TF2's Class Categories - The Defense Classes

[@Samwiz1]

So given it was just Christmas... (Merry Christmas btw) What was your favorite part of it? :D (Favorite gift, a good meal, bearable relatives, etc.)

[@Polyester-m7z]

merry christmas :D

[@IanBrown-j1z]

getting new samwiz videos

[@Eryas2]

Family.

[@yoozoo2]

I loved spending time with family and the gifts

[@EvanMoretz-uf5te]

The thanksgiving dinner I had

[@MidoriGrey]

Mentioning the "why is that there" sentry placement kills is worth a serious sensible chuckle

[@rockowlgamer631]

7:46 I'm glad you call Heavy the anchor, he feels like a brick wall that you have to bulldoze through to get anything else done against the enemy team lol. Now all we need is an anchor cosmetic of some kind. Man its gonna suck seeing you not talking about TF2 anymore.

[@eggroll5510]

I've always thought it would be funny if there was a reskin of the fists of steel that just made his hands like an anvil or an anchor or something else very heavy. Or even just as a regular cosmetic like the glove ones that rarely show up

[@Generichatman]

Market pliers jumpscare at the beginning

[@Samwiz1]

Hello everybody

[@atig51]

@@Samwiz1 Hello everybody my name is Markiplier and welcome to... Team. Fortress. 2. It's a Valve game that released quite a few years ago and I am super excited to play it, alright let's starting with the training this game has to offer. Okay, it's telling me how to move (I already know how to press W, A, S, and D, I don't know why-) Does this character have a rocket launcher? Ooooh. I'm gonna blow some people up with this. im not typing an entire markiplier script for tf2 lol

[@HarrisonSolie]

⁠​⁠​⁠@atig51 "helloo everybody my name is markiplier and welcome to team fortress 2..... part two.. i've been a littleee bit busy on this game and it may have taken over my life somewhat, but that's not what's important right now.. is it? IS IT? (dark filter is applied, lixian appears and looks frightened) no... what IS important is that i have learned of this alternative play style of the uhhhhhhhhhh (camera zoom) what the heck even was his name. y'know theeeeeuhhhhh the one with the booommy boomy rocket launcher agh what was his name lixian help me. (lixian appears again looking on-edge) WHATEVER HIS NAME WAS y'know boomy boomy man i have discovered a play style for boomy boom man called 'trolldier,' and i, just, it's amazing and i have to show you all. OH WAIT YEAH RIGHT... SOLDIER IS HIS NAME. fuckin, boom boom man is soldier right yeah.. man, i have not been sleeping right. y'know, working onn the movie i've been working VERY HARD on. (dramatic pause) Iron Lung. anyway. let's get a map going. alllllright we're loading up onnn this map called hightower--" me neither but it's really funny to imagine

[@Sleepy_Cabbage]

defense in tf2 is basically territory denial, demoman excels here with sticky bombs, engineer with his buildings and the heavy just being the heavy

[@Pudding404]

Sam from his engie and heavy explination, really likes people playing around *him.* I respect playing Heavy as a roamer, and engie very angrily. I feel Demo has the highest unexpected damage output. When you shoot pipes and random stickies, you really only have intuition to go off of. Thus the enemy has to play around you the most.

[@rockowlgamer631]

Demoman and "unexpected damage output" should not even be in the same category.

[@inductivegrunt94]

I really enjoy playing defense as the classes speak to me with how they provide area denial and how they have some form of tankiness, be it having a higher health pool or by having another target the enemy has to deal with. That and playing defensive is something I like doing in TF2.

[@insertnamehere6659]

I like playing defense classes because I love stuffing pushes by cocky-ass offense classes and watching them cry in the chat.

[@Chaos_Vergil]

The way you describe the 3 types of classes in TF2 is awfully similar to how people describe the 3 character slots for 3v3 fighting games like DBFZ or UMVC3. You have your Point, your Mid, and Your Anchor. The Point is the one that leads the charge in any fight and determines the flow of combat. They are the ones that get in and get out, building meter, doing damage, and are supported by their assists. The Mid acts as support and back-up for your Point character. They are the ones that you either use their assist for or switch in to in order to gain an advantage either through finishing off a character with a DHC or to gain some kind of advantage in the neutral. The Anchor is your last man standing. The one that you rely on when your back is against the wall. They either are the ones that best utilize the comback mechanic that the game uses or are the ones who you save your other resources for in order to push back the enemy. They also provide the Mid and Point with a good assist (ideally) in order to keep the fight going. Now, I know this analogy isn't perfect since you can freely switch between characters at any time during a match, but the TF2 mercs have ways to act outside of their typical class role with certain strategies or unlocks. Either way, it's a fun and interesting comparison to make.

