How to Play as a Spy

My first tutorial

Hello this is my first tutorial. It is based on spy where you will learn the basics and mabye a few tricks you didn't know before.


Section 1, Disguise: 1)Good:

Pyro Demoman Sniper(so you have a reason to camp) Engineer(so you can get close to sentries without being suspected) Soldier(most people say its bad but since everyone knows being a pryo, sniper etc is common they wont check soldiers as much)

2)Bad-not gived reasons why just trust me Medic(horrible) scout(horrible) heavy(bad) other spy(bad)


Section 2, Tips

1) If you get caught dont push forward cloak and get out of there your no good to your team if your dead.

2) Go after heavies, soldiers, medics, and snipers. (heavy-slow) (soldier-slow) (medic-can make a big difference in game if you dont kill them) (sniper- easy kills)

3) Avoid the pyro like it had small pox. They can reveal you without even trying to catch you on fire. Photobucket

4) Disguse after your cloak or ealse there will be a huge cloud of smoke very visible while running around cloaked.

5) Try not to follow the enemy. Look towards your base so your less suspected. Basicly blend in with the crowd.


Section 3, Sentries

1) You have to choices.

A) kill engi then hurry up and sap as fast as you can or

B) Sap then kill engineer.

2) Now if the engineer keeps destroying your sappier or attacks you two more choices appear.

A) Run and cloak

B) Fight back(not recommended) Photobucket


Section 4, Looking for enemy spies

1) This part is optional for a spy. Be only offense or play a little defense as well. Look for your pyros not firing away at people to look for spies. Also make sure they dont follow your other teamates around.

2) Those where both easy now here comes the slightly hard part. If the enemy spy(s) are good and not newbies you have to check for little details. For example if one of your teamates is a soldeir or a heavy and they move the same speed as you waste them. Also if you see a medic not healing just standing there without uber charge under his name hes a spy.

3) When you spot a spy instead of going insane and attacking him wildy alert your team. So they kill him he doesnt know there is a spy on your team(you) so hes less suspecting and he still dies. A win win except for the other spy of course =).


Section 5, Where should I.....

1) If your a disgused as a solder,heavy,and scout(NEVER SCOUT but incase you are) dont be running around the enimies base. Be at a choke point(where the fighting goes on) act like your wounded and waiting for a medic. Then when a heavy or something walks by backstab him cloak, run, new disguise.

2) Just because your a pyro doesn't mean people always trust you. I now think pyro's are becoming so overused people are checking them alot. Now back to where they should be. In the enimies base of course looking for spies.

3) Sniper just camps around either choke point or base either seems to work fine for me. Photobucket


Section 6, Misc

1) Cloak is better than disguise. If you wonder why here is the anwser( Cloak no one can see you thus no one can fire at you to make sure your not a spy)

2) When cloaked dotn bump into people it makes you flash for a secound.

3) Never go into teleports because there will be a trial of your team's colors behind you.

4) Try and make your friendly scouts go after the intelligents(if your doing capture the flag) because your not fast, cant cloak, cant disguise, and your weapons basicly stink without stealh.

5) Revolver does around 30-60 damage.


Notes:

Spy rocks I HAVE A PLAYSTATION 3 YOU DONT SPEED UP OR SLOW DOWN WHEN YOU ARE DISGUISED SO DONT TELL ME I WAS WRONG.

thank you

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  • TheSheepness's Levels
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    Posted 4 years ago

    An ok tut :D

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    Posted 5 years ago
    Posted by SaigaPox I think this really needs more effort, or maybe it's just not the sort of thing you should be doing... to be honest, all of the tips in here are very elementary, and are basically common sense to anyone who's even had a go at playing spy. Also, it's quite poorly written: I'm not sure if you're a native English speaker, but you need to work on your spelling and grammar to make yourself more easily understood.

    This is for beginners........... plus i no from this country i from germany with bad english skills. Best i can do.

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    Posted 5 years ago
    Posted by stupify why that is a great idea i will defiently use that in my next tutorial if thats alright with you

    sure is

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    I think this really needs more effort, or maybe it's just not the sort of thing you should be doing... to be honest, all of the tips in here are very elementary, and are basically common sense to anyone who's even had a go at playing spy. Also, it's quite poorly written: I'm not sure if you're a native English speaker, but you need to work on your spelling and grammar to make yourself more easily understood.

