TF2 Air Strafing

Hello again! This is a basic tutorial for air strafing. It shows the main pattern that makes you more unpredictable so that you don't get air shot so easily when jumping towards an enemy. Sorry about the little over-heal + signs. I couldn't take them off for some reason. Anyways, I hope this helps all you soldiers and demos out there!

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• Team
• fortress
• tutorial
• air
• strafe
• soldier
• demoman
• hostile
• faction
• boogie

[EveryNameAssigned]

little mistake in this video:

crouching does NOT give you maximum control

while crouching, your movement speed on ground is lower then while standing

and just the maximum speed affects the strafing ( i play alot surfmaps on tf2 so i tried that often

also my bad english should not be connected to the statement :D

[mrchazanthony]

@EveryNameAssigned

what? I said crouching in the air. not on the ground... you can reach higher places with crouch jumping. also, your hitbox gets smaller when you crouch in the air making it harder for hitscan weapons to hit you.

[EveryNameAssigned]

@mrchazanthony i was talking about the time while youre flying

at that time you can strafe faster while standing and i do know that crouch rocketjumps make you alot faster but if youre in the air you can let go of the crouch key which gives you more control on the actual movement

[mrchazanthony]

@EveryNameAssigned actually you dont get faster. youre speed is exactly the same. type showpos in console and look at your speed when you do both. crouching gives you more control and makes your hitbox smaller. also when you are crouching and you do get airpiped or air rocketed, the crouch allows you to surf it. While you're standing you cant ride rockets as efficiently.

[Diablood777]

do you use rj config?

[mrchazanthony]

@Diablood777 nope. all jump+crouch. Playing a lot of TFC or fortress forever make it second nature to press crouch when you jump.

[PetrolimexCnR]

And do u hold W?

[PetrolimexCnR]

You use r_viewmodelfov 70 and why would u do that? it will cover 45% of your screen. For me i use r_drawviewmodel 0 => it hides ur hand and weaps making easier to aim+ airshotting. Btw, nice tutorial

[Bighomer5]

the hardest thing is to aim while air-strafing o_o

[turtlehater2]

So do you crouch+jump then crouch again? I'm also having trouble letting go of the W key....strange habit it makes me feel like I'm going faster.

[jaredglasgow3]

nice vid well discribed

[1For3The3Win7]

The best way to learn how to air strafing is to play surf. The way surf works it also makes air strafing easier.

[BlackMagic8520]

@r4ngepker No, the damage isn't that high. Also there is an item called the Gunboats which replaces your shotgun, which makes damage from your own rockets drop by something like 60%, thus making rocket jumping take even less damage.

[r4ngepker]

Guys won't u get dmg from ur shooting ur rocket so close 2 u and won't u die when u fall?

[glukaschlok]

Crouching isn't necessary when you're already in the air. You can actually do higher/further jumps if you (quickly) tapcrouch before shooting, but it's hard to time and can be somewhat inconsistent (you also have to crouch again whenever you need to extend your jump).

[fudlite]

@EveryNameAssigned later, faggot.