Sniper

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Sniper
Prices
Token Cost	1,500
Placement Cost	500
Information
Type	Offensive
Damage Type	Single-Target
Placement Limit	25
Initial Statistics
Cooldown	3.6
Damage	4
Range	48
DPS	~1.11
Flying Detection	Yes (X-1+)
Defense Piercing	100%

• Description
• Version 1

"Precision-killer, high output." - Store Description (removed)

"From a far distance, this tower will snipe enemies." - Former Store Description

Description

The Sniper is a powerful single-target tower whose redeeming qualities are long range, cheap upgrades for early-game, and full defense piercing at base level, making it a staple for almost any Expert Mode loadout and a strong choice in Normal Mode or Hard Mode.

Path	Defense Piercing
0-0	100%
X-3	50%

Appearance

The Sniper has the appearance of a green shirt with an Aussie slouch hat and holds a fictional sniper rifle.

Lore

Long range reconnaissance tends to win battles. Good luck shooting an enemy whose position is completely unknown. How do you remedy this? Placed in strategic positions, snipers can provide a level of information on alien activity, and their high-powered rifles allow for the decimation of the majority of enemies through headshots alone. While most snipers are drafted, a select few are cloned and bioaugmented. These soldiers, often called 'Cyclops', are notable for their singular blue glowing eye and their quick reaction time. For reference, the maximum amount of balls you could reasonably juggle is 3. For these snipers, juggling 8 balls is no sweat. This is thanks to their brains working on overdrive, where 1 second to us can feel like a quarter of a second to them.

Upgrades

• Path 1
• Path 2

Path 1 ( 12,330)

Top Path

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Big Bullets Damage increased Changes   Damage increased from 4 to 7 (+3) (~1.94 DPS)

$330

Heavy Calibre Damage increased Changes   Damage increased from 7 to 11 (+4) (~3.06 DPS)

$800

Fatal Precision Laser sights require 1s of time to focus on target - deals incredible damage when Changes   Damage increased from 11 to 156 (+145) Requires 1 second to focus on target (+1 Cooldown) (~43.33 DPS) Range increased from 48 to 54 (+6)

$8,200

Heavy Impact Damage even higher, better scope Changes   Damage increased from 156 to 290 (+134) (~80.55 DPS) Range increased from 54 to 58 (+4)

$12,000

Path 2 ( 9,500)

Bottom Path

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Night Vision Grants flying detection Changes   Grants Flying Detection

$250

Faster Firing Firerate increased Changes   Cooldown decreased from 3.6 to 2.6 (-1) (~1.53 DPS)

$500

Semi Auto Firerate increased Changes   Damage increased from 4 to 12 (+8) Cooldown decreased from 2.6 to 1.2 (-1.1) (~10 DPS) Defense Piercing decreased from 100% to 50% (-50%)

$2,500

Straight Bolt Pull Heavily increased firerate Changes   Damage decreased from 12 to 8 (-4) Cooldown decreased from 1.2 to 0.35 (-0.85) (22.85 DPS) Range increased from 48 to 78 (+30)

$7,500

Stats Table

• Path 1
• Path 2

Level	Total Price	Damage	Cooldown	Range	DPS	DPS Cost Efficiency
0-0	500	4	3.6	48	~1.11	~450.45
1-0	830	7	3.6	48	~1.94	~427.8
2-0	1,630	11	3.6	48	~3.06	~532.67
2-2	2,380	11	2.6	48	~4.23	~562.64
3-2	10.580	156	2.6 + 1	54	~43.33	~244.15
4-2	22,580	290	2.6 + 1	58	~80.55	~280.32

Level	Total Price	Damage	Cooldown	Range	DPS	DPS Cost Efficiency
0-0	500	4	3.6	48	~1.11	~450.45
0-1	700	4	3.6	48	~1.11	~630.63
0-2	1,200	4	2.7	48	~1.48	~810.81
2-2	2,330	11	2.6	48	~4.23	~562.64
2-3	4,830	19	1.2	48	~15.83	~305.11
2-4	11,830	15	0.35	78	42.85	~276.08

