Scout

Scout
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Basic Information
Icon:
Type:	Offensive
Health:	125 /185 (See Health below for further details)
Speed:	133% (See Speed below for further details)
Meet the Scout

“

Grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, I hurt people. Click to listen — The Scout on the facts of life

”

Born and raised in Template:W, the Scout is a fast running scrapper with a baseball bat and a mean attitude. He has a snarky 'in-your-face' attitude, is very rude, and seems to think he can handle anything. He often acts a lot tougher than he can actually prove to be, though he's certainly not weak.

He is the fastest mercenary on the battlefield, and his Double Jump leaves slower opponents struggling to keep up, as well as it helps him navigate the terrain and dodge oncoming projectiles. Carrying a Scattergun and a Pistol, the Scout is ideal for aggressive fighting and flanking, and is good at quick hit and run tactics for sapping away the enemies health due to his ability to get in, hit, and dash away before even being noticed.

The Scout is an excellent choice for completing objectives quickly. He captures control points and pushes carts at the rate of 2 players. His speed makes him a natural for capping the Intelligence, as well as his double jump allowing him to carry it along paths the enemies won't expect him to be on.

The Scout is voiced by Nathan Vetterlein.

Bio

Name: Unknown Location of origin: Template:W Job: Rapid Recovery Motto: "Too. Much. Caffeine." Special ability: Double jump Emblems:    Beta emblems:    Description: The youngest of eight boys from the south side of Boston, the Scout learned early how to solve problems with his fists. With seven older brothers on his side, fights tended to end before the runt of the litter could maneuver into punching distance, so the Scout trained himself to run. He ran everywhere, all the time, until he could beat his pack of mad dog siblings to the fray.

Health

Main articles: Health, Overheal

Class	Health	Overheal	Quick-Fix Overheal
Scout	125	185	158
With the Sandman equipped	110	165	139
Soldier	200	300	251
With the Battalion's Backup equipped	220	330	276
Pyro	175	260	220
Demoman	175	260	220
With weapon slot boots equipped	200	300	251
With a head-taking melee weapon equipped with 0 heads	150	225	189
With a head-taking melee weapon equipped with 1 head	165	245	208
With a head-taking melee weapon equipped with 2 heads	180	270	226
With a head-taking melee weapon equipped with 3 heads	195	290	245
With a head-taking melee weapon with 4 or more heads	210	315	264
With weapon slot boots and a head-taking melee weapon equipped with 0 heads	175	260	220
With weapon slot boots and a head-taking melee weapon equipped with 1 head	190	285	239
With weapon slot boots and a head-taking melee weapon equipped with 2 heads	205	305	258
With weapon slot boots and a head-taking melee weapon equipped with 3 heads	220	330	276
With weapon slot boots and a head-taking melee weapon equipped with 4 or more heads	235	350	295
Heavy	300	450	376
Under the effects of the Dalokohs Bar or Fishcake	350	500†	426
With the Fists of Steel equipped	300	390	346
With the Fists of Steel equipped and while under the effects of the Dalokohs Bar or Fishcake	350	440	396
Engineer	125	185	158
With the Gunslinger equipped	150	225	189
Medic	150	225	189
With the Vita-Saw equipped	140	210	176
Sniper	125	185	158
Spy	125	185	158
With the Big Earner equipped	100	150	126
With Conniver's Kunai equipped	70	105	89
Maximum overheal from Conniver's Kunai backstabs	N/A	210	N/A

^†Theoretical value. Overheal does not exceed 150% of the classes' maximum health.

Speed

Main article: Speed

Condition	Normal	Backward	Crouched	Swimming
Scout	133 %	120 %	44 %	107 %
Baby Face's Blaster at 0% boost	120 %	108 %	40 %	96 %
Baby Face's Blaster at 50% boost	147 %	132 %	49 %	117 %
Baby Face's Blaster at 100% boost	173 %	156 %	58 %	139 %

Basic strategy

Main articles: Scout tips, Scout strategy

• Jump again in mid-air to change direction, and avoid enemy fire.
• You capture control points and push carts twice as fast as any other class.
• You're most effective when you stay moving and use your speed to your advantage.
• Your Scattergun is deadly at point blank range.
• Your Pistol is great for picking off enemies at a distance.
• Press E to call for a Medic if you get hurt. Nearby Medics will be notified of your need.
• Utilizing both the Force-A-Nature And the Atomizer you can jump a total of 4 times at once, allowing you to reach unbelievable heights.

