May 16, 2009

Spy Muscles In On Sniper Update

Tags: DLC & Demos | Steam | Team Fortress | Valve

For the latest update to the Sniper Class we get a surprise in the form of a Spy update. Following on from yesterday’s Razorback that can kill a spy if he tries to stab you while wearing one, we find out that with the use of one of his new gizmos he can fake death. This makes the spy even trickier than before because not only are you never certain who is or who isn’t a spy, now you’re never going to be sure if you killed him either.

The “Dead Ringer” spy watch works by protecting you if you are attacked, it creates an illusion that you have died while rendering the wearer completely invisible. This enables you to sneak up on your assailant and then stab him in the back in return, be warned though the dead ringer only works for 8 seconds at a time.

Second in the spy’s box of tricks is a variation to the cloaking watch he already possesses, the “Cloak and Dagger” spy watch which offers permantent invisiblitiy. As you might expect there is a catch to permantent invisiblitiy, movement will drain the watch’s power and you’ll need to stand still in order to regerate its power.

Source Sniper Spy Update