Spy

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Hailing from an indeterminate region of France, the Spy is an afficionado of sharp suits and even sharper knives who relies on stealth and trickery to aid the team. Using his unique array of cloaking watches, he can render himself invisible and even fake his own death, leaving unaware opponents off-guard. His Disguise kit lets him take on the form of any class, allowing him to blend in and sneak behind enemy lines before stabbing his unsuspecting 'teammates', quite literally, in the back. In fact, a swift backstab from behind with the Spy's trusty knife will take out almost any foe in a single hit.

In addition to being able to assassinate key enemies quickly and efficiently, the Spy is a great anti-Engineer measure. Using his Electro Sappers, he can disable their buildings, slowly draining their health until they are destroyed and allowing the team to move forward as he fades back into the shadows.

Contents 1 Information 1.1 Bio 2 Basic Strategy 3 Weapons 3.1 Weapons 3.2 PDA items 3.3 Taunt Attack 4 Sapping Times 5 Hats 6 Miscellaneous Items 7 Achievements 8 Trivia 9 See also 10 External Links

Bio

Basic Strategy

Main article: Spy strategy

• Use your knife to backstab enemies from behind, killing them instantly.

• Disguise yourself as an enemy with your disguise kit. Beware, attacking will remove your disguise.

• Hit Attack 2 to cloak and become fully invisible for a short period of time.

• Use your cloak to get behind enemy lines, and your disguise to move around amongst them.

• Try to act like an enemy while disguised. Observe where enemy team members are, and disguise as one of them.

• Place your electro sappers on enemy sentry guns to destroy them. Disguises aren't lost when placing sappers.

• Your electro sappers disable sentry guns before destroying them. Sap a sentry gun before attacking the Engineer.

• Call for enemy Medics by hitting the "MEDIC!" button while disguised.

Weapons

Note: Weapon damage is approximate and measured at point blank range. See individual weapon pages for additional figures.

Weapons

Slot	Weapon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Special Ability
Primary	Revolver	6	24	Base: 40 Crit: 120
Primary Unlock	Ambassador	6	24	Base: 34 Crit: 102	Crits on accurate headshot. Accuracy decreases after initial shot (short cooldown). Minus 15% damage dealt, 20% slower firing speed.
Secondary	Electro sapper	1	∞	N/A	Disables and slowly destroys enemy buildings.
Melee	Knife	N/A	N/A	Base: 40 Crit: 120 (Backstab: 450)	Backstab earns instant kill if the player is within 180° behind their target. No random crit.

PDA items

Slot	Weapon	Special ability
PDA 1	Disguise kit	Allows the Spy to disguise himself as a fellow or enemy player.
PDA 2	Invisibility watch	Cloak type: Timed Cloaks spy for 9 seconds. Can collect ammo to refill cloak meter.
PDA 2 Unlock	Cloak and Dagger	Cloak type: Motion sensitive Cloaks spy indefinitely while standing still. Faster recharge rate and cloak consumption than Invis watch. Cannot collect ammo to refill cloak meter
PDA 2 Unlock	Dead Ringer	Cloak type: Feign death Cloaks spy for 6.5 seconds upon receiving damage. Drops a fake corpse during cloak activation. Loud, distinctive decloak sound. 60% faster cloak regen (16 seconds). Can collect ammo to refill cloak meter.

Taunt Attack

Type	Attack	Weapon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage
Melee	Fencing	Knife	N/A	N/A	2 Swings for 30 damage each, then a thrust for 500 (Instant kill)

Sapping Times

All times listed are approximately how long it will take for a Sapper to destroy a structure that is at full health with no disturbances.

• Sentry Gun, Dispenser, Teleport Entrance & Exit.
  • Level 1: 6 seconds
  • Level 2: 7 seconds
  • Level 3: 9 seconds

Hats

Main article: Hats

Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4
Fancy fedora	Backbiter's billycock	None	Magistrate's Mullet

All Classes
Cheater's lament	Ghastly gibus	Mildly disturbing Halloween mask	Bill's hat	Modest pile of hat	Noble amassment of hats	Towering pillar of hats

Miscellaneous Items

Camera beard

Achievements

Main article: Spy achievements

• Spy pack: 34 achievements, 3 milestones.
  
