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Updated with Bodzilla's Sapping tactics and correction to skyline's Anti-Sapping tactics. Next time I play as a Spy, which is almost never (am cry), I'll be sure to attempt your advanced sapping technique. I often use melee-grenade-melee during close quarters battles in HCE, so I might be capable of getting it after a few tries. I wish there were a TF2 AI sandbox which would allow you to set up engagements and combat scenarios...
hmmmm. interesting :D
and i'm pretty sure you cna get multiple saps on a single sentry if you team up with other spys :)
E: i was reworded :sadface:
Everyone gets paraphrased here. I know how to type in a way that will make the point clear to most people and not allow for much discrepancy. Thats just the way I like to manage things.
CASSIDY I LOVE YOUUUUUUUUU:lol:
I should mention you can knock back sticky bombs in air with ANY melee weapon, not just the bat.
Updated under Demoman - I never knew you could do that, Pooky. I'll have to try that one too.
Alright, first and foremost rule for the Spy: Get behind your enemy. Don't go disguised from your base to the other, that's just plain silly. Hide, cloak and run towards the enemy base. Don't bump into people, NEVER EVER USE TELEPORTERS YOU ASS, and be sure to be disguised when you're at the enemy base. Pyro is generally a good disguise, but to me it seems just about everyone is starting to use Pyro as a disguise so he gets spy-checked alot.
If you're way in the back of the enemy lines a sniper disguise will be pretty good. If people aren't paying that much attention they won't notice you're not zoomed in.
When taking down buildings, be sure to take the sentry first. Try to get behind/next to the engie if he's at his stuff, sap the sentry and he'll want to knock it off first, backstab, and sap again because in that short timespan it's likely the sapper has come off. If there are other people around they'll know you're a spy since you're sapping so you might as well stab/shoot the sentry to fasten the process, and lets your team progress without any sentry trouble.
Use your disguise hotkey, it's so much better than swapping to the kit then disguising.
Disguises
Scout: Generally a bad idea, you won't have the fast running or double jump so you're discovered easily.
Soldier: good disguise but you'll get the slow walking speed.
Pyro: Most useful together with Demo IMO.
Demo: See pyro.
Heavy: Slow walking speed, but you might trick a foolish medic or two.
Engineer: If you want to get to some buildings no-ones paying attention to this would be a good way to do it. however, not having a wrench in your hands might give it away.
Medic: You don't have an ubermeter under your name. Don't use.
Sniper: nice disguise for staying behind in the enemy lines, but you can't zoom in so you won't have that animation at your disposal.
Spy: lolwut
Note: When you're disguised, you'll get a name from the other team, and the enemy will see your health as never full but never in the red ( i think red is 50% hp?)
general info: Health: 125, ubered 185
When you're a spy, try to avoid standing near enemy teleporters. They'll notice you dont have a colored trail behind you and also if you accidentally stand on it you run a good chance of getting telefragged.
Also when you're disguised you get a random name from the players on the other team using that class... or if none are just a random name from that team. So if the other team only has one Pyro for instance... don't use the Pyro disguise anywhere near him cause you'll have his name.
Addendum: Scout can be a good disguise if the other team isn't paying attention. Just feint like you're running towards a point then stab them before they know what happened. Also, Spy is a good disguise if you know you're going to lose, so you don't get shot at the end of the round. Don't think you can cloak near the enemy just because you have that disguise though, the cloak will still be in your team color.
Also also, and this is for any class... don't fucking stand near your team's spies. It's really annoying for us when you blow our cover.