The Frankenheavy item set from Scream Fortress 2011 changes all of Heavy’s taunts to the eponymous taunt. He has no idea you’re staring right at him, and if he goes for the backstab you can instantly cancel the taunt and treat him to your own melee weapon right between the eyes.ģ. If you’ve just killed a Dead Ringer spy, or if you just know there’s one nearby and you’re otherwise in a position of complete safety, use a cancelable taunt like High Five! and rotate the camera 180 degrees. This trick is very situational and only works once against a spy with any level of intelligence, but it’s pretty damn funny when you pull it off. Still, there are plenty of situations where it can be useful to look around a corner without exposing your body to the enemy.Ģ. Once upon a time this was used constantly by Demomen, standing in the high-five taunt and watching sticky traps from a place of complete safety, but Valve patched that out. Generic all-purpose third person.The first and most obvious, taunts give you an ability to look around corners and get a more broad screenshot of the map around you, with the only downside being the few seconds of vulnerability while you do it. And I’m not talking about intended effects like taunt kills. But like everything other seemingly-pointless just-for-fun game mechanic, I’m here to nitpick the hell out of the entire concept, wringing out every possible competitive advantage. Nowadays they’re hard to avoid with very attention-drawing musical jingles, unusual effects, and contagious dances. Taunts are a silly yet fun addition to TF2 that have have grown more and more pernicious as time goes on.

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