TF2 - 10 Tips for the Heavy

With the Heavy update JUST AROUND THE CORNER... what better way to celebrate our chunky little friend than a 10 tips video for Heavy!
Weapon Tiers (1:01)
5 Quick Basic Tips (1:30)
1. Good Positioning (2:18)
2. Use Cover (4:56)
3. Be Spyranoid (5:49)
4. The Ambush (7:06)
5. Target Priority (8:24)
6. Effective Range (9:40)
7. Survivability (11:36)
8. Make the Most of Your Minigun (12:52)
9. Sandvich Etiquette (14:53)
10. The GRU (16:03)
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[@archmagemc3561]

You missed one collosal tip with Heavy that greatly affects his sniper matchup. If you look slightly to your right and call Medic, the heavy will put his big hand in front of his face, momentarlly removing his head hitbox since the hand hitbox is covering it. I've used this to great effect vs good/god snipers, and even aimbots. And once you've done it to the same sniper a few times, they tend to be more hesitant about headshotting you.

[@uwu8725]

Or you could just look up

[@awake7586]

F2p cant do it anymore :(

[@brunocardosodossantos1500]

That's a thing?!

[@bamboohpenguin5528]

@@awake7586 yeah I'm an F2P too and was really angry when after we can't talk anymore.....now I just play community serveres

[@awake7586]

@@bamboohpenguin5528 like is literally stupid how they also disable the voice lines like... what?? JUST LET ME CALL MEDIC VALVE godamit

[@ericandre9574]

Plot twist heavy update isn't coming. Instead we get T F 2 C A R D G A M E

[@doot1967]

That means Valve still cares about the game tho. Not gonna happen my dude.

[@GentleMannOfHats]

@@doot1967 sad tf2 boi hours

[@shtuffs]

I would actually love that

[@parryhotter8788]

heavy 5 cost 5 at 69 df ability gets +5 at +69 df every start of turn

[@mr.anakinguy7098]

I wouldn’t mind that lol

[@vousterthevoid9412]

2:58 *It's over Anakin, I have the high ground*

[@Dark_Slayer3000]

You underestimate my power "charges sniper riffle"

[@woody8703]

@@Dark_Slayer3000 DON'T TRY IT!

[@Dark_Slayer3000]

@@woody8703 *aims*

[@mr.monocle5982]

@@Dark_Slayer3000 And you just got sniped across the map by a crit tomislav.

[@dicksimmons3147]

Heavy: it’s over soldier I have the high ground Soldier:you underestimate my power Heavy:don’t try it Soldier: *rocket jumps* Heavy: *deletes the soldier*

[@giahuynguyenkim6389]

Honestly this is true. A Heavy can actually fight pretty well against a Soldier even when he has the low ground

[@Jimmycoolboyepic]

No it’s “Solider: evaporates.

[@afonsius7907]

0:11 God tier editing right here.

[@elitedefender4315]

ikr epic editing better than forttrash

[@kacpern788]

06:24 "help your medic..." (medic backstabed) 👌

[@lyra9597]

Some people might say that the Heavy versus Heavy is really boring, probably more boring than Pyro versus Pyro. However if you consider the requirements the Heavy needs to outdamage his opponent and win the deathmatch, there are several things you, as a Heavy player, should keep an eye on. For example, usually wins the Heavy, who spins up faster, has more health or has a ground advantage. If the enemy Heavy has a stronger source of healing nearby, he will mow you down unless he's totally unaware of what's happening. Tomislav wins at longer range, the Stock Minigun wins at short/medium range. Brass Beast, if spinned in time, almost always wins. Belive or not, enemy Heavies are often your largest threats on the battlefield, depending on which gun you're using and whether you have healing at your disposal or not, you will be at an advantage or disadvantage to your counterpart.

[@robbevanooteghem7429]

@Daniel von Strangle as soundsmith once said tomislav heavy's will defend the tomislav always at any cost xD

[@Reragi]

@@robbevanooteghem7429 there's a reason we usually use the tomislav, its literally the best in most situations - heavy main #3/4

[@ayogodd6038]

@Daniel von Strangle >I'm better then you becuase I think one gun is better then the other That's dumb you aren't better then a classes main becuase you know the tomi is better then the stock Stop you're high horse dude

[@arnelbraga4745]

@Daniel von Strangle well.. Most Tomislav players i see are... *S h i t* I see numerous players not ambushing with the Tomislav and it kinda feels like stock, just with a tighter spread,accurate pellets and a silent spin up sound. But hey, I'm not a Heavy main but i use stock more because I just can't aim perfectly with the Tomislav.

[@frenzygreeny1668]

P-pyro also need to outdamage the other pyro, 1 might have full phlog or backburner, and one might have their mouse 2..

