Ambassador

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There are two sorts of men in this world: the sort with blood pouring out of a hole in their heads, and the sort holding the Ambassador.
Ambassador publicity blurb

The Ambassador is an unlockable secondary weapon for the Spy. It is a large-barreled revolver with a deep red rosewood grip, with the likeness of the Scout's mother engraved on its barrel.

The Ambassador does 15% less damage, does not apply random critical hits, and fires at a slower rate than the default Revolver. However, it has perfect accuracy for shots fired at slower intervals and deals critical hits on a headshot. There is a short period after firing, indicated by an enlarged crosshair in the HUD, where the Ambassador has greatly decreased accuracy and cannot deal critical damage on a headshot, therefore it is most useful for those with steady aim.

The Ambassador is automatically given to any player who obtains 5 Spy achievements.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage
Damage and function times
Shot type Hitscan
Damage
Maximum ramp-up 150% 51
Base damage 100% 34
Maximum fall-off 50% 17
Point blank 46-51
Medium range 31-37
Long range 15-19
Critical 102
Mini-crit 46-69
Function times
Attack interval 0.696 s
Reload 1.16 s
Spread recovery 0.95 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Demonstration

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Class Token - Spy Slot Token - Secondary Scrap Metal Possible Results
Item icon Class Token - Spy.png + Item icon Slot Token - Secondary.png + Item icon Scrap Metal.png =
Item icon Ambassador.png Item icon L'Etranger.png Item icon Enforcer.png Item icon Diamondback.png

As a crafting ingredient

Ambassador Scrap Metal Southern Hospitality
Item icon Ambassador.png + Item icon Scrap Metal.png = Item icon Southern Hospitality.png

Strange variant


Related achievements

Leaderboard class spy.png Spy

A Cut Above
A Cut Above
Kill a gun-wielding Spy with your knife.


Diplomacy
Diplomacy
Kill 50 enemies with the Ambassador.
Skullpluggery
Skullpluggery
While using the Ambassador, kill 20 Snipers with a headshot.


Who's Your Daddy?
Who's Your Daddy?
Headshot 3 Scouts with the Ambassador.

Update history

May 21, 2009 Patch (Sniper vs. Spy Update)
  • The Ambassador was added to the game.

May 22, 2009 Patch

  • Fixed this weapon not using hitboxes to trace against players. It now works like all other bullet-firing weapons in the game.
  • Fixed this weapon shooting through gates.
  • Fixed this weapon not critting during the round win period.

May 26, 2009 Patch

  • This weapon now does full critical hits on headshots, instead of mini-crits.

May 29, 2009 Patch

  • Fixed this weapon not doing damage to buildings.

June 8, 2009 Patch

  • Fixed this weapon not shooting enemy sticky bombs.

June 23, 2009 Patch

  • This weapon now only crits when fully accurate (after cooldown) and no longer penetrates enemies.

July 8, 2010 Patch (The Engineer Update)

  • [Undocumented] This weapon was added in the crafting blueprint for the Southern Hospitality.
  • [Undocumented] This weapon's headshot kill icon was changed to match the Sniper Rifle's headshot kill icon.

February 3, 2011 Patch

  • Updated model with optimizations and new LODs.

March 15, 2011 Patch

July 12, 2011

July 22, 2011 Patch

  • [Undocumented] The damage bonus attribute was changed from "-15% damage done" to "-15% damage penalty".

December 20, 2012 Patch (Mecha Update)

December 21, 2012 Patch

  • Updated the backpack icon for the Festive Ambassador.

Unused content

  • A version of the Ambassador headshot icon appears in the game files, which was never used in-game.

Bugs

  • Like all of the Spy's secondary weapons except the Revolver and the Enforcer, the Spy does not actually put any bullets into the cylinder while reloading.

Trivia

  • The Russian translation of the Ambassador's page for the Sniper vs. Spy Update claims that the Ambassador uses .50 caliber rounds, however, it has been estimated that the Ambassador is around .88 caliber.
  • The Festive variant of the Ambassador has the likeness of a different woman engraved on the barrel, holding a mistletoe above her head.

Gallery

See also

External links