The Legend of Bonk Drinker

Dedicated to the best Bonk Scout to ever exist. He isn't dead yet, but given how much sugar and caffeine is in one of those things, we won't have him for much longer.
Some parts of this were rushed, but I wanted to challenge myself in making a video in a shorter period of time. It's made me realise I want to spend more time on my ideas, writing, editing - so expect less frequent (though higher quality) uploads.
0:00 - The Legend of Bonk Drinker
2:07 - Introduction
2:33 - Getting Behind
5:22 - Killing Enemy Gamers
8:14 - Misc Bonk Stuff
8:41 - Heart Disease Sets In
10:23 - Competitive (Kinda)
10:53 - Final Thoughts
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#tf2 #teamfortress2

[@bonkdrinker]

Best duo out of tf2 since jerma and star

[@gaming_tim]

bonk drinker is just a sigma male honestly

[@bonkdrinker]

@@mariohater5377 this guy gets it

[@Salmo_the.dumbass]

the fake bonk drinker

[@Bitterly_Sweet]

Mans just made this account an hour ago, nice

[@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149]

What a legend

[@LEGS_legiana]

the bonk drinker arc was insane, my guy legit did a training arc in less than a day

[@jasperhopland8913]

Wow, 15K likes and not 1 reply, till now.

[@user-bf3yh6ue7p]

Wow, 15k likes and not 2 replies, till now.

[@erdemuykan9219]

Wow 17k likes and not 3 replies till now.

[@Dropzoned]

Wow 1.8k likes and not 4 replies until now.

[@holysalmon1651]

@@Dropzoned Wow 1.8K likes and not 5 reply until now

[@infamoushacker4chan883]

I had a bonk scout once just activate his bonk and then taunt in front of my sentry. While it was focused on killing him, the rest of his team with Über came barreling around the corner and wrecked everything. He died, but saved his team from my sentry. Couldn't really be mad.

[@crabking3525]

Unfortunately Wrangler makes that a non-issue

[@infamoushacker4chan883]

@@crabking3525 indeed. Fortunately for him, I was using a loadout without the wrangler.

[@braxtonthelucario2129]

Sacrificed himself for the sentry pick I once sacrificed my self for a direct hit crit rocket aimed at my Semi cluless Soldier on low health

[@breadiztasty]

@@braxtonthelucario2129 literally did a Mr president

[@braxtonthelucario2129]

@@breadiztasty mhm i wasnt letting my soldier die cus with my sacrafice he did mange to kill the enemy soldier

[@Dropzoned]

The bonk drinker is a true legend. Mad respect.

[@bonkdrinker]

im blushing

[@chickennugget6684]

he drink.

[@Dropzoned]

@@bonkdrinker 😳

[@ronanbreen1141]

Bonk is a good weapon,not going to lie.

[@moritamikamikara3879]

Goddamn bonk drinker. This is one of the wackiest stories I've seen in TF2 for a while. I love this game so much.

[@kannatheweeb8836]

We all do

[@frostcrackle2374]

5:34 he did exactly 200 damage to that soldier. just wanted to point that out

[@bigsmoke8246]

yes i do meth how do you know HEY HEY FBI I MENT MATH

[@evilyoshimaster]

I feel like bonk isn't BAD, it just has a lot of insanely good competition for the secondary slot.

[@villager2342]

agreed

[@rock3668]

Yeah. Its just that you lost so much for sacrificing useless invulnerability. Like a powerful support weapon Mad Milk, and Really good finishing tool, the Pistols.

[@CliffCardi]

Bonk USED to be great before Jungle Inferno nerfed it.

[@silverdededestruction2197]

I feel like with Bonk!, You should be allowed to use your melee. Your melee damage as a scout is pathetic, and most enemies can destroy you before you can take full advantage of your invincible melee rage.

[@whenyououynehw9338]

@@silverdededestruction2197 Happy airblast pyros are also a thing

[@mangoruby1357]

I met a player called "Bonk Man" on Two Fort the other day. He was decked out in all of the Bonk! Atomic Punch™ official merchandise. He just stood in spawn and drank Bonk!™ the entire time. It was pretty neat, makes me wanna drink some Bonk! Atomic Punch™.

