The Sniper will be able to protect himself from Spy’s backstabs in the form of The Razorback unlock, a tribal-themed wooden shield revealed in day three of the Team Fortress 2 Sniper Update mini-site rollout.
From the description on the Day 3 Sniper Unlock page, Spies that try to backstab a Sniper equipped with the Razorback will get a jolt of electricity “to the tune of 10,000 volts”. It is unclear what effect this will have in-game, but it seems that the shield will disable the use of the Spy’s balisong knife temporarily instead of delivering any form of damage to the Spy.
In addition, the Razorback is only good against one backstab. After that, the shield “collapses into a million finely crafted pieces”.
It’s a little strange that Valve would create an unlock for the Sniper that is only useful against a single class. What do you think about it?
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