I Main Heavy Now

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I played as the Heavy Weapons Guy for 2,630,000 seconds, here's what happened.
If you're curious, I changed the thumbnail background from the Russian flag to something else because a few people rightly pointed out it might be in poor taste considering current world events. I was going to use the USSR flag instead to be more accurate to the Heavy's background, but pure red just doesn't look great. So it's boolets now.
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[@UncleDane]

Check out War Thunder and use my link for a free large bonus back with boosters, vehicles, and more: playwt.link/uncledane War Thunder is a highly detailed vehicle combat game containing over 2,000 playable tanks, aircraft, and ships spanning over 100 years of development. Immerse yourself completely in dynamic battles with an unparalleled combination of realism and approachability. Also, thanks everybody for very recently getting this channel to 800k subscribers! :D

[@Andrew_thatsit]

Hello there

[@njdonovan755]

hello uncle

[@StemmLive]

Yes

[@someyoutuber3394]

Unc Dae

[@engineer_comeback]

Spahs "Uncle dane tutorial"

[@Sandvichin]

“I main Saxton Hale now”

[@XxDramaticBatu]

I main sandvich now

[@tame1773]

Tre

[@sirpixel7945]

"I main Ms. Pauling now."

[@silveryt4759]

"I main Civilian now."

[@SpudChickenSaltedChips]

"I main 2Fort Cow now."

[@tyrusing]

Out of all the tf2bers on this platform, I would've never expected Dane to be the one to leak the fact that Heavy does indeed fuck his gun

[@pi0neer758]

I think he's making a habbit of leaking stuff

[@aeea3306]

Whar

[@stevehero3562]

this mean dane fucks his gun

[@yoshthen00b]

To be fair, Dane is a bit of an expert on sounding, so it can't be that weird.

[@kunalchugh1977]

Next hes gonna leak WWIII

[@Padgriffin]

14:46 I love how you can see Dane start tracking the A-posing Scout before realizing it was an A-posing Scout and disengaging

[@Mixomin]

Dude was just a civilian caught in a war zone 😂

[@Athanase48067]

A-Scout jumpscare

[@jojo9222]

POV: you spared a German child back then

[@tricksterzyro3230]

Targeting System

[@boinqity4621]

ciws locking on to commercial airliner

[@bat4889]

hey for anyone who thought about playing warthunder, just know that it takes literal, unexaggerated years of time in matches grinding to unlock modern vehicles, and even just fleshing an early game ww2 lineup will take you multiple days of play time for just 1 nation, oh and you can pay hundreds of dollars to skip that grind, other people can just buy better vehicles that are rated the same as the free ones, there is no skill based matchmaking, and there is a large bias towards soviet and russian vehicles, have fun

[@Ne1vaan]

Modern also sucks ass tho. Mid tier best tier.

[@Bone_Incidents]

Looks like heavy learned how to build teleporters and became a superior class.

[@arandomgamer1681]

Initiate sailor moon esque transformation sequence for tele-h00vy

[@CharlesAnderson-qv2wi]

LAZYPURPLE

[@Bone_Incidents]

@@CharlesAnderson-qv2wi Yes.

[@mariustan9275]

Teleporters + Heavy = A SUPERIOR CLASS!

[@jaywerner8415]

@@mariustan9275 Lazy Purple delivered that line PERFECTLY. A Badass AND Amusingly obvious statement.

[@McJuggins]

Uncle Dane has gained some weight

[@Ice67333]

Snatcher?

[@sallopez203]

your godamn right

[@iamthestormthatisapproaching69]

He sounds a little less southern. Hey, are we still talking about the same person?

[@smo1_boi0]

Uncle Gain

[@mrevident1970]

This is what bot crisis does with people

[@legend_badge238]

Next year we’re gonna see something like “I main Winston now” and it’s just a completely played-straight video like he’s just been playing overwatch this entire time

[@bradysullivan7120]

Or alternatively he just never acknowledges that its overwatch. Imagine the video opening with "Winston is my least played class in TF2" followed by him comparing Winston's playstyle to other TF2 characters and just never acknowledging that he is not playing TF2. "Winston has excellent mobility however choosing to jump into the sightline of any sufficiently good sniper player will get his head blown off" Hearing him talk about Winstons tactical usage on 2fort would be GOLD

[@Kevbo2040]

"Last year I mained Pyro for a month, you can check out that video here." Oh I think we remember it, Dane, it was only ten videos ago.

[@DaRockeet]

211* videos ago if you were subscribed to the MAXIMUM DAMAGE KZbin channel!

[@capperbuns]

That's a good metric!! That's more than 1 video a month!

[@electability5977]

Fat scout is unironically my main in this game. It started off as a joke, and now I have seen the light. There is no going back.

[@pumpkojacket]

Fellow unironic fat scout main, ayyyy

[@commenterthe3rd]

hi fellow shotgun heavy main!

[@Monarch280]

What about boxer heavy?

[@whoisanarnb]

I saw the light in tf2c that using the shotgun with the mini gun is actually good

[@cherrygrabber7172]

I did some Fat Scout over on Harvest, against Snipers, and it worked. Minigun for a lot of enemies at once, Shotgun for when I'm on the move, and odd I know, default Fists for Pyros W+M1 towards me. Top scored, too.

