
Jumper, making him weaker in direct combat, especially when grounded.


However, the bounce makes grenades unwieldy at close range. A Demoman's grenades can bounce over cover and around corners narrow passageways are especially dangerous, given the grenades' splash radius.Attack the Demoman while he is reloading. The Grenade Launcher has a long reload time and a small clip.Main article: Demoman weapons Primary Weapon He sacrifices the Stickybomb Launcher, which makes his area control much weaker, and he can be pressured to swap between his weapons and run out of melee or ranged resources quickly. A Demoknight typically also takes a melee weapon with extended range, skewing melee fights in his favor, as well as the Grenade Launcher for ranged combat. The Demoman can use the shield's charge ability to quickly close a distance and deal critical melee damage. The Demoman's explosive weapons take a long time to reload, so catching him by surprise leaves him at a major disadvantage.Īlternatively, a Demoman can literally charge into battle by equipping a damage-reducing shield, indicated by a shield strapped to his left arm. The Stickybomb Launcher, in particular, forces you to consider possible Stickybomb traps as you navigate the battlefield. It is best to engage him at close range, where his weapons are hard to aim and inflict self-harm. Avoiding his charge and staying outside his extended melee range gives you room to counterattack.Ī Demoman with an explosive loadout can deal high damage over a large area. A Demoman with a shield and melee weapon can charge at you to deal critical damage.All of the Demoman's explosives can harm himself, giving you an advantage if you force him to fight at close range.Make it difficult for him to aim by getting close and moving unpredictably.

The Demoman is deadly at range but fires all of his projectiles in an arc.The Demoman is slower than the majority of the classes, but he can still chase you down if he uses a melee combat loadout or utilizes explosive jumps.A Demoman carrying a shield has significant resistance to fire and explosive damage, but is fully vulnerable to bullets and melee attacks.Check what weapons he's wielding to estimate his health pool. Certain weapons change the Demoman's maximum health or heal him each time he gets a kill.The Demoman has a base health of 175, so he can withstand a considerable amount of damage.If you can see a shield on the Demoman's left arm, you can be certain that his loadout has no secondary weapon and is melee-oriented.

A Demoman using a shield instead of a trap secondary weapon will always have the shield visible.Pay attention to where he places his explosives, especially if you can't move from cover. As his name implies, the Demoman is excellent as demolitions.He is particularly good at mid-range combat. The Demoman is great at both offense and defense.
