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Soldier Weapons (Community-made guide)
By The Crazed Buttstaber and 3 collaborators
Welp, it got enough views to actually get a sequel. So here it his. Come here, read people opinions and post your own in the comments, so we can post it in the guide. Seems fun right? Then do it maggot!
   
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Introduction
Ok, you actually clicked this guide. Congratulations. Welcome to the sequel to Scout weapons (community made guide). It got some comments, got some views, and now it got a sequel. SO, here's what you have to do. Check peoples opinion about weapons that were posted in the guide and then go comment your own so we can post it too.
Badly rated primary weapons (0-4)
Liberty Launcher

Overall score: 4,7/10

The Crazed Buttstaber: 1/10- ''Never got a kill with it''

Dave: 6/10 - "Increased speed actually gives me the ability to airshot."

Tryhard killer 3/10- Its a scam

Dr. Moron:2/10- ''If I wanna airshot why I whould not use The Direct Hit?''

Agent Walther: -1/10- "*postal dude's voice* ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥"

Archimides:10/10- ''FREEDOM ISNT FREE, BROTHERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR''

Landeyx:10/10 "IT'S PRETTY GOOD"
So-so rated primary weapons (5-7)
Rocket jumper

Overall score: 6,1/10

The Crazed Buttstaber: 2/10- ''I dont rocket jump... Sorry...''

Dave: 3/10- "Good for Rocket Jumping, bad for people who cannot read."

Tryhard killer 6/10- Useful for Rocket jump traing''

Dr. Moron:8/10- ''Somehow I rocket jump better with everything else that does self damage.''

Isuckatgaming:8/10- ''Good for training''

Landeyx:10/10 "Fly trough the air,kill snipers"

Cow Mangler

Overall score: 6,8/10

The Crazed Buttstaber: 8/10 ''KA...ME...HA...MEHAAAAA! Now seriously, its practilly a direct upgrade, why so little people use it?''

Dave: 8/10- "LAZORS"

Tryhard Killer 1/10- ''Bad just Bad''

Dr. Moron:9/10- ''MOO! I mean the only thing that bugs me about this weapon is the no kritz at all.Also bugs me when I am the Krits medic.''

Solly Sauce:9/10- "My personal launcher, I use this thing because I tend to be unlucky with crits, so much damage output."

Landeyx:6/10 "Almost no uses,still good."

Beggars Bazooka

Overall score: 7,2/10

The Crazed Buttstaber: 5/10- While it is fun, it his so hard to use.''

Dave: 2/10- "Takes a long ass time to use, and then you will probably miss everything."

Tryhard killer 9/10- I AM A BEAST WITH IT also amazing for MVM

Dr. Moron:10/10- ''Why whould you not like this inaccurate close quarters weapon?I use it 7/24.''

Coffee:8/10-''Again, very strong. If one gets super good at jumping with this, it's a monster to be had. Only reason it isn't rated higher is because it can be difficult to be great at jumping with, compared to stock.''

Isuckatgaming:7/10- ''The destroyer of Heavy/Medic pairs.''

Agent Walther: 9/10- "More fun than stock"

Landeyx: 8/10 "There's a storm coming."

Air Strike

Overall score: 7,4/10

The Crazed Buttstaber: 7/10- ''I found it SO MUCH FUN. I dont get it why it gets so much hate.''

Dave: 7/10- "Amazing weapon to troll."

Tryhard Killer 6/10- Felt mildly sorry for it also i suck with it

Agent Walther: 10/10- "25 killstreak, deal with it"

Landeyx: 7/10 "Fun for in the air and really OP in MVM"
Well rated primary weapons (8-10)
Direct hit

Overall score: 8/10

The Crazed Buttstaber: 3/10- ''BAM! I missed... BAM again! I missed again! *quits server*''

Dave: 9/10- "Amazing weapon if you aren't blind."

Tryhard killer 9/10- Great with banners

Dr. Moron:7/10- ''This is SO good when you have those times when you just direct hit everything but in the other times...''

Coffee:9/10-''Extremely strong; 1-shots 125 HP classes at close range, is easy to bounce enemies up with, and minicrits on hit w/ airborne enemy. However, the explosion radius can be a problem.''

Spectre's Husbando:10/10-''The pleasing feeling of airshotting people with this, the heavy could pull his weight.''

Isuckatgaming:5/10- ''Good if you can aim.''