Weapons

Main article: 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
Stock Scattergun		6	32	Base: 60 Crit: 180 [6 damage × 10 pellets]
Unlock Force-A-Nature		2	32	Base: 65 Crit: 194 [5.4 damage × 12 pellets]	On hit: applies a knockback effect that propels enemies backwards and the user in the opposite direction (if airborne). This allows the user to perform a Force Jump and to horizontally prolong any other jumping technique.  50% faster firing speed.  20% more pellets per shot.  66% smaller clip size.  10% less damage per pellet.  If one shot is unused before reloading, it is lost.
Craft Shortstop		4	32	Base: 48 Crit: 144 [12 damage × 4 pellets]	42% faster firing speed.  100% more damage per pellet.  Has a clip-based reload.  Alt-Fire: does a shove that pushes enemies.  60% fewer pellets per shot.  33% smaller clip size.  20% increase in push force taken from damage and airblast while deployed.
Craft Soda Popper		2	32	Base: 60 Crit: 180 [6 damage × 10 pellets]	A hype meter is placed on the HUD when the Soda Popper is equipped. Damage dealt by the player will build up 'hype'. After dealing roughly 350 damages, the player can activate Hype mode for 8 seconds, allowing for 5 additional air jumps.  25% faster reload speed.  50% faster firing speed.  66% smaller clip size.  If one shot is unused before reloading, it is lost.
Craft Baby Face's Blaster		4	32	Base: 60 Crit: 180 [6 damage × 10 pellets]	Equipping the Baby Face's Blaster will slow the Scout down from 133% of normal speed to 120% of normal speed. A boost meter is placed on the HUD when the Baby Face's Blaster is equipped. Dealing damage, regardless of weapon used while equipping the Baby Face's Blaster, builds up the boost meter, increasing the Scout's speed to 173% of normal speed. The boost meter maxes at 100 points of damage dealt.  34% smaller clip size.  10% slower movement speed on wearer.  Boost reduced on air jumps.  Boost reduced when hit.
Craft Back Scatter		4	32	Base: 60 Crit: 180 [6 damage × 10 pellets]	Minicrits targets when fired at their back from close range.  34% smaller clip size.  No random critical hits.  +20% bullet spread.

Secondary

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Pistol		12	36	Base: 15 Crit: 45 [6 rounds / sec.]
Promotional Lugermorph
Uncrate C.A.P.P.E.R					Killed enemies suffer a distinctive death by incineration.
Unlock Bonk! Atomic Punch	N/A	1	∞	N/A	When used, the player is immune to all damage, but is unable to attack. Knockback still affects the player.  After the effect wears off, the user will be subjected to a slowdown effect based on the damage absorbed; this scales from 25% at low damage to 50% at 200+ damage. The slowdown effect lasts for 5 seconds.  The invulnerability effect lasts for 8 seconds and then has to recharge for about 22 seconds in order to be used again.
Craft Crit-a-Cola	N/A	1	∞	N/A	While under effect:  Guaranteed Mini-Crits.  Making any attack while under the effect causes a 5-second Marked-For-Death debuff.  The mini-crit boost effect lasts for 8 seconds and then has to recharge for about 22 seconds in order to be used again.
Craft Mad Milk	N/A	1	∞	N/A	Any damage (except afterburn) done to enemies covered in milk restores 60% of the damage dealt to the attacking player's health.  Partially nullifies Cloak on enemy Spies.  Extinguishes fire on wielder and allied players.  Has a 20-second recharge time.  20% decrease in recharge time when you extinguish an allied player.
Uncrate Mutated Milk
Craft Winger		5	36	Base: 17 Crit: 52 [5 rounds / sec.]	15% more damage.  Jump height increased by 25% when active.  60% smaller clip size.
Craft Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol		9	36	Base: 15 Crit: 45 [7 rounds / sec.]	On Hit: Gain up to +3 health.  15% faster firing speed.  25% smaller clip size.
Promotional / Craft Flying Guillotine		1	∞	Base: 50 Crit: 150 Bleeding: 8 / sec. × 5 secs.	Can be thrown to damage enemies. Recharges after 6 seconds.  On hit: cause bleeding for 8 seconds.  Long-distance hit reduces charge time by 1.5 seconds.  No random Critical Hits.  Cannot be picked up after being thrown.

