Spy

Spy
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Basic Information
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Type:	Support
Health:	125 / 185
Speed:	100%
Meet the Spy

“

This Spy has already breached our defenses... You've seen what he's done to our colleagues! And worst of all: He could be any one of us. — The BLU Spy on the RED Spy

”

Hailing from an indeterminate region of France, the Spy is an aficionado of sharp suits and even sharper knives, relying 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' in the back, quite literally. In fact, a swift backstab from behind with the Spy's trusty Knife will take out any foe in a single hit.

In addition to being able to assassinate key enemies quickly and efficiently, the Spy is great against the Engineer. Using his sappers, he can disable the Engineer's buildings, slowly draining their health until they are destroyed.

The Spy is voiced by Dennis Bateman.

Related audio: Spy audio responses

Related images: Spy images

Biography

Location of origin: France Job: Uncloak & Dagger Motto: "..." Contraptions: Disguise Kit / Cloaking Watch Emblems:    Description: He is a puzzle, wrapped in an enigma, shrouded in riddles, lovingly sprinkled with intrigue, express mailed to Mystery, Alaska, and LOOK OUT BEHIND YOU! But it is too late. You're dead. For he is the Spy—globetrotting rogue, lady killer (metaphorically) and mankiller (for real).

Basic Strategy

Main articles: Spy tips, 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 MOUSE2 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 E while disguised.

Weapons

Note: Weapon damage is approximate and listed at base value. See individual weapon pages for additional figures.

Primary

	Weapon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Standard	Revolver	6	24	Base: 40 Crit: 120
Promotional	Big Kill	6	24	Base: 40 Crit: 120	Promotional item for Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse release. Same as the Revolver's specs.
Unlock	Ambassador	6	24	Base: 34 Crit: 102	. Crits on accurate headshot.  . Accuracy decreases after initial shot. Has a short cooldown during which it never Crits.  . Deals 15% less damage.  . Has 20% slower firing speed.
Craft	L'Etranger	6	24	Base: 32 Crit: 96	. On hit adds 15% charge to Cloak.  . Deals 20% less damage.

Secondary

	Weapon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Standard	Electro Sapper	1	∞	N/A	Disables and slowly destroys enemy buildings.

Melee

	Weapon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Notes / Special Abilities
Standard	Knife	N/A	N/A	Base: 40 Backstab: 6× victim's health.	. Backstab earns instant kill if the player is within 180° behind their target.  . No random Critical hits.
Craft	Your Eternal Reward	N/A	N/A	Base: 40 Backstab: 6× victim's health.	Knife alternative:  . Upon a successful backstab, the Spy instantly disguises as the backstab victim.  . Victims do not make any noise when dying.  . The Disguise Kit is disabled and changing disguised weapons is impossible.

PDA items

	Weapon	Notes / Special abilities
Standard Primary PDA	Disguise Kit	Allows the Spy to disguise himself as an enemy or a friendly player.
Standard Secondary PDA	Invisibility Watch	Cloak type: Timed Cloaks Spy for 9 seconds. Cloak meter can be refilled from ammo sources.
Unlock Secondary PDA	Cloak and Dagger	Cloak type: Motion sensitive Cloaks Spy indefinitely while standing still. Has double Cloak recharge rate. Has faster Cloak consumption. Cloak meter can't be refilled by ammo sources.
Unlock Secondary PDA	Dead Ringer	Cloak type: Feign death Cloaks Spy for 6.5 seconds upon receiving damage, dropping a fake corpse. Reduces initial damage and subsequent damage received to a fraction (1/10) and Cloak does not flicker when bumping into and enemy, but only for the standard Cloak duration. Prolonging the Cloak will turn it into a standard invisibility. Has 60% faster Cloak recharge rate. Cloak meter can be refilled from ammo sources. Has a loud, distinctive decloak sound.

Taunt Attack

	Attack	Weapon	Duration	Damage
Melee	Fencing	Knife / Your Eternal Reward	5 seconds	25 hp on first swing. 25 hp on second swing. 500 hp (instant kill) on final thrust.

Item sets

Main article: Item sets

The Saharan Spy
	L'Etranger Your Eternal Reward Familiar Fez
Effect	Extra effects when taunting.

Hats

Main article: Hats

Miscellaneous items

Main article: Miscellaneous items

Official class avatars

Official class avatars
Original set	RED ÜberCharged set	BLU ÜberCharged set
Get TF2 avatars on Steam: Original

Achievements

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

Trivia

• The beta version of Team Fortress 2 had a fire-proof suit for the Spy. It took damage but could not be ignited. It replaced the Spy's primary weapon: the Revolver.
• 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."
• The BLU Scout's Mother is in a relationship with the RED Spy. A file in the BLU base contains photos documenting their activities. The Spy refers to her as "Ma Petite Chou-fleur" ("My Little Cauliflower").
• The Spy is known to speak phrases in Italian, French and Spanish.
• 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.
• In the Beta version, the Spy's suit was gray for both teams, and he wore a team colored arm band. This version can still be seen in the Spy's HUD.
• While the Sniper, Soldier and Demoman are also known smokers, the Spy is the only class to actually hold a cigarette in his mouth during gameplay.
• Before the Spy update, he had a calmer personality for domination or revenge. After the Sniper vs. Spy Update, his Domination lines now insult his opponents. As his voice lines are said in a calm collected manner, this gives him a split personality.
• There are Revenge voice clips that are unused in the game at present.

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)
• Spycrab

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