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 * On levels where ammo bags are scarce, a dispenser will help your teammates maintain their armour, and enable you to upgrade your gun much faster. If you have time before the enemy arrives, build a dispenser, then build your gun with the cells it generates.
 * Ammo bags dropped by dead enemies will always contain 30 cells, so be sure to pick them up if cells are scarce.
-* Watch for Demomen and HWGuys with their MIRVs trying to get your SG. If they drop one next to your sentry, it is as good as dead, don't try to repair it because then you'll be dead too! Soldiers can also be a pain due to a well-placed nail grenade or volley of rockets easily destroying your gun.
+* Watch for Demomen with their MIRVs trying to get your SG. If they drop one next to your sentry, it is as good as dead, don't try to repair it because then you'll be dead too! Soldiers can also be a pain due to a well-placed nail grenade or volley of rockets easily destroying your gun.
 * A dispenser placed on the flag or security button can be used in the same way as a Demoman's pipe trap: detonate it if enemies get too close. A well-stocked dispenser will instantly kill a Scout.

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 * There are many ways in which a Sentry Gun can be taken down.
 ** As a Scout or Medic, fire the Nailgun at it from one of its blind spots, or try to sneak up on it and circle-strafe.
-** As a Soldier, a few rockets or a nail grenade will easily destroy a Sentry.
+** As a Soldier, a few rockets or a laser grenade will easily destroy a Sentry.
 ** A Demoman's MIRV grenade will inevitably destroy a Sentry if it explodes anywhere near it.
 ** A Spy can attempt to sabotage a Sentry if the Engineer is absent. This will cause it to fire on its own team.

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 |name =[[:Category:Buildables#Dispenser|Dispenser]]
 |description=
-The Engineer can also build dispensers. A dispenser serves as a field ammunition/armor repository for the Engineer and his teammates. Standing next to a dispenser will replenish your ammo and armor, assuming it has enough resources. Although a dispenser automatically fills itself slowly, and will also eat any bags that are tossed or dropped near it. The Engineer can also fill it up with his own ammo by hitting it with his wrench. Enemy players can use your dispenser, though you will receive a warning when this happens. Detonating a dispenser unleashes a powerful explosion, the damage depending on the amount of ammo inside it.
+The Engineer can also build dispensers. A dispenser serves as a field ammunition/armor repository for the Engineer and his teammates. Standing next to a dispenser will replenish your ammo and armor, assuming it has enough resources. Although a dispenser automatically fills itself slowly, it will also eat any bags that are tossed or dropped near it. The Engineer can also fill it up with his own ammo by hitting it with his wrench. Enemy players can use your dispenser, though you will receive a warning when this happens. Detonating a dispenser unleashes a powerful explosion, the damage depending on the amount of ammo inside it.
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 When discarding ammo, the Engineer discards a little of ''all'' his ammunition.
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 | abilities =
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 Engineer
 | classintro =
-If you fancy yourself a tinkerer and builder, the engineer may be for you. The personality of a disgruntled construction worker combined with a genius intellect does wonders in the world of Fortress. The engineer fortifies his base with [[:Category:Buildables#Sentry_Gun|sentry guns]] and supplies other defenders with ammunition via [[:Category:Buildables#Dispenser|dispensers]]. Sentry guns are automatic turrets that can be upgraded to three different levels, each progressively more powerful than the last. It takes a bit to lock on to an enemy, but once it happens the enemy is certainly in for a world of pain (if not death).
+If you fancy yourself a tinkerer and builder, the engineer may be for you. The personality of a disgruntled construction worker combined with a genius intellect does wonders in the world of Fortress. The engineer fortifies his base with [[:Category:Buildables#Sentry_Gun|sentry guns]] and supplies other defenders with ammunition via [[:Category:Buildables#Dispenser|dispensers]]. Sentry guns are automatic turrets that can be upgraded to three different levels, each progressively more powerful than the last. It takes a bit to lock on to an enemy, but once it happens the enemy is certainly in for a world of pain.
 Besides his buildable structures, the engineer has a modest repertoire of weapons including the [[Weapon:Railgun|railgun]], [[Weapon:Super Shotgun|super shotgun]], and [[Grenade:EMP|EMP grenades]]. The railgun is the engineer's own unique invention: a heavily modified pistol that shoots magnetically charged slugs. The result is a powerful ricocheting weapon that ignores enemy armor. The super shotgun is your standard shoot 'n kill weapon. It packs a reliable punch and is useful in a variety of situations. The engineer's EMP grenade releases a pulse that detonates ammunition on enemies and on the ground, creating powerful explosions that can bring down many classes extremely fast.