Agent Walther: 10/10- "Gonna learn how to use it"

Landeyx: 10/10 "Just aim good"

Black Box

Overall score: 8,3/10

The Crazed Buttstaber: 7/10 - '' Putting Tank in the set ''Tank buster''''

Dave: 7/10- "Will they nerf this damn thing already?"

Tryhard Killer 10/10- Best rocket launcher ever

Dr. Moron:10/10- ''I love this so much I got the festive variant.''

Isuckatgaming:6/10- ''Meh, I find the lack of 4 rockets disturbing.''

Landeyx: 9.9/10 "Perfect weapon except from the lack of rockets."

Rocket launcher

Overall score: 8.8/10

The Crazed Buttstaber: 9/10- ''Stock IS stock. And it is still fun to use (comparing to some OTHER primary weapons. (go to the badly rated section))''

Dave: 10/10- "Nothing beats stock with explosives."

Tryhard killer 6/10- Boring

Dr. Moron:9/10- ''It is always a good choice!''

Coffee: 10/10-''Very strong weapon, very comfortable and simple. Point and shoot at FEET is good life.''

Isuckatgaming:10/10- ''Its stock, not much else to say''

Landeyx: 7/10 "Stock is stock"

TheMercWithoutAnUnusual: 10/10- ''DA CANNON PENIS!!!!!''
Badly rated secondary weapons (0-4)
Panic Attack

Overall score: 2,7/10

The Crazed Buttstaber: 2/10 '' The real panic is using this weapon.''

Dave: 4/10 - "You sure this isn't the Picnic attack?

Tryhard hunter 1/10 - what happens when a chicken and a rooster have a baby Its a chick!

Landeyx: 4/10 "I panick when i see this weapon in my hands."

Mantreads

Overall score: 4.1/10

The Crazed Buttstaber: 3/10- ''I am not a fan of diving into the enemy lines and dying over and over...''

Dave: 1/10- "This is why you do not use Cosmetics as a weapon."~

Tryhard killer 3/10- SUPER MARIO 3D WORLD

Dr. Moron:3/10- ''MARIO!YOUR BOOTS ARE BROKEN!''

Coffee: 5/10- ''"Seems useless, why give it a 4/10?" Because, even though I can't say it's good, it helps a lot with the gimmicky "Trolldier" set. Why? The Mantreads prevent airshots from bouncing them back up/away from you. It's inconvenient, I tell ya!''

Landeyx: 10/10 "One of the best,why is this so underrated?It gives less rocket jumping damage,lets you jump higher you almost can't be airblasted or moved by sentries,rockets,stickies or other projectiles or pushers (like force a nature).
You stand steady on your place (and they even look good!)
So-so rated secondary weapons (5-7)
Battalion's Backup

Author's Notes: More sexy Soldier for you guys...
Overall score: 6,2/10

The Crazed Buttstaber: 6/10- ''mediocre backpack.''

Dave: 1/10- "So bad."

Tryhard Killer 6/10- Meh

pyrousflamous: 8/10- ''I love this weapon's new buff where it adds 20 health to your soldier and gives protective buff onto your team''

Dr. Moron: 9/10- ''They are good but not perfect.''

Coffe: 5/10-''Doesn't have the passive healing of the Concheror, but they are better than given credit for, even though I hardly use any of the backpacks.''

Agent Walther: 7,5/10- "Also an MvM thingy, just more situational. But extra 20 health is good, and the buff is perfect for attacking the sentry nest"

Landeyx: 7.5/10 "The extra 20 hp is good and combined with the direct hit you can take out sentries like nothing."

B.A.S.E. jumper

Overall score: 6,3/10

The Crazed Buttstaber: 1/10 '' I dont like this weapon. I get it that rocket jumpers may like it, but it just seems useless to me''

Dave: 9/10- "Godlike addition to the Air Strike."

Tryhard Killer:3/10- How does this help

Dr. Moron :9/10 Man I simply love this thing.

Agent Walther: 10/10- "A must have for any evil guy with a market gardener. Oh, and fire will make you fly forever"

Landeyx: 6/10 "Easy target for snipers and other classes"

Buff Banner

Overall score:6,5/10

The Crazed Buttstaber: 5/10- ''Battalion Backup is still better''

Dave 1/10: ''The same as Buff Banner''

Tryhard Killer: 9/10

Dr. Moron: 9/10- ''They are good but not perfect.''

