Soldier

Soldier
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Basic Information
Icon:
Type:	Offensive
Health:	200 / 300
Speed:	80% 80% with the Equalizer at above 80% HP. ; 88% with the Equalizer between 60% and 80% HP. ; 96% with the Equalizer between 40% and 60% HP. ; 112% with the Equalizer between 20% and to 40% HP. ; 128% with the Equalizer at 20% HP or below.
Meet the Soldier

“

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

”

A crazed patriot from the heart of America, the Soldier is 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.

Name:	Unknown, uses the alias "Mr. Jane Doe"
Location of origin:	Midwest, USA
Job:	Template:W^[1]
Motto:	"I'm a Rocket Man"^[1]
Favourite World War:	2
Special ability:	Rocket jump
Emblems:
Description:	Though he wanted desperately to fight in World War 2, the Soldier was rejected from every branch of the U.S. military. Undaunted, he bought his own ticket to Europe. After arriving and finally locating Poland, the Soldier taught himself how to load and fire a variety of weapons before embarking on a Nazi killing spree for which he was awarded several medals that he designed and made himself. His rampage ended immediately upon hearing about the end of the war in 1949.

Basic strategy

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Weapons

Main article: Weapons

Note: Weapon damage is approximate and listed at base value. See individual weapon pages for additional figures.

Primary

Weapon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Rocket Launcher	4	20	Base: 90 Crit: 270
Unlock Direct Hit	4	20	Base: 112 Crit: 338	Has 80% faster rocket speed. Deals 25% more damage. Guarantees Mini-Crit damage on juggled opponents. Has 70% smaller splash damage radius.
Craft Black Box	3	20	Base: 90 Crit: 270	On hit, restores 15 health points. Has a 25% smaller clip size.
Craft Rocket Jumper	4	60	Base: 0 Crit: 0	Has 200% more ammo carried. Makes user immune to self-inflicted explosive damage, the wearer does not need the Gunboats. Deals no damage at all to enemies. +100% explosive damage vulnerability on wearer +100% bullet damage vulnerability on wearer +100% fire damage vulnerability on wearer

Secondary

Weapon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Shotgun	6	32	Base: 60 Crit: 180 [6 dmg. × 10 pellets]
Unlock Buff Banner	N/A	N/A	N/A	At 100% charge, using it grants player and nearby teammates 10 seconds of guaranteed Mini-Crits. Charges its rage meter with damage dealt - takes 600 damage to fully charge rage meter.
Craft Gunboats	N/A	N/A	N/A	Grants 60% less self-damage by rockets, including rocket jumps. However doesn't affect fall damage. Grants its abilities passively, does not need to be selected first to apply the ability.
Craft Battalion's Backup	N/A	N/A	N/A	At 100% charge, using it grants player and nearby teammates 10 seconds of guaranteed immunity to Critical damage and raises resistance to damage by 35%. Charges its rage meter with damage received - takes 175 damage to fully charge.
Promotional / Craft Concheror	N/A	N/A	N/A	While the buff is active, damage dealt to the enemy heals teammates by 20%. Charges its rage meter with damage dealt - takes 1133 damage dealt or 333 damage received to fully charge rage meter.

Melee & Taunt Attack

Weapon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Stock Shovel	N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195
Unlock Equalizer	N/A	N/A	Base: 33–113 Crit: 3× base damage.	When weapon is active: Damage dealt and movement speed increase as user's remaining health decreases. Deals 50% less damage when user is at full health. Blocks healing and ÜberCharges by any friendly Medics.
Craft Pain Train	N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Doubles capture power for points and carts. Raises bullet vulnerability by 10%.
Promotional Frying Pan	N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	Promotional item from Left 4 Dead 2 Same as the Shovel's specs.
Promotional, Craft Half-Zatoichi	N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195	On kill: restores you to 100% health This weapon is Honorbound and once drawn cannot be sheathed until it kills. A single successful hit will kill an enemy wielding the same weapon.
Promotional, Craft Half-Zatoichi	N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195

	Associated item	Description	Kill icon
	Equalizer	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.

Item sets

Main article: Item sets

The Tank Buster
	Black Box Battalion's Backup Grenadier's Softcap
Effect	Leave a Calling Card on your victims

Hats

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: Soldier achievements

Soldier pack: 35 achievements, 3 milestones.

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.

Trivia

The Soldier has made several posts on the TF2 Official Blog.
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 Template:W, an image of the BLU Soldier makes a cameo as the King card for the black suits (spades and clubs) in the "TF2" card deck.
In Template:W, 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.
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

Related memes

Painis Cupcake

References

↑ ^a ^b Team Fortress 2 Trailer 2, released in September 2006.

External links

[trailer_2-1] Team Fortress 2 Trailer 2, released in September 2006.

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Soldier
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Basic Information
Icon:
Type:	Offensive
Health:	200 / 300
Speed:	80% 80% with the Equalizer at above 80% HP. 88% with the Equalizer between 60% and 80% HP. 96% with the Equalizer between 40% and 60% HP. 112% with the Equalizer between 20% and to 40% HP. 128% with the Equalizer at 20% HP or below.
Meet the Soldier

Soldier

Contents

Bio

Basic strategy

Weapons

Primary

Secondary

Melee & Taunt Attack

Item sets

Hats

Official class avatars

Achievements

Bugs

Trivia

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