Juggernaut

**Juggernauts** (also known by the community name **Jug**) are large players with massive health pools.

## Appearance

Juggernauts are players, and as players, any skin is affected by the size increase of the Juggernaut, including player skins, weapon skins, jetpack skins, and jetpack trails. Note that since glove skins are not visible to other players, they do not receive a "size increase" visible to other players. However, they will appear larger to the Juggernaut.

The current health of a Juggernaut is displayed above the Juggernaut's head. If the health of the Juggernaut reaches 1500 or lower (please confirm), the Juggernaut's health bar will turn red.

## Functionality

Once a player drinks a Juggernaut potion (the yellow one) They become much larger than a normal player, with 5000 health. The Juggernauts movement speed is identical to normal sized players. The Juggernauts projectile weapon speed is also identical to that of a normal player. The blast radius of a Juggernauts explosive weapons is greatly increased. When killed, the player that dealt the finishing blow receives 2000 experience points, while the person who either dealt the most damage (if they didn't deal the finishing blow) or the person who dealt the second most damage (if the person with the most damage also dealt the finishing blow) receives 1000 assist experience points.

The Juggernaut does not have Shield and cannot regenerate health outside of getting kills and using other standard methods of regaining health, such as the Katana's Spirit. Note that healing methods like Spirit will not heal proportionally to the Juggernaut's health, and will heal the standard amount.

## Tips

### Playing as the Juggernaut

As a Juggernaut, all eyes will be on you. Every player knows that, if they kill you, they get a mountain of experience points. As such, you should know how to defend yourself against the wave of players that will inevitably come after you.

#### Weapons

As a Jug, some weapons will be more effective than others. You should know which weapons to use if you wish to survive.

* When playing as a Juggernaut, the Rocket Launcher can be a dominant weapon.
	+ With its massive blast radius and high damage, you can shred your smaller enemies. It has the drawback of you oftentimes taking damage from your own rockets, which doesn't seem like much, but that damage quickly adds up, and you may end up accidentally killing yourself.
* Another fantastic weapon for Juggernauts are Gas Grenades.
	+ When playing as a Jug, the radius of the gas from your gas grenades is greatly increased. With that kind of massive area denial, you can make it difficult for your enemies to approach you. Something you must be wary of is when players get past the gas, as they can use gauntlets, which give them greater movement and 80% resistance to the gas. When a player gets past, you have to remember not to panic. Many Jugs try to spam gas when a player gets by, which leaves little to no space that doesn't have gas in it. While this does get rid of the player, you will also take a mountain of damage. Instead, try switching to a different weapon to take care of the player.
* If you feel like you have good Katana skills, it might be the weapon for you.
	+ With the Katanas massive size as a Jug, its often too big for smaller player to effectively dodge. It does well in close quarters, and doesn't do self damage like most of the other weapons here.

#### General tips

There are many other pieces of knowledge that are necessary to preform well as a jug.

* Try to situate yourself in a place with entrances and exits that you can easily keep an eye on.
	+ It's much easier to defend yourself if you don't have to worry about people attacking you from all sides. Avoid large open spaces, as you will get shredded in those areas.
* Team up with other friendly Jugs!
	+ It becomes much harder for players to take you down if you have a group of Jug's together. You can split your attention between multiple places and easily defend any location.
* Prioritize targets.
	+ If you see a particular player who is doing more damage to you than any other, focus them when fighting. You'll take significantly less damage, and you'll survive for longer!

#### Etiquette

When playing as a Juggernaut, you have to understand that people will target you. While this can get frustrating at times, you must remember that you chose to drink that potion. A lot of frustrated Jugs tend to try to deprive their attackers of the experience points they're trying to get, either by killing themselves, going back to safezone, or drinking another potion. While it may feel satisfying to see them frustrated, remember that you're just ruining the fun for other people. So, if you ever get frustrated, just let them have your experience points.

### Playing against the Juggernaut

You may want to kill a Juggernaut for a few reasons. You might want their experience points, you might want to show off your skill, or you might just think the Jug is super annoying. Regardless, here are some tips on fighting them.

#### Weapons

When fighting Juggernauts, not all weapons are created equal. Here is a list of weapons that are particularly effective at taking down Juggernauts.

* For fighting Jugs, the Alt Shotgun is many peoples go-to weapon.
	+ With its high potential firerate and monstrous damage, it stands out as one of the best jug shredders. It doesn't come without its drawbacks though. To deal good damage with the Alt Shotgun, one must get pretty close to a Jug. This can easily make you their primary target, and can significantly decrease the time you spend dealing damage.
* In Jug hunting, The Bow is in a similar vein to the shotgun.
	+ The bow has high potential damage and firerate, but it requires you to hit headshots for max damage. Headshots are made easier due to the Jugs large size however. This accuracy requirement is rewarded because it allows you to keep your distance from the Jug, allowing you to survive for longer.
* The Rocket launcher has similarities with the Bow and Shotgun.
	+ The Rocket launcher has a high rate of fire, enormous damage, and allows you to somewhat keep your distance. You still have to be fairly close, as the rockets are pretty slow when fired with one hand. When working with other hunters, the Rocket launcher Alt can also allow you to pin down a Jug who tries to run, while your teammates do the rest of the work.
* A slightly less popular, but just as powerful option is the Minigun.
	+ The Minigun trades the high damage of the other weapons for extremely high mobility, and therefore, survivability. Unlike the other weapons, you can use the Minigun with one hand and have your offhand completely free, which allows you to glide at full speed. This makes you incredible difficult to hit, and allows you to survive longer, while still dealing loads of damage.

#### Potions

Just like weapons, some potions are better than others when fighting Jugs. whenever potion time comes around, you should always get your hands on these.

* The speed potion is a favorite among Jug hunters.
	+ This potion allows you to zip around the Juggernaut at high speeds, making yourself difficult to hit. This potion is incredibly fun to use and incredibly effective. It's only drawback is it's only super effective when paired with the Minigun, as the two handed requirements on the other weapons stop you from gliding, which greatly decreases the benefits you can get from this potion.
* The infinite boost potion is another great option for Jug hunting.
	+ When repeatedly boosting, you become even harder to hit than with the speed potion, since your movement is so sporadic that the Jug has a hard time keeping track of you. This has the drawback of making aiming a lot more difficult, as the jittery movement constantly requires you to reset your aim. This potion is often times better than speed when using weapons with two hands, as the boost isn't slowed down by the lack of gliding.

#### General Tips

There are many things one must know to effectively take down Juggernauts. Some of these things are listed here.

* The circle strafe.
	+ This combat strategy consists of using either the speed or infinite boost potions and a one handed weapon. Using these, you fly around the Juggernauts head, spinning in circles. oftentimes, you are moving so fast that the Jug cant track you.
* Ganging up.
	+ Most of the time, it's optimal to team up with other Jug hunters. Even though you are competing with them for the experience, the benefits outweigh the downsides.
* Splitting attention.
	+ If the Jug is focusing on someone else, this is the perfect opportunity to deal a load of damage while they are distracted.

#### Etiquette

If you see another player dealing a lot of damage to a juggernaut that both of you are fighting, significantly more than anybody else, and they're saying things like "this ones mine!" or "don't steal it!", let them get the kill. It's frustrating to deal that much damage and work that hard, only for someone else to get the kill. It's just polite to let them have it.