The Ultimate Guide To Battle Engineer

[@Monuver]

Something that Dane didn't mention in the section about trading that I wish he did: if you kill (let's say) a demoman and die in the process, *you aren't as dead as they are.* While the demo is respawning, they're coping. While you're respawning, your teleporter is still teleporting, your dispenser is still dispensing, and your sentry is still denying area. You are an extension of your buildings, and they are an extension of you.

[@dannerhoinowski9520]

I hadn’t thought of it that way. Thank you

[@thomasguay4157]

Poetic

[@LiterallyInternet]

​@@thomasguay4157very poetic

[@zichenghan7585]

Facts

[@yahyagd5637]

​@@LiterallyInternetvery very poetic

[@SilverMontegiu]

Uncle Dane just singlehandedly unleashed a flood of battle engineers on every single server for months to cone

[@sebastianherrera6514]

Cone Edit: what have i cone

[@foodaah]

Cone

[@DahsThePigeon]

Cone

[@bawower8905]

Cone

[@v.i.pflame7607]

Cone

[@iamseamonkey6688]

21:44 the reason it works against scouts so well is that once a mini-sentry finishes being built and starts shooting, there is no way for scout to survive it, so they try to destroy it quickly while its on low health so that they can return their focus to their original target without having to worry about instant death

[@thej8656]

It also makes them starts panicking alot

[@RealMakotoYuki]

​@@thej8656 as a scout main, Sentries are my biggest enemy

[@chuckled125]

it causes an instant visceral reaction of "if i let that thing get built i won't be able to play the game anymore"

[@BodywiseMustard]

He was being sarcastic when he said "for some reason". It's obvious why scouts dislike sentries.

[@yegorgribenuke6853]

Engineer can miss but the sentry does not, its a priority

[@stratigangames508]

As a Medic main, to all other medics, KEEP EVERYONE OVERHEALED! Dont just focus on your pocket and healing damage. Be active in buffing your team and ubering whoever is most effective in any scenario. If the battle Engi is your best option in that moment, use him. A decent uber now is better than none at all.

[@techwizsmith7963]

After trying to actually learn medic, it really surprises me just how inefficient it is to pocket

[@stratigangames508]

@@techwizsmith7963 I've learned that a pocket isn't the guy you only heal for the entire game, it's the guy you're trusting to keep you alive so that you can keep buffing the team. Your body guard if you will.

[@grimmsoul3096]

understood, as long as they don't scream *MEDIC* the second the medic stops healing them

[@isenokami7810]

Always been my medic philosophy, which is why it irks me when the med beam itself works against me. “Why won’t it lock on the guy in the red!? Get out of here, Heavy, you’re already overhealed!”

[@doodlebug47]

i couldnt hit the broad side of a barn if i tried, so i play medic to keep everyone else alive, because they can probably shoot gooder than i can.

[@LazyPurple]

The biggest paradigm shift I got from this video is to think of battle engie as a Scout that "levels up" as he fights and collects metal from the battlefield. I never wanted to switch to Engie because I assumed "set up every support building to level 3" was engie's first and foremost obligation. Setting up level 1s, fragging, and then upgrading in-between sounds way more enjoyable. P.S. using a high-quality siivagunner rip for the background of a long video is actually genius, can't wait to use "Wario World - Pause Screen" for my next vid >:] P.P.S. 1:05:54 might be the funniest ragdoll of all time, it almost looks like a a gmod insert lmao

[@ArmoredG]

Literally 1984

[@Brawlatron]

Thank god someone else noticed the music!!!

[@ikillstupidcomments]

Purp, this is one of the main reasons to take Gunslinger even beyond the mechanical benefits. It kills most of the impulse to sit at spawn whacking buildings.

[@AB0BA_69]

>next vid Stop teasing us, Lazy. You're never putting out another vid :(

[@staticsfs6823]

Omg Lazy(Never posted for 11 months)Purple!

[@SH4WNATR0N]

As a medic main, I am terrified of the amount of battle engineers I'm going to have to face in the next month or so

[@Waaz732]

Pls pocket engineers

[@stop8388]

I feel your pain, brother

[@SH4WNATR0N]

@@Waaz732 well I won't pocket (because I prefer not to pocket anyone) but I'll be sure to heal you guys :)

[@nightram6164]

@@SH4WNATR0N Thank you, we battle engies will sacrifice our life for you.

[@OhNoTheFace]

Well it depends if you were one of the medics seen in this video during part 3

[@SolarLight]

At last, a voice of reason! Trying to define the word "subclass" has always been a bit rocky, but I've had a similar take for a long time. As long as the Engineer still does his primary role of building sentries, dispensers and teleporters, we're still talking about the Engineer, and not an entirely new "class" or "subclass". An "actual" subclass needs to change the class in a drastic enough way, usually by completely replacing their most important weapon or tool. Shields replace stickies, which are often considered Demoman's actual primary weapon. The Huntsman replaces the rifle. The Rocket Jumper deals no damage. Your tools are completely replaced with new ones. Demoknight goes beyond everything else in the game when it comes to this sort of thing. A prime example of what an "actual" subclass is. Demoknight not only has a larger arsenal than some of the game's "actual" classes, the Boots also technically create a subclass within a subclass, since removing all of your ranged options makes yet another extreme difference. A sub-subclass?

[@ED-gw9rg]

Would be nice to see more Classes get their own Subclass-y "Weapons"

[@thefirstprimariscatosicari6870]

@@ED-gw9rg Some wouldn't even need brand new weapons. Like, fatscout could straight up be viable, if heavy could equip his lunchboxes in the primary slot too. And maybe get a speed boost for doing so. But that's optional.

