Difference between revisions of "Soldier"

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| etf2l_hl_legal = Yes
 
| etf2l_hl_legal = Yes
 
| description = The black box has identical stats to the stock rocket launcher, except for the fact that you have one less rocket, but gain 15 health for every enemy you hit. This makes the black box ideal for roaming around the map without a medic. Pioneered by Vhalin, the black box can be used effectively if you can land your rockets with accuracy.
 
| description = The black box has identical stats to the stock rocket launcher, except for the fact that you have one less rocket, but gain 15 health for every enemy you hit. This makes the black box ideal for roaming around the map without a medic. Pioneered by Vhalin, the black box can be used effectively if you can land your rockets with accuracy.
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| weapon_name = Rocket Jumper
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| 6s_legal = Yes
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| weapon_name = The Liberty Launcher
 
| weapon_name = The Liberty Launcher
 
| image = (image)
 
| image = (image)
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| 6s_legal = Yes
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| 6s_legal = No
 
| hl_legal = Yes
 
| hl_legal = Yes
 
| etf2l_6s_legal = No
 
| etf2l_6s_legal = No
 
| etf2l_hl_legal = Yes
 
| etf2l_hl_legal = Yes
 
| description = The Liberty Launcher isn't used often at all in the competitive scene, giving you faster rocket speeds at the cost of one rocket. This weapon doesn't see alot of use, and is widely considered a crutch for bad soldiers.
 
| description = The Liberty Launcher isn't used often at all in the competitive scene, giving you faster rocket speeds at the cost of one rocket. This weapon doesn't see alot of use, and is widely considered a crutch for bad soldiers.
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{{Weapon
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| weapon_name = Cow Mangler 5000
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| image =
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| 6s_legal = No
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| hl_legal = Yes
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| etf2l_6s_legal = No
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| etf2l_hl_legal = Yes
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{{Weapon
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| weapon_name = Beggar's Bazooka
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| image =
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| 6s_legal = No
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| hl_legal = No
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| etf2l_6s_legal = No
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| etf2l_hl_legal = No
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| description = A bomb from a soldier holding the Bazooka is nearly unstoppable. The explosion from overloading the chamber can be used to rocket jump with the full three rockets in the clip, and when a glitch was found to allow holding all three rockets indefinitely, the weapon was quickly banned in all leagues.
 
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| etf2l_hl_legal = Yes
 
| description = The Gunboats give you a 60% reduction in damage taken from rocket jumps, at the cost of an effectively empty secondary slot. This is a common choice for both the roaming soldier role in 6v6, and for soldiers in Highlander.
 
| description = The Gunboats give you a 60% reduction in damage taken from rocket jumps, at the cost of an effectively empty secondary slot. This is a common choice for both the roaming soldier role in 6v6, and for soldiers in Highlander.
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{{Weapon
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| weapon_name = The Buff Banner
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| 6s_legal = Yes
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| hl_legal = Yes
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| etf2l_6s_legal = No
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| etf2l_hl_legal = Yes
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{{Weapon
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| weapon_name = Battalion's Backup
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| 6s_legal = No
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| hl_legal = Yes
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| etf2l_6s_legal = No
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| etf2l_hl_legal = Yes
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{{Weapon
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| weapon_name = Concheror
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| 6s_legal = Yes
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| hl_legal = Yes
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| etf2l_6s_legal = No
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| etf2l_hl_legal = Yes
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{{Weapon
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| weapon_name = Reserve Shooter
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| 6s_legal = No
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| hl_legal = Yes
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| etf2l_6s_legal = No
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| etf2l_hl_legal = Yes
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{{Weapon
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| weapon_name = Righteous Bison
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| 6s_legal = Yes
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| hl_legal = Yes
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| etf2l_6s_legal = No
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| etf2l_hl_legal = Yes
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==Melee==
 
==Melee==
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| weapon_name = Shovel and reskins
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| 6s_legal = Yes
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| hl_legal = Yes
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| etf2l_6s_legal = Yes
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| etf2l_hl_legal = Yes
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{{Weapon
 
{{Weapon
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| weapon_name = The Escape Plan
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| weapon_name = Escape Plan
 
