What's with the Shortstop?

[laslax]

The Shortstop is the best weapon Scout has on dealing with sentries. It may not kill players as fast, but the Shortstop also gives you a presence that very few will respect, or if they do, you can still catch them out in a disadvantageous position that could easily get them killed.

All of this sounds good on paper, but I find the Shortstop struggles on any close quarters/spam heavy map. It's this whiplash effect of being a top scoring menace with a bunch of dominations to doing mediocre at best. It's probably my fault for trying to find use with the Crit-a-Cola on a bad map instead of swapping to the Guillotine/Mad Milk, but I would like to hear your experiences with this weapon.

[Fireschlong #2Broke4MannUp]

It's my favourite Scout weapon, probably even in the entire game.

Basically, if you try to use it like a regular Scattergun, you are likely to fail. You exchange your kill pressure for consistent harassment. You are no longer that offensive pick class, but a more defensive/supportive class that sticks with the team more often. Kind of the reverse of the Gunslinger/Huntsman, which give Engineer/Sniper a more aggressive playstyle.

With the Crit-A-Cola, you can turn yourself into a menace by sniping people with mini crits (it's also useful in direct combat, but I love harassing people from far away with that combo). I prefer to use the pistol though because it is more consistent.

It is also heavily cucked by random bullet spread.

[XxXMadJermey333XxX]

the shove is what makes me like the gun