[@kimch1]

a guy named bonk man is a good friend of mine lol

[@lavalampa2020]

You're so cringe

[@HolyDevStudio]

The Bonk! advertising is getting better as we speak

[@randomtexanguy9563]

Bonk! isn't registered yet? Lame.

[@Mr_Rykes]

Guess the spotlight is open for the “average criti-cola enthusiast”.

[@poomcbrain5936]

*Average crita-cola fan

[@DiggerDeeper01]

Average Bonk Drinker.

[@NoobGyver]

i drink crita cola because no one else does

[@jjoohhnn6065]

casual sanvich fan

[@juanstaroldchannel3553]

@@jjoohhnn6065 average dakoloxs bar enjoyer

[@hex4r]

a quick side note that you can strafe the slow, spamming "a" and "d"

[@mr.inactive1968]

he said that in the video bruh

[@elmaxoTF2]

Nah to be fair I should have mentioned it way earlier which was my fault.

[@CatsandBoots935]

It's stories like this that are the reason for tf2's immortality

[@Jessie_Helms]

Remember: A weapon being FUN is often far more important than is it GOOD. -Classic User

[@ayan8136]

Agreed

[@jeremyranger4260]

- ullapool caber user

[@Beanibirb]

@@jeremyranger4260 hey Caber Knight is fun

[@jeremyranger4260]

@@Beanibirb agreed

[@camilorodriguez5602]

@@jeremyranger4260 as a sticky jumper - caber enjoyer, couldnt agree more

[@Everik-ct6pg]

I prefer using Bonk in Halloween maps. It makes flanking behind the enemy team to get their spells and use it against them way easier. It's fun to go behind and drop a meteor spell at the unaware team.

[@aetu35]

bonk drinker is insane and we should always aspire to be as sigma as him

[@grovestreetguy916]

ligma

[@commenturthegreat2915]

@@grovestreetguy916 Who's Joe?

[@iteleportedbread9665]

@@commenturthegreat2915 poopy joe

[@strateupgamr7]

He's OMEGA at this point Omega Chad Bonk Drinker

[@m136dalie]

Why didn't you include the snake oil salesmen pitch! Would have loved to watch it

[@moritamikamikara3879]

Probably cringy as fuck. But, would still like it to be uploaded independently, that'd be nice.

[@jakestan1185]

Is this a rdr reference

[@inwemeneldur2025]

I use bonk as stealth fish scout. I use it to get behind enemy lines, hide, and then exclusively kill the medic with a couple random fish crits

[@MrJakson112]

Stealth fish scout

[@inwemeneldur2025]

@@MrJakson112 They travel in herds

[@user-ny4jw6cd5j]

This happened to me as medic I think you might be him What cosmetics do you wear?

[@inwemeneldur2025]

@@user-ny4jw6cd5j a pale pink/purple mullet with the Fast Learner dyed the same colour. I also have another one, but I don't remember. This will have been on the sydney server

[@XgoDuo]

Man i don't even play TF2, yet somehow, for some reason, i find these videos of yours to be fascinating. Keep up the great work Edit: after a bunch of the people asking me to play TF2 i gave it a try on my old steam account. It ran pretty alright, but my old computer couldn't keep up in fire fights, that paired with me maning scout for the run and gun gameplay style lead to sometimes unplayable lag. However when my PC wasn't lagging so hard that you could see whatever god you worshiped on my moniter, it was a enjoyable game. However between the few Bots i ran into, constant FPS drops, and pub stomping demomans, and Soldigers disrespectung my entire heritage onr properly placed explosive at a time, i decided to drop the game until i have a better Computer....likely the steam deck. In short TF2 was fun, but a collection of givences made me drop it for the time being. Edit 2: as of November 15th 2022 I decided played tf2 for the first time on a descent rig. Getting the controller set up initially was… an experience and the game was extremely promising but as soon as I logged into my first lag free match I was met with a very very VERY slow paced game. I stick up the full duration of the match but upon it ending I was put in a match with a Sniper bot that just absolutely obliterated me. I attempted different strats like engineer sentry’s, stick traps, and good ol fashioned Scout running, but to no avail. This continued to happen for the next four matches to which I just said “I’ve had enough of this” and shut off the game. It’s really unfortunate because the mechanics seems incredibly fun but I had to meant to engage with them in a meaningful way. It’s pretty telling the most fun I had was building a sentry base as engineer because I was actually able to engage with class mechanics without having my head turned to paste. One day I will come back to the game, and that day will be when bots are removed. Do I want to play the game more? Absolutely, but I can’t play the game in its current state.

