Sniper
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Basic Information | |
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Type: | Support |
Health: | 125 /185 (See Health below for further details) |
Speed: | 100% (See Speed below for further details) |
Meet the Sniper | |
“ | Snipin's a good job, mate! It's challengin' work, outta doors. I guarantee you'll not go hungry. 'Cause at the end of the day, long as there's two people left on the planet, someone is gonna want someone dead.
— The Sniper
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Hailing from the lost country of New Zealand and raised in the unforgiving outback of Australia, the Sniper is a tough and ready crack shot mercenary. The Sniper's main role on the battlefield is to pick off important enemy targets from afar using his Sniper Rifle and its ability to deal guaranteed Critical hits with a headshot (with some exceptions). He is effective at long range, but weakens with proximity, where he is forced to use his Submachine Gun or his Kukri. As a result, the Sniper tends to perch on higher grounds or in hard-to-see places, where he can easily pin down enemies at chokepoints.
Although he is typically known for instantaneously killing enemies at a distance, the Sniper can use the Huntsman to get closer to the enemy. Additionally, the Sydney Sleeper and the mysterious contents of Jarate allow him to take on a support role by causing enemies to take Mini-Crits.
The Sniper is voiced by John Patrick Lowrie.
Contents
Bio
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Health
Class | Health | Overheal | Quick-Fix Overheal |
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Sniper | 125 | 185 | 158 |
Speed
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Sniper |
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With any Rifle, except the Classic, zoomed in |
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Charging the Classic at either zoom level |
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With the Huntsman drawn |
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Basic strategy
- The longer you spend zoomed in using the scope, the more damage the shot will inflict due to it being charged. You will know if the sniper rifle shot is fully charged by the bars to the right of the crosshair inside the scope or a sound is played if you have enabled it.
- Aim for the head to inflict critical damage.
- Zoom in with the sniper rifle by hitting MOUSE2.
- Use your secondary slot Submachine Gun to deal with nearby enemies.
- When you use Jarate on an enemy, it will make every shot dealt to them by friendly players a mini-crit. Jarate is also useful for revealing cloaked enemy Spies. Because it takes a large amount of time to regenerate, try not to waste it.
Weapons
Note: Weapon damage is approximate and listed at base value. See individual weapon pages for additional figures.
Primary
Weapon | Kill icon | Ammo Loaded |
Ammo Carried |
Damage Range | Notes / Special Abilities |
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Stock Sniper Rifle |
25 | N/A | Base: 50–150 Headshot: |
Charges while zoomed. Critical hits are guaranteed for headshots. | |
Promotional / Craft AWPer Hand |
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Unlock Huntsman |
1 | 12 | Base: 50–120 Headshot: |
Bullets replaced with an arrow projectile.
Hold primary fire to draw (and charge) the arrow; press secondary fire to retract the arrow.
-48% total ammo. | |
Promotional Fortified Compound |
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Craft Sydney Sleeper |
25 | N/A | Base: 50–150 |
Charges while zoomed. On scoped hit, applies Jarate effect to the target for 2 to 5 seconds based on amount charged. | |
Craft Bazaar Bargain |
25 | N/A | Base: 50–150 Headshot: |
Charges while zoomed. Critical hits are guaranteed for headshots. | |
Promotional / Craft Machina |
25 | N/A | Base: 50–173 Headshot: |
Charges while zoomed. Critical hits are guaranteed for headshots. | |
Uncrate Shooting Star |
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Craft Hitman's Heatmaker |
25 | N/A | Base: 40–120 Headshot: |
Charges while zoomed. Shots are more quiet.
