Sniper

Sniper
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Basic Information
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Type	Support
Health	125 (185 with overheal)
Speed	100%

Everything above your neck's gonna be a fine red mist!

The Sniper after assassinating his most recent target

The Sniper is a support class that specializes in long-range combat, who is most well known for his ability to headshot enemy players. He has 125 health and 100% speed, making him weak to spam and chip damage. His main tools, the Sniper Rifle, SMG, and Kukri, are all weak at close to mid range combat, with the Sniper Rifle especially being geared towards long range combat. The Sniper Rifle allows him to charge up shots when scoped for extra damage, or headshot enemies to deal a critical hit. His SMG and Kukri serve as his main forms of self defense, with the SMG being used at mid range while the Kukri serves as a last resort, close range tool for self defense. Due to their effectiveness being primarily limited to long range, Snipers often position themselves in the backlines, where they can be as far away from combat as possible while still being effective. As a result, their main counters include classes that are skilled at flanking, such as Spy and Scout.

Snipers gameplay loop often consists of finding an effective sightline to attack from, charging shots while scoped, and headshotting or bodyshotting enemies to eliminate them from a distance. Due to the resulting tunnel vision, he's often easily flanked, and must either depend on his team to protect him or maintain awareness to ensure an enemy isn't able to get close to him. Aside from flanking, a major threat to Sniper is other Snipers, who often contest each other for control of sightlines, which in turn can make it easier for their teams to push or defend. Due to their effectiveness at long range and capacity for high damage, their primary targets are other enemy Snipers, Heavies due to their slow speed, and Medics due to their power and low health pool.

The Sniper is voiced by John Patrick Lowrie.

Bio

Country of Origin: Australia
Job: Precision Elimination
Motto: "Pink Cloud of Death"
Half rugged outdoorsman, half alien observer, this taciturn strip of beef jerky has spent the better part of his life alone in the bush, slow baking under the Australian sun.

Weapons

Primary

Weapon	Kill icon
Sniper Rifle
Huntsman
Hunting Revolver

Secondary

Weapon	Kill icon
SMG

Melee

Weapon	Kill icon
Kukri
Fishwhacker

Tips

Main article: Basic Sniper Strategy

As a Sniper…

• …aim for the heads of enemies to deal significantly high damage.
• …you can scope with your Sniper Rifle or focus with your Hunting Revolver by pressing MOUSE2.
• …your Sniper Rifle will deal more damage the longer you are scoped in.
• …a fully charged Sniper Rifle headshot can kill most classes instantly.
• …your SMG is vital for taking care of enemies that get too close for comfort.
• …your Kukri is your last line of defense, and can be useful for dealing with surprise ambushes.
• …the Huntsman can be used for more offensive close-range combat, at the cost of accuracy.
• …the Huntsman will lose accuracy if it's pulled back for longer than 5 seconds. You can reset it by pressing MOUSE2.
• …your Hunting Revolver is a great mid-range option. Use it to deal high damage while quickly moving in and out of the frontline.
• …you move much faster while focused with the Hunting Revolver compared to your other primary weapons.
• …your Fishwhacker can knock back groups of enemies and cause them to bleed. Use it to push intruders away.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Bulgarian	Снайпер	Sniper
Spanish	Sniper	-
English	Sniper	-
French	Sniper	-
German	Sniper	-
Hungarian	Mesterlövész	Sniper
Italian	Cecchino	Sniper
Polish	Snajper	Sniper
Brazilian Portuguese	Sniper	-
Romanian	Sniper	-
Russian	Снайпер	Sniper
Turkish	Sniper	-
Ukrainian	Снайпер	Sniper
Simplified Chinese	狙击手	Sniper

Comparison from Team Fortress 2

• In Team Fortress 2 Classified, Sniper's first person hand models now correctly show only one glove on his left hand, compared to live TF2 where both of his hands had gloves.
• Classified omitted Sniper's scar on his left face and left ear that he took from the Spy in "Meet the Spy" despite the trailer being canon in Classified.