Is Sydney Sleeper a bad weapon?

[Amicdict]

I had this discussion with a few other players, and we ended up fighting it out. One side argued that the Minicrits and Increased Charge rate cancels out the "no headshots" (You still can, it just does minicrits instead) thing. The other side argued that since the SS couldn't headshot, it meant that it was inferior to Stock, which I disagree with.

(Yes I know SS is banned in 6s.)

[Hell-met]

its boring

it was way better when it had a set duration and a real downside

[Hook Master]

No, it's not bad
just not fun, headshots are better
I miss the group splash, even though it was terribly overpowered.

[Yes]

*angry snort noises*

[crazy goblin]

its alright, it's like the southern hospitality. it's not bad sniper just has way better primaries.

[Roboloke04]

its strong in the comp scene due to you can set jarate on anyone on the map. Otherwise its hot garbage, because you arent running in casual with a full team with serious coms and callouts.

[Marteun]

its not bad

[frackingfan6969]

It's meta in casual games without good snipers in it.

[raf simmons impersonator]

my balls hurt

[frackingfan6969]

Originally posted by johnny test whiplash:

my balls hurt

Try taking your pants off.

[Nuggy]

Not bad, but if you can headshot, other options are better.

[Synical]

hahaha yeah... no

[Sander]

its funny to use but i feel so dissapointed when i dominate people with it but its fine weapon for support both giving minicrits to kill people or extinguish teammates near/far away

[Tacticowl]

It's my favorite sniper rifle pick. It's a great weapon for when your team needs a sniper, but you're bad at sniper. It's the most forgiving sniper rifle, and ecourages people who are not great at hitting headshots to still play sniper.

Plus, It's probably the best medic killer in the game, due to the fast charge. Medics are fast and zig zag around a lot, and hititng a fully charged Sidney Sleeper bodyshot on them is often the safest and easiest way to kill them.

It's also great for bodyshotting that annoying sniper main on the enemy team.

[HoBoMiKe]

Originally posted by MateAndMead:

It's my favorite sniper rifle pick. It's a great weapon for when your team needs a sniper, but you're bad at sniper. It's the most forgiving sniper rifle, and ecourages people who are not great at hitting headshots to still play sniper.

Plus, It's probably the best medic killer in the game, due to the fast charge. Medics are fast and zig zag around a lot, and hititng a fully charged bodyshots i often safer and quicker than trying to land a headshot, if you're not an amazing sniper.

People like you are the reason medics are difficult to find on casual

[Tacticowl]

Originally posted by HoBoMiKe:

Originally posted by MateAndMead:

It's my favorite sniper rifle pick. It's a great weapon for when your team needs a sniper, but you're bad at sniper. It's the most forgiving sniper rifle, and ecourages people who are not great at hitting headshots to still play sniper.

Plus, It's probably the best medic killer in the game, due to the fast charge. Medics are fast and zig zag around a lot, and hititng a fully charged bodyshots i often safer and quicker than trying to land a headshot, if you're not an amazing sniper.

People like you are the reason medics are difficult to find on casual

What? People who aren't good at sniping? Medic isn't popular cause he's not good at killing. And people want to kill stuff. Not because of sidney sleeper. Barely anyone uses sidney sleeper, as sniper mains usually prefer getting kills over assists to boost their e-peen. And they'll just quickscope the medic.