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{{topquote|Welcome to [[Hats|Team Fortress 2]]. After 9 years in development, hopefully it will have been worth the wait. Please let me know what you think after you have a chance to play. I can be reached at gaben@valvesoftware.com, and my favorite class is the Spy|Gabe Newell, back when he was cool}}
{{topquote|Basically, I'm kind of a big deal.|Scout}}

'''Team Fortress 2''' is a pillar of video gaming and internet culture in general. It's influence over memes and multiplayer culture can be felt over dozens upon dozens of games.

==Relevance to /tg/==
So why is this here? TF2 has certainly left it's mark on video game culture, but this is a wiki for everything related about traditional games. What does TF2 have to do with that?

Simple answer: TF2 is awesome.

A longer answer would be that TF2 is the pinnacle of the class-based shooter genre. No other game in its genre, [[Blizzard|no matter how hard they try,]] has left the sheer footprint in popular culture that TF2 has. It's characters are unique and varied, and are so customizable that it's hard to find two players playing the exact same way in a match. And the characters themselves are extremely memorable in both design and personality. Their voicelines and models have transcended the game they originate from and continue to gather an audience to this very day, even on /tg/.

So yeah, it deserves a page.

==Gameplay==
The game is a class-based multiplayer first person shooter. The core objective varies a whole lot depending on what mode you're playing, but ultimately, it's always about BLU team attacking RED team, or both attacking each other to get the upperhand over something. Originally, each player used a different class to occupy a different role, but with balance changes and the addition of new weapons, each class ended fitting a specific niche or get specific utilities depending on the scenarios. TF2 isn't a game of rock-paper-scissors [[Blizzard|unlike another certain game]], but it's mostly a game where some classes can do anything with different loadouts and gameplay styles (like fighting games, somewhat), and some others are stronger in specific modes.

==Classes==


===Scout===
{{topquote|Grass grows, sun shines, and brother? I hurt people.|Scout, about what he does best.}}

'''Scout''', also known as '''Jeremy''', '''The Prison dodger''', '''"Hitting your balls" Jeremiah''', '''That damn fucking fly''' or '''Scunt''', is a fast and unapologetically annoying courier who's the fastest dude of the bunch. He hits on women all the time, but he's far from being a womanizer, unlike his father. He's also the most athletic person of the bunch, having the innate ability to ''double-jump'' on top of being the fastest class. 

Scout, as a class, specializes in massive close-ranged damage-dealing, capping, movement, and fight-picking. Meaning he's not only getting into fights, he chooses whether or not he duels you. Scout, with his poor health-pool, relies on his speed to dodge projectiles, enemy fire, and corner his adversaries. However, should he get face-to-face with a Heavy good at aiming, a Soldier who gives him a faceful of rockets or a Demoman who knew he was gonna pass-by, Scout is ultimately gonna hurt.

Scout is considered to be a '''Generalist'''. His excellent speed and double-jump allows him to travel maps faster than any other class, and he has tools to greatly enhance his movement. With his ability to pick fights, he can quickly dispose of a distracted enemy with ease, and make the job of his teammates easier. A perfectly balanced class.  Except in community maps with all crits and low grav, then he's just pure cancer.

Pros:
* Fast movement speed and double jumping result in some serious mobility. Daring Scouts can even circle-strafe fully-upgraded sentries.
* Dangerous at close range.
* Captures points and payloads at twice the speed of other classes, meaning that well-played Scouts can easily take territory if its poorly-defended.

Cons:
* You're tied with the Engineer and Spy as having the lowest health of all the classes. All it takes is two good hits and you're mulch.
* Your arsenal is only good for close to medium-range combat. At long range? I hope you enjoy pecking at that sentry with that dinky pistol of yours.
* Hard to master. Bad Scouts drop like flies. Good Scouts are a menace to deal with. The path to a being a good Scout is a hard one. As a corollary;
** '''Annoying as shit'''. No matter how skilled you are, the Scout's voice lines will drive you up the wall. Some players will deliberately invoke this with [[Slaanesh|garish clothes and colors]] and spam as many voice commands as they can, specifically to [[Distraction Carnifex|draw attention away from their more durable allies]].

