The Dumbest Weapon in TF2

More like the Dumber-back. Or uhhh Razor-Dumb? I don't know. Someone think of something more clever for me.
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[@SquimJim]

I already see some people bringing up the Sapper as an example of a weapon designed only to counter 1 class- So let me stop you RIGHT THERE! Yes, it is. Maybe in a perfect world the Sapper would have other uses but it's absolutely not in the same camp as the Razorback, Danger Shield, or Spy-cicle. The Sapper is just an extra tool Spy has by default. He isn't giving up anything to use it. He isn't made worse if the enemy team has no Engineers. And it doesn't allow him to counter one of his counters (at least not really).

[@Atroxian626]

"The Second the enemy team stops having a spy the weapon becomes useless." This has never happened ever.

[@puskajussi37]

To be fair, from time to time I intentionally stab razorbacks. Supprisingly often the enemy doesn't even notice, making the following actual stab quite bit funnier.

[@gaidencastro9706]

The wrangler practically needs a competent spy to take down.

[@denialz1460]

the razorback was given to the sniper and not any other class because he's the only one whose whole playstyle is based off of him minimizing his field of vision

[@goober_uno]

"It's the only weapon in tf2 that I will outright refuse to use"

[@compatriot852]

The razorback definitely is a weapon that needs a rework. It should have honestly been fixed when the Darwin's danger shield was

[@XshortysX]

Make it so when you get backstabbed, you're locked into using your melee weapon for a short duration so you have to duel the spy essentially. It'd give more of a reason for the spy to yell "Lets settle this like gentlemen!"

[@thedog5k]

Giving sniper immunity to backstabs would be like giving a class immunity to his headshots

[@maskofthedragon]

Sniper is the most dangerous class in the game yet it seems like his unlocks were balanced around the common 2fort Snipers that take a minute to line up a shot only to miss anyway

[@bobbyferg9173]

While the old Danger Shield had a broader use than its current version, I still would say that the old version's anti-Sniper potential had a greater presence than the current version's anti pyro potential. I mean all the danger shield is doing is removing a minor annoyance vs. a major advantage in Sniper duels. But the thing the old Danger Shield and Razorback have in common is how they let Snipers play in a more careless style because they don't have to worry about being countered.

[@LilMcMoffett]

5:09

[@knines6279]

10:34

[@itsraventm]

The real flaw of having that resistance from behind mechanic is the sloppy hit registration. The frustration of facestabs is bad enough, and having that chance against a pub stomping sniper would be a nightmare. In a perfect world with perfect hit registration it would be a very neat mechanic, but tf2 is far from perfect in that regard.

[@youtubeuniversity3638]

Sniper is a class that innately is built on, basically, interacting with enemies at a range they cannot interact back.

[@SylvanSerenity]

6:50

[@ministerofpropagandaindoct4966]

The Razorback is probably a perfect example of a crutch in TF2

[@llmkursk8254]

I actually like the idea of reducing backstabs to 75 damage, and breaking when enough damage is taken. Makes it more interactive in all situations.

[@Marslow_SFR]

imagine protecting your team from spys by going in the middle of them and when a spy tryes to backstab one, he backstabs the razorback

[@pinkiepyro5964]

another example of how ridiculous the razor back is: