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What is superbursting or ubering?
Superbursting which is this, , or which some people call ubering, is a brief period of time, 8 seconds to be exact, when a medic and his target become invincible. It takes a great deal of charging on the medic's part to build it up, but it is excellent when used properly for leveling out autogun nests and hordes of enemies. These are usually the deciding points of games where there are many engineers or defenders. These are the perfect way to try to destroy obstacles, as the medic's target also gets unlimited ammo, as well as invincibly. It also conveniently douses any flames the target may have. The uberburst is one of the strongest weapons of the game, and here are some tips on who to uberburst.

How to uber
Simply click m2 when the little appears and your bar in the lower right corner is full. You can either save it or use it immediately. You also have to be healing someone to use it. Remember, your target gets unlimited ammo, and invincibility and is still gaining health when you use it. You must still have m1 on the target, and letting go takes the uber off him.

Who to uber

Runner  
Summary: Ubering him is a good idea usually, especially if it involves breaking through a mass of enemies. Although he is not the best target, it is usually a great to uber him.
Upsides: With 48 damage point blank, he can simply plow through enemies and autoguns. He is the fastest character in the game, so he can attack far ahead, and is able to keep up pace with you. He can also clear the paths for others in a/d control points, like dirtbowl for example. There are certainly betters to uber, like the firebug for example, which we will talk about next, but he is surely a stable target to superburst.
Downsides: He has to be sure to stay with you and not break the medibeam in order to be effective. If he strays and the medibeam breaks, he is in danger, and will no longer have the benefits of the uber. This is one of the main and only problems with ubering him.

Firebug  
Summary: Arguably the best subject to uber, he can do tremendous damage to enemy defense and in my opinion, should be the first person to look for when you uber.
Upsides: A firebug with unlimited ammo is indeed one of the most powerful weapons in the game. Now add invincibility to that. A superburst combined with a firebug can wreak havoc with the opponent's autoguns and any defenses lying around. Firstly, the firebug's speed matches that of the medic, so they can always stay together without breaking the medibeam. All the firebug has to do is spread his flame around, and his powerful afterburn will take care of any survivors. The firebug can also use a flare burst, which kind of helps increase its range, but it doesn't do as much damage.
Downsides: Getting close to the opponent is one of key parts to a successful uber, and that is even more important here. The firebug's only liability is its range, so you must get very close in order to unleash the beast. This is perhaps the only downside to the firebug.

Rocketman    
Summary: This is also one of the best. One of the main problems with the rocketman is its speed and reloading time. The uber takes care of the reloading part. The rocketman is perfect for long range firing.
Upsides: Each shot does a whopping 55 damage, so two well placed shots could take out an autogun. It also has quite a bit of splash damage, which is another plus when you want to take out a barricade of enemies.
Downsides: The rocketman is extremely slow, and if the medibeam is broken, valuable uber time will be lost. His rocket fire rate is also extremely slow, which can hinder your progress. Be sure to stand back and fire, or advance and fire. Never be retreating when using an uberburst. One way to show that to your patient is by using   or   depending on which way you are going. It can also be hard to aim with the rocketman when standing from afar. This may lead to your uber being wasted while your patient keeps trying to hit a key autogun defending the point.

Heevee   /  
Summary: Also a pretty good target, but it is sometimes not a good idea to uber him. Even though he has a really high dps, there are some problems to ubering him. It is best to get up close to the place you are laying siege upon and shooting from there.
Upsides: He has a 120 dps so he can quickly dismantle anything in its way. Autogun nests are no problem for this duo. A heavy medic duo is highly regarded as the best partnership. Unfortunately, ubering can be a bit different.
Downsides: He is slow to begin with, and can be slower when firing. That makes it hard to attack retreating heavies and others. This can lead to a lot of bullets and time being wasted. As stated earlier, standing near the point you are trying to cap is usually better idea. Don't try to break down choke points with the heavy, unless absolutely necessary. A runner or pyro does the job much better.

Detonator   /  
Summary: Meh. There is really no point in ubering a deto. He can only lay one mine at a time and each shot takes precision and timing, which can take a few precious seconds away.
Upsides: There are really no upsides to ubering the deto, except for the fact that he can lay a bunch of stickies down at a time, which when exploded can do massive damage. He has unlimited ammo so he can lay down carpets of stickies that can demolish defenses.
Downsides: There are really no reasons to uber a deto, as he should be able to do fine without you.

