Sniper Rifle

Sniper Rifle
Sample zoom UI with Rubico Prime

A Sniper Rifle is a type of Primary Weapon designed to fire high-damage shots with high accuracy at very long ranges.

Mechanics

The primary feature of Sniper Rifles is their sniper scopes, which allows them to zoom in further than other ranged weapons when aiming (default RMB ), allowing for precise shots when firing at long range. Sniper Rifles can adjust the magnification of their zoom by tapping the alt fire key (default MMB ), making it cycle between zoom levels. The current zoom level and final zoom magnification are displayed on the right side of the scope while a rangefinder indicating distance to the target is displayed on the left side.

Zoom Buffs

Each zoom level also has a corresponding buff to one of the Sniper Rifle's stats, with higher magnifications granting greater bonuses, though leading to a corresponding decrease in field of view. The type of buff granted, which is displayed just below the current zoom magnification, is dependent upon the individual model of Sniper Rifle, ranging from increased critical chance, critical multiplier, or headshot damage. These zoom buffs, which are intrinsic to the weapon and cannot be modified, generally stack additively with similar buffs from mods. (The zoom bonuses of the  Lanka and  Komorex are exceptions to the rule.)

Shot Combo Counter

Another feature unique to Sniper Rifles as ranged weapons is their Shot Combo Counter, which gives them a bonus to their total damage if they successfully hit their shots multiple times in succession (affected by Multishot mods). Each Sniper Rifle requires a minimum number of shots, referred to as Minimum Combo, before the Shot Combo Counter activates, starting with a damage bonus of 1.5x. Another 0.5x damage is added to the counter each time the Shot Combo Counter reaches a number of hits three times the amount needed for the previous damage bonus milestone (for example, a Sniper Rifle with a Minimum Combo of 4 would require 4/12/36/108/324/... combo for a 1.5x/2.0x/2.5x/3.0x/3.5x/... damage multiplier). While a shot combo is active, the current combo count and damage multiplier (if combo count is at least Minimum Combo) is displayed below the aiming reticle while zoomed in.

${ \begin{aligned} \text{Combo Required} &= \text{Minimum Combo} \times 3^{ [ 2(\text{Damage Multiplier}) - 3 ] } \end{aligned} }$

Formula for determining minimum combo required to reach a certain damage multiplier from shot combo counter.

${ \begin{aligned} \text{Damage Multiplier} &= 1.5 + 0.5 \lfloor \log_3(\frac{\text{Combo Count} }{\text{Minimum Combo}}) \rfloor \end{aligned} }$

Approximate formula for determining resultant damage multiplier from shot combo counter depending on minimum shot counter.

The Shot Combo Counter takes into account successful multiple hits achieved via Punch Through, and weapons with Multishot will count each successful hit from the same shot as multiple shot instances, ex. if two bullets from a single Multishot hit the same target, then the Shot Combo Counter will register that as two hits. The Shot Combo Counter will be reduced by 1 after a short period of time that no successful hits have been made, or if the player misses a shot. All sniper rifles have a 2 second combo duration, with the exception of the  Lanka, which has a 6 second combo duration. This duration can only be extended with  Harkonar Scope.

• Area-of-effects and damage over time have no affect on the Shot Combo Counter.
• To build combo and benefit from its multiplier need to be scoped in.
  • The exception is  Collective Curse, which considers linked damage as scoped sniper shots.

Sniper Rifles

 Komorex

 Lanka

 Perigale

 Rubico

 Rubico Prime

 Snipetron

 Snipetron Vandal

 Sporothrix

 Vectis

 Vectis Prime

 Vulkar

 Vulkar Wraith

Zoom and Minimum Combo Stats

Sniper Rifle	Zoom Level	Buff	Minimum Combo
Komorex	2.0x	-50% Recoil, +2m Punch Through	5 shots
	3.5x	+100% Damage, +3m Explosion Radius, -75% Fire Rate
Lanka	3x	+20% Critical Chance	2 shots
	5x	+30% Critical Chance
	8x	+50% Critical Chance
Perigale	2x	+20% Critical Multiplier	1 shot
	4x	+40% Critical Multiplier
Rubico	3.5x	+35% Critical Multiplier	1 shot
	6x	+50% Critical Multiplier
Rubico Prime	2.5x	+35% Critical Multiplier	1 shot
	5.0x	+50% Critical Multiplier
Snipetron  Snipetron Vandal	2.5x	+30% Headshot Damage	3 shots
	6x	+50% Headshot Damage
Sporothrix	2.7x	+50% Headshot Damage	1 shot
Vectis	3x	+30% Headshot Damage	1 shot
	4.5x	+50% Headshot Damage
Vectis Prime	3.5x	+40% Headshot Damage	5 shots
	6x	+60% Headshot Damage
Vulkar  Vulkar Wraith	2.5x	+35% Headshot Damage	2 shots
	4x	+55% Headshot Damage
	8x	+70% Headshot Damage

Sniper Mods

In addition to being able to equip Rifle Mods, Primary Mods and any applicable weapon-specific mods, all Sniper Rifles can be upgraded with the following Sniper Mods:

Name	Description	Polarity	Rarity	Subcategory
Aero Agility	Increases reload speed during Aim Glide.		Rare	Set Mod
Charged Chamber	Increases damage for the first shot in a magazine		Uncommon	None
Depleted Reload	Increases reload speed Reduces magazine size		Rare	Corrupted
Emergent Aftermath	Increases reload speed temporarily on kill Exclusive to PvP		Rare	None
Harkonar Scope	Increases a sniper rifle's combo duration while aiming.		Uncommon	None
Lie In Wait	Increases fire rate while crouching Increases recoil Exclusive to PvP		Uncommon	None
Primed Chamber	Increases damage for the first shot in a magazine		Rare	None
Primed Sniper Ammo Mutation	Converts any unused ammo types collected into Sniper Ammo		Legendary	None
Sharpshooter	Increases energy upon a headshot kill		Rare	None
Sniper Ammo Mutation	Converts any unused ammo types collected into Sniper Ammo		Rare	None
Target Acquired	Increases headshot multiplier		Rare	None

Trivia

• The max combo count is 4,294,967,295 which is the maximum value for 32-bit unsigned integer.

Patch History

Update 27.4 (2020-05-01)

• Added a ‘click’ sound when cycling through zoom options with Sniper Rifles.

Update 22.0 (2017-10-12)

• Reticle sway removed from all zoom levels!
• 1 meter punch through added to all snipers without any to start with (snipers with innate punch through unchanged).
• 1 combo count removed at a time when duration runs out instead of all of them (decay vs. cooldown).
• 1 combo count removed on miss instead of all of them.
• Additional bullets from multishot will each count as their own hits and misses in the combo counter.
• Combo duration reduced to 2 seconds for all snipers apart from Lanka which is reduced to 6.
• Damage fall off begins at 400 meters and ends at 600 meters with damage reduced to 50% past 600 meters.
• All trace fire weapons trace distance reduced to 300m apart from Sniper Rifles which stay at 1000m.