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Of course the soda popper, a weapon whose model literally has a crit-a-cola attached to it, synergizes with the crit-a-cola.

"There are so many times where you hit someone and they immediately turn around and delete you from the universe." Spy Mains: First time?

The balance history of this weapon is so infuriating, it started as a very simple concept, maybe not perfectly balanced but not too bad, and today it’s effectively very similar to how it started, but all the dumb shit Valve did in between makes absolutely no sense.

Fun fact: The crit-a-cola is banned in competitive because being able to one shot the medic and run is incredibly powerful, especially since you won't really be taking much damage after firing 1-2 shots and running. This strategy effectively nullifies the downside. Even if you do die, though, the med pick is still often worth it, meaning if you hit your shots, its a win win scenario.

Cool. A crit-a-cola analysis. I haven’t actually seen one of those in a while, I might revisit the weapon.

TheWhat: "why would you mix a damage vulnerability with taking mini crit damage" *me who pairs the steak with warriors spirit*

i find it funny that the crit o cola originally didn’t have a unique model when it was added and just used the bonk particle and model

13:10 “Truly, someone who appreciates the high taste(tm)” *...and deadly radiation poisoning*

Try the Fan-O-War next. I feel like it turns scout into spy, rewarding smart flanks with easy picks, but you have to get in melee range. However, unlike Spy, after you get the pick, you can keep fighting and possibly continue picking up kills.

Can we get a vid on the Eviction Notice and how counter-intuitive it is to use? You have to pull it out and hit someone to take advantage of the upsides, but you slowly lose max health, lose that max health faster if you’re switching between it too often, the max health regen is slow so you can’t pull it out as often, it can drop your max health below the previous version’s vulnerability, and it doesn’t even properly stack with the Buffalo Steak Sandvich. WHY DID VALVE NERF THE EVICTION NOTICE!?

If Scout had access to the bushwhacka than a “crit-whacka” combo would be more scary than any other weapon combination in this game

So basically, an absolutely painful scout loadout would be babyface's blaster, crit-o-cola, candycane

Great analysis of the Crit-a-Cola! Only thing I would have mentioned is that you can drink the cola, pick a pistol off the ground, and deal Mini-crits with it. Granted, that almost never happens, but I like to do it whenever my team's getting spawncamped

Combining this thing with the shortstop is stupid fun. *Meet the Sniper*

best loadout: back scatter, COC, fan-o-war

I'd like to see the phlog covered more in depth. such a weird weapon, doesn't take too much skill to totally stomp a pub, however claimed to be nigh useless in higher levels of play due to the lack of airblast. Also how having a pocket med as phlog can turn it from meh to oppressive, and how even the phlog can be used in competitive on certain chokier maps

Fun fact: the reason why you don't mini crits from hitting yourself to the Boston basher is you have crit immunity to your own crits even tho the sound of mini crits and crits hitting still plays like normal

the crit-a-cola is basically a "get gud" weapon, it makes good players deal more damage but if you aren't good and can't aim then you just die

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Amazing video. Definitely convinced me to give the COC another look

The Brass Beast is also paradoxically simultaneously terrible and overpowered.

I had forgotten the dark ages of scunt dominance. watching this video gave me PTSD for the hyper speed scouts immediately after the pyro update. 11/10

I'd heavily recommend putting up the actual item description for the inventory along each change over time.

Extremely good video but I personally think the Fan O War is actually a better option than the Crit A Cola. First it take the melee slot which that mean that you can still use a secondary and it doesn't really have a downside . Yes the Fan does 8 damage but it's not really a problem since using your melee to kill people is not really effective , just reload your primary instead. Plus you can litteraly pull those Mini Crit out of your ass And finally you can "select" your victim so you and your team can deal minicrits to that said target and the Resupply locker doesn't remove the Marked for Death effect The Fan O War is trully good if you used it to flank and select important target for your team like an overheal Heavy , Vacc Medic or even a player under the effect of the Quick fix uber. But the weakness of the Fan is that you need to be at melee range to make something with it. That's why the Scattergun is actually meh with the Fan but has more power if you combine it with Soda popper , Force A Nature and Baby Face Blaster because they simply have less bullet and it kinda erase this downside if you play your card right. Personally I have the same opinion on the Fan O War that you have on the Candy Cane

Using COC with scattergun: Literally satan Using COC with melee: Chillest guy on the planet

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I feel like the Crit-A-Cola was added by mistake and Valve decided to keep it in the game as an experiment.