Melee

Weapon	Kill icon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Bat		N/A	N/A	Base: 35 Crit: 105
Promotional Frying Pan
Craft Conscientious Objector
Promotional Freedom Staff
Drop Bat Outta Hell
Distributed Memory Maker
Promotional Ham Shank
Unlock Necro Smasher
Uncrate Crossing Guard
Promotional / Craft Prinny Machete
Craft Holy Mackerel					Broadcasts every successful hit on an enemy player over the death-notice area.  Kills are labeled as "FISH-KILL!" and "ARM-KILL!" respectively in the death-notice area.
Craft Unarmed Combat
Uncrate Batsaber					Killed enemies suffer a distinctive death by incineration.
Distributed Saxxy					Limited item from the Replay Update.  Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature).
Distributed Golden Frying Pan					Limited item from the Two Cities Update.  Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature).
Unlock Sandman		Bat: N/A	N/A	Base: 35 Crit: 105	Alt Fire: Launches a baseball that slows the enemy between 1–7 seconds, depending on distance. The baseball will recharge over 10 seconds, can be picked up from the ground after launch, or can be replenished from a resupply cabinet.  Lose 15 max health.
		Ball: 1	∞	Base: 15 Crit: 45
Craft Candy Cane		N/A	N/A	Base: 35 Crit: 105	A small health pack is dropped when the player kills an enemy, regardless of what weapon the player was using in order to kill the enemy.  25% Explosive damage vulnerability on wearer.
Craft Boston Basher		N/A	N/A	Base: 35 Crit: 105 Bleeding: 8 / sec. × 5 secs.	On hit: causes bleed to enemy for 5 seconds.  On miss, causes self-damage and bleed to the player for 5 seconds.
Promotional / Craft Three-Rune Blade
Promotional / Craft Sun-on-a-Stick		N/A	N/A	Base: 26 Crit: 79	Guarantees Critical damage on burning targets.  25% damage resistance from fire while this weapon is active.  25% less damage.
Promotional / Craft Fan O'War		N/A	N/A	Base: 9 Crit: 26	On hit: one target at a time is marked for death, causing all damage taken to be mini-crits for 15 seconds.  Crits whenever it would normally mini-crit.  Deals 75% less damage.
Craft Atomizer		N/A	N/A	Base: 30 Crit: 89	Grants the ability to triple jump while weapon is deployed.  Melee attacks mini-crit while airborne.  15% less damage against players.  50% deploy penalty.
Craft Wrap Assassin		Bat: N/A	N/A	Base: 12 Crit: 37	Alt-Fire: Launches a festive ornament that shatters causing bleeding on direct hit and explodes hurting everyone close to the explosion. The Bauble will recharge over 7.5 seconds or can be replenished from a resupply cabinet.  25% increase in ball recharge rate.  65% less damage.
		Ball: 1	∞	Base: 15 Crit: 45 Bleeding: 8 / sec. × 5 secs.

Taunt Attack

	Associated items	Description	Kill icon
	Sandman  Atomizer	Main article: Home Run The Scout points to the sky, winds up and swings his bat, all without sound. If an enemy is successfully hit, applause is heard.