Comparison

4-2 Sniper (22,580) 290 Damage 2.6 + 1 Cooldown 58 Range Single-target 100% Defense Piercing ~80.55 DPS

2-4 Sniper ( 11,830) 22 Damage 0.35 Firerate 78 Range Single-target 50% Defense Piercing 42.5 DPS

Skins

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

Name	Red	Vintage	Kugelblitz	Mercenary
Cost	3	3	20	27
Obtainment	Colored Crate Daily Store	Daily Store	Kugelblitz Crate	Daily Store
Name	Pumpkin	Night Raider
Cost	200	50
Obtainment	Terror Blitz Battlepass	Cold Construct 2022 Battlepass

Tactics

• Sniper is often a required tower in most Expert mode runs due to its viability for the entire game. Its high range coupled with its initially cheap upgrade cost, flying detection, and full defense pierce allows it to outperform Sharpshooter at taking down early game enemies with high defense like Metallics and Truck M2s and later enemies with defense like Cosmil and Hard Light.
  • Sniper is even more important on Ranked Up Expert mode where tons of enemies have defense and much of it; a good example of this is Spored Officer.
  • A common strategy for early game in Expert mode is to place as many 1-1 Snipers (1-0 before wave 12 or Jetpackers) before wave 19 or save for a 3-2 Sniper for Berserker.
    • Just 4 (Or more depending on the modifiers active) 1-1 Snipers to defend early, and then upgrading one to 2-4 can be more cost efficient for only 1,250 more with the ability to defeat Berserker.
• Path 1 Sniper is able to deal heavy damage at long intervals with longer range (except 2-4) than Path 2. It is great against enemies with over 200 health as this allows Path 1 Snipers to maximize their damage and may be a better upgrade option during mid-late game. Unfortunately, aiming time isn't affected by firerate buff, leading to some extra DPS losses depending on the buff's value, with higher being worse
  • Path 1 Sniper is also able to deal up to 291 damage with a cooldown of ~2.93 (~99.31 DPS) with 4-X Bugler, while Path 2 Sniper only deals 16 damage with a cooldown of ~0.259 (61.77 DPS) with the aforementioned towers.
• Path 2 Sniper deals consistent low damage at short intervals, while being more cost efficient than Path 1. It is good at dealing with weaker hordes of enemies and enemies with a damage cap lower than 291, such as the Pure Champion.
• It is a good idea to save for a 2-3 Sniper around early to mid game; a 3-2 Sniper only costs 4620 more than another 2-2, but deals almost quadruple the DPS and is very effective against the weak crowds found during this point of the game while being a decent boss killer.
• Using Path 1 in combination with towers that can deal with faster and weaker enemies like Elite or Vulcan can be a good strategy. Set Path 1 Snipers' targeting to "strong" in order to maximize their damage on strong but slower enemies like Carrier Tank, Elites or Vulcans with their targeting on "first", dealing with weaker but faster enemies like Elite Soldier.
  • Because of how expensive 2-4 Sniper is for it's mediocre DPS, it is not recommended to get this upgrade at all. It is not cost efficient and it has terrible defense piercing.

Trivia

• The Sniper's design is based on the Sniper from the videogame Team Fortress 2.
• The Vintage skin for the Sniper represents how the Sniper used to be (except the appearance), with the sounds and how it sits.
  • The Vintage skin for the Sniper carries a M1 Garand, which is a American rifle. In reality, M1 Garand is semi auto, but for some reason here it is bolt action, although, it could be that the gun jams after every shot or it is a modified M1 Garand with a different receiver.
• Prior to the Eternal Update, the Sniper did not get affected by bullet resistance despite shooting bullets.
  • This was because Sniper's damage type was set to "sniper" when it was supposed to be "bullet" in the game's code.
• The Sniper is the only tower where defense piercing gets reduced at higher upgrades.
• It is quite likely that 2-4's massively increased range is a mistake, as the top path should be more accurate than the auto-shooting bottom path.

