How a Spy Thinks #91 [The Weakest Gun]
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- G'day all MrPaladin here.
Today I want to focus on the "weakest" gun in spies loadout (L'etranger)... and why I favor it!
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Hi Everybody! There has been recent news about TF2s core code being leaked causing problems that could extend as far as the ability for dubious folks to compromise your machine. I see in the other comments that folks are well aware of this and trying to offer me warning. Fortunately this was earlier footage. The news of the leek came out while I was editing the final touches :)
Enjoy and perhaps the gamestate will return to playable soon, until then noone can recommend playing for a while.
Hi Mr paladins ! Nice video I also am so afraid of the virus
That i stop of playing TF2
Lucky you still managed to make video today
Good to know it's pre-recorded, safety first
To note: this warning is not just for TF2, but for EVERY SINGLE GAME that runs on Source and has online functions.
"If you're not killing things, you're not doing anything"
The scout who caps with 0 kills:
The medic
@@publicooki you forgot the Crittersaw
especially on ctf
Show me a scout that isn't shooting things, and I'll show you a disguised spy!
Hold my bonk
"If you're not killing things, you're not doing anything"
Medic: Am I a joke to you?
They kill by proxy
MrPaladin “I heal the man who will kill you”
You're killing pain!
@@MrPaladin or via random lucky Crossbow hits that went straight through their intended target.
"Doctor assisted homicide!"
Another good point about picking up ammo from enemies: nobody tracks the ammo pack/building debris. If someone sees an ammo pickup randomly disappear they may be suspicious, but not with a random ammo drop from an enemy.
Yep, most likely they'll assume it just did it's regular timed despawn, if they even bother to pay attention.
"nobody tracks..."
engie mains cry from this
Yeah, the other day I was building a sentry nest, and suddenly an ammo pack dissapeared when I was low on metal. I started blasting and bam! A dead spy appeared from thin air... How strange, isn't it?
Man this whole situation is like a digital quarantine.
Kinda sucks :/
Corona in TF2
Only for a while though. If it was even a problem at the start that is.
6:19 noticing the sentry and surfing the damage is one of the most subtle and impressive tricks I've seen in a long time
Almost took me too far!
Yes good job Paladin you make me want to be able to be a god like you :)
Barley link?
"But, and this is a big but . . ."
*stabs the Heavy's butt.
the J u n g l e B o o t y
Paladin: "A full cloak meter will never kill an enemy"
Workshop Creator: *furious scribbling*
Gun that grants crits with full cloak.
Konrad why? Hopefully minicrits for balancing purposes
@@kirbking8074 but you can't use your knife, and instead of crit (or minicrite) it should be 2x damage so falloff still applies
"which spy does not like having cloak?"
Salty Phish
: *realistic spy challenge*
If I was watching this late at night I would be asleep.
Not cause it’s boring, cause he’s giving good commentary with a soothing voice.
"Damn April"
You never fail to astonish me
VVen0m Anagrams best
1:54 "The last thing you want to do is decloke inappropreatly.
Declokes not even a FOOT behind a medic.
Not inappropriate. Even if the medic who was not thinking about a spy did react. Its a medic 1vs1 with spy
@@MrPaladin Aye, just makin a joke about how aggressive your being. (Good job w/ the vids btw).
@@duckfilms3662 gotcha! Sometimes i do try to sync what I'm talking about with the footage to great effect. Sometimes it is the opposite and unplanned!
The weakest gun? Boi, this gun has saved me from a lot of bad situation, got me my first 20+ kills, and got me hooked into playing spy.
He meant in literal damage. It's passive effects, on the other hand, make you a more effective spy.
when you only read the titles of videos and don't watch them because youre mentally deficient
The Salt God Unless you are some trickstabbing superspy, in which case the diamondback is OP.
