[TF2] Bad Weapon Academy: Equalizer

[@velocilevon]

1:25 What a power move: killed you with escape plan, knowing you could one shot him with equalizer, then he taunted right in front of his spawn while holding the escape plan. Absolute monster.

[@Appletank8]

honestly, the escape plan is ironically more reliable at getting in hits due to the speed.

[@Mahiro01]

thats me :)

[@cyandude3664]

@@Mahiro01 oh wow

[@PK-Radio]

The equalizer is my favorite come on

[@CHRF-55457]

XD

[@frank8273]

You know when the equalizer is really good? Mannpower, not only do you have a grappling hook which give you a lot of mobility, combined with Knockout and being at 1 health you can 1 shot anything.

[@MilhSpears]

Maybe, but be honest with youself, nobody plays that.

[@frank8273]

@@MilhSpears Actually there is a lot of people that play Mannpower, is just that you have to wait either 5 seconds or 1 hour to find a match but when you do is always full of players, at least in my region

[@kerbonaut2059]

If SolarLight can get several Mannpower matches (he's got atleast 2 vids with Mannpower clips) anyone can

[@mysoncrumphaseveryinjury3853]

Then boom. Equalizer will get nerfed in Mannpower beacuse one remaining guy from Tf2 team plays this mode only

[@mr.mcmeme2638]

Yeah you know that there was a character inspired by the equalizer taunt, His Name is Junkrat

[@drift_rider7465]

Soldier: “Oh hi sniper!” Sniper: “see ya mate.” 6:02

[@Breakaway-ic5gj]

Sounds like a gmod style vid

[@lecommentar9851]

Ayyyyy

[@thepokeybird]

I honestly love those rare moments where you do absolutely devastating damage with the equalizer

[@BalloonTombs]

Trust me, as someone who is a soldier main in progress getting a kill with an equalizer on low health is one of the most satisfying things

[@aeoninfinity247]

this is why Equalizer is my go to melee, fuck the critics I'm having way too much fun doing 100 damage per swing woooooo

[@cavenoises3891]

You better believe that big earner spy quakes in fear.

[@M4x.1520]

That was the best Minecraft gameplay I’ve ever seen

[@Maezhughes]

Amen brother

[@cream3281]

I can't believe he did that with a fuckig IRON PICKAXE

[@JohnFortniteKennedy_]

c'mere cupcake!

[@Mrskeletonfitness]

@@JohnFortniteKennedy_ c’mere sister

[@StoryTeller796]

And you can also add a second stat that increases your power depending on how high the opponents HP is, basically double down on the "Equalizer" aspect of the equalizer.

[@lavalord96]

I would give it some sort of passive damage resistance when active. Edit: I have an idea for the equalizer; It should reward you for playing DEFENSIVELY and standing your ground whereas the opposite of this is the escape plan which is used for escaping danger. I talk about the stats in my second comment on this comment if you wanna see my idea for the weapon.

[@Spanishdog17]

Or maybe a small speed boost when at low health so it would be like a safer, stronger, and slower escape plan

[@lavalord96]

@@Spanishdog17 ehh I think the speed boost would be not diverse enough, I was thinking the equalizer should be like the opposite of the escape plan, in which it offers resistance and extra damage at the cost of speed. For example: The new equalizer could keep its unique stat of doing more damage the lower your health is, but at full health, it would do the normal stock 65 damage. Then it can have something like the lower your health is, your passive damage resistance to all sources increase; To balance this, you could have a -25% movement speed while it is active, have a 25% lower swing speed to balance out the damage, and of course the valve staple of "no random crits" for good measure oh and don't forget the healing penalty from medics. I am going for a more defensive weapon that rewards you for standing your ground; where the escape plan is meant for running away, the equalizer I feel, should make you stand your ground. I mean, the opposite of running away is facing the danger head on right?

[@xcybitt721]

@@lavalord96 True, but when has Valve cared about TF2?

[@lavalord96]

@@xcybitt721 true, but who said that I said that valve actually cared about weapons and bots up till now?

