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| Basic Information | |
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| Type: | Offensive |
| Health: | 200 /  300
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| Speed: | 80%
80% with the Equalizer at above 80% HP.
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| Meet the Soldier | |
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| “ | I have personally killed 6,078 men in cold blood while looking them in the eye; jumped on 1,455 live grenades; and stuffed fourteen feet of my own intestine back into my stomach.
If that doesn't scare you out of your frilly pink leotards, guess what: You are an idiot and you hate America. — The Soldier on real fear.
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The Soldier is a crazed patriot from the heart of America, and the bread and butter general assault unit of the team. Although he's one of the easier to understand classes, he is far from the weakest. Equipped with his Rocket Launcher and 200 Health Points to spare, the Soldier is a highly versatile class for both offensive and defensive roles, and a great starter class to get familiar with the game.
The Soldier is also well known for his spectacular rocket jump. In defiance of all good sense and judgment, the Soldier can shoot a rocket at his feet to launch himself skyward at the cost of some health. This ability allows the Soldier to pop up in unexpected places and reach areas off-limits even to the Scout's double-jump.
The Soldier is voiced by Rick May.
Contents
Bio
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Basic strategy
- You can rocket jump to great heights by simultaneously jumping and firing a rocket at the ground.
- Aim rockets at enemy's feet to ensure they can't avoid the explosion damage.
- Make sure you keep your Rocket Launcher loaded. Hit R to reload it at any time.
- Hit E to call for a Medic if you get hurt, especially if you rocket jump. Nearby Medics will be notified of your need.
Weapons
Note: Weapon damage is approximate and listed at base value. See individual weapon pages for additional figures.
Primary
| Weapon | Kill Icon | Ammo Loaded |
Ammo Carried |
Damage Range | Notes / Special Abilities |
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 Stock Rocket Launcher |
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4 | 20 | Base: 90
Crit: 270 |
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 Unlock Direct Hit |
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4 | 20 | Base: 112
Crit: 338 |
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 Craft Black Box |
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3 | 20 | Base: 90
Crit: 270 |
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 Craft Rocket Jumper |
4 | 60 | Base: 0
Crit: 0 |
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 Unlock Liberty Launcher |
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3 | 20 | Base: 90
Crit: 270 |
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Has 80% faster rocket speed.
Has 70% smaller splash damage radius.
Secondary
| Weapon | Kill Icon | Ammo Loaded |
Ammo Carried |
Damage Range | Notes / Special Abilities |
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 Stock Shotgun |
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6 | 32 | Base: 60
Crit: 180 |
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 Unlock Buff Banner |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
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 Craft Gunboats |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
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 Craft Battalion's Backup |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
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 Promotional / Craft Concheror |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
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 Craft Mantreads |
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N/A | N/A | N/A |
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 Craft Reserve Shooter |
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3 | 20 | Base: 60
Crit: 180 |
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Melee
| Weapon | Kill Icon | Ammo Loaded |
Ammo Carried |
Damage Range | Notes / Special Abilities |
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 Stock Shovel |
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N/A | N/A | Base: 65
Crit: 195 |
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 Unlock Equalizer |
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N/A | N/A | Base:
33–113 Crit: 3× base damage. |
 When weapon is active:
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 Craft Pain Train |
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N/A | N/A | Base: 65
Crit: 195 |
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 Promotional Frying Pan |
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N/A | N/A | Base: 65
Crit: 195 |
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 Promotional, Craft Half-Zatoichi |
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N/A | N/A | Base: 65
Crit: 195 |
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 Distributed Saxxy |
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N/A | N/A | Base: 65
Crit: 195 |
Limited item from the Replay Update. |
 Craft Disciplinary Action |
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N/A | N/A | Base: 49
Crit: 147 |
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 Craft Market Gardener |
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N/A | N/A | Base: 65
Crit: 195 |
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Taunt Attack
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Associated item | Description | Kill icon |
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Main article: Kamikaze
The Soldier tosses away his Equalizer, cracks his knuckles, takes a grenade off of his belt, sets it, thrusts his fist in the air, and explodes, killing himself and any nearby enemies, buildings included. Having the Rocket Jumper equipped will prevent any self-inflicted damage. |
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Item sets
| The Tank Buster | |
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Leave a Calling Card on your victims |
| The General's Formals | |
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No effect |
| The Airborne Armaments | |
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No effect |
Hats
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Official class avatars
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| Original set | RED ÜberCharged set | BLU ÜberCharged set |
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Achievements
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Main article: Soldier achievements
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Update history
- Removed Soldier's 40% damage reduction from his own rockets. Does not affect rocket jumps
- Added smoke to the feet of a rocket jumping Soldier
May 21, 2009 Patch (Sniper vs. Spy Update)
- Added a new hat: the Soldier's Stash
August 13, 2009 Patch (Classless Update)
- Added 2 new hats: the Tyrant's Helm and the Stainless Pot
- Added a new misc: the Gentle Manne's Service Medal
- Fixed rocket jumping
- [Undocumented] Added counters to the HUDs of Demomen and Soldiers to keep count of how many of either demomen killed as soldier or soldiers killed as demoman that person has contributed to the War.