[@elmaxoTF2]

You don’t know how much comments like this mean to me. So many people who don’t even play TF2 end up watching my videos and it’s genuinely awesome to see.

[@XgoDuo]

@@elmaxoTF2 That's the Beauty of KZbin, views follow people who have a clear passion in the subject. As it often relfects in the quality pf the video. ... And this here is one hell of a good video.

[@Nameless_Cat_IsAGoodGame]

I have an addiction with a game I don't even play, Jesus I probably know more than your average Gibus player

[@majapaja_]

play it play it play it playit

[@XgoDuo]

@@majapaja_ As much as i wish i could, i can't play TF2. My only computer is a 10 year old windows laptop that crashes when running badic editing software. Outside of the the only game systens i have are a Switch, and playstation botg of which can't pmay TF2

[@RichterOvertime]

Hey elmaxo keep up the great work :)

[@elmaxoTF2]

Richter I appreciate the kind words but I thought we were in fake internet drama to farm views from our idiot audiences.

[@theabyssalguardian4521]

@@elmaxoTF2 0_0

[@DeslikKarcasso]

I feel like you were too focused on using bonk to get into a fight and forgot how good it is to get you out of a fight. In situations where you know youre at a lost, you're cornered, you just heard that kritz med pop on the soldier, or that phlog pyro rapidly approaching you, using the bonk almost guarantees you a safe getaway. Its a tool that allows you to take more risks than usual as scout, as it basically gives you no consequences for whenever the deal goes south.

[@danielsurvivor1372]

Exactly. Most underrated secondary ever. It's a shame it's still banned in comp, which means Tf2 devs might nerf it AGAIN. ;_;

[@DuckieMcduck]

@@danielsurvivor1372 hilarious to hear this dude call the bonk bad when it's deadass banned in competitive

[@GogiRegion]

@@DuckieMcduck To be fair, in comp they ban things that are less skillful even if in theory stock is better. It’s banned because it can help you escape risky situations instead of dying, which reduces skill in the game. I do agree that it’s underrated, but I don’t think saying it’s banned in comp is going to mean anything as far as how most people play TF2.

[@doctorhealsgood5456]

fuuuuuck comp man

[@DuckieMcduck]

@@GogiRegion You seem to express no concern to what skill even means in this context. Competitive games ban things when they break the game as people know it. Air sticky spam was always braindead compared to pills but you never saw it banned. Bonk adds more utility to Scout than what he is originally meant to do and lets him take more risks which makes not using it a no brainer if you're coordinating. It's nothing to do with skill, but with role and capability expectations that get shattered due to it and this impacts the whole game.

[@Diemund1]

Dear Elmaxo, I cannot express my gratitude. This video was a gateway to Bonk Drinker's server, and led to some of the best moments I've ever had on Discord, from the beginning all the way to the server's downfall. Much love, ❤️

[@BonkChugger-yx8bb]

until we meet bonk drinker

[@kilianconn5091]

Back in the day I played a lot of arena, there was a scout named "Asshole" that was very similar to this Bonkdrinker fellow. That was back when the sandman was good, but I have always respected the Bonk since seeing him in action. My friend and I still joke about him to this day because of how ridiculous but good he was.

[@elijahmelton2660]

Bonk is good for really good snipers (or bot bullying) and as I’ve discovered it’s really fun to meme with melee using the bonk to get point blank to normally horrifying enemies

[@peterisawesomeplease]

Yea I would argue this is a bigger deal than getting behind. Getting into point blank while taking no damage makes scout a terror. Although the video at least somewhat referenced it by showing the b4nny clips.

[@gabrieljejomarpenaredondo4239]

finally another bonk user, bonk needs more recognition for scout mains cuz it's so underrated. Sure it was BS when it first came out but it needs a bit of a buff.