-20% damage penalty on body shot. | |
Craft Classic |
25 | N/A | Base: 50–150 Headshot: |
Does not automatically start charging when zoomed. Hold down fire button to charge, release to fire. | |
Secondary
Weapon | Kill icon | Ammo Loaded |
Ammo Carried |
Damage Range | Notes / Special Abilities |
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Stock SMG |
25 | 75 | Base: 8 Crit: 24 [10 rounds / sec.] |
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Unlock Jarate |
N/A | 1 | ∞ | N/A | Doused enemies take mini-crits on hit. Partially nullifies cloak on enemy Spies. |
Uncrate Self-Aware Beauty Mark | |||||
Unlock Razorback |
N/A | 1 | N/A | N/A | Nullifies a single backstab attempt, temporarily "shocking" the Spy, preventing him from switching weapons or attacking (Spy can still cloak). -100% overheal penalty |
Craft Darwin's Danger Shield |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | +50% fire damage resistance on wearer. The wearer is immune to the effects of afterburn. |
Craft Cozy Camper |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | No flinching when aiming and primary weapon is fully charged. Knockback reduced by 20% when aiming. |
Craft Cleaner's Carbine |
20 | 75 | Base: 8 Crit: 24 [7.4 rounds / sec.] |
Dealing damage charges a "Crikey" meter. Alt Fire When Charged: Mini-crits for 8 seconds.
-20% clip size. |
Melee
Weapon | Kill icon | Ammo Loaded |
Ammo Carried |
Damage Range | Notes / Special Abilities |
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Stock Kukri |
N/A | N/A | Base: 65 Crit: 195 |
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Promotional Frying Pan |
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Craft Conscientious Objector |
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Promotional / Craft Freedom Staff |
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Drop Bat Outta Hell |
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Distributed Memory Maker |
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Promotional Ham Shank |
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Unlock Necro Smasher |
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Uncrate Crossing Guard |
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Promotional Prinny Machete |
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Distributed Saxxy |
Limited item from the Replay Update. Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature). | ||||
Distributed Golden Frying Pan |
Limited item from the Two Cities Update. Killed enemies freeze into solid Australium statues (purely cosmetic feature). | ||||
Craft Tribalman's Shiv |
N/A | N/A | Base: 33 Crit: 98 Bleeding: |
On hit: causes bleed for 6 seconds. Deals 50% less damage. | |
Craft Bushwacka |
N/A | N/A | Base: 65 Crit: 195 |
Crits whenever it would normally mini-crit. Raises damage vulnerability by 20% when active. | |
Craft Shahanshah |
N/A | N/A | Base: 49 / 81 Crit: 146 / 244 |
+25% increase in damage when health is less than 50% of max. –25% decrease in damage when health is more than or equal to 50% of max. |
Taunt Attack
Associated items | Description | Kill Icon | |
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Main article: Arrow Stab
The Sniper removes the arrow from his bow, twirls it behind him, then stabs it forward fiercely while quickly muttering menacingly: "Stab, stab, stab". The enemy is stunned momentarily, until the Sniper then brings the arrow back to his bow again, killing the enemy. The taunt may also kill enemies behind the Sniper when he withdraws the arrow. If the Sniper is killed while the enemy is stunned, the taunt will not inflict any damage. |
Item sets
The Croc-o-Style Kit | |
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Effect |
Leave a Calling Card on your victims |
Lawrence of Australia | |
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Effect |
No effect |
The Camper Van Helsing | |
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Effect |
No effect |
Dual-Purpose Fruit | |
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Effect |
Reduces the chance of hunger by up to 13%. |
The Urban Professional | |
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Effect |
No effect |
The Straight Shooter Pack | |
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Effect |
No effect |
The Manngaroo | |
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Effect |
No effect |
The Reptiloid | |
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Effect |
No effect |
Cosmetic items
Official class avatars
Official class avatars | ||
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Original set | RED ÜberCharged set | BLU ÜberCharged set |
Get TF2 avatars on Steam: Original |
Achievements
Main article: Sniper achievements
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Update history
- Fixed third-person sniper aim animation not matching player's view exactly.
- Added option for the Sniper Rifle to the Multiplayer->Advanced dialog. If disabled, the sniper rifle won't re-zoom after firing a zoomed shot.
May 21, 2009 Patch (Sniper vs. Spy Update)
- Added 35 Sniper achievements.
- Added 54 Sniper voice lines.
- The Heavy and Sniper now have new custom death animations.
- [Undocumented] Added a scar to the Sniper's face.
August 13, 2009 Patch (Classless Update)
- [Undocumented] Added hat bodygroups to the Sniper.
- Updated the Baseball and Jarate HUD indicators to stay on screen when full.
- Fixed Snipers being able to shoot enemies through gates.
September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)
- [Undocumented] Added unused "Hi-five" taunt.
