Obtaining Spy achievements

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A Cut Above Kill a gun-wielding Spy with your knife. Difficulty: Easy How to obtain: An enemy Spy who is near friendly lines, retreating, or recently respawned will likely have the Revolver equipped. Any of these opportunities gives you the chance to chase down and kill that player for the achievement.

Agent Provocateur Backstab your Steam Community friends 10 times. Difficulty: Easy How to obtain: This achievement is easier if you are in a clan or often play against people on your friends list. Note that you do not have to backstab ten different friends, allowing you to backstab a single friend multiple times.

Burn Notice Survive 30 seconds after being ignited while cloaked. Difficulty: Very Easy How to obtain: While cloaked, head to the front lines and look for an enemy Pyro. Bump into the Pyro's flames then quickly retreat to safety. Extinguish the flames with a health kit or the aid of another class and avoid entering combat until thirty seconds have elapsed.

Come in From the Cold Get a Revenge kill with a backstab. Difficulty: Easy How to obtain: You'll eventually be dominated by another player without trying. When this happens, find your nemesis and backstab them. If you are having trouble getting revenge on certain classes, such as Pyros or Scouts, you can be purposely dominated by a more vulnerable class, like a Sniper.

Constructus Interruptus Kill an Engineer who is working on a sentry gun. Difficulty: Easy How to obtain: Target Engineers who are just beginning to set up or are upgrading their Sentry Guns. If you can't find one, look for an Engineer who has built a Sentry Gun near a chokepoint that your team needs to pass. As your team makes a push towards this area, backstab the Engineer while he or she is repairing the Sentry Gun.

Counter Espionage Backstab a disguised Spy. Difficulty: Easy How to obtain: If you see or hear an enemy Spy decloak near your team, he or she is bound to already be disguised, so try to get behind and backstab that player. Electro Sappers being placed on friendly Engineer buildings are sure signs that a nearby "teammate" is a Spy. Alternatively, Spy-check by knifing the backs of your teammates.

{{Show achievement|Spy|Deep Undercover | obtain-level = Medium-Hard | obtain-text = Camp in areas with high player traffi, using the Spy's ability to see player names to target a specific person. As long as you don't get killed, this achievement can be done over a prolonged period of time. Care is advised; if you manage to backstab the same player twice, he or she is likely to switch to an anti-Spy class such as the Pyro in order to hunt you down. Due to specific anti-Spy gear, such as the Razorback or [[Jarate], targeting even a Sniper may not be an easy way to obtain this achievement. }}

Die Another Way Kill a Sniper after your backstab breaks his Razorback. Difficulty: Medium-Hard How to obtain: You will be shocked after your first backstab attempt, alerting the Sniper to your presence. After the Razorback is broken, either try to land another backstab or use your Revolver to get the kill. Using the Dead Ringer can goad the Sniper into a false sense of security after "killing" you, allowing you to come back for an easy backstab.

Diplomacy Kill 50 enemies with the Ambassador. Difficulty: Easy-Medium How to obtain: Because the Ambassador does less damage than the standard Revolver, try to land headshots on unwary enemies. You can use your Cloak to prey on injured players and kill them as they retreat for health.

Dr. Nooooo Backstab a Medic that is ready to deploy an ÜberCharge. Difficulty: Medium How to obtain: When you see a Medic with an ÜberCharge ready, attempt to backstab that player before he or she gets a chance to deploy it. You can use the Cloak and Dagger to stalk a Medic who is still building his ÜberCharge meter.

For Your Eyes Only Provide an enemy with a freezecam shot of you flicking a cigarette onto their corpse. Difficulty: Easy-Medium How to obtain: After killing an enemy, stand on that player's corpse and taunt while holding the Disguise Kit. Should you do the Spy Crab taunt, rather than flick a cigarette, the achievement will still be awarded.

