Fire Retardant Suit

Fire Retardant Suit
Basic Information
Used by:	Spy
Slot:	Unknown

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Y'all might be flame retardant, but ya sure ain't bulletproof. Click to listen — The Engineer on fire proof spies

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The Fire retardant suit was a scrapped unlockable primary item for the Spy, available for use in the closed beta. The Fire retardant suit was represented in the player's backpack by an image of the Spy's suit bundled and wrapped with with a similarly-colored team-colored band that featured the class icon of the Pyro.

The Fire retardant suit protected the Spy by reducing incoming fire damage by exactly 90%. An alternate 'Beta 2' version of the Fire retardant suit grants the wearer complete immunity to the afterburn effect. With the Fire retardant suit equipped, the Spy gains increased protection against the Pyro's flames, but loses the ranged attack capabilities of his primary Revolver unlockable weapons.

Damage

• Fire retardant suit Beta 1

None. Grants the user immunity to 90% of incoming fire damage.

• Fire retardant suit Beta 2

None. Grants the user immunity to afterburn effects.

Function times

• Attack Interval: Unknown, assumed none.
• Activation of the suit came into play when player was disguised. When hit by Pyro flames, the suit was to block 90% of the damage dealt by the Pyro. The effect wore off when and if the player either died or undisguised.

All times are in seconds. Times are approximate and determined by community testing.

Trivia

• An attribute that causes fire immunity for the Spy while disguised exists within the Team Fortress 2 resource files, possibly hinting at the suit's inclusion in a later update.
• Recently, several future item releases were leaked via the Steam Translation Server. Amongst these was an attribute that granted the player immunity to fire. While several of the leaked item names have made it in to the official game since, evidence of an official fireproof suit for the Spy remains to be seen.