Sniper

Sniper

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Sniper
Unlock Cost	Free
Base Cost	$300
Base Selling Cost	$100
Type	Offensive
Placement	Cliff
Statistics
Base Damage	4
Damage Method	Single
Base Firerate	4.008
Base Range	27.5
Hidden Detection	Level 2+
Lead Detection	Level 3+
Flying Detection	Level 0+
Immunities	Stun
Placement Footprint	Average (1.5)

"Shoot enemies from large distances. One of the starter towers."

―Store Description

"Shoot enemies from large distances."

―Former Store Description

Description

The Sniper is one of the two starter towers obtained upon joining the game for the first time, along with the Scout. It is a long-ranged cliff tower with a slow firerate.

Its utility comes from its very long range, allowing the Sniper to target enemies from far away. It deals medium damage at a very slow firerate. Slower enemies are vulnerable to the Sniper for long periods of time due to the Sniper's range, but faster enemies may be able to bypass it. Because the Sniper is a cliff tower, it can detect Flying enemies. The Sniper can also damage lead enemies at Level 3+. It is immune to all stuns by default.

The Sniper is considered an early to mid-game tower. Later on during the game, the Sniper becomes less useful against strong enemies like the Slow Boss due to its middling damage output, or fast enemies like the Shock due to their speed.

Upgrades

Level 1 - Faster Reloading - $150​
+2 Damage 4.008 > 3.508 Firerate Sell Price changes to $150

Level 2 - Geared Up - $500
+5 Range +6 Damage +Hidden Detection Sell Price changes to $316

Level 3 - Frontlines Sniping - $1,500
+2.5 Range +18 Damage +Lead Detection Sell Price changes to $816

Level 4 - Spec Ops - $4,000
+10 Range +10 Damage 3.508 > 2.008 Firerate Sell Price changes to $2,150

Stats Table

To see all the previous statistics of this tower, see the history page, while for the statistics without the Firerate Bug, visit the Firerate Bug page.

Level	Total Price	Damage	Firerate	Range	DPS	Cost Efficiency
0	$300	4	4.008	27.5	1	$300
1	$450	6	3.508	27.5	1.71	$263.16
2	$950	12	3.508	32.5	3.42	$277.78
3	$2,450	30	3.508	35	8.55	$286.55
4	$6,450	40	2.008	45	19.92	$323.8

Skins

To see all the upgrades of a skin, see the gallery page.

Skin	Blue	Red	Ghillie	Valentines
Rarity	Common	Common	Common	Common
Daily Store Cost	1,250	1,250	1,250	4,000
Obtained From	Basic Skincrate	Basic Skincrate	Basic Skincrate	Lovely Skincrate, Lovestruck Skincrate
Skin	Bunny	Ducky	Silent	Davinchi
Rarity	Event	Common	Common	Event
Daily Store Cost	N/A	3,000	3,000	N/A
Obtained From	Bunny Skincrate	Ducky Skincrate, Hunting Season	Cold Front Skincrate	Lunar Overture Season
Skin	Redemption	Frost Legion
Rarity	Uncommon	Common
Daily Store Cost	105	N/A
Obtained From	Premium Skincrate	Operation I.C.E Regular Battle Pass

Strategy

• The Sniper is effective early on during the game due to its cheap cost and long range.
  • Its earlier levels allow it to kill most enemies in one shot for a cheap price.
  • It can also be useful against Hidden enemies, as upgrading it to Level 2 is quite cheap.
• The Sniper should not be relied on too much due to its slow firerate and overall low DPS. The slow firerate can result in you being easily overwhelmed later on in the game by hordes.
• The Sniper has lower DPS than other starter towers, but to compensate, it has a relatively long range, so it can keep shooting enemies for a while.
  • You can pair this with the Commander so that it will shoot faster.
• Later on in the game, to maximize damage, you should change the Sniper's targeting to Strongest, or replace them with stronger towers.
• The DJ Booth can easily expand the range of the Sniper to cover most, if not all, of the map.
• The Sniper can be a great tower in event maps against high health enemies that initially spawn, like the Zombegg. Their cheap placement allows you to save up for more expensive towers, such as the Minigunner.
• The Sniper can be used as a cheap way to deal with flying enemies that appear early on during the game.
  • It can also damage lead enemies at Level 3+, although there are better alternatives, like the Ace Pilot or Military Base.
• The Sniper is one of the few towers that can damage all enemies, no matter their immunities, when upgraded to Level 3+.
  • Despite it being able to damage all enemies, it is generally not worth using the Sniper late on during the game due to its low DPS and slow firerate.

