How to taunt specifically with the weapon

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Team Fortress 2 recently introduced a number of changes to taunts, including a menu to choose among taunts and the ability to perform “partner taunts” with members of the opposing team.

The problem is, if I try to taunt kill an enemy who is currently, say, doing the conga, I end up dancing along with them instead — I don't even get the taunt menu. I take offense to this perfect defense!

How can I perform my weapon taunt even if there is a partner taunt I could join?

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As far as I'm aware, the only way to avoid this is to begin your taunt far enough away from the conga that you are actually allowed to do your weapon taunt, then pray your enemy congas right into it. I do wish there were a more positive answer for this question, but if you consult the wiki you'll see this on the item text.

This is a group taunt. Other players can join you by activating their weapon taunt.

Given that your weapon taunt is where your tauntkill is, using it while near a conga is not going to happen.

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Is the Amputator taunt useful

Yes, the Amputator taunt is useful. You can use the Medi Gun to heal people individually and get your ÜberCharge up, but you can save a lot of people's lives with the Amputator taunt.

For example, if a Pyro charges at a group that you are healing one-by-one and burns a lot of them, you might not be able to extinguish everyone before they die. The Amputator taunt will help in this scenario by quickly extinguishing all your teammates at once leaving no one behind.

I personally love the Amputator because it helps a lot of people especially when there are a lot of needy people who want you all to themselves. Using the Amputator taunt you can share the love.

You can read more about the taunt here.

Here's a quick comparison of healing methods:

                   Heals*  Healee  Duration  Charges**
Oktoberfest         11       Self      4  s     0
Medicating Melody   25       Team      4.2s     0
                    (if in sight and range)

Medigun             24/s   Target        -   2.5 %/s
Kritzkrieg          24/s   Target        -   3.13%/s
QuickFix (beta)     36/s   Target        -   3.75%/s

*  300% for targets that haven't received damage in the last 3 seconds
**  50% for targets that are at 142.5% health or higher

How to execute well-timed taunt kills

My best advice is to predict where the enemy is going to go. For example, if an enemy was going down the vents in Turbine, you may want wait behind a bend and initiate your taunt kill, so that it will hit the enemy when he turns the corner.

One particular taunt kill I got, I saw a Soldier coming up the path. I retreated and waited behind where he was going to pop out of, and taunted.

If your goal is specifically to get a taunt kill, you may want to favor certain classes. Heavy has the fastest taunt kill, with Pyro's Hadouken slightly slower than the Heavy's.

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