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Sniper #34 19 + 2 27 + 3.2 15 + 2.6
Level 0 1 15 25 30 Health 20 438 1054 1758 2022 +0.25 +2.15 +4.95 +8.15 +9.35 Mana 80 260 692 1148 1328 +0 +0.75 +2.57 +4.47 +5.22 Armor -1 3.5 10.97 18.3 21.3 Magic Resist 25% 26.5% 30.14% 33.94% 35.44% Damage Block - Damage 13 19 40 46 84 90 128 134 146 152 Attack Rate 0.59/s 0.75/s 1.01/s 1.27/s 1.38/s Attack Range 550 (950) Attack Speed ▶️ 100 (1.7s BAT) Attack Animation 0.17 + 0.7 Projectile Speed 3000 Move Speed ▶️ 285 ( 315) Turn Rate 0.7 Collision Size 27 Bound Radius 24 Vision Range (G) 1800 ( 1400) Gib Type Default Internal npc_dota_hero_sniper

Picks off his enemies from afar.
With a single bullet, Kardel Sharpeye pierced the steep-stalker's central eye from the valley floor, an ominous act that resulted in his ritual exile. He would win acclaim on a field of battle, or never return. Like his mountain kin, the Sniper is one with his firearm. He Takes Aim from great distances, and scores Headshots that stop his targets dead. Armed with a modular rifle, Kardel launches incendiary rounds to rain burning Shrapnel or throwing a Grenade knocking back his enemies over entrenched positions. No enemy is safe within the range of the Sniper's scope. As he pauses to line up his cross-hairs, compensating for every variable before he Assassinates his mark in one fatal shot.
Roles:	Carry Nuker
Complexity:
Adjectives:	Bearded, Cape, Red, Nose Legs ( 2 )

Bio

Kardel Sharpeye, the Sniper

▶️ "Now that's what I call stopping power."

Lore:

Kardel Sharpeye was born deep in the mountains of Knollen where, since time immemorial, Keen Folk have survived by hunting the strange, cliff-dwelling steepstalkers above their village, shooting them from a distance and collecting the carcasses where they fell. Sharpeye was among the best of these strange mountain keens for whom projectile weapons are but another appendage, and to shoot is as natural as to touch.

On his day of summoning, when he was to gain full standing in his village, Sharpeye took the ancient test: a single shot from the valley floor to strike a beast down from the cliffs. To miss was to be dishonored. With his entire village standing vigil, Sharpeye took his shot. A steepstalker fell; the crowd cheered. But when the carcass was collected, the village grew silent, for the elders found that the bullet had pierced its glittering central eye then fallen to be clenched in the steepstalker's mandibles. This ominous sign was the literal opening of a dark prophecy, foretelling both greatness and exile for the gunman who made such a shot. Sharpeye the Sniper was thus, by his own skill, condemned to make his way apart from his people—and unwelcome back among them until he has fulfilled the remainder of the prophecy by attaining legendary stature on a field of battle.

Voice:

Gary Schwartz (Responses)

Abilities

Shrapnel

▶️QR

Ability
Target Area

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Consumes a charge to launch a ball of shrapnel that showers the target area in explosive pellets. Enemies are subject to damage and slowed movement. Reveals the targeted area. Shrapnel charges restore every 35 seconds.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0

Cast Range: 1800

Effect Radius: 400/425/450/475

Effect Delay: 1.2

Damage per Second: 25/40/55/70 ( 50/65/80/95)

Move Speed Slow: 12%/18%/24%/30% ( 27%/33%/39%/45%)

Shrapnel Duration: 10

Aura Linger Duration: 0.5

 35

N

 3 ( 9)

 0

 75

Modifiers [?]

modifier_sniper_shrapnel_thinker

Undispellable

modifier_sniper_shrapnel_slow

Death

Kardel's modular rifle also fires incendiary rounds, useful for assaulting entrenched locations.

• Sniper gets all 3 charges immediately upon learning Shrapnel.
  • TALENT
    Acquiring the charges increasing talent immediately grants 6 charges.