[@tuckermatis1572]

I mean, Heavy's pretty well shown us with the Fists of Steel that that sort of concept can work really well on high HP classes like himself and Soldier. If it were me I'd take inspiration to make soldierified version of them: give him high resistance to ranged damage, high weakness to melee damage, and something like the Zatoichi's honorbound mechanic to lock him into the melee fight once it's out, on top of the old the damage scaling mechanic and overheal debuff. That way enemies will be needing to come to you to get a kill, making it a proper melee fight where you can enjoy the increased damage, or a getaway tool relying on resistance instead of speed in contrast to the escape plan.

[@GoatMan-dl5ds]

Pro: For every 50 health missing you get a 30% damage buff and a 15% damage resistance. Con: 25% slower swing speed no random crits and slower healing.

[@giornojoestar4411]

5:38 THERE I AM GARY, LOOK, THERE I AM

[@davidhong1934]

Hey! I saw you on TV last night.

[@CrocandCo.]

Both weapons exist and the Equalizer is pretty decent. +15% base damage bonus +Damage increases as the users becomes injured -On Miss: Hit yourself. Idiot -25% slower firing speed That brings the base melee damage from 75 at full health to about 123. It works now as both the rework you mention and as a tool to build charge.

[@bonzai8664]

Ooh definitely gotten more crazy with the editing

[@wingedbluj1674]

I believe a good adjustment of the stats for both picks to make it actually hard choosing one of them is to Give the Escape Plan a damage penalty Have the Equalizer's damage be 65 at max health while still retaining the same max damage at low health.

[@krazyivan9733]

Here's how to balance: Pros: Damage goes up as health goes down: When active: grants a flat 10% damage resistance that goes up to 35% resistance as health goes down. Cons: When active: cannot be targeted by medigun beams. Health Packs cannot be collected while health is above 60%

[@sharkpetro2288]

Good point here but I might have better options. Base damage bonus will break the meta no matter what downsides it has unless it makes weapon unusable or restricted to some very specific scenarios, I think damage-wise this thing should stay the same or have 3-4 stages (full health, below 2/3, below half, below 1/3 for example) with max damage of 90-ish and without any base damage reduction like it is right now, it deals with 3 problems at once, so that you don't have do be killed easier than a mosquito to deal max damage and at the same time not be able to deal insane damage once you are 1 hp and the weapon now is more predictable (a little indicator near the crosshair while it's active would be neat). Also I think swing speed would negate damage buff if not mathematically then for sure fun-wise, it would be too boring or even frustrating to use since it's a general purpose damage dealer and not burst damage/utility weapon like other melees with reduced swing speed (market gardener or ubersaw for instnce) instead what it needs is damage vulnerability for every damage type except for melee while active (since there is no speed bonus that would help you abuse damage buff and the weapon is already hp based and doesn't help you escape, so it should be somewhat a threat unless you are far away where soldier can deal damage without hurting himself). So, in a few words my version doesn't affect your melee effectiveness unless you are wounded, but it makes you vulnerable when you are not close to the enemy where you couldn't deal melee damage anyway. That follows the original idea of a weapon encouraging you to attack as your last hope better than what we have right now and also it theoretically is much more fun and fair to use than your version, since missing half hp isn't going to balance out a whopping 90 damage.

[@joanaguayoplanell4912]

Actually you can survive with just the battalion's and an overheal. The taunt does exactly 300 self-damage. There is also the cheeky tactic of doing the taunt below the bridges on Suijin, to make the grenade just barely clip through the thin floor and prevent you from taking damage.

[@The5lacker]

I think a funny change for The Equalizer would be instead of just being a flat damage bonus based on missing health, have it Mini-Crit enemies who have MORE health than you. You know, to equalize things a bit.

[@cinnamonpanda6040]

And this is why I think most weapons dont need a nerf but to buff the others and slightly tune the too OP ones for more skillful use

[@huitzilo7567]

"I don't understand it how does a grenade do so much damage"

[@jerryc7507]

One of my loadouts for soldier is: Direct hit Panic attack Equalizer I call that battle harden soldier. The playstyle is just hold your ground against the enemy team and rely on health packs instead of your team

[@edwinleechuanhao]

I love the jerma clips you put in the vids, Jerma moments always make my day. Thanks for the vid!