===Soldier===
{{topquote|If God had wanted you to live, he would not have created ME!|Soldier, being objective}}

'''Soldier''', also known as '''Jane Doe''' (yes, he gave himself a female name), '''Merasmus' roommate''', '''The Real American Psycho''', '''Trolldier''', '''Mr. USA''' or '''Solly''' is a psychotic, dumb and bazooka-loving flanderized version of an American soldier. He specializes in rocket-jumping, team-boosting, "moral support" via his backpacks, and air-shotting, and is such a patriot that he went to Europe to kill some anti-American Nazis, continuing his then-uninterrupted slaughter until someone pointed out to him that the current year was 1949. Soldier is delusional and a very sloppy and unreliable narrator. Whether or not he even had comrades helping him during his massive shootout with the Wehrmacht is debatable, and whether or not he knows WHY he's fighting in the Badlands is an overall different question. 

As a class, Soldier is a very versatile character with a huge emphasis on damage-dealing, mild-crowd control, movement and team-boosting. Needless to say, he's one of the handiest classes in the entire game, and can deal hefty amounts of damage to the enemy team. He's considered to be a '''''generalist''''' by the competitive community. Being both good at defense and offense makes Soldier an ideal class for the veterans AND the noobs.

Pros:
* Soldier's rocket-launcher allows him to deal a very decent amount of damage and maneuver himself around the map easily.
* Rocket-jumping isn't easy, but with enough practice, it becomes your greatest advantage against anyone.
* While not tanky, you can definitely take a lot of damage before succumbing. Bad Box loadouts (even post-nerf) can extend this even further. 
* Your banners make you a valuable asset for your whole team.

Cons:
* You're slow. If it weren't for your rocket-jumping, you'd only naturally outspeed Heavy.
* You are prone to get yourself cornered easily if your team does not support you.
* Because you’re in the frontline the most often, this also means you’ll be facing the enemy’s strongest defenses or accidentally walking into an Engineer’s nest.

===Pyro===
{{topquote|Hmmhmmphfff hmmppphfff hmmmppph!|Pyro}}

'''Pyro''', also known as... '''Pyro''', is a maniacal, psychotic, axe-crazy, flame-loving, man-melting menace who loves everything that burns or can make things burn. He... She... IT probably isn't even a man at all and most likely a monster that uses a fire-hazard suit to guise itself as a man. I mean, one quick look at its cosmetic should tell you everything about Pyro. It has a very specific vision of the world, or well, ITS world, cutely named ''Pyroland''. Some have taken advantaged of his child-like sense of "wonder" (read; morbid curiosity) to employ her into doing various unethical jobs. So far, he's considered to be a wild card by everyone, including his own team. The only three who really appreciate him being Soldier, Engineer and Miss Pauling.

In game, Pyro is a jack of all trades. She specializes in close-range combat, crowd-control, fending off enemies, front-line defense, spy-checking, general assistance and decent damage-dealing. His flamethrower allows him to not only put his opponents aflame, but also to reflect the projectiles of both Soldiers and Demoman, making him a serious menace for the two of them. On top of that, he can undo any sticky-trap, push enemies away or prevent them from progressing, or make Spy's life a living-hell. He's often considered to be Engie's best friend, due to the fact that she possesses weapons and tools to help him around with his buildings, most notably the homewrecker which allows him to un-sap buildings.

With all of that said however, Pyro is also one of the most polarizing classes in the game, sharing that reputation with Sniper. This is because of his flamethrower being able to hold ground as long the fire button is held, thus most strategies that worked involved literally holding W and Mouse1 and walking into enemies, seemingly without thought. Good players can counter this playstyle with distance and engineer sentries, and certain classes like Heavy and Soldier are effective at tanking the flamethrower enough to kill your opponent; should the latter use a shotgun to avoid potential bursts.

Pros:
* Jack-of-all-trades class with her basic loadout, so she's not pigeonholed into one duty or another - some loadouts can be more specialized for certain tasks, though.
* Absolute menace to Soldiers and Demoman once you get a handle on airblasting, as this lets you redirect projectiles right back at them or off to the side. Also Spy's single greatest threat in the game, since a single puff of flame will set even a disguised or cloaked spy alight.
* Very reliable source of afterburn for the rest of your team, letting you soften up heavier targets and DoT-kill lower-health ones. Particularly if you get the drop on them.
* One of the more forgiving classes in the game when it comes to mistakes -- you need to reload only on your secondary, you've got decent speed with the third-highest base healthpool, and your weapons are easy to aim and fire.