Medic    
Summary: The medic is one of the weakest characters to use for attacking. 'Nuff said.
Upsides: There really are none.
Downsides: Well, the medic has only 4 damage a shot which is not great for taking out a big muscular minigun wielding monsters of men. It is just a waste of an uber to do it use it on the doc. It is a good trolling method to uber a medic though, I guess.  

Constructor    
Summary: He is just a nerfed runner in terms of speed and damage. It is okay to uber him; just pretend he is a noob runner.
Upsides: See the runner profile. He is a much more sturdy version of the runner, so in some situations, it may be pretty good to use him.
Downsides: He is a bit slow and his damage is less than that of a runner.

Infiltrator        
Summary: I know there is going to be a lot of debate on this one. The infiltrator is one of the most frowned upon classes, and is generally viewed as a beginner class to use. However this quote from Kalir sums it up quite well.

Infiltrators, assuming they know what they're doing, are actually really good superburst targets. That's a rather risky assumption to make though.

Upsides: His revolver does a lot of damage and his stab can be incredibly useful. 28 damage per shot and a one hit KO are weapons not to be laughed at. He has an uncanny ability to take out multiple defenders and can quickly dismantle enemy defenses.
Downsides: Most infiltrators are noobs, and are not capable of using these seemingly easy to use weapons. They prefer to randomly walk around and attempt to stab without timing.   That just wastes the uber. Also,the uber reveals the infiltrator so the element of surprise is gone, which could complicate things.

Rifleman    
Summary: Just don't do this unless you need to...  
Upsides: He becomes invincible I guess?
Downsides: There are no benefits to ubering him other than the one stated above, and the health regen. His firing rate does not get faster, and he cannot shoot through you, which limits his abilities to attack enemies.

Quote/Curly      
Summary: They can be decent to uber. Their knockback can clear the path for your other teammates to use. They can be pretty useful to uber.
Upsides: They have a pretty rapid fire rate if you get close to your opponent and can do a lot of damage with that unlimited ammo the uber provides. Their speed is also pretty high, so if you uber one, you can drive enemies back pretty rapidly.
Downsides: Their weapon's range is surely a problem. It doesn't go to far so you must get close to be able to be effective.

Here is the ranking of who to uber in my opinion:
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and the can go pretty much anywhere, depending on if he knows what he's doing.


Some tips for ubering
1. Count out the 8 seconds. The medic is the most important part of the team, and it will do you and your team no good if you perish. When time is almost up, scurry back to your teammates.
2. Try your best to keep your medibeam on your teammate, though breaking it is not instant death.
3. Using an uber will make someone drop the intel, and you will not count on capture points (someone correct me if I am wrong   ) so uber according to the situation.
4. Sometimes, ubers can be used to protect yourself if you are in danger of dying. Not all ubers have to be offensive, after all. "Pop it, don't drop it"-Imp
5. Uber juggling heevees and rocketmen are the best, since they have slow reload times.
Will add more later

Uber Juggling
What is this?
Well, since your uber replenishes the ammo of your target, then you can choose multiple targets to uber to reload their ammo. This is called uber juggling
How to do it
It is pretty simple. If you see your friend/teammate on the verge of running out of ammo, you simply take your medibeam off your main target person and click on him once. By doing this, your friend's ammunition would be full again, and chances are, your main target won't die. This is extremely useful, and may be a little tough for beginners to do. However, practice makes perfect, so just go onto some servers and play as the medic. Most CP maps are pretty good to practice medic, because they involve having to heal hordes of teammates at a time.

Signs to not uber
Sometimes, ubers can be wasted by the efforts of the opposing team, or maybe just the terrain. Here are some tips and tricks on when not to uber.
1. Do not uber if there is an experienced pyro standing behind a crate that is in front of you. When you uber, all he has to do is hit m2 and he can push you out of the way, thus wasting your uber. This is a sly trick, and I use it a lot. A pyro's airblast can really mess with the communications between you and your uber patient. You would probably want to clear the crate before ubering, so you can't mess with the uber too much.
2. Do not uber an inexperienced player. You have to judge a player's skill and make the decision on whether to uber or not, depending on situation. If you are low on health, pop it. If you are fine, and there is someone else to uber, uber them instead. I have ubered some players, who then react like its a poisonous gas or something coming onto them, and they run for their lives. Make sure that they understand what an uber is before ubering them.

