TF2 Spy Tactics: Don’t look the Enemy straight in the Eye!
by Hey You on 04/02/10 at 6:41 pm
You might have shouted at one point “How did he know I was a spy!?”
One effective rule is to never look the enemy straight in the eye. Always pretend like you’re looking at something else. How do you do that exactly? Simple! You just offset your viewpoint by placing your target on the left or right edge of your screen.
Then when you’re really close… you turn and go for the kill!
You might ask, is this really necessary? Well no, if your target is right in front of you. But if you’re gunning for someone out of range, this will help. Even the people running behind you won’t detect that you’re about to stab someone.
To help emphasize this, instinctively players don’t have their teammates right in the center of their screen, because it will block their line of sight/fire. Observe a group of demos, soldiers, snipers and heavies; if they are facing one direction you’ll notice that they usually won’t stand right in front of each other.
This tactic combined with other spy tactics like pretending you’re camping or waiting, running backwards, strafing to target, strafing left and right and other spy tactics will make you a very effective spy.