Item sets

Main article: Item sets

The Special Delivery
	Shortstop Mad Milk Holy Mackerel Milkman
Effect	Leave a Calling Card on your victims

Main article: Item sets

The #1 Fan
	Soda Popper Winger Atomizer Bonk Boy
Effect	No effect

Main article: Item sets

The Curse-a-Nature
	Wrap Battler B-ankh! Futankhamun
Effect	No effect

Main article: Item sets

Santa's Little Accomplice
	Wrap Assassin Big Elfin Deal Bootie Time
Effect	No effect

Cosmetic items

Main article: Hats

Official class avatars

Official class avatars
Original set	RED ÜberCharged set	BLU ÜberCharged set
Get TF2 avatars on Steam: Original

Achievements

Main article: Scout achievements Scout pack: 38 achievements, 3 milestones.

Update history

January 14, 2008 Patch

• Fixed players turning into Scout model after lagouts (and a variety of related issues, such as disappearing doors).

February 24, 2009 Patch (Scout Update)

• Added weapons: Force-A-Nature, Bonk! Atomic Punch and Sandman.
• Added 35 Scout achievements.
• Scouts now earn a bonus point for killing Medics who are actively healing a target.
• [Undocumented] Added Scout voice lines.
• [Undocumented] Added Home Run taunt.

March 6, 2009 Patch

• You can now duck twice in the air. Scout double jumps reset the in-air jump counts.

March 13, 2009 Patch

• Fixed Scout taunt kill achievement firing for people who didn't actually qualify.

April 20, 2009 Patch

• Scouts now drop the Intelligence if they're carrying it when they start phasing.

May 21, 2009 Patch (Sniper vs. Spy Update)

• Added hat: the Batter's Helmet.

August 13, 2009 Patch (Classless Update)

• [Undocumented] Added hat bodygroups to the Scout, Soldier, Engineer and Sniper models.
• [Undocumented] Added new swinging animations to the Sandman when a Scout swings the bat with the ball still in his hand.
• [Undocumented] Added hats: Bonk Helm, Ye Olde Baker Boy and Baseball Bill's Sports Shine.

December 17, 2009 Patch (WAR! Update)

• Added headshot death animation.

December 22, 2009 Patch

• Updated the Baseball and Jarate HUD indicators to stay on screen when full.

January 13, 2010 Patch

• Fixed the Scout's legs twisting out of shape during a double jump.
• Added backstab death animation.

March 18, 2010 Patch (First Community Contribution Update)

• Added hat: Troublemaker's Tossle Cap.

April 15, 2010 Patch

• Added weapon: Lugermorph.

April 28, 2010 Patch

• Added weapon: Crit-a-Cola

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

• Added the Special Delivery set with 4 items: the Shortstop, the Mad Milk, the Holy Mackerel and the Milkman.
• Added hat: the Bombing Run.
• [Undocumented] Added unused "Hi-five" animation.

December 17, 2010 Patch (Australian Christmas)

• Added weapons: Boston Basher and Candy Cane.
• Added hat: 'Flipped Trilby'.

January 24, 2011 Patch

• Added hat: Superfan.
• Added misc: Essential Accessories.

February 3, 2011 Patch

• Added weapon: Sun-On-A-Stick.
• [Undocumented] Added a new leg bodygroup to the Scout model.

March 10, 2011 Patch (Shogun Pack)

• Added weapon: the Fan O'War.

May 12, 2011 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added weapon: the Three-Rune Blade.
• [Undocumented] Added hat: the Hero's Tail.
• [Undocumented] Added misc: the Sign of the Wolf's School.
• [Undocumented] Added a dogtag bodygroup to the Scout model.

June 3, 2011 Patch

• Added hat: The Planeswalker Goggles.

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

• Added weapons: Soda Popper, Atomizer and Winger.
• Added hat: Bonk Boy.

July 1, 2011 Patch

• Added misc: Flip-Flops, Lucky No. 42.

October 13, 2011 Patch (Manniversary Update & Sale)

• Added hats: Backwards Ballcap, Hermes and Hot Dogger.
• Added misc items: Ball-Kicking Boots & Stereoscopic Shades.
• Removed the response when killing an enemy Scout or Pyro and moved the lines to the dominating Pyro/Scout response.
• Added a rare response to double jumping after getting a recent kill.