FuNK Imagine getting 137 likes because you and other people is too dumb to read the title.
wow a gun got you hooked on spy
7:14 the sniper was trick stabbed. Rip
"If you're not killing things, you're not doing anything"
me : snipins a good job mate
The l’etranger is ALWAYS my go-to gun when using the invisible watch or the C&D. This doesn’t apply to the dead ringer however. I find myself using either the stock revolver or the amby. The reason is because the dead ringer is used for escaping, not stalking. So most of the time, I’m visible anyways so I have all the time to recharge my potcket watch. I rarely use the l’etranger for shooting, most of my shots are on buildings which I could finish the job even easier with higher dm output.
6:22 pro gamer move. Blu sentry is up, mrp gets out of sight, mrp jumps to get a boost forward to get a stab
MRP: Mentions the C&D + Le T combo
Me: "Hey, That's me."
Me too just negate the ammo pickup downside by just double clicking in and out of cloak for a split second when nobody is looking
That’s exactly what I thought about this load out. My first fav loadout was l’étranger, C&D, and the big earner. Now that’s the same as yours but I often switch to the stock knife, because I really suck with the kunai ( for now ). Thanks again for your videos !
0:35 hey thats me!
I’m still learning the game so i get pretty mad at times when i fail, sorry if i was salty!
Dear Mr Paladin, i just want to thank you for what all you’ve taught me. I’ve gotten much better at managing the default cloak and i’ve went from averaging 0 backstabs to consistently getting 4-6. Thank you so much.
Glad to help
"The L'etranger is the only Spy item that synergizes with the Dead Ringer."
So what am I then, chopped liver?
Considering the DR is only useful for for gun-heavy playstyles, the Big Earner is almost mandatory and l'Etranger is easily the worst option (especially considering that the DR is bugged and doesn't properly extend his cloak with l'Etranger).
@@joanaguayoplanell4912 "easily the worst option" bruh consider the cloak on hit and you'll be clowned
@@moogobIin as said the DR is only decent for gun Spies. L'Etranger is the weakest revolver of the the bunch, so not a good idea to pair them.
Personally, I like pairing it with Your Eternal Reward. It balances out the cloak penalty from the YER, and I love using that knife because, as a somewhat beginner Spy, it helps me destroy Engineer nests with ease since I can backstab the Engie without having to worry about his Sentry turning me into Swiss cheese in the following second.
Also, I like the dust storm effect of the Saharan Spy set.
Hi MrPaladin i just want to tell you that I watch your videos every day, it helps me a lot in these hard times. God bless you.
Spy : Im a spy main
MrPaladin oh you're approching me?
When I decloak I feel like an enemy comes out of know where and kills me. Also I usually use the ambassador because I like it but I never thought about using another revolver because I had the enforcer but never used it.
Edit: but my aim is trash
The amby’s only upside is rewarding good aim with crits. So I wouldn’t recommend using it. Just use stock. If your aim is good enough then use it. But then again. Stock is better
Lots of passive benefits from the letranger if your aim is as bad as mine :)
Thanks mr.p I will consider it because my friends are better with the ambassador than me
I prefer the stock revolver coz I can't aim and I liek gun spy
You should do a quick 180 when you spot a tasty hoovy just 1 second before the decloak timing. Sometimes there's 2 pyros with a medic just behind you cos they just turned a corner.
I sometimes play with other revolvers like the diamondback, but the L'etranger always makes my cloak extend that little bit further that helps me get to where I need to get to. The difference between cloak and dagger + no L'etranger versus invis watch with it is enormous and I love staying cloaked for longer with the default watch as it lets you position yourself with much more ease
Thanks you for teaching us Mr paladin. These videos are real good during quarantine
5:30 i only find myself sometimes use this combination when playing hl
It is a worthy combination for sure. The modern day survivalist combo.
your videos help me play spy a lot, you got me INTO playing spy in the first place! and with each video I just get better and better. thankyou for all this man. keep up the work
my day gets so much better when this pops up on my rec feed, thank you for this
Keep good work, you are keeping us entertained during quarantine :)
always!
My favorite spy loadout is L'etranger, your eternal reward and the cloak and dagger. It's really stealthy and matches my playstyle perfectly
This is hand down one of my favorites. I had a KS one and it worked so well
7:22 that was me the hoovy :)
He's the only one who plays what the spy was supposed to be played.