Coffe:5/10-''Doesn't have the passive healing of the Concheror, but they are better than given credit for, even though I hardly use any of the backpacks.''

Agent Walther: 7/10- "MvM thingy. Also useful for defence"

Landeyx: 10/10 "MINICRITSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS"

Righteous Bison

Overall score:6,6/10

The Crazed Buttstaber: 5/10- ''The least successful cousin of the Cow Mangler.''

Dave: 8/10 - "Good for cowardish Scouts."

Tryhard killer 6/10- No comment

Solly Sauce:6.8/10- "I had so much fun using this weapon, but it needs a bit more damage"

Agent Walther: 7/10- "Fun. Just fun"

Landeyx: 7/10 "Annoying as heck"

Reserve Shooter

Overall score: 7/10

The Crazed Buttstaber: 3/10- ''SOLDIER, stop using pyro's weapons!''

Dave: 7/10- "Anti-Market Gardener."

Tryhard Killer: 6/10- Also Meh

LoNeX: 8/10- ''Its the secondary I use the most''

Coffee:5/10- ''Don't speak to me about this weapon and the reasons it was added to the Pyro's weapon set. No''

Agent Walther: 10/10- "My second favorite soldier secondary. The first is that parachute"

Landeyx: 10/10 "Taking out people in midair is very gud. Combine this with the liberty launcher or the black box."

Concheror

Overall score 7,1/10

The Crazed Buttstaber: 9/10- ''The best backpack BY FAR, and in my opinion the best soldier secondary. My opinion isnt worth anything, but it is a very good secondary.''

Dave: 4/10- "Does Valve have a Soldier Backpack fetish or something? Or something with blowing horns?"

Tryhard Killer 10/10- How does not everyone love this

Dr. Moron:10/10- ''ALL HAIL THE CONCH!''

Coffe: 5/10-''It's OK, but I rarely find a use for it. Plus, despite the passive healing, it doesn't protect from Rocket Jumps. Would rather have no passive healing and be bombing a guy with 183 health than be bombing with passive healing and having 158.''

Nipples:4/10-''I feel ♥♥♥♥♥♥ fightin a soldier with a concheror in my back''

lynxer13: 8/10-''My favorite backpack.''

Agent Walther: 6,5/10- "Passive health regen is too low and the buff is universal, but... Mediocre"

Landeyx: 8/10 "The HP regen is very usefull. Also, you get a speed boost AND an HP boost. The only downside on this thing is that you don't have a shotgun."

Shotgun

Overall score: 7,1/10

The Crazed Buttstaber: 8/10- ''While other players want to play with other weapons, I just want my good ol' shotgun by my side.''

Dave: 8/10- "Ye olde Boomstick."

Tryhard Killer 6/10- Decent

Dr. Moron:4/10 ''I...why whould I use it when there are so many other options?''

Coffee:9/10-''Great for finishing off people. And Pyros.''

Agent Walther: 8/10- "If the airstriking and going fast is not your thing, you can always go shotgun soldier"

Landeyx: 7/10 "Stock"

Gunboats

Overall score: 7,4/10

The Crazed buttstaber: 7/10- ''I don't do rocket jump for a living so using this is wasting a good spot for another weapon. Still usefull tho.''

Dave: 4/10- "Still, not a good idea to use cosmetics as a weapon."

Tryhard Killerr:9/10- Good but i dont roam or wear boots

Dr. Moron:10/10- ''Beggar's overload jumping is much less lethal with these''

Coffee:9/10-''Very strong, particularly with Stock Launcher. Saved me and countless others I have fought many times, because, y'know, jumping. A lot.''

Solly Sauce:10/10- "Amazing weapon, turns Soldier into a rocket jumping machine!"

Agent Walther: 5/10- "Kinda situational. Can't be used properly on some rocketjump-unfriendly maps"

Landeyx: 7/10 "Good for rocket jumping"
Well rated secondary weapons (8-10)
There are no good soldier secondarys.... only good uses to them.
Badly rated melee weapons (0-4)
Pain Train

Overall score: 3,1/10

The Crazed Buttstaber: 2/10-''It only causes pain to me...''

Tryhard Killer 6/10- EXTREMELY UNDERRATED

Dave: 1/10- "You're not a Scout."

Coffee:6.5/10- ''Very useful in matches that aren't public servers and are 5cp, but only in some situations. Overall a good weapon, just not for every game type. The .5 is a bias because I have a collector's one, hi mom.''