[@lllgamergodlll4625]

This is not my uncle Edit: Mom I’m famous

[@bingoisntcool]

aunt dane confirmed?

[@AbcdEf-lz6oe]

Our Uncle

[@altaccountmaybe]

Uncle bane

[@samiztheowo7764]

Uncle Hane?

[@Midnight-Starfish]

​@@AbcdEf-lz6oe *Государственный_гимн_СССР.MP3 Intensifies*

[@buzzsburner.8286]

as one of the 624 heavy mains in existence, I find that most of the 'fun' I have, boils down to making people think I don't see them, then flicking to them when they don't expect it. tons of hackusations, but it feels good, almost like medic, to see the rest of my team do great and have fun plus it gets me to 150 points in a full game pretty consistently

[@Zanophane_Gaming]

psychological manipulation is ALWAYS an option in games!

[@kweep1]

6:45 "Why is your sniper named (C)od (P)oints?" "(C)od (P)oints"

[@Otamatone69]

I love cp! (cod points/control points/cyberpunk/cheese pizza)

[@somehowviable7696]

@@Otamatone69 HANK DONT APPREVIATE IT TO CP! HANKK!!

[@PrincessSunbutt]

@@Otamatone69 I hope you realize cheese pizza was the original way to bring it up on the internet over a decade ago.

[@MSCDonkeyKong]

@@Otamatone69 Club Penguin

[@Otamatone69]

@@MSCDonkeyKong fuck I should have thought of that

[@volatile5460]

Uncle Dane, 2020: “I was wrong about the panic attack, I forgot how strong shotguns were” Uncle Dane, 2024: “I was wrong about the Heavy, I forgot how strong the shotguns were”

[@Aloquis]

Uncle Dane, 2028: “I was wrong about the Soldier, I forgot how strong shotguns were”

[@tpmiranda]

Meanwhile LazyPurple: I HAVE... A SHOTGUN!!!

[@CenturyBlade]

“How many times must we teach you this lesson, old man?!”

[@dasirrlicht5415]

Uncle Dan 2032: "I was Wrong about LazyPurple, I forgot how string the Shotguns were"

[@Caerot22]

Uncle dane 2124:" I was wrong about TF2, i forgot how strong the shotguns were"

[@demolisherman1763]

I can’t wait for “I main Spy now”, “I main Sniper now”, “I main Scout now”, “I main Medic now”, “I main Soldier now”, and “I main Demo now”

[@monkeeboy830]

and then the secret finale "I main Engi now"

[@A_PC5]

"I main you now"

[@Noh_Friend]

I wish 'How it FEELS to play medic' was real.

[@ziggle5000]

"how it feels to main all the classes as an April fools joke"

[@jaywerner8415]

@@Noh_Friend We all do. Hell Lazy even did a Skit Bit in a Man co Mercenary video about it.

[@BruthamanBill]

holy shit that "heavy is sentry" is a DEEP cut. fuck me it takes me back way too far.

[@Diesel-wh1th]

Case #24 as to why Heavy needs a fourth slot for a Shotgun:

[@eirin481]

yep

[@PO10TIAL]

I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS

[@Diesel-wh1th]

@@PO10TIAL as a heavy main, your fourth slot video is like my new testament lol

[@wha.-_-.]

Imagine after making 8 i main classes now, he will do the "i main engineer now"

[@rickmcthicc3500]

That means he would have to play until engineer is his least played class💀

[@ninjadefogo1630]

Would be peak cinema

[@Dondoki_]

just commented this 😭

[@ColeAnimates]

Yep same here

[@poleve5409]

@@rickmcthicc3500 lmao

[@casualcyberguy1314]

He’s no longer Uncle Dane he’s Dane, Brother of your Father.

[@hogracubu197]

Дядя Даня

[@lancesmith8298]

Dark Souls boss ass name

[@thegreatscribbles960]

​@@lancesmith8298 Dane, brother of your father. It really does sound like a dark souos name

[@tuskedclover3308]

Is this like Melvin, Brother of the Joker?

[@chpsilva]

Second of His Name

[@Pudding404]

In 10 years "I main engineer now". He *is* the sentry now.

[@jhunt7235]

I actually figured out the shotgun heavy loadout on accident, because I loved playing fat scout, but would occasionally say "Well, the mini gun works better in this specific context, what's stopping me from using it? Nothing " i never even realized that I could just play regular roaming heavy with a shotgun and use them both simultaneously.

[@spyshark_5002]

I had the same epiphany too

[@typhoon1575]

It's almost as if heavy was designed to work that way

[@jhunt7235]

@@typhoon1575 And to think that we all just ignore that that's exactly the case because the meta is the sandvich/banana

[@Viscidsquare040]

11:13 love this clip. He has the shotgun out, rounds the corner to find enemies, AND THEN switches off the shotgun to the Tomislav to die

[@lipschitzlyapunov]

It's funny because that demo dealt 0 damage

[@teamspirit8727]

I imagine shotgun equip rate on Heavy will go from ~15% to 100% really quickly for a couple of weeks.

[@Craven.maple9931]

lol yeah

[@CobaltIngot]

I've been doing this for over a year and now I'm gonna get called a dane copycat 😭

[@fadedcafe3563]

​@@CobaltIngot bro same I've been a shotgun on heavy advocate for a year now and now I don't think I'll be able to use family business without being called a trend chaser.