[@bmv0746]

@@thefirstprimariscatosicari6870 Lmao no, no one who isn't memeing around would use a shotgun over any of the miniguns. Maybe heavy should have a seperate slot for shotgun and lunchbox

[@icicle_ai]

solarlight not trying to bring up demoknight at every conversation be like

[@punishedwhispers1218]

And the mini replaces the actual sentry, you know, something that fulfills an ENTIRELY different niche

[@Captain_Ford]

Every time I watch Uncle Dane, I get the urge to hop onto TF2 and put his explanations into practice. And then I start playing, realize I'm not nearly as good as him, get stomped, and boot up Minecraft.

[@masonkay7024]

So I guess screw them you’re going to go play Minecraft

[@31kroy]

then you lose your hardcore world to 3 baby zombies with iron swords, and boot up TF2 again

[@KingKablooie]

@@masonkay7024 I love this.

[@ArbieLyvias]

​@@31kroyand the cycle never stops

[@squidbacon7397]

AMEN this is literally me but with Splatoon

[@iliketoplaygames1516]

I cannot tell you how happy I am to hear ANYONE, not just Dane talking about using the Frontier Justice with the Jag. I exclusively play engineer with the Pistol and the Jag yet I always play very aggressive. I've always felt like a huge exception stomping Powerhouse servers with 200 points blasting people in their front yard. Hearing that Dane enjoys it too feels really validating as a texan serving crit burgers at the enemy spawn.

[@allet8107]

I'm right there with you. FJ, Pistol, Jag has been my #1 favorite Engy loadout for years. I'm elated to see it getting the attention it deserves (and also slightly miffed now that I'm gonna get a lot more people calling me an Uncle Dane wannabe now)

[@ShinziiArt]

People didn't like the fj with the jag? Wtf.... I've used that combo since I first started playin the game all those years ago 👀

[@bac0ntoast]

such an underrated combo. wont be until now

[@Gatorz_Gaming]

@@ShinziiArt Jag is a direct upgrade in any case outside of refilling ammo, people have been dum not to, I am right here with you guys lol

[@anactualfennecfox1]

@@Gatorz_Gaming Jag can't tank buildings as well. The ammo isn't that big a deal

[@JacintoshPLUS]

1 hour of dane? this is something every human being needs

[@plushdadumb8860]

heck yeah

[@Annex_canada]

I cannot handle this much dane

[@othila9902]

I don't think so No hate intended, save those salty comments for yourself

[@deviserdude3409]

heck yeah

[@td3pa837]

Ankle Dan is a veri gud Santa man

[@thescoundrel4058]

It hasn't been 24 hours and I have already seen a full team of engies terrorising everyone. Truly the pinnacle of mankind.

[@stoneforest2639]

I can confirm. There are some very chaotic engineers. I expect their population to increase exponentially.

[@organicleaf]

@@stoneforest2639 engineers will take over tf2 YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@johnanderson3559]

@@organicleaf Big Joey’s yeti heavies will fight back

[@HazelsGraveyard]

Same lmao

[@roetemeteor]

@@organicleaf 💥💥💥💥

[@kibecawest9867]

Dane actually hits on a real world thing in combat, the ones who win between near-peer forces is usually the one who spots their opponent first. Example: In WWII, many tank duels were decided by who spotted who first.

[@lemono5954]

Fun fact the way an engie holds his toolbox from third person depends on if the building is new or not, if it’s on his shoulder it’s one he has prebuilt, but if it’s in front of him it’s a brand spankin new building

[@718vox]

Oh, never knew that!

[@Green24152]

huh

[@biggusrichard1721]

@@Green24152if he is moving a building its on his sholder. If he placing a new building (not built yet) he holds it infront of him. Hope this helps

[@Daniel-wu6pl]

neat!

[@Coryn02]

I somehow failed to notice this. Thanks for sharing!

[@aq_ua]

The thing about medic is... Just heal your team in general. Doesn't matter if they're not playing well, or they're a certain class. They're still your teammate and they can help with the game- "You're playing engineer" my left nut. Heal 'em anyways, they're playing the game and winning it for you!

[@daddysempaichan]

Just as buffing the Sniper might let him survive long enough to save your ass from, say, a market garden, buffing the Engi might let him survive, letting him keep his building up for longer, and letting either your team to respawn and push back the enemies, or hold the line long enough for you to safely get away. Like hell, buff the Spy, that'll let him live through more damage and let him fool enemies because "he didn't die to 2 rockets so he must be good" in before getting backstabbed. Like, just buff people if no one's actively being killed. It's not that hard. Unless your'e trying to go for crit heals like a tryhard, but at least tell us if you're doing that.

[@aq_ua]

@@daddysempaichan I agree with everything you said except Spy because the enemies can actually see the overheal particles, I've had spies tell me off for that before so it might not be the best idea? Not too sure.

[@xgcsurreal2608]

@@aq_ua it depends on when you healed him if the spy is about to go in then don't heal him, if he has yet to push forward towards the enemy then healing him before he disguises is usually a good call to make

[@thefirstprimariscatosicari6870]

I never understood the pocketing mindset, at least when applied to chokes and payload. Load a crossbow, quickfix and amputator, flash heal everything that moves, and your team sheer bodycount and blood will drown the other faster than with a stock, kritz or vac (especially the vac). It's basically the same as two level three teles. Of course, on CP or other more expansive gamemodes, pocketing is necessary, because your team will tend to spread out and so you'll need to follow at least one other player, else you end up scout or spy next meal.

[@roadhoundd.]

Overheating a fresh spawn takes all of half - one second. Always do it.

[@Fatmagic]

I thought this was the only way to play Engineer

[@dothedotxom]

Anything other than aggressive engineer is boring

[@daenderman9715]

@@dothedotxom true

[@wezz-t812]

im surprised you havent gone insane after all the rabbithole shit that happened between you and venusian

[@Fatmagic]

​@@wezz-t812 Nothing I haven't seen or dealt with before haha

[@wezz-t812]

@@Fatmagic holy fuck you answered my shitty reply, thanks.

