TF2: Spy Psychology - Paranoia 

As an engineer main I can confirm that PTSD and chronic stress won't deplet my character's health but My mental health and My life span

Play Heavy for 1 minute straight and you'll know the meaning of paranoia

The "Just switch off spy" tip to cool down enemy paranoia is actually a really good tip and not just a joke. If your team is over saturated with spies or you can't make an effective play, its a good idea to just swap to a power class to outwait the paranoia and to get the enemy to realize you're no longer playing spy. Then you can switch back when the time and composition is right. You'll be able to catch a medic off guard that you otherwise wouldnt have if you kept brute forcing your presence.

Knowing how to give my enemies PTSD and chronic stress disorder will be very useful to my arsenal.

Nothing like a bit of psychological torture in my funny hat game

I love how he is treating paranoia as if it’s an active meter that spy has

Man, this guy's use of The Binding of Isaac ost is phenomenal. I never knew how well it could mesh with how it feels to play spy...

One thing I like to do is what I call "Aggressive Paranoia", I will purposefully do very telling things as I approach someone, and then never backstab them, it leaves them almost completely distracted with trying to catch me that my team can easily break through. It's awesome on payload

As a not-spy main, this just made me so much more terrified of you guys OH FUCK NO ITS WORKING

As a medic main, I can confirm that even one good spy can put me, and the entire team, into full panic mode.

6:23 ......s**t he knows

I really appriciate you bringing up the YER and cloak/dagger in that small section, I loved to use the Saharan spy combo with the l'etranger back then, it really helped me practice using spy without relying on the dead ringer. Those unique points of switching up your load out and even classes are things I've never heard of before.

“The Spy voice command is a quick and effective way to alert teammates of your presence.” My entire team about to ignore three seperate yells as I spycheck corners:

Jontohil I’ve been watching your spy content and it significantly made me interested in playing the class every time just because you point out a lot of potential benefits that I don’t question about. Thank you for your amazing work and making spy a much more interesting class to play.

As I like to say, people are always distracted, just not necessarily to you. A spychecking pyro seems distracted to your sniper, and your sniper seems distracted to the enemy spy.

Just by seeing the intro I know it's good

I must say, the use of Innocence Glitched for the intro segment was absolutely brilliant

The intro is so cool After finishing, I can confirm the whole video is cool. I always thought of paranoia as something that only worked against me, but this is a interesting way to use it.

5:55 Accurate representation of me noticing anything out of the ordinary.

0:57 "As soon as you realize there's a spy in the game..." ...I get to jump for joy as the player promptly charges directly into my line of fire over and over, it's great. I especially love when they eat rockets while invisible.

You're really going all out on this video. The editing, the silly bits, and of course the helpful tips! Amazing to see you go this far, Jonto!

8:49 Ghost Spy (oh no he’s very scary)

Love the amazing detail in the vid! As well as the great advice. Love the SPY vs SPY Gameboy color audio in the backround at 7:48! Used to play that game a bunch as a kid. good times.

I sometimes choose spy halfway through the match so I catch them off guard. It's an evil strategy indeed.

Wake up lads, new jontohil upload at 4 AM, best believe I’m watching it

I cant stress enough how underrated you are. Personally as an experienced spy player, Im already accustomed to all the psychology and tactics displayed in your videos. But you’re the first tf2ber I’ve seen to put these fundamental knowledge and skills into condensed sections so cohesively. Keep contributing greatly to the intermediate spy playerbase, mate.

6:28 I am tempted to create a *new account* just so i can like this video again! *THAT* was magical XD

4:37 I love how the text is still visible in front of demoman

These sfm animations are slowly getting more better

Something as small as uncloaking in front of a sniper will cause him to be paranoid for the rest of the game

1:16 mother fu-

Perhaps it's less useful in serious matches, but also using voice lines yourself while invisible to actively agitate the enemy team, or to freak people out, can be useful to throw off someone you couldn't kill yourself. Might just distract them while they look for you, and miss the scout that just shot them in the back when they turn around. :P

I can't believe i fell for the door knock >:(

Love the antibirth soundtrack at the beginning!