FYI I am a Spy Backstab a Medic who has healed you in the last 5 seconds. Difficulty: Medium-Hard How to obtain: If you immediately head backwards after being healed, a competent Medic will instantly recognize you as a Spy. This achievement is best done in the midst of a large firefight, where the Medic will have to pay more attention to the battle after healing you.

High Value Target Backstab an enemy who is dominating 3 or more of your teammates. Difficulty: Medium How to obtain: Depending on the map and players, it may be hard to find someone who is dominating three or more of your teammates. Use the information on the scoreboard to track how many dominations each player has and target any enemies with three or more.

Identity Theft Backstab the enemy that you're currently disguised as. Difficulty: Easy How to obtain: The name of the player you are disguised as will appear on your HUD. Use this to seek out and backstab your victim. Disguising as an isolated Engineer or Sniper can allow you to more easily travel around without drawing suspicion. If wielding the Cloak and Dagger, you can continuously change your disguise until it corresponds with a nearby player.

Insurance Fraud Kill an enemy while you're being healed by an enemy Medic. Difficulty: Medium How to obtain: Once an enemy Medic starts to heal you, backstab the nearest enemy. This achievement is best done in the midst of a large firefight, where the Medic will have to pay more attention to the battle instead of you. You will automatically be healed by a Medic if you backstab their patient with Your Eternal Reward, allowing you to quickly go for another enemy.

Is It Safe? Backstab 50 enemies who are capturing control points. Difficulty: Medium How to obtain: Some control points are quite confined, making it difficult to get within melee range of a Spy-checking group of players. Sparsely defended control points, such as those on Gravel Pit, make excellent areas to stalk. Target players that huddle around the Payload cart, which counts as a control point.

Joint Operation Sap an enemy Sentry Gun within 3 seconds of a teammate sapping another. Difficulty: Easy How to obtain: When the enemy team has multiple Sentry Guns set up, coordinate with a fellow Spy to disable several of them at once.

May I Cut In? Backstab an enemy and the Medic healing him within 10 seconds of each other. Difficulty: Easy How to obtain: Look for a Medic and his buddy as they head towards the front lines. Medic buddies tend to be slower, so it is preferable to stab the faster Medic first.

On Her Majesty’s Secret Surface Start capping a capture point within a second of it becoming available. Difficulty: Easy How to obtain: Players tend not to pay attention to currently locked control points, so maneuver behind enemy lines and position yourself on the next control point for when your team captures the preceding one. Using the Cloak and Dagger will allow you to hide indefinitely while waiting. Standard control point maps, such as Granary and Well, have control points that frequently change hands and thus give you more opportunities to attempt this achievement. You only need to begin the capture process, not complete it.

Point Breaker Kill 15 enemies who are standing on a control point they own. Difficulty: Medium How to obtain: Players tend to Spy-check anyone approaching an active control point. Prime targets are enemy Heavies and Engineers who are on the defensive. Backstabbing enemies passing through a locked control point will also grant points towards this achievement.

Sap Auteur Destroy 1000 Engineer buildings with sappers. Difficulty: Easy How to obtain: You will unlock this achievement after playing as Spy for a decent amount of time. You will still get points towards this achievement via assists should a teammate destroy a building while it is being sapped.

Sapsucker Sap an enemy building, then backstab the Engineer who built it within 5 seconds. Difficulty: Easy How to obtain: Use your cloaking or disguise kit to sneak behind a preoccupied Engineer. Sap a building, quickly switch to your Knife, and backstab the Engineer to prevent your Sapper from being removed. If an Engineer has left the building unattended, hide until they inevitably return to repair it. Players using the Wrangler tend to focus more on combat and can be easily distracted from their buildings.

Skullpluggery While using the Ambassador, kill 20 Snipers with a headshot. Difficulty: Easy-Medium How to obtain: Whenever you are in a position to backstab an enemy Sniper, use your Ambassador instead. Because an accurate Ambassador headshot only deals 102 damage, it may be safer to target Snipers who are already injured or are away from the front lines. Remember that the Croc-o-Style Kit item set will prevent a Sniper from being killed by your headshots.