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 * You are a defense master! Always have a sentry up in your base, even if you're away, just having the sentry up can help your team drastically.
 * Remember to place your gun well; Scouts and Medics love to stay out of your sentry's range and nailgun it. Try blasting them with your railgun or shotgun, and perhaps toss an EMP.
-* On levels where ammo bags are scarce, a dispenser will help your teammates maintain their armour, and enable you to upgrade your gun much faster. If you have time before the enemy arrives, build a dispenser, then build your gun with the cells it generates. Ammo bags dropped by dead enemies will always contain 30 cells, so be sure to pick them up.
+* On levels where ammo bags are scarce, a dispenser will help your teammates maintain their armour, and enable you to upgrade your gun much faster. If you have time before the enemy arrives, build a dispenser, then build your gun with the cells it generates.
 * Watch for Demomen and HWGuys with their MIRVs trying to get your SG. If they drop one next to your sentry, it is as good as dead, don't try to repair it because then you'll be dead too! Soldiers can also be a pain due to a well-placed nail grenade or volley of rockets easily destroying your gun.
 * A dispenser placed on the flag or security button can be used in the same way as a Demoman's pipe trap: detonate it if enemies get too close. A well-stocked dispenser will instantly kill a Scout.

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 * You are a defense master! Always have a sentry up in your base, even if you're away, just having the sentry up can help your team drastically.
 * Remember to place your gun well; Scouts and Medics love to stay out of your sentry's range and nailgun it. Try blasting them with your railgun or shotgun, and perhaps toss an EMP.
-* On levels where ammo bags are scarce, a dispenser will help your teammates maintain their armour, and enable you to upgrade your gun much faster. If you have time before the enemy arrives, build a dispenser, then build your gun with the cells it generates.
+* On levels where ammo bags are scarce, a dispenser will help your teammates maintain their armour, and enable you to upgrade your gun much faster. If you have time before the enemy arrives, build a dispenser, then build your gun with the cells it generates. Ammo bags dropped by dead enemies will always contain 30 cells.
-* Ammo bags dropped by dead enemies will always contain 30 cells.
+* Watch for Demomen and HWGuys with their MIRVs trying to get your SG. If they drop one next to your sentry, it is as good as dead, don't try to repair it because then you'll be dead too! Soldiers can also be a pain due to a well-placed nail grenade or volley of rockets easily destroying your gun.
 * A dispenser placed on the flag or security button can be used in the same way as a Demoman's pipe trap: detonate it if enemies get too close. A well-stocked dispenser will instantly kill a Scout.
 ====Offensive Engineer====
 * This role is situational, and some maps favour it more than others. If it's not working out, switch to a more suitable offense class such as Scout, Medic or Spy.
 * Build sentries in or very near the enemy base to cause annoyance, but don't expect them to last long.
 * Heavily armed defenders will crush you. Don't bother going for the flag unless the flag room is totally empty.
 * While you're no good in direct combat, a couple of grenades or railgun shots while retreating may weaken and distract enemy defenders.