[@ItsHeartstruck]

I love how the entire video has Target Practice BUT also uses it with different melodies from other songs so it doesn't get repetitive.

[@MSCDonkeyKong]

Actually, it's the character select screen theme from smash 64. Siivagunner has more videos like those, particularly Wario World Pause Screen (Beta Mix) or Mega Man 3 character select screen (full version). This one is Character Select (Extended Version)

[@TheLambdaGuy]

44:16 Going Sun-on-a-stick against a gunslinger engi with his mini sentry, what a gamer

[@DinnerForkTongue]

I'm getting flashbacks to Bat.

[@imabird1566]

Uncle Dane getting KZbin bots? We finally hit the big times boys

[@Illitha]

@@imabird1566 hell yeah

[@vivelespatat2670]

@@imabird1566 After joining Casual, they joined KZbin

[@dr.tacophd1239]

The most Chad player in this video.

[@mrcomp1971]

Engineer will never be boring. Unless you play CTF, you're the infrastructure of your team.

[@michaellyga4726]

And if you do play CTF, the game turns into a glorified chatroom so complain about the homework you're not doing and reminisce about becoming a TF2 engineer rather than a real engineer. Totally not from experience btw

[@RedactedGentleman]

Cheeseburger

[@engineergaming5989]

@@RedactedGentleman apocalypse

[@RedactedGentleman]

@@engineergaming5989 what

[@gejota112]

Ooooh boy It does, when your team doesn't help, your buildings keep getting destroyed, It does get boring

[@Le-cp9tr]

Dane is one of those KZbinrs you won’t see for months, before randomly he drops an unexpected well edited and researched video before disappearing

[@magicmanscott40k]

Editing takes forever

[@yoshi7530]

Sam’o’nella but with longer videos

[@xx_killerbeasts_xx8227]

Right back into the void he popped out of

[@apairofsteeltoedboots4729]

@@xx_killerbeasts_xx8227 hopefully lazypurple will also return

[@GameyRaccoon]

Everyone says this about almost every youtuber

[@rocketlaunchingshotgunguy4377]

Watching you calmly gun people down with your steady aim is so soothing to the soul

[@eloquence_4143]

25:48 the “Toxic Gas Cloud” analogy is actually very interesting, since many characters in other games with similar playstyles to Battle Engi are usually designed to literally have toxic gas clouds (examples include Caustic in Apex Legends or Viper in Valorant). These characters, like Battle Engi, specialize in Area Denial and are heavily underutilized if you choose to play them entirely defensively - they’re often at their best when you exert your bubble of influence more aggressively.

[@usernametaken017]

​​​​​​​@@priyapepsiconsidering tf2 has only 9 classes but myriad unlockables it's only natural each individual class has more depth

[@ZomBro_BOSS]

We've been severely missing Dane, and now he might have overcompensated

[@Niiue]

You can't overcompensate with uncle dane videos

[@ZomBro_BOSS]

@@Niiue true

[@astralterra2906]

How does this man never run out of things to say about one class in one game

[@buttnutt]

Cos it's more a complex and interesting game than fnaf or something.

[@Aflay1]

It's funny how people still talk about Tf2 to this day Talk about it...as if it is brand new.

[@shieloop]

@@buttnutt wdym, there are so many hours of fnaf theory's lmao

[@DyslexicGamer]

That's because team fortress 2 is basically the greatest multiplayer game ever made and hasn't been remotely touched by anything else and probably won't ever be until someone with as much passion and skill makes a sequel

[@bolson42]

@@shieloop quality over quantity, and also depth of gameplay is the main differences

[@bread496]

great video,bbut the heavy slowly turning at 13:58 like a living statue,in a oddly smooth way broke me SO MUCH

[@donutstand]

watching the scout at 4:11 completely shift focus to the sentry to the point of you being point blank at 1 shot health and able to stand completely still while you just kill him blew my mind

[@cgkase6210]

I feel like the mentality is a lesser of two evils. He has to kill the sentry or be gunned down without fail, or kill the engineer and be gunned down by the now built sentry. Juking an engineer is a whole lot easier than juking a sentry, so he probably was trying to rely on his speed to remove the biggest threat, being the building sentry.

[@tbone2416]

To be fair,when you see one of your hard counters about to set up his main way to counter you,your mind goes into monkey mode

[@alex_zetsu]

I feel Mini sentries are too powerful against Scouts. You basically need to get right up into the Mini Sentry as it is being constructed to one shot one being constructed. If you chase the Engineer you die. If you take 2 shots to kill the Mini Sentry, you're exposed for some time. If you want to one shot it with any primary, you have to run into melee range of that thing or bullet spread will cause you to 2 shot it. I suppose fair enough if the Mini Sentry is already up, but I feel that a Scout should not be put at a disadvantage if the Engineer just plops one down regardless of if it is hauled or a new one.

[@potatoesandducks958]

@@cgkase6210 I think the better choice would've been to kill the engi, then run away before the sentry kills you. Leave it to the team to fight sentries, scouts aren't built for that.

[@ME0WMERE]

@@alex_zetsu if you're a scout and meet an engineer who immediately puts down a mini sentry, you can kill the engineer in less than two seconds (even taking 3 shots is fine) and then kill the mini before it's even fully deployed

[@balintkurucz7245]

I don't remember you mentioning this, but mini sentries have 50 health at the moment you start building it, whereas normal sentries start building from 0. This makes minis much better as a quick and easy bullet sponge for emergency escapes

[@parkermarker742]

Also pyros destroy everything else before they even get blocked

[@AChristianGamer19]

Also if you’re unable to use the Disguise kit after setting up the Engie cfg, just make a spy cfg and type in bind 4 “slot4” This was posted by the Spy Main Gang.

