The Dumbest Crit-a-Cola Strategy Ever [TF2]

Like any good meal, TF2's magic spells are greatly enhanced by spaghetti, spices, and a refreshing can of soda. Except in this case, the spaghetti is only figurative and the soda is radioactive. Well, it still makes for a fun strategy! For those of you who aren't aware, spells are affected by mini-crits for some reason. While this wouldn't matter if there wasn't a class who could become mini-crit boosted on demand, it just so happens that there is one of those! Or three, technically, but the Buff Banner and Cleaner's Carbine proved much less interesting to do it with. (And no, you can't cast spells while under the Buffalo Steak effect, I already tried that too.)
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[@purplehaze2358]

This video made me realize the reason the short circuit projectile can't be crit boosted but _can_ be mini-crit boosted is because it's taken from a halloween spell, which has the same properties when it comes to mini-crits and crits.

[@starmaker75]

Oh god, image an crit boost short circuit

[@DanTheDudeIsHere]

Surprised you havent done it dr bright yet

[@creativename773]

Talk about reusing old stuff

[@TimesChu]

Shouldn't you be doing some more important research, Doctor?

[@echo7zip765]

@@TimesChu if it were any other doctor than bright you’d have a point

[@anxietyassistance]

Thank you for posting this after Scream Fortress so we don't have to endure the onslaught of mini-crit spells.

[@Shaosprojects]

Nah now I have to wait an entire year to be toxic on pubs 🥲

[@quiver5756]

@@Shaosprojects I knew this since years. The most funny spell to use with mini-crits is the Monoculus in my opinion

[@anxietyassistance]

@@quiver5756 Next year, we all team up to make it worst: Buff Banner boosted spells.

[@DRAGONFLAIR2008]

​​​@@anxietyassistancebuff kritz cola spells oh lord

[@C.A._Old]

Amazing Crit Cola become so much usefully !

[@purplehaze2358]

"Small amounts of trolling" *your own spell brings the heavy right in your face* You thought it would be you trolling, but it was in fact you getting trolled!

[@MegaGaming11]

Favorite part of the video

[@C.A._Old]

Amazing Crit Cola become so much usefully !

[@thatguysavetf2916]

So according to my analysis, this video, at minimum, took a week to record/edit, because I recognize 8:23 from your spell tier list video, where you spycheck a scout, bump into a spyro, and then blow yourself up. Also the spy was wearing a miles edgeworth thingy.

[@Finnboy-ml5jv]

Ah yes spyro the new hybrid class. Best addition to the game.

[@SlyRocko]

Most sane Great Blue fan

[@tylazermk8271]

The actual what?

[@tylazermk8271]

8:14 looks INCREDIBLY familiar too btw. I think that was used at some point in the tier list.

[@incompetencelogistics8924]

cravat is the word you're looking for funny frilly handkerchief

[@JohnYakooza]

Unrelated but the bot problem actually sort of make it easier for me to complete contract on some specific maps(koth_mapleridge), and the strategy is basically 1. bonk scout 2. Drink bonk to avoid place where bot can see you 3. Go to underworld 4. Stay there until you got minify 5. Use minify right before you leave underworld 6. Just throw whatever spell you got at bots(best ones are actually skeleton surprisingly) 7. Repeat This actually makes it extremely easy to topscore over the bots

[@MegaGaming11]

useless strat rest of the year

[@vanconojl]

@@MegaGaming11 sadly.

[@MegaGaming11]

@@vanconojl Unless you're playing on a custom server that allows Halloween restricted items and such all year round

[@vanconojl]

@@MegaGaming11 in my region custom servers don't have a bot problem, do im screwed still in casual.

[@MegaGaming11]

@@vanconojl True, generally custom servers *don't* have issues with bots. But there's still the occasional memer who decides to cheat anyway.

[@99lts]

My favourite strat is to go spy with the shrink spell and go around stabbing people , without barely anyone noticing

[@C.A._Old]

Amazing Crit Cola become so much usefully !

[@arlobo1]

15:55 that bit was hilarious

[@chairwood]

15:58 the engi was having such a great time 😭😭

[@TheSquareEngineer]

19:33 gonna do a little trolling 19:35 actually trolls himself

[@TARINunit9]

6:37 All will bear witness to GreatBlue's CoC of Carnage

[@CaptainApathetic]

4:00 The first time anybody has benefited from having blast jump

[@jonnemopola7245]

I actually love this spell, it’s good as hell if used correctly

[@OmegaRC59]

It's got some niche uses if you're clever, like each use heals 25 health. 50 health in a pinch is nothing to sneeze at tbh

[@jonnemopola7245]

@@OmegaRC59 It also can set enemies on fire!

[@amariucaicosmin9885]

Alternate title:Great blue doing the scout laugh for 23 minutes

[@C.A._Old]

Amazing Crit Cola become so much usefully !

[@keaton5101]

8:52 actual scout laugh

[@Underhaven]

Halloween is a great time of year for TF2.

[@loganleasher312]

Yes

[@andresparra5820]

Yes

[@WolfmanCZ7]

Yes

[@recurser.]

