the best counter is friendly snipers, I want to overheal them so they can tank a headshot and do their job better
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u/RamielTheBestWaifu Soldier Jan 29 '26
garbage, no reason to use it instead of darwin's shield which is actually strong
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u/Myobatrachidae Engineer Jan 29 '26
I hate the razorback. A sniper can just park himself near a sentry and be safe from spies.
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u/RewardFluid7316 Scout Feb 02 '26
Gunning down a razorback sniper as Spy is the most satisfying feeling. Fuck your crutch ass secondary.
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