Cons:
* Very much a short-range class; wide, open areas or long corridors are the bane of your existence.
* Engineer's sentries, Heavy's massive healthpool, and a competent Soldier are all hard counters to Pyro, as they can either tank his damage long enough to kill him or beat her in the damage race.
* Something of a skill gated character. Mitigating his weaknesses needs a lot of work-arounds and wisdom as opposed to swapping to a different class when the going gets tough.
* Expect to see a lot of people yelling "W+M1!" at you, with or without justification.

===Demoman===
{{topquote|Oh, they gon' tuh have to glue yue back togetha', IN HELL!|Demoman, after he gibs (You).}}

Hailing from Ullapool, Scotland, '''Demoman''', also known as '''Tavish Degroot''', '''Captain KABEWM''', '''Demopan''', '''Delak's favourite''', '''Average Scrumpy Appreciator''' or simply '''Demo''' is a [[What|Black Scottish Cyclops]]. [[Meme|They got more feckin’ monsters in the Great Loch Ness than they got the likes of him]]. Working four different jobs to support his financially stable and blind mother and treat the many acres of land he owns, Demoman finds joy in pure slaughter, demolition, and demolition accessories. If it wasn't for his raging obession with alcohol, he'd be considered one of the ''"sanest"'' member of Team Fortress. Well, he's a massive workaholic on top of an alcoholic, and he's such of an addict that he turned his whole body into a distillery.

Don't ask him about his haunted eye-socket.

Demoman, as a class, is '''the apex predator of TF2'''. No, this article was not written by a Demomain. We're just not joking. Demoman's role in the team revolves around ''hefty'' damage-dealing, crowd-control and movement. And he's good at all of that. No kidding. He's insanely powerful. And for that reason, he's considered to be a '''generalist'''. All of his grenade launches deal massive damage on a direct it, more than the soldier’s rocket-launcher. His stickies, when stacked, deal such damage that no one in a 2 meter radius survives.

Well, okay, we're exaggerating a little… In truth, truth, he is a very good trap artist that can control territory better than a Pyro or potentially an Engie by using his stickies to hide secret explosives for enemy trespassers. Not just that, but his grenade launcher’s timed explosives can be used to toss your projectiles with the source engine, potentially [[awesome|killing targets with physics, allowing your grenade to roll under them and explode before they can get out.]]



Pros:
* You're insanely powerful and can insta-kill people with a well placed sticky-trap.
* You're a very versatile class. 
* You're able to maneuver yourself around the map very easily.
* Insane crowd-control.
* Can get busted with the right items.

Cons:
* All of your weapons, to the exception of your melees (except one), damage you. Thus, you're effective only at mid-range.
* Grenades and sticky bombs can be reflected or pushed back by Pyros.
* Grenades are affected by gravity and bounce off objects, so mid to long-range combat can be a pain in the ass. 

====Demoknight====
{{topquote|There can only be oooooooone!... eye...|Should you hear this in a match, RUN.}}

Should you decide to drop your your stickybomb launcher for a shield (and optionally drop your grenade launcher a pair of boots), you become the '''Demoknight''', arguably the most accomplished of all the sub-classes in this game.

The Demoknight's role revolves around unconventional combat to gain a killstreak through a style of fighting many wouldn’t expect. Using a trusty shield to charge quickly into an enemy while charging your sword for a guaranteed crit, you take the heads of your victims to strengthen you. Other swords will either heal you or increase the duration of your charge. The catch? You’ll be playing a First Person Shooter ''without a gun'', so expect to die. [[rage|A lot.]]

Pros:
* Chaining kills will make you more durable, either by increasing your maximum health (almost to the Heavy's HP) or healing you up.
* You'll be a little faster than a Scout, and that's without taking into account the charges. Complex techniques like trimping can let you get into places most people wouldn't expect.

Cons:
* Again, you have no guns in a first-person shooter. Forgoing the boots in favor of your grenade launcher can help, but you lose the ability to set traps.
* Sentry nests are now the bane of your existence, as are Heavies.
* Extremely skill-reliant. Learning when to GTFO, who to avoid, and how to trimp is utterly critical to using this subclass effectively.