Yes

[@RealNikoPlush]

Sì

[@spiffy3430]

I’ve played tf2 for 3 years, and for this being my first scream fortress, I understand how fun and frustrating this game is

[@FiringLazor]

Great blue kills a scout, an engineer and a spy to defend himself and then horsemann pops up "Kill me if you can" 12:40

[@Angryjon]

Seeing myself getting wrecked at 11:48 is pretty damn surreal, not gonna lie.

[@mrchoochooguy4045]

Shoulda tried it on spookeyridge, I imagine firing minicrit meteor showers after exiting the underworld could be quite destructive

[@VaultInteractive]

Now try this with the buff banner and a team full of spells

[@badideagenerator2315]

Do you think it'd work any of the other banner effects? Imagine an army of fast skeletons with lifesteal.

[@theghosttm8245]

@@badideagenerator2315 I think the skeletons stay the same. You just get health every time they hit a player.

[@FakeTrueName]

I feel like next Scream Fortress is gonna be something

[@mrsquid_]

8:25 literally the same thing has happened to me before. same spot, same spell, same(?) spy.

[@waluigipinballyt]

4:36 tomfool is an archaic noun used for a professional clown, so it's only possible to partake in the act of tomfoolery

[@lordvgames]

couldn't you do this with the cleaner's carbine too? the mini crits from it applies to all your weapons afaik

[@emeraldmann1329]

Probably, but it's just easier to drink some juice

[@ArmadiusC]

Mini crit boost negates the blast damage falloff so you are dealing max damage doubled. this works with all the pumpkin bombs

[@gamerdomain6618]

Misinformation. Minicrit boost is 1.3 times damage and only removes distance falloff and rampup, not blast radius falloff. It's just that the fireball spell has no blast radius falloff to start with.

[@giantsalt]

Demoman mains: Look at what he needs to do to mimic a fraction of our power!

[@bergfruehling]

I wiped out an entire team by summoning a mini monoculus in one of those hell stages. Felt 20% bad about it.

[@mimimaxxing]

Well, this is the earliest I've been to a KZbin video. And Great Blue makes some good stuff, it's always enjoyable and consistent

[@Wiki1184]

This feels like it is TF2’s weird spaghetti code at work.

[@ThePhysicsGun]

I think you're misunderstanding the phrase "spaghetti code"

[@Wiki1184]

@@ThePhysicsGun Might be using the phrase wrong. I’m just guessing this wasn’t intended, but because of TF2’s weird coding it makes stuff like this happen.

[@punkboyblue]

17:30 GET DOWN MR PRESIDENT

[@kayoh9364]

I know I suggested Bonk on the spells video, but Crit-a-Cola... It didnt even occur to me that spells could mini-crit.

[@ToastyFr_]

imagine this with medic where you pop a kritzkreg then your spell is normal crit boosted

[@robertbosch8142]

Great Blue "ok is it still under thare" HHH "oh miawo mo shindauo"

[@Yoshieso]

Great Blue's inner demon coming out: 6:06

[@Name_Pendingg]

imagine if the crit-o-cola still gave full crits

[@user-hn6tb5lv9t]

My god...

[@gamerdomain6618]

Spells cannot be full-crit boosted. Only minicrit boosted.

[@Name_Pendingg]

@@gamerdomain6618 yah, but, like, _imagine_

[@OGuiBlindao]

It used to give full crits?

[@Name_Pendingg]

@@OGuiBlindao i thought so, it is called the crit-o-cola, but no, even when it first came out it gave mini crits

[@sandman9382]

15:56 that was very horror movie like.

[@glacierwolf2155]

If you think about, spells like Fireball and Tesla Coil being boosted by mini-crits are just random crits.

[@VPsy]

12:22 I remember this map, it drove me insane and I didn't play Halloween maps for years lol. 13:39 was exactly how I felt and hearing it unearthed my memories of pain.

[@light6666]

smoll amount of trolling.. *notices the heavy in his face* smoll amount of trolling has backfired

[@globuspolski707]

14:53 *The Skeletons Appear*

[@invschematics]

15:59 horseman jumpscare

[@thegreatautismo224]

4:36 I prefer the word "tomfoolerize"

[@maskofthedragon]

13:37 ICS map in action

[@goldenmansion1012]

Having mini cries with the minify spell is just mini with extra mini

[@kyokonull]

16:34 of course the weeabo spy cries about it

[@mmfreshmeat2860]

"Its natural selection, really" *misses 2 shots point blank*

[@spah_tf2]

cant wait to try this… one year from now

[@Cow-Moth-With-A-CRT-Head]

Man pours gasoline on fire, confused why fire gets bigger. In all seriousness, this was very fun to watch.

[@SodogeWow1337]

I cant believe you've done this video one day after scream fortress was over

[@maskofthedragon]

You can critboost the Skeletons? WTF?

[@queefcheif9306]

Tomfool is a word, its some one who has the characteristic of being foolish

[@theawkwardpotato1973]

I am officially dubbing this strat... the Radioactive Wizard.

