Sniper rifle

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The Sniper Rifle is the primary weapon for the Sniper class. It has excellent accuracy, no damage falloff, and is the only weapon with a zoom sight. The Sniper rifle must be charged for full effectiveness. The zoom display features a charge meter and a small red or blue dot in the center to aid in aiming. When zoomed, the charge meter increases gradually from 0% to 100%. At the same time the target dot will change from a dull color to bright red / blue. It takes 4 seconds for a full charge. The charge meter resets after a shot is fired or when the scope is unzoomed. Charge is not built up while not zoomed. Zoom is activated when the secondary function is used (default: Mouse2 for PC, Left Trigger for Xbox 360 and L2 for PS3). Movement speed is slowed while zoomed in to 27%, and slowed even further to 0.01% when crouching. A killing shot to the head while zoomed in will result in a Headshot and will display a different icon where the kill is reported. A Headshot is a guaranteed Critical hit and is furthermore the only way for the Sniper rifle to score a Critical hit (except during Humiliation or a Kritzkrieg). When zoomed, a team-colored dot will appear on walls or floors (or wherever the rifle is aiming), alerting observant opponents to the sniper. Firing the Sniper rifle when not zoomed will still damage, but for very little.

Damage

• Base: 50 (0% charge or unscoped), 150 (100% charge)
• Bodyshot: 43-57 (0% charge or unscoped), 128-172 (100% charge)
• Mini-Crit: 68 (0% charge or unscoped), 203 (100% charge)
• Headshot (scoped only): 150 (0% charge), 450 (100% charge)
• Critical hit (humiliation or Kritzkrieg only): 150

Note: Distance from the target does not affect the Sniper rifle's damage. Damages are approximate and determined by community testing.

Function Times

• Attack Interval: 1.5
• There is a 200 ms delay before a zoomed sniper shot can get a critical hit. [1]
• There is a 1 second delay before the damage of a zoomed sniper shot increases.

All times are in seconds. Times are approximate and determined by community testing.

Trivia

• The Sniper rifle has Developer weapon variants.
• The laser between the scope and the barrel does not actually have a texture, only a small hole in the center.

See also

• Sniper Rifle Strategy
• Headshot

Weapons
view • talk • edit		Scout	Soldier	Pyro	Demoman	Heavy	Engineer	Medic	Sniper	Spy
Primary	standard	Scattergun	Rocket launcher	Flamethrower	Grenade launcher	Minigun	Shotgun	Syringe gun	Sniper rifle	Revolver
	unlockable	Force-A-Nature	Direct Hit	Backburner	None	Natascha	?	Blutsauger	Huntsman	Ambassador
Secondary	standard	Pistol	Shotgun	Shotgun	Sticky bomb launcher	Shotgun	Pistol	Medigun	Submachine gun	Electro sapper
	unlockable	Bonk! Atomic Punch	Buff Banner Gunboats	Flare gun	Chargin' Targe Scottish Resistance	Sandvich Dalokohs Bar	?	Kritzkrieg	Jarate Razorback	None
Melee	standard	Bat	Shovel	Fire axe	Bottle	Fists	Wrench	Bonesaw	Kukri	Knife
	unlockable	Sandman	Equalizer Pain Train	Axtinguisher Homewrecker	Eyelander Pain Train	K.G.B.	?	Übersaw	None	None
PDA	standard	None	None	None	None	None	Build Tool Demolish Tool	None	None	Disguise kit Invisibility watch
	unlockable	None	None	None	None	None	?	None	None	Cloak and Dagger Dead Ringer
Taunt	various	Bonk (Sandman)	Grenade (Equalizer)	Hadouken (Shotgun/Flare gun)	Decapitation (Eyelander)	Showdown (Fists)	?	Oktoberfest (Kritzkrieg) Spinal Tap (Übersaw)	Arrow (Huntsman)	Fencing (Knife)

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