===Heavy===
{{topquote|Some people think they can outsmart me. Maybe… Maybe… I've yet to meet one who can outsmart '''bullet'''.|Heavy reflecting on his percieved lack of brains. Which he doesn't lack at all.}}

'''Heavy''', also known as '''Misha''', '''The Pootis Man''', '''The Baby-Fighter''', '''Mr. "I give my weapons names"''', '''Hoovy''' or '''The entire Russian block''' is a large, build-a-bear, living weapon of mass destructions and an avid sandvich(sic) connoisseur. Hailing from an unknown part of Russia, Heavy got the job as an artillery man to get enough money to feed his family stuck in the mountains chasing bears. GIANT bears. That's the wholesome part of Heavy. The psychotic part of him comes in the form of his ''genuine'' love and care for his guns, which thankfully comes only second to his family. Him and Sasha are considered the face/mascot of TF2 as whole, the two being promoted a lot in ads and official art.

Heavy in game is a slowpoke. He's a ''Tank'' and excels in Defense, mild-support, halting the enemy team, and considerable damage-dealing. With Pyro and Sniper’s Uzi,  he shares one of the only automatic weapons in the game, which is the most powerful: The Minigun. A god-send for anyone who knows how to properly rev it up and time his shots. While Heavy uses a shotgun as a secondary, he's also gifted with the third most practical source of health in the entire game: ''The Almighty Sandvich''. He has the most health of the entire bunch, and serves as a literal wall of flesh and guns for anyone who crosses his path.

He has one small issue, though… He is Way. Too. Fat.

Heavy is HUGE. Meaning in a game that rewards good aim, he's massive, moving, shouting target. If a Heavy shows up on his own in the middle of a battle without proper support, he becomes everyone's main priority and dies appropriately seconds later. He's oftentimes the victim of Sniper's headshots, Spy's backstabs, Engie's sentry, Pyro's fire and airblasting, Demo's explosives, Soldier's Direct Hit, and Scout's general mosquito-like attitude. Heavy NEEDS team support to be effective. He can only take care of a target at a time, and requires that the enemy team is distracted enough for them not to take him together. 

Pros:
* Fuckhuge health pool, easily the highest in the game when overhealed.
* Strong damage output on the minigun, particularly if you know when to rev it up. If ubercharged, you're a poorly-coordinated defending team's worst nightmare.
* The Sandvich lets you take a bit of heat off the Medic or keep yourself alive in a pinch.

Cons:
* You're a big target, so expect everyone to be gunning for you when you show up. You ''will'' need a Medic at your back and maybe a couple others flanking you if you don't want to be shanked, shot, or airblasted to your doom.
* You're slow, so expect to lag behind the team on assaults.
* Your main gun needs to rev up before firing, so sudden enemy ambushes tear through your health before you can react.

===Engineer===
{{topquote|Don't worry boys, the Engineer is engihere!|Engineer, being Engineer.}}

'''The Engineer''', also known as '''Dell Conagher''', '''Sentry Man''', '''Mr. Brains over Brawns''' or '''Engie''' is a formidable technician hailing from Texas, and descendant of long running line of inventors and craftmen. Matter of fact, if it weren't for his ancestors, nothing of what happens in TF2 would have happened at all! With twelves P.H.Ds under his belt, Engineer created three of the most practical things a human could possibly dream of; a teleporting device, an ammo and health dispenser, but most importantly, the man-shredding sentry. Thankfully he’s also a very stable individual with a ”Go Get ‘Em” attitude that you can’t help but smile at.

As a class, Engineer is... Well...''Peculiar''.. His role is fairly unique. Unlike his peers, Engineers mostly focuses around creating a solid front-line and install Areas of Denial anywhere he goes! His "versatility" as a class comes to how you decide to use his tools. Engie's role practically revolves around creating spaces for his teammates to restock and re-engage, provide a way to reach the ever-moving frontline quickly, or halt the progression of the enemy team. 

In the community, Engineer is seen as a fantastic dwarf. Let's just say that he's so bizarre as a class in an FPS that pretty much everyone agrees he's good in Casual or Highlander. Engimains get absolutely demolished in competitive. This is because the he's so dependent on his buildings that it becomes harder for him to be of any use without them. On top of that, most of his buildings take time to... Well, build. And in many cases, they won't serve a useful purpose to your team at all. With half of the cast being able to zoom to the other end of the map hastily and ammo being more bountiful with more players, Engie's buildings aren't as necessary before. In a casual try-hard setting however, they are ''kings''... Or so some would let you think. Engie depends a lot on the very people he supports, with a solid team, good resource management, great positioning and excellent decision making; Engineer makes for a powerful ally.

