The 10 Stages of Every Pyro Main

A tribute to 'Hamaji Neo' and his awesome series! These are the 10 stages of Pyro - 10 stages that every Pyro main eventually goes through during their TF2 and Pyro experience! Make sure to comment, subscribe, and let me know if you enjoy this TF2 video and the '10 stages' video format!
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0:00 - THE NEWBIE
0:40 - THE TORPEDO
1:33 - THE NOVICE
3:34 - THE AIRBLASTER
4:37 - THE DECISION
6:00 - THE ADEPT
7:39 - THE TESTER
8:43 - THE BURNOUT
9:31 - THE SECOND WIND
11:07 - THE MASTER
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Stage 1 is the first of the 10 Stages and marks the beginning of the future Pyro main’s adventure in Team Fortress 2! The Pyro player has tried out a couple of other classes and heard that Pyro is a good class for new players, so they switch to Pyro and they think they’re ready to dominate in TF2! Unfortunately, Stage 1 Pyro players are usually just cannon fodder, and they haven’t figured out how to use their flamethrower properly. They don't have much success playing Pyro as they're new to the class, but they're still enjoying using the Pyro's Flamethrower and airblasting enemies around! After a few hours of playing on different maps in TF2, the amateur Pyro player is ready to move on to Stage 2!
Stage 2 represents the Pyro player’s struggle to actually reach the enemies before getting picked off. They try to achieve this by playing ultra-aggressive, not caring about their life or health in any way, and being blissfully unaware of enemies and allies around them! The future Pyro main either doesn’t know what airblast does yet, or used it by accident and thought it was a glitch! Whatever the case, the Pyro is still desperately trying to get in range of the enemies, but it seems like the entire enemy team is out to get them. They run in and go down to a sentry, a sniper, a heavy, a scout, a spy, a soldier, a demoman, and an engineer! However, the Pyro player eventually manages to reach the enemies and light them on fire, and they might even take a few of them out! This small victory inspires them to keep playing TF2, since they’re still enjoying their Pyro experience and slowly improving each time they respawn!
At some point, the Stage 3 Pyro will start experimenting with a range of different weapons and loadouts. They don’t really see the point of the Degreaser, rarely using the airblast and never pulling off combos, at least not deliberately. They love the Backburner and think it’s a straight upgrade to the stock Flamethrower since they don’t use airblasts anyway. They saw an enemy Pyro decimate their team with the Phlogistinator yesterday and saw other players complaining about how broken it is. They tried it out and think its an upgrade, but they almost never live long enough to build up the crit meter or use the crits effectively. If they actually manage to use their crits, it tends to go horribly wrong!
They tried out a couple of the shotguns but gravitated towards the Scorch Shot instead since it’s fun, easy to use, and makes them feel a lot more useful. They also tried out the Thermal Thruster but can’t quite get it to ‘work properly’, and they tend to jetpack way too aggressively into entire groups of enemies. In the end, the beginner Pyro player usually ends up using the Flamethrower and the Scorch Shot since they’re easy and fun to use. The Pyro player has also picked up a few mismatched Pyro cosmetics and looks hilarious, but they haven’t got a ‘favourite loadout’ just yet!
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The 10 Stages of Every Pyro Main

[@notroddy]

pyro is a shit class bro play soldier or scout or demo or medic and then you’ll actually get decent at the game 💀💀💀💀

[@frequentoverdrive8066]

True when i was a noob i decimated the entire enemy team with m+1 no airblast or shotgun i got called a hacker

[@shiskele3273]

Ayo chill bro, its just your opinion. I bet sometimes u pick pyro cause the team needs it

[@apikxd3430]

Nah pyro is a good class

[@TruthWizardTemplar7]

your opinion is wrong

[@frequentoverdrive8066]

@@TruthWizardTemplar7 pyro is a monster if u know when to time airblast and know to use secondaries

[@mudstick]

one thing to note is that no matter the stage, popping stock uber on any pyro will instantly lobotomize them, forcing them to press w and m1 until the uber ends and they become cognizant again

[@spoon6949]

as a pyro player i can confirm

[@regalblade8171]

Soldier in my team:"MEDIC WHY DID YOU UBER THE PY-" Pyro I ubered:(becomes ooga booga w+m1 and actually destroys the Sentry Nest) Soldier:"oh that's why?"

