i like demo knight, i play demo knight i sweat demo knight so i will help people beat other demo knights because on 2 fort they are sniper hell, its not like that guy is only melee and like this is a fps and we cant just shoot him down because bullets in team fortress 2 are tougher bb's, this goes for all classes but most of them will require changing your desired items or play style because a man with the big sword is scary and tough, ill take 2 fort as a map for example because those types of maps like 2 fort are where demo knights shine, so therefore that's why you don't see demo knight on sawmill or penguin peak, also this isnt for a specific demo knight combo rather the basic eyelander or half-zatoichi that can do a basic trimp or weave your attacks, you cant counter people like solar light that guy mastered the blade.


fast ,low health, and annoying.
since it has only 125 health it can get effectively two shot by any sword and since the demo knight has his dear charge it can out run the scout for some seconds which means there is a really big chance to get you by the rear or side.

How you as a scout beat a demo knight?

Use the force of nature, it can push, it can deal damage and it gives you a chance to escape, and since its a risky primary i recommend the pretty boy's pistol for that extra heal from dealing damage since everyone loves double rewards or the milk since it heals you from any damage he deals to you making you survive more, for the melee you can go with anything but something like the wrap assassin or fan o war can weaken them before they may get to you especially the fan o war since you get guaranteed mini crits for 15 seconds.

in a short format
Force of nature
pretty boy or the milk
fan o war or wrap assassin

remember that a demo knight with 4 heads eyelander has the scout speed so i always recommend fighting him in a open space where you can double jump and out parkour him so leading him to a open space can help you, the force of nature helps here with new jumps you can do with it which holds longer than other jumps.


Jane doe might have the biggest advance against demo knights due to his rockets flinging people around, so i will not focus so much on weapons rather theory on how should a soldier kill a demo knight but its usually easy due to the high damage and control over the demo knight, some rocket launchers actually suck against our Scottish swordsman, the liberty launcher doesn't deal enough damage and the soldier will just get rushed down, the air strike is too slow to attack the fast weaving demo knight and the black box gives you nothing to shoot at him except if you have good aim so if you are confident you can hit the demo knight with the black box go ahead but you are surely gonna get rushed down, now most banners wont really work since they are support sure you can pop them before fighting him but for only one person?, that's why something like the gun boats or any shotgun will help more against the close in-fighter demo knight is, don't use the bison you'll get bullied, as for melee something like the equalizer or half-zatoichi will work, one deals good damage when you need to ,the other counters the demo knight if he has the katana or takes half the health of the demo knight

any rocket launcher except the ones above
gun boats or any shotgun
equalizer or half-zatoichi

try to fight him in a open area and shoot at his feet to let him in the air and shoot him and if he still lives finish him off with the shotguns, if you are fighting him in a close area when he charges at you shoot at his feet so he gets pushed back or his change stops and if he still rushes you down take out the shotgun.


him and soldier are the basic counter to demo knight since both of them can send him backwards from where he came from, just right click dude like what can demo knight do?but if that's too hard for you just use combo pyro with the degreaser and the panic attack, using the basic airblast, set on fire, switch to panic attack, shoot and repeat until hes dead since he cannot do nothing but try to run away and for melee something like the backscratcher,axtinguisher or power jack are ok since they support you or deal extra damage.

degreaser
panic attack
backscratcher,axtinguisher,powerjack



whats the opposite of short melee rush down, long ranged traps or sticky bombs,use chokes and set up traps i recommend the scottish resistance since its the best trapping sticky bomb launcher with the iron bomber for the shorter fuse time and any melee you wish since you are suppose to use your traps and range ,hope you have tunnel vision since you need to hold traps .

iron bomber
scottish resistance
any you wish


Now most demo knights will not fight a heavy due to way too much damage and health but some might try to use the matador on you a spy move that is suppose to weave around you and when you turn to them they weave to your side and trick stab you that means you can counter him with any weapon aslong as you track him with the minigun heavy being a semi hard counter to him.


himself is not a counter but his sentry itself is the hardest counter to demo knight so you basically have to place a lvl 3 sentry, stay near it and you are fine BUT if he finds you single and without protection what do you do? well thats when you panic so you attack with the panic attack since its the safest shotgun for defense agianst a enemy while sentryless and critless, and i also recommend the pistol for that extra damage incase you ran out of bullets and maybe the gunslinger since you can place a distraction sentry and it gives a crit on its third hit,you do not have many chances but if youve watched uncle dane and have aim you can take him down, hope he goes for that distraction sentry also try to be on chokes to block his swing and to not get charged at.

panic attack
pistol
Gunslinger


most of the time you should get protected by your team mates from a demoknight but incase he gets you from the back or finds you along you should pull out the bludsauger being a good counter and maybe use the ubersaw due to the high crit rate maybe with a prayer you can 1 shot him, the medic guns doesnt matter since you wont pop uber for a demo knight should you even tho if you are on the brink of death with full uber you should pop it anyway.

Bludsluger
medic gun doesnt matter
ubersaw


The demo knight charge pack, the biggest victim of demo knight, now you are gonna use a combo from hell to beat him and everyone knows what im talking about, jarate and bushwacka ,since those will surely kill him IF YOU HIT HIM, so you need to strike at the right time same like engi you will need chokepoints and sniper rifles wont matter because if you quick scope him before he gets to you that means you shouldn't even read this "guide"

any rifle
jarate
bushwacka


there are two ways to fight demo knight you are either a trick stabbing god like mrswipze and trickstab him instantly or you run away which i recommend more for newer players because its literally too hard so with that we have the best spy watch to run away, the dead ringer and for longer cloak pair it with the letrange and with melee, anything you wish, because im aiming for survival and running, not stabbing because not everyone can trickstab especially someone with a 33% more melee range than you.

any knife
letrange
dead ringer