Update History

(13/3/21) Added Sniper. (17/9/21) 0-0 Cost increased from 400 to 450 (+50). 0-0 Cooldown increased from 3.4 to 3.6 (+0.2 Cooldown). 0-0 Range reduced from 60 to 48 (-12 Range). Given 100% Defense Piercing. 1-X Cost increased from 360 to 450 (+90). 1-X Damage decreased from +3 to +2 (7 → 6). 2-X Damage decreased from +5 to +4 (11 → 10). 3-X Cooldown decreased from +0.5 to +0.3 (4.1 → 3.9). 4-X now increases Range by 8 (48 → 56). (13/11/21) 1-X Cost decreased from 450 to 400 ( -50). 2-X Cost decreased from 1,250 to 1,150 ( -100). 3-X Cooldown increased from +0.3 to +0.4 (3.9 → 4). 4-X Cooldown increased from +0.8 to +0.9 (4.7 → 4.9). X-1 Cost decreased from 300 to 250 ( -50). X-3 Cost decreased from 3,800 to 3,200 ( -600). X-4 now increases Damage by 2 (4 → 6), and Range by 2(48 → 50). (14/11/21) 1-X Cost decreased from 400 to 330 ( -70). (26/12/21) Increased Placement Cost from 450 to 500 ( +50). (12/2/22) Token Cost decreased from 1,800 to 1,500 (-300). (16/6/22) 4-X Cost decreased from 7,500 to 7,000 ( -500). (17/12/22) Path 1 for Sniper Reworked. 3-X+ now requires 1 second to lock onto an enemy. 3-X Damage increased from 51 to 73 (+22 Damage) 3-X Cost increased from 3,100 to 3,200 (+100). 4-X Damage increased from 156 to 183 (+27 Damage). 4-X Cost increased from 7,000 to 8,000 (+1,000). X-3 Damage increased from 4 to 10 (+6 Damage). X-3 Cooldown increased from 0.9 to 1.8 (+0.9 Cooldown). X-3 Cost decreased from 3,200 to 1,800 ( -1,400). X-4 Damage increased from 6 to 11 (+5 Damage). X-4 Cooldown increased from 0.4 to 0.5 (+0.1 Cooldown). X-4 Range decreased from 50 to 48 (-2 Range). (26/12/22) 2-X Cost decreased from 1,150 to 800 ( -350). X-3 Cooldown decreased from 1.8 to 1.5 (-0.3 Cooldown). X-3 Cost increased from 1,800 to 2,000 (+200). X-4 Cooldown decreased from 0.5 to 0.4 (-0.1 Cooldown). X-4 Cost increased from 5,000 to 6,750 (+1,750). X-4 Range increased from 48 to 50 (+2 Range). (11/12/23) 3-X Cost decreased from 3200 to 3000 ( -200). 4-x Cost decreased from 8000 to 7500 ( -500). (17/12/23) 3-X Cost decreased from 3000 to 2800 ( -200). 3-X Damage increased from 62+ to +70 (+8 Damage). (30/03/25) Changed damage type from "Sniper" to "Bullet" 3-X Cost increased from 2800 to 7000 ( +4200). 3-X Damage increased from 70+ to +145 (+75 Damage). 4-X Cost increased from 7000 to 12000 ( +5000). 4-X Damage increased from 110+ to +134 (+24 Damage). X-3 Cost increased from 1800 to 2500 ( +700). X-3 Damage increased from 6+ to +8 (+2 Damage). X-3 Cooldown decreased from 1.8 to 1.2 (-0.6 Cooldown). X-3 Defense Piercing decreased from 100% to 80% (-20% DP). X-4 Damage increased from 1+ to +3 (+2 Damage). X-4 Cooldown decreased from 0.4 to 0.35 (-0.05 Cooldown). X-4 Defense Piercing decreased from 80% to 70% (-10% DP). (20/04/25) X-3 Defense Piercing decreased from 80% to 50% (-30% DP). X-4 Damage decreased from 3+ to -4 (-7 Damage). X-4 Defense Piercing decreased from 70% to 50% (-20% DP). X-4 Range increased from 50 to 78 (+28 Range).