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Pure Carry Guide to Sniper

February 19, 2012 by alvadagansta
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funvengeance | September 2, 2012 6:21am
HamSandwich wrote:

Shrapnel is probably sniper's best skill.


hahahahahahahahahahaha
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ric20007 | May 8, 2012 2:34pm
Great Guide. Tried this twice and had my 2 best games so far.
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Wakuni | April 17, 2012 10:04am
alvadagansta wrote:



If u carries good then u wouldnt need shrapnel to take out towers. sniper outrange towers for god's sake >.<


Shrapnel + out range would be even better...

The real waste of skill points at early game is headshot, just do the math: each point give u +5% and + 10dmg... Get the first point in headshot, focus shrapnel all 4 points, and take aim until u outrange towers (lvl3) than u go back to headshot, that would work a lot better.
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HamSandwich (34) | March 30, 2012 12:59am
My point was that taking personal experience into account when judging the advantages and disadvantages of skills is erroneous.
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alvadagansta (1) | March 29, 2012 4:41pm
HamSandwich wrote:



This is an irrelevant conclusion. I can't count the number of times that a tower has escaped from battle with less than 20 hp that I would have killed had I not taken Shrapnel in lieu of stats.

Maybe the reason you survive with less than 20 hitpoints is that you have ****ty positioning. Shrapnel actually does more damage to buildings that Pugna's Nether Blast.


If u carries good then u wouldnt need shrapnel to take out towers. sniper outrange towers for god's sake >.<
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HamSandwich (34) | March 23, 2012 9:58am
nakedoldguy wrote:

I can't count the number of times that I've escaped from battle with less than 20 hp that I would not have survived had I not taken stats in lieu of Shrapnel.


This is an irrelevant conclusion. I can't count the number of times that a tower has escaped from battle with less than 20 hp that I would have killed had I not taken Shrapnel in lieu of stats.

Maybe the reason you survive with less than 20 hitpoints is that you have ****ty positioning. Shrapnel actually does more damage to buildings that Pugna's Nether Blast.
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alvadagansta (1) | March 23, 2012 12:36am
solidus430 wrote:

Fantastic guide; tried this for the first time last night and saw my K/D ratio go up dramatically. Works really well for me for farming too.

The only suggestion I might make is to upgrade the Boots of Speed to Arcane Boots at some point to help out with mana issues encountered from using Assassinate more frequently, but that's likely a preference/situational thing.


Thanks. Interesting choice with the boots. Can you imagine having to use Shrapnel too? Assassination > Shrapnel all day!
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solidus430 | March 13, 2012 12:05pm
Fantastic guide; tried this for the first time last night and saw my K/D ratio go up dramatically. Works really well for me for farming too.

The only suggestion I might make is to upgrade the Boots of Speed to Arcane Boots at some point to help out with mana issues encountered from using Assassinate more frequently, but that's likely a preference/situational thing.
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ConMasterFlash (2) | March 7, 2012 8:57pm
Shrapnel is good because its his pushing, anti-pushing, ganking, area denial, and cc spell. The damage is also useful early when your auto attacks are wimpy. And mkb is a fantastic sniper item. The procs from it with headshot procs give you an insane (like 60% or more) chance to ministun.
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nakedoldguy | March 7, 2012 3:14pm
HamSandwich wrote:

Shrapnel is probably sniper's best skill.


Why? You should qualify your statements. I for one, think that it is a waste unless your team has a huge disadvantage in pushing towers. Rush stats after Headshot and Take Aim to keep you alive. I can't count the number of times that I've escaped from battle with less than 20 hp that I would not have survived had I not taken stats in lieu of Shrapnel.
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dresmasher (24) | February 19, 2012 5:08pm
HamSandwich wrote:

Shrapnel is probably sniper's best skill.

+1
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HamSandwich (34) | February 19, 2012 4:24pm
Shrapnel is probably sniper's best skill.
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