Pros:
* Your buildings can solidify the frontline.
* With good management, Engineer becomes better.
* You have decent offensive options.
* THE WRANGLER; you protect your sentry with a defensive bubble and allows you to control the sentry’s aim with manual control.
* You get the most out of any support you get AND provide.
* Your Sentry at level 3 can be a mighty force of reckoning for most classes. Dedication is needed to take one out, as well as exploitation.

Cons:
* Two classes are designed specifically to hunt you down. That won’t stop everyone else from trying to destroy your sentry nest.
* Not for the faint of heart. Prepare to panic a whole lot when '''ANYTHING''' happens to your buildings.
* You don't have a lot of movement options except for the Eureka Effect and Wrangler-Jumping (which takes time)
* You can be very vulnerable without your sentry.
* You're not very likely to fit in competitive.
* '''NEED A DISPENSER HERE!'''

====Battle-Engie====
{{topquote|Sometimes, you just need a little less gun.|[[Orks|<span style='color:green;font-size:100%'>'''DATS A ZOGGING LIE'''</span>]]}}

So what happens when someone decides that it’s not worth defending their team? What if you want to say “Fuck it. I have a shotgun!”? Well, enter the '''Battle Engineer.''' By trading your right arm for a robotic Gunslinger, you turn your previously upgradeable sentry into a quickly-deployable mini sentry with enough metal to create a second one immediately after the first one is destroyed. With your plethora of shotguns that can either promote sentry kills like the Frontier Justice, or good aim like the WidowMaker. In addition, you get an additional +25 health for some added tankiness.

Pros:
* You can be very annoying like a Scout with your mini sentry shooting in conjunction with you.
* The Shotgun is a very powerful weapon in the right hands, with the burst fire dealing good damage up close to an enemy and a plethora of options to choose from.
* Engineer still has access to his Dispenser and Teleporter, all of which are still very valued to the team.

Cons:
* You do not have a lot of health, even with the Gunslinger’s 25+.
* The minisentry isn’t as strong as a level 1; maybe more fragile. It will break a lot.
* You give up a lot of defensive capability and territory control to play like a slower, less agile Scout.
* Sometimes, less gun will get you killed.

===Medic===
{{topquote|That... was doctor-assisted homicide!|Medic, recommending you to play Battle-Medic, which you shouldn't do.}}
'''The Medic''', also known as '''Dr. Ludwig''' or '''DOKTOR''', is a medical student from Stuttgart, Germany during a period when the Hippocratic Oath was more of a "Hippocratic Suggestion". Considering the setting, it's been heavily implied that he might have been an actual [[Nazi]] (though officially he has never associated with them, partly because it was too easy of a joke). In any case, a doctor with a callous disregard of life is exactly what you'll be wanting as the Medic will often be tagging alongside other characters, dispensing healing when needed like the [[Healslut|healbot]] he is.

Mechanically, there's likely one thing the Medic will be stuck on more than anything else: The Medigun. A singular beam of continuous healing energy, this not only helps restore health to wounded allies, but also provides a temporary measure of overhealing for a buffer of protection from more serious attacks. Healing also gives charge to a secondary feature to the Medigun called the Ubercharge. The original Medigun's Ubercharge gives both the Medic and his patient temporary invincibility, but there are alternatives that provide different boosts. As for the other guns, the Syringe Gun and the Bonesaw, don't focus on them unless you're planning on using them to supplement the Ubercharge.

Of course, Medics are a necessary fixture in the game's meta as he is the most reliable means of healing in a game made well before automatic healing was even considered mandatory. Your healing will be in such high demand that you'll find yourself needing to prioritize who should be healed more and especially who's more deserving of the Ubercharge. This is also the ultimate weakness of the Medic, as he is a dedicated healer and won't be of much use without someone to fight for him. Sure, there's other guns and a natural healing factor because healer, but that won't stop a Sniper from turning that head into a pulpy red mess.

Pros:
*Mediguns give your team the single most consistent source of healing in the game, so you can keep people alive on maps/modes with 20-second respawn times.
*Can be the deciding factor in whether your side wins or loses a match, since you can keep great players alive or pop an ubercharge to help your team break through a particularly strong defence.
*Grab an Ubersaw and a Crusader's Crossbow, and become God. The former gives you 25% Uber on hit while the latter extends Medic's healing range greatly and lets you punch back surprisingly hard, at the cost of having to deal with ammo and arcing projectiles. 