[@qr2693]

It’s like a neurone activation for me, if I get ubered all I can think of is w + m1

[@flyingstonemon3564]

I'll admit, I feel an unresistable need to compensate the fact I am not a heavy and do as much damage as humanly possible

[@thepenguin9]

As a pyro main, when the Medic ubers me all thought empties my head except "w; m1; maim; murder; kill" and I'm not responsible for this reaction

[@kemox3329]

Stage ten: W+M1 with the stock, dies, repeats: what a Chad

[@theytookmypfp]

It’s not easy getting 8 kills with one click of a mouse and spontaneously explode into gibs

[@mariuspoppop4898]

W+ M1-ing in style

[@cripple8339]

Or puff and stings the entire server

[@bandongwilliejr.7046]

that me

[@CallMeJephph]

stage 11: learn how to code in the Source Engine so that he can equip a scorch shot in each weapon slot

[@kitsunelele6411]

Nah, stage 11 is change the code so the reserve shooter works on Pyro airblast Good times

[@hueytran9691]

dear god..... no.

[@hoodcate]

@@kitsunelele6411 absolutely never

[@kobban63]

@@kitsunelele6411 i mean i should work with it now atleast

[@bmwolfGrim]

@@kitsunelele6411 that would be cool as hell

[@doorcf]

I started playing pyro because the idea of playing a class (almost) everyone hates for being "unskilled" and being a general nuisance called out to me. While I'm nowhere near good or even average, but setting the enemy player on fire and making spies suffer make me love it.

[@dwacheopus]

Use scorch shot as well, man! You won't regret that)

[@Karmy.]

Yeah I just thought it be a fun class to main when I started playing a few days ago, especially for a trackball mouse user lol I love providing assist for some of the stronger classes/players who know what they're doing, not going for kills if I know I can't get one but at the very least weakening the enemy for other teammates to finish the job. I love running in, blasting a couple opponents in the face with fire and running back into cover if there are teammates nearby, basically sort of a scout pyro I guess Also I have fun as a 2fort sewer rat defense Pyro, helping defend the sewer entrance to the base with a couple other people and trying to take out as many with the Neon Annihlator (or again, being there to help assist by weakening any intruder and doing spy checking) as I can to really be annoying

[@cheekythemonkey4739]

Is dragons fury good?

[@doorcf]

@@cheekythemonkey4739 its a good weapon but one unlike all other flamethrowers in both strengths and weaknesses, it melts buildings and if you can aim and track well with projectiles then you will melt your enemies too but you sacrifice anti-spy and airblast capability. I don't use it because bad aim and unreliable internet but thats me

[@user-mk1du8fj8r]

Me too

[@micahnightwolf]

Stage 11: even other pyros don't dare approach you because you've already crit flared them once and you can absolutely do it again.

[@MrMapacheumr]

When the other team accuses you for being an airblast bot

[@bred0400]

why are all furries pyro mains , is it the mask thing?

[@co_rusut]

​@@bred0400we are psychopaths

[@bred0400]

@@co_rusut sure

[@jollygrapefruit786]

Any decent scout will shit on a pyro every time, no matter how good the pyro is.

[@DatsKipOmANiHaVeAch4nn3l]

My journey with pyro started out with the dragon's fury, as back then I generally disliked the class because I thought it didn't require aim. Over time though I started to give the other flamethrowers a chance and after seeing all the insane things you can do with airblast, I truly fell in love with the mechanic and the class itself on top of the incredible mobility of the detonator, the satisfaction of setting enemies ablaze and instantly meatshotting them with the panic attack, and the surprisingly great pair that the manmelter makes with the dragon's fury imo

[@concorde9065]

I'm an airblast junky, me personally I run the det with df but manmelter is also pretty good. I don't tend to pick up new stuff very quick compared to others doing the same so it's good to see at least I'm not alone in learning with the df

[@DatsKipOmANiHaVeAch4nn3l]

Sometimes I use the det with the dragon's fury but I really like having a dual-focus in support and offense even if closing the gap is way harder without the det, although i still love using it along with the degreaser for axtinguisher gardens

[@concorde9065]

@@DatsKipOmANiHaVeAch4nn3l I mostly use it to pre emptively ignite enemy gamers and occasionally for the escape, after a season of comp and a lot of casual play the det is probably the most versatile secondary item that pyro can use right now

[@FarmHend]

Damn, man, to try and fall is the half of the fun. Tutorials are good but... then game became like the actual job, bland and routine.