[t~]

This is my first guide so don't be too harsh. Please give constructive criticism.

[Imp]

Change the 'when the appears' under how to uber, I don't like the wording. That implies you have to uber immediately when you see it. There's times where you should do this but most of the time it's better to save your uber. Haven't read through all of your guide yet, I'll give more feedback later

[sy]

first sentence: change "invisible to invincible"

also, protip: have a few editors to edit before posting the guide

[t~]

I think I changed it.

[t~]

Change the 'when the appears' under how to uber, I don't like the wording. That implies you have to uber immediately when you see it. There's times where you should do this but most of the time it's better to save your uber. Haven't read through all of your guide yet, I'll give more feedback later

first sentence: change "invisible to invincible"

also, protip: have a few editors to edit before posting the guide

Ok thanks

[Wiggles]

So nice work. Down to the criticism (and I'm typing my thoughts of it as I read it.

Very wordy
Some conventional errors
Some unclear pronoun usage, which makes the writing weak
Don't switch between gg2 and tf2 class names and tf2 slang, too informal
Hard to see the "summary", "upsides", "downsides" on who to uber, bold/underline them
Include how scouts are often spastic during their attacks and have the tendency to accidentally break the beam
Breaking the beam is not instant death
Remember that pyros have flares/airblast
If you don't retreat in a dangerous uber situation, you may very well die. One of the core principles of medic is to stay alive
Add solly's fairly slow fire rate
You don't give good detos enough credit
Don't rip on constructor ubers, they can be used in situations where less mobility is required
FAK U RIFLEMAN ÜBER BESS ÜBER
You forgot the spy bubble next to his section
Also forgot quote's section
Don't use so many emotes, looks unprofessional

Add sections on prompting, juggling, and utilizing ubers

Hope that helps

[Imp]

lol who cares about quote? I often forget that it exists.

Also how do you think my medic play was in the scrim? You can use the videos if you want to, to tell me how awesome I am/criticize me (who does that?). Had a pretty nice reflex uber pop at the end of the conflict match, although it really didn't affect the game. Had an uber drop the next round, but good thing rebel didn't catch that in the video 

Decision-making is what makes a medic, and he can make or break a team.

[RebelINS]

cool guide but pretty basic.

here are some of my own uber juggling thoughts from a few years ago. I think now would be a good time to revive it because I'm sure all the new cats would appreciate it.

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uber-juggling 101 (addendum to viking's uber tips):
this will assume that your uber targets are smart and know what the fuck they're doing (good luck in a pub match) and that you have at least 2 targets to juggle (preferably 3).
healer's responsibilities:
- there are two ways of going about starting an uber push. slow-first or speed-first. slow-first ubers use   or   as your main target, and speed-first use   or   or   . slow-first is generally better for defense, and speed-first is generally better for offense.
- always make sure you have at least one meatshield for your non-ubered support target. this makes juggling a lot safer to attempt. for example, let's say your main target is a firebug, and your secondary is an overweight. do not attempt an uber switch onto the overweight for a prolonged amount of time, until he's in front of the firebug for a few seconds. if you just switch randomly while the firebug is busy killing stuff, chances are he will die.
- try to intercept rockets that are heading into your teammates with a well-timed juggle. this is extremely difficult to pull off, but when you'll feel like a baller.
- you're the crux of the push, so your teammates should be following your lead, not the other way around. the worst ubers i've seen are the ones with greedy uber targets (usually firebugs), that keep chasing menial targets and do minimal overall damage. most of the time when this kind of shit happens, the rest of your team is left hanging without health getting their asses kicked. this is both the healer and the uber target's fault. if your main target is chasing someone who is retreating and not even fighting back, do they need to be ubered?

uber target's responsibilities:
- if you're the chaser (    ), don't get caught up on taking down nearby targets unless it is a healer. since you're the fastest classes, you should be hitting as many targets as possible.
  - use your speed to catch up to the guys retreating. absolutely do not get caught up with jumping on top of autoguns unless that is the brunt of their defense, or they have multiple laying around. you need at least 3 shots to kill one, and by the time you're done, you will have a lot of ground to make up. Hit autoguns with a single shot and keep moving forward; let your rocketman or heavy clean up. I'll tell you a strategy later on to deal with sentries. probably the most common chaser uber, because firebug and quote simply don't cut it when they aren't being ubered/healed.