[@korruptedkritz9665]

ok I made up the new stats for the equalizer I made it exactly how it sounds just like the escape plan: stats: + 33% damage bonus if enemy's heath is higher than yours - 20% less damage if enemy's health is lower than yours

[@Avabees]

1 second crit and movement speed buff when initially dropped below half. That way its geared for bulky soldier and ACTUALLY equalizes a fight in an easy to use way. -15% attack speed

[@Avabees]

Jumpscare / “no-u” soldier

[@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth]

*Equalizer Rework Idea:* _While Held_ + Damage increases with missing health + Survive one lethal blow (instead dropping to 1HP) + Receive 25HP on kill - No healing from any other sources - 30% slower swing speed > Critical hits bypass damage negation _HIDDEN STAT: No healing received for 2 seconds after weapon is holstered._ This stat spread seems complicated, but it's actually quite simple. When backed into a corner, a soldier can use the equalizer to tank a hit and potentially land a single high-damage attack. If this kills their opponent, they receive enough HP to survive ANOTHER lethal hit. While this allows the soldier to potentially go on a murderous melee rampage, the slow-as-molasses swing speed and inability to heal means if you miss a single attack, you die. (The 2-second heal delay after holstering the weapon is to make sure you can't quick-switch around a medic or dispenser to become invincible, and the crit bypass is to not dick over spies and snipers.)

[@Froggyman145]

I use the Equalizer for my signature playstyle: Discount Market Gardener Stock rocket launcher Gunboats Equalizer

[@bazingamycheeks]

as opposed to the shahanshah treatment, I personally would've just made it so that at base health you deal equivalent, maybe slightly less than the stock shovel, but after that point, you become unstoppable...but I'm sure that there would be something to balance that out though...

[@r1ch1e74]

I think a good balance for it would be changing it entirely. They tried to split it and keep the best of the two but sadly only one is useful by itself. I don’t have a good idea for change but I think it is obvious that the equalizer just isn’t going in the right direction.

[@njdonovan755]

I love the Minecraft music in the background

[@thegrayyernaut]

People talk a lot about one-shot this, two-shot that. But practically, we don't melee full-health enemies all the times.

[@seelkadoom319]

That intro was the the best thing ever

[@mattparnall4148]

I would just go all in on the concept and increase the damage around the board. at full health it would still do less, but you could get to normal damage faster, and at 1 health you should be able to some absolutely nutty damage (e.g.1 shot a heavy)

[@AtillaTheFun1337]

I miss rampaging around Harvest with Ye olde equalizer

[@alexculp2504]

I find it funny that I got an ad for a tv show called "The equalizer"

[@MyViolador]

Give it a faster swing speed. Boom

[@juan_becerra]

This weapons only use right now is building uber and not marking yourself for death. Maybe add a damage bonus based on the amount of rockets left in your clip instead of HP? Negative damage on 4 loaded rockets, and bonus on 1 or 0 loaded rockets.

[@Verdessa1273]

I use the equalizer because I don't have a funny picture to put on my sign, and I think all the other soldier melees are lackluster...

[@theinternetpolice2078]

"Random Crits don't belong in discussion of TF2's core balancing" Hasn't valve been using them so long that removing them would change the balance of the game? Not saying they belong, but they've been around too long to cleanly get rid of.

[@fishstickonastick-gaming]