[@balintkurucz7245]

@@AChristianGamer19 That's smart, but I usually just switch to knife, and select "next weapon" with a button4 on my mouse, or switch to revolver, and select "previous weapon" with button5. Takes a bit of getting used to, end definitely not as elegant, but I don't play that much spy, that it would bother me too much

[@alex_zetsu]

Level 1 sentries are useless as blockers because of this. Minis are a counter to Scout. If you drop a Mini Sentry and start shooting him, there is no way for him to kill both the gun and you if you have at least 125 HP. Uncle Dane wonders why Scouts keep dying to minis when he drops them, but unless he misses his meat shot, this is an engagement he can't lose.

[@georgevan]

wow, magyarok

[@robloxplayer0003]

49:31 That man saw 3 crockets and still had perfect reaction time. Incredible.

[@rainboi5920]

He saved the entire frontlines

[@Riggidyroogidy]

2:22 its the friends we built along the way

[@MythicMachina]

The way you describe Battle Engineer makes me think of how puppet characters work in fighting games. By yourself you're pretty weak, but your strength comes in the fact that you have two characters at once, making your pressure so much bigger. In this case the puppet would be the Sentry.

[@atomnum9]

I’d say the Engi is more akin to summoners than puppeteers as his sentry acts on its own

[@PurpPlup]

My thoughts exactly! A defensive puppet character.

[@Samwiz1]

Having spent a lot of time stewing over how we won those later games in B4nny's Pros vs. KZbinrs 3v3v3v3 events, I think That maybe Just maybe Your teleporters absolutely carried us to victory Thanks, Uncle Dane.

[@aVeryAngryMoth]

As dane himself said: Sentries get kills Dispensers save lives And teleporters win games Edit: spelling

[@agoofyredprotogen5648]

samwiz your here?

[@Fofenho]

shut up, transphobe

[@anunusualstoutshako728]

Amazing video! i especially love the fact that you also used non-flattering video clips of yourself missing shots, it's nice to have a reminder that no one's perfect, not even our favorite Engineer Uncle.

[@yasho437]

Wha da you mean! He killed that medic, we all saw that. ...right? (referencing the clip of him on swiftwater where he "definitely killed that medic and didn't miss a shot", that i now can't find in this over an hour long video) Edit: i found it: 31:33

[@emilyturpin6156]

I know you're a pyro main now, but your videos on the playstyles on how to play engineer and other engineer related topics have been extremely helpful for me as an engineer main. I'm not a great tf2 player, but I've certainly improved, and I thank you for your unknowingly integral contributions to my journey, Dane.

[@WastedApotheosis]

What?! Reading this felt like he switched gender or something. Of course he's an engineer main and don't you dare saying otherwise!

[@monke234A]

The pyro main thing was just an april fools

[@usernametaken017]

​@@WastedApotheosisdo you have a problem eith people changing gender

[@michaelw6277]

As someone who purchased The Orange Box it absolutely blows my mind that TF2 content can still pull a million views on KZbin after nearly 15 years. My main was always the engineer, and while it was fun to turtle up in the normal spots I always thought it was great fun to try and set up a turret in completely unexpected spots... like dropping a level 3 turret around a corner along a common path out of spawn, while I just sort of dance around out in the open shooting things from long range with my shotgun to get their attention so they don't even think to look left or right around the corner and get popped. Huge fun.

[@condorX2]

The million of views and thousands of likes are from farm accounts. You paid money for professionals farmers to raise your views and likes. The top comments are probably from farm accounts. Do you remember those convincing investment trading post? Followed by multiple trading comments including their contact info.

[@michaelw6277]

@@condorX2 the volume of TF2 content suggests that the game is still popular. it's not just the number of likes and views, it's that there's a considerable amount of content being uploaded for this game that's highly suggestive that this game is still really popular.

[@SergeantDoorknob13]

@@condorX2 nobody is agreeing with you, stop

[@condorX2]

@@SergeantDoorknob13 nobody ask

[@aperks]

L orange box W valve pack

[@fbrz20]

When I started playing TF2 at 2020 I didn't understand why everyone loved this game so much until a random frontier justice landed on my inventory. Since that point I fell in love with the diversity of play styles that the engineer could create with his crazy loadouts. Love your vids.

[@sigi10.]

Chad moment

[@Small_child_punter]

13:36 I wonder how that sniper felt learning that THIS is how he ended up in an uncle dane video.

[@gryphonkingbros847]

Considering how toxic he was being, I doubt he has the attention span to watch an hour-long guide about Engineer, so he probably will never know lol

[@retroterro]

That was a shotgun tho,uncle was goofy

[@Grenadier_Guardsman]

​​@@gryphonkingbros847 Ironic considering that patience is supposed to be a snipers main focus.

[@Humanresouces]

This reply section is just cutting this sniper's heart out and roasting it til' it's medium well. AWESOME.

[@Cursmon]

@@gryphonkingbros847 But i do know. i am he who says "fuckng shotgun bitch" :)

[@Totasfunnynumber]

Here's an interesting (if not gimmicky) loadout I thought up. The Metal Magician -Widowmaker -Short Circuit -Gunslinger or Eureka Effect You can save metal on your buildings and use that on your primary and secondary. Think of it almost like your a wizard with a mana pool for your spells, hence the name. The idea of this loadout is to make your buildings weaker (and thus less important for success), while making yourself stronger

[@Gamingforlife70]

Thanks bro I tried it and it's very fun and unique in playstyle :)

[@Totasfunnynumber]

​@@Gamingforlife70I'm glad you like it

[@Gamingforlife70]

@@Totasfunnynumber :)

[@cyanideytcuriousseadoggo]

Texan wizard gaming

[@Totasfunnynumber]

@@cyanideytcuriousseadoggo that's a lot cooler sounding

[@wuketuke6601]

As a medic main, engineers often have crit heals, and buffing them to max overheal is basically free

[@jacobredfield5079]

It is so surprising that Dane almost never uses the cosmetics that he is quite literally known best for.

