It goes without saying that Heavy is powerful for his weapon. His name is Heavy Weapons Guy. He loves his Sasha, and other guns, and naturally they make him as powerful as he is. With the Brass Beast, Ì have literally done 65 damage with a single shot. Just one. Not even a critical hit, just a normal point-blank hit. One ammo. That means that most of Heavy's power comes from his primary, so his other weapons must kind of suck to balance it out. Right? Well, the Fat Scout debunks that, and so does the Knuckle Sandwich. The KNUCKLE SANDWICH!! revolves around mostly the Heavy's secondary slot, not as much the melee. Since KNUCKLE SANDWICH!! is mostly about doing as much melee damage as possible, you'll need the Buffalo Steak Sandvich. It gives you guaranteed mini-crits, a speed boost, and locks you to your melee slot for about 8 seconds or so. That means you'll be able to pump out a lot of damage at point blank. Not as much as with your primary, but still. The obvious downsides are not being able to use your overpowered primary, and not being able to heal yourself with a normal Sandvich, and having to get in melee range to deal any damage, and being a really big target. Plus, all the downsides of the melee you choose. The best choices are the KGB, for the guaranteed critical hits you can use to snowball briefly in exchange for swinging slower, the Warrior's Spirit for the health back on kill and extra damage in exchange for taking more damage, and stock, because there are no downsides. The speed enhancers aren't as good since they slowly drain your health when you have them out, putting you at an even bigger disadvantage. But is doing this any good at all? You're a Heavy, it's your job to use your primary. Is KNUCKLE SANDWICH!! any good at all? Well, yeah. It is good. You still do a ton of damage, and if you catch your foe off guard, they'll be easy pickin's. It won't be easy, and it might suck at first, but if you actually get good at hitting melee hits, you'll be (relatively) unstoppable (at melee range and probably not against FaN Scouts since they're faster than you and can just send you back). The KNUCKLE SANDWICH!! is powerful, but under certain circumstances. You have limited range, and strictly your melee to work with. If you try and run someone down, they'll typically be faster than you. You are the slowest class in the game, after all. Even with the Buffalo Steak, you're not exactly fast. Each hit from you while Steak'd will do about 95 damage, with can two-shot every class except for other Heavies and Soldiers (and Demoman with the Booties or a lot of heads with the Eyelander). You can typically still land random critical hits, but it's not smart to try to rely on them, and since your range is rather short, it's best to try and get your enemies to walk right into you. Being patient is a great virtue in almost any game. Ambushing your opponents is really powerful, since they're faster typically won't be ready for you and you do a bunch of damage. You do make almost comically loud eating noises and can't move while Steaking, so that might cause some issues, but so much as being hidden in a corner when an unsuspecting enemy walks into the room can be the perfect target for a KNUCKLE SANDWICH!!