"if your not killing, your not doing anything."
spy who caps last when the whole team leaves the point: am i a joke to you?
God,I did that once on Dustbowl
No kills,and I won the game
I like the L'Etranger, stock spy watch and the big earner or spycicle when the pybros are round.... I think this gun allowing you to just abuse your stealth mechanic to the maximum is honestly on par with the diamond back. What messes with people even more is if you start changing round your watches on spawn...
My two favorite spy loadouts:
The L’etranger, Dead Ringer, ad Big Earner (near-infinite DR charge, so long as you can aim your gun or get your stabs)
The “worst” loadout (Enforcer, Dead Ringer, Your Eternal Reward) (Actually sets a really nice rhythm of stab, shoot, run. If you can get a stab, do so. If not, shoot. If shooting will get you killed, and they won’t die, run. If you can’t run fast enough, cloak. Once you have your cloak back, throw on a disguise, rinse, and repeat.)
After smashing out school work and hanging with the boys on the ps4. I’ve decided to hop back on tf2 and this just hit me with the biggest nostalgia trip. Please continue making good vids
Man I haven't played in a while. But back when I did, when I dipped my toes into the volcano that is spy, I used to run the Le'tran, the Big Earner, and either the basic cloak or the Dead Ringer. I know I'm giving up health, but there was always a satisfaction of mine to know that no matter what, if I did damage with my gun or killed with my knife, I got myself cloak back. Combine that with Dead Ringer and I was almost always getting a speed buff, and could make much riskier plays by getting my cloak from a backstab then activating the ringer. Might have felt cheap at times, but man, it was so fun.
Its always relaxing to listen to mr.paladin talking about tf2 things we know or sometimes dont
1:48 That Pyro trying to W+M1 to those two Heavies.
Damn bro I remember watching you 2 years ago when I wanted to be a spy main. I feel like you deserve more subs. Cheers bruh keep up the good work.
My favorite loadout is all that just swapping out the kunai for a stock knife, for the exact same reasons. I prefer having a constant 125 health to jumping up and down, but other than that I agree on everything else. Trickstabs aren't necessary!
I didn't realize I had the same load out as MrPaladin :O but I understand every bit of that. You have to play to your strengths in this game. And my aim is crap, so I'll stick to my knife ;)
Pro tip: If the snipers have equipped the razorback, become pyro with a scorch shot or detonator and light them on fire until they switch to darwins danger shield. Now you can switch to spy and backstab them.
You have made spy one of my favorite classes. Thank your Mr. P. You have made me blossom into a wonderful spy.
You're very welcome
I like to use that gun with the invis watch, sapper and Big Earner. 30% cloak on kill sure doesn't hurt. I can be invisible pretty much all the time. Good stuff.
You’re probably aware of the situation but Keep safe distancing from TF2 until further notice
see pinned message
Official TF2 twitter verified it's safe to play.
I was literally binging your TLAS vids at 2 AM when editing my own video for college, glad to see once another beautiful addition! Also RIP to all those snipers
You seem to have procrastinated
This gun actually suits my playstyle really well,since I use disguises a lot and in an effort to do so,I must get behind enemies with cloak.The amount of lag from my potato pc and bad cloak management from myself is sheer too much to fix in 10 seconds.Hence why I love this thing so much
Only 9 more "how a spy thinks" episodes to hit #100!
Well, R.I.P How a balaclava boy thinks
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I love the ambassador and I’ve been told by different people that I’m pretty good with it, but I just don’t have much reason to use it much. The L’etrenger is just such a superior weapon with every watch, the only time is get to use my beloved ambi is when I use the deadringer or when the ammo packs are pretty close together. I don’t even use it with the cloak and dagger because the added mobility with a pretty stagnant watch is just too good to turn away.
I wish there was a watch that gave you longer invisibility time with something like an increase to damage taken, so you can’t get too risky.
Edit: love the ambassador so much because it makes me feel like a 1 man army at times. I’ll have two demos, a scout, and a medic to take care of. I accidentally trickstab the medic (I suck at trick stabs so I tend to accidentally do it), headshot a demo and finish him with a body stab, quickly butter knife the other one to lower his health, then a damaged scout makes his way to the scene. I turn around and headshot the scout, and finally gun down the last demo.
