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Jarate vs SMG

# May 29, 2009 at 9:41 PM

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Jingle! 90799

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What does everyone think of the secondary slot unlocks...

SMG is pretty bad compared to other secondaries but still a secondary, and it can be used in combination with noscopes for l33t dmgz.

Jarate is really helpful and It's nice to have people on your team not complaining about snipers quite as much because it's helpful to your team(2 reasons?!) and because it's really helpful to have vs fire and spies..

I don't know which I'm gonna use but leaning toward SMG..

# May 29, 2009 at 9:44 PM

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xxsmashslayerxx 83996

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Jarate.

# May 29, 2009 at 9:53 PM

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Pope Leo the 3rd 90727

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Jarate -> Kukri combo kills people at close range. Sniper Rifle almost never does.

# May 29, 2009 at 9:54 PM

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sishgupta 79293

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i think the combo should be

bow+jar

and

sniper+smg

# May 29, 2009 at 10:22 PM

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Chaos 82705

I'll be using Jarate full time. Razorback is garbage, and I hardly use the smg anyway. No scopes are easy with a crosshair so I don't need smg to finish, and Jarate is nice to assist my teammates in spamming. Sure, the smg is good for killing weakened people trying to kill you, but you aren't going to get anyone at full health with it, the Jarate provides good utility.

# May 29, 2009 at 10:27 PM

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The Blind Sniper 90594

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Razorback is the obvious choice, I don't know why valve would make such an OP item.

# May 29, 2009 at 10:30 PM

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[H]oi BoC 78912

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sishgupta
i think the combo should be

bow+jar

and

sniper+smg

i do the opposite

oh and always razor

# May 29, 2009 at 10:39 PM

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Jingle! 90799

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yeah i just played a few games with jarate and its actually better than i thought, went to a random pub on hydro and only went for hs part of the time and owned nubbz with noscopes and machete kills after jar lol.. even though they were just terrible i still like the dmg boost and it puts out fire.. i agree with boc on the opposite of what album said just preference wise though..

# May 29, 2009 at 10:40 PM

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WarningSDE 85254

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I agree with BoC, it should be the other way

# May 29, 2009 at 11:31 PM

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At the moment I am leaning torwards Jarate. Enemies don't dodge it, you miss with it. Might give you a chance to kill scouts if you can jarate them and score 2 noscopes. Putting out fires on yourself is an added plus in pubs, fire renders you useless for a good 10 seconds and leaves you weak. Of course the obvious thing is the potential for team synergy by using this. Throwing it into the Soldier (Sometimes Heavy) & medic team at the start could be devastating. I'll have to try it in a scrim sometime and see how it works. Jarate and then a kritz push? There are many, many possibilities.

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