You don't need to be particularly pro to spy as Heavy (or maybe I'm more pro than I realize o_0), you just need to know when to do it. I only use it when the enemy team is desperate and has plenty of medics running around (perfect chance is when Red team is about to lose the very last point of Dustbowl stage 3). Then you just get on the front lines and start screaming for a medic, eventually you'll get one to uber you.
Best disguise?
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One thing strange that I do is I'll notice how the person is moving. Spy's seem to have small "give-aways" at times that I occasionally pick up on (and then they run about screaming about being on fire 
) Still I think it would be fun to take data on the least suspected disguise. You could do it pretty easily with statistics but collecting data might not be fun.
) Still I think it would be fun to take data on the least suspected disguise. You could do it pretty easily with statistics but collecting data might not be fun.
I like Demoman, as it is more common to see demomen running backwards from battle than other classes. Sniper is good when you are already far back, and Engineer when going for sentries. However, I personally feel that it is a bad idea to go Pyro when going backwards or sentry hunting because you look silly when you catch on fire.
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when i choose what im going to disguise myself as i think ok so where am i goin like other people said goin for sg's probebly engy if i want to hang back im usualy a sniper otherwise im usualy pyro if im just runing around i might change that though since some of you guys are saying allot of people check for those
i think its all about the cloak and acting like an enemy, maybee they should give the spy a patch? like... when in disguse, you can't get hurt by your "teammates" teh first time they attack you. but the second time is the charm, or until you collide with them and your pretty much screwed...
After playing with spies for a bit on the 2fort server, I'm starting to think that demo isn't such a good disguise after all... namely because most demos have now learned that the sticky gun is the primary weapon to have out at most times, and I know that whenever I see one with his 'nade launcher out, I immediately spy check him.
I'm also finding that soldier is a good disguise when your goal isn't backstabbing, but just looking inconspicuous while recharging a cloak, because you always expect a soldier to have his rocket launcher out. It is slow, though, so you don't want to do any maneuvering with it on. Heck, I'll bet that a heavy disguise wouldn't be bad for recharging the cloak, 'cause I never think "spy" when I see a heavy.
Also, does anyone else use the trick where you disguise as a person on your own team to get over to their base, then change to an enemy disguise when entering it? I've been trying this under the notion that if they see a spy or one of their teammates running across no-man's-land to their base, they'll immediately alert the team of incoming spy. But if it's a demo or a pyro or whatnot, then they wont go on high alert. Plus it saves you from having to waste your cloak just to get to their base. Of course this trick doesn't work well when the enemy controls no-man's-land.
I dunno, I say all this but I'm still a terrible spy, as I'm sure many of you have seen. I think, as Lafinass pointed out, that it's all about how you wear your disguise.
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i believe in using a rotation of disguises, engy pyro demon are my favorite just due to mobility
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WHOA, spies can be demon's?!
I'm also finding that soldier is a good disguise when your goal isn't backstabbing, but just looking inconspicuous while recharging a cloak, because you always expect a soldier to have his rocket launcher out. It is slow, though, so you don't want to do any maneuvering with it on. Heck, I'll bet that a heavy disguise wouldn't be bad for recharging the cloak, 'cause I never think "spy" when I see a heavy.
Also, does anyone else use the trick where you disguise as a person on your own team to get over to their base, then change to an enemy disguise when entering it? I've been trying this under the notion that if they see a spy or one of their teammates running across no-man's-land to their base, they'll immediately alert the team of incoming spy. But if it's a demo or a pyro or whatnot, then they wont go on high alert. Plus it saves you from having to waste your cloak just to get to their base. Of course this trick doesn't work well when the enemy controls no-man's-land.
I dunno, I say all this but I'm still a terrible spy, as I'm sure many of you have seen. I think, as Lafinass pointed out, that it's all about how you wear your disguise.
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i believe in using a rotation of disguises, engy pyro demon are my favorite just due to mobility
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WHOA, spies can be demon's?!
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If I'm spy, I take spy-disguise, 'cause then you can be like spy, but pyros check allways spies.... So, be ready for backstap!
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I think demo is a good disguise to have, though the disguises never quite seem to work for me.
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I think it is not so much of what disguise you use, but more of how you act wehn you are among the enemies.
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My favorite disguise is Demoman, but they are often overused and ussually people guess that you are a spy. Thats why I will also use engineer and pyro and occasionally soldier. I have gotten away with medic a couple times just cause people sometimes dont suspect medics.
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My favorite disguise is sniper. They move as fast as a spy, so that's a plus. Demos and soldiers move slower, so I usually don't disguise as one unless I'm near the heat of the battle.
