Scout match-ups (Classic)

Class			Strategy
Scout	vs	Scout (match-ups)	In a match against an enemy scout, it comes down to aim and dodging. On the dodging part, spam strafe keys and try to force him to miss. With aim, try to land all of your shots. If you are not particularly good at hitting with the shotgun, take out your nailgun and scroll the mouse left and right really quickly and some of them will probably hit.
Scout	vs	Sniper (match-ups)	When approaching a sniper, you want to make him miss all of his shots until you get close enough to beat him with your better close range firepower (or, at the least, force him to waste all of his sniper ammo with the backup rifle). If a sniper is making havoc on your team, try to get him to focus on you, thus allowing the rest of your team to advance while you fruitlessly attempts to shoot you. If you are on a map with battlements on equal sides (IG: 2fort), use concussion grenades to jump to the other side at a really fast speed.
Scout	vs	Soldier (match-ups)	The Soldier can easily eliminate your advantage in speed/movement by shooting a rocket at your feet, which is very dangerous. In most situations, it would be better to avoid a soldier entirely. However, if you know he is at low health - flank him in a blind spot and take him out before he can see you. This also works if he is at full health but is much harder, because you cannot circle him (you COULD, but a soldier can easily shoot a rocket at his feet, dealing damage to you and him).
Scout	vs	Demoman (match-ups)	The Demoman relies on spam and his damaging explosives to deal with enemies. He has the same close range weapon you have, except less maneuverability. Be careful about his spam on approach, and once up close do your best to not get hit. Despite your ability to dodge, you will die in 2 hits from his shotgun. Thus, do your best to not get hit and never. stop. moving!!
Scout	vs	Medic (match-ups)	Despite being called a medic, the medic is very powerful. He is the 2nd fastest class in the game, and in addition - Every weapon he has is like your's but better. This is one of the harder classes to fight, due to him usually being around team-mates and them trying to kill you. If you do catch a medic without a team, you're going to want to out-do him in dodging and still land your shots. If things get to dicey, use your concussion grenade to make a quick-gettaway
Scout	vs	Heavy (match-ups)	The Heavy will destroy you. Do not engage him unless he has lost a lot of health. If you try to flank him, odds are that he will figure it out, turn to you, and destroy you with his ridiculously damaging assault cannon.
Scout	vs	Pyro (match-ups)	The Pyro can easily beat you, but unlike the heavy he will not destroy you. To beat a pyro, kite him with your weapons and don't let him use his flamethrower.
Scout	vs	Spy (match-ups)	As a scout, your secondary job is to find enemy spies. Run into all of your teammates and they may end up being a spy. When doing this, have your shotgun out because if you reveal as spy you're going to want to kill him before he can land a shot on you. Once you kill him, shoot his corpse to make sure he didn't feign his death.
Scout	vs	Engineer (match-ups)	The Engineer will usually stay close to his sentry, and the sentry is something that can easily deny you access to an area. However, if you find him without his sentry just jump around him to dodge all of his shots and kill him quickly. Use your nailgun to take down the sentry. It is not as effective as the medic's super-nailgun but it gets the job done.
Scout	vs	Civilian (match-ups)	The Civilian is an easy to kill class. However, he is always surrounded by team-mates. Communicate with your team and use your concussion grenades to scramble his escort. Note that the Scout is not normally in the VIP mode.

See also

• Community Scout strategy
• Basic Scout strategy
• Team Strategy