Know where the health kits are on every map you play on, as you will be needing them more often than you'd think.

The speed boost gained from a kill will increase your chance of escape or enable you to catch up to foes for a chain-stab(Do not do this with the other 2 watches unless you know you will get away). This and the Dead Ringer is the best 'suicide' setup.

A kill pattern with this knife with the Dead Ringer is to go in, backstab 2 enemies, Dead Ringer out.

It's kind of wasted on the normal Invis Watch as you are able to pick up ammo boxes and the weapon dropped from your enemy.

This knife synergises well with the Cloak and Dagger, along with the Dead Ringer.You'd be surprised how quickly you die compared to the other knives, and the extra cloak will not stop a rocket from damaging you - Except the Dead Ringer. This is most certainly the knife you never want to use when getting into a group of enemies.Note: On high level play, this weapon falls under the worst, as players will be too alert to let you slip by. You become slow, and when you don't start shooting everything, your disguise is blown. This is the only exception on targets you should prioritise. With this knife, stabbing the Heavy is a no no, unless you know what you are doing.'Why would a Heavy be walking towards a Sniper' will be the question ringing through the enemy team's head when they see you going for another backstab. Backstabbing a Sniper, and then a Heavy may not be such a good idea, as you will be stuck with the Heavy disguise. Do not stab everyone! This is the biggest mistake players make with this weapon.I wouldn't recommend the Dead Ringer with the Your Eternal Reward as the silent decloak bonus from the item set has been removed, and a loud decloak behind an enemy will increase your difficulty with finding a disguise.Be very sure that when you are going for a backstab, that it will work, as a simple miss of the backstab will drop your disguise, and finding another one will set you back from destroying the enemy team.If you are standing say on a cliff, they will most probably not pay attention to you, allowing you to do an 'air stab'. You will be surprised how oblivious the enemy can be. A clever way to get a disguise is to use the environment, such as hiding behind barrels or standing above the enemy.When finding a disguise, the best approach is to find an isolated enemy.Your presence alone is helping your team win, as players have to constantly be on the lookout for YOU, hindering their ability to progress. If you are on low health or cloak(if using the Dead Ringer or cloak and dagger), don't go in for the kill, as if you die, you will be putting your team at a disadvantage of 1 player.There will be times when their Spy should be prioritised over a medic, but that tends not to happen often, or until you finish reading this guide.

This is in order of how much of an impact these classes have towards a victory or defeat. Smile when you see 3 pyros come out of their base. After locating the enemy, it is sometimes better to kill 1 of them, before pulling out, as your role of the Spy anyway is to be undetected and to create fear and paranoia. Here are the enemies you should be going for if you are given a choice. This has happened to me a lot in a chain stab, alerting the enemies of my presence before gunning me down. Missing the backstab in a chain stab is also dangerous. This again is dangerous as if an enemy behind you with a pair of eyes see's you, its highly likely that that player will kill you. Most new spies go for the amazing 'chain stabs': Stabbing multiple enemies in a row, usually 3 or more. Since the Stock Knife has no special attributes such as health regeneration, it is always a good idea to be careful when going for a backstab, as if your cover is blown, you are pretty much dead.

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