It's binary. It's a switch that you can flip off which is what competitive servers have been doing since basically the dawn of time. The balance changes would only be positive as Spy no longer gets fucked by their existence, Sniper can no longer invalidate his biggest weakness, Medics can no longer get out of jail free and take 25 Uber with them for their troubles, and Demos, Soldiers, Pyros and Heavies can no longer wipe out half of a team for clicking at the right time while other classes get to maybe win a 1v1 for free. The only possible negative effect is that weapons with the "No Random Critical Hits" attribute would no longer have said attribute. The weapons that have this attribute are as follows and I'll go over whether or not removing random crits would make any difference in their use going up. - Back Scatter (trash) - Flying Guillotine (banned in competitive, but that's because it can fuck up rollouts at no cost to the Scout using it) - Cow Mangler (also banned, but that's because of the infinite ammo pool and lack of buildings to fight against) - Market Gardener (too difficult to use to see an increase in use were random crits to be removed) - Phlogistinator (yes, more Pyros might use this) - Manmelter (trash and all the other flare guns get crits anyway) - Axtinguisher (the Powerjack exists and is much more reliable for the majority of situations, even serving the Axtinguisher's role as a finisher by giving health on kill) - Neon Annihilator (one of the most situational weapons in the entire game) - Every single Demoknight weapon (I guess people would use the Skullcutter less?) - Ullapool Caber (trash unless you use it with a shield anyway) - Frontier Justice (purely defensive Engineer is too powerful to trade it away for potentially guaranteed crits all the time) - Short Circuit (already outclasses the Pistol even with random crits) - Gunslinger (primarily used for its Battle Engie utility much more than as an actual melee weapon) - Southern Hospitality (more Engineers MIGHT use this, but it's honestly such an inconsequential upside that I can hardly see it being imbalanced) - Cleaner's Carbine (trash) - Bushwacka (everyone already uses it anyway, but that has more to do with Jarate than anything else, people who don't use Jarate would still probably run stock or Shahanshah) - Ambassador (everyone certainly thinks it's trash, also falls into a similar situation to the Market Gardener) - Enforcer (trash) - Diamondback (already overpowered even with random crits on the other revolvers) It's a throwaway stat almost exclusively reserved for weapons that already have some means of dealing critical hits or mini-crits. Those weapons are either shit, have one or more downsides that makes them more than balanced to fight against even without random crits, are very similar to their stock counterparts, or they're the Phlog and Diamondback. Those last two are the biggest problems, but that's because they reward you with crits far too easily. Play on any server that has random crits turned off for an extensive period of time and you won't notice any negative difference in balance. You'll just die less to unpredictable bullshit.

[@alex.g7317]

I thought the less health the ENEMIE had, the more damage it deals, not the less health YOU have! This video makes a lot more sense…

[@haydenh7294]

In TC2 roblox they made the powerjack in to two no one make you go faster and the other one heals you on kill

[@izaakburningham3188]

Will you do the Pyro's Back Scratcher melee? I know it isn't exactly bad per se, having some use, that being a quite lethal melee ( +25%, doing 81 damage a swing) and allowing for 50% more healing from health packs, but it also completely removes any and all ability to heal via medic, giving you a 75% negative to healing from all other sources for just having it equipped. This does allow for easy uber building as you heal slower, but if you want an actual heal, you're better running off to a medkit and healing 75% max health or so.

[@Matheus-gc5fn]

i found it very interesting but kinda dumb that you can hold the banner by just holding the M1 button until it's a good oportunity, not like it's bad or game changing but kinda dumb

[@DodgeThatAttack]

10/10 weapon idk what you mean. if im at 1hp somehow, i can 2 shot a pyro because they definitely couldnt do 1 damage, its way too hard for them to hit a soldier slowly walking towards them with a melee out

[@KotMatrosk1n]

> equalizer was nerfed EIGHT YEARS AGO Now i’m sad.

[@laronfields4529]

That blue soldier with the direct hit was pretty sus

[@unlockedchest7491]

C418 - Cats is a very good song pick for the background music

[@ultron6494]

Now it's Bison's Turn.

[@Techhunter_Talon]

Okay, how many bad weapons that are alright, or incredibly good, in MvM?

[@sushirabit5624]

"Blown up by a zombie" Yeah that's about right

[@theauiditor9720]

I remember using it against a fight against a Persian demo knight and a spy I was running the beggars and battalions and I knew I wasn't gonna hit them cause RNG rocket deviation so I pulled out the equalizer at 40 hp and then I one shot the demo and then the spy.