  - tag lots of people, piss people off with afterburn, and make them cry. since you are the second fastest class, you should be able to tag a lot of people. your main targets are obviously healers, and any slower classes you can get direct flames on. it may be possible to airburst enemies back towards your support targets after flaming them, so they can clean up quicker. they are pretty easy to use while ubered, all you have to do is make sure you don't get in the thick of the action when your healer is juggling.

  - while they have great dps, they are very terrain dependent. if your healer is good, they wouldn't uber you as the chaser if there are flat stretches of terrain. it can be tempting to trap targets, but it shouldn't be done at the expense of letting the rest of the team retreat. weaken enemies with strong traps and knocking enemies towards your allies and help your support targets catch up. quote ubers are best combined with rocketman, not only for their bubble shield synergy, but because rocketstun slows down horizontal movement which has allows quote to run behind them and knockback towards your team.

support:
  - don't fucking miss your shots. this is usually why i relegate rocketmen to support, because the pressure of being the main target can be too costly if they miss shots. rocketman is an excellent clean up crew, and supplements any chasers very well. your main priority is to hit whatever the chaser has weakened. if you feel like rocketjumping, don't do it unless you're ubered at the moment. this gives you 4 rockets to shoot after instead of 3. if your runner chaser is smart and only hit their sentry with one pb, you only need to hit it once to kill it.
  - a very easy support target to play. you don't require much healing if most of their team is retreating/suppressing fire. just know when to stop shooting and advance; if you have a good firebug or rocketman or quote, they can make your job of catching up a lot easier.
  - don't be afraid to nitro boost when you're ubered. don't waste your stickies with rapid mid-air detonations (re: cost of a sticky in my deto guide) as it is inefficient. if you want to score kills, don't aim for the guys up front that are already going to die, doing such is overkill and a waste of time. hit the guys retreating, preferably with 2 stickies at a time (lay one behind them, aerial the other). amidst the chaos, it is easy to snag a kill or two.

combos:
fighting   - remember that sentries do not target ubered players, and will hit anyone behind them. this can mean premature death for the support targets if you suck. there is one trick you can do without wasting any time if you're using a runner as your main. this takes a lot of skill and timing to pull off, but it is the most efficient way of dealing with it.
have the runner run past the autogun (while holding m1 obv). right as the runner is passing by, your support target should be getting into range of the sentry. this is when the healer drops the runner as the heal target and switches to the backrow; this forces the sentry to spin around to target the runner. the hardest part is switching back to the runner before he dies. if both the runner and healer are confident, there should be no problems. the rocketman can subsequently take the sentry out in one shot.

fighting   - i see a lot of shitty uber juggling (re: no uber juggling) when it is  / + something else vs  / + something else, and the backrow gets shitted on. ideally, if you're ubering an overweight in a mirror match showdown, none of your support targets should die. if their overweight combo sticks around to continue fighting, that means they're giving your uber juggling zero respect, because they think they can kill the guys you aren't currently healing. let's look at a hypothetical, yet common situation (assuming you're red):   vs   :x23
your overweight should always be in front of the rocketman, so when the healer does juggle, the overweight can take the brunt of the bullets. their rockets aren't going to be much of a problem, because 2/3 of the possible targets are invulnerable to them, AND can block for the third. the real problem comes from trying to juggle and keep your backrow alive from the hail of bullets + the rocketman getting lucky hits. since the healer is the fastest of the three, and is always invulnerable for the 8 seconds, use your body to block rockets coming towards your overweight when you switch targets. this will give you the best odds statistically of keeping everyone alive.

summary: there are a shit load of overrated healers (lot of them got nominated for best of 2010 ) that firstly, can't survive long enough to get multiple ubers per life, and second, don't know how to maximize the potential of their ubers. learn how to uber juggle, and you learn how to dominate matches.

ps. add this to the op you vikingdongle

[cabalier]

lol who cares about quote? I often forget that it exists.

say that to my face mate not online and see what happens

seriously though an ubered quote who knows what he's doing can do some good damage or at least push opponent waves back

[Imp]

Autoguns, rockets, and sniper shots can go right through the bubbles. They're still useful for shielding your team from bullets and stickies though, and they're pretty good for ubers. If they exist out there.

lol who cares about quote? I often forget that it exists.

say that to my face mate not online and see what happens

does it involve free fud?