[@AntonPogonin]

It doesn't. I believe it's highly situational, but good as is.

[@gabrieljejomarpenaredondo4239]

@@AntonPogonin the slow down effect that you get when being shot is so painful to watch, this downside is stupid

[@AntonPogonin]

@@gabrieljejomarpenaredondo4239 Easily negated by using arrow keys. But yes it is bad.

[@FunLobsterFacts]

@@AntonPogonin I just dont like the fact that you can get knockbacked while in bonk.

[@AntonPogonin]

@@FunLobsterFacts No, it's fair. And you can surf sentries.

[@gaming_tim]

bonk drinker is an absolute chad

[@jeridon6081]

I did some (admittedly very rough) calculations to figure out just how long it would have taken for Bonk Man to sip that much bonk and came out with the ballpark figure of 14 hours of straight drinking/resupply/drinking again, at an average speed of 3 seconds per sip

[@Guns-R-Us_]

that tracks if matches were ending and he was dealing with loading times, so in other words he never stopped drinking bonk

[@flashpone7910]

Why did it take me this long, this far down to find someone who actually did the math?? Thank you so much.

[@6letterss]

"bonk is bad because sentries" , you left out the part where you can constantly drink bonk to keep the sentry firing at you to give your team time to destroy it. If anything i equip bonk TO kill sentries. Though this is entirely dependent on the number of braincells the rest of your team owns sort of like medic uber. If your team sees an enemy sentry being supressed and still wont shoot it theres not much you can do.

[@disguisedhat9398]

one word, wrangler

[@harryjesshop6890]

@@disguisedhat9398 just pull a Mr President and run in front of your teammates

[@disguisedhat9398]

@@harryjesshop6890 yeah right

[@SomeRandomIntrovert]

6letters you cant destroy sentries with Bonk active, you cant attack while its active :skull:

[@6letterss]

@@SomeRandomIntrovert its not you destroying them, if you keep a sentry distracted for 6 seconds your demo or soldier can

[@flamingwa4116]

*"He is he a man of focus, commitment and sheer fcking will"*

[@muffinstan]

6:41 it's over soldier! I have the high ground!

[@LividImp]

I love the bonk, highly underrated. My standard strat in 2nd Dustbowl is to bonk, surf off the inevitable level 3 at the first point, use that to get to the enemy teles. After I take down the teles I harass the spawners keeping them tied up. It is not unusual for 3 or 4 people to be chasing me in the back field. That gives a numbers advantage to my team at first point. If you think death matching is all this game is about, then you're playing it wrong.

[@johnhull2582]

"Then what?" After getting behind the enemy? Take out teleporters, harass flanks, lure newbs, spawn camp..... It's one of the most potent weapons scout has.

[@MisanthropicOcellus]

8:42 goddamn that mystery dungeon music hits home,

[@PREGAMEDISCHARGEENJOYER]

you think that's crazy??? THAT GUYS IN A 2 FORT SERVER I PLAY IN AND HAS 45K ON IT NOW.

[@bonkdrinker]

actually im still on ~17.5k so i dont know what your on about

[@PREGAMEDISCHARGEENJOYER]

@@bonkdrinker oh we have another guy who has the exact Same set as you. I guess there’s another challenger to your throne

[@northstar-8426]

For tf2 this feels semi normal, dude's still a legend. Bonk Drinker is a beast.

[@Wastelander1337]

I've seen plenty of scouts using bonk to "tank" the enemy sentry while their team pushes, seems to be pretty damn effective

[@Man_Aslume]

I hate those because they evade Paul

[@richardkluin6124]

dude seriously did nothing but drink bonk for roughly 9 hours straight minimum. what a legend

[@robruh4999]

this video actually got me using bonk from the ~250 i've drank, i've noticed that i don't really use bonk to advance into enemy territory, but rather if i was in a poor situation, i could duck behind cover, take a sip of bonk, and get out. this great utility made me realize that bonk isn't as bad as people tend to say it is. rather, there is so much amazing competition for scout's secondary, that the bonk gets drowned out by the overall great utility of the pistol and pretty boy's pocket pistol, the mobility of the winger, & the pick potential of the guillotine and the crit-a-cola makes the bonk seem a little underwhelming in comparison. even if the video didn't make you try bonk, or if you did and failed, try using it as a get out of jail free card once in a while :) it's also pretty good for practicing your scattergun aim, because you don't have a pistol to fall back on, but this is also a note for the guillotine and crit-a-cola

[@sentientcalcium]

6:51 General Kenobi would be proud.