[@burritoman2k]

He'd get recognized constantly and I'm sure he probably just wants to play the game in peace most of the time

[@Zhasper]

He's rich and have a lot of cosmetics so why use only one

[@aronbaron1746]

@@ZhasperThey have the most drip, let’s be honest.

[@arcshadowstorm]

As a medic main, I have had exquisite glee by ubering a battle engineer and forcing back a defensive zone on a payload map. It was so much fun

[@agrro_krysia3244]

I've read it with the Medic voice, ngl

[@dimitrizradulov7006]

Great video, good editing, a detailed, yet not cluttered guide, which is easily implementable in-game. Also loving the long-form content !

[@ekans9193]

Hearing Uncle Dane say "On sight no cap" is definitely one of the moments of all time

[@yazidefirenze]

Not just any moment... A good moment.

[@tristanmand4569]

the bruh moment of all time

[@blueh4t880]

I love when ankle dan said "It's uncle Dane-ing time" and uncle Daned the entire enemy team. Truly one of the moments of all gaming. I hate myself

[@edq3]

bravo dane!

[@PlasmaAsthmaOG]

Not even halfway through the video and i've already cackled out loud like 5 times Dane is literally a godsend.

[@matthewschram1100]

For real it was so funny

[@herb_2]

The writing and editing is absolutely on point this video. Dude is good at what he does.

[@h4724-q6j]

I forcefully exhaled through my nose a few times during this video.

[@RobotnikRedefined]

​@@h4724-q6jwowzers, so different, so cool

[@ElwindMage]

Whenever Dane posts, he reminds me of how much fun and potential this game has and I always come crawling back to it like an addiction

[@arcionek]

Dane is actually a crack dealer who offers "freebies", whenever their clients start going clean. Source? Dane, and I got 5 grams to back that up.

[@audiovisualcringe]

bro underwent tf2 relapse 💀

[@texastacoss]

same 😔

[@PhanthakanXD]

45:39 I was like, why the song sounds so familiar then I realized it's KING

[@Average_Eurobeat_Enjoyer]

Honestly took me off-guard

[@coletrenholm5049]

funny enough cirnos theme flandres theme and bad apple can be heard throughout the video as well

[@sourceeee]

I've played this game for 11 years and did not know about the instant build or instant loadout swap binds. There were so many opportunities I could have used them in. I genuinely appreciate the length and usefulness of this video, in a both a practical and educational sense.

[@Dum_pul]

The time youve played this game is almost as old as me!

[@appalacha7278]

​@@Dum_pul ouch

[@glacier_10_years_ago]

24 hours later and the matchmaking is full of beer-drinking, bacon-consuming, yeehaw-calling mad lads placing ministries where ever they go! truly magnificent, thank you ankle dane!

[@Shmey]

I'll have to rename my Gunslinger to "Ministry of Gun" now. Thanks for that.

[@lykosourliachto6185]

"I'm not a scout with less movement speed, you're a battle engi with no support buildings." -Uncle Dane to Scout mains

[@scotterboi9]

L

[@pon9670]

@@scotterboi9 no

[@robertogrigoras9171]

@@scotterboi9 You must be a scout main.

[@cyanideytcuriousseadoggo]

At least scout has a scattergun and a cocaine track instead of a blood track

[@modman287]

26:00 dude... That would actually be a sick replacement for the sentry like the minisentry. Call it the 'pumpjack' sentry, and it dispenses a toxic gas cloud in the area. The benefit is it could target multiple enemies at once, unlike the sentry which can only face one way, and obscure their vision, but the downside would be a reduction in damage and the buildings health. So it would be good for close quarters corners, but bad in open spaces which regular sentries are vulnerable to anyways

[@T-P-M_405]

Hold on, let em cook.

[@Kris18]

12:56 WHY IS YOUR TIMING AND EDITING SO GOOD Your editing and humor is ALWAYS on point, but I wanted to highlight this moment. Somehow you made this video not only incredibly informative but entertaining and funny, too. Thank you for this behemoth of a video, Dancle Ane!

[@coltont8316]

I hope so he had 5 months to prepare it

[@Kris18]

@@coltont8316 Feel free to step in and do better, bud. Uncle Dane doesn't owe you shit.

[@shallex5744]

@@coltont8316 he only had 5 months? wow

[@Hankathan]

This really opened my eyes to the eureka effect. I've always avoided it just because I didn't feel like setting up the binds, but it's super useful! Also thanks for the consistently amazing content Uncle, keep it up! I don't mind the pace lol. Also "The Defense". Nice reference ;)

[@hydroks902]

I guess you had an eureka moment?

[@alex_zetsu]

I also still don't feel like setting up binds.

[@spencerofthecoast6415]

LAZY WHAT KINDA DEFENSE IS THIS?!

[@Hankathan]

@@spencerofthecoast6415 I AM THE DEFENSE!

[@gryphonkingbros847]

@@Hankathan *distressed uncle noises*

[@liamatte]

Tips from one seasoned medic to another: 1. Keep the medi beam at max range and stay behind cover whenever possible. It forces the opponent to either fight the person who is buffed or run past them to get to you. 2. Save pocketing someone circumstantially. In most scenarios, you want to bounce you beam between as many people as you can to make sure they don't die. Pocket usually when someone dives you, you are about to uber, or you are making a big push with a teammate. 3. UBERCHAIN!!! When you uber, don't just stick it one guy. Bounce it around to a bunch of people who are there! The uber lasts long enough so that they take minimal damage, essentially meaning that with stock uber you can uber as many people as you want provided they are in your general vicinity. Heed my words well younguns, and you too can have a shitty ratio in pubs.