[t~]

So nice work. Down to the criticism (and I'm typing my thoughts of it as I read it.

Very wordy
Some conventional errors
Some unclear pronoun usage, which makes the writing weak
Don't switch between gg2 and tf2 class names and tf2 slang, too informal
Hard to see the "summary", "upsides", "downsides" on who to uber, bold/underline them
Include how scouts are often spastic during their attacks and have the tendency to accidentally break the beam
Breaking the beam is not instant death
Remember that pyros have flares/airblast
If you don't retreat in a dangerous uber situation, you may very well die. One of the core principles of medic is to stay alive
Add solly's fairly slow fire rate
You don't give good detos enough credit
Don't rip on constructor ubers, they can be used in situations where less mobility is required
FAK U RIFLEMAN ÜBER BESS ÜBER
You forgot the spy bubble next to his section
Also forgot quote's section
Don't use so many emotes, looks unprofessional

Add sections on prompting, juggling, and utilizing ubers

Hope that helps

I'll try to implement some of this.

cool guide but pretty basic.

here are some of my own uber juggling thoughts from a few years ago. I think now would be a good time to revive it because I'm sure all the new cats would appreciate it.

(click to show/hide)

uber-juggling 101 (addendum to viking's uber tips):
this will assume that your uber targets are smart and know what the fuck they're doing (good luck in a pub match) and that you have at least 2 targets to juggle (preferably 3).
healer's responsibilities:
- there are two ways of going about starting an uber push. slow-first or speed-first. slow-first ubers use  or  as your main target, and speed-first use  or  or  . slow-first is generally better for defense, and speed-first is generally better for offense.
- always make sure you have at least one meatshield for your non-ubered support target. this makes juggling a lot safer to attempt. for example, let's say your main target is a firebug, and your secondary is an overweight. do not attempt an uber switch onto the overweight for a prolonged amount of time, until he's in front of the firebug for a few seconds. if you just switch randomly while the firebug is busy killing stuff, chances are he will die.
- try to intercept rockets that are heading into your teammates with a well-timed juggle. this is extremely difficult to pull off, but when you'll feel like a baller.
- you're the crux of the push, so your teammates should be following your lead, not the other way around. the worst ubers i've seen are the ones with greedy uber targets (usually firebugs), that keep chasing menial targets and do minimal overall damage. most of the time when this kind of shit happens, the rest of your team is left hanging without health getting their asses kicked. this is both the healer and the uber target's fault. if your main target is chasing someone who is retreating and not even fighting back, do they need to be ubered?

uber target's responsibilities:
- if you're the chaser (     ), don't get caught up on taking down nearby targets unless it is a healer. since you're the fastest classes, you should be hitting as many targets as possible.
  - use your speed to catch up to the guys retreating. absolutely do not get caught up with jumping on top of autoguns unless that is the brunt of their defense, or they have multiple laying around. you need at least 3 shots to kill one, and by the time you're done, you will have a lot of ground to make up. Hit autoguns with a single shot and keep moving forward; let your rocketman or heavy clean up. I'll tell you a strategy later on to deal with sentries. probably the most common chaser uber, because firebug and quote simply don't cut it when they aren't being ubered/healed.

  - tag lots of people, piss people off with afterburn, and make them cry. since you are the second fastest class, you should be able to tag a lot of people. your main targets are obviously healers, and any slower classes you can get direct flames on. it may be possible to airburst enemies back towards your support targets after flaming them, so they can clean up quicker. they are pretty easy to use while ubered, all you have to do is make sure you don't get in the thick of the action when your healer is juggling.

