Spy-cicle
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| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | Spy |
| Slot: | Melee |
| Contributed by: | kf.hammond |
| Released: | December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas 2011) |
| Availability: | Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #36, Uncrate #54 (Strange) or Chemistry Set (Collector's) |
| Tradable: | Yes |
| Giftable: | Yes |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Craft No.?: | Yes |
| Medieval: | Yes |
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 The Spy-cicle |
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| “ | I see spy!
Click to listen
— The Heavy making a pun
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The Spy-cicle is a community-created melee weapon for the Spy. It is a long, light blue icicle.
Whilst having the same damage and speed capabilities as the Knife, victims will turn into solid ice when backstabbed, similar to the golden statue effect from Australium-infused weapons. A unique sound of ice freezing will be produced when backstabbed, allowing alert players to notice the presence of the Spy.
If the Spy is hit by fire with the weapon active, the Spy-cicle will melt and instantly extinguish the Spy while rendering him immune to any further fire for 1 second, and afterburn for 10 seconds. The effect is fast enough that a Cloaked Spy will remain undamaged even under point-blank Flamethrower fire, only taking damage from the first flame particle. (It should be noted that fire immunity takes effect after the first fire particle does damage, not before.) However, the melted icicle is rendered unusable in the process, taking 15 seconds to regenerate. Picking up ammo will speed up the regenerate progress. As it melts, the Spy-cicle will emit a loud extinguishing sound. Further contact with flames during the one-second interval will still produce the crackling sound that typically accompanies direct damage from the Pyro's Flamethrower, even if the Spy is invisible. The Spy will also shout a fire-related response after the Spy-cicle triggers.
Non-backstab kills achieved will not turn the victim into solid ice.
If playing in Medieval Mode, the Spy-cicle will regenerate instantly.
The Spy-cicle was contributed to the Steam Workshop under the name "The Cold Shoulder".
Contents
Damage and function times
See also: Damage
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| Damage type | Melee | |
| Ranged or Melee damage? | Melee | |
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| Base damage | 100% | 40 |
| Backstab | 600% | |
| Critical | 120 | |
| Mini-crit | 54 | |
| Function times | ||
| Attack interval | 0.8 s | |
| Recharge time | 15 s / Instantly | |
| Values are approximate and determined by community testing. | ||
Demonstration
Crafting
See also: Crafting
Blueprint
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Strange variant
Related achievements
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Update history
December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas 2011)
- The Spy-cicle was added to the game.
- Added draw/melee swing/melee hit/crit forces for the Spy-cicle.
- The Spy-cicle is now droppable and craftable.
- Fixed a Spy-cicle exploit.
- [Undocumented] The Spy-cicle now uses the Revolver taunt.
- Added crafting blueprint for the Spy-cicle.
- [Undocumented] The Spy-cicle no longer grants afterburn immunity.
- Fixed the Spy-cicle's fireproof attribute not working.
December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)
- [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.
- Fixed a bug that would cause the charge meter to not reset when the Spy was killed.
- Added Collector's quality.
October 29, 2014 Patch (Scream Fortress 2014)
- [Undocumented] The Spy-cicle no longer provides fire resistance.
- Fixed the Spycicle not giving the Spy fire resistance.
July 2, 2015 Patch #1 (Gun Mettle Update)
- Changed attributes:
- Changed fire immunity for 3 seconds to fire immunity for 1 second and 10 seconds of afterburn immunity.
- Removed silent killer attribute.
- Spy-cicle recharge timer can now be reduced by picking up ammo boxes.
- Fixed the Spy-cicle causing a fire-immune bubble to be displayed when the Spy is cloaked.
December 17, 2015 Patch (Tough Break Update)
- Fixed the Spy-cicle not melting properly if the Spy is burned while stunned.
- Fixed a bug where ammo packs from dead players were not filling the Spy-cicle meter.
- Changed attribute:
- Fire immunity shield no longer appears when fire immunity is triggered.
Unused content
- There is a unique draw sound effect for this weapon that is unused.
Bugs
- In some cases, the frost effect that is supposed to surround the Spy-cicle is found at the Spy's feet.
- If a Spy gets hit by fire while stunned by the Razorback, the knife will not vanish but the knife bar will still recharge and the fire resistance will not extend beyond 2 seconds.
- Backstabbing an invisible Spy will lead to an invisible frozen corpse. This corpse will react exactly like a normal frozen victim, but cannot be seen by anybody.
- In Mann vs. Machine, if a Spy has placed a Sapper on a robot and then has their Spy-cicle melted while the Sapper is on cooldown and was their previous weapon, the Spy-cicle will extinguish the Spy and enter cooldown period, however, the Spy-cicle will still be available for use.
- In Medieval Mode if a Spy is ignited with the Spy-cicle equipped it will extinguish flames and apppear to enter cooldown, though it will still be usable.
- In rare cases the same situation can lead to the Spy having no weapon at all, resulting in him entering the Civilian pose.
- The particles emitted by the Spy-cicle might still be visible when cloaked, even if the weapon has been melted.
Trivia
- Fire damage resistance and the inability for the Spy to be ignited were both originally tested on variations of the Fire Retardant Suit.
