Author Topic: Best TF2 Engineer strategies?  (Read 2456 times)

if you're on defense, moving the sentry every so often like every kill or so is pretty effective
that way they don't know exactly where it'll be while going around corners
it's useful for both normal and mini sentries - easier with mini ones though


frontier justice - able to do a lot of damage at close range and when you hit enemies with the southern hospitality it will deal a huge amount of damage on the enemy. But the only problem is you need to be fast and perform hits from behind this would be a good strategy to kill spy's that are standing there sapping you're sentry. Hit them with the southern hospitality which will make them visible if they cloak then shoot them with the frontier justice.

short circuit - The short circuit uses Metal but it is good for long range shots, if you have a sniper with you then they can hit the enemy with a jarate and then you can wipe them out easily with the short circuit because of its rapid fire ability

southern hospitality - this is possibly the best wrench (in my opinion) for the engineer, it is extremely good for defense against the enemy. Once you hit a enemy they will start to bleed and it will lower their health, if you continue to hit them it should kill them easily.  

and a weapon I would not recommend using is the wangler, you need to be very experienced with this and practically it is useless. The fact if you hate you're sentry just because its pointing at the opposition then this is for you, even in Mvm it is stuff. Don't use the wangler  

also another thing,
try putting your sentries in aggressive, active spots
if you manage to reinforce them, (maybe using the rescue ranger) then you can rack up a lot of quick kills and the cost of inevitable quicks sentry deaths

you're lucky sentry busters don't exist in capture point

and a weapon I would not recommend using is the wangler, you need to be very experienced with this and practically it is useless. The fact if you hate you're sentry just because its pointing at the opposition then this is for you, even in Mvm it is stuff. Don't use the wangler  
the wrangler is amazing what are you on about
huge amount of health for your sentry, infinite range, able to point out targets super easily instead of your sentry blindly firing at a scout instead of a soldier

the wrangler is amazing what are you on about
huge amount of health for your sentry, infinite range, able to point out targets super easily instead of your sentry blindly firing at a scout instead of a soldier
You can also hold back an uber and survive them a bit longer

spam mini-sentries.

always.

You can also hold back an uber and survive them a bit longer

there's always the fact that you can make your sentry do the spychecking as well


i always enjoyed going frontier justice + gunslinger. nice annoying kills followed by some crit shots. mostly works when placed in a line of defence tho and not on its own, cus mini sentries are obv pretty easy to take down if they're the only thing there

Pompson for detecting spies at chokepoints, or Rescue Ranger for grabbing up sentry in case of sentry busters/ubercharged group of enemies.
Wrangler for zom fortress rocket-jumping to safe spots; regular pistol is too weak so i dont bother using it
Jag for rapid construction and repairs of equipment, or Southern Hospitality for some extra offensive melee against enemy spies


Talking of mini-sentries, don't you just love a good mini-sentry hidden inside a bush...