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    I say, it's rather colourful i
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    Posted 5 years ago

    Pros: Mildly useful for complete newbies. Cons: See improvements. Improvements: WOW. First of all, you've only just skimmed the water with this. You didn't cover any situations, just said who to disguise as and how to kill engineers. (barely) Second, there are so many spelling and grammatical errors it's almost unreadable. Again, there isn't really anything wrong with it besides the massive amount of grammar mistakes and typos. It's just that all of this knowledge will be learned by the player in their first hour (at most) as a Spy. Notes: None.

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    Posted 5 years ago
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    Posted by stupify
    Posted by Raging_Bulblax When you disguise as a heavy you go as slow as a heavy, you should fix that part.
    once again i have this for the playstation three we dont slow done or speed up when we disguse....
    Wow, that was the dumbest post ive seen on FPSBanana in a while.

    yes lol i was very tired when i replied to that lol

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    A few things id like to comment on, and tips ive used to much success:

    1)Enemy spy isnt necessarily a bad disguise. It works well if the other team has spies and your not running into their base uncloaked.

    2)Also, killing engy's with their own sentry works suprisingly well and is great for those pesky engy's who camp between their sentry and dispenser. This video perfectly shows you how to do such a thing:

    3)The part about avoiding the pyros is generally a good idea if theyre actually a good pyro player. Ofcourse you should never approach one from the front, when theyre sentry-guarding, or while theyre suspect a spy and go spraying their flamethrower randomly.

    4)Another tactic to do against engineer's is to sap and have them chase you down. ALOT of engy's do this and makes them AND their sentry easy pickings, as you can just kill them with your revolver and go back and sap their stuff. I cant even tell you how many times thats worked for me.

    5)Cloaking when youve been spotted only works if you can cloack fully and when youre NOT being chased by a pyro. You should also try to zig-zag or move randomly while cloaked if youre being shot at as ALOT of players are smart enough to shoot where they suspect you are. Other than that id reccomend trying to kill them with your revolver, its a really powerful gun and a smart spy will be able to use it to devastate the other team from behind the conflict area. Ofcourse, you should only try this is its a 1-on-1 shootout.

    6) Soldier, imo, is a very BAD disguise. You move slow, making you vulnerable to being ran through(which is an easy giveaway), and your targets will generally run faster than you, so why? The only reason id use the soldier disguise would be if theres a bunch of targets huddling in a cap point. In this case run up on them from their spawn, not from yours.

    7) Lastly, THE REVOLVER DOES NOT SUCK!! Its a very powerful weapon and can best most classes if you know how to used it 1-on-1. Vs Pyro? Easy, stay at a distance @ fire away, same with solder, and their even easier since their rockets take a while to get to you, making it easy to dodge. The revolver being a bad weapon is just a silly misnomer. I think this is the only glaring mistake in your article.

    Anyways, good job mate. Heres a video i made, i think i did pretty well haha:

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    Posted 5 years ago
    Posted by Treeturtle Heres a good piece of advice: instead of using your cloak to get into the enemies base with out being noticed as a spy, on hectic maps like 2fort, just disguise yourself as a soldier OF THE SAME COLOR AS YOU, once you get in then cloak, also if you are in a room with a heavy of your team and people are attacking it, if you have the time, disguise youself as a medic on you team, people will be much more reluctant to rush a room with a medic and heavy then with just a heavy. disguising as your own team has alot of great benefits and strategies and is very much so overlooked. anywho, great tut

    why that is a great idea i will defiently use that in my next tutorial if thats alright with you

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    Pros: Good tutorial, well structured, good sreenshots. Cons: Really poorly written, a ton of typos. Improvements: Fix your errors spell checks maybe. Add more from what people say about it. Notes: Generally a good tutorial

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    Heres a good piece of advice: instead of using your cloak to get into the enemies base with out being noticed as a spy, on hectic maps like 2fort, just disguise yourself as a soldier OF THE SAME COLOR AS YOU, once you get in then cloak, also if you are in a room with a heavy of your team and people are attacking it, if you have the time, disguise youself as a medic on you team, people will be much more reluctant to rush a room with a medic and heavy then with just a heavy. disguising as your own team has alot of great benefits and strategies and is very much so overlooked. anywho, great tut

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