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* Cloaked Spies can be revealed if they are doused, lit, or bleeding. Try using Jarate, Mad Milk, fire, and melee weapons that cause bleeding in areas where you suspect a Spy is hiding. | * Cloaked Spies can be revealed if they are doused, lit, or bleeding. Try using Jarate, Mad Milk, fire, and melee weapons that cause bleeding in areas where you suspect a Spy is hiding. | ||
** Emerging from [[water]] also compromises a Spy's invisibility. Try chasing a Spy in and out of water. | ** Emerging from [[water]] also compromises a Spy's invisibility. Try chasing a Spy in and out of water. | ||
− | * | + | * Spies can pick up ammo even while cloaked. If health kits and ammo boxes are mysteriously disappearing, there may be a cloaked Spy nearby. |
− | * Disguised Spies can receive health and ammo from enemy Dispensers, even while they are cloaked. Occasionally | + | * Disguised Spies can receive health and ammo from enemy Dispensers, even while they are cloaked. Occasionally Spy-check around Dispensers. |
− | * The Invisibility Watch and the Cloak and Dagger will show a silhouette of a cloaked Spy if he bumps into an enemy or is hurt (even by a fall); if a Spy's silhouette is revealed, press against him and | + | * The Invisibility Watch and the Cloak and Dagger will show a silhouette of a cloaked Spy if he bumps into an enemy or is hurt (even by a fall); if a Spy's silhouette is revealed, press against him and attack to keep him visible. |
* If you hear [[voice responses]] near you from an unknown source, check the area around you for invisible Spies trying to confuse you. | * If you hear [[voice responses]] near you from an unknown source, check the area around you for invisible Spies trying to confuse you. | ||
− | * Spies make a fairly loud, distinct noise when they uncloak. | + | * Spies make a fairly loud, distinct noise when they uncloak. You can even hear their footsteps while they remain cloaked. |
− | * If you see a Spy Cloak, die suspiciously, or otherwise escape your sight, alert your team and tell them | + | * If you see a Spy Cloak, die suspiciously, or otherwise escape your sight, alert your team and tell them exactly where they are. |
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Revision as of 20:38, 25 April 2016
“ | That's what my daddy taught me to do to backstabbers.
Click to listen
— The Engineer
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The Spy is a cunningly swift espionage agent bent on stabbing everyone's back. The Spy's primary attack is his backstab ability which allows him to instantly kill any class in one hit from behind. The best defense against a Spy is good observational skills; Spies only have so many ways to infiltrate your team and experienced players can usually detect them if there is little to no combat occurring at the time. When caught, most Spies will try and escape rather than engage in a fight because of their limited attack capability. Keep in mind that Spies have different ways of cloaking and backstabbing, including the ability to fake their own death. Pyros are generally considered the first defense against enemy Spies due to their great Spy checking ability.
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General
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Weapon-specific
Secondary weapons
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![]() Revolver + reskins |
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![]() Ambassador + reskins |
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![]() L'Etranger |
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![]() Enforcer |
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![]() Diamondback |
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Melee weapons
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![]() Knife + reskins |
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![]() Your Eternal Reward + reskins |
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![]() Conniver's Kunai |
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![]() Big Earner |
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![]() Spy-cicle |
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PDA weapon
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![]() Disguise Kit |
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Cloaking devices
- Cloaked Spies can be revealed if they are doused, lit, or bleeding. Try using Jarate, Mad Milk, fire, and melee weapons that cause bleeding in areas where you suspect a Spy is hiding.
- Emerging from water also compromises a Spy's invisibility. Try chasing a Spy in and out of water.
- Spies can pick up ammo even while cloaked. If health kits and ammo boxes are mysteriously disappearing, there may be a cloaked Spy nearby.
- Disguised Spies can receive health and ammo from enemy Dispensers, even while they are cloaked. Occasionally Spy-check around Dispensers.
- The Invisibility Watch and the Cloak and Dagger will show a silhouette of a cloaked Spy if he bumps into an enemy or is hurt (even by a fall); if a Spy's silhouette is revealed, press against him and attack to keep him visible.
- If you hear voice responses near you from an unknown source, check the area around you for invisible Spies trying to confuse you.
- Spies make a fairly loud, distinct noise when they uncloak. You can even hear their footsteps while they remain cloaked.
- If you see a Spy Cloak, die suspiciously, or otherwise escape your sight, alert your team and tell them exactly where they are.
Weapon | Anti-Spy strategy |
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![]() Invis Watch + reskins |
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![]() Cloak and Dagger |
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![]() Dead Ringer |
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Buildings
- Keep special notice of your team's Teleporters. Left unguarded, a Spy can place a Sapper on one end and continue to replace those that are removed by the other end, eventually sapping more health than what an Engineer can repair and destroying both ends; this can deal a huge blow to your team.
- Pyros with the Homewrecker equipped are a great counter against Sappers; it only takes one strike to dislodge the device from a building, as opposed to the two strikes required by an Engineer's Wrench.
- Spies can put Sappers in the teleporter entrance and stay on top of it. If the Engineer doesn't pay attention, he can suffer a Telefrag.
- When Spies place a Sapper on a building, including in disguise; they will play a custom animation where the Spy or "Teammate" slap the Sapper onto the building. Keep an eye out for this if someone is sapping your team's buildings.
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![]() Sapper + reskins |
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![]() Red-Tape Recorder |
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Telling Them Apart
- See Spychecking for more strategies.
- Disguised Spies cannot enter your spawn area, watch teammates passing the door. If the door doesn't open or they cannot enter, it is most likely a Spy.
- Disguised Spies cannot fire the weapon they appear to be wielding. Heavies are therefore very obvious Spies in disguises.
- Disguised Spies will not be hurt by their teammates but they can be hurt by you. A stray bullet from your team may reveal the Spy.
- Conflicting items such as the SMG and the Razorback may be applied at the same time.
- Enemy Spies can't pass through you. If you bump into a teammate and can't pass through them, then they are a Spy.
See also
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