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<\/p><\/div>"} 1 Assess the Scout's abilities. 1. The Scout runs around 1/3 faster than the other classes that run at standard speed. The Scout is also capable of using a double jump to dart around in the air during combat or reach places unreachable to other classes (excluding Soldiers and Demomen). The superior speed and movement is one of the key abilities to his style of gameplay, and you should hardly ever be staying still. Jump around and move in unpredictable patterns during combat to make it harder for the enemy to aim at you, giving you a further advantage. {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/4\/4f\/Play-As-a-Scout-in-Team-Fortress-2-Step-3Bullet1.jpg\/v4-460px-Play-As-a-Scout-in-Team-Fortress-2-Step-3Bullet1.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/4\/4f\/Play-As-a-Scout-in-Team-Fortress-2-Step-3Bullet1.jpg\/aid392592-v4-728px-Play-As-a-Scout-in-Team-Fortress-2-Step-3Bullet1.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":288,"bigWidth":"728","bigHeight":"455","licensing":"<div class=\"mw-parser-output\"><p>License: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/3.0\/\">Creative Commons<\/a><br>

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2. The Scout has a health pool of 125 HP. This is one of the Scout's main weaknesses; being exposed to heavy damage (such as a Heavy's Minigun or a Sentry gun) will kill you very quickly. You will be constantly rushing for health packs or a Medic to keep yourself alive. Make sure you memorize the maps you play on so you know how to retreat from a battle or rush for a health pack to heal you. {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/0\/0b\/Play-As-a-Scout-in-Team-Fortress-2-Step-3Bullet2.jpg\/v4-460px-Play-As-a-Scout-in-Team-Fortress-2-Step-3Bullet2.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/0\/0b\/Play-As-a-Scout-in-Team-Fortress-2-Step-3Bullet2.jpg\/aid392592-v4-728px-Play-As-a-Scout-in-Team-Fortress-2-Step-3Bullet2.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":288,"bigWidth":"728","bigHeight":"455","licensing":"<div class=\"mw-parser-output\"><p>License: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/3.0\/\">Creative Commons<\/a><br>

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<\/p><\/div>"} 2 Remember your speed. As a Scout, your biggest advantage is speed. This allows you to escape in tight spots. Scout, with the exception of Spy, is the only class who can get into a fight and get away clean by running away. You can run across places other classes can't. You can easily capture the "intelligence" in Capture The Flag games. You can also easily capture control points, as Scouts capture twice as fast, and can run before any enemies attack them. You can also use your speed, to a certain extent, to avoid enemy fire, although don't rely on it for heavy, concentrated fire. Jumping around and running in unpredictable patterns in combat makes it harder for the enemy to accurately aim at you, so use this to your advantage.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 3 Remember your health. As a Scout, your biggest disadvantage is your low health pool. Your health pool is at only 125, so you will be constantly rushing around for health packs. Make sure you memorize the maps and remember where they are. One of the best way of staying alive is attacking while your targets are focused on killing one of your team-mates. If you are at the center of attention, you are likely to take heavy damage and die very quickly.

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<\/p><\/div>"} 4 Use your double jump! As a Scout, you can, while in the air, jump again to get a double jump. You can reach places inaccessible to other classes (excluding Soldiers and Demomen). Utilizing your double jumps to take small shortcuts on maps can make you traverse even quicker, or get you into advantageous positions (e.g. straight behind your targets without them knowing, allowing you to wound or even kill them).

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<\/p><\/div>"} 5 Take the front lines! Scouts aren't particularly known for their defensive abilities, but they perform at their best on the front lines. Being in a small group is the most convenient, as Scouts are known to die quickly if they're on their own with a lot of enemies surrounding them. Assisting your team-mates in attacking ensures the highest rate of survival for you, if your enemies keep their attention off you. Strike at them from positions they wouldn't expect, and even if you don't manage to kill them in the first encounter, run off to get a health pack or something else, and strike again when their attention is focused on something else. Scouts are probably at their weakest if they get caught up in direct confrontations. Assisting other players attack and attacking from unexpected positions greatly bolsters their ability to perform better.