[@zelosmiman5533]

I have 1,5k hours on tf2 and this vid still helped me.

[@Jawsomest]

Me Wanting To make A Joke But Realizing This Comment Is A Year old :

[@Morphoidism]

How many hours do you have now?

[@FhkJuzfAhiaOk]

Odakle si

[@zelosmiman5533]

@@Morphoidism 2286 lol .. I got bored in quarantine i guess :D

[@Steven._..]

Life?

[@velocilevon]

6:21 "If you spot a spy attacking your medic, you should of course make it your priority to take out that spy and help your medic out." 6:24 *Medic gets backstabbed by a spy* Also, I would give an extra tip: watch your ammunition. Ammo runs out on minigun rather quickly than you would expect.

[@vanilla8956]

you really think it runs out quick? I always felt it was perfectly fine. (wish natascha had the bonus still though)

[@velocilevon]

@@vanilla8956 Not always. It's usually those moments where I stay in one spot and shoot the enemies at the far distance to scare them off or even finish off the injured ones.

[@vanilla8956]

@@velocilevon Ah, yeah. I'm usually good at keeping my finger off the trigger whenever they go out of view though to conserve. I wish we could get an ammo refill lunchbox item. It wouldn't even be that good at all honestly but it just needs to be there for completeness sake and strategic possibility

[@khalidthegamingnjem9956]

Stupid bloody spies

[@shroast6990]

The Tomislav doest take much ammo because of its small rate of fire

[@StickMaster500]

The best tip for Heavy is to make Heavy lose a ton of weight, become Boston and become a Force A' Nature

[@dynacoh3956]

Oh your online?

[@trupizza671]

That sounds really familiar. Hmm. Oh well

[@Kapnohuxi_folium]

"you are not so good as you think" -the heavy

[@galadrix4528]

Stickmaster I always see you in every video, I also have saw you in one of sheet music boss's video xD

[@dcogreenhills9359]

He would transform to a scout though

[@nunnyu]

i honestly feel when the heavy update comes out, on the first day everyone will go heavy, then the second day everyone will go sniper and spy realizing the f r a g potential and there will be 2 heavies

[@BanditLyfe2471]

Yu Xiang Yao unless never is inbetween them

[@ieuanhunt552]

And the day after that Pyros to counter spies and medics to overheal so the snipers are less of a threat and scouts to flank. And holy crap I only just realized that tf2 is a balanced game where mixing up classes is the best way to win.

[@thegamingengineer3274]

"With the heavy update right around the corner" One year later: these devs are BABIES

[@ovariso]

that tier list is incorrect, everyone knows the buffalo steak + warrior's spirit combo is the greatest item combination in the game EDIT: changed "warrior's steak" to "warrior's spirit"

[@afonsius7907]

Excuse me but the buffalo steak + pan is the actual greatest item combination in game. Get it right dude.

[@feelsamazingman174]

Afonsius Discount golden pan

[@NotASpyReally]

15:50 That pyro. I hate when that happens. When I do something that an enemy mistakes for being friendly and then I don't wanna shoot them cause they are so cute but I didn't really wanna be friendly either so it's a dilemma :/

[@YurieSnowie]

Shoot them, no mercy

[@pootzeketzi1233]

@@YurieSnowie :(

[@capnlatenight5356]

Usually I think someone is being friendly but they haven't even noticed me yet.

[@kaiserzer0468]

Heavy is one of those classes that has major weaknesses and your enemies will do whatever it takes to use that to their advantage. But heavies also have incredible strengths. So if you manage to work around your short comings you’ll become nigh unstoppable.

[@fumothfan9]

Basically a sentry that heals with health not ammo Brass beast makes it so much more accurate

[@Slimtunes-367]

heavy: I have the high ground! Spy: You Underestimate my power!

[@achickeninroblox254]

Bro was so confident that it would come out

[@eksmad]

I am a heavy main and sitting in front of my pc crying with joy. PERFECT video! PERFECT! Subscribed.

[@bliss6417]

thx mman, I loved the fact that you actually got over heavy guide, which is very rare considering that heavy is a very underrated. I'm comparatively new to tf2 but heavy seem to fit me, so I found this video very helpful. Thx Toofty!

[@robbevanooteghem7429]

stacking heavy on payload is one of the best winconditions you will find

[@Toofty]

Glad you found it useful!

[@sebasrtrd]

"Heavy update will probably be tomorrow" 5 Months later.....

[@jamesn0va]

He meant tommorow

[@cowdy_]

1 year later

[@firefistace8372]

2 years later yes

[@philiphunt-bull5817]

Tomorrow.

[@kaue6641]

@@philiphunt-bull5817 indeed

[@jacksayer7560]

Simple. Screw the team. Become a hoovy today.