- The Sniper scope is now visible when viewing First Person Spectator mode on a zoomed Sniper.
May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)
- Community contributed voice responses rules have been implemented for the Skewer.
- [Undocumented] New laughing taunt animations have been added but are currently unused.
October 13, 2011 Patch (Manniversary Update & Sale)
- Reduced chattiness when getting many sequential kills.
- Added a missing line to the scoped revenge response.
- Added additional Jarate hit responses.
- Fixed non-robot Snipers playing some of the robot Sniper lines.
October 26, 2012 Patch (Spectral Halloween Special)
- [Undocumented] Fixed a glitch wherein sniper rifles were unable to destroy Pumpkin Bombs and hurt halloween bosses.
June 18, 2014 Patch (Love & War Update)
- The Bushwacka can no longer randomly crit.
- The Hitman's Heatmaker now activates focus by pressing 'reload'.
- Fixed The Swagman's Swatter not being held by the Sniper for lower LOD settings during the melee taunt.
- Fixed the Marksman's Mohair hiding the Sniper's hat.
- Fixed a bug related to the Sniper's zoom and taunting.
- Fixed not switching Snipers to their melee weapon while under the effects of the "tiny" spell.
Bugs
- The Sniper's primary weapons do not produce reload sounds from the perspective of other players.
- During the Sniper's melee taunt where he doffs his hat, there is a positioning issue with some cosmetic items on the Sniper's head.
Trivia
- In his fight scene with the Spy in Meet the Spy, the Spy makes a cut from the left side of the Sniper's cheek to his nose with his Knife. The scars were added to the Sniper's in-game model with the Sniper vs. Spy Update.
- Likewise, the exposure of the top of the Sniper's head during his weapon taunt references the cut that the Spy makes to the back of the Sniper's head in the same movie.
- The Sniper's portrayed parents are, in fact, his adopted parents. Instead, his biological father and mother, New Zealanders Bill-Bel and Lar-Nah, had accidentally crashed Sniper via rocket ship into Australia whilst fighting for the same rocket ship.
- The Sniper's voice actor, John Patrick Lowrie, is married to Ellen McLain who voices the Administrator, as well as GLaDOS from the Portal series and Half Life 2's Combine Overwatch Voice. Lowrie also voices all of the male citizens in Half Life 2.
- Just like the rest of the classes, the Sniper makes an appearance in Saints Row: The Third in the form of a wearable head mask.
- The first BLU team Sniper resembled Davy Crockett.
- The Sniper's sunglasses, hair and hat make an appearance in Worms: Reloaded as one of the hats selectable for the players' worms.
- The Sniper class from Monday Night Combat received the Sniper's regular stock hat, under the name "Mental Illness", during a cross promotion with Team Fortress 2. The name of the item is a reference to Meet the Sniper during the Sniper's conversation with his dad explaining that being an assassin (as he claims to be) is a job, while being a crazed gunman (as his dad thinks he is) is mental sickness.
- The Sniper can play the Tenor Saxophone, as seen in Expiration Date.
- In the original concept for the Sniper, he was to wield a Fish whacker, but was later replaced with the Kukri.
- The Sniper's SMG was originally intended to be the Scout's primary weapon, as seen in early posters, but was scrapped later in development. A file called
tf_weapon_smg_scout
still exists in the game files.- This SMG can be seen in the Team Fortress 2 - Teaser.
- Although Sniper is always portrayed with a glove only on his left hand, in first-person view, he appears to be wearing gloves on both hands.
Gallery
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Trading card front
Contract drawer photo.
Related merchandise
See also
- Headshot
- Sniper taunts
- Sniper responses
- Sniper voice commands
- Basic Sniper strategy
- Community Sniper strategy
- Sniper match-ups
- Anti-Sniper strategy
- Sniper (Classic)
References
- ↑ a b Team Fortress 2 Trailer 2, released June 7, 2008.
External links
- The Sniper page on the Official TF2 Website
- Sniper update
- TF2 Official Website - A sneak preview of the next class update!
- TF2 Official Website - You better hold onto your head, mate
- TF2 Official Website - The Sniper vs. Spy Update, Day 7
- TF2 Official Website - The Sniper vs. Spy Update
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