Team Fortress 2has a ton of unique weapons, each with its own stats, attributes, and effective situational use. Because of the huge collection of usable weapons, a lot of subclasses and new play styles can be made by pairing different weapons with each other. Take, for example, the popular Jarate plus Bushwacka combo of the Sniper.
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Jarate coats the enemies in mini-crit debuff substance, and the Bushwacka deals an automatic critical hit on enemies coated in Jarate. Besides this very useful weapon pairing, there are other useful weapon combinations that are used by different classes.
Updated 10-06-2025 by Erik Petrovich:The immense number of possible builds for each class inTeam Fortress 2is staggering. However, some kitssimply work better than others. The Jarate Sniper is a classic go-to, while the Boston Basher Scout build is a new favorite. When it comes to mixing long and short-range damage effectively, these twoTF2loadouts take the cake, along with the rest of the loadouts in this list.
12Jarate Sniper
The Jarate Sniper build is focused on dealing increased damage to enemies coated in Jarate. While it’s best not to get into exactlywhatJarate is, inTeam Fortress 2,the sniper can throw this jar of liquid at enemies to obscure their sight briefly and increase damage dealt to them for a short amount of time.
The default sniper rifle is the way to go with most ranged sniper builds – it’s just the most reliable. But paired with the Bushwacka, a sniper who uses Jarate effectively will be able to keep the pressure up atboth long and short distances.
11Boston Basher Scout
The Boston Basher Scout build is an effective one for whittling down enemies with quick melee hits and shots from the scout’s scattergun. In terms ofTF2weapon loadouts, The Boston Basher is a fantastic item on its own, but pairs best with either the default scattergun and pistol or with the Bonk! Atomic Punch to inflict damage-over-time on enemies without fear of retaliation.
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The Boston Basher is not one to be used over and over again on an enemy. Instead, try to get a hit in, then switch to other weapons for a few seconds while the bleed effect takes its toll. Finally, come back in again to re-bleed the foe.
10Mann VS Machine Scout
The Scout is one of the fastest, yet most squishy classes inTF2.Though a bruiser in the Badlands, he excels as a support inTF2’sPvE mode: Mann Versus Machine (MVM). In collecting the fallen money from robots, he helps his team get much-needed upgrades. But the Scout can help with much more than that. With the Force-A-Nature, the Scout can knock back key targets and possibly drive the bomb carrier back to the start.
The Mad Milk can douse groups of robots in “non-milk” and allow his teammates to restore health. When upgraded, enemies coated by this substance move slower. And lastly, the Fan o’War tags key enemies and amplifies the damage they receive allowing for quicker key target elimination. With this loadout, the Scout helps his MvM team immensely.
9Combo Pyro
The Pyro is known to belch flames to groups of enemies and turn them to ashes. With this loadout, however, the Pyro can utilize a quicker approach in finishing off enemies at a time. The Degreaser is a flamethrower that doesn’t do much afterburn damage, yet it allows the Pyro to switch weapons significantly faster.
This could be paired with the Flare Gun, since the flare gun does 90 damage to burning enemies. Thiscombo can finish off low healthclasses like the Scout immediately. Alternatively, the Pyro can incorporate the Powerjack into thisTF2loadout to restore some health lost in the engagement.
8Undying Soldier
This loadout is a solid choice for all ofTF2’sgame modes. Though the Black Box has a smaller clip size, it returns damage done to the user as health for a maximum of +20 HP on hit. To add to this weapon’s sustaining attributes, the Concheror is a banner that gives the Soldier +4 health per second. The Concheror has a meter that fills up when the Soldier deals damage.
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When the meter is filled, it gives theSoldier’s nearby allies healthby dealing damage, as well as a huge speed buff. Lastly, should the Soldier find himself in sticky situations, the Escape Plan allows him to move faster on lower health making for some quick escapes. This loadout overall makes the Soldier a self-sustaining, hard-to-kill mercenary.
7Hybrid Demoknight
The Demoman’s default loadout has him use an explosive primary and secondary weapon. Utilizing this loadout, the Demoman can diversify his approach. At the cost of a 15% blast radius, the Iron Bomber is a quicker-fuse grenade launcher that allows for faster damage output.
Pair this with thefoundational weapons of the Demoknightsubclass, the Demoman would be made lethal in both close-quarter combat and mid-range area denial. Additionally, the Chargin' Targe’s added damage resistances allows him to better engage with combat classes.
6Rushin' Heavy
Heavy is a slow, tanky class. To compensate for his lack of speed, this is a loadout that speeds up the Heavy up a bit. Though slower in firing, the Tomislav spins up faster than the minigun. Additionally, the Tomislav is more accurate, allowing the Heavy to deal consistent damage from long-range. This means that he can get tohis position on the battlefieldquicker given this range.
Adding to this, the gloves of running urgently give the Heavy a 30% speed boost while deployed. The Sandvich is a solid secondary choice for the Heavy as this can be used to replenish health for both him and his team.
5Fortified Engineer
The Engineer’s buildings are already hard enough to deal with as they are. With the rescue ranger, however, this is made even harder. This weapon fires repairing bolts to fix friendly buildings. That means damage done to a Sentry can be quickly undone by a Rescue Ranger Engineer from a safe distance. The Engineer can also recall the Sentry back to him should it take too much damage, and repair it at a secluded location.
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Adding to this, the Wrangler protects the sentry with a shield that absorbs 66% of incoming damage. When used in conjunction with the Rescue Ranger, taking out the sentry becomes a pain for the enemy team.
4Combat Engineer
Another approach to playing Engineer is to be on the offense. The Widowmaker needs no reload. It uses metal for ammo. However, damage done to an enemy is also returned as metal. In the hands of an accurate Engineer, this weapon will never run out of ammo,allowing for a sustained offense.
The Gunslinger deploys a fast building mini-sentry that uses only 100 metal. In addition to this, the Engineer is given an additional 25 health allowing for an offensive build. When used in conjunction with a viable shotgun like the Widowmaker, the Engineer takes a whole new aggressive approach to the battlefield.
3Battle-Ready Medic
Arguably, the Crusader’s Crossbow and the Ubersaw are two ofthe best Medic weapons. They are often paired together because of the added offense and support they give the Medic. The crossbow heals up to 150 health in an instant, and deals damaging blows to enemies from a distance.
When used in conjunction with the Quick Fix, a rapidly healing medi-gun, the Medic can keep his team’s HP filled faster than normal. The Ubersaw on the other hand gives 25% UberCharge per hit. Just one hit can jump the Medic’s Uber up by a respectable amount. This loadout turns the Medic into a fast-paced healer that sustains his team’s push.