[@avocato1180]

Yep

[@avocato1180]

Vampyre 👍

[@Fuzzball10]

You can still give out sandviches to your team

[@hanakokun8641]

YES

[@justsomeguy3633]

Banana time

[@Toofty]

Third!

[@Toofty]

​@Daniel von Strangle Wait, are you trying to say you agree with the video or not?

[@Toofty]

That was sarcasm btw. For the tier list I asked for input from the community on Twitter and Discord as I'm not very familiar with the Heavy's weapons. If you disagree please provide you feedback, we would love to hear from you. Make sure to use as many of the capital letters and swears as possible.

[@farkrits]

@Daniel von Strangle They're not banned because they're op. Weapon bans usually happen when the specific weapon gives an advantage that usually leads to the player of the opposite team having to use the same weapon for the game to stay fair.

[@mrblusky6957]

Just LOVE how Toofty responds in such a polite manner. This is what I try to scout around the Internet for. Keep it up Toofty!

[@slither3072]

oh well too bad the heavy update isnt out :

[@claytons4690]

Alright one tip which is pretty useful is with the holiday punch. If the enemy team pops Uber, you can nullify it by making the medic or his target laugh. Either punch their backs, or, if your team has a kritzkrieg, you pop kritz and stop it that way.

[@mysoncrumphaseveryinjury3853]

Nearly every time I attack a Medic girlfriend-Their boyfriend pair,they pop Uber,stopping me dead in my tracks and the latter kills me with melee. Let's see if they like some of that sweet Schadenfreude taunt!

[@fumothfan9]

Same with huntsman snipers. It is a bit slower but 100% you'll get one or the other Alternatively go FoS heavy and try to stall / tank some hits. If they switch to melee you can airblast better

[@Sir_Rave]

i disagree with ranking the natascha in b tier. i used it for a while now and it's so damn good. the slowdown makes it much easier to connect bullets and throw people off guard. definitely able to keep up with stock and tomi imo.

[@thefatman4671]

Sir Ravemaster I’ve been using Oksana for about a year and a half (brass beasts name is Okasna) and whenever you get the hang of her oooooooohhhhhhhh the move speed and rev downsides are nothing compared to surviving 3 shots from rocket launchers and grenade launcher while doing more damage yourself. Plus oksana eats sentry guns at mid range let alone close range and it lets you win most heavy fights outright as a bonus

[@Sir_Rave]

@@thefatman4671 well yes but actually no

[@disc_00]

I use Sasha Yep, i use Sasha

[@derigelkott4405]

It aswell as the brass beast also have resistans when below 50% health. I think that this upside is realy underrated.

[@Strawberry92fs]

Everyone knows the Iron Kurtain is the best minigun.

[@SulphurKnight]

Thanks for the video toofty, you big gay.

[@CommaV9414]

ANY DAY NOW GUYS (10 bucks says the heavy update delayed til 2107)

[@fallenmango8420]

I will take you up on that bet.

[@merricklamarsna4470]

StickzzTheKZbinr nope

[@candidlearner3191]

It seems likely at this point

[@Simon-cz2bq]

Wauser right so far

[@philiphunt-bull5817]

Heavy update in 2022.

[@arcturus64]

Here are a few extra tips: -You can turn a small health kit into a medium health kit by throwing your sandvitch on the ground (only at full health mind you), and grabbing the small medkit, it'll replenish your sandvitch bar and now you have two medium health kits at your team's disposal. -If you are healed by a medic, you can see how much health he has, which also means you can see whenever your medic takes damages, if that's the case, you're probably being flanked by a scout/soldier or any mobile class, you should check behind you for 1 or 2 seconds but not more than that because you'll have your back turned to the frontline and you won't be able to see what's coming to you. -With any minigun other than the tomislav you should avoid revving up your minigun too much, it makes a lot of noise and most soldiers/demo will just spam splash damage in your general direction without even having a line of sight, it also has a tendency to attract spies so be prepared whenever you rev your minigun. -The fists of steel are a good option if you ever have to cross a sniper sightline with no other alternate routes. -Look up, seriously many ambushes take into account the fact that the enemy isn't looking above their heads.

[@ME0WMERE]

he did say the first one at around 16:00

[@ghulammohiuddin4121]

13:07 interesting name u got xd

[@Arcanefungus]

The nice thing is, this video also is useful for fighting heavy. I wont play heavy anytime soon because I dont like playing a turtle with a gun, but as a scout these tips are pretty nice too😂

[@LUCASDBD]

you improved sooo much with the tips ! I love these kind of videos

[@palebee_7689]

MAN THIS GUIDE IS NUTS!!! Love all of the tips, and the video looks really good! Nice work man!

