Sniper

Kardel Sharpeye the Sniper is a ranged agility hard carry who excels at dealing heavy damage at an incredible range. His third ability, Take Aim, allows him to deal high DPS at a safe distance, and avoiding damage as he is relatively frail. He also excels at harassing enemies due to his second ability, Headshot, which gives him a chance to do extra damage and a brief slow, and his first ability, Shrapnel, which slows and deals damage over time in an area. While he can be a nuisance to lane against, he is also extremely squishy early-game and requires supports to lane effectively. He scales extremely hard into the late game, dealing a remarkable amount of dps while sitting outside of harm's reach, almost permaslowing heroes with his headshot. Though he is a rather frail hero, his potential in the hands of a good player and team is high.

Tips

 * Sniper's main advantage is his range - always remain as far away from harm as possible while still dealing damage.

Trivia
Incidentally, his voice actor, Gary Schwartz, also voices the Heavy Weapons Guy and Demoman in Team Fortress 2.
 * A number of Sniper's lines are either direct quotations or paraphrases of lines used by the Sniper class in Team Fortress 2, a popular class-based shooter also by Valve. Such phrases include:
 * snip_tf2_02.mp3 Thanks for standing still, wanker!
 * snip_tf2_05.mp3 Let's have a go at it!
 * snip_tf2_06.mp3 Professionals have standards.
 * snip_tf2_07.mp3 I'm polite and efficient.
 * snip_tf2_08.mp3 As long as there are two heroes left on the battlefield, someone is gonna want someone dead.
 * Sniper's line, " snip_kill_blade_04.mp3 Inconceivable!" is likely a reference to Vizzini's catchphrase in the film The Princess Bride due to the similarities in both the appearance and voices of the two.
 * Sniper's name, Kardel Sharpeye, is a reference to professional CounterStrike player Kyle "Ksharp" Miller of team 3D, who is regarded for his skillful AWP (Sniper rifle) use.
 * Sniper's ultimate, Assassinate.mp3, also uses the same, though slightly modified gunshot csgo awp shoot.mp3 sound as CounterStrike's AWP.
 * Sniper's model in Dota 2 is based loosely off of Gary Oldman's portrayal of the real life sniper Lee Harvey Oswald in the 1991 film JFK.
 * Sniper's fun name in DotA was, a highly skilled Russian sniper who was active during World War 2.
 * Sniper's line, " snip_kill_05.mp3 What a dum-dum!" is a pun on the, also known as a dum-dum. It is designed to expand on impact in order to limit penetration and create a wound larger in diameter.