Any good tactics for Demoman?

[SkydogCEG]

I got the general gist of demoman, kinda - heck i've put 10 times the amount of time in on him as any other class, and I'm close but i just cant get the breakthrough with him.

anyone got any tips/tricks/advice?

[Rare Endangered Spy Crab]

I'd ask weegee, but he's on a week long vacation. Or you could even ask =iberium.

[Kanji]

Being an amazing shot with pipe bombs like myself will take you much farther than being able to spam stickies ever will. Try playing for a while using only the pipe launcher in combat and only using the sticky launcher for laying traps, rather than going through battles by spamming stickies.

Other than that, watch some pros and learn the sticky jumps to maneuver around each map. Those can help.

[equalibrium]

Stickies, use them to manipulate people to where you want them, also don't be afraid to pull out the bottle, there's no other real way for you to combat close quarters unless your fairly good at planting stickies where you predict they will go, well besides pipe bombs but most of the time you'll kill yourself with your own pipe bomb if your low on health. Practicing with the pipe bombs for not only surpression but hey, random rolling grenades can hit people.

Practicing pipe bombs to a point where you can nail a pyro in the forehead with one is one of the best feeling you will ever get as a demo man, blowing up a scout is pretty fun too. Shooting near your feet is a good way to counter close corners. Think of the pathes they are going to take and make them move to a spot they can't move anywhere else, then BOOM. Charging stickie is also a good skill to be able to use, believe it or not you can snipe people with stickies. You can ask spy crab about that

[safibn]

Being an amazing shot with pipe bombs like myself will take you much farther than being able to spam stickies ever will. Try playing for a while using only the pipe launcher in combat and only using the sticky launcher for laying traps, rather than going through battles by spamming stickies.

Other than that, watch some pros and learn the sticky jumps to maneuver around each map. Those can help.

I definately agree.

I've played demoman once on nucleus, and then I realised the immense fun of using pipe bombs in closed areas. You just gotta learn the curve of the bomb and that's it.

Also, for scouts, wait for them to do their second jump before you shoot. Airblasting pyros and GOOD scouts will ive you the most trouble. Heavies die in 3 grenade hits.

[safibn]

Oh yes, I almost forgot.

When you have 8 stickies protecting a point, and you need to sticky jump somewhere relatively low, OR, when you need to climb up a small ledge and you dont want to take much damage, get familiar with pipe bomb jumps.

Practice by figuring out how long it takes for a pipe bomb to explode (about 2 seconds after the sound of it shooting is over), then run on top of it and crouch jump.

This does wonders.

[tmask]

TL;DR

ugh.. Just PM Weegee when he gets back. Here's some pointers:

1) Learn to sticky jump
2) Use stickies for offense (shoot and detonate in the air)
3) Bottlebottlebottle
4) Practice
4)
5) PROFIT!!!

[Virally Yours]

Start out with pipes because they're quicker than stickies, but to ignore the stickies as a direct combat weapon would be gimping yourself. If your sticky's off target, lay more to force their position. Eventually your aim will pick up, and you'll have two of the most powerful offensive weapons in the game on effective footing.

Also, Weegee uses a script to make his sticky launcher basically an extra badass rocket launcher. It's only feasible after a certain range.

[Weegee]

Start out with pipes because they're quicker than stickies, but to ignore the stickies as a direct combat weapon would be gimping yourself. If your sticky's off target, lay more to force their position. Eventually your aim will pick up, and you'll have two of the most powerful offensive weapons in the game on effective footing.

Also, Weegee uses a script to make his sticky launcher basically an extra badass rocket launcher. It's only feasible after a certain range.

Indeed I do. It basically makes it so that when I hold down M1 and M2 it shoots out stickys and detonates them as fast as possible. I only really use it when Im dueling with a heavy or feel like spamming :3

[Virally Yours]

Also, you don't need the script. I was goofing off in ammomod with demo, and all you've got to do is hit M1 and M2 simultaneously over and over. The blast radius and damage on stickies is so big that you don't need to aim beyond their general direction.

[Weegee]

Also, you don't need the script. I was goofing off in ammomod with demo, and all you've got to do is hit M1 and M2 simultaneously over and over. The blast radius and damage on stickies is so big that you don't need to aim beyond their general direction.

Actually, I think it detonates them slightly fasten then if you were just M1+M2ing. At least thats what I've heard.