• 1 General achievement

Trivia

• The Spy is voiced by Dennis Bateman, the same VA as the Pyro.
• The Spy's old bio appears on his trading card, reading: "A master of disguise, misdirection, and the byzantine details of who really runs things, the Spy is a double reverse quadruple agent whose reflexive suspicion is entirely justified."
• Oddly enough, the Spy's personality seemed to do a complete turn after the Spy vs Sniper update before his domination lines were released. Before the update, he rarely insulted his enemies, and even gave a word of congratulations to them upon getting a revenge on whoever dominated him (often saying "Well played"). After the update, most if not all of the Spy's domination lines flat out insult the victim. Even more odd, the new revenge lines that he was supposed to get never made it into the game. So on one hand the Spy could be insulting an Engineer through domination, while also giving kudos to a Pyro who he just got revenge on.
• The BLU Scout's Mother is in a relationship with the RED Spy. A file in the BLU base contains photos documenting their...activites.
• The Spy appears to have separate voices for BLU and RED as the RED Spy has a lower, raspier voice.
• The RED Spy calls the Scout's mother "Ma Petite Chou-fleur", translated from French to English it means "My Little Cauliflower".
• The Spy ordered the Cloak and Dagger and Dead Ringer spy watches and later on he purchased the Camera beard from the Dapper Rogue Catalogue for the Gentleman Scoundrel from Mann Co. Industries.
• The manufacturer's model of the Spy's disguise kit is the Spytron 3000.
• The Spy never removes his mask and, as seen in Meet the Spy, not even in the bedroom.
• The Spy is known to speak phrases in Italian, French and Spanish.
• The Spy is the only class who is more commonly shown in both official and fan-made media as being a member of the BLU team.
• A BLU Spy periodically appeared behind the RED Sniper in the Day 3 post of the Sniper Update before the joint Spy Update was ultimately revealed.
• The RED Spy has a white cigarette in his mouth, whilst the BLU Spy favors a brown colored brand. Both have only white cigarettes in their case in-game, however.
• In the Beta version, the Spy's suit was greyer for both teams, and he wore a team colored arm band. This version can still be seen in the Spy's HUD.
• Along with the Medic, the Spy wears a tie, with the Medic and Pyro he carries both gloves that are not fingerless and along with the Scout has no emblem on his sleeves.
• The Spy with The Sniper, Soldier and Demoman are the only four known smokers, aside from The Administrator. However, the Spy is the only class to actually hold a cigarette in his mouth during gameplay.
• The Spy, along with the Sniper, does not say "Boo" as one of his jeers.
• The Spy was the first class to be able to do two different taunts with the same weapon.
• The Spy is the only class to hold his primary weapons one handed.
• The Spy is the only class in the select screen to hold a different weapon to his HUD image, with his HUD appearance holding the Revolver and his character model holding a Knife.
• The Spy and the Medic are the only classes with three hats, excluding hats for all classes, they and the Soldier are so far the only classes to obtain a misc item.
• The Spy can change his skeleton in an excruciatingly painful but worthwhile fashion using his Crab-Walking Kit.

See also

• Disguise
• Cloak
• Backstab
• Spy match-ups
• Spy taunts
• Spy responses
• Spy voice commands
• Spy strategy
• Spy-checking
• Spy User Guides
• Spy scripts
• Meet the Spy
• Headshot
• List of references (Spy)

External Links

• The Sniper vs. Spy Update
• TF2 Official Blog- Sniper/Spy Update, Day 5
• TF2 Official Blog- Day 6 Spy Update Hooray!
• TF2 Official Blog- Sniper vs. Spy Update, Day 7
• TF2 Official Blog- The Sniper vs. Spy Update
• TF2 Official Blog- Neat Community Creations (Spy Update Hoax)
• In-Depth Spy Guide
• TF2: Spy Guide Part#1: Spying 101

v • d • e Classes Offensive Defensive Support N/A Scout • Soldier • Pyro Demoman • Heavy • Engineer Medic • Sniper • Spy Civilian

v • d • e The Spy Weapons Primary: Revolver / Ambassador • Secondary: Electro sapper • Melee: Knife • Special: Disguise kit • Watch: Invisibility watch / Cloak and Dagger / Dead Ringer • Taunt: Fencing Abilities Disguise • Cloak • Backstab • Headshot Hats/Misc Fancy fedora • Backbiter's billycock • Magistrate's Mullet • Camera beard Strategy Spy strategy • Spy match-ups • Spy User Guides • Spy-checking Character Meet the Spy • Taunts • Voice commands • Responses Achievements Spy achievements (How to) Other Sniper vs. Spy Update • References • Scripts