Slash and Burn Backstab an enemy, who then switches to Pyro before they respawn. Difficulty: Easy-Medium How to obtain: The procedure for this achievement is completely out of your hands. Continuously backstab enemies with the hope that one will become frustrated enough to switch to Pyro.

Sleeper Agent Kill an enemy who triggered your feign death in the last 20 seconds. Difficulty: Easy-Medium How to obtain: Most enemies will not be expecting you to shoot or backstab them when they believe you are dead. To make your fake death more convincing, try allowing the enemy to damage you for a bit before pulling out the Dead Ringer. The Saharan Spy item set significantly reduces the volume of the decloak sound, making it easier to find safe locations to decloak.

Spies Like Us While cloaked, bump into an enemy cloaked Spy. Difficulty: Very Easy How to obtain: This should happen incidentally, as Spies tend to take routes that members from either team rarely traverse. You should eventually bump into an enemy Spy who is also on an untraveled path.

Spymaster Backstab 1000 enemies. Difficulty: Easy How to obtain: You will unlock this achievement after playing as Spy for a decent amount of time.

The Man from P.U.N.C.T.U.R.E. Stab an enemy while fencing. Difficulty: Very Hard How to obtain: The Fencing taunt kill is noticeably harder to perform than other taunt kills. In addition to being one of the longest and loudest taunt kills, you must also be undisguised and uncloaked. The first two strikes deal minimal damage, which will easily alert your target if the Spy's voice does not. Target unaware players, such as enemy Snipers, or helpless players, such as a Heavy eating a lunchbox item.

The Man with the Broken Guns Backstab an Engineer, then sap 3 of his buildings within 10 seconds. Difficulty: Easy-Medium How to obtain: Find an Engineer with a building next to an active Teleporter. Backstab the Engineer and sap both the building and the Teleporter. Another Sapper will automatically be placed at the other end of the Teleporter, earning you this achievement. The buildings only need to be sapped, not destroyed.

The Melbourne Supremacy Dominate a Sniper. Difficulty: Easy-Medium How to obtain: Identify an enemy Sniper who is rather unaware of nearby threats and specifically target that player. If the player is carrying a Razorback, three point-blank Revolver shots or two rounds from the Ambassador (if the first is a headshot) will do. As long as you continually kill that player, it will not matter if you die after killing him or her. Hope that the player does not change classes before you manage a domination.

Triplecrossed Backstab 3 Snipers in a single life. Difficulty: Medium How to obtain: This is most easily done on maps that favor Snipers, such as 2Fort, where multitudes of Snipers are sure to be found, lined up and ready to be backstabbed. Note that you do not need to backstab all three Snipers within a short period of time, so retreating after the first or second backstab is a viable option.

Wetwork Stab an enemy to death while under the influence of Jarate. Difficulty: Medium How to obtain: To be hit by Jarate would mean that the Sniper who threw it at you already knows you are there and will charge forth with his or her melee weapon, which severely outdamages your Knife. Your best option would be to attempt to backstab a different target who may not be immediately aware of your presence. Should you have Jarate applied on you by a Sniper using the Sydney Sleeper, try to get out of the Sniper's immediate line of fire to avoid being killed by a Mini-Crit, then try to find an enemy to backstab before its effects wear off.

Who's Your Daddy? Headshot 3 Scouts with the Ambassador. Difficulty: Medium-Hard How to obtain: Scouts move quickly and are difficult to headshot. As when sniping, try to predict where a Scout will be when you fire. The Spy does not and cannot zoom in to get headshots, making close range encounters with Scouts slightly easier. Due to their low health, an Ambassador headshot will usually only kill a Scout that has already been injured.

You Only Shiv Thrice Backstab 3 enemies within 10 seconds. Difficulty: Easy-Medium How to obtain: Spies will frequently find themselves behind enemy lines with at least three nice big backs facing them. When this happens, attempt to backstab all of them.