Backstab
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A Backstab is a context-sensitive attack with the Spy's Knife that results in a one-hit kill (unless prevented with the Dead Ringer, the Razorback, or an Übercharge). Backstabs can be made from anywhere from a suitably-close 180° range directly behind the enemy player. A indication that you are within the backstab radius will result in your knife being deployed into a backstab position, and will remain that way until the target moves or the backstab is deployed.
A backstab can be performed while you are disguised, although your disguise will be removed upon performing it, whether it connects or not.
A useful technique that can be employed by a skilled Spy is to sap an Engineer's sentry gun and immediately backstab them. As most Engineers will turn to face their sentry gun to remove the sapper, this gives the Spy an excellent backstab setup. Even trickier still is backstabbing the Engineer first, then quickly equipping and placing a Sapper before his Sentry is able to turn and fire.
The Sniper has a Unlockable Secondary weapon, the Razorback which prevents one backstab per life (unless he returns to a resupply cabinet), to be less suspectable to spies.
Backstab Issues
Due to an in-game glitch, a backstab can sometimes occur upon stabbing an enemy in the face, referred to by the community as 'facestabs'. While these problems have been reported to be fixed in the developer notes accompanying various patches, these do still occur occasionally.
Another community-coined term, the "failstab", refers to a backstab which should have succeeded but instead did only normal knife damage, even though the backstab animation played through fully and the knife connected. This may sometimes be due to lag compensation.
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