Sniper

Shrapnel charges (active) may get to 4-5 charges max.
Much like broodmother charge based system, he would have 5/6/7/8 but at max he can only cast 2/3/4/5 simultaneous on Map active charges with a nerf to replenish time.

Although, i do see your point.

spirit breaker was already picked a bit before sniper, he is just picked a bit more against SB i think, but it wasnt like SB was never seen before.


the reason sniper became popular is because he is actually good in the mid since the shrapnel change. and i dont see any reason to put a slow farming carry in the safelane so MID IT IS!

I differ from timm's opinion. He is gold dependant rather than level dependant( although levels are nice).


Good mids have better rune control than puny shrapnel. to quote a few:
TA
Puck
Qop
Pudge( heck he will just stay at rune)
razor( a bit doubtful)
Brewmaster with a single point in his W
Earth Spirit
Ember Spirit
Storm Spirit



Shrapnel is good lane harass spell and midlane is quite short, in my opinion, to employ it without fluctuating equilibrium. so what it would be used for? rune control and scouting out.


I have already put my point of view on where he should lane( in a previous post) if he wishes to utilize shrapnel. Still, if you ask me, i would get a midas at mid if sniper was forced to mid.

A strong mid (Which Sniper is, can use the mid-lane to get gold, even if it's not as much as a safe lane. The mid is not just a place to get solo-exp, it's a place to get a solo lane, because some heroes are better in solo lanes.

It's not uncommon to see farming mid-laners, and more tempo orientated safe lane farms who switch farm priority within a game. It's common with choices like say Sladar or 1 position Centaur Warrunner , where you simply use the safe-lane to get a certain item faster and then let your mid get the majority of the farm. Hell, Shadow Fiend is the perfect example of a mid laner who is essentially a 1 position, not a 2.

He also doesn't have to mind lane equilibrium that much; he can last hit under a tower better than most heroes due to his attack animation (Even if his damage sucks, he has such a good animation). And he applies massive amounts of early laning pressure with Shrapnel leading into some right click harrass that's wasted in other lanes, because he can get solo-kills in lane, or he can shut his opponent down and force them out of lane. As Timm said; why would you want a farm dependant hero who farms really slowly as a safe-laner if he's better in other lanes?

yea, it is not as simple as: more XP reliant=mid and more gold reliant=safe
it doesnt work like that.

if you put him safelane he is just the same ****ty hero that we on dotafire always said was the worst hero in the game.