Sniper

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A rugged and ready crack shot from the Australian outback, the Sniper prefers to pick his targets off from a distance, though he isn't afraid to get his hands dirty if the situation requires. Preferring to hide in elevated or hard-to-see spots, the Sniper can pick off slow moving classes like the Heavy with ease. The Sniper is also ideal for eliminating enemy Medics, giving his team a chance to advance.

While the Sniper tends to isolate himself from the frontlines, the Huntsman sees him move up the field, laying down suppressing volleys of arrows while his ancient and mysterious Jarate powers can increase damage dealt against his foes by himself and teammates alike.

Bio

Basic Strategy

Main article: Sniper strategy

• The longer you spend zoomed in the scope, the more damage the shot will do.

• Aim for the head to do critical damage (with the Huntsman or Sniper Rifle).

• Zoom with the sniper rifle by hitting your Attack 2 button.

• Use your secondary submachine gun to deal with nearby enemies.

Weapons

Note: Weapon damage is approximate and measured at point blank range. See individual weapon pages for details.

Slot	Weapon	Ammo Loaded	Ammo Carried	Damage Range	Special Ability
Primary	Sniper rifle	25	N/A	Base: 50 (0% charge), 150 (100% charge) Headshot: 150 (0% charge), 450 (100% charge)
Primary Unlock	Huntsman	1	12	Base: 44-58 (0% charge), 103-137 (100% charge) Headshot: 153 (0% charge), 360 (100% charge)	Arrows can pin foes to the wall
Secondary	Submachine gun	25	75	Base: 8 Crit: 24 [10 rounds/sec]
Secondary Unlock	Jarate	1	∞ (20sec respawn)	N/A	Doused enemies take mini-crits (+35% damage) when damaged , nullifies cloak on enemy spies, douses fire on wielder and ally players.
Secondary Unlock	Razorback	1	N/A	N/A	Nullifies a single backstab, temporarily 'shocks' the attacking Spy.
Melee	Kukri	N/A	N/A	Base: 65 Crit: 195

Taunt attack

Slot	Attack	Weapon	Duration	Damage
Primary	Arrow	Huntsman (must have ammo)	4 seconds	500 (instant kill)

Hats

Main article: Hats

Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Hatless
Trophy belt	Professional's panama	Master's yellow belt	Shooter's Sola Topi	Ritzy Rick's Hair Fixative

All Classes
Cheater's lament	Ghastly gibus	Mildly disturbing Halloween mask	Bill's hat	Modest pile of hat	Noble amassment of hats	Towering pillar of hats

Achievements

Main article: Sniper achievements

• Sniper pack: 35 achievements, 3 milestones.
  
• 1 General achievement

Trivia

• The Sniper is voiced by John Patrick Lowrie.
• In his fight scene with the Sniper in Meet the Spy, the Spy inflicts a gash on the Sniper's cheek. This gash could be seen on the cheek of the RED Sniper in the steam news picture for the Sniper vs Spy Update[1] and the Jarate Update image[2], although it was not seen in the same picture as used in the Huntsman update[3]. The gash was later added to the Sniper in-game model itself.[4]
• The Sniper, along with the Demo and the Soldier, smokes outside of battle. (In Meet the Sniper, the title card shows cigarette butts and there is an ashtray next to the Civilian bobble-head doll.)
• The Sniper's old Bio as it appears on his trading card reads: "Half rugged outdoorsman, half alien observer, this taciturn strip of beef jerky has spent the better part of his life alone in the bush, slow baking under the Australian sun."
• The Sniper is the tallest class in the game.
• The Sniper learned Jarate from a complete course endorsed by Saxton Hale. The course involved increasing the size of Sniper's kidneys to three times that of a regular man's.
• The Sniper lives in a camper van, a fact his opponents are all too keen to mock.
• In the last three panels of The insult that made a Jarate master out of Sniper, the Sniper's hat is worn backwards.
• The Sniper's parents live on Adelaide Street, Australia (Red House on the left).
• In Meet the Spy, the BLU Sniper holds his rifle left-handed.
• The Sniper only wears a left hand glove in the world view, but wears two in the player view. The Sniper and The Heavy appear to enjoy the same brand of fingerless glove, although the Sniper's fit noticeably looser.
• The Sniper's voice actor, John Patrick Lowrie, is married to Ellen McLain, voice actress for the Administrator.
• The Sniper originally fired the Huntsman right-handed.
• The Sniper keeps a bobblehead of the Team Fortress Classic Civilian on the dashboard of his van.
• The Sniper was the first class to receive two unlockables for the same weapon slot, as both the Razorback and Jarate are secondary weapons.
• The Sniper and Spy are the only classes that don't say "Boo" when they jeer. They are also the only two classes to wear watches, although presumably only the Sniper's can actually keep track of time.
• The Sniper has the fastest and therefore most dangerous taunt attack.

See also

• Headshot
• Meet the Sniper
• Sniper match-ups
• Sniper taunts
• Sniper responses
• Sniper voice commands
• Sniper User Guides
• Sniper strategy
• Sniper scripts
• List of references (Sniper)

External Links

• The Sniper Update
• TF2 Official Blog- A sneak preview of the next class update!
• TF2 Official Blog- You better hold onto your head, mate
• TF2 Official Blog- Sniper vs. Spy Update, Day 7
• TF2 Official Blog- The Sniper vs. Spy Update

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