Soldier (Team Fortress 2)



The Soldier is a playable character in Team Fortress 2. He is American partiot that specialises in offence that uses a rocket launcher, shotgun, and shovel as their weapons. He boasts high health but slow walk speed. His gameplay is flexible which is one of the reasons he is a popular class to play as along with his intially simple to learn mechanics, variety of techniques and weapons, his large damage output and health pool.

Why He Rocks:

 * 1) He is a decent starter class for TF2 with no weaknesses or counters, he is flexible against all classes (debately except for the Pyro) and can be utilised for both defence and offence. Yet he is balanced with his slow mobility, slow and predictable rockets.
 * 2) *Pyros are able to deflect his Rockets with their Flamethrower's compression blast. The Soldier can counter this with their shotgun but also survive the fire damage thanks to his high health.
 * 3) One of the things that make him a very amazing class is his high damage and mobility. He can launch high damaging rockets but also can shoot directly underneath his boots propelling himself to the sky allowing him to gain higher ground or faster mobility but trades health from shooting himself, this can be useful for bypassing enemy lines from above. While he is generally a beginner choice for TF2, he still takes alot of skill to master as there are more techniques he can do with his rockets such as juggling enemies to disorient them, tracking enemies to shoot rockets more accurately, Market gardening (Using a melee weapon while rocket jumping), Wall jumps and more.
 * 4) Great personality from the voice talents of the late Rick May.
 * 5) His high health also makes him able to sustain more damage or to aggresively defend points. In addition with his mobility he is a lethal force who can decimate unsuspecting enemy teams when used by skilled players.
 * 6) The Soldier is a useful asset to the team in which his explosive rockets can be a very destructive to Sentry nests or groups of enemies due to heavy splash damage that also and knocks them back. The Soldier can use this to their advantage, launching enemies into the air.
 * 7) His arsenal is expansive that allow for unique and situational gameplay. Items include:
 * 8) *Mantreads, boots that reduce push force from enemies but deals heavy damage if you land on targets and it replaces your shotgun. It also grants 200% more air controls when you rocket jump.
 * 9) *Direct Hit which is a rocket launcher that does fires a high velocity rocket that damages more and grants mini-criticals on airborne targets but has small blast radius. Its a weapon thats intended for skilled soldiers to wield and it encourages directly hitting the target as well as shooting them into the air to kill while they are airborne.
 * 10) *Battalions Backup, a backpack which replaces the shotgun but is able to grant a defence buff that gives allies 35% resistance to damage and raises wearer's health to 220. This item allows for defensive gameplay or to charge into chokepoints with your allies.
 * 11) *Disciplanary Action, a riding crop that upon hitting teammates grants a small boost to their movement speed but damages 35% less.
 * 12) *The Rocket Jumper is a rocket launcher that doesn't damage you as its meant solely for Rocket jumps. However while the mobility without sacrificing health is great, you aren't able to capture the flag and lack effective weapons to defend yourself with.
 * 13) *Beggars Bazooka is a rocket that shoot 3 rockets at once but will damage you if you load too much and has less explosion radius.
 * 14) *The Market Gardener is a shovel that critically damages (195 dmg) opponents if the wielder is rocket jumping but has a slower swing speed. Pairing with the Rocket jumper turns the soldier into a hilarious subclass dubbed "Trolldier" that kills with this shovel or just by landing onto targets with the Mantreads.