October 27, 2011 Patch (Very Scary Halloween Special)

• Added weapon: Unarmed Combat.
• Added hat: Wrap Battler.
• Added misc: B-ankh! and Futankhamun.

December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas 2011)

• Added weapon: Wrap Assassin.
• Added hat: Big Elfin Deal.
• Added misc: Bootie Time.
• [Undocumented] Added weapons: Festive Bat and Festive Scattergun.

February 9, 2012 Patch

• Added misc: Boston Boom-Bringer.

February 23, 2012 Patch

• Added misc: Fast Learner.

March 1, 2012 Patch

• Added misc: Teufort Tooth Kicker.

May 10, 2012 Patch

• Added hat: Front Runner.

May 17, 2012 Patch

• Added hat: Cross-Comm Express.

June 27, 2012 Patch(Pyromania Update)

• Added weapons: Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol and Baby Face's Blaster.
• Added hat: Fed-Fightin' Fedora.
• Added misc: Dillinger's Duffel.

August 2, 2012 Patch (Triad Pack)

• Added weapon: Flying Guillotine.
• Added misc: Triad Trinket and Champ Stamp.

August 10, 2012 Patch

• Added hat: Void Monk Hair.

August 15, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added weapons: Botkiller Scattergun and Golden Botkiller Scattergun.
• [Undocumented] Added hat: Robot Running Man.

September 4, 2012 Patch

• Added hat: Crafty Hair.

September 6, 2012 Patch

• [Undocumented] Added misc: Track Terrorizer.

Trivia

• After players noted a resemblance between the Scout and TV pitchman Template:W, many requested that Valve add a reference to this in-game. With the release of the Scout Update, lines such as "If you order now, I'll throw in a second beatin', absolutely free." and "No otha' class' gonna do dat!" were added to the game.
• The Submachine Gun for the Sniper was originally intended as the primary weapon for the Scout.
  • The Nailgun, a scrapped weapon carried over from Team Fortress Classic, was also intended for the Scout.
• In Poker Night at the Inventory, an image of the Scout wearing the Ye Olde Baker Boy hat makes a cameo as the Jack of Spades & Clubs in the "Team Fortress 2" deck.
• The Scout makes an appearance in Worms: Reloaded as part of one of the forts; the rest of the fort is composed of Granary. The Scout's headset and cap are also available as a selectable hat for the player's worms.
• The first BLU team Scout resembled Template:W.
• The Assassin class of Monday Night Combat has a promo item with the Scout's headset and the Spy's disguise mask named "Bonk! Slash!".
• Since June 8th, 2011 when a Scout is gibbed it has a 1/100 chance of a dove flying out of his torso. This is a reference to the final scene in Meet the Medic, where Archimedes is revealed to be stuck in Scout's chest.
• According to the description for the Track Terrorizer, the Scout is at least 23 years-old.

Gallery

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  Team Fortress Scout model.

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  The Scout class of Team Fortress Classic.

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  The Scout, with conceptual Scatterguns.

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  Concept art of the Scout.

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  Concept art of the Scout.

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  Concept art of the Scout.

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  Concept art of the Scout.

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  Trading card front.

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  Trading card backside.

Related merchandise

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  Scout Poster As Shown In The Valve Store

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  The Scout "Force-a-Nature" T-Shirt

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  Scout Track Jacket

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  Bonk T-Shirt, Women

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  Bonk T-Shirt

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  Force of Nature Poster

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  Scout Class Decal, White

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  Scout Class Decal, Black

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  Meet the Scout Lithograph

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  Scout Plush

See also

• Scout jumps
• Scout rush
• Scout's mother
• Basic Scout strategy
• Community Scout strategy
• Scout match-ups
• Anti-Scout strategy
• Scout taunts
• Scout responses
• Scout voice commands
• List of references (Scout)
• Scout (Classic)

External links

• Scout page on the Official TF2 Website
• Scout Update
• TF2 Official Website - Okay, this does not look good here. Umm...
• TF2 Official Website - Hey good job, there, hardhat
• TF2 Official Website - That's what I'm talking about!
• TF2 Official Website - Better Late Than Never