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possibly_hornet has Team Fortress 2

May 5, 2020 @ 4:33am

Best Pyro Secondary

There're a ton of options for Pyro secondary and (almost) every single one of them has great features. So what is the overall winner in your opinion?

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Originally posted by Uscari:

There are 3 Pyro secondaries all ties for 1st place. Shotgun, Flaregun, and Scorch Shot. Each has distinct uses and all 3 of them could be run in virtually any situation and be effective.

Shotgun - Highest firepower, strong in teamfights, good against beefy opponents. Good for direct combat playstyle.

Flaregun - Strong burst damage, moderate range, some support application, strong against Scouts. Good for roamer playstyle.

Scorch Shot - Excellent for crowd control, high range, mobility/utility application, useful knockback for defense. Good for defensive/support playstyle.

Below this tier are weapons that are also useful but more situational, such as the Detonator and Panic Attack. These weapons shine on certain maps but aren't as generally applicable as the top 3.

Then there are weapons that are somewhat effective but are generally downgrades from the top tier, such as the reserve shooter and manmelter.

After that is straight garbage, weapons that generally suck and there's virtually no reason to use them. This would include Jetpack and Gas passer.

Here's the problem with jetpack.

-Really slow swap times, makes it difficult to escape or defend yourself when you land. You become a sitting duck if you land near enemies with this weapon if they are remotely competent.

-Really loud and distinct sound, very easy for enemies to detect you if you try to ambush.

-Poor air control, very easy for enemies to airshot you.

-Hidden knockback vulnerability makes any uber you are involved in far less effective, since sentries now slow you down to a crawl.

Detonator is the superior mobility tool for Pyro in that it's much more accessible, you have more air control, there's no knockback vulnerability, the sound doesn't last as long, and you can actually deal damage with this weapon, helping you defend yourself or control the movement of the enemy team such that ambushes can be set up better.

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possibly_hornet has Team Fortress 2

May 5, 2020 @ 4:34am

[mostly using thruster and stock]

Pai Irresponsável has Team Fortress 2

May 5, 2020 @ 4:40am

flare gun for its solid damage and afterburn. Don't use scorch shot please it takes no skill bruh

Incredibilis has Team Fortress 2

May 5, 2020 @ 4:41am

shotgun, decent and reliable damage and make pyro on pyro actually bareable.

Hell-met

May 5, 2020 @ 4:43am

its always been between shotgun and flaregun.

thruster can have a special mention but it's not quite there just yet.

possibly_hornet has Team Fortress 2

May 5, 2020 @ 4:46am

Originally posted by Hell-met:
its always been between shotgun and flaregun.

thruster can have a special mention but it's not quite there just yet.

Well thruster worked in 3. Dustbowl while we had 15 secs. to cap last point 🤷‍♂️

Wolfsmaul-GER has Team Fortress 2

May 5, 2020 @ 4:56am

depends on what i want to do, spy check / stay with engies then ill take the scorch shot, i take stock when i want to play aggressive, flare gun when i want to play defensive and thruster when ever i feel like it

ゴゴmikelormeゴゴ has Team Fortress 2

May 5, 2020 @ 4:56am

Phlog pyro with manmelter,to help your team obviusly

Last edited by ゴゴmikelormeゴゴ; May 5, 2020 @ 4:57am

possibly_hornet has Team Fortress 2

May 5, 2020 @ 4:58am

Originally posted by mikelorme:
Phlog pyro with manmelter,to help your team obviusly

nah m8 I hate W+M1s

Last edited by possibly_hornet; May 5, 2020 @ 4:58am

Doorman

May 5, 2020 @ 4:58am

flaregun if you can hit the shots, shotgun is good against other pyros

FlaryFlare has Team Fortress 2

May 5, 2020 @ 5:05am

Mann melter if enemy team has many pyros.

Flare if you running degreaser or stock.

Detonator for mobility and crowd control.

Scorch for crowd control.

Shots good damage agains pyros and other classes.

Never use the gas or the jetpack they are bad

Gas is only good in mvm

Jetpack is a worse detonator

Last edited by FlaryFlare; May 5, 2020 @ 5:35am

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