[@fib900]

The main reason to use bonk is to distract the enemy sentry, that way your team can kill it without it taking huge chunks of damage out of them.

[@SurrogateActivities]

its good for event maps when you need to get to a special spell safe or maybe something for contract

[@djazburke476]

3:48 there's a bonk scount dancing in the top left

[@leofinnr]

mad respect for bonk drinker. So dedicated yet such a legend

[@mrchoco4605]

These vids are great, man! You have a lot going for ya!

[@gakmey]

Another great video man, keep it up!

[@Jessie_Helms]

Seeing your videos coming out again has given me the kick I needed to get back into making content myself. Thanks man. Great video! And yeah, I agree, BONK is fun but still a low tier weapon. The Winger or PBPP’s is the go-to for me

[@SomeSteven]

Dang your videos are really high quality! I'm glad that while, unfortunately, TF2 isn't getting updates, it seems the KZbin community behind it is steadily growing once again :]

[@internallyscreaming8444]

The sniper just waiting at 7:33 is possible the best thing ive seen

[@lesab1000]

Always happy to see a new elmaxo video on my recommended page

[@wojtekpolska1013]

i like that even tho tf2 has some bad weapons, you still can have success with every single one of them if you just try hard enough. like many weapons are considered "bad", but you still can use them and have success with them if you have enough skill.

[@elmaxoTF2]

i 100% agree here. that’s the beauty of tf2.

[@DFFilmmaker]

Bison doesnt take skill its just useless like the pomson

[@punnyperson4663]

Well great, now I can't do this meme without being called a copy cat, but this can't stop me because it's funny

[@Stabs]

I have no idea how you manage to make such good content so quickly. Keep it up!

[@goudtem7711]

Nice video ! Keep up the great work dude!

[@Ikimono]

9:35 ...we just gonna ignore that?

[@Walmartbag-tb2no]

Ignore what?

[@k.2167]

the strange mad milk?

[@Bilndmann]

Important note: when fighting spies, that “attack from behind” thing is a real good way to get trickstabbed by any competent spy.

[@realunclejoe7748]

Hey elmaxo, Great video. saw you in a couple games including parts of this video!

[@sirfish2241]

Damn your video quailty is amazing and you edit fast really entertaining keep it up!

[@jcplays5831]

Bonk is like an enigma, you knows it’s there but you don’t know if it’s good or not

[@elementalgamer0732]

10:00 Ah yes. _Milk_

[@HawnselTF]

Congrats on 1 million channel views!

[@heartlessmushroom]

I may be remembering wrong, but another use for Bonk in competitive back then was to draw sentry aggro whenever uber was not available.

[@Greenspy.]

As a scout who mains bonk i think its really fun to use it to go around sentrys and save yourself when your super low hp. The bonk is also a gimmick item so basically it will be less usefull then the for say mad milk but its a more fun tool to use. Same goes to heavy's holiday punch. It might be less usefull then the gru or fos, But its a fun weapon and really satisfying to use when you do.

[@enderlore1337]

7:08 funny number

[@garbotoxin_enthusiast]

I like using it with the babe faces blaster because the bonk helps avoid damage so you can keep your boost and the boost let’s you lose enemy gamers who chase you down or just return to your team

[@SoylentGamer]

It's fun! I think of Jerma's spy scout hybrid video with the backscatter when I think of Bonk.