[@thefisherman6577]

здарова паладин

[@bullet3417]

Nice easy kills

[@mangowav7680]

Thanks Dane! As someone who spent Years watching TF2 content (largely you) and not having a pc, it gave me a lot of time to think about who I wanted to play, and it always leaned into heavy, and this video truly does summarize the simplicity of the highs and lows of him, I love my main, he sucks, and im proud

[@BrowniePunch]

Speaking as Heavy Main #4, I'm simply happy to see the big man getting big attention. Also don't sleep on that Dalokoh's + GRU interaction! It's no ninja-neer, but it enables a roaming playstyle should someone prefer the minigun over the Shotgun.

[@romcad]

I can't wait until Uncle Dane makes an "I Main Engineer Now" video. I would really love to hear what he thinks about that class.

[@notsquare304]

I think he hates that guy

[@blartversenwaldiii]

there's no depth to engineer, i don't think he can drag it out for a full video

[@us3r158]

I can't wait to see 200+ heavies rushing me with the family business

[@bestuan]

Thewhatshow already popularised that before

[@scrittle]

I've seen a massive spike in shotgun Heavies in European servers, it's already too late...

[@VortexF]

​@@scrittlespies and snipers main's about to have a whole course meal

[@embasorangiratina36]

Finally I can pretend to be a hipster who used it before it was cool.

[@henryambrose8607]

Not only does the Tomislav offer a huge advantage with the faster, silent rev, but the higher accuracy also translates directly to higher DPS unless you're either at point-blank range, which you won't be because of the slow and loud spin-up, or you're up against a dense crowd, which basically never happens in TF2.

[@HolyCarp0]

fun fact: if you play hightower or other endless maps where everyone kill everyone take the brass beast and chocolate, youll have more than 400 EHP and giant dps, yet noone cares about the loudass brass beast reving sound and the damage is stupidly high

[@StickMaster500]

When Uncle Dane masters and mains every class in TF2, no one will be.

[@KozelPraiseGOELRO]

Oh, hello, StickMaster, how's it goin'?

[@9eaij]

it's him again.

[@Aelfraed26]

Well I'll be damned, StickMaster is still alive

[@billy23114]

I’m gay

[@garikm24]

The Justin Y of TF2

[@lipschitzlyapunov]

16:34 average heavy experience: you see a crocket or crit sticky heading straight in your direction and you can't do anything to avoid it.

[@percher4824]

Average TF2 experience, really. You can't really do anything about crits half the time.

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

​@@percher4824average tf2 experience: they just miss and it was a crit

[@slimgrady2250]

Avg Tf2 experience: shoot a crocket just for a teamate to jump up and eat it.

[@Capiosus]

average pyro experience: reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket reflect the crocket

[@weeb1813]

"oh no dane made a video about playing heavy now everyone's gonna play heavy" _evil frech laughter_

[@serserendipity6333]

Love videos like this that walk through an epiphany, honestly makes me want to play Heavy now. The Sandvich makes me think about that quote about how players will optimize the fun out of a game given the opportunity; it's not a "fun" weapon, but the ability to dispense health to your teammates is the optimal choice in more organized games, leaving Heavy with only the slow, unfun minigun to actually fight with. Brilliant video.

[@jonahkluger6136]

I have been vouching shotgun heavy for the longest time. It was how he was put in the game, he has the minigun for pre-meditated fights and the shotgun for unexpected battles, being covert and dodging the projectiles of Soldier & Demo. I had a fight where I was a Brass Beast / Shotgun heavy against a Direct Hit soldier in the Dustbowl stage 2 hallway. If I were to have revved my minigun I would have been shot 3 times and died, but because I had the shotgun, I was able to dodge two rockets and win the fight. I was then able to use the brass beast and mow down the unsuspecting people at the exit with my high DPS weapon. Both choices in my loadout were necessary to my success.

[@typhoon1575]

I agree But I also advocate for heavy to have a 4th weapon slot for lunchbox items. So that you can have a sandwich and shotgun and don't have to have them compete for a weapon slot

[@Minusonebraincell-qt5bw]

@@typhoon1575true

[@eur0be4t3r]

@@typhoon1575or being able to have a food item replace the minigun so you can still use the shotgun or give Heavy a shotgun primary

[@shadowsnake5133]

​@@eur0be4t3r I mean at that rate, I kinda want to meme, and ask we also replace melee with lunchbox items, and let him use all 3 at once, just cosplay a dispenser.

[@pigfish99]

The brass beast needs a knockback resistance buff, IMO, but its amazing for holding down chokepoints if they aren't in the sightlines of a sniper.

[@xXFluffers]

I played heavy for about 800 hours from 2014 to 2017. It was my most played class by a massive margin. In that time, my typical loadout was the tomislav, the chocolate bar, and the eviction notice. Hundreds of hours of roaming, jump reving, and sneaking behind teams. Loads of fun. When the pyro update came out in 2017, they re-worked a ton of weapons, and one of the things they touched was the eviction notice. I felt like it was such a core part of my playstyle that I actually quit playing, and haven't really played tf2 ever since.

[@mutedknght]

Same thing happened to me, though I preferred the family business instead of the chocolate bar. It was a pretty strong loadout that was slept on a lot because that sandwich healing was seen, I think wrongly, as being heavy's strongest option. Miss the old weapons.

