How to deal with Scout as a sniper?

[pitzer]

I'm not complaining.
Ok, I give in, I'm complaining.
How in the hell is sniper supposed to deal with scout at close range???
"Duh noob, melee him?"
Pffft, thats a joke, scout can just stay both too far away to melee and close enough to do 90 dmg with the scatter-gun, leaving you helpless because his next shot is going to kill you stone dead.
I know for a fact scout is not overpowered:
Soldier: Good aiming with shotgun and rockets
Spy: Dead ringer, cloak and hide away, revolver.
Engie: Sentries, shotgun, mini sentries, ect ect...
Medic:Syringe gun surprisingly works, or use your medigun target to finish him off
Heavy: Minigun, obviously
Demo: Sticky trap, good aiming with grenades
Pyro: Compression blast, flame-thrower, shotgun, flare guns, Powerjack with the bonus movement speed.
Sniper: ???
Ok, maybe the SMG, but the little damage it does is too small, as scout has probably nailed you with his force of nature allready.
Anyone have any good tips for me when I play sniper on how to deal with scouts? I've tried melee, Ive tried bating with charged bofyshots, I've tried "no-scoping" but it'll take 3 hits to kill him with that, and hes allready got you before the second shot is reloaded most of the time.
If anyone could help me that would be great.
Thanks

[theSellotaped]

You could deal with a scout with the crossbow or whatever its called

[theSellotaped]

Lol dipper pines gravity falls

[ifrit]

yeah,i was dealing with tryhard scouts as a sniper,I gave up and ♥♥♥♥♥♥ them with scoot

[Pakaku]

Scout is supposed to be good at close combat. Sniper is supposed to be bad at close combat.

Your best chances are probably comboing with Jarate somehow. You could also be sticking near your team, and they'll handle most of the work.

[ifrit]

oh and scorch shot as a pyro,rip scoots

[serPomiz]

as a (probably) wise man once said, "TF2 is a gigant game of rock, paper, scissor where the scissor, if good enough, can beat rock"

there are no hard counter on scout because sniper have no hard counter as all, as he have to actually be away from all other classes to be effective, heck, all the example for counter you presented ecxepting the engie where based on abilities

the thing is, you just have to quickshoot the head, only an overheal scout can survive a quickshot and if an hoverhealed cout reach you, either you or your team are doing something really, really wrong

[ifrit]

Originally posted by serPomiz:

as a (probably) wise man once said, "TF2 is a gigant game of rock, paper, scissor where the scissor, if good enough, can beat rock"

there are no hard counter on scout because sniper have no hard counter as all, as he have to actually be away from all other classes to be effective, heck, all the example for counter you presented ecxepting the engie where based on abilities

the thing is, you just have to quickshoot the head, only an overheal scout can survive a quickshot and if an hoverhealed cout reach you, either you or your team are doing something really, really wrong

Yeah...This is true,you need luck to quickshoot the head.

[Anyar]

You don't, unless the scout sucks or you are really really good at snipin
Nothing to do about it
Just like what is a spy supposed to do against a good pyro, or a medic in close combat against a good full-hp heavy, or a pyro at mid-range vs a good full-hp heavy

[Jonno.exe]

Jarate + Quickscope with with Sydney Sleeper = kill

[SirDuck]

Scout can be easily headshot from long-mid range.
If he does get close, try to fight him in a tight corridor, it's easier to get a quick headshot that way.

If all else fails, Jarate + Stabbing time, will take 1 to 2 hits.

[LordWilliam185]

I use the Shahanshah. I does a good job against scouts

[pepsi enjoyer]

Originally posted by LordWill | trade.tf:

I use the Shahanshah. I does a good job against scouts

Why

[CandyhH]

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