[@LeoAu-yeung]

Hey toofty your tips are awesome keep up the work and you made me a demo main Thanks for the likes

[@DailyWorldWideNews945]

Tbh demo is by far the most annoying class in the game. And ppl are complaining that pyro would be "skilless" and "m1+w", even though he is one of the hardest and weakest classes.

[@ME0WMERE]

@@DailyWorldWideNews945 mmm yes, pyro is one of the hardest classes seems about right

[@DailyWorldWideNews945]

@@ME0WMERE tbh hitting pipes is wayyyy easier than airblasting for me

[@Imikmidget]

I love using the Huo Long Heater with The Family Business but only if there's a good medic in the team.

[@Blind_Hawk]

After watching this video, I truly can call myself a Heavy main!

[@jamie9926]

Nice one doing a video on Heavy - probably one of the least played classes along with medic

[@infogamesrus5633]

Thank you for the tips!

[@WanderingHermitCrab]

Number one tip for heavy: when your medic is being attacked by a spy, *TURN AROUND.*

[@w9eps5]

That's a very good video.Keep up doing such a good work like this.

[@will2316]

Oh that intro joke about the Heavy Update gets more painful by the day 😢

[@ziki3518]

Hey Toofty, could you add some kind of sign when you do those freeze-cams, it always tricks me into thinking that I lost connection.

[@redjones106]

Yippeee Heavy update just around the corner can’t wait

[@elitetamago]

Thanks, this helps a lot

[@lynroseotea4122]

Great video toofy!!

[@Small_child_punter]

This actually helped me a lot.

[@Toofty]

:)

[@rogofos]

I realized I was already doing most of it myself without even realising so uhh thanks for opening my eyes on how skilled I am I guess

[@norahsnewgroove]

As a Heavy main, the best advice I can give is this; let them come to you. I know it's not as fun, I love overextending with the Tomislav too, but any decent team will tear you do shreds if you do that, no matter how good you are. I'm not saying don't be aggressive, but try to maintain aggressive holds so your team can follow to back you up, as opposed to trying to push by yourself, even if you have a pocket. Also, assuming you're using a Sandvich, never pick up health packs if you can avoid it. At least, not for healing, see every pack as a Sandvich recharging station. They do despawn after thirty seconds or if you throw down another one though, so keep that in mind. (I recommend throwing them near dispensers, since people default there for healing).

[@Strawberry92fs]

Best advice is to grab a bottle of vodka, put on the Red Choir and mic spam your best russian laugh while never spinning down your minigun.

[@EnglandRemoval]

@@Strawberry92fs Finally a heavy main with some common sense

[@Strawberry92fs]

@@EnglandRemoval What? I'm a Medic Main.

[@EnglandRemoval]

@@Strawberry92fs oh well what you said is entirely correct though

[@approxdepotter6967]

Great video as always!

[@Mr-Moron]

As a Hale’s Own Heavy main myself I have a few tips. 1) PRIORITY. Here’s the list of what you should worry about at all times and the order you should take out classes. 1: Engineers/nests. This is your JOB. Kill nests and make sure the Engineer doesn’t scuttle off to make a new one. 2: Spies. Spies will ruin your day, your Medic’s day, your team’s day. If you EVER see a spy, go for them. 3: Medics. Self explanatory, Medics are the lifeblood of a team and killing them sooner rather than later will almost single handedly win the mid-fight. 4: Pyros. Pyros will not only chew through your health like single plied toilet paper, but the flames will go through you and onto your Medic. Kill them quick and stay frosty. 5: Scouts. Quick and easy to kill. Kill them quick and make sure they don’t go for your Medic. 6: Demoman: They will WRECK your team with their stickies and whatever armament they have. Other Heavies: Not much of a threat to you but to your teammates. If your have a Medic and they don’t it shouldn’t be a chore. Soldiers: Not much of a threat if you have a Medic. Kill them when you can but there’s more important targets. Snipers: Don’t try it. Just find a new path that doesn’t have a Sniper.

[@DEEPMUCH]

Great video,some great tips.tyggwp

[@nazeemcloudresident4532]

So tomorrow we finally getting the heavy update? YAY!

[@punkie8128]

thank you toofty very cool

[@GrungeMan8]

Helpful video btw

[@bioemiliano]

Still waiting for the heavy update, in anyyyy moooomeeeent...

[@bugsmith9751]

its just tomorrow my man!

[@DaBumo]

9:34 and 1 more thing, when comfranted with a spy and let's say a scout, it's better to kill the spy first even though you already started damaging the scout.

[@jikas3659]

2:58 HAPPY OBI WAN NOISES

[@juanfisi]

Thank you

[@Ethaniel1999]

Oh hey I was playing. That's pretty neat.