[@dongholiothesecond3324]

The only time ive ever looked at this and decided i needed to use this was one game where i was taking a ton of chip damage from trying to spam a choke and there was a few demoknights running around on the enemy team i used this with the conch and did pretty well thats about it tho maybe you can use it against demoknight thats it.

[@luckyducky7819]

What if you could press "R" to put some of your health into the damage of the Equalizer? For added balance, this effect could wear off as soon as you heal yourself, or get a confirmed hit/kill.

[@Gigean23373]

Is the crit damage this wep does based off of hp or does it do a flat dmg every time? Personally I like to use this with black box and battalion or conch and be more aggressive. But I also play aggressively and try to beat trolldiers at their own game (I also expect to die when I pull out the equalizer)

[@_GhostMiner]

*TF2 with Minecraft music is strange. * 🤔

[@jmackgaming05]

9:00 WTF HAPPENED TO THAT MEDIC!?

[@buddeman27]

its weird how the bad weapons happen to be the best in MvM... it's almost like Valve knows... almost...

[@Dgaming-sn9lk]

What if they gave it damage resistance for all damage types

[@anecdotalintrigue6137]

i think it should be like the backscratcher

[@cha0tix581]

So nobody noticed the get out of iail free card

[@xxsexhaverxx221]

Next bad weapon if u haven’t done it already, plz do eternal reward

[@MrMisfortune]

"Or just use the best melee in the game" I wasn't aware Soldier had the Ubersaw.

[@GameyRaccoon]

Woooosh

[@slurmygunch6010]

@@GameyRaccoon you're missing the joke

[@aidandixon6028]

@birb you're supposed to respond to an incorrect woosh with wooosh

[@slurmygunch6010]

@@aidandixon6028 no

[@justafan9206]

@@GameyRaccoon no u

[@gamerwithextrafries2239]

2:00 every time I see this I can only think of how pissed that medic must have been seeing his uber being wasted just to taunt kill a sentry

[@RileyNiko]

Well, the point of the uber probably was to destroy the sentry

[@gamerwithextrafries2239]

@@RileyNiko Yeah but if that isn't a friend pocketing him he must've been mad he didn't just shoot it and get more kills afterwards

[@cravethebrave7539]

Wasted?

[@Thatoneguy-el8xn]

And then it doesn’t even work

[@ludwigiapilosa508]

Would have worked if he had the manntreads

[@CelibateSaihara]

"Come here cupcake!" -Famous last words.

[@chipsanddip_6784]

We live in a world of DUTY!

[@landlockedcroat1554]

remove random crits

[@mysitcowl4574]

That reminds me that Rick may is dead... ;( Sad

[@shumpiremadness2372]

Famous last words for either you or the enemy

[@Blank-zn2zk]

Top last words: "Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him." John Barrymore "I am about to - or I am going to - die: either expression is correct." Dominique Bouhours "Come here cupcake!" Soldier

[@Crystal_Remorhaz]

This weapon is literally the result of a messy divorce. The Escape Plan got the kids, and the Equalizer got the dog. The Escape Plan even ditched her husband's surname. Since then, the Equalizer has been too slow to keep up, and he's become more self destructive than before. But I suppose that when you give up half your money, getting equalized is rough.

[@hakai1014]

The divorce is the Escape Plan’s escape plan

[@zombiegordonf9320]

Why couldn’t things just be equal between the two?

[@notnottheslam-jamfrancisco9262]

3:28 that demo just double backflips outta there

[@dexxenyrcosas]

LMAO

[@cogahan]

Perfectly straight form too

[@VaporwaveVixen]

ah yes the "i got it from an achievement so it must be better than stock" weapon

[@Holenpense]

I mean basically every soldier melee is better than the stock

[@scantyer]

but it is better than stock on soldier? lol

[@DudermanJensonHaeger]

it is better on stock cause you can build uber faster

[@danielsurvivor1372]

It is? Why would you EVER use stock shovel? If you have high enough health to not receive equaliser bonus damage, then why aren't you spamming rockets? You can easily tank it. And if you're that obsessed with safe close range kills then use shotgun. And if you do have low health, it's a direct upgrade, if you're into trying to melee people with Soldier (without escape plan) which is a death wish fighting against any decently skilled player

[@CheeseWeegee]

@@danielsurvivor1372 the only reason anyone would use the stock shovel is for the Trench Warfare achievement lol

[@jackhudner3804]

8:28 You got these stats reversed. The Shanhanshah does less damage at high health and more damage at low health.

