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Sniper's Guide To Sydney sleeper
By Cool Robot (RIP) and 1 collaborators
A Simple guide how to be useful with the Sydney Sleeper
   
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Hello to you all I'm Ty "Tyler" Savarin, and im here to help you with the infamous sydney sleeper and being an awesome guy for using it

This is my first guide btw
What is the Sydney Sleeper?
This is one of the most hated guns in the TF2 game, Noobs will dislike this weapon and Pro will call whoever using it as a noob, Can it be considered as a "Noob's Weapon"? Maybe, Maybe.
Unlike other rifles, this one is the that you can "Legally" Bodyshot people, without Being called "Lol Noob Machina Bodyshotter lolz", or maybe still called a body shooter, Anyway, Unlike other Rifles, The Sydney sleeper is a deadly weapon if used correctly, and You'll have to rely on other team mates more than your average rifle. athough the design is pretty good, this weapon lacks the abillity to land headshots, thus, making it cant deal critical damage without a Kritzkrieg medic, But! It have 25% Faster charge rate, and when it's arund 50% Your shots will have a 8 Second Jarate Effect! It's EXTREMELY Helpful when you know how to use it.
The Pros and cons
PROS
Long Range Jarate
It's basically what this rifle is made for, you get more assists more with this, and makes if the guy you shot didn't die on the first shot, Just shoot it again! this time they're covered in piss and you can hit them with a mini crit round!

Faster Charge Rate
dealing 150 damage + Jarate is a pretty ideal to dispatch someone quickly with this, since you're Dealing more Body shot damage more than other snipers.

Helpful For Revealing a spy from afar and helping friends
You saw an obvious spy, but your teammates dont care much, so why not warn them by shooting the spy with a Dalily dose of a fully charged Jarate coated bullet? (or darts) either the spy will die, or it'll coated in Jarate. or you want to kill a certain people but your team won't listen, just shott the enemy and make them turn yellow and your team will immidiately Attack him.

A nice Substitute for the jarate
Yes if you're using the jarate but too lazy to wait for the jar to come again, or you want your backpack (Razorback, Danger shield, Cozy camper) or SMG With you but you want to carry some jarate, well this'll do nicely!

CONS
No headshot.
All the Fancy Charge speed and the Jarate Coating abillity must have something bad to balance it, and unable to do headshots is a fair thing, if you thing a -25% is better think again, You'll got a critical headshot plus coated in jarate, so No headshot crits is fair.

Can't Extinguish Teammates
Just because it's a jarate based weapon it cant extinguish your team member, also, this'll make the weapon too OP by making the Sniper can extinguish team mates from afar.
Using the Sydney Sleeper
Hated by many but still can kill a lot of people, Always shoot when the charge meter is 50% or above.
it's also a better alternative for a noob with a machina rifle
Weapon combos

Croc' o style Set: Sydney + Danger Shields + bushwhacka
Advantage: More HP and Bullet resistance, and Melee do Critical damage instead of a mini crits from a boost from jarate, fan o war, and the buff banner....Also leaving a tobstone to whoever you kill.
Disadvantage: Damaged more by flaming weapons.
Description: Along with a crocodile hat (Sold seperately), you are someone who loves to cosplay as a crocodile, with an additional of a smaller crocodile (Sold Seperately) in your pocket, you get extra HP And bullet ressistance, but you get more damage from Pyros, so avoid those flare guns if you want to live.

Jarate sniper Set: Sydney + Jarate + Bushwhacka
Advantages: High Melee damage and high assist count
Disadvantages: Easily Flamable
Description: You can easily cover EVRYONE in piss, Detect spies and finish them with a critical Knife Whack. but you'll die faster because of the Bushwhacka's 20% Vulnerabillity to fires

The Anti Spy Sniper: Sydney Sleeper/huntsman + Razorback/jarate + Tribalman's shiv
Adantages: Can jarate Spies from afar , Prevents a single backstab, and easier to spycheck some guys, also the huntsman can make you get the
Disadvantage: 50% Less melee damage, that's all
Discription: YOU Hate Spies, Cover them up with piss from afar or at close range if you use the jarate, they cant backstab you, and easily spycheck some guys, also the huntsman can make you get the advantage in close range battles, all with a cost of less melee damage.
Conclusion
Finally you know how effectively use the sydney rifle, Feel free to make your own Weapon sets, the Sydney is a good weapon, not Really noob ish but it's effective Rather than Noobs who uses machina and misses, exposing their position, Consider and Give this weapon a shot~!
this is another (dated) review of the Sydney rifle by another user

Sorry for My bad spelling and good luck pissing others.

Thanks to
Google for the images
Valve for making this weapon and the game
Valkyria Frontier For helping me with some weapon stats
30 Comments
Van Aug 10, 2024 @ 5:48am 
Sydney Sleeper
Drizzle Aug 27, 2015 @ 11:17am 
too good..... *CLAP* *CLAP*
cpm22 incident(do not research) Oct 31, 2014 @ 12:13pm 
something i forgot to mention is that the machina is a better weapon only because it can headshot and do critical damage, before calling me a machina loving bodyshotter, bear in mind that as a sniper you shouldnt use more force than you have too so bodyshotting a weak target to kill them is just as good as headshotting the same target!
cpm22 incident(do not research) Oct 31, 2014 @ 12:09pm 
by the time you get to 50% charge you could kill all classes (without overheal) aside from a heavy with a headshot, with the sleeper you give up the potential to do this for allowing your team to kill them... basically instead of you killing an enemy for your team (*the job of a sniper*) you just weaken them instead. This weapon is a crutch for people with bad aim/prediction
Hipster Maryte May 24, 2014 @ 3:13am 
sydney sleeper can head shot if a medick crits you :)
2OG #Impersonators May 22, 2014 @ 7:44am 
um...this weapon.....I think it is using in Freak fortress 2. Someone will think that weapon is a noob ...Saxton Hale~~ Sydney sleeper is the best in FF2. Those are my opinion :D
Normal-Insanity May 22, 2014 @ 5:32am 
in the first or second section, you said making instead of meaining
Kredo May 21, 2014 @ 6:35am 
This is a guid how to be a noob
Patchwork Weasel May 20, 2014 @ 6:34am 
People just can't undestand that there are NO "bad" weapon in TF2.
[AGGC] Airforce Magical Spoy! May 20, 2014 @ 2:37am 
Star can't even spell which what a retard complaining then doesn't know how to spell which. OWNED MATE!