Spy (Team Fortress 2)



The Spy is a class from Team Fortress 2. From France, he is the 9th class specialising in support role of his team which involves in infilitration and assasination. The Spy is voiced by Dennis Bateman.

Why He Rocks

 * 1) His gameplay is unique to all FPS multiplayer games, the Spy relies on infilitration of enemy lines to locate weak/strong points for his team to advance towards or he can take on an entire squad himself. He is able to not only turn invisible but also disguise as enemy teammates. His stealth mechanics make him able to distrupt enemies succesfully.
 * 2) His main utilities are very versatile perhaps more so than others:
 * 3) *Revolver - This gun does great damage and can headshot but is slower an less accurate. Its a very reliable weapon for mid-range harrasament or if the knife isn't usable in that situation.
 * 4) *Butterfly Knife - The most famous of his weaponry, this knife can instant kill players with their backs facing the player but does pitful damage in face-to-face combat. The Spy can backstab even while disguised but cannot while cloaked.
 * 5) *Electro-Sapper - An electronic device that distrupts the Engineer's buildings, they drain the construct's health which an Engineer is to remove them with the wrench.
 * 6) *Invis-Watch - A watch that can cloak the Spy to be invisible visually to enemies. It creates a sound when cloaking and decloaking.
 * 7) *Disguise Kit - These kits allow for the Spy to impose as a class on the enemy team or their own. This is useful in bypassing Sentries, crossing enemy territory or distracting the enemy.
 * 8) Spy's true stealth mechanics are what make him a fun class to play. Because he can disguise as not only the enemy teammates but his own comrades as well, meaning he could disguise as Sniper for example to scare off enemy. His invisibility enables him to slip past enemy or trick them. The instant backstab mechanic can be fun and rewarding experience when its timed perfectly or on critical targets (such as Medics, Heavies or Snipers). There are lots of crazy things you can do with Spy's gadgets that is a rewarding experience once you get good at it.
 * 9) *In addition to disguising mechanics, Spy can get healed by opposing medics and dispenser and use enemy teleporters as well.
 * 10) Good alternate weapon selection:
 * 11) *Cloak and Dagger - An invis-watch that lets the spy not drain his meter if he stays still but cannot grab from ammo packs while active.
 * 12) *Dead Ringer - Invis watch that creates a fake corpse and grants a speed boost upon being hit. The watch must be active for this to work and it has a loud decloak sound and grants speed boost.
 * 13) *L'Etranger - A revolver with simple stats, less damage for more cloak duration.
 * 14) *Diamondback - Each backstab or building destroyed grants a stored critical hit on this revolver that can be used later. The revolver deals 15% less damage.
 * 15) *Spy-cicle - An icicle that when backstabbing causes the victim to turn into an ice sculpture. Although its primary use is to extinguish fires if the Spy holds it.
 * 16) *Conniver's Kunai - Kunai which steals the health of their victim and transfers to the user (maximum of 210hp). The user's base health is lowered to 70hp. The stolen health is temporary and will continue to drain so the Spy must stab to keep his health up.
 * 17) While powerful, he is still quite balanced in way that doesn't make him too versatile. Fire is a primary weakness of the spy which can track him even if he cloaks, disguised spies can collide with enemies so its easy to tell them friend or foe and his fragile health makes it less likely to escape alive. He also has to get your back turned to utilise his lethal knife so awareness of your surroundings is often key to catching him.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) On the other hand, Spy is notorious for his backstab mechanics in which it can be broken at times or too leninent. Backstab mechanics in TF2 are rather quirky as a player doesn't need to be facing backwards to be stabbed, they can be on their sides and the game may sometimes register at facing front thanks to lag compensation.