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 |name =[[:Category:Buildables#Sentry_Gun|Sentry Gun]]
 |description=
-The Engineer can build sentry guns, automatic turrets that shoot enemy players and cloaked enemy spies. It takes 130 cells to build a sentry gun and another 130 each time when upgrading to levels 2 and 3. A level 1 sentry gun is a basic, weak contraption that shoots shells at about the rate of a semi-automatic pistol. Level 2 introduces machine guns and a faster tracking speed, making the gun far more deadly. Level 3 gives the ultimate addition: a rocket launcher.<br><br>In order to repair or upgrade your sentry gun, you must have cells and hit the gun with your [[Weapon:Spanner|wrench]]. Sentry Guns are strong structures, but an untended one can be easily killed by the enemy, as they do have blind spots. You can change the direction that your sentry gun aims by bringing up the radial right-click menu and selecting "Aim Sentry Gun." It will point your gun in the direction you are currently aiming.
+A Sentry Gun is an automatic turret, best suited to defense. It costs 130 cells to build a Sentry Gun and another 130 for each upgrade. Hitting the gun with your [[Weapon:Spanner|wrench]] will repair or upgrade it if you have enough cells. Each successive level increases the gun's killing power, maximum health, and ammo capacity, but an untended Sentry Gun, even at level 3, is easily destroyed by the enemy. Right clicking will point your gun in the direction you are currently aiming.
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 |name =[[:Category:Buildables#Dispenser|Dispenser]]
 |description=
-The Engineer can also build dispensers. A dispenser mainly serves as a field ammunition/armor repository for the Engineer and his fellow defenders (or maybe attackers?). Standing next to a dispenser will replenish your ammo and armor, assuming it has enough resources. Although a dispenser automatically fills itself slowly, and will also eat any bags that are tossed or dropped near it. The Engineer can fill it up much quicker by depositing his own ammo and cells by hitting it with his wrench. Be wary though, enemy players can use your dispenser. However, this works in your favor because you receive a warning when this happens. A full (or almost full) dispenser also serves as a good weapon. Detonating a dispenser unleashes a large, powerful explosion that will kill or severely injure enemy players. Dispensers can also "eat" ammo backpacks near it, so encourage your allies to throw their unused ammo at your dispenser, especially if you just built it.
+The Engineer can also build dispensers. A dispenser serves as a field ammunition/armor repository for the Engineer and his teammates. Standing next to a dispenser will replenish your ammo and armor, assuming it has enough resources. Although a dispenser automatically fills itself slowly, and will also eat any bags that are tossed or dropped near it. The Engineer can also fill it up with his own ammo by hitting it with his wrench. Enemy players can use your dispenser, though you will receive a warning when this happens. Detonating a dispenser unleashes a powerful explosion, the damage depending on the amount of ammo inside it.
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 |name = Repair
 |description=
-The Engineer can repair his sentry guns, dispensers, and teammates' armor. By whacking any of those targets with your wrench, you will restore their structural integrity. Players receive armor when an engineer "repairs" them.
+The Engineer can repair his sentry guns, dispensers, and teammates' armor, by hitting them with his wrench, provided he has enough cells.
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 | strategyandtips =
 ====Offensive Engineer====
 * Build sentries in or very near the enemy base to cause annoyance, but don't expect them to last long.
-* A dispenser can help your teammates, though it can also be used by the enemy: detonate it if enemies get close.
+* A dispenser can help your teammates, though it can also be used by the enemy. Detonate it if enemies get close.
+* Heavily armed defenders will crush you. Don't bother going for the flag unless the flag room is totally empty.
-====Defensive Engineer====
+* While you're no good in direct combat, a couple of grenades or railgun shots while retreating may weaken and distract enemy defenders.
 ====Playing Against an Engineer====

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 ====Playing Against an Engineer====
-Two rockets and he'll die. There are many ways in which a sentry can be taken down, as a light class use nailgun and try to hit the sentry from a blind spot where it won't fire back at you. As soldier a few rockets or a nail nade will kill it. Demos' and heavies' mirv are will definitly kill a sentry. As a spy you could toss 2 frags and it'll go down, you could also try sab the sentry, however try to kill the engy first by back stabbing him, you could do this even in front of his sentry, just make sure you don't miss, or else you are dead. Remember if someone attacks you while you are sabbing you'll stop and have to restart again, so try to do it when no one notices you. Engineers on their own can sometimes be hard as they have EMPs and frags, but in most cases you will always have better weapons than him(expect if you are scout, but then you shouldn't be trying to fight anyone).
+* The Engineer has little armour and will die to two rockets, or a few Super Shotgun shots.
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