[@thewitchking2556]

Yay a toofty vid!

[@christosstavropoulos9079]

The heavys' spider-sense though...

[@maximilianklinger2712]

I completely agree on the gloves.

[@_jongo9092]

that transition tho 3:43

[@Dozeji]

A small addition - If you ever see an enemy Medic with the Quick Fix uber with his buddy, then chances are you can probably defeat that combo on your own. The Minigun outputs so much damage that it can overcome the increased healing of the Quick Fix Uber, rendering it and the medic worthless. *SPREADSHEET* *Scout* - Highly unlikely, but will get annoying pretty fast. He's not invincible, but he damn sure feels like it. Good tracking required. If he is not smart, he will run straight at you. If he has any gamesense, he will jump around and close the distance gradually. High level of threat. *Soldier* - Highly likely, the Soldier is one of the primary targets for an Quick Fix Uber. Though powerful and probably buffed up with 4 rockets, he can withstand about 2 seconds of being fired upon in close range by a lone heavy before collapsing on the floor like his chances of ever joining the army. If he strafes around the corner, go up it out of his sight, and jump out as close as you can. Medium level of threat *Pyro* - Another quite likely target for 108 hp/s, the Pyro relies on being able to close the distance.... so.. he's toast, just rip him a new stomach while you're at it, there's no way that he can outdamage you and his medic can't outheal your damage from this close up. Low level of threat *Demoman* - Another viable target for the Quick Fix uber, but this time more dangerous than the Soldier. Soldier can output more damage per rocket, but at a slower rate, and it can be pretty inconsistent. Demo, meanwhile, can output regular, 100-per-nade damage, killing you in 3 shots from a relative safety, as his distance will render your damage null to his buddy's healing. Strafing will be required. If he mainly uses stickies, close the gap, and then revv up. Medium/High level of threat *Heavy* - That's a juicy one. The Quick-Fix alone gives your opponent an additional 75 health, and ubering will help him mow you, the alone heavy, down rather quickly. If you get caught off-guard by one, be prepared to wipe the floor with your blood as you scramble to your team. If you catch the medic off guard and he pops, try to close the gap between yourself and the Heavy, constantly firing. Medium/High level of threat *Engineer* - Now this is a tricky one. On his own, Engineer is nothing but a fly that you swat everyday. His sentry guns are threatening, but you can rid him easily if he foolishly decides to rush you with his shotgun... even if it's the Frontier Justice with >3 crits. Now, a pocketed and ubered Texan is still an annoyance, don't get me wrong. His weapon of choice decides if he's even worth what he's claiming to be. If he's got Stock, Pomson or the Panic Attack, just mow him down, he's no threat. If he has the Frontier Justice, try to strafe as you set him ablazing, waste his crits on meaningless 70 damage instead of the full blown 180. The Widowmaker makes it easier for the Engie to continue to pepper you with lead so long as he's hitting you, so he'll want to close the distance to you and that's... well, suicide. Low/medium level of threat *Medic* - *looks at the camera* why are you gay? Low level of threat *Sniper* - Well, I was going to say the exact same thing as above, but I remembered that the Huntsman exists. If the medic pops, he will have a window of time just large enough to fully charge the 360 damage arrow and D E S T R O Y you up close. Thanks to the hitbox using the projectile model, you are a ripe toast ready to be taken out, so exercise caution when fighting a Huntsman Sniper. If he's using anything other than that, then his medic is dumb enough to uber a sniper that needs 4 seconds to charge up a headshot strong enough to kill you. Low/Semi-High level of threat *Spy* - *looks at the camera* Why are you the way you are? His revolvers can do no harm to your 300 magnificience, and his knife, although buggy, will not be able to get a facestab in the 2 seconds he has left staring at you. Dismissed, low level of threat.

[@cendle3488]

Im sooo hyped for that update!

[@dumbvillage9253]

What i would like to mention is, that if you use the sandvich, you can eat it, then take a small health pack, and get your sandvich back. it prevents you from waiting for another one, and turns a small healthpack into a medium one.

[@ludwigiapilosa508]

When the heavy update comes out, several new weapons will be introduced. It will take approximately two years for strange versions of them to come out. Why? Because Valve

[@bernardonegri5416]

I agree, the Gloves of running awesomely are underrated.

[@FatCatCooper]

Wtf are you talking about it's used litterally 90% of the time

[@frieddoughpieces9662]

I did NOT know about that recharging sandvich trick.

