TF2's most underused weapons: the RTR

A quick look at all the underused weapons currently either being scraped for metal or gathering dust in someone's backpack.

all images from google search
not mine
yadayadayada
don't sue me

also using the SC as the main guide pics until i get to the actual weapon itself
(most of these guides will be copy paste so you can just read the parts about the weapon itself and make it easier for people to read)

Introduction

First off, i always start or end my guides by saying thanks for reading them. I put alot of effort into my guides, making them informative as possible.

instead of doing a whole collage of underused weapons, i thought i'd mix it up a bit do one weapon at a time.
Quick easy to follow fast read guides

What makes a weapon underused?

Probably the question everyone asks themselves. What makes people not want a weapon? There's alot of answers to this question: bad experiences, doesn't fit their playstyle, or overall the weapon just sucks as compared to other weapons.
Some weapons listed are off the bat terrible or required a high enough skill ceiling that people decided to not use them.
Some of these weapons; however, could have been at one time good or even broken to the point where people overused them. But then valve saw this and decided to nerf or rework them until they became less appealing/useable.
There are those rare weapont that no matter how much they get reworked, people just wont use them due to other reasons that may or may not be listed on here.

Quick list of non-underused weapons

Just thought i'd include this small bit to point some things out. These are the weapons that will never be underused. They include

• Stock weapons=so long as there are new players, stock will never be underused. you will always be guranteed to see at least 1 newbie with all stock/at least 1 stock weapon, or the veteran players who sometimes wanna go back to the basics.
  
• achievement unlock weapons=same as stock weapons. Also you cannot trade them or scrap them into useable tradeable metal, so most people keep them and use them from time to time.
  
• reskinned weapons=these are a class all their own in terms of weapons. reskins are almost always stock reskinned weapons, but in rare ocassions they are reskins of other weapons. Examples of reskins include: festives, australiums, game unlocked weapons such the iron curtain, campaign reskinned weapons, and event update reskins such as the love and war update and the invasion update.

The underused weapon in the limelight: the Red-Tape Recorder

Aside from all the stock sapper reskins, THIS REALLY IS THE ONLY OTHER OPTION.
However, it goes largely underused due to its downsides
-100% damage penalty

This means that it does zero damage to the building in question, meaning you can have an engy simply unzapp it and it would have 100% health.

The plus sides: the positives

DE-LVLING buildings
This weapon has a lot of untapped potential really. It doesn't destroy buildings, instead it DE-LVLS them slowly over time. Now in a fast paced game this may seem like a huge downside, but think of it this way. Its beauty is not in immediate results, but rather in delayed. During a push, spies usually destroy engy buildings by zapping them. HOWEVER, once they do the engy just starts rebuilding back in the new area. The RTR nullifies this and even makes it so your team, if quick enough, can push foward without the hassle of dealing with even a lvl 1 sentry. This works incredibly well with mini sentries, since they added the delay in buildup time without hitting it, you can essentially stall them altogether.

DELAYED CRITS
NOTE: THIS ONLY WORKS IF YOU RUN THE DIAMONDBACK. The diamondback is another underused weapon due to its high skill usage (actually requiring you to backstab or sapp destroy a building). However, due to recent breakthroughs in youtube stars, alot of spies are now using it more often. The problem is it stores crits and you lose them upon death. How do you deal with this? THE RTR OF COURSE. If you were to die, i.e. an engy nest with enemies in it, you can backstab the engy and zapp his buildings before being killed. When you respawn, you start off with the crits. It also works well if you want some time to get behind enemy lines but aren't sure you'll 100% make it.

it not only works for you, but it delays the crits for FJ (frontier justice) engies. No crits=harder to push back/hold the area and gives you a chance to kill them before they get the crits.

ENGY NEST BUSTING SUPPORT
say there are 5 engies all in one area, sentries everywhere and their allies as well holding an area. While its not 100% fullproof you can destroy the buildings, use the RTR. Simply spamming it helps alot, especially in a well coordinated team push. You may die but at least you benefit overall the team by helping push through the choke point.

ANNOYING THE ♥♥♥♥ OUT OF ENGIES
AS AN ENGY MAIN THIS ONE STRIKES A NERVE EVERYTIME. I simply HATE HATE HATE IT WHEN SPIES DO THIS. basically its the art of stab zapp stab zapp. It makes a really unskilled engy have trouble and even die due to incompetance. When in a group of 2+ spies, this is incredibly frustrating. SAY SOME WISE GUY STARTS ♥♥♥♥ ON THE ENEMY TEAM. HE GOES ENGY TOO. GO RTR AND PUT THAT ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ IN HIS PLACE. Although i hate it wheni go engy, i simply love doing it when i play spy to engies, especially the cocky ones, bonus ducks if they have unusuals or aussies.

closing statements

while its not a fullproof weapon, its a unique one none-the-less. Of course it can be countered by people who know what they're doing, but then again that applies to every weapon, including stock. In the end it all comes down to how you play and how well you out play your enemy. Overall just try it out and have fun using it. It may take a few tries but hey rome wasn't built in a day.

Have fun :)

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bork

[subdoll]

came for short circuit, was disappointed
0/10 negative review on exbox leive

[Fumo Bnnuy n Friends]

its not about the SC its another weapon
i just used it as the main pic for all the underused weapons guides imma make.
you know its easily the most underused and unrecognizable weapon ingame

[Zidger]

I don't like to use the shortcircuit but sometimes those demo/soli mains just have it comin