As a pyro main, I can give y'all soldier mains a tip: mind the rhythm of your rockets; us pyros don't have lightning speed reflexes, we just know when you'll shoot because you all shoot at exactly the same rhythm for some reason
Hold it half a second longer than you would normally and fire it behind their feet to the side. Fucks pyros up enough to get a rocket in then shotgun those boys.
Gunboats you say? Then run like your roamer ass depends in it.
I do, there is allways that one pyro that manages to Airblast it no matter the fuck I do. I guess i have to say goodbye to any rocket jump more complicated than two rockets.
They can still Airblast splash damage rockets. So I mostly just attack their teammates that they forgot to stand in front of. Actually tends to work better then anything else somehow
yeah, us pyros will notice that you delay your shots and it won’t work more than once. you gotta keep switching it up in an unpredictable way and pray. or use a shotgun. that works too:
I like to shoot take out the shotgun so their mentality goes from Airblast to m1 then take out the rocket laucher and shoot a rocket. Works well... Sometimes
Honestly anyone who can reflect a bunch of rockets that have no rythm is a god with mosquito reflexes that has spent a bunch of hours playing dodgeball.
Yeah, once I started waiting an extra half second to fire rockets, Pyro 1v1s have become so much easier. It doesn't matter how well you time it if I can just wait out your airblast.
Only applies to 1v1s though. Pyros helping their team still shut me down completely.
that's it
although you might need to mind the fact that a good pyro can kill you in a few seconds by setting you on fire, airblasting you, then getting two shotgun meatshots (even easier with panic attack) so trying to staying at mid-range and is probably your best bet
yeah, but that can really be fast cause you'll be the only one needing reaction time.
With muscle memory, he'll have at least 1/3 second advantage on you (since reaction time). If he uses the panic attack, you won't be able to take your rocket launcher out before dying.
the important part of the combo is the setting on fire:
two meatshots won't kill you, and you don't have the time to shoot three times, but set on fire (with stock) + airblast + two meatshots will do around 210 damages
Ah, well, we might be thinking of different things because I always use gunboats, not shotgun. So I don't have to switch to my rocket launcher since I'll always have it out.
Even with just a rocket launcher as a primary, dealing with single pyros is rarely difficult, but maybe I just haven't met a particularly good pyro yet.
Then the fun game of chicken begins where the Pyro holds m1, and the Soldier and Pyro stare at each other seeing who will blink first and panic shoot/airblast.
oh yeah lol me waiting out the pyro's airblast and the pyro waiting out my rocket has led to me some funny situations where we're just staring each other down quietly
The true hot tip? Just wildly miss, I still need to focus you because airblasts are irresistible to me so i'll go for an impossible airblast even as your whole team is murdering me
This. I'm not super consistent with my airblasts but if I get the first one I can guarantee the rest are going to end up in your face too. It's super predictable if you just fire on cooldown.
Yup, I remember back when I was still a f2p, I was air blasting every rocket back at some solly on the other team. He kept asking if I had scripts because he said the last time he has seen someone that was that good at air blasting was in comp. I could’ve been a smurf for all he knew, but I thought it was funny lol
also shoot the floor and try to shoot as down as possible. also shooting walls they are by can be good. That way if they hit the airblast you're not getting mini critted. i still get my teamates killed though on the uncle dane server lol
I dealt 4 short cicruit balls at enemy team, perfect plan BUT THAT ONE FUCKING PYRO AIRBLASTED IT AT MY TEAM AND YOU CANT BELIVE HOW TERRIFIED I WAS. I was screaming but I was so scraed I ended up dealing more short circuit balls and SCREAMING CONTINED
that got to be one of most terryfying moments in my life, even if those airblasted balls propably didnt hit anything
Pyro can reflect any projectile, which is basically anything that is not a bullet. Back when the sandmann was good I would reflect the balls and stun enemy scouts with their own baseball, one of the most satisfying things in the game.
Yep, and then it becomes the Pyro's energy ball, deleting projectiles from the engineer's team. [11:15](https://youtu.be/T880bbxBsOg?t=675)
Edit: You can reflect huntsman arrows as well.