[@newturtle3]

Some of the biggest tips of heavy i can give as an engy main as well as for other classes: -as a heavy stick to CQC enclosed areas. Be a pyro or soldier / demoknight. You're biggest counter is spy and sniper. So stick to rooms short hallways and have your back to the wall. Trust me when i say 2 things. 1. Any disguised spy that starts hugging wall shoot down 2. You'll win most class engagements at that enclosed areas -tomislav is great for accuracy and range but fired too slowly. As a heavy you should rely on sustained fire. Imagine a pyro that only fan flames. That's a tomislav heavy. The biggest bonus is it is silent which plays into ambush heavy -hide behind corners and near health packs. People usually run in without peeking around corners so you can catch em off guard even without tomislav silent revv up -miniguns are mid to close range treat em as widowmaker shotgun / flamethrower hybrid not needing to reload and limited range unless you got a krtiz medic lol. -stock all arounder. Natasha for mobile support aka resistance heavy and support to hold enemies in place for allies to pick off. Huo for sentry nest defense / pyro team up. Really screws over spies without kunai who miss the stab and 2nd best kart minigun. Tomislav for silent ambush heavy against most cept heavy medic pairs. Brass beast for being a meat sentry. Best from a high ground falling down to revv up and close distance between enemies and you. Also for a large enemy push this gun just shuts it down mowing down 2-3 enemies without a medic healing you which is still a lot 1/6- 1/4 of the enemy team -as a medic weight your options for medigun with heavy medic pairing: =stock for invul for team pushing and sentry busting but as a heavy close the distance as much as possible or else may as well be using a pistol especially on wrangled sentries for falloff damage =krtiz for chokepoints. Best on defense because offense rarely has sentries setup when pushing up. As a heavy just shoot sustained damage first aka other heavies and pyros first. Then splash damage aka soldiers and demos. Then medic distance speedsters / mobility aka scouts demoknights or explosive jumping demos / soldiers. Next pick classes aka spies and snipers. Finally support other medics or engies. You'll mow em down fast and should always go after whomever is closest and leave stragglers for your team. You get no falloff damage but distance accuracy is still a thing. =quick fix if you got a decent team and wanna take out a sentry or the enemy pyro tries airblasting you back a lot. Also taking any low health red health heavy from say 30-40 health up to 100% + overheal and sustained healing is extremely scary and in pubs very hard to out dps without a good team. As a heavy take out airblasting pyro first then the sentry =vaccinator all arounder. As a medic always have in bullet / hitscan (unless huntsman sniper but rare and at mid range no worries). Snipers are heavy's main counter removing their ability to down him with 2 quick scopes or 1 full charge scope is paramount. But like 60% is melee damage in game. The other 40% is divided like 60% bullet / hitscan, 30% projectile 10% fire. Explosive for any CQC with demospams or soldiers. At range soldiers aren't as threatening b/c falloff damage. Fire rarely unless pyro is flare spamming but best used medic pyro pairs but more for phlog pyros. You can use 2+ uber resistances meaning save up at least 2 ubers before popping for emergencies. Also you carrt crossbow to pop uber switch arrow shot then back resistances for very secure multiheals. As a heavy best pair with chocolate bar + GRU or FoS. Chocolate bar for extra health and panic heals for fire afterburn or bleed on your medic buddy. GRU for closing distance down from 30% damage vul to 20% vul with just passive healing or 40% resistances with uber. Best when crossing sentries or enemy fire. Fists of steel are more reliable tanking and you can even easily tank sustained sentry fire enough that without constant refill you can outlast the ammo runnibg out. Best avoid lvl 3 for rockets though. Before i cont. Now you may think why engy main? Trust me when i saw spending most time guarding and on standby as well as wrangler to stall a good heavy from bad heavy and good team vs bad team it does work 9/10 times.

[@newturtle3]

Cont. Sandvich is good without a medic or pocketing medic on your team. Chocolate bar again first overheal yourself with GRU / EN swap back and forth then eat chocolate bar or extra health with medic as resistances on brass beast and natasha activate sooner. 2nd banana for pure team band aids for afterburn and bleed damage Steak not really good. Unless you wanna meme melee heavy and wanna toss one for allies before you use one as even a small medkit will refill steak at full charge. -fat scout is viable. Sometimes people forget a shotgun is super powerful on a class with 300+ health and unlike miniguns don't slow you down same for melees -stick near dispensers for keeping firing and constant spychecking. If you aren't you're not doing your job as well. This goes double for payload kart heavies. -crouch. Ffs you can mess up a sniper's sight just moving up and down side to side. At least a good sniper a gibus f2p will probably benefit but crouching especially on payload karts or small metal siding hides your hitbox well enough. Proven by aimbot hackers / bots being unable to headshot me when crouched. -diversify if other heavies. For example a teammate going tomislav or bass beast heavy go natasha as you can hold em in place for allies to close distance. Same for lunchbox. If you see a heavy with sandvich try banana or chocolate bar. If he has the GRU try FoS to protect both you and him from headshots -more for allies but can work vice versa. Support / assists arent bad. A good comp team will have teamwork or a few people with high kills and a great comp team will have few kills but everyone will have high assists and be mostly on mid to few health lost. So if you see 1 person fighting an enemy and another enemy nearby try helping defeat the 1 v 1. In 2 v 2 turning it into a 2 v 1 means the 2 v 2 once enemy is killed will become a 2 v 1. Healing support or damage output gets lowered each enemy out of the battlefield. So start damaging or finish the final few shots as a heavy or vice versa. Unless you farm strange kills (which assists still count i believe) assists show how well you're doing and support inc pts too.