[@ghoulbuster1]

Gosh darn comp players ruined the eviction notice.

[@user-tp8pf5ke8o]

What did the notice used to do

[@xXFluffers]

@@user-tp8pf5ke8o It's been a long time since I've played so I'm rusty on the details, the important thing it did is it gave a speed boost that wasn't quite as high as the gloves, but also didn't have the downside of taking extra damage. I think they also did more damage than other melee options? My memory is super foggy. I'd use the eviction notice's speed boost to get a good position behind enemies, overheal with the chocolate bar and do ninja jump revving with the tomislav.

[@Totellynetasknwaker-qb6vy]

welp gotta use the gru now

[@yeahmansoul]

One of the things i find most annoying while playing heavy (and in general …) are snipers; with a shotgun not only are you less of a sitting duck but you can try to aimpunch the sniper to make him miss gaining you time to try and get cover. Not that it is a reliable counter, but at least it gives you a way to influence the interaction rather then just hoping the sniper misses which at least feels a lot better

[@theturnc0at]

Loving this series! Eager to see more of these, its a good format imo

[@moonworks7517]

The most optimal heavy playstyle just being putting away the lunchbox item is weirdly one of the most satisfying things I've learnt about this game

[@readyplayerthree3]

For real

[@vorpalweapon4814]

Optimal is an overstatement, its just the easiest way to use heavy in a pub.

[@sipinosapa]

Ill be honest its skill issue but I haven’t had success with lunchbox items. I just keep using them out of position or woops just so happens my team died and I got caught deepthroating a sandwich. So I started ditching lunchbox items for the shotguns. Specifically the Panic attack. Uncle dane is right.

[@titicaca.]

No one said this is the most optimal playstyle, its just one that fits dane the most

[@Nitosa]

​It's definitely not optimal in all situations, but it's the most explosive playstyle you can get with heavy. In my opinion: His biggest problem isn't him being too slow or his situational optimal use, but his lack of a strong unique vocal point in his gameplay. Outside of positioning which half the cast shares as a key component he only has tracking as his mostly unique standpoint. Scout has movement, demo/soldier are mostly* projectile focused with their own high skills ceiling movement. Pyro has utility while *having* to play close quarters in fights. Medic, spy and engi are playing another game (Aka, other objectives that help the gamestate) Sniper is sniper Of course all these traits bleed into other classes but heavy is just so normal compared to the rest. I wrote this quite hastily so there's bound to be some parts i left out or didn't think about.

[@cuddamationsstudios8980]

Who’s gonna build the dispensers now?

[@candiedCoder]

viewers like you

[@GunSpyEnthusiast]

Heavy, along with teleporters. Because if heavy could build his own teleporters he would be like 200% better.

[@aleksandrsiv6099]

He's evolved. Now instead of building dispenser, he will ask to POOTISpenser here.

[@genericgamer1131]

Right behind you.

[@Telejaba]

Turn into dispenser Pick medic

[@Josukegaming]

This was really interesting, i love hearing your take on how to make classes more fun to play!

[@epicgamerzfail4575]

I love how this whole video is basically uncle dane discovering why valve gave heavy a shotgun in the first place

[@PybroLuv3syu]

Don’t build a sentry, Become a sentry.

[@aperson6505]

Uncle Dane, the first one to realise why the Tomislav and Family Business are a part of a set

[@titicaca.]

to be fair a lot of set items dont synergize together

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

​@@titicaca.Untrue alot mostly do when you actually use them together.

[@Kilesfactor]

Now, find a use for those fucking brass knuckles v:

[@missfire9480]

​@Kilesfactor they did knuckles dirty

[@titicaca.]

@@greenoftreeblackofblue6625 Nope. Some work for sure but most sets dont have any kind of synergy like other weapon combos do.

[@Fluxuation]

Cant wait for the final installation in this series "I main Engineer now"

[@Idontknow-kj3hp]

imagine he does this for every class until hes like "i main engineer now"

[@curryinahurry2552]

As a heavy main, I think that having satisfying hit sounds and kill sounds is super important to getting the most dopamine from the minigun, especially considering how many hits you deal

[@PizzaTimeGamingChannel]

100% my brother. I changed my hit sound to the old school quake 3 hit sound (donk!) and my kill sound to the Taco Bell gong. Life improved approximately 10,000% highly recommend

[@headcrab4]

Peggle Peg hits + Longshot SFX my beloved.

[@charlesfreeze3997]

@@headcrab4 Ooooh I need to get that one. One of my favorite ones to use was the hardbass notes, just turn heavy into a one person music making machine.

[@starmaker75]

Slighty unrelated but it also the reason why I like playing heavy in mvm. Destroying my so many robots and being of the better classes to slay giant. You show those giants robot who boss. Combine with sound effect of the giant robot deaths and heavy lines(not so giant now, tiny giant. Which I first thought "no use fighting now, tiny giant"). But again there a sense of power when heavy clicks.

[@Phoenix-Handle]

Bro evolved. From underweight texan to the average Russian after coming to America

[@XCola5678]

Average russian*

[@FlashOfAsh]

@@XCola5678 average russian after 5 years in america*

[@tourettestreeproductions3657]

does he know?