[@dyingscarlet]

6:17 *"How to suck"*

[@winksatfriend]

1:42 I DIED XD

[@whoisanarnb]

What an amazing story about determination. Thank you

[@SmokeyTheLarge]

A man of focus, commitment and sheer fucking will

[@amnajanjua9000]

I love all the pokemon music you put in your videos

[@Bageltin]

ah man the pokemon soundtrack choices make this so chill. i dont speak for everyone im sure (as a gen 4 - 5 fan) but they make this vid so chill

[@memestealer6348]

3:06 just want to note here that because of tf2's source spaghetti you can negate the movement slow down simply by strafing. (This works for all classes btw)

[@bentogames113]

Nice vid bro

[@mizan9794]

Nice vid lad

[@FloppinhaGamerinho2242]

I feel like the Bonk! Atomic punch can also be used as a Sentry distracter, you drink it, get on the shooting range, and let a teammate destroy the Sentry, it worked out for me pretty well even on solo queue.

[@tarrmugenjoyer]

this video inspired me to also make a bonk loadout. i love bonk.

[@user-yl5yd4fg7v]

This video was bloody lovely and I will def watch then when wanting to learn how to use Bonk! atomic punch Properly

[@vanidy0115]

You have potential to become a bigger TF2tuber, please keep going, I love your style in this video, especially with bonk drinker's plot.

[@rapha2028]

i have watched this so many times just for the bonk drinker story and i have basically memorized how to use the bonk properly

[@TheSwedishHistorian]

i personally use the bonk as part of my scout trolling loadout or how I like to call it: the Trout loadout

[@StoryTeller796]

This is probably a good guide on how to play Splatoon 3's Undercover Brella.

[@Coryn02]

I'd recognize that Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team music at the end of the video anywhere. Also, nice video! I hope you make more.

[@verxat1113]

okay this bro does a whole anime commentary every single vid. He deserves a million. Lets get him there bois

[@Cwice]

7:42 Awesome backflip Engineer

[@Small_child_punter]

I APPRECIATE bonk. I know it’s bad, but I appreciate it. It’s a very classic item in the game. It’s the go to drink in tf2 sfm’s, when you think about scouts secondaries it’s the most iconic.

[@jamesthe27th94]

Bonk drinker is a level 100 drinker. Crit drinker is a level -100 drinker

[@yummybuchty2582]

your vids are gold

[@applekhi3962]

Honestly the Bonk Atomic Punch is very situational but at the same time it's still good especially when you're working together with your time like distracting a sentry from the rest of your team, honestly all of Scout's secondaries are good

[@lukedanielgalon1596]

This shows even the worst can be good or even better this what majority players would never understand in any genre of games and this video is refreshing

[@bobbybingo4506]

There has been a surprising amount of times where I use bonk and think "I wouldn't have survived that if I didn't have bonk" And I think that makes bonk good enough.

[@draconicdestruction5352]

1:58 lets not forget that it was also said bonk consists of ammonium chloride which can cause asthma. and that radioactive element is caesium 137 if i do remember correctly. which is an element created when nuclear fallout occurs. let that sink in.

[@malfolin]

This man should get "Ultra bonk! Atomic blast!", it just gives him invulnerability until he somehow dies, but only allowed to use bats.

[@obsessivescoutmain9293]

outstanding birthday present elmaxo

[@benji2135]

Hey man, Leb here, met you in a hightower server today. Great content, thanks for the signed spy cicle!

[@bennyswenny3295]

luv u elmaxo

[@skullempty5851]

elmaxo i dont know if youll read this but ive been binge watching your videos, and rewatching them so much i love your voice i love your humour i love your editing your videos make me feel comfortable

[@elmaxoTF2]

I am very glad to hear that, makes my day when I hear comments like that

[@Zomtism]

Oh funniest thing is i remember someone asking bonk drinker that and only just now do i find out that was you on the server, crazy Small World ain't it. Keep up the great work mate

[@travismartinez5676]

I appreciate that pokemon mystery dungeon red rescue music there. Tf2 and mystery dungeon. Great memories from two directions there

[@kokosmaelk]

I hadn't checked your content prior to hearing the praise about you on havfun, honestly I feel like an idiot for not watching you sooner. Good stuff, keep up the effort

[@Troll_main]

I would also like to say that bonk can help take down sentry nests, as sentries will target you (the invincible one) while an explosive class (like a direct hit soldier) destroys it without harm.

[@xosui5673]

I've ran into him a few times. He is fun to play with for sure