Sniper

Kardel Sharpeye the Sniper is a ranged agility 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 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.

Recommended items

 * Picking up Slippers of Agility early can help to address Sniper's very low base damage, assisting him in farming creeps.
 * A Ring of Aquila can be made with Wraith Band and Ring of Basilius which provides some bit of health and mana which Sniper lacks in the early game with an additional damage boost plus the ability to push towers.
 * Magic Wand is useful in emergencies due to Sniper's lack of health. The use of stick charges gives him better survivability.
 * A common item for Sniper is Shadow Blade. This gives Sniper a much needed escape mechanism as well as enabling him to position himself in team engagements, allowing him to deal tons of damage without being caught in the fight.
 * Butterfly is one of the best high end items he can pick up if he is struggling against right-click heroes. The attack speed and damage boosts Sniper's combat capabilities a little, while the evasion and armour give him considerably more survivability against opposing carries.
 * Maelstrom can be bought on Sniper for additional damage dealing capability. When upgraded into Mjollnir, the attack rate of Sniper is enhanced significantly, giving him more chances to proc both the Chain Lighting effect and his Headshot passive. A fact about orb effects is while most do not stack, Maelstrom and Mjollnir semi-stack with other orb effects like Desolator. The constant orb effect hits every time except when Maelstrom/Mjollnir proc their effect.
 * Manta Style is an item commonly picked up on many carries. It gives a lot of additional survivability, something that Sniper lacks, as well as attack speed. Besides giving +10 strength and +10% movespeed, it gives Sniper the ability to create confusing illusions on demand.
 * Daedalus adds even more damage to his auto attacks. Due to Sniper most relying on his attack and thus usually building damage items, it greatly increases his damage per second.
 * is a strong item on sniper to increase his headshot proc chance as well as allow him to farm quickly, but can potentially backfire. With the increased attack speed, headshot and shrapnel make it impossible for enemies to escape your onslaught, but be wary of getting jumped on.

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Trivia

 * 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 bottle 04.mp3 Jarate!
 * 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.
 * One of Sniper's lines while bottling a rune is snip bottle 04.mp3 "Jarate!", which is a reference to Team Fortress 2 in-game weapon for Sniper class, Jarate.
 * One of Sniper's lines while casting his ultimate is snip ability assass 03.mp3 "Boom headshot!", which is a reference to the Pure Pwnage mockumentary series.
 * Incidentally, his voice actor, Gary Schwartz, also voices the Heavy Weapons Guy and Demoman in Team Fortress 2.
 * 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 Counter-Strike 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 Counter-Strike'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.
 * Sniper's line " snip lasthit 03.mp3 Oh, a few bullet's more!" is a reference to the spaghetti western by Sergio Leone named For a Few Dollars More starring Clint Eastwood.