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{{Robot loadout|icon=sniper bow|name=Bowman Rapid Fire|primary=Huntsman|attribs={{info|1.5x larger in size}}<br>{{buff|1200 HP}}{{buff|+30% smaller head size}}{{buff|+40% faster firing speed}}{{nerf|-15% movement speed}}}}
 
This variant of Rapid Fire Bowman exist in template file, but never appear in any official valve mission.
 
  
 
*A disabled template exists for a "[[Robots#Jarate Master|Jarate Master]]" robot, with a fast-recharging [[Jarate]] as its main weapon. The file's comments indicate it was cut due to lacking a robot Jarate-throw animation.
 
*A disabled template exists for a "[[Robots#Jarate Master|Jarate Master]]" robot, with a fast-recharging [[Jarate]] as its main weapon. The file's comments indicate it was cut due to lacking a robot Jarate-throw animation.

Revision as of 13:07, 1 June 2018

Sniper Robot
Sniper Robot
Basic Information
Health: 125 (Sniper, Sydney Sniper, Razorback Sniper, Bowman)
1,200 (Rapid Fire Bowman)
Speed: 85% (Rapid Fire Bowman)
100% (Sniper, Sydney Sniper, Razorback Sniper, Bowman)

Sniper Robots appear in Mann vs. Machine as enemies. They are mechanical versions of the Sniper, built by Gray Mann.

Normal variants

Sniper

Icon Name Primary Melee Attributes
Sniper
Sniper Sniper Rifle
Sniper Rifle
Kukri
Kukri


Regular Sniper robots appear in small numbers and behave like human Snipers, offering support to their teammates from afar. A notification appears when Snipers spawn, and players as Soldier, Heavy, Medic or Engineer may yell "Sniper!" to alert their team to the robot's presence.

Sniper robots never carry the bomb, preferring to use their Sniper Rifles to hit players from afar. Their rifles emit lasers indicating where they are aiming and giving away their position. Snipers may relocate to avoid grenades and rockets but will usually do so to get a view of their enemy, so players occupied with other robots like Tanks are advised to stay out of the Sniper's sights. If players get close to a Sniper robot, it will stop using its Sniper Rifle or quickly shoot once with it's Sniper Rifle before proceeding to attack the player with its Kukri. Backing away from the robot will result in it using its Sniper Rifle to kill the player.

In some missions, their aim is deadly accurate, so they will always hit a player in sight and not taking rapid evasive action (such as strafing quickly back and forth or moving quickly left after moving right for a short time) and will hit players that do not attempt to dodge efficiently. However, they can't deal headshot damage and ignore players that cannot be seen (unless firing sounds are heard), giving players a chance to ambush the robot.

Bowman

Icon Name Primary Attributes
Sniper bow
Bowman Huntsman
Huntsman
Pictogram minus.png -50% damage penalty


The Bowman is a special robot. It will attempt to pick up the bomb unlike the other Snipers and acts like other robots, going in closeup combat. It is equipped with the Huntsman, allowing it to fight more easily up close, but not from a distance and does not give its position away with the targeting laser. Bowmen will never use any other weapons, preferring to still use arrows at point blank range. Being special robots, they appear far less frequently than the regular Sniper Robots. Some waves of Sniper Robots also spawn with several allied Pyros; the Pyros can light their arrows on fire and allow them to deal additional damage.

Bowman (Type 2)

Icon Name Primary Attributes
Sniper bow
Bowman Huntsman
Huntsman
Pictogram plus.png +60% faster reload rate
Pictogram minus.png -93% damage dealt


This Bowman variant reloads much faster than a regular Bowman, allowing it to fire its arrows significantly faster. However, the damage of its arrows is greatly reduced, dealing only 9 damage on fully-charged arrows. This Sniper Robot only appears on the last wave of Cataclysm with Heavy-bots.

Bowman (Type 3)

Icon Name Primary Hat Attributes
Sniper bow
Bowman Huntsman
Huntsman
Larrikin Robin
Larrikin Robin
Pictogram plus.png 100% crit chance
Pictogram plus.png +50% damage dealt
Pictogram plus.png +80% faster reload rate


This Bowman variant reloads significantly faster than a regular Bowman, allowing it to fire its arrows much faster. Any player without crit resistance, overhealed without Overheal Expert or not overhealed is instantly killed by one arrow from this Bowman variant. This Bowman variant is only seen in Caliginous Caper.

Sydney Sleeper Sniper

Icon Name Primary Melee Attributes
Sniper sydneysleeper
Sydney Sniper Sydney Sleeper
Sydney Sleeper
Kukri
Kukri


The Sydney Sleeper Sniper fires shots that covers the enemy in Jarate, turning all damage taken into Mini-Crits. These robots are also equipped with a Kukri and will use them as normal Sniper robots will. Being special robots, they appear far less frequently than the regular Sniper Robots.


Razorback Sniper

Icon Name Primary Secondary Melee Attributes
Sniper
Razorback Sniper Sniper Rifle
Sniper Rifle
Razorback
Razorback
Kukri
Kukri


Icon Name Primary Secondary Melee Attributes
Sniper
Sniper Sydney Sleeper
Sydney Sleeper
Razorback
Razorback
Kukri
Kukri


The Razorback Sniper is a variant of the Sniper Robot that appears less frequently than traditional Sniper robots. These variants wear a Razorback for protection against backstabs. There is a second variant that uses the Sydney Sleeper. Oddly, it is named "Sniper".

Rapid Fire Bowman (Type 1)

Icon Name Primary Attributes
Sniper bow
Bowman Rapid Fire Huntsman
Huntsman
Pictogram info.png 1.5x larger in size
Pictogram info.png This robot is a gatebot
Pictogram plus.png 1200 HP
Pictogram plus.png 100% crit chance
Pictogram plus.png +30% smaller head size
Pictogram plus.png +40% faster firing speed
Pictogram minus.png -15% movement speed


This variant of the Sniper Robot fires arrows much faster than the average Bowman. These robots are larger than normal Sniper-bots, but it is not considered a giant robot, and so it is still vulnerable to Sappers and Backstabs. They only appear on the second wave of Empire Escalation being pocketed by Über Medics or protecting Giant Black Box Soldiers.

Unused content

  • A disabled template exists for a "Jarate Master" robot, with a fast-recharging Jarate as its main weapon. The file's comments indicate it was cut due to lacking a robot Jarate-throw animation.
  • There is an unused icon presumably intended for the Bowman Rapid Fire.

Bugs

  • The blue lasers often glitch, being visible through solid objects and walls, even after the Sniper Robot has been killed.
  • Upon being killed by Bowmen or Rapid Fire Bowmen, the killfeed will occasionally show the non-crit version of "arrow headshot" kill icon. This is due to the fact Sniper Robots never crit on headshots, but they still count as headshots.

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