December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)
- Added 4 new weapons: the Direct Hit, the Buff Banner, the Equalizer and the Gunboats
- Added 35 new Soldier achievements
- Added new Soldier Domination lines
- Added headshot death animation
- Added backstab death animation
- [Undocumented] Added 3 new taunts, used by the Direct Hit, Shotgun and Equalizer
- [Undocumented] Added unused "Hi-five" animation
March 18, 2010 Patch (First Community Contribution Update)
- Added a new weapon: the Pain Train
- Added a new hat: the Killer's Kabuto
May 20, 2010 Patch (Second Community Contribution Update)
- Added a new hat: the Sergeant's Drill Hat
June 10, 2010 Patch (Mac Update)
- Added Training for the Soldier
- [Undocumented] Added a new hat: the Lumbricus Lid
September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)
- Added the Tank Buster set with 3 items: the Black Box, the Battalion's Backup and the Grenadier's Softcap
- Added 2 new weapons: the Rocket Jumper and the Frying Pan
- Added 3 new hats: the Chieftain's Challenge, the Stout Shako and the Dr's Dapper Topper
- [Undocumented] The Soldier's unused "Hi-five" animation was updated
- Soldiers no longer maintain their rage level when changing loadout
December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)
- Added 2 new hats: the Exquisite Rack and the Defiant Spartan
- Added a new hat: the Hero's Hachimaki
March 10, 2011 Patch (Shogun Pack)
- Added 2 new weapons: the Concheror and the Half-Zatoichi
- Fixed the Soldier/Demoman taunts not working correctly when the Half-Zatoichi is the active weapon
- Added a new hat: the Honcho's Headgear
- [Undocumented] Added a new hat: the Brain Bucket
- Added 2 new hats: the Team Captain and the Furious Fukaamigasa
- Added new community contributed response rules for when a Soldier kills a Demoman.
- Added a new hat: Spiral Sallet
Bugs
- If a Primary weapon is fired when the player is initially spawned into the game, a continuous loop of the reload animation can occur. This can be remedied by firing another shot or switching weapon to Secondary or Melee.
- If the "Auto Reload" option was enabled and started reloading while taunting, the continuous loop of the reload animation will occur.
Trivia
- The Soldier has made several posts on the Official Blog, often referring to the Team Fortress 2 team as "The Powers That Be".
- The Soldier's voice actor and the Engineer's voice actor have both voiced the character Template:W from Nintendo's Template:W series: Rick May (the Soldier) in Template:W, and Grant Goodeve (the Engineer) in Template:W.
- In Poker Night at the Inventory, an image of the BLU Soldier makes a cameo as the King card for the black suits (spades and clubs) in the "Team Fortress 2" card deck.
- Template:W served as the first BLU team Soldier.
- In Worms: Reloaded, the Soldier's helmet appears as one of the hats selectable for the player's worms.
- The Soldier's beta emblem was a helmet instead of a rocket.
The Soldier playing card as seen in Poker Night at the Inventory (clubs and spades).
The Soldier's helmet as a selectable Worms: Reloaded worm hat
- Soldier-icon-beta-RED.png
The Soldier's RED beta emblem
- Soldier-icon-beta-BLU.png
The Soldier's BLU beta emblem
Related merchandise
See also
- Rocket jump
- Juggling
- Aerials
- Meet the Soldier
- Soldier match-ups
- Anti-Soldier Strategy
- Soldier responses
- Soldier voice commands
- Soldier taunts
- Basic Soldier strategy
- Community Soldier strategy
- Obtaining Soldier achievements
- List of references (Soldier)
- Soldier (Classic)
References
- ↑ a b Team Fortress 2 Trailer 2, released in September 2006.
External links
- Soldier page on the Official TF2 Website
- WAR! Update
- WAR! Update - The Soldier Update
- The Soldier comic
- TF2 Official Blog - Some Manner of Grid-based Cipher Code
- TF2 Official Blog - More dot-commy mumbo jumbo for you bunch of women
- The Zepheniah Mann & Sons Co. Quarterly Concern
- Classless Update - Today is A Good Day
- TF2 Official Blog - Drop And Give Me Terror!
- TF2 Official Blog - How to Get a Ghostly Gibus Hat
- TF2 Official Blog - Attention Employees...
- TF2 Official Blog - The War Update
- TF2 Official Blog - It's a Bloodbath!
- TF2 Official Blog - War, Day 2
- TF2 Official Blog - The Big Red One
- TF2 Official Blog - It Is Me, But Smaller!
- TF2 Official Blog - This is Very Good Title to Blog Post
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