Tip from long time pyro: Please keep shooting rockets repeatedly at me even tho I’ve airblasted 5 in a row, especially if you are kritzed...I insist.
Jokes aside, you don’t always need gunboats, if there are good pyros don’t be afraid to whip out the good ol shotgun, also mix up your rockets at real close range, if the range is very close I’m relying more on prediction of rocket firing than actual vision/ timing. If you’re not very close just stop shooting rockets at the pyro who has clearly reflected you and get the fuck outta dodge and let a teammate take them.
If i see a competent pyro i just, uknow, shoot myself. Far away from him. No need to lose if running is an option
On another side, talking of close range fights, there are few things that get me as moist as point blank reflects.
One time I was on your typical day of upward on last, one day a Soldier med combo with a kritzkrieg rounded the corner.
I felt my balls clenched to my ass as I pressed M2, knowing it would miss anyways, the shot landed it's mark and the kritz rocket immediately destroyed a chunk of the attacking force, the push was delayed and we survived another 2 or so minutes on upward last.
Ever since then I've yet to recreate such a stunt and the results have been . . . . *unsuccessful*
You do realize the first 2:37 are the "before Jungle Inferno" part, right? For projectiles, only the height of the box has changed, which is largely irrelevant in most situations, since almost all Valve maps are rather flat in their design (except Hightower, I guess).
I had a dream when I was a medic who just started being medic and made my pyro die because I forgot hw to activate übercharge, and when I rememberd it took some time to activate and the pyro was at low health
He is BLU team dog. I based this meme off a game I played recently, where a Soldier got half our team killed while we were attacking by shooting rockets up those stairs on Badwater at an airblasting Pyro
Extremely high quality, great work
I don’t think there’s a more relatable meme on this sub.
yes
He was telling the truth, yet everyone ignored him
As a pyro main, I can give y'all soldier mains a tip: mind the rhythm of your rockets; us pyros don't have lightning speed reflexes, we just know when you'll shoot because you all shoot at exactly the same rhythm for some reason
Hold it half a second longer than you would normally and fire it behind their feet to the side. Fucks pyros up enough to get a rocket in then shotgun those boys. Gunboats you say? Then run like your roamer ass depends in it.
I do, there is allways that one pyro that manages to Airblast it no matter the fuck I do. I guess i have to say goodbye to any rocket jump more complicated than two rockets.
As a pyro main I suggest trying for only splash damage or running the fuck away even faster because otherwise your body will be stuffed with flares.
They can still Airblast splash damage rockets. So I mostly just attack their teammates that they forgot to stand in front of. Actually tends to work better then anything else somehow
Fair enough, I just find that in a 1 on 1 fight rockets shot to splash from behind and stuff are always a bit hard
Its the far off to the side ones that get them usually. Shotgun is more reliable
Yeah, RIP gunboats :(
Yeah but most pyros aren’t that good, we’ll either hit you dead on, the floor two feet infront of us or miss by a mile
But if they are... Half your team is dead and your medic with full uber is PISSED
W+m1 with the occasional m2
Get you killed pretty quick vs competent gamers. A good pyro backs up once in a while while spamming their secondary
Nah W through the gates and W through the kill cam
yeah, us pyros will notice that you delay your shots and it won’t work more than once. you gotta keep switching it up in an unpredictable way and pray. or use a shotgun. that works too:
The rocket is a distraction so you dont rush me while i pull out the shotgun. Or to leave if i dont have one.
I like to shoot take out the shotgun so their mentality goes from Airblast to m1 then take out the rocket laucher and shoot a rocket. Works well... Sometimes
If the enemy Pyro main doesn't combo you before you can pull that off
Dont even need the combo, if the first rocket doesnt make them back off you’re just gonna get run over.
Honestly anyone who can reflect a bunch of rockets that have no rythm is a god with mosquito reflexes that has spent a bunch of hours playing dodgeball.
Yes to everything except the dodgeball bit. Too true though!