[@34moused37]

Oh THATS what your pfp is. I honestly thought it was a hunk of cheese

[@BigHatLoganGaming]

engi isn't just an angry Texan with a shotgun. he's an angry Texan with a shotgun that if left alone for two minutes can conjure a stationary heavy soldier combo

[@moss-via]

Man i loved your TF2 content, it was hilarious and entertaining. Ill be sure to show up for whatever chaos you bring next

[@Lucanoptek]

Love how the play style can be resumed as "being a rat bastard"

[@ChimbaKarimba]

the bonus clip is so nice. thank you

[@LicheyLost]

So what i've seen from each class review is... The more alike the class is to a mortar artillary round, the more Sam likes it.

[@Samwiz1]

Pretty much We love fire and forget/pray and spray

[@EvanMoretz-uf5te]

DEFENSE! *clap clap* DEFENSE! *clap clap*

[@lxbreadboixl3140]

Damn, these are the kind of videos that make me want to play more tf2

[@Benny_Blu]

How 2 Demo 1. Rename your Loose Cannon to "Coconut Gun" 2. Make him look like Donkey Kong 3. Go ape

[@melvinmcfly4498]

The point of heavy taking longer to kill doesn’t really apply when the enemy team has that 1 bastard that always has a fully charged classic.

[@ChocyAddict]

5:30 the caber is just a very situational melee. It only really works in specific loadouts. Hybrid caberknight is kinda viable. Having a pocket ~360 dmg is pretty usefull and my favourite loadout which is the loch n load, tide turner and caber so it's actually possible to blast jump.

[@starmaker75]

To me, it feels like demo and pyro should switch roles given how they actually played and have changed by updates and likes

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

No, pyro is there because of the ambush and playing off other teammates to spread that damage, demo can also do that but unlike pyro you have to reload. So fucking much reloading and you can't be close range or you die. He may do alot of damage, but you get that damage off better playing defensive. Such as pushing behind your Uber combo with the sticky bombs, while pyro would be the one ubered that's a better formation then the demo being uber and the pyro running ahead of him.

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

Pyro and demo play off well with each other for covering weaknesses. The airblast you may see as a defensive mechanic, but it's there so you can walk at the enemy soldier flames out (you never have to stop firing remember that). It's a tool to create space and keep it that space can be used to get in which is what pyro needs.

[@SomeCertainMycorian]

this video is pretty rad

[@FlashFox21]

Hope you had a Merry Christmas, Sam. Also, was that Mac talking about Cr*ck?

[@Four_Shadowing]

March 6th, 2025, 2:28pm. Remember your promise.

[@insertnamehere6659]

His promise to discuss Helldivers 2?

[@pyguyofdoom182]

@@insertnamehere6659his promise to play it

[@neromastic4512]

Here is some perspective from a Engi Main like myself that has played TF2 for a long time since 2014 Be it playing with the Mini or lvl 3 and trying to be offense or defense. What I really love to do is Deceptive Warfare when I want to have some fun. Run a Jag or Stock Wrench,Take a Shotgun or the Frontier Justice,Place a lvl 1 Sentry in a Higher or Hidden Corner Hide yourself near it or in a Pincer maneuver,and in Theory it should divert the attention from engaging you or the sentry. In Practice (Depending on class) the lvl 1 Knockback is huge compare to the lvl 3,it does work confusing most enemy at first,but some like Scout,Pyro,Demo ect (really fast classes be it on foot or flying) get flung out of the range or place you and the sentry together in the line of fire. Constantly changing positions and your own movement makes sure that your enemy is at constant paranoid feeling of where you will suddenly come out,unlike a spy where you can hear them,a engine and its sentry can really make for unique experiences for the enemy (Had friends in past freak out or panic as to how funny they had to choose between a lvl 1 or a Engi) Equal are dangerous,equal are worth to eliminate,but when you had to choose between one,by the time you choose,one of them will take you out. "Flank em,then Spank em" - Sun Tzu

[@no1normal750]

so I'm not the only one playing engie that way, the jag is why I main engie

[@Zero_de_Nova]

5:33 You can Caber jump! (At least that why i have it on)

[@thejuggercat]

my best part about christmas was an... unexpected gift that began because of the phrase "fuck it we ball". ...and money. that i may be trying to spend on this gift.

[@thebotanist7145]

You tryna tell me that you play Higher Tower unironically?