[@newturtle3]

Cont 2nd part: -as a heavy you have a lot of health. 300 most class plus 50 with chocolate bar plus overheal with a medic. Still thats a 1 v 1 or 2 v 1. In a 2 v1 or 2 v 2 or 1/2 v #>2 than that health isn't as much. Unless ubered (outside kritz and obvious invul) quickfix and vaccinator ubers your health won't be healed as fast as you think. It's why i see heavies get mowed down by my sentry when 1 extra person and myself statt shooting at them. Even a pyro or gun spy will dish out so much extra damage. -that being said extend but be careful. Try to stick to rooms short hallways and walls to duck behind when it gets too tough. -focus fire on one target. Again 2 v 2 turn to 2 v 1. In this case every person killed lowers the healing support defense and/or damage output of the entire enemy team overall. Even gunning down 1 spy vs the medic or soldier will help. -as a heavy 2 options locking onto enemies: 1. Aim from closest to farthest. 2. Farthest to closest It depends on teamwork and overall enemy composition. But always try to stick to closest even with kritz. Closer = more accurate landing shots. Either way stick to 1 target at a time. You're not a phlog pyro who benefits from fan flamming or trying to light multiple enemies on fire at once. -lastly heavy's pecking order of priority: 1. Strongest player on enemy team should be avoided unless with a medic ally. Due to higher skill than maybe you. It depends on what class but best try avoiding them and focus on others 2. Small fry noobs should also be disregarded as allies can pick em off. Unless solo no medic in which case go for it. On both depends but in a cluster setting try to aim for the mid skilled to high skilled players with pocket low to mid skilled players solo 3. Spies should be 100% dealt with asap. Insta kill backstabs are too dangerous to be left for you or your team. They rely on CQC melee range so just go for it. 4. Snipers. Most are ranged but if you somehow close the distance kill em. One less hard counter 5. Scouts are next they are squishy but annoying especially in groups. Relying on meatshots mid ranged combat is advised. 6. Pyros next. Limited in range as well dangerous at closer ranges. Airblasting is dangerous but cannot airblast hitscan / bullets so mow em down 7. Demoknights and battle engies should be next. Minis are annoying to you deadly to low allies. Demoknights also closw in distance but unlike others they can mini crit crit and shield bash with shields. A splendid screen demo can do a lot of damage on bash and only gets stronger with an eyelander. This just shield bash not even including melee options. 8. Demos and soldiers next. Splash damage is okay for you but bad for your team. Demospams especially using the stock or really any stickybomb launcher. Even with extended arm time stickies dish out insane damage and splash damage if too close. Thankfully demos weakness is CQC even stock because self damage and stickies arm time. Soldiers most will probably be rocket jumping. 8. Support so medics and engies. Removing support / healing will weaken enemy defense. But most medics and engies are backlines or behind teammates. Still if you catch one slacking your team pushing or engues moving up buildings take em out next after all previous threats listed are finished off. 9 Enemy heavies should be next. They have as much advantage / distadvantages as you a fellow heavy. Hence try to avoid them in a group attack. 1 v 1 try to be the first to shoot especially if their minigun isn't revv'd up. 10 finally sentries. They are your bane of existance. Hard to revv up and engage before it locks on and starts autoshooting. Worse is a weangled sentry. More health. Also engies can repair them. Save these for last or team pushes.

[@jjeer6802]

15:55 bruh You're a monster

[@Bigfoot-pj6og]

I remember when the heavy update came out a few hours after this video actually. Definitely one of the best updates in tf2

[@poluzgibpolucovek]

Still waitin for that tommorow !

[@mccoolfriend6818]

I hope one day you'll make a 10 tips for SPOY

[@AlienManFromTheOcean]

This was helpful, my load out now is the tomi, Sandvich, and Fist Of Steel

[@doggo8446]

I personally use Stock, Sandvich and Apoco-Fists

[@Ryusuta]

"Viable in some situations: Family Business." I love you.