Cons:
*Being a high value target with useful support abilities, Medics will always be a priority target for the opposing team, especially Spies. Entire matches can be decided on a well-timed Ubercharge, and a single Medic can mean the difference between surviving for the next push or waiting 20 seconds to respawn.
*<s>Medics are not built for fighting.</s> Ubersaw: <span style='color:green;font-size:100%'><big>'''CRIT 195'''</big></span>. In all seriousness, while the Medic ''can'' dish out a surprising amount of damage, he is '''not''' meant to go in guns blazing.
*Expect to get sick of people screaming <big>'''"MEDIC!"'''</big> after the first few games.
*Playing Medics is a thankless job. No one really looks out for you, they can't get anything done when you uber them, they expect you to keep them alive through anything and everything, and then blame you for their death.

===Sniper===
{{topquote|Sniper's a good job mate. It's challengin' work, outta doors, and a guarantee you won't go hungry.|Sniper, on his job.}}

Hailing from the mythic land of New Zealand before being sent to Australia to be raised by farmers, '''Mr Mundy''' fancies himself a professional assassin and a polite bloke you can have a cold one with. His job ensures a meal and a gun, as he travels alone in his camper van to his next destination. This makes him somewhat less of a team member in this game as most Snipers players will be on their own, picking targets off the enemy team while avoiding the same fate themselves. Their trusty Sniper Rifle gives the player the ability to automatically Krit upon a headshot; dealing 3x the damage. Combine this with the fact that your rifle charges its shot while scoped in, means you can deal 450 damage to anyone on a Headshot! No Medic is going to save you from that!

Not only is our ol’ sniper equipped with his trusty gun, but he has several pitch weapons to deal with anyone cocky enough to take you on. Your trusty kukri knife will make sliced beef out of any spy while the [[/d/|Jarate covers your foes in your piss, dealing minikrits on all damage for a limited time.]] You can even give up your gun/jar for a little shield that can protect you from Spies(Razorback), Pyros(Darwin’s Danger Shield), or allaround damage(Cozy Camper).

Pros:
* With good skill, you can pinpoint kill any threat to your team from a distance. The enemy has to respect YOUR line of sight, lest they are forced to wait another 20 seconds.
* This includes overhealed Heavies, Rocket-Jumping Soldiers, Medics ready to charge, and even catch demomen or engineers off guard with a good angle.
* Your plethora of options means you can play with or without headshotting style. The Huntsman gets rid of the long range in favor of a more combative playstyle!
* As long as you can get a headshot from a scope, you can do it in close range as well!

Cons:
* You have low HP like the Scout and the Engineer. You will get killed if a soldier or demoman decide to take their battle up close and personal.
* You are a magnet to every sniper and spy in the game. All Snipers are your rival, and never forget that.
* Sometimes hits just won’t register right, or register in your favor. This is an old game, so expect some hitboxes to weirdly work or not.
* Expect to be spammed by bot snipers spinning out of control more often than not.

===Spy===
{{topquote|Well, I'm off to visit your mother!|Spy, being French.}}
'''The Spy''', also known as '''SPAH''' or '''Spycrab''', is a French enigma, constantly hiding behind a suit and balaclava. Nobody knows what he is or who he is loyal to, as he is trained to play both sides of any conflict at a moment's notice. Even worse is that he has a special disguise kit in the form of a cigarette case, equipped with masks that let him [[The Changeling|shapeshift into the form of anyone else, be they friend or foe]], nurturing very (un)healthy bouts of paranoia.

As a class, the Spy is very dependent on execution, needing to get in close for the kill. The only gun he has is a revolver, which if perfectly accurate but is slow to fire accurately. Similarly, his dagger isn't very strong but it has the unique trait of backstabbing, allowing a spy to instantly kill anyone he sneaks up behind. To actually get within killing range, you'll need the tools: The aforementioned disguise kit, which allows a Spy to transform into anyone else he can wish, the watch, which can render the Spy invisible for a moment of time but runs on a limited battery, and the sapper gives a way to automatically sabotage and destroy an enemy Engineer's contraptions.