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| image = (image)
 
| 6s_legal = Yes
 
| 6s_legal = Yes
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| description = When holding the Escape Plan, you lower your health, the faster you move. This ability lets soldiers escape from many risky situations, and is used by pocket soldiers to get to mid quickly without using as many of the medic's heals.
 
| description = When holding the Escape Plan, you lower your health, the faster you move. This ability lets soldiers escape from many risky situations, and is used by pocket soldiers to get to mid quickly without using as many of the medic's heals.
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{{Weapon
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| weapon_name = Equalizer
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| 6s_legal = Yes
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| hl_legal = Yes
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| etf2l_6s_legal = No
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{{Weapon
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| weapon_name = Pain Train
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| 6s_legal = Yes
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| hl_legal = Yes
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| etf2l_6s_legal = Yes
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| etf2l_hl_legal = Yes
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{{Weapon
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| weapon_name = Half-Zatoichi
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| image =
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| 6s_legal = Yes
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| hl_legal = Yes
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| etf2l_6s_legal = No
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| etf2l_hl_legal = Yes
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{{Weapon
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| weapon_name = Disciplinary Action
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| 6s_legal = No
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| hl_legal = Yes
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| etf2l_6s_legal = No
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{{Weapon
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| weapon_name = Market Gardener
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| 6s_legal = Yes
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| hl_legal = Yes
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| etf2l_6s_legal = No
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Revision as of 00:33, 2 July 2013

The Soldier is a class played in both 6v6 and Highlander. It is the most basic of the classes, and is a good all-around fighter. The Soldier's weapon of choice is the Rocket Launcher, a projectile weapon with good damage spread and range. The Soldier can adapt to many different situations and is a crucial class to have.

6v6

Main Article: Soldier (6v6)

In 6v6, the Soldier will usually fulfil two main roles: "Pocket" Soldier and "Roaming" Soldier. The Pocket Soldier focuses on keeping his medic alive and using heals to deal damage, take positioning on his enemies, and lead his team. The Roaming Soldier plays a fundamental role in initiating battles for his team by creating distractions and advantages, and supporting his team by controlling the flank, and in turn, the universe.


The Roaming Soldier's main job is to help 1 of his Scouts on the flank, and create openings in the other team so that his team can push. The Roamer is most often the player that will suicide into the other team in hopes of getting a Medic pick or to force the Medic to übercharge. The Roamer also wants to know the ins and outs of a map so that he knows all of its hiding spots and flanks. Hiding is another one of the Roamer's jobs. He wants to hide so that he can easily get a jump on the enemy team and hopefully get a pick or two. Hiding also provides the advantage of knowing exactly what the enemy team is doing, allowing the roamer to relay tons of information back to his team and gaining an advantage over the opposition.

Highlander

Main Article: Soldier (Highlander)

In Highlander, there is only one Soldier on each team. This Soldier often functions like a Roaming Soldier would in 6v6. As such, many 6v6 Roamer strategies can be applied to Highlander as well. Often used as a roaming pick class, the soldier is mostly run with gunboats and the stock launcher, or the black box. A well coordinated team can organize pick classes to work together for a common goal, like forcing a medic or taking out a engineer nest. As soldier; in most maps you are also the flank controller. You defend the flanks, and in turn, kill anything there. Say you are on the flank, you find people there and kill them, you aren't LOOKING for them, you're just defending the flank

Primary

Rocket Launcher

This is the default primary weapon for the soldier, due to its versatility. The combination of high splash and direct damage, four rocket clipsize, knockback and the ability to rocket jump make this the most popular choice for almost every soldier.

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ESEA 6s legal? Yes
UGC HL legal? Yes
ETF2L 6s legal? Yes
ETF2L HL legal? Yes


Direct Hit

A spinoff of the default primary weapon, allowing for precise shots due to the reduced spread and buffed damage. Granting minicrits for airshots and dealing buffed damage to buildings, the Direct Hit is a great weapon to counter jumping soldiers, or to take out the enemy sentry. The projectiles also travel 80% faster

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ESEA 6s legal? Yes
UGC HL legal? Yes
ETF2L 6s legal? No
ETF2L HL legal? Yes


The Black Box

The black box has identical stats to the stock rocket launcher, except for the fact that you have one less rocket, but gain 15 health for every enemy you hit. This makes the black box ideal for roaming around the map without a medic. Pioneered by Vhalin, the black box can be used effectively if you can land your rockets with accuracy.