  - while they have great dps, they are very terrain dependent. if your healer is good, they wouldn't uber you as the chaser if there are flat stretches of terrain. it can be tempting to trap targets, but it shouldn't be done at the expense of letting the rest of the team retreat. weaken enemies with strong traps and knocking enemies towards your allies and help your support targets catch up. quote ubers are best combined with rocketman, not only for their bubble shield synergy, but because rocketstun slows down horizontal movement which has allows quote to run behind them and knockback towards your team.

support:
  - don't fucking miss your shots. this is usually why i relegate rocketmen to support, because the pressure of being the main target can be too costly if they miss shots. rocketman is an excellent clean up crew, and supplements any chasers very well. your main priority is to hit whatever the chaser has weakened. if you feel like rocketjumping, don't do it unless you're ubered at the moment. this gives you 4 rockets to shoot after instead of 3. if your runner chaser is smart and only hit their sentry with one pb, you only need to hit it once to kill it.
  - a very easy support target to play. you don't require much healing if most of their team is retreating/suppressing fire. just know when to stop shooting and advance; if you have a good firebug or rocketman or quote, they can make your job of catching up a lot easier.
  - don't be afraid to nitro boost when you're ubered. don't waste your stickies with rapid mid-air detonations (re: cost of a sticky in my deto guide) as it is inefficient. if you want to score kills, don't aim for the guys up front that are already going to die, doing such is overkill and a waste of time. hit the guys retreating, preferably with 2 stickies at a time (lay one behind them, aerial the other). amidst the chaos, it is easy to snag a kill or two.

combos:
fighting  - remember that sentries do not target ubered players, and will hit anyone behind them. this can mean premature death for the support targets if you suck. there is one trick you can do without wasting any time if you're using a runner as your main. this takes a lot of skill and timing to pull off, but it is the most efficient way of dealing with it.
have the runner run past the autogun (while holding m1 obv). right as the runner is passing by, your support target should be getting into range of the sentry. this is when the healer drops the runner as the heal target and switches to the backrow; this forces the sentry to spin around to target the runner. the hardest part is switching back to the runner before he dies. if both the runner and healer are confident, there should be no problems. the rocketman can subsequently take the sentry out in one shot.

fighting  - i see a lot of shitty uber juggling (re: no uber juggling) when it is  / + something else vs  / + something else, and the backrow gets shitted on. ideally, if you're ubering an overweight in a mirror match showdown, none of your support targets should die. if their overweight combo sticks around to continue fighting, that means they're giving your uber juggling zero respect, because they think they can kill the guys you aren't currently healing. let's look at a hypothetical, yet common situation (assuming you're red):  vs  :x23
your overweight should always be in front of the rocketman, so when the healer does juggle, the overweight can take the brunt of the bullets. their rockets aren't going to be much of a problem, because 2/3 of the possible targets are invulnerable to them, AND can block for the third. the real problem comes from trying to juggle and keep your backrow alive from the hail of bullets + the rocketman getting lucky hits. since the healer is the fastest of the three, and is always invulnerable for the 8 seconds, use your body to block rockets coming towards your overweight when you switch targets. this will give you the best odds statistically of keeping everyone alive.

summary: there are a shit load of overrated healers (lot of them got nominated for best of 2010 ) that firstly, can't survive long enough to get multiple ubers per life, and second, don't know how to maximize the potential of their ubers. learn how to uber juggle, and you learn how to dominate matches.

ps. add this to the op you vikingdongle

Anyway, I don't think I will include the uber juggling part, because I want this to be mainly for beginners. Thanks!

[Imp]

you left out the spy losing his invisibility under downsides, which really renders his stab basically useless, unless there's a huge crowd to jump into or the other team is blind.

Also, include a small section on ubering to save yourself? Not all ubers have to be offensive, if you think you're in immediate danger of dying, pop it don't drop it  (it rhymes so it's true)

[t~]

Good idea, I'll be sure to add that later.

[Wiggles]

you left out the spy losing his invisibility under downsides, which really renders his stab basically useless, unless there's a huge crowd to jump into or the other team is blind.

Not really, good spies can anticipate the movement of fleeing enemies and stab them, especially when they're ubered. This has happened quite a few times when I've ubered them (Skittles, Snou, occasionally Esp).