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*The Mini-Crit buff has a short range, encouraging the team to cluster. Use rockets, grenades, and stickies to break up or kill the team.
  
 
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Revision as of 19:50, 27 December 2010

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The Pyro
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The Soldier is a devastating, bulky predator who has an above average health and powerful rockets, but he lags behind with his cumbersome speed and ammo.

General

  • Keeping your distance will negate much of the Soldier's rocket power.
  • His slow mobility can cripple his attempt to catch up with a retreat.

Weapon Specific

A list of useful tidbits about the Soldier's tools, and how to counter them.

Rocket Launchers

  • Rockets move slow. Try to dodge them by strafing left and/or right.

Rocket Launcher

Item icon Rocket Launcher.png

Direct Hit

Item icon Direct Hit.png

  • The Direct Hit can one-hit-kill weaker classes at close range. Keep your distance.

Black Box

Item icon Black Box.png

  • Mobility is key as this Rocket Launcher will grant the Soldier with more health each time he hits you.
  • Reflecting rockets from the Black Box will instead grant you the health bonus if it hits an enemy.

Rocket Jumper

Item icon Rocket Jumper.png

  • Although there is practically no use in serious gameplay, the Soldier might use this to assault higher positions, so tread carefully with a height advantage.

Shotgun

Item icon Shotgun.png

Banners

  • Target the Soldier when his banner is active to quickly end the team buff.
  • Friendly Soldiers will take advantage of banner buffs to charge their own banners. Take them out before they do so.

Buff Banner

Item icon Buff Banner.png

  • Activating the Battalion's Backup will protect you from the Mini-Crit buff of an enemy Soldier's Buff Banner.
  • The Mini-Crit buff has a short range, encouraging the team to cluster. Use rockets, grenades, and stickies to break up or kill the team.

Battalion's Backup

Item icon Battalion's Backup.png

  • Watch out for a Soldier with this when Übercharging with the Kritzkrieg since it renders the effect null.

Gunboats

Item icon Gunboats.png

  • Soldiers using the Gunboats often take the high ground. Prevent this from happening, as on the ground, the Soldier is less effective without his Shotgun.

Shovel

Item icon Shovel.png

Equalizer

Item icon Equalizer.png

  • If an enemy Soldier is running quickly with the Equalizer out, it may be more useful to try and pick him off with a hitscan weapon such as the Shotgun or Pistol.

Pain Train

Item icon Pain Train.png

The Tank Buster

The Tank Buster Set

See also