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*As a Sniper, constantly keep moving! Standing still for too long is an invitation to Spies everywhere.
 
*As a Sniper, constantly keep moving! Standing still for too long is an invitation to Spies everywhere.
 
*As a Medic, be aware of your surroundings and alert your team to enemy Spies.
 
*As a Medic, be aware of your surroundings and alert your team to enemy Spies.
*As a Pyro, blazing the immediate area with your flamethrower occasionally reveals a cloaked Spy.
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*As a Pyro, blazing the immediate area with your Flamethrower occasionally reveals a cloaked Spy.
 
*Engineers are the only ones that can stand on top of their buildings. Anyone else is a disguised Spy.
 
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===Cloaking Devices===
 
===Cloaking Devices===
 
*The Invisibility Watch and Dead Ringer can be recharged even if the Spy is cloaked by picking up metal. If metal is mysteriously disappearing near you, check for a Spy!
 
*The Invisibility Watch and Dead Ringer can be recharged even if the Spy is cloaked by picking up metal. If metal is mysteriously disappearing near you, check for a Spy!
*Cloaked spies with a disguise on can leech health and cloak recharges from enemy Dispensers. Check the top of your Dispenser occasionally.
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*Cloaked Spies with a disguise on can leech health and Cloak recharges from enemy Dispensers. Check the top of your Dispenser occasionally.
 
*If you hear an excessive amount of voice responses near you from an unknown source, check the area around your Dispenser for Spies trying to spook you.
 
*If you hear an excessive amount of voice responses near you from an unknown source, check the area around your Dispenser for Spies trying to spook you.
  

Revision as of 18:33, 27 December 2010

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The Scout
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The Spy is a cunningly swift espionage agent bent on stabbing everyone's back. He has a slim shape with a poor amount of health, but has a devastating melee attack, requiring his deceptive nature to make use of.

General

  • Always check for Spies. Check around corners and behind props Spies are likely to hide behind or near.
  • As a Sniper, use your Jarate to uncloak a Spy for you or your teammates to finish off.
  • When spotting a Spy, alert your team and try to chase down the Spy before he causes any (more) damage.
  • As a Sniper, checking your back and surrounding area will likely save you from dying.
  • As a Sniper, constantly keep moving! Standing still for too long is an invitation to Spies everywhere.
  • As a Medic, be aware of your surroundings and alert your team to enemy Spies.
  • As a Pyro, blazing the immediate area with your Flamethrower occasionally reveals a cloaked Spy.
  • Engineers are the only ones that can stand on top of their buildings. Anyone else is a disguised Spy.

Weapon Specific

A list of useful tidbits about the Spy's kits, and how to best counter them.

Revolver

Item icon Revolver.png

Ambassador

Item icon Ambassador.png

  • When fighting a Spy with the Ambassador, always move in an erratic way to avoid being Headshot.

L'Étranger

Item icon L'Etranger.png

Electro Sapper

Item icon Electro Sapper.png

  • The Homewrecker is a beneficial tool for a team as a Pyro in order to remove these Sappers.

Knife

Item icon Knife.png

Your Eternal Reward

Item icon Your Eternal Reward.png

  • This weapon does not produce a scream from its victim, but it does show in the killfeed. Remember who you are with to avoid dying in a chainstab.
  • If your team-mate is getting pursued, and the pursuer suddenly disappears, then the remaining person is likely an enemy Spy using this weapon.

Disguise Kit

Item icon Disguise Kit.png

  • Walk toward your team-mates when possible. Disguised Spies will try to steer clear of you, as they can not clip through you like a team-mate would.
  • Fire occasionally on your team-mates. Some disguised Spies will turn to face you or begin to flee, while most team-mates will continue uninterrupted.

Cloaking Devices

  • The Invisibility Watch and Dead Ringer can be recharged even if the Spy is cloaked by picking up metal. If metal is mysteriously disappearing near you, check for a Spy!
  • Cloaked Spies with a disguise on can leech health and Cloak recharges from enemy Dispensers. Check the top of your Dispenser occasionally.
  • If you hear an excessive amount of voice responses near you from an unknown source, check the area around your Dispenser for Spies trying to spook you.

Invisibility Watch

Item icon Invisibility Watch.png

Cloak and Dagger

Item icon Cloak and Dagger.png

Dead Ringer

Item icon Dead Ringer.png

  • The Spy has huge damage reduction while under the effect of the Dead Ringer. Try to out-damage him before he gets away.
  • Airblasting a Spy into a corner as a Pyro can isolate him long enough for the Dead Ringer effect to wear off.
  • When dueling someone, if you are not given a point after they die, then they used the Dead Ringer.
  • When a disguised Spy dies with the Dead Ringer equipped, he will scream as the class he is disguised as.
  • When a Spy actually dies without the Dead Ringer, his scream will be his own, and not of the class he is disguised as.

The Saharan Spy

The Saharan Spy

See also