[@ComedicLetter]

Well, until you get market pardner’d by the flying Texans

[@ozvoid1245]

The main problem with uberchains is the uber penalty for switching teammate.

[@Z3R0Steam]

i've run by these rules for years, very helpful for helping me live as a medic and also making sure the entirety of the pick and support classes on my team don't fucking explode from a random crit rocket that the 2-hour F2P soldier accidentally shot

[@thundercclap3963]

Doesn’t uberchaining now have a Uber duration penalty?

[@liamatte]

@@thundercclap3963 yes, but saving multiple teammates is still better than a slightly longer uber

[@noserasper]

Hey Dane, just wanna say that this video is AWESOME and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks for putting so much time into it

[@Fluxuation]

“…but then he dies to the mini sentry” is basically just battle engie in one sentence

[@Halberds6]

I LOVE Mini sentries

[@Halberds6]

Fun fact: it autocorrected to Mimi wtf is wrong with it.

[@cyanideytcuriousseadoggo]

@@Halberds6that robotic sentry gal????

[@Halberds6]

@@cyanideytcuriousseadoggo Sandvich (yes)

[@ghostygamerz4800]

😭

[@anexoticpancake7464]

7:30 - that transition was so clean! love the editing and sound, top quality as always

[@Redacted_Ruler]

1 hour 16 minutes and 55 seconds of Dane trying to convince us that 90 damage is the same as 108.

[@strangejune]

Funny, but in all seriousness I find it hard to justify using the Panic Attack because the damage it does outside point blank is so much lower. Sometimes on tighter maps where I know I won't spend much time in wider areas I'll run it, but outside of that I usually miss the medium range damage of the Shotgun. Maybe that's a sign that I don't use the pistol enough though, I dunno.

[@ansenren1508]

Wait I thought this was a scout guide

[@Redacted_Ruler]

@@strangejune Being able to reliably two shot a soldier or three shot heavy is pretty dam good though.

[@_Epidemic_]

@@Redacted_Rulerif you’re in breath smelling distance

[@Redacted_Ruler]

@@_Epidemic_ heavy’s the slowest class in the game which makes it much easier

[@zeugmaflowers]

On Combat Construction Any experienced player with their team and the objective in mind is going to take every possible opportunity to destroy Engineer buildings, especially sentries, which is another reason that tactics such as the distraction sentry are so powerful. A player in combat with an Engineer will often switch their priority mid-fight if a sentry is placed, thinking that the best contribution they can make in the moment is to destroy the sentry for their team. While the Engineer is chipping away at their health, all the enemy can focus on is the sentry, thinking that they need to destroy it at all costs before they die, completely forgetting the fact that the Engineer can simply build another one once he has the metal required.

[@peacock653]

With dane’s new uploads life becomes like 20% more enjoyable. Thank you, sir

[@are.why.aye.n]

I remember watching this whole video before I even downloaded or played any gameplay of TF2 and it got me extremely hyped for "being a battle engie". I doubt I need to explain how that went for me with zero experience in the game but now with my modest 200 hours of gameplay (which isn't anything to rant about) I've rewatched this video and found some good tips on my already aggressive "bait" gameplay that I love to play with engineer. I will 200% rebind my "destroy" and "build" options though, I always wondered how you were able to destroy and build so quickly... thought you had some *very* quick fingers. Love what you do dude

[@SaiIorChips]

I started playing last march (I have been an engineer main I think 2 Months after I started playing TF2) before this video I would always be playing like a dumbass as battle engie, when this video came out, now I was a lot better. I'm glad to see a newer player like me learning something from uncle Dane lol. Good luck fragging!

[@TheWeaselBrain]

Did you try to battle engie with stock wrench?

[@plastiktuten3866]

how are you going now?

[@Jiub_SN]

Yeah cuz dude uses cheats

[@floorpizza8074]

So your comment is ten months old now. Are you still playing TF2?

[@micahnightwolf]

I tried this to improve my ninjaneering plays in my matches last night, and kept getting comments in the chat like "troll engi" or "engineer jumpscare" or "why is there always a level 2 sentry behind us." It's brilliant. And the best part is, after like 10 matches of me doing the same shenanigans over and over, not one single person figured out where my teleporter was. They did build a sentry at their spawn specifically to keep me from destroying their teleporters and making them walk thru my toxic gas cloud though.

[@greyscarclawcloud863]

Niceee lmao

[@retrodarktrooper6372]

You should name your Eureka effect "Engineer Jumpscare"

[@cyanideytcuriousseadoggo]

Well that is Value if the enemy engie found it worth it to use their sentry to keep you from using a personal spawn point to use your sentry to ambush the enemy team

[@jimnicholas7334]

Furies shouldn't be allowed to have two toxic gas clouds. That's just unfair >:(

[@cyanideytcuriousseadoggo]

@@jimnicholas7334 why the furry hate?

[@BanermanArthropide]

15:18 False, if an enemy is not aware of your presence they gain godlike dodging skills

[@steelbaron6343]

Not only is it an Uncle Dane video, but its a GOOD one, the editing and the flow kept me engaged the entire time.

[@Tekni]

Using Toxic's signature melody when talking about the 'toxic gas cloud' (26:27), and using another melody from later in the song that's literally the same line but reversed when talking about the 'reverse toxic gas cloud' (26:36) is genius. Damn.

[@jonasz294]

the score in this video is amazing, earlier he uses a synth along with the backing track to highlights moments where he had to make decisions in the gameplay. It’s fucking incredible for a youtube video.

[@jonasz294]

Sound Smith did the sound editing for this video which makes a huge amount of sense

[@Say-What]

Can't wait to have 5 engineers in every game trying this after.

[@gibusmibus9468]

5 engineers? MAKE IT 6 BABY

[@CHRIS-wm8vp]

MAKE THAT SEVEN MA BOI

[@mrgoose8983]

7 is not enough... 8 ENGIES IS BETTER

[@lelmorelel8972]

9.