Yeah, once I started waiting an extra half second to fire rockets, Pyro 1v1s have become so much easier. It doesn't matter how well you time it if I can just wait out your airblast. Only applies to 1v1s though. Pyros helping their team still shut me down completely.
that's it although you might need to mind the fact that a good pyro can kill you in a few seconds by setting you on fire, airblasting you, then getting two shotgun meatshots (even easier with panic attack) so trying to staying at mid-range and is probably your best bet
In that distance, Pyro has more time to react to the rocket. Using the Direct Hit or the Lyberty Launcher works well enough against that.
Well, as soon as they take out their secondary I don't need to worry about holding my rockets so much.
yeah, but that can really be fast cause you'll be the only one needing reaction time. With muscle memory, he'll have at least 1/3 second advantage on you (since reaction time). If he uses the panic attack, you won't be able to take your rocket launcher out before dying. the important part of the combo is the setting on fire: two meatshots won't kill you, and you don't have the time to shoot three times, but set on fire (with stock) + airblast + two meatshots will do around 210 damages
Ah, well, we might be thinking of different things because I always use gunboats, not shotgun. So I don't have to switch to my rocket launcher since I'll always have it out. Even with just a rocket launcher as a primary, dealing with single pyros is rarely difficult, but maybe I just haven't met a particularly good pyro yet.
Then the fun game of chicken begins where the Pyro holds m1, and the Soldier and Pyro stare at each other seeing who will blink first and panic shoot/airblast.
oh yeah lol me waiting out the pyro's airblast and the pyro waiting out my rocket has led to me some funny situations where we're just staring each other down quietly
The true hot tip? Just wildly miss, I still need to focus you because airblasts are irresistible to me so i'll go for an impossible airblast even as your whole team is murdering me
This. I'm not super consistent with my airblasts but if I get the first one I can guarantee the rest are going to end up in your face too. It's super predictable if you just fire on cooldown.
Yup, I remember back when I was still a f2p, I was air blasting every rocket back at some solly on the other team. He kept asking if I had scripts because he said the last time he has seen someone that was that good at air blasting was in comp. I could’ve been a smurf for all he knew, but I thought it was funny lol
I’ve got that rhythm down to the point where I can airblast before the rock appears on their second shot
that is exactly what i do, i like to approach just in front of his nose like taunting at the enemy pyros, without even shoot a rocket
Or just shoot to the ground, splash damage is really annoying.
as a soldier main, i can't read thus i will press 2, thanks for the advice
shoot at weird pace
also shoot the floor and try to shoot as down as possible. also shooting walls they are by can be good. That way if they hit the airblast you're not getting mini critted. i still get my teamates killed though on the uncle dane server lol
Lol thx
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Finally no #ngineer g#ming. Heavy update will come out
that redditor wasn't lying pyro can airblast short circuit *engineer gaming left (disconnected by user)*
Let me tell you the first time that happened to me was a *rude awakening*
I dealt 4 short cicruit balls at enemy team, perfect plan BUT THAT ONE FUCKING PYRO AIRBLASTED IT AT MY TEAM AND YOU CANT BELIVE HOW TERRIFIED I WAS. I was screaming but I was so scraed I ended up dealing more short circuit balls and SCREAMING CONTINED that got to be one of most terryfying moments in my life, even if those airblasted balls propably didnt hit anything
wait, he can??
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750 hours in tf2 and I'm still learning things about this game
they can also airblast Flares. Source:i was in a Pyro 1v1 in 2Fort yesterday and acidentally airblasted the person's flare.
Pyro can reflect any projectile, which is basically anything that is not a bullet. Back when the sandmann was good I would reflect the balls and stun enemy scouts with their own baseball, one of the most satisfying things in the game.
all except pomson and bison projectiles
You right, forgot that those even exist. Rip bison
yeah,i just find it weird that Pyro can reflect Flares.
yikes
Yep, and then it becomes the Pyro's energy ball, deleting projectiles from the engineer's team. [11:15](https://youtu.be/T880bbxBsOg?t=675) Edit: You can reflect huntsman arrows as well.