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ESEA 6s legal? Yes
UGC HL legal? Yes
ETF2L 6s legal? No
ETF2L HL legal? Yes


Rocket Jumper

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ESEA 6s legal? Yes
UGC HL legal? Yes
ETF2L 6s legal? No
ETF2L HL legal? Yes


The Liberty Launcher

The Liberty Launcher isn't used often at all in the competitive scene, giving you faster rocket speeds at the cost of one rocket. This weapon doesn't see alot of use, and is widely considered a crutch for bad soldiers.

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ESEA 6s legal? No
UGC HL legal? Yes
ETF2L 6s legal? No
ETF2L HL legal? Yes


Cow Mangler 5000

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ESEA 6s legal? No
UGC HL legal? Yes
ETF2L 6s legal? No
ETF2L HL legal? Yes


Beggar's Bazooka

A bomb from a soldier holding the Bazooka is nearly unstoppable. The explosion from overloading the chamber can be used to rocket jump with the full three rockets in the clip, and when a glitch was found to allow holding all three rockets indefinitely, the weapon was quickly banned in all leagues.

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ESEA 6s legal? No
UGC HL legal? No
ETF2L 6s legal? No
ETF2L HL legal? No


Secondary

Shotgun

The shotgun is the go-to secondary for pocket soldiers in the 6v6 game style.

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ESEA 6s legal? Yes
UGC HL legal? Yes
ETF2L 6s legal? Yes
ETF2L HL legal? Yes


The Gunboats

The Gunboats give you a 60% reduction in damage taken from rocket jumps, at the cost of an effectively empty secondary slot. This is a common choice for both the roaming soldier role in 6v6, and for soldiers in Highlander.

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ESEA 6s legal? Yes
UGC HL legal? Yes
ETF2L 6s legal? Yes
ETF2L HL legal? Yes


The Buff Banner

[[File:|frameless|150px]]

ESEA 6s legal? Yes
UGC HL legal? Yes
ETF2L 6s legal? No
ETF2L HL legal? Yes


Battalion's Backup

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ESEA 6s legal? No
UGC HL legal? Yes
ETF2L 6s legal? No
ETF2L HL legal? Yes


Concheror

[[File:|frameless|150px]]

ESEA 6s legal? Yes
UGC HL legal? Yes
ETF2L 6s legal? No
ETF2L HL legal? Yes


Reserve Shooter

[[File:|frameless|150px]]

ESEA 6s legal? No
UGC HL legal? Yes
ETF2L 6s legal? No
ETF2L HL legal? Yes


Righteous Bison

[[File:|frameless|150px]]

ESEA 6s legal? Yes
UGC HL legal? Yes
ETF2L 6s legal? No
ETF2L HL legal? Yes


Melee

Shovel and reskins

[[File:|frameless|150px]]

ESEA 6s legal? Yes
UGC HL legal? Yes
ETF2L 6s legal? Yes
ETF2L HL legal? Yes


Escape Plan

When holding the Escape Plan, you lower your health, the faster you move. This ability lets soldiers escape from many risky situations, and is used by pocket soldiers to get to mid quickly without using as many of the medic's heals.

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ESEA 6s legal? Yes
UGC HL legal? Yes
ETF2L 6s legal? Yes
ETF2L HL legal? Yes


Equalizer

[[File:|frameless|150px]]

ESEA 6s legal? Yes
UGC HL legal? Yes
ETF2L 6s legal? No
ETF2L HL legal? Yes


Pain Train

[[File:|frameless|150px]]

ESEA 6s legal? Yes
UGC HL legal? Yes
ETF2L 6s legal? Yes
ETF2L HL legal? Yes


Half-Zatoichi

[[File:|frameless|150px]]

ESEA 6s legal? Yes
UGC HL legal? Yes
ETF2L 6s legal? No
ETF2L HL legal? Yes


Disciplinary Action

[[File:|frameless|150px]]

ESEA 6s legal? No
UGC HL legal? Yes
ETF2L 6s legal? No
ETF2L HL legal? Yes


Market Gardener

[[File:|frameless|150px]]

ESEA 6s legal? Yes
UGC HL legal? Yes
ETF2L 6s legal? No
ETF2L HL legal? Yes


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