Landeyx: 0/10 You're not a scout"

Shovel

Overall score: 3.9/10

The Crazed Buttstaber: 6/10- ''Great to dig your enemy grave.''

Tryhard Killer 3/10- GET YOUR SHOVEL MEN WE NEED TO DIG THESE TRENCHES

Dave: 5/10- "This may just be one of the things where Stock isn't better."

Coffee:3/10- ''It exists. That's the only thing I can say about it.''

Agent Waltther: 6,5/10- "Still better that the katana"

Landeyx: 0/10 "No"
So-so rated melee weapons (5-7)
Half-Zatoichi

Overall score: 5,4/10

The Crazed Buttstaber: 5/10-''I once used it for Soldier. It has been in demo hands since then...''

Tryhard Killer 1/10- In a world were shovels are better than samurai swords

Dave: 8/10- "Good, but better for Demoman."

Dr. Moron:8/10- ''Is it me or it kritz less on the Soldier?''

Agent Walther: 0,5/10-"Let's face the truth, it's almost impossible to survive as a Soldier with this thing out. Even on DeGroot Keep. That guy is just too slow to chase people with a melee weapon"

Landeyx: 10/10 "Crits,Full hp on kill it's very rewarding and very hectic"

Market Gardener

Overall score: 5.9/10

The Crazed Buttstaber: 4/10-'' I...DONT...ROCKET....JUMP!!!''

Tryhard killer 6/10- Wish i could use it

Dave: 3/10- "Only in your dreams."

LoNeX: 6/10- ''I really like it and I use it in all my loadouts!''

Coffe:7/10-''Great melee; not the best, but great. Straight upgrade from stock in my opinion, and has potential to 1HK many classes.''

Spectre's Husbando: 5/10-''I'm going to become star_ and use this weapon and own enemies - Every F2P ever.''

Agent Walther: 8,5/10- "Use with airstrike and base jumper to become an evil guy"

Landeyx: 8/10 "Only for rocket jumpers"

Equalizer

Overall score: 6,8/10

The Crazed Buttstaber: 3/10-'' Grab this and kill yourself, it's his only use for now.''

Tryhard Killer 9/10- Get Gud

Dave: 7/10- "Did you know you can kill enemies before the round starts with this?

Coffe: 5/10- ''Good night sweet prince. Not particularly useful now, but isn't totally worthless. Still beats stock.''

Landeyx: 10/10 "Getting more damage (and more regularly crits too!) is very usefull"
Well rated melee weapons (8-10)
Disciplinary Action

Overall score: 8,5/10

The Crazed Buttstaber: 8/10- ''Hit your friends and teammates in the ass...I mean back to show them how much of a creep... I mean friend you are!''

Tryhard Killer 9/10- Great for MVM

Dave: 7/10- "Tell everyone that you're Gay. And thus, do not belong in the army."

Dr. Moron: 8/10- ''It is good but...*whispers*I must hit teammates in the ass for the speed effect.''

Agent Walther: 10/10- "Try to play soldier with this item when playing with your gf for some lulz"

Landeyx: 9/10 "Gotta go fast"

Escape Plan

Overall score: 9/10

The Crazed Buttstaber: 9/10- ''Saving your life 24 hours a day.''

Tryhard Killer 10/10- Get gud X3

Dave: 6/10- "♥♥♥♥♥ GETAWAY!"

Coffe:9/10- ''Very good for escaping. Does what it says on the tin. Figures. Minicrits are still :( though.''

Agent Walther:10/10- "Important part of my build that lets me keep my airstrike killstreaks going"

Landeyx: 10/10 "RUN MATE RUUUUUUUUUUN"

Pan

Overall score: 9/10

The Crazed Buttstaber: 10/10-''Its a Pan...''

Tryhard Killer 6/10- Great for digging holes :P

Dave: 10/10- "Needs bacon, doe."

Dr. Moron:10/10- ''His cousin The Ham will never be better than him.''

Landeyx:10/10 "This is a magic pan,the bacon is so tastefull."
Best and Worst Loadout acording to community
So, the scores are given (though they can be changed acording to you guys comment's down below), so, lets see what the scores say of what are the best and worst loadout to wear in the battlefield:

Best one:

-Rocket Launcher
-Gunboats
-Pan!

The Classic Soldier loadout. Every Soldier in competetive uses something like this. And its no suprise. The Stock rocket Launcher is amazing by its own and the gunboats just offer an amazing ammount of movility. And the Pan is the pan.

