Is you and your teamates getting buttsecks'ed by the frenchiest spy in pub? well fear not, this guide is for you. Lets get started on the three aspects of this situational pub, Yourself, The Frenchman and Your sacks of flour (potatos if youre from eastern russia) BLYA-

Now, i am no expert in the game (despite the 1.2k hours) but anyone with the right Weapons and Cosmetics can out play the Linkin Park listening baguette. The best class to counter a competent spy is, and you guessed it, the pyro. Being the scourge of the game, hated by many and loved by others, requiring only the left side of you brain to play (because you dont need emotions to play it)

average pyro player when theres a monsieur trickstabbing people

The flamethrower serves well to ablazing invisible mon amis, airblating them from ledges and cliffs and most importantly, top frag plebs like a boss. Lets begin by your apparel

Gibus and Pyrovision.
No one cannot tilt after dying to a gibus pyro, they will using externalize this rage on their team or in the chat, calling you a w+m1, we both know youre better than this chainsmoker

average spy main after dying to a gibus pyro

Pyromancers Hood and Mask

It is to common knowledge that if you wear this, you probably are a furry (not saying that you are) but it serves well to pass by one and tilt him

Cat Pajamas and Last Breath

pretty cool, standart looking suus
laal

Pyro Beanie and Flamedeer

uwu cute

Any combination of these cosmetics are garanteed to heavily mess with you opponent

DONT use the phlog, not because its too op but because youre wasting the power of airblasts in exchange for ez kritz, not very tacticool, i recommend the degreaser or stock, using the backburner depletes 50 ammo each airblast so...

Please, use the panic attack or stock, using the flares are a 80% chance of not hitting the projectile, or not dealing enough damage to finish off a ringed spy.

if your map has water, the neon annihilator if not, homewrecker/maul. seriously, it has a -20% damage penalty which encourages you to NOT get in melee range of a spy, use it to break sappers, not bones, your friendly engineer appreciates your help pardner

the engineer after you break the sappers on his buildings

As MLK once said


Most spy mains feel the need to look edgy so they inflict some kind of fear into your teamates, you dont need that (remember youre only using your left side of the brain)
they come in many colors but the most common COSTmetics are
Legendary Lid/Hong Kong Cone and Noh Mercy


Dashin Hashshashin and Dead Head


along with some kind of suit or smth, HOWEVER
You should be paying attention to what weapons hes using, divided by two most common loadouts

Amby/Diamondback + Kunai + Ringer

yknow, the spy behind the chainstab


these guys are the apex predators of a pub, if youre not playing pyro, spies who still use the ambassador are still in denial of the jungle inferno nerf but they still can chip a lot of your health if they can aim, if you see one wielding it try your best to not walk in a straight line

if hes using the diamondback, assume youre already with 73 health, and play likewise
go around him, warn your teamates, run to a medic for overheals

what if he switches to the kunai?
airblast him, simple as
most pyros commit this mistake of trying to set a kunai spy on fire, they usually dead ring and go behind you, what you should be doing is airblasting him and chipping his health away with the panic attack. If he "dies" stop and listen, pick his ammopack if you get nothing, he dead ringed, watch the nearby healthpacks and try to chase him until he uncloaks

what if hes 210 health?
a i r b l a s t, fire, shotgun, rinse and repeat

what if he goes for you teamates?
in game voice chat button is v


pyro mains when a kunai kills a hoovy

L'etranger + Big Earner + Stock/Cloak and dagger

This guy will try everything in his range to kill your unusual wearing pub stomping crocket firing soldier or his kritzkreig medic gf, he is a little less vile than kunai spies but a dead soldier is a sad soldier and you certainly dont want to lose the game because he died, if you see one of these dont hold back on using the backburner and setting fire on everyone, you better be good at it because he can kill your med and disappear faster than he did when scouts mom asked about the child support

How do you actually recognize a spy before he invades your personal space?

After ardously reverse engineering Swipez, Klown, "Gday o" and other spy frag videos ive come to a solid and practical ways to deny the june rebellion

we have to analize how they move, stand, fight and hide

At a base speed of pyros, snipers and engies (100%), the spy moves at 107%, disguising as a scout does NOT influence his speed so, watch out for hurdling scouts (they move at 133%)
To compensate for this lack of speed and stay in character of a scout, they try their hardest to not stay on the ground, bunnyhoping, circle strafing, etc

checking these guys isnt a ammo waste, however, listen to your surroundings, if you set someone on fire but they dont suffer afterburn, continue to shoot him with you shotgun, the spycicle grants 1 second of fire resistance and 10 of afterburn resistance

If you already didnt learn from Anakin, having the high ground is a endgame
Look up, good spies will try to Ezio Auditori everyone on a payload or koth so watch for those medics not healing anyone jumping from a high ledge on viaduct

With the mediocre base health of 125 in exchange for a one hit kill weapon the spy can only go big or go home, if he stabs someone with the kunai.
A I R B L A S T
any were near your fov borders is a no no so please airblast first, shoot later

This isnt csgo, you have to listen to sound clues to where this croissant is hiding, footsteps, voice commands, decloak, gunshots, etc

hiding in plain sight is a simple spell but quite unbeatable
not for you
see that pyro, he came around the corner from spawn, but he didnt switch to his melee while walking to the point, what would you do now that you think about it?
players not shooting something or someone are the most prone to being a spy rather than a new player

Spare no ammo near sentry nests, your medic or high grounds

Is he...
Going up the stairs? backpedal, airblast and punish
Going around a corner? hug the wall opposite to the corner and punish
Going sky high? airblast before he comes near someone and punish
Face to face with overheal? AIRBLAST AND PUNISH
Nowhere to be seen? FIREEEEEEEEEEEEE
Using cl_interp 0.5? quit, its pub not competitive

Youre on your own buddy, spies eat heavies for breakfast
Scouts can help you find a ringed frenchie, medic can give you owerheaws uwu and the sniper can pi- i mean jarate the surroundings, thats it

valve pls fix hitreg 128 tick