[@branchy2000inc]

LOL THIS DUDE'S A TF2 BABY wait no Jungle Inferno came out 5 years ago shit

[@pikasalt]

An ubered det/axtinguisher pyro is comparable to a very angry Guts fitted with the Berserker armor. A whirlwind of death.

[@bignerd3783]

what

[@taureon_]

@@bignerd3783 Rip and Tear

[@AFunkyPigeon]

@@taureon_ Until The Job Is Done.

[@emrldold]

@@AFunkyPigeon keep struggling on

[@kibster9325]

U shit on me on hightower lol

[@RubyX184]

As an ambassador of the pyro main community, getting a reflect on a crit rocket is the best feeling.

[@realdragon]

Or when you walk into room you see soldier and in that split second you manage to reflect rocket killing him

[@octimus2000]

​@@realdragoneven better when there are more enemies and that soldier's crit kills the whole room

[@mattthepyro7952]

I’m a Pyro main and I’m on stage 4 right now with 23 hours on Pyro. I hope to make it to stage 10.

[@Awesomdino1.0]

Ayo same

[@zue625]

I’d like to think I skipped a lot of these stages because whenever I pick up a new class I tend to relentlessly watch tutorials for it to expedite my learning. When I watched your flare gun and reflect videos, that stuff put me waaaay ahead and I can frequently top leaderboards. Keep up the good work man!

[@lifeisgood5619]

Same

[@AFunkyPigeon]

I'm on stage 6 with only three hours. Yippee!

[@vuelle9816]

I’m on stage 4 with 600 hours. Someone for the love of god help me

[@MARKHENSTROM]

​@@vuelle9816 I think I've got around 800 hours as Pyro and I still don't know how to detonator jump 🦘

[@BartholomewTheIII]

Im between stage 5 and 6 with 8 hours of gameplay on Pyro. I like being a pybro, I main dragons fury / stock (i switch between both depending on the enemy team and map), manmelter and homewrecker. The only reason I cant move up to stage 6 is because I really REALLY suck with airblast...

[@aqua9116]

To think even now, Hamaji's legacy lives on. In the words of the black scottish cyclops: *It brings tears to the eye*

[@AnnaSue81]

hamaji is a legend now. an icon

[@filomes]

what happened to him?

[@burgermr9821]

@@AnnaSue81 yeah what happened

[@xenoultra8450]

​@@burgermr9821I think hamaji quited for a while around when this video was released so this commentar prob though he quit.

[@yellor]

guys hes still alive he just makes keyboard vids now

[@cakestealer5983]

I don’t think I’d ever go full evil because I always try and spycheck and play pyro as support, but man I don’t think I’ve ever successfully reflected a rocket in my 500ish hours.

[@PlatinumMage]

Backburner is pretty awesome in payload. You can air blast as much as you want since the cart has infinite ammo and it’s pretty easy to find mercs to kill. Pair it with the detonator and powerjack and you have one awesome flanking loadout

[@realdragon]

I love thermal thruster on upward. Sometimes enemy team doesn't see me flying and I can crit 5 people at once with backburner

[@vortex_1911]

Same here, as I pretty much skipped right to using the Dragon’s Fury.