- Once the fire immunity is activated, the user can survive a Hadouken without taking damage, but not if the Hadouken itself activates the fire immunity.
- The Spy-cicle was first teased on the first day of the Australian Christmas Update 2011, on the bottom left corner of the title image.
Gallery
RED first-person view.
RED first-person view, ready to backstab.
BLU first-person view.
BLU first-person view, ready to backstab.
Frozen Scout.
Frozen Soldier.
Frozen Pyro.
Frozen Demoman.
Frozen Heavy.
Frozen Engineer.
Frozen Medic.
Frozen Sniper.
Frozen Spy.
See also
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| Weapons | ||||||||||
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| Primary | Scattergun | Rocket Launcher | Flame Thrower | Grenade Launcher | Minigun | Shotgun | Syringe Gun | Sniper Rifle | — | |
| Force-A-Nature Shortstop Soda Popper Baby Face's Blaster Back Scatter |
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Natascha Iron Curtain Brass Beast Tomislav Huo-Long Heater |
Frontier Justice Widowmaker Pomson 6000 Rescue Ranger Panic Attack |
Blutsauger Crusader's Crossbow Overdose |
Huntsman Sydney Sleeper Bazaar Bargain Machina Hitman's Heatmaker AWPer Hand Fortified Compound Classic Shooting Star |
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| Secondary | Pistol | Shotgun | Shotgun | Stickybomb Launcher | Shotgun | Pistol | Medi Gun | SMG | Revolver | |
| Bonk! Atomic Punch Lugermorph Crit-a-Cola Mad Milk Winger Pretty Boy's Pocket Pistol Flying Guillotine Mutated Milk C.A.P.P.E.R |
Buff Banner Gunboats Battalion's Backup Concheror Mantreads Reserve Shooter Righteous Bison B.A.S.E. Jumper Panic Attack |
Flare Gun Detonator Reserve Shooter Manmelter Scorch Shot Panic Attack Gas Passer Thermal Thruster |
Chargin' Targe Scottish Resistance Sticky Jumper Splendid Screen Tide Turner Quickiebomb Launcher |
Sandvich Dalokohs Bar Buffalo Steak Sandvich Fishcake Family Business Robo-Sandvich Panic Attack Second Banana |
Lugermorph Wrangler Short Circuit C.A.P.P.E.R Giger Counter |
Kritzkrieg Quick-Fix Vaccinator |
Jarate Razorback Darwin's Danger Shield Cozy Camper Cleaner's Carbine Self-Aware Beauty Mark |
Ambassador Big Kill L'Etranger Enforcer Diamondback | ||
| Melee | Bat | Shovel | Fire Axe | Bottle | Fists | Wrench | Bonesaw | Kukri | Knife | |
| Sandman Frying Pan Holy Mackerel Boston Basher Candy Cane Sun-on-a-Stick Fan O'War Three-Rune Blade Saxxy Atomizer Conscientious Objector Unarmed Combat Wrap Assassin Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Batsaber Prinny Machete |
Equalizer Pain Train Frying Pan Half-Zatoichi Saxxy Disciplinary Action Market Gardener Conscientious Objector Escape Plan Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete |
Axtinguisher Homewrecker Frying Pan Powerjack Back Scratcher Sharpened Volcano Fragment Maul Saxxy Postal Pummeler Conscientious Objector Third Degree Lollichop Neon Annihilator Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete Hot Hand |
Eyelander Pain Train Scotsman's Skullcutter Frying Pan Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker Claidheamh Mòr Ullapool Caber Half-Zatoichi Saxxy Persian Persuader Nessie's Nine Iron Conscientious Objector Scottish Handshake Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete |
Killing Gloves of Boxing Frying Pan Gloves of Running Urgently Fists of Steel Warrior's Spirit Saxxy Eviction Notice Conscientious Objector Apoco-Fists Holiday Punch Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Bread Bite Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete |
Golden Wrench Gunslinger Southern Hospitality Jag Saxxy Eureka Effect Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Prinny Machete |
Ubersaw Frying Pan Vita-Saw Amputator Saxxy Solemn Vow Conscientious Objector Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete |
Tribalman's Shiv Bushwacka Frying Pan Saxxy Shahanshah Conscientious Objector Freedom Staff Bat Outta Hell Memory Maker Ham Shank Golden Frying Pan Necro Smasher Crossing Guard Prinny Machete |
Your Eternal Reward Conniver's Kunai Saxxy Big Earner Wanga Prick Sharp Dresser Spy-cicle Black Rose Golden Frying Pan Prinny Machete | ||
| Primary PDA | — | — | — | — | — | Construction PDA | — | — | Disguise Kit | |
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| Secondary PDA | — | — | — | — | — | Destruction PDA | — | — | Invis Watch | |
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| Building | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sapper | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Red-Tape Recorder Ap-Sap Snack Attack | ||
| Taunt | Grand Slam | Grenade | Hadouken Armageddon Execution Gas Blast |
Barbarian Swing | High Noon | Arm Blender Guitar Smash |
Oktoberfest Uberslice Medicating Melody |
Arrow Stab | Fencing | |
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