[@bojidar_bojidaryc]

To the proud borsh-fed red blooded russian God dammit 🐻

[@adrianjsf]

Well now I am really interested in try harder on heavy,thx for pointing out an interesting playstyle ^^

[@nuclearfrog306]

other TF2bers: try to break out into different games dane: tries to break out into different classrs

[@daddysempaichan]

7:29 Holy shit a Scout that actually used the Shortstop shove in a practical scenario, and not just memeing with it. Salutes to that brave Scout o7.

[@Soapromancer]

Too bad it didn't help the situation at all.

[@The_Jumping_Box]

notice how he immediately died?

[@tacticaljunk1608]

@@Soapromancer He distracted the heavy and broke his line of sight on the choke point allowing his team to safely pool inside that chokepoint where they have the advantage. It's not a bad play considering he's a scout and cannot kill a Heavy that just got out of uber.

[@Shy_002]

@@The_Jumping_Box Living isnt everything in the game, If you can disrupt the enemy to help your team your doing good, Its like the entire spy class

[@thefish53_68]

So the too long didn't watch for this video is: Dane discovers that shotguns are pretty neat and make the class he's playing pretty fun (for the 3rd time)

[@Qwertype315]

Shotgun main discoveres he likes the shotgun, more news at 11

[@timtam4596]

Just wait until he learns about the Scout

[@BlinchixOfRivia]

If Dane does this type of videos regularly, eventually we'll see a "I main Engineer now" video

[@Matt-md5yt]

Glad you did more of this kind of video

[@blakecoco3124]

bro was like "fuck it ill be my own sentry" and then became a sentry gun with legs

[@user-uh6pv9qu9q]

Uncle Dane has become Uncle Lenin

[@user-uh6pv9qu9q]

He is OUR UNCLE

[@hogracubu197]

Разложился на плесень и на липовый мед

[@KozelPraiseGOELRO]

I would like to join the Party of Lenin. I guess the PCMML (it is in spanish) will work.

[@KozelPraiseGOELRO]

@@hogracubu197 как ето по англиский?

[@Marluxiaify]

Cringe

[@HSDclover]

the only thing i consider worth mentioning for heavy as a weird piece of tech: the dalokahs bar interacts very strangely with the GRU. specifically, it undoes the health loss in a weird way, which combined with rapidly swapping to and from your GRU results in large overheal (often to 350 despite starting at as low as 100), regenerating health, and roughly as much healing as the banana in a pinch. it certainly isn't as impactful as the shotgun for actually winning fights, but it gives roamer heavy a way to increase the advantage of his higher health beyond the expected 350 and get back into fights faster and with more momentum due to somewhat ignoring the GRU's hp decay. i won't lie and say this is "good" so much as it is an experience not unlike big earner spy in that you sacrifice health for movement during a fight, but in a far more sustainable way than pure GRU.

[@sniper_tf2-t4o]

If Heavy is a living sentry then Medic is a living dispenser and Sniper is a living teleporter (to the respawn room).

[@bobtheasymmetricaltrashcan4596]

2:00 Most aware casual medic player

[@eggstatus5824]

I genuinely didn't notice that until you pointed it out. That is really funny

[@AhmedEx1.]

Where did he even come from? Why was he infront of his team

[@alejoyugar]

Bro didn't melee or taunt with the übersaw

[@purplesky135]

This does not happen when I am playing spy....

[@eggstatus5824]

Hello, I am a Heavy main. I have loved this class ever since I started playing the game. You might ask what drives me to play Heavy since TF2 is a movement game and the Heavy is fat and slow. As much as I love going fast in videogames, I can't ignore the fact that I am MUCH more of an "Aimer Andy". You might also be asking why I don't just play Sniper since that is the class that I can get all of my juicy headshots on. Well, Sniper is just not an interactive class, that's really it. But also, you would be very surprised at all of the INSANELY stupid spots that Heavy can get to. I both enjoy playing Heavy as intended, as well as just sitting in funny spots and mowing down unsuspecting victims. There is just something very satisfying about tracking your enemies and killing them in seconds. It's also very satisfying when you outsmart your enemies by simply positioning better than them. Yeah sure, it's not a flashy class. I don't have access to a bunch of super cool looking plays as Heavy. But I get enough out of it just knowing that I either outsmarted another player, or aimed better than them. It may not be as cool and flashy, but what it lacks in flash, it makes up for with more calculated plays that you can do completely on your own if you wanted to. All of that......and the pootis pow is just amazing. I love screwing around with it!

[@leopard_123_atl]

damnnmn this is so cool, im a soldier main but seing this perspective even as an ultrakill fan(super fast game) is a cool way to see it keep it up shasha lover!!

[@sdfggdfg5fgdfg]

i got into the habit of twitch crouching a lot when revved up and firing, especially in heavy on heavy fights, do you think it does anything?

[@Shy_002]

@@sdfggdfg5fgdfg hypothetically if you crouch and uncrouch you can throw of sniper aim

[@ArztTSG]

i hope this escalates to the point engineer is his least played class and in his last video he says something like "but after playing with every character, i realised that my true main was the man i tried to run away from" and proceeds to play a video of engi walking into the sunset or sum sh like that

[@kitty185_]

honestly this changed the way i see heavy a ton, great video!

[@bocc7517]

One of my favourite things about fat scout is that, when your mini gun is basically your secondary, you can choose the weirder and more specialised options. I especially love using the Huo-Long Heater as an ambush tool. The Brass Beast can also be used as a dedicated defensive, stand-your-ground weapon.