[@deathbot2k572]

The tutorials don’t keep me from dying a lot but i can see that they are setting me in a good direction in the long term, thanks for the tips

[@joshualisciarelli6960]

I’ve got over 1,700 hours in the game, and have been playing for 7 years. About 700 of those hours are as pyro. He’s my main, and watching this was absolutely spot on. Honestly felt really nostalgic watching this seeing how my time in the game progressed and how well you nailed each stage. Made me feel like I had just started the game for the first time. Amazing work!! Can’t wait to see your next videos

[@losingluke]

as a pyro main, you usually, subconsiouly pick up the firing speed and time of the direct hit, and its easy to reflect if they dont swap to shotgun/have teammates around; and a reflected crit is *the* best feeling in tf2

[@FoulUnderworldCreature]

This was surprisingly accurate! I have 150 hours on Pyro and I'm still so bad. 😂 I learned Degreaser combos straight away with Pyro so I never really developed game sense and instead spent a long time playing a purely defensive playstyle where I would protect engies, medics, and snipers with my combo skills. Recently I switched back to using stock flamethrower and threw in a Panic Attack too and it's been working well for me.

[@thegreyghost5846]

I have over 70, hours, I've mainly been honing my reflect skills (although I'm still quite bad) because I love helping engies. The fact that I have a strange homewrecker that counts sappers destroyed doesn't help lmao

[@kingmaro69420]

I got a bit over 85, and more than half is me helping protect my engi's, mostly using the panic attack and stock. It's amazing how many people go at a pyro and try to run after seeing they aren't just W-M1, especially scouts, tryna work on the puff and sting, while still tryna get a degreaser. Overall, cheers in ya'll firey journey.

[@alexszulczynski5546]

Were do I get good at reflecking

[@concorde9065]

I'm at 430 hours so we'll see if I burnout, my hope is that I don't. I was one of those pyros that got burnt out on playing only combo pyro for so long so now I use the stock or a combination of the bb or df with the jet pack as of recently. Good quality edits as always Pirateer

[@oliverthedum2129]

Haha BURNT out

[@blacklight683]

I remember when I started the game I was doing pyro land gaspaser contact my whole team died and I was the only one who can safe the game but then someone in the voice chat said "oh no he has the gaspasser he's doomed" and he was absolutely right cuz I had less than 10h at the time

[@BlackbatsSince2019]

Fun fact: when i was starting off, i thought the flare gun was a straight upgrade from a scorch shot

[@kaden-sd6vb]

it is, because it has the upside of *NOT GIVING ALL PYRO MAINS A BAD NAME*

[@BlackbatsSince2019]

@@kaden-sd6vb my main strat was to spam it.. Of course didnt work out that much..

[@mostlysure1077]

There's another part to the Phlogistinator stage. They might learn how to Phlog taunt cancel, and completely dominate with extremely long crits and two extra seconds of knockback invulnerability and regular invulnerability. It's really hard to do, but some Phlog pyro's can turn into fricken doomguy, and it's terrifying.

[@Skeletone56]

I'd say I'm somewhere around The Internediate stage. I experiment with other playstyles such as flank and combo. But no matter what playstyle I play as, Pyro will always be my favorite class. Nice Video by the way! Edit: W+m1 Forever

[@thud5190]

Please, stop while you still can! Learning how to aim and figuring out the classes with higher skill ceilings is so much more fun. Although it requires a little more effort, I'd advise you try it.

[@Vly-nn2sv]

@@thud5190 It is amazing how many comments like this one you can find around here lmao. Let the guy do what he feels like.

[@thud5190]

@@Vly-nn2sv just a little advice, I know what I'm talking about, and after talking to some of the best pyros in the world, it's not worth it. Makes the game less fun for yourself and others.

[@Vly-nn2sv]

@@thud5190 that is assuming everyone is the same. I am having fun playing pyro, and the other classes look less interesting to me.

[@thud5190]

@@Vly-nn2sv that's because you're bad dude, i'm sorry but it's true.

[@hecugruntenjoyer962]

FINALLY SOMEONE MADE THIS VIDEO! dude i wished someone made this vid sooner, tho i wish you included the og music

[@chickenman404]

I just hit 100 hours this week, and to be honest, your description of where I should be now is surprisingly accurate. Can't wait to see how far Pyro takes me.

[@AnnoyD]

I became a pyro main when I first downloaded TF2 and clicked random. For my first 5 kills I redirected 2 rockets into a group of 5 people. Instantly fell in love with the mumbling fire retardant man and have been trying to recreate that high ever since to no avail.