(This is a loose depiction of a true story, never felt more badass except for when I do some crazy stuff as sniper)
12:17 The spy he's speaking of is Salty Phish.
Got a link to the video that shows up at the same time as the mention. i'm unsure if others have tried the challenge but that w as the video I was thinking about because of the "over a year" to get the footage
I love your videos dude very entertaining and informational I hope you have a nice day/night
I started playing TF2 in 2014, and began maining Spy almost immediately. This continued until 2017, where I became a Medic main and pretty much just stopped playing Spy. No matter how many MrP videos I watched, I just didn’t feel I was effective as Spy at all. Recently I got back into TF2 after a seven month break and, alongside maining Medic (who has become my best class), I decided to try and play Spy again just on the side. I was terrible, absolutely abysmal- I was ready to just give up with Spy again before I realised; let’s watch MrPaladin again, but this time *really* take on board what’s being said.
And I’ve been having the best Spy games I’ve ever had recently. Despite loving the YER, stock revolver and C+D back when I mained Spy, I’ve taken on the L’Etranger, Big Earner (not sure why the BE- I just really like its playstyle) and invis watch because watching your videos again made me realise the scope of Spy’s arsenal and how fun each weapon truly is. Not only that, but you’ve taught me effective strategies and how to play like someone who actually knows what I’m doing.
Just wanted to say thank you, MrP- your videos were great back when I used to watch you and they’re still great now that I’m back. Informative, chill and entertaining- what more could you ask for, honestly?
I love picking up dropped ammo from dead enemies because it makes it harder to tell if its a spy or if the ammo just despawned. If a map placed ammo pack disappears its a spy, but one from a corpse? Maybe it just disappeared
'A game based around damage'
Ah, sir, you are heavily mistaken
I cause eye damage with my Unusual Burning Team Cap- oh
Stay safe, Paladin. if a legend like you gets a virus, I hope you fix it sooner than othera. Good luck, Mr. Paladin, stay safe gamers.- My name is yes
I started playing again tf2 and you cant imagine how happy i am you still play tf2
Damn April, one of my favorite names so far :)
I only get to use it legit during this month. Being allergy season this month is no friend of mine lol
For those who don't get it...
Damn April
d a M n a P r i l
M r P a l a d i n
MrPaladin
@@MrPaladin LOVE IT
OH THANK GOODNESS, nice to see you've become knowledgeable of the whole code leak going around
Wish I had enemies that don’t have headphones, or eyes.
When I play spy( which is only when the planets all align during a full blue moon) I like using the stock for finishing off opponents and as a defense for myself.
It has always been hay o mr. Paladin here and at the end it’s always I hope this helps you in your future endeavors
I must admit, you really make spy look easy. I'm trash with him, I die after 3 kills
I have 100 hours on spy and your still better than me >_>
@@l1fey123 it's a blessing if I get 3 in single life
Me: Behold enemy team member i have a full invis meter
Enemy team member: Sir please have mercy
I believe The Stranger is a direct upgrade to the stock revolver.
The +40 cloak is worth the damage penalty.
And also, Spawing wall hacks are bull, agreed. Just wish I could play today- the Engine Leak happened.
It's not a direct upgrade if there is a noticeable downside, a direct upgrade would be smth like Cow Mangler
How often do you use your revolver anyway, outside of shooting that 9 health demoman from across the map. You get used to the reduced damage, and the extra cloak helps you escape.
@@Guy-py6go Exactly, that's why his revolvers are accurate at long distances and are the weakestof all the primaries and why you have the ability to see enemy health. It's meant to be an opportunist tool to kill low health enemies from even far away
Idk I find that I do the best as spy when I use my knife and revolver about evenly. Stock's 1/5 extra damage per shot really helps.
I do like seeing L’Étranger/Stock Watch gameplay. It’s a case of Boring But Practical. Might not be good for headshots or even hit as hard as the Revolver, but as you said, more cloak is always good for Spy.
the last mrpaladin tf2 vid for a long time, time to enjoy it like the others!