Ok, can we talk about how good the intro on this one is??? Like usually it's top notch, but this one really SLAPS HARD

4:30 Spending Hours in 2 Fort and hearing this now makes me Laugh for no reason.

Damn, the editing is on a whole another level - really impressive and informative! Also, Y.E.R.'s backstabs aren't actually silent - they make a muffled default knife stab sound. Not sure how but I'm able to hear them behind me even when playing as a heavy and actively shooting someone. The sound design is just insane in this game.

1:42 I just burst out laughing SO HARD at that POP sound I can't explain it

As someone who plays spy to troll engineers, sapping a building with no intention of destroying it, is a fantastic way to distract the engineer from the soldier shooting his sentry.

It’s kinda funny how well-fitting the Portal Radio music is for empty-headed walks or simple explanations. I love it.

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5:34 reminds me of someone who does the same thing, they put it on but ignore decloaks and even the sound of the razorback breaking

Making enemies paranoid is really an underrated feature of playing Spy. To add to the point of enemies getting distracted due to it, here's a story that happened a couple of hours ago: A round of 2Fort. Spy makes his way into the enemy intel room using Cloak and Dagger. However, on a staircase he accidentally bumps into an enemy Demoman (Grenade launcher; Charge'n'Targe; Half-Zatoichi) who, thinking there are no other threats, begins frantically hitting every corner of the intel room (and the hallways) with his sword, in an attempt to spycheck. He did it several times, in fact, thinking that the Spy will run out of cloak soon. But checking every single corner left him completely unprepared for two Scouts that entered the room a couple of minutes later. Not only he had to spend time switching his weapon to the grenade launcher, but to turn around as well. He got killed and the trio of two Scouts and one Spy proceeded to capture the intelligence.

Why is nobody talking about THE QUALITY OF THAT INTRO ITS JUST AMAZING

I was never good at Spy, but watching these guides actually helps me getting better both while playing as or playing against Spies. I had 0.2 KD ratio on average when playing spy, but after watching these guides I was able to get an average of 1.5 KD ratio on average in recent games. Still not much, but it's way better than before.

The fact that spy can cause your enemies to mentally collapse mid game is very valuable information to me.

I like how he talks about paranoia like it's a hidden counter you have to keep track of

Wasn't expecting Innocence glitched for the intro, but it shows you are a man of good taste.

nice birthday present for me jonto, thanks

Your animations have gotten so much better over the time, great job👍

I love editing, humor and soundtrack choices in your videos :) Keep it up, you're doing great!

Pacing and editing was top notch in this one, well done! The intro is wallpaper worthy too, absolutely fantastic.

9:30 omg i just had my eyes opened thank you for the best keys to spaw loadouts

Since I've watched these videos, you've really helped develop my playstyle for spy to make it fun for me to play. I really love the strategies that you point out that I wouldn't have taken, and the multiple playstyles you encourage. Very well edited, interesting videos. Thank you for making spy fun to play!

Then there is me who just accidentally misses the thank you key and says spy calling one out 6 times out of 10 by complete fluke.

6:15 or, how about keep on them for a bit, to keep the paranoia up, and keep them distracted.

10:03 meet the spy reference

I love the musics you choose for this series. Especially the begining scenes it really elevates the learning experience.

That knocking at the beginning got me good because it's 3:30am and I'm sitting next to a door. Well played

I alternate between sneaky spy, to just staying with my team and gunning people down. Once they are less alert Ill go back to stabbing/sapping. Making the back line waste time searching for you is actually a good thing. Hiding in enemy territory with the C&D while spamming voice lines also screws with people's heads.

I do not know why, but from all the spy tips videos on RU-vid, your feel like official ones and are always fun to watch.