[@TerekFilms]

no skill pyro main

[@namvutranngoc6945]

amazingly accurate. I'm 50 hours in and your video almost fully captures what I feel like playing pyro!

[@SKRIS-MI]

I know the whole content of the video without even watching it 1. W+M1 2. W+M1 3. W+M1 4. W+M1 5. W+M1 6. W+M1 / Scorch Shot 7. W+M1 / Scorch Shot 8. W+M1 + Scorch Shot 9. W+M1 + Scorch Shot 10. W+M1 + Scorch Shot Aimbot From a Scaut Main ✌

[@nikagio12345]

Engie and future pyro main here when i got burnout from engie i searched up on yt about pyro it got interesting when i came across ur channel well now i play engie and pyro so thanls dude

[@drracula]

Very glad that you finally finished this video, I can see why it took you so long :D I can't wait for the next one.

[@stuartandrews4344]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@space-eye7760]

When I was still a beginner at the game, and was starting to get the hang over pyro, I used to think that since the airblast consumed a somewhat bulky chunk off of your ammo, as opposed to the primary flames attack, it was supposed to mean that it was by itself a special attack that did more damage as opposed to the flames, but in reality it just pushes them back😂(except if you're deflecting rockets and grenades at your enemy, obviously)

[@sirjafferson2476]

As I watch this video I've realized how far I've come and how accurate this video is. Not too long ago I started messing around with the dragons fury, a weapon I used to hate using, going on uncle Dane servers and subscribing to more tf2 youtubers. It's wild how accurate this is. Thank you for this video

[@infraredheat8045]

1000/10 better than WAMO's 10 Stages. Ive been waiting for this moment

[@lullypawp3479]

I just tried watching it... it was so... insubstantial.

[@infraredheat8045]

@@lullypawp3479 I know right?

[@pistolmoth4198]

I picked up pyro because he was the only one I could reasonably do well with on my potato pc. 30 hours of gameplay later I've lowered all my graphics settings and installed an fps config, and things are acceptable for me to play other classes. Depsite this I pretty much cycle between Solider, Engineer and Pyro. I currently use the Dragon's Fury, Scorch Shot, and the Axetinguisher reskin (like a mailbox, I can't remember the name). I haven't gotten trash talked too much for using the scorch shot, but I feel bad using it sometimes.

[@AnnaSue81]

postal pummeler is cool

[@epicspyman3188]

Im pretty sure it would run better at max settings bro, i tried low settings and it fucked my framerate then i maxed them out and it runs better

[@pistolmoth4198]

@@epicspyman3188 I play on a chromebook, it would probably explode if I played on max

[@epicspyman3188]

@@pistolmoth4198 i play on a lenovo laptop bruh

[@kirtil5177]

pretty cool how pyro succeeds at his original purpose. I heard in team fortress (the quake mod) pyro was added for people with high ping so that they were still able to be helpful

[@angryflamingos3314]

The only other guy who did this was WAMO and well... I don't think he passed stage 2...

[@ValoriaWinterblade]

LMAooooo i love how i also have that pyro haduken dab mod installed haha on a serious note, this video is really wellmade, good job!

[@helium-379]

Pyro threads the line between a heavy and a scout. High sustained dammage and great for moping up weakened enemies. The unsuspecting part of the pyro is that he can airblast while shooting flames. It really surprises the enemy when a pyro does that.

[@TerekFilms]

no skill

[@nathanwaterser8218]

Something weird that happened to me is that I essentially was always fascinated with Airblast Before playing Pyro I watched a Pyro guide and it said that Pyro has a lot of things to do all the time and that airblast should never be underestimated And so I always wanted to learn how to airblast. I do like W M1 but I don't like the Phlog in the slightest, I much prefer the Backburner since at least I CAN Airblast in emergencies. I'm not very good at airblasting (specially since I'm always lagging) but it is the only reason I play Pyro

[@TerekFilms]

ofc lagging pyros can skill get kills because it takes no aim you just wing your mouse around holding left click for kills. try that with scout ,sniper, gun spy and you will die SO FAST

[@joeyjonquantaviusjr9927]

Did you remix the music too? The dedication!