[@Appletank8]

If you think about it, "Fat Scout" minigun is basically a really heavy pistol if you squint.

[@Shy_002]

@@Appletank8 What ive been saying the whole time, The minigun is the pistol to your shotguns scattergun

[@giantmutantbug]

Heavy is my most played class. But recently, I've been hesitant to play him as much because im worried i'll get bored of him. But this video made me realize that I always have the most fun with heavy when I use the shotgun. And that im not hindering myself by using it. The pieces have always been in place. The shotgun on heavy is good. We were just too gluttonous to see.

[@PhosphorusWhite]

My guy just reinvented the engineer class by making HIMSELF the turret

[@thetexanbuzzsaw3145]

Ah yes the true heavy experience; hardly anyone was looking at you and you only had to fight maybe 2 people at once. Totally how every game plays out.

[@jabbajawz5273]

6:20 the 4 sniper dots against the wall is terrifying

[@DisgruntledPeasant]

Shotgun heavy actually pairs with the brass beast really well. Ordinarily the brass beast is way too restrictive with it's movement, but if you primarily use the shotgun and only use the BB when you get a positional advantage it's great. The 20% extra damage is bonkers.

[@biggierocc1935]

Yea I saw the Bad Weapons Academy on Brass Beast, I just gotta get better at Shotgun gameplay

[@cementeaterreal]

Yep this has been the way I've played heavy for a long time now. That extra damage makes it feel extra good to punish people who overcommit thinking they have the health to beat you, and it's really fun to then whip out a shotgun and starting chasing the players that survive.

[@LOLMLG21]

I like how the heavy meta has only changed from 'Tommy GruVich' to 'Tommy GruNana'

[@nicholaserickson4851]

I love to use the G.R.U to get on top of the harvest point with the brass beast. I also add a panic attack for self defense, which also pairs well with the G.R.U.

[@-Raylight]

*"I main Heavy now"* A certain cultured two individuals : *"Why not both? Both. Both is good"*

[@SpedzterSpedy]

“Acess denied”

[@BackInMyDayProductions]

I love everything about this video, some people may not like it but I appreciate it. And "shotgun heavy" phase, I agree with and went "YES" once it was brought up. Not too long ago I made a 2 part tutorial about playing *Stock Heavy* based on how I've played stock heavy over the months and how I understood it, and that shotgun heavy phase brought me back to how I expressed using the shotgun to co-side with the minigun to actually make it work (somehow). And when you said that you were taking "bad classes" and putting them under a new perspective hits right with me, because the reason that stock tutorial for Heavy exists is to give players a (ironically) new experience playing Heavy only with stock, and also to help understand how Heavy was originally designed. All with the style of old 2008-9 tf2 tutorials. By far, this is now my favorite video of yours and I can see the pattern of making every other least played class as your temporary main. And also is it a coincidence that my next stock tutorial will be for Engineer? When my previous one was for Heavy? Could be just timing.

[@masterofthecontinuum]

My ideal heavy update would include adding an extra item slot, and 2 new types of weapons in particular. Make sandvich and shotgun both equippable with a lunchbox/utility slot. Since sandvich is an unlock, the stock item would be an ammo pack that could be thrown down for others on a recharge, and go through an animation to fill your own. This alone adds a ton of more interesting gameplay, being able to eat sandvich and also use shotgun. A minigun replacement that is an artillery cannon thing that works a bit like the dragons fury. Rather than tracking, you hit sequential shots that deal high damage when you land them. It has good accuracy and can hit for like 50-75 damage per shot if you're very close, but it has decent falloff so you can't just snipe people. It plays sorta like a rapidfire shotgun that shoots a slug instead of pellets, though it still slows you down when firing. Maybe there's a very minimal spinup though. I've seen custom weapons gameplay with something similar to this. Second minigun replacement: a pair of Hussar Wings that give heavy increased move speed, super high jump height, and reduced fall damage. Along with adding a few more interesting shotguns, this would empower full fat scout or melee heavy gameplay. These two are the main ones, but here's some others: A laser beam minigun weapon that increases damage rate the longer it's hitting a person, and has a maximum functional range. Outside close range and approaching medium, it doesn't hit that far. And a chainsaw with a fuel amount as ammo. It only works at close range, melee and slightly further. but it doesn't slow you down when using. The damage is insane but the fuel runs out fast. Only close combat with these ones. A minigun That pushes you back when you fire. Good for mobility but pushes you back from your targets, giving more falloff.

[@clink_erton]

The sequel to "I Main Pyro Now" nobody saw coming

[@dabiga2315]

As a heavy main, you've somehow managed to find and thrive in a playstyle that's the exact opposite of everything I do. When I play heavy, it's usually with the intent of anchoring my team to stop them from getting rolled, which means I'll be positioning myself in cover near the front lines, and making sure my team is with me. To that end, I almost run Natascha, banana, and GRU. GRU and banana make life easier if there's no teleporter and dispenser/medic, and Natascha's slowdown effect makes both crowd control and divers much easier to deal with, which is a major problem for me with the other miniguns. I find it fun to hold the line and keep enemies off the objective, even if I don't get many kills because I'm doing suppression work. Survivability becomes less of an issue, which means that my biggest concern is actually ammo management. Miniguns chew through their very limited ammo _fast,_ and if there's no dispenser, only consistent source of ammo that won't take you away from the fight are divers trying to kill you. I'm not surprised you found the strong suit of Heavy's shotguns- if anything, I'm surprised it's not more commonly known, though I myself only swap to shotguns if there's no tele and I'm getting jumped during runback. I've never really considered a roaming heavy playstyle, mostly because he's so slow that getting anywhere meaningful takes forever, and at that point I'd rather swap to Scout or Pyro and have more fun doing the same thing. That said, I might have to give it another shot now...