2:03 i had a game in swiftwater against f2p heavy i joined at the second last point i kept killing the heavy over and over again where after 6 kills i just targeted him to try to get him to learn to TURN AROUND but nope he refused to turn around and i kept killing him i even tried shootting him before i stab him but he just refused to learn and i wasnt really even killing anyone else in the blue team but at the end of the game they had like 5 pyros just spychecking for me i guess they didnt like me bullying/teaching the f2p heavy

Thanks again Jonto, this girl thinks I'm gone now but I'm just gonna wait until she sleeps.

When you did the knock in the intro that scared the crap out of me because I was in the dark in my bedroom at night

1:26 HELP U HEAR IT

2:30 It took me second watch to realize that was Jonto making a short video

I was taken by surprise with the sudden blast of "innocence glitched" in beginning and throughout usage of Isaac's soundtrack in the video. Based taste in music and awesome video, just as always

Damn that intro is crazy! Especially with the glitches innocence track playing.

0:01 holy shit this goes hard

9:22 just use the diamondback SPY HAS A GUN

Good tips and presented very well, nice job. I also appreciate how you know what a spy is supposed to do. He isn't a dps class, nor is he supposed to be a melee(trickstab) god. He's an infiltrator pick class that is very good at making you question everything you see, and good at making you have to focus on two fronts at once, despite being only a single person.

dude because of you i started to play spy because of you and i couldnt find a main till i played spy i can now hit backstabs kinda matador stay alive and escape a team im learing dude because of you thanks for showing me my main

9:46 I literally main heavy, why do you think I'm watching this video

Somehow your videos just keep getting better and better. Amazing video once again!

The intro is like a movie credit scene i would watch Paranoia tf2

bro nah, that intro didn't have to go THAT hard man. That thing could easily replace the meet the spy video and it would carry the same energy and send the same message

7:30 I’ve found this is something useful on several other classes too; Sniper, Engie, and Demo. Switch up you positioning, sticky-trap placements, and sentry placements over and over, and you’ll get tons more arguably undeserved kills. Especially engie; most players who have died to your sentry more than once will tunnelvision-target it. So, if you get them a couple times, switch the sentry spot and you might get them as easily as the first kill.

Love this series so much. Every video is a banger, and I love the editing, the still-frames, and the whole style. You're a great video maker, as well as a great spy.

Oh my god, i never thought music from the binding of isaac would fit into tf2 so well

I put this video on to listen to while playing a game, so that knock got me really good. My door is directly to my right. You have my attention now for sure, lol.

Dude the intro was phenomenal!!!! I love seeing your videos improve more and more !

Magnificent video, even with my 300 hours on the game, i never thought about having to reduce paranoia.

The antibirth soundtrack is just too awesome

Loved the intro that antibirth song really hits and the clips complement so well 100% subscribe

he still does the spy main thing of being sorta edgy but is actually chill at the same time, love it

You need more subs. The visual presentation and editing is wonderful in this. Love the choice of music too! You're really good at choosing the appropriate sounds/music/visuals, like having the l4d hunter sound for the pyro pounce or the sound for the fade-in for the font at 6:49. There's a lot more but I don't wanna put a wall of text lol. It really helps set the mood nicely, great job. Not to mention, those are some really good tips for spy players and I'm definitely gonna start using them

“More kills equals more awareness” this just feels like hitman at this point

That one pyro that spy checks every 5 seconds has no paranoia

intro goes hard

1:54 Neuron activation

the editing and layout of this video is phenomenal, and i appreciate your work!

It's funny he talks about Paranoia like its an actual in game status effect

i really like the player cards at 3:02

watching this as a pyro main

I love the innocence glitched intro so much but I watched it on mute the first time and just imagined the scooby doo intro song over it

Isaac and his Isaac lived on a small Isaac

Isaac song :)

4:25 Some players (like me) don't spend money in this game and haven't played long enough, so they can't notify teammates. Valve really screwed free-to-play gamers.

dUDE YOU CANT JUST PUT THAT KNOCKING SOUND IN THERE BRO NO if it weren't for the visual cue i probably woulda searched my entire house very good demonstration, 10/10

The polish on these videos is second to none. Even among other high production value tf2 videos, yours are still my favorite.