[@jjthan8772]

Pmd2 time gear theme. Love this game so much! Glad Pirateer does as well

[@umtaldeeu6878]

I've seen many type of this videos, but seriously this is the best one

[@IIGrayfoxII]

I am a proud phlog pyro. I will use the degreaser every now and then, but the fun when you mass clear a tight room full of the enemy team is fun. As for Pyro being W+M1. Heavy is also W+M1, Demo is W+M2+M1 Soldier is also W+M1 Medic is W+M1 with the medigun Spy is well spy Snipers are cowards Scouts are annoying little shits

[@zacharybartlett7677]

🤓

[@SolarFlare9714]

how do you do m1, what even is it?

[@zacharybartlett7677]

@@SolarFlare9714 m1 is just mouse 1, left click button on your mouse, generically the button used to fire your weapon

[@SolarFlare9714]

@@zacharybartlett7677 thank you

[@purplehaze2358]

I ended up switching to medic as my main while I was in a transitional period between phase 2 and phase 3. Still, pyro is one of my favorite classes thanks to his wide array of support capabilities.

[@theshade0038]

I always want to play pyro, but no one on the team picks medic ;-;

[@kassiaactuallydraws9361]

@@theshade0038 I am a Medic main that sometimes switches to Scout and I tell you, if you ever feel like trying another class, go for it! Some games don't need Medics I've found, and sometimes end up benefiting from other classes a lot more

[@theshade0038]

@@kassiaactuallydraws9361 sadly, i suck with every class i play, my second main is Pyro, and i suck even with him

[@kassiaactuallydraws9361]

@@theshade0038 Felt that. Dw man, I suck as well, but there's no better way to improve than by trying!

[@theshade0038]

@@kassiaactuallydraws9361 i have almost 1.6k hours :( At this point, i think i cant improve anymore

[@nexusthenormie5578]

my journey with pyro started out with scorchshot axtinguisher combos, and then i discovered the flare gun and haven't looked back lol, the flare gun combo and reflects are some of the most satisfying things in the game

[@terragolemenjoyer8359]

Its been such a long time since I last played tf2, I just got this as a notification and watched it, and while I might not play tf2 as much as I used too, Ill always remember the time when I honest to god wanted to be the best pyro player there is. Thanks Pirateer, for helping me relive those memories, even if its for a short while.

[@CooliusCeasar]

You forgot the part where they become furries

[@MetsynSherwood]

How tf did you know

[@Sqwid_]

This was just awesome! Thanks a lot!

[@marshi7777]

I just started playing this game a couple days ago and this video is painfully accurate. It feels like youre describing my exact experience. Unfortunately im still in stage 3 but im glad to know its only gonna get better

[@artemis6600]

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 is same but in the 10. you are %100 fatherless

[@YurieSnowie]

what

[@chrronicle1212]

pin of shame

[@piglin469]

here my friends is someone who never met there mother.

[@morgant.dulaman8733]

I think you meant to post this under a video about Scout.

[@zogs2164]

1. furry 2. furry 3. furry 4. furry 5. furry 6. furry 7. furry 8. furry 9. furry 10. trans (and furry)

[@TheBuisnessPyro]

First things first, congrats on the new video release! Cant wait to see what you plan to do in the future! Now onto what type i am, i would say a mix on stage 3 and 4 since i like using the different weapons, and still try to practice relfects.

[@helie2023]

This video made me realize that I have a long way to go before getting good (less than 20 hrs) Thank you for making this video! ⭐

[@keebee46]

It is finally here the day I have been waiting for! Cheers to you mate for making this absolute banger of a video. Much love (platonically)

[@QuixlyTheMan]

Seems so accurate!The only part I think was inaccurate was how they stop W+M1+M2 at stage 7 as I learnt combo pyro(Shotgun secondary,not flare or detonator) on stage 3.

[@Gamer-cm7zr]

I love the gameplay in the video love your work.

[@AnonyMous-dc6ly]

the phlog phase is the most accuracte thing ive ever heard lmao

[@TomResnick]

Dear lord that footage for the final stage... Beautiful and disguuuusting. Great video.