Who says I dont have banked footage? ;)
@@MrPaladin oh that footage will be an excellent surprise!! you're the best MrPaladin : )
Dear Mr. P,
You are the reason I use the “stranger”
Thank you for your videos
P.s. mine is named “Chicken wang”
I like the l’etranger cause it means I can leave spawn and walk around immediately while invis so I don’t die to an out of position pyro or scout in my back lines, and still have enough cloak to get behind the other team at the same time.
I enjoy using the diamond back as a spy. It rewards you for being a spy on back stabs and saps. The Crits is a nice way to get out of situations where its not favorable for the spy.
My preference is the default revolver: I go to it almost as often as I go for backstabs, and my aim is decent enough to make it effective (but not enough for Amby). Plus, having less cloak forces you to be more proactive; I'd rather kill 3-4 people then die, than sit under cloak for 30+ seconds not doing anything just to get one or two stabs and get away.
this is my favorite spy loadout thanks to u mrpaladin
It's always been my go-to.
My loadout:
Stock knife
Le'tranger
Cloak and Dagger
And Sapper
All are strange except sapper which is a unique Ap-Sap
Every time without fail when I use the L'etranger I see 1HP on my killcam when I die. It's maddening.
5:30 i will till you secret if you double left click while you stand on the metal you can take it in the clock and dagger
I really thought the title referred to the enforcer, but it is correct...
I find it funny how he has to specify that he uses stock sapper as if your other option was a viable choice
Other one makes less metal :) and yes, has limited uses
This is my favorite loadout too, but i will occasionally swich it out for the diamondback for maximum C A N C E R
I am kind a paranoid when seeing ammo packs from on the ground disappear, since wheither or not it was natural or it was a spy who pick it up. So I always check by popping one shot or two, just to make sure.
I use to run Let + Kunai but for some reason I'm finding myself using stock knife more and more. I like to think of myself as a competent spy, but at this point stock knife feels like a good challenge to keep me on my toes. forcing me to not overdepend on kunai overheals.
Perhaps switching to full stock would add to the excitement, but I'm a spy who loves to stay invisible for 70% of the game.
I still use the ambassador more than any other revolver, getting headshots is just the most satisfying thing in the world.
"Dont decloak at inappropriate times"
Also Mr. P: constantly delcloaking on their backs
its a good gun it does its job and it does it well. while i personally prefer my ivory griped revolver or the diamondback you can't neglect how great it is to have the extra cloak reserve + cloak on hit. it's so great to have to be part of the perfect evader playstyle of getting your stab and vanish.
Hi Mr.P can u do some more vanilla spy, and maybe talk about cloack management because I have a problem I started playing letranger and now if I change to other revolver I feel like I have no cloack. A video about how to manage you're cloack would really help me.
I have watched your videos for 4 years and 5 months
Wonderful!
@@MrPaladin can you tell your subcribers to sub to me it's king gunner
mrpaladin i love your videos.
"Revolves" around doing damage. N I C E
What i like to do is get a crit on the diamond back and pull it out when a enemy chases me and they usually turn around instantly
i love how the guy is a spy main and not a weeb thats what i love and thats why i like playing spy knowing there are spy mains that arent weebs
mr p be vibin during the source code leak
As much as I know the Your Eternal Reward is not very good from a gameplay perspective, it’s best revolver synergy-wise is the L’tranger, because it almost completely negates the “less cloak or faster drain” or whatever the downside of the YER is.
"If you aint killing, you arent doing anything"
Medics:
Honestly I agree with most of this video, to the point where I seriously think the spy in general could do with a 20% cloak increase, and the L'trenger could be nerfed to compensate. I know that would inherently make the gun less useful, but the gun is *So much more useful* then the other revolvers most of the time that honestly, I feel like this kind of thing would be incredibly helpful to diversifying spy's gun usage.
Amazing video! Hope you are doing great! How is the pandemic affecting you? I'm in lockdown so I have a lot of time to watch your videos! :)
I feel like I've created a dependency on the L'etranger, and I feel I can't manage cloak without it.