TF2: Spy Psychology - How To Disguise

[Music] thank you disguises don't work they say well I'm here to say that big dumb dumb stupid dummy talk instead of sticking out like a burnt french fry you'll blend right in with the power of acting but be warned the disguise kit is not a tool for getting behind the enemy the cloakers the disguises for blending in and not getting shot by sentries doing this is fooling no one and also you should turn on player models in the HUD and advanced options as this will help you out a lot later now before we can get into the acting we need to go over a bunch of other stuff [Music] you can change this guys as much quicker when already disguised so you can switch up you'll act on the Fly you can also press the b key to assume your last use disguise without opening up the disguise kit if you're already disguised though pressing B will switch to the weapon your disguise is holding to the weapon slot to you are currently holding confused let me explain your revolver is your primary your sapper is your secondary and the knife is your melee if you switch your disguises weapon while holding your revolver your disguise will switch to holding their primary such as the flamethrower on pyro get a gun on Scout profit launcher on Soldier minigun them heavy and so on if you do it while holding your supper your disguise will hold out their secondary which are generally the pistols and shotguns if you do it while holding the knife of course mainly but that of course needs a question why why am I switching this guy's weapons well hold that thought because I'll get back to you on that next is how your identity theft works when disguising you'll take the identity of a random player on the enemy team who is playing as the class you chose to disguise as inheriting their name as Medics equipped weapons and even their current health if nobody is playing that class though you'll instead take the identity of a random player outright and appear with a stock loadout also when disguising as a spy you'll also appear as a disco spy I know definitely not confusing another thing is the disguise smoke when you disguise the Spy throws up a cloud of smoke before he transforms sounds pretty normal but do note that if you cloak right after disguising the disguised smoke can be seen following you to prevent this disguise after cloaking even being partially cloaked when you start the skies midgates the smoke entirely next time it's more to see if they'll actually turn around and that's why you always cloak before disguising did you know you can fake reloads with your primary by simply reloading while disguised this will cause your disguise to be seen reloading their weapon unless it's a weapon that can't reload and finally pause if you're uncloked while you're disguised enemy players that just let spawn can see you through walls it wasn't always like this and it's kind of dumb but be wary of it because stuff like this can happen hey wait aren't you forgetting that you can like um disguised as a teammate and like fake their death using the dead ringer it's kind of cool but I've never really seen anyone put it to really good use even when faking the death of a teammate it's kind of obvious and I just don't use the dinner but hey if you want to try that trick [Music] there are many ways that a disguised spy can be detected Beyond doubt and as a spy we should be wary of them [Music] players on the same team are able to just walk through each other whereas they cannot With Envy players the latter is the case with this guy's spies so if you bump into someone more disguised it's best to assume they now know you're a spy and only the engineer who built them can stand on friendly buildings so don't stand on the dispenser as mentioned before when disguising you take the identity of an enemy player meaning if the player who disguised as sees a clone of themselves they'll either have an existential crisis all they'll know you're a spy sometimes it can also help to disguise as the player you kill [Music] when you get hit by Flames or disguised the afterburn effect is immediately visible and the same goes if you get hit by the Mad milk or Girardi debuff being cloaked halves the duration of flames milk and droughty so use this knowledge as an escape option [Music] so sometimes the disguise mechanic isn't perfect dimmer with a minigun NG with a knife the thermal Thruster is completely invisible Horseless headless pyro and him the weapon-related glitches can be avoided if you pay attention to the weapon your disguise has as you can fix it by switching disguised weapons but with stuff like the missing pyro head you have no way of knowing when it happens and you just kind of have to accept it welcome to playing spy so be wary of all the ways you can be detected while disguised as if any of those scenarios occur it's best to be able to know the moment you've been foiled foreign this is the fun part all the stuff I've told you up to this point this is why it's important because while it's the subtle things that give away a spy it's also the subtle things that make him convincing [Music] you see your disguises can indeed for good players just under the right circumstances the main trick to fooling people with disguises is to draw as little attention to yourself as possible if people aren't paying attention to you they're less likely to notice something is wrong and what's the best thing for drawing attention away from you your team sure that sniper over there may or may not be a spy but if this medic doesn't pay attention to the immediate threat right in front of him he's going to die horribly but of course whoops the sniper does turn out to be a spy and samitic as he starts backpedaling away but let's change the situation a bit instead of standing there looking at his own team the Spy is running at the medic looking straight at his back the minute sees this and backs away from the Spy defensively by looking directly at the midic and running at him the Spy has drawn attention to himself as opposed to here where despite the fact he can't scope in the medic is still fooled just because at a glance nothing seems wrong it's also especially effective because this fires thought if I actually was the sniper where would I be looking and of course the answer is right at the other team seriously we are looking plays a huge part into the effectiveness of your disguises you start looking towards your own team and people just sort of walk in front of you in fact just walking backwards is surprisingly effective it can be risky considering you might bump someone but it'll work more than you might think also you remember about how to switch disguise weapons yeah while switching a weapon to something appropriate will make your disguise more convincing for example when a pyro is nearing a fight he'd have a flamethrower out when in a distance that instead pull out their flare gun if they have one or be looking for a flank and if they have a power jack that'd be holding it out while running to the front lines and trust me people won't notice you aren't getting a speed