Among all the classes, the Spy is considered divisive depending on how good one can get playing him. On one hand, he's very flimsy and not very capable at fighting with only a revolver and knife, and those who know about what a Spy can do will know how to spot one and will punish him once spotted. On the other hand, those abovementioned tools give him plenty of ways to harass and distract an enemy in unexpected ways, perhaps playing in ways that leave one to ask if he even existed.

Pros:
*When a Spy scores a crit, most things don't get back up from it.
*Disguises and invisibility are perfect for playing mind games with the enemy.
*Sappers are tailor-made for messing with Engineers.
*Ultimately, playing a Spy perfectly makes you look like a goddamn master chess player.

Cons
*Spies do not do fighting. If you're caught, you'd better run.
*Your many tools can be easily foiled by a few easy ways that most people can tell and prepare for. Pyros in particular are good at this.
*While Spies do have plenty of gear slots, only two of them are actual weapons.
*The learning curve between understanding the tools and the enemy team will mean that bad plays will reward you with frequent deaths.

===Civilian===
{{topquote|If you win this match, I'll give you a share in my oil company! A small one, mind you.|John D. Rockefel- Civilian.}}

Well okay, he's isn't "canon" to TF2. But if Valve finally decided to do something about '''TF2 Classic''', he might as well be! The '''Civilian''' is a british V.I.P. and a very wealthy C.E.O. of a multitude of companies  across the globe. Unlike many of his peers (or, maybe just like his peers), he absolutely adores bloodsports, oftentimes commenting matches of mercenaries and other assassins killing each other for money. He's also fat, weak and defenseless, only being able to give "moral boosting" to those around him.

The Civilian is the star of the scrapped VIP mode, rendered only playable by the mega-project that is TF2 Classic. As a class he can't do much but give a small mini-crit and speed boost to those he points at. He can also defend himself with his umbrella, but he's as effective in melee-combat as a T'au. His role essentially boils down to being a living, breathing and intelligent payload controlled by a player. He's the only capable of capping certain points and he does so at a relatively fast pace. However, the entire team must baby-sit him into not getting killed. 

Pros:
* You're rich.
* The boosts.
* You're quite fast.
* You're good at capping.

Cons:
* The entire team must carry you to victory.
* You're extremely vulnerable.

===Mercenary===
{{topquote|Alright, who's the wise guy who just signed his own death warrant!?|The man born to be wild.}}

==Gamemodes==
Team Fortress 2 has four primary gamemodes, each of which is a team-based objective centered around capturing points or advancing through a map. This also applies to the alternate gamemodes, of which there are five.

===Payload===
There's a big fucking bomb on rails and a big fucking bomb slot in the middle of RED's base. BLU wants to get the bomb there and shove it into their hole, RED wants to avoid getting that bomb jammed up their ass. The attacking team has to cluster around the bomb to 'push' it forward and capture multiple control points, with the exact speed at which it moves varying depending on the number of people riding the cart.

====Payload Race====
Payload, but there's two holes and RED also has a payload to push. The first one to get their payload to its detonation point wins the game, so expect to see everyone running off to impede their enemy's payload while the cart sits on its own.

===King of the Hill===
There's a single control point in the middle of the map. Both teams have a 3:00 minute timer that only decreases when they own the point; whoever holds the point when their clock hits zero wins.

===Capture Points===
Both teams fight over the same 5 control points in a single map, with the victor being declared by who captured all of them in a game. 2 points will lead to each team’s base while the final one is dead center for everyone to fight over. Typically these games are symmetrical for both sides as players need to know when to start grabbing points, or defending a contested one. The more captured points a team has, the faster they can take the next one. Playing a Scout or a soldier/demoman with a Pain Train equipped will count as 2 players capturing, allowing for quicker captures and risky plays. While most games have 5 control points, Powerhouse may be the only map to have 3 points instead.

====Attack/Defend====
Both teams take turns playing the role of Attacker (Blu) and Defender (Red). The objective of the game is to defend all of the Control Points from Blu before they can occupy the point long enough to declare their capture. Once both teams have taken their turn, the winner is declared based on the points you captured before loading into a similar map to do it again.

The first and final control point will always be near the spawn of the blu and red respectively. This is because the game starts with Red having all the higher ground and defensive positions to camp their sentries. Blu players must fight back against all odds before the favor becomes in theirs, with the final point almost always being Red’s last stand.

