What is Team Fortress 2?
Team Fortress 2 is a multiplayer First-Person Shooter game that was released in October 2007 as apart of the Orange Box for XBox360. Later it was developed into a PC game and released on Steam. There are 9 classes that each have a vital role in how a game plays out. All classes have different roles and abilities that develop each character.
The 9 Classes
Scout: Scout is the fastest and shortest of all classes. His primary is a scattergun. You need to be able to get up close to a person to deal the maximum amount of damage. The scout has a variety of secondaries. These secondaries can be used to extinguish teammates or finish off an enemy. Scouts melee's can help him jump higher or do damage.
Soldier: Solder is the second slowest class in TF2. He has a rocket launcher that can deal splash damage to any class. The soldiers rocket will travel until it hits something. Soldier has a unique ability to be able to jump high throughout the air. A soldier is a main attacking class and should be able to deal a ton of damage to everyone on the enemy team.
Pyro: Pyro is the default speed in TF2. Pyro is one of the only classes that has a weapon that is automatic, which is a flame thrower. The flame thrower has 2 abilities, one is the attack which just flames the enemy and two, it has an ability to airblast which reflects rockets, pills, and sentry rockets. Airblasting can also push enemies away.
Demoman: Demoman is slightly slower than the normal speed in tf2. He has a grenade launcher and a sticky bomb launcher. Grenade launcher shoots pills that explode once they hit a target or roll on the ground for a period of time. The sticky bomb launcher fires sticky bombs. They can stick to walls, sentries, and the ground.
Heavy: Heavy is the slowest class in tf2. He is the other class that has a automatic weapon. He has a machine gun that good amount of damage quickly. He has a secondary which varies between players. The main two are either a shotgun or a sandwich. The sandwich will heal the heavy quickly however, he cannot move during this animation.
Engineer: Engineer is a normal speed. He is the only class that has buildings but has a limit due to his metal. All of his buildings have 3 levels. He can build a sentry which can spin 360 degrees and will attack any opposing team player if seen. The level 3 sentry has rockets that deal a lot of damage. Engineer also has a dispenser which can heal teammates and replenish their ammo. An engineer can also build a teleporter for his teammates. They stand on it and be teleported to where ever the engineer places the exit.
Medic: The medic is slightly faster than the default speed. A medic has a medi-gun that he can heal his teammates with. The popular primary for the Medic is the Crusaders' Crossbow which will heal a teammate 150 health if hit with the dart. After the medic heals teammates for a while he builds up their Uber-charge. Uber gives temporary invulnerability to teammates.
Sniper: The sniper is the default speed. A sniper should be in the back lines getting key picks. The snipers primary is a sniper rifle. The secondary is a smg or a razor back. An smg deals damage at a close range. The razor back is a shield to protect him from spies that want to backstab him.
Spy: The spy is a default speed. Spy's primary is a pistol of choice. The pistol can do various things depending on how the spy plays. The secondary is a sapper. The sapper can take out engineer buildings. It takes roughly 5 seconds for a sapper to run its full course on a fully healed building. The spy's primary is a knife. This knife can backstab people and instantly kill them. There is many ways to get behind a person and backstab them. More on spy below.