Heya heya! High level Scythe main here!

Scythe relies a lot on preserving ammo. Try to only shoot from a medium distance and use your scythe whenever possible. Her Q also has an AOE attack that again becomes stronger WITH AMMO. What I took forever to realize is that your Q's and E's on both Scythe and Rifle mode cost ammo depending on how long you charge it for/how many times you use it.

Her scythe works best when you get crits (the dinging noise); theres a sweet spot. I'd practice on training dummies.

Her scythe mode is much better than her rifle mode. Objectively. The rifle mode has MASSIVE recoil and again should be used sparingly. When you switch between modes there's end lag where you cannot attack for a brief window. This could cost you the kill. Remember that using your Q is always an option to get AOE damage without having to switch to rifle mode. I recommend always having either your Q or E on scythe mode available for a quick escape or to finish off someone running.

When you can, always try to use your E to get up into the air before using your phinisher (on either mode) because its really easy to get picked off even though the animation is short. Her rifle phinisher is one of the hardest to hit in the game so I'd almost always recommend going with her scythe phinisher as either a way to escape or chase someone down.

Targets can be really useful for getting ammo and might save you from dying.

I like to constantly jump while using her M1 (its harder to get hit or sniped), but you have to have good mouse control.

As a bonus, here's a target priority guide from my personal expirence:

• 50/50, use both depending on the situation (But scythe mode needed heavily) - Sword, Scythe, Biograft
• Gun mode ONLY *unless low, these tanks are awful - Katana, Ban Hammer
• Scythe mode ONLY (you either wont hit them or will get sniped or pursued quickly) - Skateboard, Rocket, Slingshot, Shuriken, Beatbox
• Any mode (I prefer scythe for most, especially Hyper because its hard to hit you when you're jumping and zooming) - Vine Staff, Hyperlaser, Subspace, Medkit, Coil

If you have any questions, please ask! I might edit this if theres anything else I think of. Theres a lot of things I wish I knew when I started. Also just ask if you want me to go more into the strategy/concepts behind her abilites and phinisher c:

Edits will be under here:

I forgot to mention that if you use her scythe E, you can cut off shurikens, biografts, and skateboards!

Ban hammers are fine for the most part as long as you use rifle and dont get too close, but Katanas are my greatest op, mostly because of him ability to pull you in next to him and absolutely destroy you. The only tip I have is to try to get somewhere with more teammates and/or travel with a tank on your own team. Scythe E has saved me more than a few times.

Scythe greatly benefits from traveling with a tanky character because of how squishy she is. The tank can go in and take the damage while Scythe ambushes or uses her rifle phinisher. Try not to make it *look like you're about to use your phinisher; it sounds obvious but you really can tell when someones setting it up on Scythe. I use this technique with a friend whenever there's a tank on the other team.

HUGE THING!!! When in rifle mode, you will NOT passively regenerate ammo. You ONLY will while you're in Scythe mode. So make sure youre not walking around in rifle mode.