[@angrypicture6155]

The PMD gang appreciates your choice of background music for stage 10. Very cool.

[@PalJinks]

Glad we got someone to continue the series. Great video. I'll send Hamaji the video to see what he thinks

[@pastalavista5784]

dont usually watch this channel but the sfm art is top-notch!

[@dylanmoore1742]

I'm happy there is finally a good 10 stages of a pyro main video.

[@oprahspetrolstation6652]

Thanks so much for the shout out! As a pyro main I appreciate every stage of this video

[@NarwhalPM]

I’m creeping up on 200 hours on the class, and stage 7 is pretty accurate. I love the degreaser and panic attack, but I’ve recently tried out the flare gun. It’s fun and all, but it’s a pain in the ass to fight other pyros, and I never hit the same high that I do with the panic attack. I experiment here or there, but I always end up going back to my go-to. Great vid

[@tuckyao1049]

Finally a proper pyro 10 stages vid!

[@SullivanBurke777]

Informative! And also funny. I want to master every class eventually, but Pyro as a character is such a freakin' weirdo, and thus my favorite.

[@flaK_LG420]

Finnaly acctualy well made video made by someone who acctualy understands the class, the complete opossite of the 2 count em 2 videos that wamo made

[@APerson-hw5ww]

Damn, I’m a new Pyro main (only 2 hours) and this video made me feel awesome about my pyro skills, thanks

[@beanzo1675]

I gravitated towards 4 classes when I first played. Demo, Engi, Pyro, and Medic. However I always felt like I wasn't doing very good as Pyro. And after buying all the weapons (on marketplace, not the TF2 store luckily) I realized how versatile he was. But sadly stuck to Phlog, I did however LOVE the flare gun. Actually got decently good with it. But never resisted braindead MMMPH. But then I stumbled onto pybro. I grabbed the wrecker and started protecting engis. Spy checking and removing sappers. Then realized how powerless I was against soldier. So I went back to stock and started practicing airblast. Now I'm practicing that along with degreaser combos. While every class has nuances and important skills. Pyro has such a wide variety of playstyles and niches. I wanna prove he isn't just a w + m1 easy kill.

[@hypnoticskull6342]

I’ve been waiting for this one

[@lavalord96]

I remember my phlog stage, I started using the flaregun and degreaser afterwords, but the axetinguisher can go BURN IN HIT REGISTRATION HELL. (I still use phlog lmao)

[@erexgg6707]

YES YES YES, ANOTHER VIDEO THANKS MAN I ALWAYS LOVE UR VIDEOS :D

[@sirbullyboxthegenteleman]

You see I was stuck in the phlog phase for a bit and had a friend who was a comp medic but even then I learned. It was quite a bit of fun and I still go back every now and then

[@TerekFilms]

this is so dumb pyros are all the same because they have no skill and gravitate to the most unskilled weapons like the phlog

[@CoolyCools]

​@@TerekFilms you havent heard of the flare gun users it seems

[@thatguynexus5935]

I remember playing with the phlog seriously without switching loadouts for the first time and i managed to carry my team in payload by pushing the cart at the last minute. I wasn't on the top of the leaderboard, but i got some compliments from the enemy team.

[@tritonwe8937]

Wow I can't believe this hasn't been made already until now

[@dreamingclouddreams2981]

There was this one time when I was playing pyro, I got ubered, surfed some knockback (this was on badwater), landed right next to the payload cart and killed everybody.

[@greensharktwod]

11:30 this clip where the soldier follows the pyro down with intent to kill but is willing to play rock paper scissors with him is just wholesome

[@greatroyalwolf]

I remember playing pyro a lot, besides other classes, i have approximately 1k hours in TF2 overall, i die to bots from training right now, but god, i remember actively playing when Jungle inferno happened, the Dragon's breath, i was just destroying everything, i wanna come back, the moment when class is trailer accurate, this maniac surely makes me feel the feeling that doesn't exist I just realized that i actually went through some of these stages, i remember deflecting medic's crossbow proj and was so happy about it that i took my friend to idle server and started just deflecting everything in the game for pretty long time

[@efgee9873]

I started quite before THE degreaser nerf and THE axetinguisher nerf (don't quite remember the year now) but I've gone through only two of the stages you listed... I know it's not a serious generalization, but still... I picked up the class specifically for the amount of possible combos... As soon as I unlocked the degreaser, flaregun and axetinguisher, I equipped them and began training to combo with them, eventually alternating them with more niche or more powerful secondary weapons after mastering them, while training airblasting in airblast servers...