Trivia

• When the game was in Alpha, the Sniper's upgrade stats were not displayed on its upgrade description. It was simply referred to as "sans long gun".
• Weirdly, the Sniper costs 100 to unlock, according to the store, despite being given for free.
  • This is because prior to the MEGA Update, the Sniper used to cost 100 to purchase from the store.
• The Sniper is the only cliff tower that can detect Hidden enemies without being given hidden detection by other towers, like the Ace Pilot.
  • The Sniper is also the only cliff tower to have no placement limit.
• The Sniper is loosely based on the Sniper from Tower Battles.
• The Sniper used to appear alongside the Pyromancer, Scout, Commander and Minigunner on the "Triumph" screen before the Community Maps Update.
• The Sniper, Engineer, DJ Booth and Commander are the only towers that can damage all enemies, no matter their immunities.
• Formerly, the Sniper used to have the longest range in the entire game not counting any admin-exclusive towers. After the Overhaul Update, this record is given to the Ranger.

Update History

For previous cosmetic variations, see the gallery page.

• 14 June 2019 - BETA v1.0.0
  • Sniper added.
• 13 October 2019 - Release v1.0.0
  • Unlock cost decreased from 100 to 0 (Free).
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 1
      • Damage increased from +0 to +2.
      • Bug: This was not shown in the upgrade description.
  • New skins: Blue, Red, Ghillie
• 1 January 2020 - Release v1.5.1
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 2
      • Range increased from +4 to +6.
      • Damage increased from +0 to +4.
    • Level 3
      • Range increased from +1 to +4.
      • Damage increased from +3 to +5.
    • Level 4
      • Damage increased from +5 to +6.
      • Firerate changed from 3.55 > 2.4 to 3.55 > 2.05.
    • Level 5
      • Damage increased from +8 to +10.
      • Firerate changed from 2.4 > 1.8 to 2.05 > 1.8.
• 14 February 2020 - Release v1.7.1
  • New skin: Valentines
• 4 March 2020 - Release v1.8.0
  • Bugfix: Level 1 upgrade description is now correct.
• 6 April 2020 - Release v1.9.0
  • New skin: Bunny
  • New SFX.
• 26 May 2020 - Release v1.11.0
  • New SFX.
• 29 October 2020 - Overhaul v1.0.0
  • Upgrade names added.
  • Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being made less severe.
  • Skin rarity added to Basic Skincrate and Premium Skincrate skins.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Cost increased from $300 to $350.
      • Firerate increased from 4.05 to 6.03.
      • Flying detection added.
    • Level 1
      • Range decreased from +4 to +3.
      • Damage decreased from +2 to +0.
      • Firerate changed from 4.05 to 6.03 > 5.53.
    • Level 2
      • Cost increased from $350 to $500.
      • Range decreased from +6 to +0.
      • Damage decreased from +4 to +2.
    • Level 3
      • Range decreased from +4 to +3.
      • Damage increased from +5 to +8.
      • Firerate changed from 4.05 > 3.55 to 5.53 > 5.03.
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from $2,450 to $4,000.
      • Range decreased from +5 to +2.
      • Damage increased from +6 to +15.
      • Firerate changed from 3.55 > 2.05 to 5.03 > 4.53.
      • Lead detection added.
    • Level 5 removed
      • Statistics:
        • Cost: $4,250
        • +6 Range
        • +10 Damage
        • 2.05 > 1.8 Firerate
• 13 February 2022 - v1.0.1