[@silph5229]

no he didnt, look at the wiki

[@jackhudner3804]

@@silph5229 "This weapon's function is to reward players at the cost of risk. When the player's health is equal to or above 50% of the maximum, the Shahanshah will deal 25% less damage than the Kukri. However, should the player have less than 50% of their max health, the weapon will deal 25% more damage." Copy-pasted straight from the wiki.

[@silph5229]

@@jackhudner3804 oh yeah your right, misread the stats sorry lol

[@carrot5610]

@@silph5229 your mother have down syndrome

[@bigdaddy7798]

@@carrot5610 Your dad has schizophrenia

[@GoobbueXIV]

Hearing you say the equalizer change was 8 years ago caused me physical pain, it still feels like only 3 years ago at most

[@anamethename3327]

Hey look it's guildmaster wigglytuff

[@astracrits4633]

@@anamethename3327 YOOM-TAH!

[@lukatosic4447]

It was so broken though, and hella fun from what I remember.

[@InsaneLool]

right?!?!

[@JohnsonSteel]

Jungle Inferno was 3 years ago...

[@Slaanash]

I haven't played TF2 in a long time, like "What's an escape plan? That's the equalizer" time but these videos are really interesting.

[@Joawlisdoingfine]

Man its kinda sad so many Bad Weapons were once viable

[@Astraaaaaaaaaaa]

Earl Josh Beloria not only viable, pretty op.

[@zeeb2190]

*infuriating

[@krool_]

the problem wasnt that they werent viable,it was that the were op and unfun to play against.

[@hanmoamo]

Welcome to Valve gamebalancing. Their politics is more or less the following: "so you're saying this weapon is strong and easily abused? Let's make it completely useless!" RIP Axtinguisher, Baby Face Blaster, Ullapool Caber, Enforcer

[@Spanishdog17]

*Cries in 2013 Baby Face's Blaster

[@baconlettucepotato69]

bro the fact that automatic captions captured this quote perfectly has got me dying right now "this has never stopped any pink painted blighted beak medic girlfriend from shoving her kritzkrieg so far up her soldier boyfriend's a$$ that he's puking heal particles"

[@amazingamerhawk2822]

11:10. That poor heavy respected it so much he gave him his sandwich

[@zanehankins7500]

*3:27* Demo does a backflip!

[@mymusicmen13]

Monkey flip!

[@HenryXLII]

I think giving it damage and knockback resistance when it is out would actually make it a pretty fun weapon. You could close the gap on Pyros during Uber, and it would have it's own niche as a Trolldier weapon.

[@scarymeunster9095]

I doubt they’d ever put in the effort to give a resistance that scales with health, but if they did, that sounds pretty cool.

[@bruschetta7711]

@@scarymeunster9095 i think the knockback can be kept permanently, and with manntreads you'll be pyros nightmare

[@thedootlord]

What if it said At below 32 health you gain 90%resistance to Fire Bullets Explosives And an immunity to after burn

[@maximilianoavila5752]

mantreads exists .-.XD

[@fanimation617]

@@maximilianoavila5752 the mantreads give you resistance to knockback not immunity

[@AnthanKrufix]

Give... It... Lifesteal! IMO That'd be the absolute perfect way to make it a better weapon. It's theme of going aggressive when you're low on health would be made all the more relevant if attacking enemies on low health is directly how you survive. Maybe add a melee damage vulnerability while active, to stop it auto-winning every melee duel even against Demoknights (or in Medieval Mode). But other than that I'd say that'd be perfect. The Half Zatoichi wouldn't be too similar ether since the Equalizer's lifesteal would heal on hit while the Zato is a 100% full heal but only on-kill.