Worst one:

-Liberty Launcher
-Panic attack
-Pain Train

The Best use for this one would just be suprise suicide attacks. Liberty Launcher can offer some good mobility without gunboats, at the cost of less damage output. So the strategy would be to jump into the back of the enemy lines and clear them with panic atttacks when they least expect it. Adn if you want sneaky caps, this is also good for you since the libberty launcher mobility and pain train extra capping speed really helps in thay. Bu if youre going for a real soldier, stay out of this one since it is agaisnt a soldier, a killing frontline pusher, is all about
The End (?)
Well, its your time to shine now. Get your keyboard out and type your scores in the comments. I will post them here so this will be a REAL community guide and not just three random guys. Next one is pyro. Maybe a week until it releases.

Check out The cool front page guide of Landeyx and me:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=517570005

Link to the Scout guide: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=438846356

And heres the sequel:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=448227690

SAVE THE MELON!

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=534962793
133 Comments
Gent 28 Sep, 2019 @ 3:22pm 
Hallo, ik denk dat je me weer uit Discord hebt verwijderd en ik vraag me af of je me nog een keer kunt toevoegen :) Gent#0851
Ra Katze 11 Sep, 2016 @ 2:45pm 
Worst loadout - Rocket Jumper,Gunboats,Pain train
mirk 29 Aug, 2016 @ 4:33am 
WOW finally found a guide that is kind of helpful
Moon 3 Aug, 2016 @ 7:06pm 
Liberty Launcher 0/10

It's like shooting dirt.

Cow Mangler 10.00001/10

IMA FIRING MEH LAZOR

Direct Hit 7/10

IM KILLING EVERYBODY!!!!!!! now im not. *quits tf2 forever*

Rocket launcher 10/10

Stock has nothing bad, ok?

Reserve Shooter 10/10

If you see someone in the air, just shoot them!

Shotgun 10/10

Stock is Stock, Not stock is Not stock.

Shovel 10/10

Ok, use this one to decapitate your enemies, then dig their grave! Capiche?

Market Gardener 3/10

Don't jump, don't use it.

Disciplinary Action 10/10

Speeds up your team because their slow as heck.

Pan 10/10

Cook your most favorite dishes with Pyro!
pmal 6 May, 2016 @ 1:53am 
I like Beggar Bazooka + Buff Banner + All Melee ( Best Is Escape Plan)
-GoV- Kervy Samson 10 Mar, 2016 @ 7:45pm 
TF2 x10 + Beggars bazooka+ panic attack = MAKE IT RAIN:steamhappy:
Dorsal 26 Feb, 2016 @ 1:49pm 
Direct hit actually is very useful, I was able to kill a overhealed heavy with a pocket medic like less than 5 seconds.
Quantum 20 Feb, 2016 @ 6:34pm 
Beggar's Bazooka.
Let me say two words.
times. ten.

(holy shit this is crazy in x10 with the ability to rain down 30 rockets at once :D)
Alternate Smoke-Saibot 5 Jan, 2016 @ 6:17pm 
Melee
Half-Zatoichi:7.3/10
It gives 50% of the soldier's base hp on kill. Before the Tough Break update, it used to give maximum base hp of the soldier. This was a pretty good nerf. The honorbound though instead traded it's unability to switch to another weapon for the ability to switch, but you have to have 50 hp. As bad as it seems, it isn't all that bad because there's situations where you may need to switch. If you have hp below 50 hp, you won't die instantly if switched. It gives the ability to not switch. The biggest nerf is one big problem with almost every op wep. The no random crits. It is fair though because I don't think anybody would want to fight with honour but than to die from a CRIT.
Alternate Smoke-Saibot 5 Jan, 2016 @ 6:08pm 
Primary
Rocket Launcher (Stock): 8.6/10
Even though it may seem bad to some people, it's actually op. This stock is both unbalanced and balanced. Clip size is 4 which is more than enough rockets to kill a sniper. It's also enough for a heavy.

Secondary
Concheror:7.5/10
Even though the soldier has enough health to last a life, this is helpful. It gives 4+ hp every second living and once you have gotten enough rage, you can gain a speed buff for you and nearby teammates. Even though it replaces a shotgun, imo, it doesn't make a big difference. You have a rocket launcher to use. It isn't really bad, but I'd replace it with the Concheror.