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The '''Spy''' is a [[Classes#Support|support class]] whose purpose is to immediately kill unsuspecting enemies at great personal risk. He has 125 health and 107% speed, making him slightly faster than usual. His [[Disguise Kit]] allows him to camouflage himself as an enemy teammate, while still taking damage from them as usual. His [[Invis Watch]] allows him to cloak and turn invisible, only being revealed when he bumps into an enemy, or is shot by them. These allow him to sneak into enemy lines without being detected, giving him freedom to roam around the map. With his [[Knife|Knife's]] backstab feature, he can instantly kill any enemy looking away from him, which is especially valuable against [[Sniper|Snipers]] and [[Heavy|Heavies]]. His [[Revolver]] acts as a reliable backup weapon for when he is inevitably caught, able to blast pursuers close-up and finish off enemies from afar. Finally, his [[Sapper]] allows destruction of enemy [[buildings]], disabling them and dealing constant damage to them. This skillset is designed to allow the Spy to kill enemies undetected and be able to sneak away, with limited combat abilities outside of espionage.

The Spy faces unique challenges and gameplay interactions compared to other classes. While all classes are capable of spychecking, [[Pyro]] and [[Heavy]] are the best equipped to do so thanks to their continuous rate of fire, high damage, and, in the case of [[Pyro]], the ability to set the Spy on fire, revealing him even while he's cloaked or disguised. In addition, enemies aware and paranoid of a nearby Spy will often shoot teammates they believe to be acting suspicious, forcing the Spy to play unpredictably and change where he's attacking the enemy from to keep catching enemies off guard. When revealed, the Spy is often outmatched by most classes, with the exceptions of [[Medic]], [[Sniper]], and other [[Spies]]. His primary tool for defending himself is the Revolver, which is primarily used to gun down low health classes or destroy sapped buildings. His Knife is significantly less useful for self-defense due to its low damage and swing speed, only being a justifiable self-defense tool when used in conjunction with the Tranquilizer Gun, allowing the Spy to deal critical melee damage to enemies, while also reducing their ranged damage output. As a result, the Spy is much weaker in 1v1 fights than other counters, causing him to be considered by many to be the weakest class in the game.

Despite this perception, the Spy can still be incredibly effective and of great benefit to his team. Using his cloak and disguises, he can infiltrate and move around the enemy team safely, often targeting high value classes such as [[Engineers]], [[Medics]], [[Snipers]], and [[Heavies]]. However, backstabbing other classes when possible is still helpful, and hard focusing high value classes is not recommended. The Spy usually decloaks around corners or deep into the enemy backline in order to mitigate the sound created when decloaking and minimize the risk of an enemy seeing them uncloak. In addition, Spy often attacks and targets enemy [[Engineers]], as well as their sentry nests to make holding an area more difficult or to slow down the enemy team. Through these tactics, Spy can cripple an enemy team, preventing them from having helpful buildings, limiting their healing, stunting their momentum, and inciting paranoia and frustration from repeated stabs. Spy's gameplay is incredibly reliant on skills like gamesense, and often requires precise and creative movement to avoid bumping into enemy players, observation skills to spot fallen weapons for cloak, good aim to gun down enemies, and good timing to ensure enemy players are as distracted and unaware as possible for the best chances of a backstab. One good example would be to wait for a [[Heavy]] to be revved and shooting at the enemy team before attempting to stab him. Spy players often find enjoyment in the intricacy of his gameplay, the satisfaction of getting an impactful or difficult backstab, and, in some cases, the feel of outsmarting an enemy.  

Country of Origin: France

 

Job: Uncloak & Dagger

 

Motto: "..."

 

Contraptions: Disguise Kit / Cloaking Watch

 

* …disguise yourself as an enemy with your [[Disguise Kit|disguise kit]]. Beware, attacking will remove your disguise.

* …your [[revolver]] is a very useful tool for when a stealth operation doesn't go your way.

* …place your [[Sapper|electro sappers]] on enemy buildings to disable and destroy them. Disguises aren't lost when placing sappers.

* …your electro sappers disable [[Sentry Gun|sentry guns]] before destroying them. Sap a sentrygun before attacking the engineer.

* …use your [[knife]] to backstab enemies from behind, killing them instantly.

* …hit {{attack2}} to [[Invis Watch|cloak]] and become fully invisible for a short period of time.

* …your [[Tranquilizer Gun|tranquilizer gun]] slows down your target and decreases their ranged gun damage. This helps create an opening for an escape.

* …the darts from your tranquilizer gun cause your target to take guaranteed [[Critical hit|critical hits]] from melee damage. Let your teammates gang up on them.

* …the [[L'escampette]] allows you to move quickly to or from the enemy base. Make quick escapes, or quick infiltrations!

* The Spy used to have 100% movement speed in both Team Fortress 2 and Team Fortress 2 Classic, but both iterations were eventually changed to 107%.

* In Team Fortress 2 Classic, Spy gets another line for his "Thanks!" voice command where he says "Prego" ("Translation: "You're welcome"). This was lifted from the prerelease versions of Team Fortress 2.

* The RED and YLW Spy smoke white cigarettes, while the BLU and GRN Spy smoke brown cigarettes. Despite this, the class selection portraits in-game have the BLU and GRN Spy smoking white cigarettes.

* In the French version of the game, the Spy has a British accent, several of his responses have been rewritten, suggesting that the Spy's nationality was changed to better fit local sensibilities.

* The French dub also brings in the possibility of Spy having a little sister in a response line related to Dominations perpetrated on a Soldier by a Spy. A strange oddity told as a taunt unique to this dub that was never given further context, much like most of Spy's personnal life.