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Call it the COC, no balls

Brass beast also fits the category of Schrodinger's balance IMO, you can shred through the enemy team, but it's difficult keeping up with your team unless you are a cart turret

At this point I'll consider RSL as a scam. And I'm considering anyone getting sponsored a scamming víctim now. F.

I always liked the force a nature crit o cola combo back in its vanilla state. If you somehow missed your instant kill your opponent got yeeted away. Bonus points for the easy sandman stun to guarantee your escape

Crit-o-cola basically makes you the "Extreme glass cannon" where if you get touched you instantly die and if you hit someone its like hitting them with a hydrogen bomb

Damn I havent used this weapon in so long that I thought it still had the speed increase

Sniping with crit-o-cola and Shortstop combo feel good

15:09 If you struggle with accuracy at high speeds the Backscatter's lower accuracy can actually be beneficial. Even with some pellets missing, the ones that could hit will deal Minicrits, which is a good chunk of damage regardless and may be more consistent.

I feel like the Bonk is in the same boat. The invincibility can enable some insanely high iq plays but people only know it as "HURR RUN PAST SENTRY AND DIE"

I honestly feel that the crit-cola is so strong specifically because its a scout weapon. If the weapon was on something like a pyro it'd be more tolerable. Mainly because the downside only kicks in when you get hit and scout's whole deal is DODGING.

i actually believe that as a defensive weapon the brass beast is way to underrated,waiting at chokepoints and ambushing from there can delete entire teams

Sunonastick reduces burn damage while active, and that's pretty big for scout but pretend I never said that it's terrible/s

I feel like the loose cannon is also like this. You can either fuck up every light class ever or just die to a mini sentry because the mechanics of the cannon ball are wacky.

12:20 is it just me or is that a soldier with a flamethrower

I think that the best weapon in the entire game is... the Scottish handshake funny square bottle go brrr

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At 4:15, there's one incorrect information, the BFB's speed boost does not stack with the (past) crit a cola's speed boost.

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The most balanced it's been is when the mark for death if you shoot downside was first released, at first it DIDN'T apply to melee weapons, meaning Scout FINALLY had somewhat viable melee playstyle, plus projectiles of Sandman and wrap assasin also didn't trigger the mark... And then they literally nerfed it for no reason. Even now in it's weakest form, Crit a cola is still banned from competitive, that melee nerf did nothing to please comp players but robbed us casual players from having alternative Scout playstyle. I wish us Casual players demanded that mark for death doesn't apply if you use melee weapons or use their projectiles, this will make it a perfect meme loadout weapon for KNIGHTSCOUT! Or Sir KnaveScout.

11:49 Top Ten Worst Anime Betrayals, that soldier was at nearly zero health and died like ten seconds later.

I would consider the baby face blaster something really good and awful at the same time, juat due to the boost being so fragile, you can gain it fast by using any pistol or bleed weapon, but it goes away really fast too if the enemy can actually aim (or just spam shotgun shots at you too lol)

Crit-A-Cola certainly seems to operate under the idea of 'You are a glass cannon, but so is everyone else'. You get a huge damage boost, but in return, so does everyone else against you. However, the main flaw with this design is the fact that Scout is *already* a glass cannon. He's one of the weakest classes in the game, meaning that every enemy you're going up against will have more health than you (unless it's a Big Earner/Kunai Spy, and even then you don't need minicrits to take one of those down). The other secondaries Scout has are just...more consistent options. Damage? Guillotine, 50 damage right off the bat and 40 damage through bleed (if uninterrupted). Security? Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol. Fires fast and gives you health. Utility? Winger. An extra boost to your jump height can really get you to places enemies aren't likely expecting a Scout to be, and it comes with slightly higher base damage to boot. The Cola's big damage boost does work best when you're catching a group of enemies off guard but...so does literally everything else when enemies are caught off guard. As a Scout, you can already consistently two to three shot most classes, and you're not likely to take down more enemies caught off guard with Cola than you would normally since you're taking more damage than usual; as soon as you're noticed you're dead from the minicrits.