[@thefatman4671]

Uses the hibernating bear loadout daily cause it’s really fun to do *sees all the weapons rated lowly*

[@ludwigiapilosa508]

A fun thing to do is to cycle through the miniguns every life (after getting at least one kill with each). Chocolate is better than sandvich. Recharges faster, helps overcome temporary health loss of gru (agree this is most useful melee) and gives you a health buff that can save you more often than you'd think. Also, the Huo-long heater is devastating in the right circumstances and better than you gave it credit for, imo. Great for humping the cart and it tight spaces.

[@themeatman4901]

Okay I found out why crouching as heavy vs. heavy works. The enemy heavy aims at your center of mass so the most bullets would hit you, but when you crouch he's now aiming at your head so some bullets would go over your head.

[@EnglandRemoval]

You have outsmarted bullet

[@themeatman4901]

@@EnglandRemoval I smarted bullet

[@jacobholcombe9253]

thats some strange shotgun placement you got on that tierlist friend

[@Jessie_Helms]

Speaking of crouching, I’ll never forget like 3 weeks ago I was in a discord call with like 4 other people and we were all Classic snipping on 2Fort when this one Machina sniper started hard-targeting me (maybe it’s cause I was dominating half their team, maybe it’s cause I was the only 1 with an unusual, who knows). I turned the corner, we basically made eye contact, I crouched, the tracer went over my head, and I no scope headshot him... We went WILD, calling me frickin’ Neo and stuff.

[@numbug1234]

inb4 the Heavy update is released exactly 24 hours after the video is uploaded

[@jakey9065]

Bruh

[@joshuagilfoy]

Toofty, try using the Dalokohs Bar with the gloves of running urgently. It is an awesome combo. Even when you run back to the front line and drop down to 100 health, by the time you finish eating it you are over 300 health. Almost removes the down side entirely.

[@szymik5789]

underrated vid

[@SpitFyre37]

As a Heavy main, I'm absolutely terrified about the Heavy Update. Not because I'm worried about what will be added, but because as soon as the team comp is entirely Heavy, my terrible skills will be revealed.

[@joehair3446]

A 10 tips and tricks tf2 video that is not 9 years ago? Sign me up my man

[@noircoll]

I am a heavy, engie and medic main and this video is EXTREMELY helpful as i suck at tf2. Thanks!

[@Eleganttf2]

your video is always relaxing because of your voice

[@willwalters6928]

If you duel another Heavy, trying to juke him is better than crouching. If you're at extrememly close range, crouching rarely ever helps stop damage, because the minigun's spread is tight enough for a smaller hitbox to not matter. At short to medium range, moving unpredictably really helps during a heavy duel. Most of the time while you're focusing another heavy, his team will also be putting damage on you. Most heavies underestimate how quickly you can move while reved, so instead of crouching and tanking the damage, try to juke it. It's saved me countless times, and I see way too many pub heavies trying to crouch.

[@breezeless_7665]

can't wait to see on you're opinions on how the heavy update should be :D maybe that's a good video idea or maybe it's boring because people are starting to make videos about it,well whatever,i just wanted to see you're opinions about it,don't need to make a video about it if you don't wanna,hope to see you're next video,keep up the great content

[@ZeFluffyKnight]

I main Heavy with the Brass Beast and it makes me feel like a scout when using a normal minigun. I feel like it's the best choice when learn positioning as you have to factor in the slow down effect when playing.

[@ermy1595]

toofty: the heavy update is around the corner me a year later: ...fuck

[@mikeoxbig1978]

The Heavy update is coming out tomorrow!

[@hotchocolate1782]

I am going to watch this video every day for the rest of my life so that WHEN, and yes, when the heavy update comes out someone will have watched it the day before the heavy update comes out, and yes, it will come out, and I will wait patiently for that day

[@IplayFriendd]

Hi bro you helped me a lot and i wanted to ask you if its worth to buy a festivized strange minigun👍

[@juliansarmiento2482]

Toofty: It’s good to have your back covered for obvious reasons Me: Right….

[@WrightMarcel]

I've just binged the Etiquette series and it's really hard to take these seriously now

[@IC-23]

Regarding the Heavy Update. If you looked at the recent patch it said updated *Some* Localization files which could mean they translated most or everything needes for the Heavy update. While I could ve wrong it might be a little hidden hint like back in the day.

[@womanothehour]

It has been 888 tommorow's since this video came out, I have a feeling 889 is gonna be the tommorow I've been waiting for

[@artificialgravitas8954]

This is a Great video, all tips are ok point. All F2P Heavies should see this

[@Umbra_yourAce]

I love how it's been a year since this was posted

[@bugsmith9751]

most of it still seems to hold true, but the chocolate is still a lie, thats some god tear stuff

[@machkage1254]

And here we are still waiting for heavy’s salvation valve