Spy-cicle

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Icy spy!
The Heavy playing a pun

The Spy-cicle is a community-created melee weapon for the Spy. It is a long, light blue Template:W.

Whilst having the same damage and speed capabilities as the Knife, backstabbed victims will not scream and will turn into solid ice, similar to the golden statue effect from Australium-infused weapons. No death notice will be produced to the enemy team, but a unique sound of ice freezing will be produced, allowing alert players to notice the presence of the Spy.

If the Spy is hit by fire with the weapon active, it will melt and instantly extinguish the Spy while rendering him immune to any further fire for 2 seconds. The effect is fast enough that a Cloaked Spy will remain undamaged even under point-blank Flamethrower fire, only taking damage from the first flame particle. However, the melted icicle is rendered unusable in the process, taking 15 seconds to regenerate. As it melts, the Spy-cicle will emit a loud extinguishing sound; further contact with flames during the two-second interval will still produce the crackling sound that typically accompanies direct damage from the Pyro's Flamethrower, even if the Spy is invisible.

Non-backstab kills achieved will not turn the victim into solid ice, but the kill will still be silent.

If playing in Medieval Mode, the Spy-cicle will regenerate instantly.

The Spy-cicle was contributed to the game via the Steam Workshop under the name "The Cold Shoulder".

Damage and function times

See also: Damage
Identical to: Knife
Damage and function times
Damage
Base damage 100% 40
Point blank 34-46
Backstab 600%
Critical 120
Mini-crit 46-62
Function times
Attack interval 0.8 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Demonstration

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Reclaimed Metal Your Eternal Reward Spy-cicle
Item icon Reclaimed Metal.png + Item icon Your Eternal Reward.png = Item icon Spy-cicle.png
Class Token - Spy Slot Token - Melee Scrap Metal Possible Results
Item icon Class Token - Spy.png + Item icon Slot Token - Melee.png + Item icon Scrap Metal.png =
Item icon Your Eternal Reward.png Item icon Conniver's Kunai.png Item icon Big Earner.png Item icon Wanga Prick.png
Item icon Sharp Dresser.png Item icon Spy-cicle.png

Related achievements

Leaderboard class soldier.png Soldier

War Crime Spybunal
War Crime Spybunal
Kill a Spy who just backstabbed a teammate.

Leaderboard class sniper.png Sniper

Consolation Prize
Consolation Prize
Get backstabbed 50 times.
Shock Treatment
Shock Treatment
Kill a spy whose backstab attempt was blocked by your Razorback.

Leaderboard class spy.png Spy

A Cut Above
A Cut Above
Kill a gun-wielding Spy with your knife.


Agent Provocateur
Agent Provocateur
Backstab your Steam Community friends 10 times.


Come in From the Cold
Come in From the Cold
Get a Revenge kill with a backstab.


Counter Espionage
Counter Espionage
Backstab a disguised Spy.


Die Another Way
Die Another Way
Kill a Sniper after your backstab breaks his Razorback.


Dr. Nooooo
Dr. Nooooo
Backstab a Medic that is ready to deploy an ÜberCharge.


FYI I am a Spy
FYI I am a Spy
Backstab a Medic who has healed you in the last 5 seconds.


High Value Target
High Value Target
Backstab an enemy who is dominating 3 or more of your teammates.


Identity Theft
Identity Theft
Backstab the enemy that you're currently disguised as.
Is It Safe?
Is It Safe?
Backstab 50 enemies who are capturing control points.


May I Cut In?
May I Cut In?
Backstab an enemy and the Medic healing him within 10 seconds of each other.


Sapsucker
Sapsucker
Sap an enemy building, then backstab the Engineer who built it within 5 seconds.


Slash and Burn
Slash and Burn
Backstab an enemy, who then switches to Pyro before they respawn.


Spymaster
Spymaster
Backstab 1000 enemies.


The Man with the Broken Guns
The Man with the Broken Guns
Backstab an Engineer, then sap 3 of his buildings within 10 seconds.


Triplecrossed
Triplecrossed
Backstab 3 Snipers in a single life.


Wetwork
Wetwork
Stab an enemy to death while under the influence of Jarate.


You Only Shiv Thrice
You Only Shiv Thrice
Backstab 3 enemies within 10 seconds.

Update history

December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas 2011)

  • The Spy-cicle was added to the game.

December 21, 2011 Patch

  • Added draw/melee swing/melee hit/crit forces for the Spy-cicle.
  • The Spy-cicle is now droppable and craftable.

December 23, 2011 Patch

  • Fixed a Spy-cicle exploit
  • [Undocumented] The Spy-cicle now uses the Revolver taunt.

January 11, 2012 Patch

  • Added crafting blueprint for the Spy-cicle.

April 17, 2012 Patch

  • [Undocumented] The Spy-cicle no longer grants afterburn immunity.

Unused content

  • There is a unique draw sound effect for this weapon that is unused.

Bugs

  • A knife will not respawn with the player. In order to receive a new knife after death, the player must touch a resupply cabinet or wait for the meter to fill.
  • In some cases, the frost effect that is supposed to surround the Spy-cicle is found at the Spy's feet.
  • If a Spy gets hit by fire while stunned by the Razorback, the knife will not vanish but the knife bar will still recharge and the fire resistance will not extend beyond 2 seconds.
  • While cloaked with the Spy-cicle as the active weapon, the frost effect is still visible.
  • Backstabbing an Engineer while he is hauling a Building will result in the killfeed displaying the Building's destruction to the enemy team.
  • Backstabbing an invisible Spy will lead to an invisible 'Iced' corpse. This corpse will react exactly like a normal Iced victim, but cannot be seen by anybody.
  • If someone jumps and is then backstabbed with this weapon, the backstab animation will not play.
  • If someone stands on top of an enemy and then gets backstabbed by the Spy-cicle, the ice statue will float in the air until it falls over.
  • The Spy will shout a fire-related response when the Spy-cicle's effect is triggered.
  • When backstabbing a Heavy who is spinning his Minigun, the corpse will retain the Minigun as well.
  • Should the victim of the Spy-cicle speak (such as using voice commands or taunting) after a backstab, the frozen statue of the victim will keep speaking and even move its mouth.

Trivia

  • The item's name is a Template:W of the words "Spy" and "icicle".
    • As an homage to the creator's original submitted name, the texture files are named cold_shoulder, referring to the English colloquial phrase "to give someone the cold shoulder".
  • The Heavy has a unique backstab animation for this weapon; he shivers as he turns to ice.
  • Fire damage resistance and the inability for the Spy to be ignited were both originally tested on variations of the Fire Retardant Suit.
  • Once the fire immunity is activated, the user can survive a Hadouken without taking damage, but not if the Hadouken itself activates the fire immunity.
  • The Spy-cicle was first teased on the first day of the Australian Christmas Update 2011, on the bottom left corner of the title image.


Gallery

See also