[@ffwast]

Wishful thinking, it seems like I have to play the engineer just to have one in the team half the time.

[@WTZWBlaze]

26:37 Gotta be the single best music-related joke I’ve heard all month

[@BennyBrown00]

0:04 holy I haven’t heard that intro in 7 years. There has been a lot of tf2 videos recommended to me recently and uncle Dane was one of the classics I watched way back when.

[@mov7526]

13:57 The heavy blair witching in the corner then slowly turn around right after the engineer died is probably the funniest thing I've seen all week

[@mandohunter8509]

I know this comment is 2 years old but calling someone staring at the wall Blair witching is hilarious

[@Limeskin]

Considering the fact I have had to watch this video in three parts throughout three days, makes it feel like it's one of those tapes someone plays for when they go to sleep. And the more they listen to it, they become some fighting champion or something. (Hopefully y'all understand what I mean when I say this.) Excellent video.

[@PioterRArmia]

i watched this lime 5 times already

[@ianwise2457]

@@PioterRArmia citrus often requires care and attention 👍

[@tappajaav]

@@ianwise2457 I'm more of an orange(box) man

[@deskslam4232]

6:13 The Demo literally dropped EVERYTHING he was doing because he saw the mini go up.

[@BryantVonMiller]

Unrelated to your comment, I adore your pfp!

[@usernametaken017]

Unrelated to your comment, I am neutral about your pfp

[@ShiddyKong]

Engineer mains freely admitting spy’s weakness is a pretty good judge of character

[@alex.g7317]

how?

[@ShiddyKong]

@@alex.g7317 It shows some integrity considering the fact that spy was designed to counted engineer and can often feel cheap

[@alex.g7317]

@@ShiddyKong cheap? I can understand him being bad at countering engineer, but wdym by cheap?

[@ShiddyKong]

@@alex.g7317 Some people feel robbed by the face stab and stuff like that

[@alex.g7317]

@@ShiddyKong oh, i see lmao

[@zack1stplayer]

Seeing Dispenser Armor used in a practical and effective manner as that Demoman did brings a tear to my eye.

[@AzuriteCoast]

The amount of love, care, passion and effort put to this video is stunning. Another banger from Uncle Dane.

[@Brass319]

"decent to medium-long range"

[@Kasslim11]

Very impressive. I had my aprehensions about watching a 1.25h video about a game I don't play all that much anymore, but ANKLE DAN doesn't disappoint ^^

[@yukipedia5980]

Well done dane, this is my first 1 hour long video which I enjoyed all the way through. Your editing has gotten so enjoyable to watch and the custom things like the Engineer character stats was really interesting to see. Happy to see you uploading again totally did not expect that this morning.

[@Mikeyekimaple]

Can I just say I absolutely loved all the variations on the smash music that was background for the entire video! So subtle and brilliant idea to avoid the tired ears of hearing exactly the same loop over and over. Almost felt like video subgame to figure out which other song was being mixed in. Thank you as always for all the golden touches you put throughout your vids

[@sage-py6fr]

example: spamto.gng

[@Absolute_Zero7]

Link the original rip is in the description (thanks siivagunner)

[@Absolute_Zero7]

@@IronCrown Ye, same video. Check the length it's 27mins. The rip is chaulk full of references. Pretty sure you can find a list online.

[@the-tum-tum-tree]

also just pointing out that Bruiser Patrol from Bastion was also in there, that game deserves a lot more attention

[@WetSweatySocks]

Uncledane, you have single handily changed the way i play engineer, I've never had so much fun playing engineer before, Thanks!

[@enchanted_end9395]

Fun fact, i used to think battle engineer was just dying over and over. Now that i ACTUALLY PLAY IT, its become my favorite class

[@grimhasarrivedonyoutube8889]

Uncle Dane, I just wanna say that I love your content. I know you might get a lot of this, but even though I don’t play TF2 because my family can’t afford a PC or laptop: you have made me truly love TF2 and Engineer. I love the lore of the games and the substance of the characters, and your educational yet entertaining style of recording makes every second enjoyable. It makes me appreciate the mechanics and the story. Sincerely, you have been my comfort channel for around a year now. You’ve helped me out of a lot of anxiety and depression, through losing my friends; you were a friend to count on. Keep up the amazing work and take breaks when you need it. Much love, man. - Just another nephew

[@lyandrissteele2521]

Hey Dane. With your videos, you offered hundreds of hours of fun in TF2. I had personally given up on the game, burned out on getting trashtalked as a med/engi even when doing everything right, but you showed me the light. Thank you for your videos, knowledge and tips. I hope you'll keep them coming for a while.

[@UncleSarge]

I have been coming back to this video to try and absorb as much as I can for actual in-game play and I gotta say, the destroy-build binds are insanely helpful. I would like to see a video of you using the normal construction PDA binds compared to gameplay of you using the build and destroy scripts you've got and see if it heavily impacts your overall speed or efficiency. Also I am begging you to consider making a tutorial on your HUD settings on here or the second channel to explain how you edited the different options to get it set up the way you wanted, especially your metal count being centered just below your crosshair. Legitimately the best generalist video I've seen on KZbin in regards to how to play Engineer more effectively and with more consistent pressure and presence.

[@DEWILL]

"Oh, a video" - 1 hours 17 minutes

[@jhunt7235]

1:14:43 Well jokes on you Uncle Dane because I made it this far in the video in 2 sittings (I watched it twice, so far). Honestly this is going to be one of those videos I rewatch several times because videos like this are like, the perfect TF2 videos to have going on in the background while I do other things because I have a short attention span. Keep doing what you are doing!

