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'''Crouching''' is a feature that reduces the area of your character, making you a smaller and less visible target. This can make tasks such as defending [[Sentry Gun]]s, sniping and [[ambushing]] easier. Crouch-[[Jumping]] also facilitates [[rocket jump]]ing and some obstacles require you to crouch-jump on top or over them, as crouching in mid-air brings your legs and feet up.

When crouching, the character will move much slower than the default movement speed. But unlike running, your backward and forward speeds are identical. The default key for a crouch is '''"Ctrl"''' in the PC version and '''"X"''' in the Xbox 360 version. Crouching can be selected to toggle in the "Options" menu.

When crouching, your character will move 66% slower, except when you are a Sniper who is scoped in (98.67% slower) or a Heavy with his Minigun revved (immobile).

Crouching does '''not''' increase your accuracy when firing a weapon, unlike in other Source games.

==Crouching Speeds==

{| class="wikitable grid" align="Left" style="margin-bottom: 10px"
! class="header" | Class
! class="header" | Speed
!  |(abs)
|-
|[[Scout]]
|align="right"|44.4%
|align="right"|133.33v
|-
|[[Medic]]  
|align="right"|35.5%
|align="right"|106.67v
|-
|[[Engineer]]  
|align="right"|33.3%
|align="right"|100v
|-
|[[Pyro]] 
|align="right"|33.3%
|align="right"|100v 
|-
|[[Sniper]] <br><small>(with [[rifle]] zoomed)</small> <br><small>(with [[Huntsman]] drawn)</small>
|align="right"|33.3%
1.33%
<br>
15%
|align="right"|100v
4v
<br>
45v
|-
|[[Spy]]  
|align="right"|33.3%
|align="right"|100v
|-
|[[Demoman]]
|align="right"|31.1%
|align="right"|93.33v
|-
|[[Soldier]]  
|align="right"|26.6%
|align="right"|80v
|-
|[[Heavy]]<br><small>(with [[Minigun]] revved)</small>
|align="right"|25.5%
(Immobile) 0%
|align="right"|76.67v
0v
|-
|}
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* ''Note'': '''abs''' = absolute values in velocity units (v).

== Update history ==

'''[[October 2, 2007 Patch]]'''
* Fixed headshots not always registering for crouched players.

'''[[April 1, 2008 Patch]]'''
* Fixed crouch-jump exploit that allowed players to get outside of the world

'''[[October 14, 2009 Patch]]'''
* Added server ConVar "bot_crouch" to make [[bots]] crouch

==See also==

* [[Jumping]]

[[Category:Gameplay]]
[[Category:Strategy]]