[@defensivekobra3873]

problem is, increasing your own health means now dealing less damage again, which would make the weapon hinder itself. Maybe some sort of buffer against damage or damage resistance instead?

[@feIIas]

@@defensivekobra3873 honestly, i think that's a perfect way to balance lifesteal, "equalizing" your damage with your health. You heal a lot more at low health, but you can't heal as much on subsequent swings

[@jaletemur6680]

its still a pickaxe why would you use a *pickaxe* to kill people? why?

[@drunkenpotato143]

@@jaletemur6680 tell that to the horde that is fish scouts or pan users

[@AnkaaAvarshina]

@@jaletemur6680 of all the things for you to criticize about TF2... it is NOT their choice of models. Like seriously.

[@traumatizedmysticalcat]

11:44 "Although this has never stopped any Pink-Painted Blighted-Beak Medic Girlfriend from shoving her Kritzkreig so far up her soldier boyfriend's Ass he's puking heal particles" Holy shit dude you just made my sense of humor go apeshit

[@cardude247]

“Honey, there’s a new Bad Weapon Academy”

[@HybridHenderson]

"Give me a second, darling, I'm still watching DasMXD's Heavy Update pt. 3 Video"

[@Reshiram9001]

Yes dear

[@chairinspace7956]

thank you dear

[@mr.mistermind8256]

My KZbin notifications be like:

[@beh256]

Caber...

[@MuichirouTokito416]

I think Equalizer should also increased swing speed when you get injured aswell

[@mrawesomepug8738]

Sometimes I wonder what would of happened if they never split the equalizer.

[@IInferno]

I do too, probably even more soldier mains.

[@DudermanJensonHaeger]

then my equalizer would be op

[@jollytemplar3670]

It’d be the meta probably, unless people wanted to use the disciplinary action

[@privatepessleneck]

Then it would be the escape plan but even more meta. you'd honestly be hard pressed to use anything else since it gave so much with no real cost in return.

[@skyslasher2297]

Nothing really it still be popular but would still compete with the whip and MG

[@clockworks5069]

It should be: "When under 33% health, receive minicrits while melee is active."

[@athan13590]

You could snipe enemies with minictit rockets by shooting them and switching to melee before they hit.

[@muddashucka9743]

crits, not mini-crits

[@somerandomguyintheinternet]

@@muddashucka9743 that would just make soldier a more crappy spy

[@muddashucka9743]

@@somerandomguyintheinternet 1, Spy is not the only class to have melee crits and 2, This thing would need crits to be able to output any real damage and even then it wouldn't be worth using.

[@somerandomguyintheinternet]

@@muddashucka9743 "under 33% health"

[@immahere]

Theory: keep the current stats, but make the damage buff and nerf ludicrous. Raise it to like 300 damage at 1 hp and like 20 damage at full

[@Appletank8]

you'd still die most of the time at melee range, at slow soldier speed.

[@kerbonaut2059]

So...on launch equaliser.

[@immahere]

@@Appletank8 still make it fun for last-ditch efforts

[@immahere]

@@kerbonaut2059 no speed boost though

[@kingjensen8091]

This is what I was thinking. I would want something that I could at least spend all of my health to get someone in one shot. Making it do more than the gardener could make it a cool trade off for sac plays, but only works if you spend your entire clip doing massive damage to yourself. Could work really well with manntreads as well.

[@whydoiexist2180]

0:12 that was recreation of a completive clip where I taunt kill someone

[@soup6381]

During the entire video I was screaming “USE YOUR ESCAPE PLAN’ then i remembered what he was using

[@eh2587]

Shows how much overrated some weapons are

[@bananabread3360]

I think most of us have forgotten that picaxes are for mining instead of running away

[@mrcopycat2355]

This was actually my first strange weapon and I loved using it against cocky scouts going for meatshots or demoknights by pulling this thing and critting them to oblivion But yeah, it's pretty crap, sadly

[@memeextreme1356]

“Bring forth the holy hand grenade of Antioch.”

[@smileyphantom2838]

Right, one... Two... Five!

[@Mr_Rykes]

Might as well use the escape plan for the holy hand grenade.