[@NotASpyReally]

3:55 I love TF2

[@pumpkingpie2938]

17:43 wth was that kill icon💀💀💀💀

[@pokelordomega1701]

Ngl spells having mini crits make more sense than something like rockets just randomly being critical

[@Toprak135]

3:26 what how 3:58 Cheese moment. 10:02 SEEYA! 10:14 what how 14:34 BAM. Concussion. 19:33 Yeeter. 20:35 Yeeter 2: The Yeetening.

[@drucy.]

"Just a casual 146 right in the face." Me, a Sniper main : "Look at what they need to do to mimic a fraction of our power."

[@omalleycaboose5937]

cant wait to use this next year

[@IDGCaptainRussia]

On this topic here's a little funfact: The fireball/meterior shower projectile will actually take on the purple trail (but only the trail, not the pumpkin explosion) of the pumpkin bombs vanity weapon spell if your holding a weapon with said spell while casting the spellbook. It doesn't impact gameplay but it's a fun little oddity I discovered.

[@badideagenerator2315]

This might be more interesting if there were more attack-buffing items in tf2. like something which makes its user's weapons ignite enemies on hit or grants them 2x bullets / projectiles per shot

[@blademasterzero]

Legitimately can’t tell if you’ve forgotten about the gas passer or not

[@badideagenerator2315]

@@blademasterzero i haven't. The gas passer applies a debuff to enemies, not a buff to the player.

[@blademasterzero]

@@badideagenerator2315 ah that distinction makes sense. but i actually think that would be a good overhaul to the gas passer. having it buff teammates in its area of effect rather then debuff enemies

[@flumph3491]

5:18 most scout ass sounding laugh I've ever heard

[@mrsquid_]

the spy you killed with the spycheck fireball just typed "bs" "fuck off" in chat lmao

[@meme__supreme3373]

ok, but hear me out, 3 soilders queueing together with buff banners

[@greensharktwod]

This is like the Gas Passer in MvM but in Casual

[@LoveCatGaming]

This brings back the good ol' days!

[@Heidegaff]

19:33 amazing planning

[@maladroitknight]

Gas passer, then the bat spell or Tesla coil spell is fun

[@thewindwakinghero7423]

21:57 Buff banner would be EVIL The entire team now has crit bats/fireballs

[@MrOrgeston]

It's very big of you to release this after halloween.

[@Jennacide.]

You'd think this guy would know, It's Ball O' Lightning, Geez

[@well8250]

8:53 man did the scout laugh irl

[@Gremblebemble]

8:13 new name for a crit-o-cola thanks Great Blue (I love Jimmy Neutron)

[@fall2zero]

wow! this is almost as powerful as a single sniper headshot!

[@notmuchjustchillin]

"If you're doing the Helltower contract still-" Meanwhile me who hasnt even finished the thermal thruster contract

[@kwableguy9795]

14:33 Look Gary there I am!

[@HellishSpoon]

Damn, new halloween meta dropped

[@Weldedhodag]

'coc, if you will' heh, special delivery

[@user-mg5ip7rn2k]

We partake in a minuscule quantity of tomfoolery

[@autisticgod3338]

I don't know about tomfool as a verb but tomfool can be a noun or adjective as in "that there Jimmy joe bobson is definitely a tomfool" and It is basically the same as just calling them a fool.

[@autisticgod3338]

tomfool is definitely a much more fun word though

[@rileyinscoe3558]

I am so sad that my computer is broken, I didn't get to play ANY Scream Fortress. 17:06 Scouts when they are missing 1hp

[@armanada7600]

broken idea: swap random crits for random miss. it's pretty self explanatory 'what?'. 'I know it sounds bad buuuuut' I think it should be experimented on

[@yarisher3127]

8:54 Blue turned into scout

[@AlmyTheAlien]

When you enchant all your gear with Fortify Destruction

[@Mr-Moron]

Made sure to wait until Scream Fortress was over so we couldn’t do this lol

[@mauvepikmin2006]

I believe the word you are looking for is "Tomfoolerize"

[@gabortoth3642]

21:50 Just wait till next Halloween... )

[@th3nightlion624]

Finally, the cleaner's carbine is useful.

[@HeavyTF2216]

Someone help. Yoshi is committing war crimes

[@funnyman1204]

These crit boosted spells are something else...

[@X_mezo_X]

Loved the moment at 7:44 Great minds think similarly.

[@cursedheavy7913]

14:41 theres people debating in spanish in the chat

[@traditur_]

Voldemort would’ve beaten Harry if he drank a Crit-a-Cola.

[@aprilderg7241]

Whoa, crumpkin spells!

[@MBP1918]

Incredible

[@quiteabizarreone6441]

19:33 heavy jumpscare

[@chairwood]

Yoshi's story melee stage music :O

[@thebandanadee8265]

What's that war paint on his Shortstop called?

[@oztreuenfels158]

imagine this with old soda popper

[@soup9242]

12:25 “Hale’s Own Jarate” Where did you get that, Sniper?

[@AmberGoop]

what does "BM" mean in gaming context? heard it at 18:18, i've heard it in a few other videos but i never figured out what it means

[@tev5040]

depressed that you uploaded this after halloween already ended