[@Assassinmn8223]

3:05 smh he wouldve lived if he just used the dalokohs bar.

[@yes_and_so_what]

There was a second rocket and 90 > 50

[@Assassinmn8223]

@@yes_and_so_what rip

[@Scarfy397]

I've been a Heavy main for a few years now. I think you hit the nail on the head with a lot of your criticisms of the class design overall. I'd also say it helps a lot to have an "ork brain" when you play this class, and by that I mean I like sustained fire weapons because I enjoy just holding down a button to make a lot of dakka happen.

[@DeletedTaters001]

11:00 also, your first few bullets deal half damage. Can't believe you forgot that one : D

[@Kmn483]

The heavy update was just going to be 2 new heavy-exclusive shotguns to get people to use them again.

[@RandomBadAnimations]

14:46 *Scout jumpscare*

[@RoachDoggJr2112]

I dual main Sniper and Heavy. Heavy is super underrated. A good Heavy WILL clean house with minimal effort on the users part. Personally I find him fun to play because if you do it right there is a very strategic support element to it. It’s similar to being a support machine gunner in a fireteam.

[@4whomittolz846]

me watching Dane reluctantly play my favorite class and slowly trend towards using and having fun with my exact loadout and playstyle :)

[@skeleton_craftGaming]

Ironically, I started maining engineer recently.... The universe balances itself.... Also, the clip that you showed of why heavy is" boring" looks like what I would call peak TF2...

[@foxygameur_4547]

04:00 yep, that's why I always wanted Heavy to have 1000 health, so it actually make him survive 5 seconds more before getting backstab or headshot

[@Appletank8]

actually backstabs always do like 3x your max health, so more hp wouldn't do anything

[@dunsky1026]

​@@Appletank8That'd be perfect, you buff the heavy without nerfing the spy

[@foxygameur_4547]

@@Appletank8 Oh, thanks I did not know, even if be backstab is not that frustrating to me, but the sniper mains that quick shoot you from the other side of the map...yeah

[@klevmeister1g]

oh my god THANK YOU. i have been running shotgun heavy for so much of my heavy playtime and i feel like all of those hours of playing have been validated by this video

[@FM-pi2jv]

Perfect timing, was waiting for a new one

[@teepawt735]

My favorite Heavy loadout is the brass beast, panic attack, and warriors spirit. The brass beast allows the heavy to tank more damage and mow down enemies at a longer range and instantly delete someone at close range. However, the rev speed doesn't allow the heavy to keep up with his targets, requiring him to be defensive and let others come to him. The panic attack allows you to push forward and get into the perfect position for people to walk into you without the danger of that long rev, and the quick switch speed alows you to fall back on it after unreving. The Warriors Spirt allows you deal a risky but devastating combo with the panic attack that is super satisfying. This helps the heavy keep his high burst damage when up close since you will be using the panic attack, which already requires you to get up really close to your enemies. As long as you don't equip the weapon while you are about to take a high amount of damage, the downside does not matter. That's just how I have fun as heavy.

[@Ivyvix]

Uncle Dane diversifying his class expertise is the best thing I could ask for

[@lordendermann9138]

Bot

[@alex.g7317]

🤖

[@kekahoz]

If you want sustained fire guns to feel better to shoot, use a different hit sound, use a loud one. Dont marter if you cant hear things over it, it makes it feel so much better to use

[@claytonsadventures3627]

Man this video was informal and vary thought out

[@parcanshy73]

R.I.P. to all the medics who always hope for a sandvich from their heavies, only to see them running a shotgun, because of this video.

[@GolfinhoVoador]

I don't even hope for that anymore, everyone has one but only 1/10 actually throw it

[@flylowlevel817]

No sandvich for me? Then no crossbow for you...I use the Overdose now.

[@Shy_002]

@@flylowlevel817 Finally another medic who doesnt use the crossbow

[@the_dexman]

i mean a good team would leave the health packs for the medics anyways

[@Saxxy_Mann]

⁠@@Shy_002overdose supremacy gang…I respect it

[@frazfrazfrazfraz]

Bro got tired of building the sentry and became the sentry

[@sdfggdfg5fgdfg]

When you have a crusaders crossbow medic and equip the Brass beast you literally become a Sentry+rescue ranger duo

[@stoatadmiral3367]