Fun fact: the nerfs and buffs track with uranium prices- nerfs as the price increases and visa versa

16:57 omg the clueless pyro stealing that is PAIN

"But everyone else is immensely powerful against you." How is that different from Stock Scout?

i still remember how max speed bfb scout would outrun his hitbox, was the worst thing

New neglectable side effect: it allows you to kinda cheese the advanced offensive weapons contract for the Back Scatter, as the secondary objective says “kill with mini-crits,” not specifically “kill from behind”.

Most weapons: I'm here on the scale Crit-a-Cola: I AM THE SCALE

I don't think BFB and crit a cola technically "stacked" because the BFB brings you to 520hmu/s at max boost, which is the ground speed limit in the game. I know it used to be lower but I don't think it was ever nonexistant.

The crit a cola looks like it’s grape or blackberry flavor, or even açaí berry flavor but mixed with cola! Cola is made from coca leaves, citrus zest, and various spices. And the other flavor is a fruit.

Love the little touch that your in-game name is Crit-O-Cola Connoisseur at the start

If you already die to 1 hit with rockets and pipes normally, candycane is basically a direct upgrade

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Fun fact: you can actually bypass the crit o cola's mini crits on self if you swap secondaries right after you drink it, before firing. Only downside is drinking it and then picking it up will likely shave off an extra second of already-precious time you could be using to slaughter, and it is also much more situational than before to use.

You balance it by giving it 2 more seconds of crit time and that instead of being M.F.D when dealing damage, be M.F.D while the ability is avaliable, like old times.

While it isn’t particularly unbalanced now, the crit o cola is still not a very motivating option for secondary due to other secondaries being more consistent and not having so crippling downsides. So, what about: +Mini-Crits while active +Lasts 6 seconds -Mini-Crits while active have falloff -30% damage vulnerability while active -Attacks against you while active have no falloff

Very good video! I just got this randomly recommended to me and I look forward to watching your other videos as well!

The cola encourages a high risk high reward style of play, which is how I think scout should be played.

9:42 ok that bit got me

"the grape flavour kinda tastes like cough medicine" LEAN!!!!!!!!!

Thought of a skit where scout gets thirsty at home so he grabs a crit-a-cola from his fridge and drinks it but then he stubs his toe and fucking explodes

Nice editing, you explained everything well. Loony approved 👍

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5:18 you got me there

Technically, the hitmasn’s heat maker is also with the critacola

Great video, and love the Mario Galaxy music.

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ayeee dimension as the outro music. you got my respect now

this along with the Bonk Atomic Punch are probably Scout's most balanced secondaries (as of today, of course)

I think its good because it does what its supposed to. Make scout the fast hard to hit dodging small man more of a glass cannon than he already is. So it rewards good evasion and hitting targets more and punishes getting hit and missing more. So its essentially the narcissists drink

good and bad weapon is the loose cannon. it's bad when you can't land double donks because your pipes do 56 damage on direct hit.

from what I remember, the Cozy Camper was also added in a random update

How do you have the converse and socks? Whenever i equip them i don't have the long socks.

i felt excitement when i saw that you've made a new video, i guess that means your content is pretty good, keep it up :)

Back when soda popper gave you mini crits and crit o cola was also OP. Man, good days.

2:34 is when the ad ends for the people who need it

i go around servers trolling with fat scout and i see a crit a cola scout and it takes one shot to kill him. Truly the worst overpowered weapon

I feel like the Back scatter would be more appealing to people if it gave you FULL crits.

I will never stop running this and the fish Ultimate meme

I remember a friend came up with a really stupid way of balancing the criti-cola by giving literal crits but it also marks you for death and reduces your max health by 75 for as long as it lasts. It would turn it into an absolute joke but I can't deny it would be interesting

when you kill someone with it: Great! When you don’t kill someone with it: Awful!

Scout had lean before it was even a thing

I didn't expect the outro music to be my favorite song. :)

scoutknight with the soda popper, crit-a-cola and three-rune blade is pretty fun

My first scout load out besides stock was the candy cane stock and the criticola. I bearly used the cola in the first place not knowing good positioning.

6:06 - WHY AM I LEARNING THIS JUST NOW?!

Man this weapon has been through so many changes to game breaking points. I think now it's balanced, maybe needing a few tweaks

Does anybody notice how the most replayed part of the video is directly after the sponsor

The music here is giving me one hell of a nostalgia trip

Love the super mario galaxy music in the background

Playing with the Crit-a-Cola is like playing as a faster Big Earner Spy, fucking fly lands on you and you'll have 6 hp.