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{{flavour|The sacred weapon of Toth-Mos, first apostle of the god Ashenzari. It grants the wielder a fraction of Ashenzari's own vision, ensuring that every shot will land true.}}
[[File:Crossbow sniper.png]] '''''the +27 heavy crossbow "Sniper"'''''

+27 heavy crossbow (modified [[triple crossbow]]; base delay 25)

[[Heavy]] brand<br>
[[See invisible]]<br>
Never misses

==Desirability==
'''Sniper'''<ref>{{source ref|0.32.1|art-data.txt|630}}</ref> is essentially the [[dark maul]] of ranged weapons: it has an incredible enchantment, but sluggish delay. At 27 skill, you'll have a delay of 1.725 - this equates to a 75% of shooting at 1.7 turns, and 25% of shooting at 1.8. You'll also have a 34.5 base damage weapon enchanted to +27. For overall damage per turn, this is roughly equal to a +9 [[brand]]ed triple crossbow.

Attacking slow comes with a big risk: for every bolt you shoot, enemies will often get 2 turns to move. Fast enemies, like [[orbs of fire]], can move thrice. Be wary of using this against especially fast enemies, or foes with dangerous ranged abilities. In dangerous situations, use [[potions of haste]] and/or [[Okawaru]]'s Finesse to speed up your shots as much as possible.

On the flip side, perfect accuracy is valuable against monsters with high EV, like [[list of spriggans|spriggans]] or [[Ereshkigal]]. If nothing else, you can use Sniper as a swapout. Like all weapons, it takes only 0.5 [[decaAut]] to swap from Sniper to a different ranged weapon.

==History==
*Prior to [[0.30]], Sniper was a +9 [[vorpal]] triple crossbow, with base delay 27.
*Prior to [[0.18]], Sniper had an enchantment of +15 and lacked perfect accuracy.
*Prior to [[0.15]], Sniper was a standard [[crossbow (item)|crossbow]] with a +15 enchantment and the [[vorpal]] brand, but it was given a slower-than-normal rate of fire.
*Prior to [[0.14]], Sniper had a +10,+0 enchantment level and the [[venom]] brand.
*Prior to [[0.7]], Sniper was a [[hand crossbow]].

==References==
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[[Category:Unrands]]
[[Category:Crossbows]]

Sniper - Revision history

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