[@thendar823]

Id love to see a damage resistence on it like heavies miniguns. Just in the spirit of being "the counterpart" of the escape plan.

[@epicgamersaurus]

The Escape Plan speed buff is incremental like the Shahanshah, so it’s kind of weird that the Equalizer is gradual.

[@danielsurvivor1372]

What does it mean?

[@azurabbit12]

@@danielsurvivor1372 The Shahanshah and Escape Plan give set buffs depending on if you're below or above a certain amount of health, the Equalizer it's progressive and every Health Point lacking will increase the damage a bit

[@Da-PaNtz-GuY]

3:28 That ragdoll tho

[@PlayerHalf]

"Funni ragdoll." -SondMith

[@Luxuriantsama]

plastic demoman action figure

[@mysoncrumphaseveryinjury3853]

Like a bowling pin

[@Da-PaNtz-GuY]

@@mysoncrumphaseveryinjury3853 'Nice Throw!'

[@rare6477]

Backflip

[@Molletedefrijol]

Actually, I liked your idea, sounds like the escape plan is the soldier's GRU (when it used to mark you for death) and the equalizer works like the steel fists Endurance vs mobility

[@gangrene9897]

Here's my take: Instead of the damage being affected by health, it's holster, unholster, and cooldown times are affected. Being at low health lets you makes it easy for you to tag players the moment they get into range, rather than making it easier to close the range.

[@beanslinger2]

me, who's used the equalizer for most of my soldier time: wait, its bad?

[@Zacatito]

"Just get a random crit" is like saying "just get a headshot" in r6

[@impish492]

well no, actually, it's the exact opposite, where random crits are RNG, where a headshot is like 95% skill

[@dogdog243]

Hate cavs hitreg and camping 3 speeds when I'm always anchoring instead of them roaming

[@ImKindaLeft]

@@impish492 You play r6? The head shots are a diamond in the rough.

[@LopD_]

Anyone else notice that the soldier on 7:02 flicked perfectly onto him in 1 frame?

[@noahlibaba812]

Pretty sure that's a cheater

[@alpieogd2125]

@@noahlibaba812 nah mate, he just activated ultra instinct

[@pootzeketzi1233]

I think he was looking up already

[@Luxuriantsama]

@@pootzeketzi1233 why would you look up

[@noahlibaba812]

@@pootzeketzi1233 i don't think , when you leave this spawn on Thunder Mountain you can't immediatly look at the sky , you need to do extra step

[@plazmazx]

I feel like if the current equalizer had a longer melee reach, it could be close to being good

[@facefish1713]

5:42 "FOAS talking about unbalance related stuff" Me: *getting emotional for the Minecraft ost in the background*

[@Neotenico]

The demo ragdoll at 3:28 was probably the best I've ever seen.

[@dreadnaught2306]

I don't even play tf2 and these videos are still invigorating

[@Talon323]

I feel really old for remebering the old equalizer...

[@ffwast]

The actually good equalizer...

[@white2765]

..Also the OP Equalizer.

[@justcullen9304]

Yeah baby, thats what I've been waiting for, that's what it's all about

[@OrochiJr97]

Can you do an "Overpowered Weapon Academy" series?

[@Nah...Imactually]

to be honest there is no point of that. The bad weapon academy is for making bad weapons good. But if that was a thing he would just talk about how "x is op this needs a nerf"

[@draforgg5594]

Note: annoying to fight against doesn't mean overpowered... Except Wrangler I guess.

[@araylaurence6220]

why would you need a academy to learn how to use broken weapons if people are already using them or they are easy to use to begin with

[@Monstertarget]

tomislav would be the first

[@nathanlevy8612]

Where Fsoas would teach us how to effectively fight against the most powerful weapons in TF2?

[@2Pixelated]

“SON HELP ME, YOUR DAD IS HAVING A HEART ATTACK, MY PHONE IS DEAD! CALL 911” “I’m Sorry Mom, A New Bad Weapon Academy is out”

[@thewhen6591]

It’s quite understandable

[@quidlad7098]

7:13 that rag doll holy shit