Some games will have just one set of points in a large map to capture (Steel, Gravel Pit, Gorge, etc.) while others take place over a set of 3 parts (Egypt, Dustbowl, Erebus, etc). There is also a medieval version that removes most guns (spare the primitive ranged weaponry like crossbows or bows and arrows) in favor of storming a castle with your melee.

====Arena===

Arena is basically the bastard child of KOTH and Capture Points, with a single capture point that has to be taken to win the game. The catch is that it only unlocks after one minute and permadeath is enabled, so any dead players are sent to spectate rather than respawning. This is for the players who want a more tactical, teamwork-focused version of KOTH/CP.

===Capture the Flag===

The enemy team has a briefcase full of intel in their base. Your job is to get that fucking briefcase, then haul it back to your base while the other team tries to take yours as well. If you can't get it back in time, it returns to the original base. First team to three captures wins.

While it's a good gamemode overall, the most popular of the maps (2Fort) is also kinda notorious among hardcore players for hours-long, bloody stalemates and causing new players to embrace the worst parts of their class. There's also no protection against outright spawncamping of the "Station a Heavy and three sentry guns outside the only door" kind of many of them, so you'd better hope [[That Guy]] isn't on your enemies' side.

===PASS Time===

[[What|Football, hockey, and basketball meet bloodsports.]] You're meant to carry a ball known as the JACK across the map and score at the opposing goal, but barely anyone plays this fucking thing.

===Medieval Mode===
You ever wanted to know what it'd be like if TF2 was a medieval fantasy rather than a hat collection simulator? If you do, welcome to Medieval Mode and its attendant map, Degroot Keep. The basic gimmick is that the classes aren't allowed any 'modern' tech, only 'medieval' stuff like melee weapons, crossbows, or shields; the attackers also have near-instant respawn to compensate for the defenders' heavy terrain advantage. One side has to attack and capture two control points to the side of the big ol' castle, then get past the main gate to capture the last central control point in the castle's keep itself. 
 
Thanks to the above restrictions, this means it's an absolute paradise for Demoknights, Spies, and Huntsman-equipped Snipers, with plenty of [[Rip and Tear]] to go around on all fronts; it's also probably where you'll pull off your first trimp-jump, thanks to the rocks there being designed specifically to facilitate long charge-jumps up onto the walls. The final control point in particular is a great place to experience what being a [[Khorne Berzerkers|Khornate Berserker]] is like up close and personal.

===Mann vs. Machine===

The only proper "Cooperative" mode, in which a team of six players is pitted against several waves of AI-controlled robots. The bots want to try and bring a bomb across the map to the CP you're defending; defeating them makes them drop cash, which can then be used to upgrade your abilities and weapons. You also have to fight powerful "Boss" robots with unique and sometimes OP gimmicks at the end and sometimes the midpoint of a wave, meaning that team cohesion and good loadouts are crucial to this mode.

This mode also has a rather different meta to the main game due to the upgrades system and enemies, with otherwise fairly mediocre weapons becoming robot-mulching superweapons and the potential for every class to play its part (though Engineers and Mad Milk Scouts are pretty much auto-includes). Completing the (paid) Tours of Duty also ensure you get a random Strange-quality "Botkiller" stock weapon, with a very small chance for the coveted Australium weapons to drop from the highest-difficulty campaigns.

===Miscellaneous===
These poor bastards are the game modes that never really got out of beta or just aren't popular enough to justify their own options on the gamemode choice menu.
	
====Special Delivery====

Capture the Flag meets Payload. You need to capture a neutral briefcase and drag it to a rising platform near a rocket that serves as a control point. Defend it until it reaches the top and the rocket launches, or stop the rocket launching and you win.

====Territorial Control====
	
The much-maligned meeting of Control Point, Attack/Defend, and KOTH, Territory Control's gimmick involves capturing control points in several different "territories" of a map known as Hydro (the configuration of which changes between rounds). Once one side controls all the territories, they win. Despite being a pretty cool concept, a mixture of badly-explained rules, confusing layouts that led to rounds becoming steamrolls or stalemates, and 5CP being "TC, but without the flaws" meant that Hydro was dead and abandoned on launch.

====Player Destruction====
 
Kill people and pick up the gubbinz they drop, then drop these gubbinz in a central point. Which the other side also uses, so be ready to get killed mid-deposit and have your points stolen.
 
====Robot Destruction====

Basically Player Destruction, but with NPC robots and the chance to steal briefcases containing enemy points. Can you tell why these never really caught on yet?