• Shrapnel starts dealing damage, applying its movement speed slow and providing vision after the effect delay.

• Provides 450 radius flying vision at the targeted area.

• The damage and the slow are both provided by an aura and its debuff lingers for 0.5 seconds.
  • Multiple overlapping instances of the aura do not stack.

• Deals damage in 1-second intervals, starting immediately as the debuff is placed, resulting in up to 11 possible damage instances.
  • Can deal up to 275/440/605/770 ( 550/715/880/1045) damage to a single unit (before reductions).

• Does not affect buildings.

• Leveling up Shrapnel immediately updates all already existing Shrapnel instances. However, the already placed debuffs on enemies do not update.

• TALENT
  • The slow increasing talent immediately updates all already existing Shrapnel instances as well. However, the already placed debuffs on enemies do not update either.
  • The damage increasing talent immediately updates all already existing Shrapnel instances as well, including already placed debuffs on enemies.
• SPELL STEAL
  Grants all 3 charges upon initially acquiring ability. Subsequent ability acquisition only grants the remaining charges.

Headshot

WD

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Physical

Sniper increases his accuracy, giving him a chance to deal extra damage and briefly knocks back his enemies. Headshots briefly slow enemy movement and attack speed by -100%.

Proc Chance: 40%

Damage: 20/50/80/110 ( 50/80/110/140)

Move Speed Slow: 100%

Attack Speed Slow: 100

Knockback Distance: 10 ( 35)

Slow Duration: 0.5

Knockback Duration: 0.1

Debuff Immunity Notes:

The forced movement is instantly canceled.

Modifiers [?]

modifier_sniper_headshot

Undispellable

modifier_sniper_headshot_slow

Any

modifier_knockback

Strong

Taking potshots at steepstalkers in his childhood has been thoroughly refined into perfect leads on enemy combatants.

• Headshot can miss.

• The proccing attack first applies the debuffs, then its own damage.

• The damage is considered as a conditional attack damage bonus.
  • Although the attack damage bonus values are not displayed in the HUD, it is still considered and directly added to Sniper's attack damage.
  • The attack damage bonus values are not considered by critical strike or cleave.
  • However, it is considered by lifesteal, and it can be reduced only by flat reductions (e.g. damage block).
  • Since it is considered bonus attack damage, it is not affected by percentage-based attack damage bonuses or reductions.

• Adds an average of 8/20/32/44 ( 20/32/44/56) damage to each attack.

• Sets the proc chance to 100% while Take Aim is active.
  • During Take Aim, it increases his attack damage output by 20/50/80/110 ( 50/80/110/140).
  • If is not leveled, or if the caster does not have Headshot, it is not applied.

• Cannot proc against wards and buildings, but can proc against allies.

• Upon proccing, Headshot knocks back the target, away from Sniper.
  • The knockback does not interrupt channeling abilities.
  • The knockback is not applied on units who are already affected by other sources of forced movement.
  • Knocks units back at a speed of 100 ( 350).
  • Destroys trees within 100 radius enemies come in contact with during the knockback.

• Headshot uses pseudo-random distribution.

Take Aim

▶️EE

Ability
No Target / Passive

Affects
Self

Extends the attack range of Sniper's rifle. Can be activated to provide 100% Headshot chance and an additional 200 attack range. Slows you by 45%/40%/35%/30% for the duration.

Passive Component

Attack Range Bonus: 130/220/310/400

Cast Animation:  0+0

Active Attack Range Bonus: 200

Self Move Speed Slow: 45%/40%/35%/30%

Set Headshot Proc Chance: 100%

Active Duration: 3 ( 4)

 20/18/16/14

 50

Modifiers [?]

modifier_sniper_take_aim

Undispellable

modifier_sniper_take_aim_bonus

Any

Kardel always takes it upon himself to stay as far from harm as he can while still performing his role - taking perfect aim.

• Interrupts Sniper's channeling abilities upon cast.

• Increases Sniper's total attack range to (