Yeah. I love this video, but I'm going to put my heavy update weapon ideas here, of course. Philosophy: Heavy weapons guy is supposed to provide line-of-sight suppressive fire with closer range opponents being more vulnerable. Snipers are his main oppressor class, with spy a ways behind. 1. Railgun: fires much closer-spread, much higher-damage large tracer rounds with bullet drop, obviously more slowly, but still quite fast. Landing 3 rounds should look exactly the same DOT as close range with the minigun on, say, a scout. Difference is, it has a magazine of ~6-7 rounds, and automatically reloads when you're not using it, more slowly if you've switched to another weapon. So, it trades continuous fire for a kind of option-select, where you are allowed to deal heavy damage at longer range than normal, say to counter snipers, but as a consequence you are forced to rely on secondary/teammate damage during the obvious downtime. Promotes new loadout combinations for different scenarios, while not changing Heavy's identity at all. Also makes snipers have to read the room (there'd be an audio cue for railgun fire) and consider danger shield to counter if they need it. Also serves to just keep things interesting with more of a duck-in, duck-out playstyle for the Heav, with a satisfying payout. 2. Energy Minigun: Should've been in already. It's got infinite ammo, but a higher spread and lower damage. However, this fire mode is simply complementary to the Alt Fire, which is a large, corridor-filling, relatively slow Bison-style shot that does, like bison, deadly DOT if you don't get out of it's radi ASAP. It has a distinctive audio cue , should be a bit slower than most classes to enable them to move out if they're not caught off-guard, and a long cooldown, during which you would want to use the primary fire. This weapon replicates the satisfaction factor of the Cow Mangler big shot, doubles down on the fun energy wep theme, and provides a unique gameplay advantage in some situations by allowing heavy to "push" and "suppress" in a different way that still feels in line with his existing abilities. Maybe take away the ability to crit, like CM? 3. Ballista: Shield ideas for Heavy primary are always goofy, and make him no longer Heavy Weapons Guy. No good, so instead, Medieval mode can have BALLISTA. Functions like Railgun, except only 1 round loaded at a time, and it sticks out of hit targets, dealing huge damage and big fixed-trajectory knockback (not surfable). Rather than headshots, should do additional damage in knocking its hit target into a wall, enough to finish off most base classes after initial hit. Isn't "good", but would unquestionably be fun. In the right hands, might work for suppression in pubs off of fear factor alone, lmao. 4. Headshot Razorback Secondary: It's just like it says. Training wheels for some, reduces the impact of hacker snipers in pubs, makes skilled players have to react to its presence and bodyshot in some situations, works well with longer-range primaries above if you want to hate on a sniper without switching off completely in pubs, and lets unskilled players have an easier time trying out and enjoying the new weps on the highest risk, highest reward class in the game. 5. Profit.

[@stoatadmiral3367]

Additional Notes: Railgun's reload is rounds-reload, so it gets rounds back over time, but keeps doing so when the wep is put away, incentivizing shotgun secondaries to keep on the fire. I'm aware that sandwich is a great secondary and nice to incentivize because of team heal ability. And the power of that combo isn't going anywhere, but Heavy has a shotgun, even a unique shotgun, and should have loadout options where it's right to use them, thus the "burst damage" trend in these primaries. Loadout creativity is a large part of the fun factor for classes that have it- Heavy should be able to get in on that fun.

[@turnoverhd435]

I like the one time of the year when dane turns into videogamedunkey for a couple minutes

[@basicytgamer9983]

So you just cut out the middle man and decided to be the sentry?

[@mlgchicken7717]

Uncle Dane is NOT avoiding the allegations with this one

[@dr.cheeze5382]

What allegations?

[@pork5877]

​@@dr.cheeze5382oh you dont wanna know... the horrors..

[@StafkiGTN]

@@dr.cheeze5382 some.. TRULY polarizing things...

[@MaxenceBerrier]

He was caught chatting with a Heavy main in the Twitch whisper system... trully despicable acts...@@dr.cheeze5382

[@damenfinch1779]

This is why I think heavy should have a primary shotgun The shotgun would have 50% more pellets Can rev up shotgun to fure like the doomguys automatic shotgun Hold down the fire button to half the bullet spread(It will be called a charge shot Does not need to be reloaded You can pick how much ammo he has in the comments 30% more bullet spread Are slowed down like the minigun when reving and charging the charge shot That way he can be more offensive or at least be more fun on offense

[@starchcontrast4214]

I had a bit of an epiphany: Heavy is what it would be like if Engineer just wore the sentry gun as a backpack instead of building them in fixed positions.

[@FishSticker]

Me and my best friend watching this on the couch rn bro

[@_phloggy_]

you should kiss

[@StafkiGTN]

yeah you guys should kiss

[@TheDreargamer]

Dont leave us in the dark did you two kiss??

[@nicholasmartin5167]

Seems like they indeed kissed and now are busy with something more intimate

[@artifactU]

hey can we please get an update on wheather you kissed?

[@Nyhde]

Seeing this video made me very happy because I had the exact same heavy arc! I'm a scout main myself, and different kinds of shotguns are a key reason for me still playing TF2. Which is why I quickly became buddies with the Family Business when I decided to give the heavy a second chance last year. However, in specific situations, when it is time to mow down the enemy team, you are absolutely right: a surprise Tomislav gets the job done. People see a heavy with a shotgun and too often they think they're watching someone messing around with a meme loadout. They haphazardly jump in for the easy kill only to be met by the entire arsenal wielded by the poster boy. A versatile heavy can wreak so much havoc that playing the class actually becomes fun despite its failings in speed. I'd say that is not nothing.

[@handleonafridge6828]

Uncle Dane has figured out how brass beast heavies play the game 80% shotgun 20% utter destruction with the beast