Team Fortress 2/Heavy

The Heavy the strongest class in the game, with 300 health. He works best at medium or short ranges, and best in defence due to his speed but with a medic can good at offense too.

Minigun (weapon 1): The mingun is an incredibly powerful weapon, able of spraying bullets over small areas and distances, causing large amount of damage. It is incredibly powerful against the lighter classes such as scouts (with a good amount of aiming) and demoman, and even the medium ones such as soldier, giving it its violent reputation. It also does not need reloading, meaning you are able to rampage the enemy face on, destroying everything in your path. This, however, means that the minigun chews up ammo very fast and you will often find you have run out of ammo very quickly. Another disadvantage is that you are incredibly slow when firing, leaving you vulnerable to the spy or sniper. You also take a few seconds to prepare your minigun for firing, although pressing the right mouse button allows you to prepare the minigun already, but at the cost of your speed.

Shotgun (weapon 2): The shotgun is only really useful when the heavy needs extra speed or has run out of ammo for the minigun. It can be slow to reload but can be a very effective weapon at close range.

Fists (weapon 3): The Heavy bare fists are used to humiliate more than anything else, serving as a melee weapon for the Heavy.

Using the Heavy
The Heavy is used for defense more than anything else, although is often used as an offense when with a medic, as the medic can quickly heal the mass amounts of damage a Heavy usually takes.

The Heavy isn't really an ambush class, but beware of snipers when using him out in the open. Just run to where the action is and pull out your minigun aiming for everything that moves. Becareful about fighting soldiers or Heavys with medics, as they usually kill you before you can kill them. Another thing to look out for is spies, as they can backstab you quicker than you can turn around. Make sure you call out medic when one is near, so that they will concentrate your healing on you.

Make sure you also go for any ammo boxes or weapons on the floor, as the Heavy uses ammo at an alarming rate.