Sniper

Kardel Sharpeye, the Sniper, is a ranged agility hero who excels at dealing moderate to heavy damage from an incredible range. With no escape mechanism, poor mobility, and only a modest health pool, Sniper is exceptionally frail at all stages of the game and vulnerable to enemies who confront him head-on. However, his abilities provide him both the means to keep his distance and systematically destroy his enemies from afar. Shrapnel is a potent, high-cast range zoning ability that provides vision for Sniper while slowing and damaging enemies in its area of effect; with up to 3 charges on the ability, Sniper can completely close off any viable routes for his opponents to approach or escape. Headshot supplements Sniper's right-click damage and briefly stops enemies when it procs, which can be quite debilitating since it has a high rate of occurring. His third ability, Take Aim, gives him the largest attack range of any hero in the game, allowing him to deal high DPS from a safe distance while also giving him the ease to switch between targets at a moment's notice. Finally, Assassinate is a strong finishing and harassing ability, dealing hefty damage to an enemy from an enormous distance after a brief aiming period. Sniper is heavily item-dependent, relying on means to increase his survivability as well as his damage output as the game progresses. Skilled players will find that positioning is the most important thing to keep in mind when playing both as him or against him.

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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:
 * vo_sniper_snip_tf2_02.mp3 Thanks for standing still, wanker!
 * vo_sniper_snip_tf2_05.mp3 Let's have a go at it!
 * vo_sniper_snip_bottle_04.mp3 Jarate!
 * vo_sniper_snip_tf2_06.mp3 Professionals have standards.
 * vo_sniper_snip_tf2_07.mp3 I'm polite and efficient.
 * vo_sniper_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 vo_sniper_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 vo_sniper_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, " vo_sniper_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, weapons_hero_sniper_sniper_assassinate.mp3, also uses the same, though slightly modified gunshot csgo_awp_shoot.mp3 sound as Counter-Strike's AWP.
 * Sniper's fun name in DotA was Vasily Zaitsev, a highly skilled Russian sniper who was active during World War 2.
 * Sniper's line, " vo_sniper_snip_kill_05.mp3 What a dum-dum!" is a pun on the Expanding bullet, 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, " vo_sniper_snip_lasthit_03.mp3 Oh, a few bullets more!" is a reference to the film For a Few Dollars More.

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