[@Manimal_Official]

As someone who stopped playing TF2 a long time ago, Dane's content is still some of my favorite just overall on this website, the humor works so well alongside the memes of TF2 culture, and the content itself is so genuinely useful, good stuff Dane.

[@awesomesause.]

Nah he fucking spawncamps, and is a bit cringe tbh

[@AmberG.M]

0:17 Just like my real uncle!

[@chortle7909]

Thanks Uncle Dane for showing me that engineer can be so much more than just a "defense" class.

[@Koshian_Adzuki]

Engineer: Defense How Uncle Dane plays Engineer: Offense How LazyPurple plays: UD: LAZY WHAT KIND OF DEFENSE IS T- Lazy: I AM THE DEFENSE

[@MrGlyra]

I especially loved the points about gamesense, map usage and creating advantages. Personally I'm a pyro main so I've learned how to do this a lot already, but now I realize there are certain bits and pieces that carry over which I didn't even notice yet. Absolutely fantastic video! Thanks Uncle

[@LordOfSilense]

For battle engy I've always ran Widowmaker/Pistol/Eureka Effect for the most part. The Eureka Effect's ability teleport away from fights or when you've shot yourself out of ammo with the widowmaker is so crucial on so many maps. The only problem is that the Eureka Effect makes it so that you don't get as much ammo from the widowmaker, so you have to aim a lot better to compensate. Very fun loadout, if not the absolute peak of risk vs reward. Plus, ninjaneering with the widow is always fun

[@Brass319]

for battle engi I like running a loadout I call "scrap goblin": widowmaker + short circuit + gunslinger. Your metal is everything, and your primary method of getting it back is the widowmaker returning more than you spend on average when shooting before running in to pick up the ammo pack any enemy drops when you kill them. The damage bonus against your sentry's target also helps, because an extra 5-6 damage on average is an extra 5-6 metal on average and that makes a big difference. It's also worth getting used to hauling your mini sentry for short distances rather than destroying and rebuilding it. If you ever run low on metal you don't exactly become a sitting duck either given you are good at dueling people with your melee. Then, simply steal all 100 of their metal and you are back in the fight. Super satisfying to pull off, too.

[@irenevallone7234]

Brief correction (for this really good video): At 42:25 the numbers given for the Level 1 Sentry and Mini-Sentry's DPS are actually their damage dealt per bullet. The Mini-Sentry has a 25% faster firing speed than a Level 1 Sentry, so the Level 1 has +66% DPS compared to the Mini rather than +100%. (Still better.)

[@Ricksdetrix]

You know, when I played tf2 I genuinely perfected the 4-1-click to build a sentry, even the 5-1-4-1-click to destory and build a new one I could do in a fraction of a second, while holding a movement key. When tf2 does more for your finger flexibility than playing guitar

[@Emerald16028]

This play style is so fun once you learn it but can also be the most stressful thing in the world when the entire opposite team wants you and your sentry dead

[@BenTheMelon]

Finally a guide to battle engineer. Now I can finally stop running around and failing miserably trying to keep my mini up.

[@astrius22]

6:01 i don’t know what’s weirder, the fact that you are playing a remix of some obscure earthbound song or the fact i recognized it.

[@Ace-in8qr]

The pistol is absolutely my go-to when I'm playing aggressively. My wrangler and short circuit phase didn't last long when I realized I could cover for range differadvantages with surprisingly decent damage, and every other secondary was thrown out when I started using the frontier justice and realized I could both do damage and hide my crits at the same time.

[@Galaxy-oy4nj]

Yesterday i destroyed two lv3 sentries on hightower with the pistol. It took a little while, but it sure was worth it

[@karynbrunton3218]

23:21 My mum heard this out of context and bursted out laughing, she chose probably the worst time to waltz in lol

[@WordPossum]

I always put your videos on in the background whilst I'm doing something else, but they're so good that they always end up taking away my attention. Some of the finest content on this platform imo!

[@pigpiggster2458]

I've been using... about 50% of these tips to the battle engi mindset, and i gotta say: it works like a charm! Most of these situations come very often and this video singlehandedly solved each issue i had with engi. Tbh, im going to use more than 90% of these tips, amazing!

[@TheWeaselBrain]

I'm so happy he put the binds in the video. A lot of KZbinrs just say look it up or bind this to this without actually explaining anything. Another great video Uncle Dane and I hope you release a video about how to counter turtle engies as battle engie as I think I catch a lot of them off guard and take them down quite often.

[@theSato]

Great video. I have negative amounts of interest of ever playing TF2 again ("retired" years ago after a few thousand hours in it) but I absolutely love this kind of content. Insightful, entertaining, nostalgic, reminds me of the good ol days. Loved every little easter egg or small edit-in that many people undoubtedly missed, and in general the amount of effort and love you put into this video. It was so good that I considered installing TF2 again!

[@irregularassassin6380]

Uncle Dane is absolutely a credit to this community. He has single-handedly changed the flow of TF2 matches time and again by continually demonstrating how the, formerly, most slept-on class is actually one of the most unique classes in all first-person shooters. From encouraging Engies to get down and dirty in the frontline, to the revolution in teleporter travel and repair etiquette, Uncle Dane has changed the face of our game. Thank you, Uncle. Thank you for everything.

[@tbone2416]

This reply is from a fake uncle dane. Don't fall for it

[@irregularassassin6380]

@@tbone2416 Cheers, man. Hard to tell which bots are worse, these ones, or the Sniper bots?

[@CoralCopperHead]

If you say so, I was doing stuff like that long before I knew what an Uncle Dane even was.

[@tbone2416]

@@irregularassassin6380 Ain't that the truth haha

[@bearclaw5764]

17:38 pretty much Engineer "Oh hey whats up?" Enemy team "What the- why- how?"

[@nathanlee2942]

God the editing is so clean all through out. Even all the subtle stuff is great like the sigma grindset music in the intro. Amazing vid