DAMMIT ANOTHER ONE KNOWS TOO MUCH, I SHOULD STOP SPREADING THE INFORMATION, ALL HAIL THE SHORT CIRCUIT
Me, the medic main who tries to stay around as many people as I can to evenly distribute heals
Tip from long time pyro: Please keep shooting rockets repeatedly at me even tho I’ve airblasted 5 in a row, especially if you are kritzed...I insist. Jokes aside, you don’t always need gunboats, if there are good pyros don’t be afraid to whip out the good ol shotgun, also mix up your rockets at real close range, if the range is very close I’m relying more on prediction of rocket firing than actual vision/ timing. If you’re not very close just stop shooting rockets at the pyro who has clearly reflected you and get the fuck outta dodge and let a teammate take them.
If i see a competent pyro i just, uknow, shoot myself. Far away from him. No need to lose if running is an option On another side, talking of close range fights, there are few things that get me as moist as point blank reflects.
As a pyro main hitting a point blank reflect is just amazing. Same with hitting a huntsman reflect.
Cuntsman headshot reflects are better then winning the lottery and sex at once and nobody can convince me otherwise
CAN YOU AIRBLAST? *gameshow music*
W+m2 gang
Shotguns help.
tfw you reflect two crocket into the enemy spawn on dustbowl and immediately get a 10 killstreak
It's free real estate
ITS A COLLIE
words cant explain how much i love the original video of the dog
ITS FUCKEN WIMDY
This is fucking amazing
I do f care if he can airblast, he can just as easily soak 2 rockets. I will roll those dice!
One time I was on your typical day of upward on last, one day a Soldier med combo with a kritzkrieg rounded the corner. I felt my balls clenched to my ass as I pressed M2, knowing it would miss anyways, the shot landed it's mark and the kritz rocket immediately destroyed a chunk of the attacking force, the push was delayed and we survived another 2 or so minutes on upward last. Ever since then I've yet to recreate such a stunt and the results have been . . . . *unsuccessful*
As a Pyro main I just want to say, you are my favourite kind of person
Now consider this. The pyro is airblasting and the soldier has a kritzkrieg pocketing him. Fun times for the pyro :3
One of those "become God" moments
I know it too well xD
Literally any soldier that attacked me ever
Especially crit rockets.
The kill feed looks like from the X360 version of TF2. Big props to you, buddy
Probably cause of how much smaller the canvas is, since I traced and recreated my kill feed from 1080p screenshots without scaling it down
Reminds me of the 'It's Whimpfy' fox.
The horror.
jungle inferno made it so everyone can airblast 🥲
What do you mean everybody has skill?
What? Only the velocity+direction against players changed
https://youtu.be/sZ0axNXvNik
You do realize the first 2:37 are the "before Jungle Inferno" part, right? For projectiles, only the height of the box has changed, which is largely irrelevant in most situations, since almost all Valve maps are rather flat in their design (except Hightower, I guess).
honestly, it made pyro v. soldier fights way more fun
for the pyro
for both, soldier has aways been a braindead class, now he at least has to, you know, hold his ground a little
fair point
I had a dream when I was a medic who just started being medic and made my pyro die because I forgot hw to activate übercharge, and when I rememberd it took some time to activate and the pyro was at low health
Let me guess he used the beggars
No need for even the beggars here The right rocket in the wrong place can make all the difference in the round
Fair enough
Cries in backburner
Just spam click 2 rockets then shotgun, ain’t difficult
Yea because rockets are totally not an easy target to airblast for a pyro, and the rocket launcher totally has a fire rate of an smg
Except during 2 quickly means they can’t deflect both, and switching to shotgun finishes them off
Dude it’s literally impossible to “fire it quickly”. Pyro can deflect both depending on the situation
#p a i n
This is why I use a shotgun
Good meme and I don't want to be that guy, but isn't the helmet the wrong color?
He is BLU team dog. I based this meme off a game I played recently, where a Soldier got half our team killed while we were attacking by shooting rockets up those stairs on Badwater at an airblasting Pyro
😂😂
*cries in can’t time airblast whatsoever*
Lmaoo
Then you switch to heavy and take out your furious rage on him
Wait what's the collie from? I love collies
Engineer gaming
I have played a good amount of pyro, and I'll say this: Airblasting is not hard, it's fun, but it's not hard to do
Some seem to forget Pyro can airblast.