As a Heavy deploying this tactic, be sure to sweep your gun over all four visible exits constantly and make sure your ammo is nearly full at all times (occasionally a demo or soldier will destroy your dispenser). Keep an eye out for cloaked Spies trying to sneak through your fire; and if an Ubered opponent does reach the point TRY TO STAY ALIVE! once their Uber runs out take out the pair and conserve your ammo until your Engie rebuilds the dispenser (remember there is a small health and ammo spawn close by, use it if you have to).

This tactic works best when your team’s Spies are taking out their Medics; having a friendly Medic running back and fourth between you and your AggroDefence (Soldiers, Demos, Pyros trying to push the enemy back) is a good idea – if your Medic doesn’t mind sitting on their UberCharge, have him be able to run to your position to pop the Uber in case a enemy Uber gets to the point. Otherwise, just hold down leftmouse until time runs out.

At the end of the day, going medic is probably going to be more help than going scout or sniper, unless you’re particularly skilled with the above. That’s what I was trying to get at.

It hurts my pride as a scout player to read that A scout on the defense can have similarly huge value as a spy or sniper. While he can’t effectively deal with sentries, he’s good for sneaking around and taking out teleporter enterances ( exits are often guarded by sentries ), and if teh scout player knows what he’s doing, can apply a tremendous pressure on the attacking team by popping up around the corner, quickly taking down a key demoman or medic, disappearing again, coming up from a different angle, getting rid of the spy as he’s just about to disguise himself, disappear again, etc, etc. Especially effective on Dustbowl 2, also somewhat on D1, after the first wave of attackers is dealt with – forcing medics to pop ubers early, and to charge them in the safety of their point, too ( few things are as frustrating as having a scout pop up behind You and blast You to oblivion with two shots, leaving no time to activate the ubercharge).

Also, although it’s true that it’s rather silly to go scout when You see 3 snipers and 4 spies on the team already, there are two things to remember: One, the team is probably doomed anyway, because there are seven other morons on it , two: A skilled scout is better than a rookie demoman. Speaking from experience here; I can’t seem to get the demoman to work for me, and have changed often from scout to demoman or soldier when my team complained. I seldom manage to contribute anything to defense like that.