Minesweeper

"With it's special proximity-fused sticky grenades, the world's a minefield with this weapon. Mines deal a reduced 75 damage and have a max of 12 active mines at once. Deals a bit of extra damage on direct hit." In-game description

The Minesweeper is a slot 1 weapon for Demoman that plants mines on surfaces, which detonate when a humanoid enemy goes near them. Up to 12 mines can exist at any time, and they can be destroyed, and are destroyed when its user dies.

It shares a similar design to the grenade launcher, although the weapon's material is noticeably matte with some slight recolors. Its barrel is more bulky and square-shaped than cylindrical-shaped and has a red band on the middle of it. The same design can be seen on the tubes of the drum magazine. It produces a beep sound once planted, and a longer beep sound when detonated.

Tactics

 * Its best to stay far enough from your mines so that you don't end up being damaged by them whenever they detonate.


 * Try your best to stay alive when having the maximum amount of mines planted, as dying will automatically destroy them.
 * Although mines won't be destroyed if you die while shooting them and they haven't been planted yet.


 * When an enemy is up close, you could shoot the floor while moving backwards so that the mines stick on the floor you are walking away from, and enemies can be caught off guard by them if they are chasing you.


 * Shoot the mines at key locations such as an objective area or behind a corner to prevent enemies from going towards that location, and potentially kill them if they attempt to do so.


 * When moving towards an area, you could perform a creeping barrage of mines by initially aiming at the sky and then lowering your aim as you get closer towards said location. This allows your mines to impact the same area while you are moving.


 * As the mines can arm themselves almost instantly upon being planted, this makes the Minesweeper viable for an aggressive playstyle.


 * Its better to estimate where the enemy is going towards and shoot multiple mines in one spot to have better chances of immediately knocking them out if they detonate it. Although direct hits also deal a bit of extra damage, in most cases it isn't worth the risk and has less chances of actually hitting your target.


 * When an enemy is using the gas cannon on surfaces you want to plant mines on, the gas cannon's damage forces your mines to immediately break. This is perhaps the worst case scenario for any Minesweeper user to come across. To counter this, try planting your mines on a higher spot, such as the flag poles on KOTH maps, or scatter your mines around the area which the gas cannon is not affecting.
 * Most explosions are also capable of destroying mines, although you could easily just re-plant them. But the gas cannon destroys this logic as its effects lingers on surfaces for an extended period of time.

Trivia
Using this weapon and hearing the detonations may give you massive amounts of dopamine, especially since it is surprisingly viable for an aggressive playstyle. It makes you question how unaware people really are when theres blinking mines on their feet that have very noticeable tracers and produce loud beeping noises.