boost if you just start jumping around now if you turned on player models in the HUD before you can see your disguises Cosmetics if their Cosmetics give off a vibe that they'll really experience act that way or if it looks like a new player you should instead act like that you're assuming the identity of another player so get all the info you can about their looks class and weapons get into their mind pretend to be them it's the subtle things that can convince people of your act just being seen switching weapons faking a Reload using voice commands or taking a teleporter so you have the glow can be enough to make people turn their backs here's an example of me acting realistically here I stab this energy but this demo sees me cloak so now I know that he's coming I huddle in this quarter and disguise a sniper and pretend I also saw me stab the engine and I have my melee out any Force for it while actively looking for me there are times like this where you'll have to get creative with your disguise usage in fact fooling people with disguises is like a trick stab with less of the mechanical skill and more of the Mind Games often acting can be opportunistic there's no one way to go about it and being erratic and unpredictable makes you harder to detect also another secret Strat ask your teammates to shoot you this is an actual Strat that works as I said it's the subtle things that convince people so having someone from your own team shooting at you can be enough to trick someone for long enough that they let you stab them you can also pretend to be an enemy spy so you don't even have to ask your teammates to shoot you double activate do be aware that disguises are used to blend in usually you don't have to fool players for more than a couple seconds before making your move sometimes there are exceptions to this where you fall players for an extended period of time I don't think they're real they don't know they don't know they don't know they don't know they haven't realized bonus Turf play around with the original reward since when you stab someone you take their disguise you'll already be in a realistic position for pretending to be them and this could help train you in Disguise acting the Spy has a speed of 107 and when disguising the Spy will slow his running speed to match the speed of its disguise but he cannot gain speed if his disguise is faster than him there is of course only one class that is faster than the spy and that is come on tough guy Scout is the only class that is faster than the Spy so the running speed will be wrong however moving erratically can hide this so be aware that moving in a straight line is Scout can give you away also scout is the best example of hitbox displacement when you disguise your hitbox doesn't actually change and this can be especially effective against some snipers as the Scout's head is way below the spies though an experienced sniper will know to shoot above the head the displacement is different for different classes [Music] the sixth slowest class in the game especially since you don't have access to Rocket jumping but even some experienced soldiers don't Rocket Jump constantly but at times you will have to drop the disguise to catch up to faster targets foreign pyro is typically in close range situations and pulls out his secondary when further away from the enemy like I said before pirates that have the power jack equipped like to pull it out when they're not in combat so you can mimic this Behavior disguising as a pyro can be really helpful for getting your enemy players since they tend to stick with their team and it makes sense for him to not be firing when not in close range just be very wary of the enemy pirate to you demo is slightly below average and speed but a lot of things that are played a soldier apply here typically you can act like you're about to shoot at something with your stickies or grenade launcher also pay attention to if they're playing Gemini instead and pull up the melee if so [Music] Kitty is so slow that it's rare to see people disguises them and because that speed is such a hindrance it's best used as a wild card you aren't going to catch up to anyone so you really need to rely on your acting skill so that people get close to you but since the heavy disguise is a wild card people are more likely to fall for it if it's used as such you look at my tongue tied son Engineers are often seen at their nest so it's best to act like you're preparing to set one up looking for a spot or running away in distress as otherwise it can look very strange to not have a nest if your disguise has the Gunslinger equipped you can fake being a battle NG and run around more mimicking the more active playstyle the healing is not as rewarding as the hurting good Medics almost always have the midi Beam on someone so make your move quick running at people with the midi gun out can make them think you're about to heal them and turn their back Medics tend to use this crossbow or syringe gun defensively while backing away from danger and they tend to use their melee when running in for the kill you know the ubisor with its stupid you best keep lying Dan the sniper disguise has a very interesting use as you can use it to stand back and wait patiently as you can pretend to be looking for a Target in the distance but in reality you're watching for a good moment to strike players very rarely notice that you're not scoped in especially if you're standing still and crouched so you can just sit in one place and full players for an extended period of time but you know the hitbox displacement well the head hit box is almost perfectly aligned on the sniper disguise making it easy to headshot you so if the sniper you're disguised as spots you run away immediately spy gentlemen as mentioned before when disguising as a spy you'll appear as a disguised spy to the enemy team again it's a matter of just acting like an enemy spy they tend to have their knife out more than the revolver and you can use it while amongst your team sometimes but this is not an excuse for running from your lines into the Enemy Lines as a spy who does nothing with that opportunity is pretty sus vicious but chonto I hear you ask which is the best disguise and the answer is none of them if you use the same disguise over and over people will catch on constantly switch it up and disguise as different people if there's no pattern to exploit people have a harder time pinning you down that goes for disguise use in general don't act like you act like who you're disguised as learning how to fool people with your disguise is one of the most underrated parts of spy and it's a treasure Trove of Mind Games when you get into it it's the subtle things that give us by away but it's also the subtle things that fool people [Music] hey so in a week or so I'm gonna make a live commentary follow-up to this where I go over some of my really good Clips so leave questions for that in the comments and stay tuned also spies again

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Length: 16min 41sec (1001 seconds)

Published: Mon Nov 07 2022