[@Jarx246]

Finally, a proper entry into this series for my main!

[@sebmarine243]

I didn't know you could detonate the shots tbh thx

[@jubbl]

This is probably the most accurate stages of a main i've ever seen

[@bennnymiddleton40]

I’ve always played as a team mate humper, I find some one usually a heavy soldier or demo and stick close to them letting them go forward and start the fights while I push in and create a distracting ball of chaos around the enemy’s. It works well and makes me friends

[@lowintelligencespecimen1482]

I feel as if these stages of (insert random character here) main are perfect in the way you order them but I find that the amount of time played on each class doesn’t represent the stages well because if you’ve seen enough videos of a specific main you can have some decent game sense but other than that this was really spot on, very cool

[@nicholayrichardson9668]

I always come back to pyro when I feel like there's just too many enemies around. A little backburner ambush and that pub push is over and I can finally breathe again.

[@zeeveestudios]

my experience with the game was weird because i started out only reading about it, meaning i knew about the game when i started, and then i played tetragon fortress on roblox before finally moving on to tf2, and even after that i still play tetragon fortress and tc2 regularly. because of that my playtime for most classes in tf2 is like 6 hours or something.

[@officialSLF2]

Just started playing TF2 and quickly grabbed onto Pyro, so now I'm in the airblaster stage! :D

[@Redstonetrippy1]

That moment when the pyro stops chasing the 8 health engie and immediately starts focusing the spy that uncloaked for 1 second

[@eggflavoredsoda]

this is actually a lot better then wamo’s video on the 10 stages of pyro. I recently hit 300hrs on pyro and this is pretty accurate.

[@TerekFilms]

no skill pyro main

[@psf_dioufmaulana3040]

I did actually got into the habit of air blasting off the edge that was fun but the someone did the most sickest safe i ever seen

[@bmwolfGrim]

i'm at stage four on +20hrs on pyro, i've played this game for 170hrs. love that class, it's my main and always will be. these videos helps me a lot understanding the class

[@AccuiEN]

I have passed many stages before reaching 1 hour of pyro. I love using the axtinguisher for some fun combos

[@bluecheesemints9208]

i am far from being properly good at it, but i got into the pyro main idea coz finding a flare gun was exciting due to how it had been used against me before, so i went pyro and used the basic combo of flamethrower then flare gun and when it worked it was amazing, havent looked back since

[@anatoooli]

yoooooo im the engie with the crit hiding around the corner!! also subscribed!

[@maxsperling7009]

A highly produced video, you have really made an effort for this, I am glad to have watched this video. Btw is this at the end Pokemon mystery dungeon soundtrack? Nice piece.

[@SpearmintSerpent]

Just hit 400 hours on Pyro and I can definitely say I’m in a transition phase between stages 7 and 8. Been playing a bit of Scout recently (I’m not good at all) and Medic is my secondary main. +1 for the TFP mention, I'm a moderator there!

[@mehmetaktan8527]

try turning off mouse acceleration

[@walnut6684]

Nice to see I'm currently around stage 6, now that I'm good enough at reflecting, i think it's time i learn to det jump (gonna be hard to not have the panic attack tho)

[@kirtil5177]

detonator is incredibly fun. imo hitting crowds with the detonator is even more satisfying than with the scorch

[@TheRealFloogull]

im seriously addicted to dragons fury and I cant stop it

[@rodriclif4386]

I think I left at stage 8 about 7 years ago, and every year I keep feeling tempted to come back...

[@peterkart7281]

4:48 so your telling me i might stops playing my dopamine rush class

[@icewalker1185]

Usually playing basic flamethrower and scorch shot because I love bullying snipers but the panic attack is a life saver against other pyros