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Cost decreased from $350 to $300.
      • Range increased from 22 to 26.
      • Damage decreased from 5 to 4.
      • Firerate decreased from 6.03 to 4.53.
    • Level 1
      • Cost increased from $125 to $150.
      • Range decreased from +3 to +0.
      • Damage increased from +0 to +2.
      • Firerate changed from 6.03 > 5.53 to 4.53 > 4.03.
    • Level 2
      • Damage increased from +2 to +6.
    • Level 3
      • Range decreased from +3 to +2.
      • Firerate changed from 5.53 > 5.03 to 4.03 > 3.63.
      • Lead detection added (Moved from Level 4).
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from $4,000 to $4,500.
      • Range increased from +2 to +6.
      • Firerate changed from 5.03 > 4.53 to 3.63 > 2.53.
• 12 March 2022 - v1.1.0
  • Sniper is now immune to all stuns.
  • Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being made less severe.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Firerate decreased from 4.53 to 4.508.
    • Level 1
      • Firerate changed from 4.53 > 4.03 to 4.508 > 4.008.
    • Level 3
      • Firerate changed from 4.03 > 3.63 to 4.008 > 3.608.
    • Level 4
      • Firerate changed from 3.63 > 2.53 to 3.608 > 2.508.
  • Bug: Lead detection moved from Level 3 to Level 4.
    • This was fixed later the same day.
• 17 April 2022 - v1.2.0
  • Sniper can no longer be targeted by most enemy abilities.
  • New skin: Ducky
• 21 December 2022 - v1.6.0
  • Skin rarity added to all skins.
  • Ghillie skin rarity changed from Uncommon to Common.
• 14 February 2023 - v1.6.2
  • Valentines skin rarity changed from Event to Common.
  • New skin: Silent
• 5 May 2023 - v1.7.2
  • Ducky skin rarity changed from Event to Common.
• 29 March 2024 - v1.17.0
  • New skin: Redemption
• 12 April 2024 - v1.18.4
  • Redemption skin animation changed.
  • Bug: Redemption skin animations are broken.
• 13 April 2024 - v1.18.4a
  • Bugfix: Redemption skin animations are no longer broken.
• 21 June 2024 - v1.25.0
  • Bug: Damage is no longer boosted by damage buffs.
• 19 July 2024 - v1.26.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Firerate decreased from 4.508 to 4.008.
      • Range increased from 26 to 27.5
    • Level 1
      • Cost increased from $150 to $200.
      • Firerate changed from 4.508 > 4.008 to 4.008 > 3.508.
    • Level 2
      • Cost increased from $500 to $750.
      • Damage increased from +6 to +8.
      • Range increased from +0 to +5.
    • Level 3
      • Cost decreased from $1,500 to $1,425.
      • Damage increased from +8 to +16.
      • Firerate changed from 4.008 > 3.608 to 3.508.
      • Range increased from +2 to +5.
    • Level 4
      • Cost decreased from $4,500 to $4,000.
      • Damage decreased from +15 to +10.
      • Firerate changed from 3.608 > 2.508 to 3.508 > 2.008.
      • Range increased from +6 to +7.5.
• 2 August 2024 - v1.27.0
  • Bugfix: Damage is now boosted by damage buffs.
• 21 August 2024 - v1.28.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 1
      • Cost decreased from $200 to $150.
    • Level 2
      • Cost decreased from $750 to $500.
      • Damage decreased from +8 to +6.
    • Level 3
      • Cost increased from $1,425 to $1,500.
      • Damage increased from +16 to +18.
      • Range decreased from +5 to +2.5.
    • Level 4
      • Range increased from +7.5 to +10.
• 16 December 2024 - v1.46.0
  • New skin: Frost Legion