Anti-Engineer strategy

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The Engineer has a sturdy built, but a poor amount of health. He is average at self-defense, requiring the firepower of his Sentry Guns and assistance from his Dispensers.

General

• Engineers are high priority targets. A team without a Sentry Gun or Dispenser is at a disadvantage.

Weapon Specific

A list of useful tidbits about the Engineer's weaponry, and how to best counter them.

Shotgun

Frontier Justice

• An Engineer that dies before his Sentry Gun will not receive his Revenge Crits.

Pistol / Lugermorph

Wrangler

• The Wrangler shield provides the Sentry Gun with 60% damage reduction. Killing the Engineer will remove the shield.
• Engineers using the Wrangler suffer from tunnel-vision. This makes them vulnerable to attacks from the side and rear.

Wrench / Golden Wrench

Gunslinger

• The Gunslinger must chain hits rapidly for the three-punch combo to take effect. If the Engineer misses, the combo will cancel out.

Southern Hospitality

• Engineers are more susceptible to burn damage when using the Southern Hospitality.

Jag

• The Jag has reduced melee damage, but is still capable of critical damage.

Buildings

• Engineers will often leave their buildings in search of metal, giving the enemy team an opportunity to destroy them.
• Engineers will automatically vocalize when their buildings are being sapped. This cue can encourage a push from the enemy team.
• Buildings will go down faster if damaged while being sapped.

Sentry Guns

• Sentry Guns are the highest priority when deciding which building to destroy.
• An Engineer behind his Sentry Gun is protected from splash damage at the front, but can easily be damaged by splash damage to the side.
• Sentry Guns can be damaged from around corners without having a chance to (fully) lock on to the attacker.
• Engineers that switch to their Shotgun or Pistol to dispose of Stickies placed at the base of their buildings leave them vulnerable to damage.
• Sentry Guns are slow to turn. If approached from a blind spot, the enemy can run around the gun while meleeing it without taking damage.

Dispenser

• Dispensers are vulnerable to being destroyed, as Engineers are often preoccupied with repairing their Sentry Guns. This slows building maintenance.
• Dispensers are the second highest priority when facing a defensive team.

Teleporter

• Teleporters that won't go down are most likely being repaired from the other side. Out-damage the repair rate to successfully destroy them.
• Teleporters are the second highest priority when facing an offensive team.

See also

• Engineer strategy
• Community Engineer strategy
• Sentry Gun
• Engineer match-ups
• Team strategy