[@Samwiz1]

Yup! Good times

[@ShadowsWrath4]

I play Engineer because he's genuinely a really nice person. :) *[SHOTGUN COCK]* _That you should never anger._ >:(

[@pawlo-qk8tg]

FIRE IN THE CATEGORIES

[@demonmysterykid3343]

So cool.

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

I like heavy. If I need to win I play him and sometimes if I don't need to win. I stomp the rats. Demo is one of my favorite classes, that's also just a win class and he does so much fucking damage.

[@mrmannsalt2444]

Is that ss13 ost? Very cool!

[@Tixeron]

sam fortress 1

[@diannakerns1404]

Question, are you going to be doing more TF2 content when you switch to a variety channel? As TF2 is probably the best game for your kind of videos, being half commentated gameplay and half random rambles about stuff, few games allow for that kind of video gameplay to happen very easily besides TF2. The only one that comes to mind is Minecraft, so I would like to know if you're going to keep doing TF2 videos or if this is the end of those videos.

[@Samwiz1]

This is the end, unless Steel ever gets around to editing some streams in his backlog Go to Samwiz2 if things ever get figured out and that’ll be the last bastion of my content in the game

[@diannakerns1404]

@@Samwiz1 Well then, that answers my question. This channel is probably my favorite TF2 channel (Zeyo and Soundsmith are close contenders) but this channel may take the crown as my favorite KZbin channel, but we'll have to wait and see.

[@Beutepanzer]

I hope you still play some other valve games but even if you do not i wish you the best of luck

[@Anti-Simps]

Hi, Sam witwicky

[@ieuanhunt552]

Defence classes are for slowing the game down. Heavy with his massive health pool. Demo and his stickies. Engie with his sentries and despenser. They are roadblocks or speedbumps that the enemy must overcome before taking the objective. Much of TF2 balance was focused on CTF and CP. The triad of Offence, Defence, Support reflects that.

[@ryanlira7883]

Hey man, did you see the uncle dane video "I a heavy man now"?

[@peika8324]

gonna be honest yet i just like you on heavy, the joke on no heavy main exist so i decided to become and have lot of fun with it...... man i miss rydercycle, also finally someone who understand and discribe heavy, im so tired of seeing people plying heavy like a sniper and too safe, you are the problem that enemy must find a solution. dont fear death, just make sure it cost the enemy

[@stargost2338]

Samwiz, are you using gyro controls or is your hand just that jittery?

[@DouglasWeaver-j5v]

So for engineer you literally took the concept of battle engineer and decided to use more gun?

[@Samwiz1]

After all, why not? Why shouldn’t I shoot the heavy’s nuts?

[@DouglasWeaver-j5v]

@@Samwiz1 Good point.

[@oog1283]

hello everybody my name is welcome… what?

[@RedDemoman-f9h]

hooray new vid

[@beanman9760]

Beans

[@librariantopokemon]

i had to pause the video and laugh when you showed off your demo loadout. the frozen aurora skin on your weapons? its a pride flag. what pride you might ask? it involves eating. and the dude who *made* the skin? one of the biggest members of said "pride". dont get me wrong, i support prides alot. but the fact THAT made it in as a SKIN into this public game never fails to make me laugh uncontrollably.

[@ork1987]

frogbert

[@ConfusedRaceCars-vc4]

Btw if you will still play it will they just some funny moments at least

[@jerfer.]

About to start watching but i thought i would comment first. there better not be any markiplier

[@Samwiz1]

Uh oh…..

[@thecarrierpigeon6657]

i know what you did on July 12th 2009

[@falco5148]

Why are you doing a tutorial on this game in 2024, there are more people on earth who know how to play Tf2 than there are people who know how to play chess

[@Samwiz1]

It’s not exactly a tutorial if I’m just saying how bad I am at playing the class

[@jerfer.]

same reason theres 300 videos on each weapon in the game

[@pteroid11]

Funsies :)

[@domaws]

why watch a tf2 video about a topic you know everything about

[@flamingscar5263]

If you ask me, it's because there is a stigma in the TF2 community that the class labels are "wrong" and "make no sense" when in reality they do and Sam is making these videos partially to prove that they do indeed do a good job showing the play style of the classes

[@yoozoo2]

Was I first

[@Samwiz1]

Yeah, actually!

[@yoozoo2]

Yay

[@WestEditz4Life]

Yes but it should have been ME!!!!

[@molassesman4066]

​@WestEditz4Life if you dont like it you should gain immesurable power and destroy him

[@kennedyj4966]

@@WestEditz4Lifeshut up