>kills you before you can even react
nothing personell kid

Stop playing shit maps/acquire some skill

>pyro runs around setting things on fire, or, more likely, anounces to everyone of his presense with scorch shot spam
>pyro takes out phlog
>pyro does a taunt and mumbles loudly doing so
>pyro runs at you spraying flames everywhere
>before you can even react

>respawns instatly
>doesnt shoot pyro when hes burning your teammates
your fault

one time i was playing pyro and a medic ubered me so i ran into the objective and killed everyone, winning the game and the medic was like
>good job pyro
i had no fucking idea what i was doing
i just held w + m1
never played pyro again

I swear I'm the only person who plays pyro like an actual skirmisher instead of yet another braindead phlog/scorch nigger.
>Running around on the flank ducking in and out of cover looking for openings and overextended/distracted players
>Mixup my approaches and powerjack bhop around like a crackhead making the enemy team paranoid I could jumpscare them at any moment
It's a small thing but so many pyros neglect their movement options and airblast combos. With powerjack pyro is the second fastest class after scout but with more health and a gun that can flashbang and juggle enemies. You can make yourself very hard to hit if you use all your tools. I just wish I could det jump without having to sacrifice the shotgun.

>>713523267 (OP)
For me? It's the Backburner, Shotgun and Backscratcher while behind enemy lines. Although I am trying to better utilize the Dragon's Fury for regular gameplay. It seems neat in concept.

>>713527527
For me its
>stock flamethrower
>scorch shot
>homewrecker
Pyro really NEEDS an airblast to defend from projectiles or else he's screwed. The scorch shot is just for suppressing annoying snipers. And I never really take out melee with pyro, so its nice to have the homewrecker on hand for the off chance you see a sapper.

>>713527527
Shotgun Pyro > Flare Pyro

>>713527527
Degreaser/Shotgun/Powerjack Pyro is basically just diet Scout and I love it.

>>713523267 (OP)
But it's okay if it's explosives

>>713528764
Amen. Flare is so overrated by sketchektards who are more concerned with getting clips than winning.

I like to play as Heavy. Stock everything except for Sandvich if team doesn't have a healer and no Heavy.

Pottis

>>713529140
Demo is the hardest class for new players, though

>>713529514
how do you play if the team is really bad and feeds the enemy?

>>713529589
...very carefully...

>>713529514
why don't you use GRU

the jungle inferno and its consequences were disastrous for team fortress 2

>>713523267 (OP)
whoever buffed the phlog was a fucking scrub
>NOOOOO I SHOULD HAVE GODMODE WHEN I CHARGE MY CRITGUN

>>713530949
nigga it was always ubered when you do the taunt it used to full-heal you too. if a pyro phlog taunts in front of you now you can kill it instantly with most classes.

>>713530949
It shouldn't give any buffs at all.
If you try to use phlog while surrounded you 100% deserve to die.

>>713523267 (OP)

>>713531061
It used to give a 90% damage resistance while taunting.
It was hilarious to see dipshits get backstabbed during the taunt.
They changed it to uber because the damage resist isn't immediately obvious so people were wasting shots that did piddly damage.
Shouldn't have any resist at all. Taunt somewhere you arent going to immediately get raped, idiot.

sex with phlog pyros

Pyro feels like dogshit without airblasts, I don't why people call the Phlog OP.

>>713535938
>retard chucks scorch shot at people who refuse to dodge
>retard uses the mmph charge to steamroll other retards that lack ears
>made worse by shoving an uber up her ass so you cant even mulch the pyro before getting close
It simply requires way more effort to stop 1 idiot than it should when you're stuck babysitting the short bus olympics team

as a mentally disabled soldier main i love when pyros have the phlog

>>713536214
nta but
>as scout, keep your distance and just kill him
>as soldier, shoot his feet to keep him from approaching and just kill him
>as pyro, just airblast his ass away
>as demo, just pipe him or sticky jump away
>as heavy, just fucking shoot him
>as engineer, play by your sentry (which you should be doing anyway)
the other three deserve to die if theyre close and can just run away if theyre not.
god forbid the close range attacker class gets a means of doing actual damage, at the cost of losing nearly all of its utility and needing to do 300 damage beforehand.
>b-but he jumped me or caught me around a corner-
then he probably deserves the kill. eat shit for dying to the bell curve weapon.

>>713530949
>buff
anyone who says this is retarded.
it was only a buff to the bottom 1%, who would pop the charge in the middle of a crowded bar thinking that they can get a kill or two before theyre mowed down. sure, trying to do the same thing when it was just damage resistance would get you killed, but the health refill was a great tradeoff. couldnt tell you how many times id just eat the crits in favor of getting a topoff when i was somewhere on the map without a reliable medkit. it was a fantastic combo with the detonator, which let you bounce around and show up from odd angles, without needing to be reliant on a medic or medpacks to keep moving.
god i miss the heal. fuck you.

>>713535938
it depends on the map and if they have a pocket med up their ass.
if you play barnblitz regularly you've probably run into one of those nigger phlog/med duos that never show their faces without uber and everyone is funneled down one chokepoint so it's a guaranteed team wipe every time. even if you get away you can't win a 1v12.