Community Badlands (Arena) strategy

General

• As the map has many twists and turns, Demomen and Heavies can be highly useful, especially with a Medic on the team.

• Unlike in other versions of Badlands, the arena version has water, located under the small bridges at each side of the map, remembering to get to these locations after a close encounter with a Pyro is useful indeed.

• As a Soldier, Demoman or even a Huntsman Sniper be sure to spam enemy choke points such as the enemy house entrances with rockets, rollers or arrows this will block off the enemy and maybe get you some kills as well.

 Soldier

• The crates by the control point can be used to gain a minor height advantage. This will allow you to get the maximum amount of splash damage on the enemy.

 Demoman

Sticky traps can be effectively placed on the left side of the base to thwart incoming enemies. You also can watch the door and the bridge in case of Spies or Scouts. This is a good strategy if one prefers to be a defensive Demoman.

 Engineer

• A good Sentry Gun location is peeking out of the window at the balcony. With control over the central battleground, and a decent ammo pickup nearby, it's an effective location.
• Dispensers placed in the building by spawn or in your house provide your teammates with a safe place to heal and to restock on ammunition.

 Medic

• Medics are invaluable on this map due to the lack of health pickups.

 Sniper

• Due to the open nature of this map, Snipers are useful, with the two main spots being at either end of the Control point bridge or in the lower area underneath the bridge, both giving the Sniper a view of large areas of the battlefield where he can pick of enemies with ease.

• You can be invaluable in the end game by hitting Engineers turtling by spawn. Sit by gray bridge and pick them off while staying out of range of their Sentry Guns. Watch out if the Engineer is using a Wrangler as this can have fatal consequences.

See Also

• Community Badlands (CP) strategy