Shrapnel
 | _______. | Fires a ball full of shrapnel into the air. which
promptly explodes, showering the target area in
explosive pellets. Enemy units that walk in this area
get damaged and slowed. Deals 30% damage to buildings. Lasts for 10 seconds. |
| __ | ____. | ________. | _______. | ___. | _______. | __________________________. |
| Mana | Cooldown | C. Range | AoE | Duration | Effects |
| 1 | 120 | 15 sec | 1200 | 325 | 8 sec | 15% Slow / 10 DPS |
| 2 | 120 | 15 sec | 1200 | 325 | 8 sec | 20% Slow / 20 DPS |
| 3 | 120 | 15 sec | 1200 | 325 | 8 sec | 25% Slow / 30 DPS |
| 4 | 120 | 15 sec | 1200 | 325 | 8 sec | 30% Slow / 40 DPS |
Skill Notes:
• Damage type: magical
Skill Usage: This skill works as a DoT in an AoE. What's great about
it is that it is one of the only skills in the game that affects towers
too. This is also your primary farming skill. It can also be used for
lane control, ganking and escaping. The slow is decent and usually
enough to perform one of the above stated strategies.
Headshot
 | _______. | A shot to the head deals bonus damage and stuns
for a short duration. |
| __ | ____. | ________. | _______. | ___. | _______. | __________________________. |
| Mana | Cooldown | C. Range | AoE | Duration | Effects |
| 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.01 sec | 25% chance to deal
30 damage and ministun |
| 2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.1 sec | 30% chance to deal 30
damage and ministun |
| 3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.2 sec | 35% chance to deal 40
damage and ministun |
| 4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.3 sec | 40% chance to deal
50 damage and ministun |
Skill Notes:
• Damage type: hero physical
• Works on allied creeps.
• Stun is blocked by magic immunity.
Skill Usage: This skill improves your quite low damage. The stun is
also nice and it syn-energizes well with Shrapnel. This skill also
helps you with last hitting a lot.
Take Aim
 | _______. | Kardel uses his dwarf engineering skills to make modifications to his rifle, enhancing the range
of his rifle. |
| __ | ____. | ________. | _______. | ___. | _______. | __________________________. |
| Mana | Cooldown | C. Range | AoE | Duration | Effects |
| 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Attack Range +65 |
| 2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Attack Range +130 |
| 3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Attack Range +195 |
| 4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Attack Range +260 |
Skill Notes:
• Level 3 and 4 of this skill allow Kardel to out-range towers.
Skill Usage: Take Aim is what makes Kardel a formidable tower pusher
. It allows him to keep out of danger (most of the time) and deal tremendous amounts of damage through his other skills to enemies.
Also note that if this skill is maxed it is possible to out-range the
enemy fountain, allowing you to destroy it!
Assassinate
 | _______. | Take time to draw a bead, and then deal a large
amount of damage to the target at a huge range. |
| __ | ____. | ________. | _______. | ___. | _______. | __________________________. |
| Mana | Cooldown | C. Range | AoE | Duration | Effects |
| 1 | 175 | 20 sec | 1500 | N/A | N/A | Deals 355 Damage |
| 2 | 275 | 15 sec | 2000 | N/A | N/A | Deals 505 Damage |
| 3 | 375 | 10 sec | 2500 | N/A | N/A | Deals 655 Damage |
Skill Notes:
• Damage type: magical
• Crosshair on target is visible to allies only.
• Invisibility doesn't affect the effect of this skill.
• Interrupts channeling spells.
• Interrupt works on magic immune units.
• Takes 1.7/1.65/1.5 seconds to cast.
Skill Usage: This is your only major nuke and it has quite a few
purposes. It is primarily used for killing fleeing heroes, but it also
has other purposes. It can cancel channeled spells, meaning TP's and
spells like Freezing Field will be canceled when the target hero is hit
with the launched projectile. Because of it's very short cooldown it can
be used prior to battles, or just in the midst of battle, to deal a lot of damage to one hero, weakening him a lot, and allowing him to be
finished off by allies or by Kardel himself. Since 6.68, Kardel gets the experience from out of range assassinate kills.Item Builds
Early Game
Side Lane
 
Proceed to your position. There you may finish your personal survivability booster codenamed "Magic Wand"
Mid Lane
Water and food allow you to stay in the battlefield for prolonged periods.
Mid Game
Core Equipment
   
Power Treads and Magic Wand will give you survivability that is necessary for a slow moving low hp Sniper. If you want to buy
Orchid and you want to be able to spam Shrapnel for pushing and farming, buy an Oblivion Staff after that. The next important item
to buy is Lothar’s Edge, because it will save your ass many times
and gives you damage and attack speed that are good for being a carry in mid/lategame.
Bracers or Wraith BandsOptional Core Equipment
Urn is a very good item for Sniper. It gives him the hp and mana regen that he
needs. However there sometimes might be a better Urn carrier on your team,
and you should let them get it instead of you. Otherwise go ahead and make this instead of a bracer.
A flask of whiskey to keep your morale up. A good item if you want to push in
early/mid game. While switching the lanes you can refresh your mana to push the
next tower. If you don’t want bottle, Magic Wand is enough for a burst heal.
.338 Lapua Magnum armor-piercing bullets at your service. Probably the best out there. A cookie-cutter item for Sniper. Your high range is useless without high
damage.
Neurotoxin-coated rounds. 8 paralysing rounds for free. A very interesting item.
The stats are good for your carry role, the orb is amazing against low hp heroes,
but just in early/mid game. The orb loses it’s effectiveness in early game. Purge is good for ganking because you have 2 slows or 1 extreme slow that increase your overall DPS. Also Diffusal Blade is a must-have item against Warlock’s Infernal.
Benefits from: Attack speed
Electroshocking rounds for superior crowd-control. Like Diffusal Blade this item is
very effective in early/mid game. With this item you can push faster. But because
you can upgrade it to Mjollnir it isn’t useless in late game. And it is just an orb
effect, so you can also buy Skadi. All in all an item that is useable in any situation. Benefits from: Attack speed
Adrenaline pack. Your range is high, but that will not save you when you are facing disables because their range is long, too or the disablers use fog to hide so that
you don’t notice them till it’s too late. All in all this item will turn you rambo for a
few seconds, but it won’t help you against physical dps carries.
Ultra-light boots with a built-in radio. The radio allows you to call a transport
chopper for extra mobility. You should change your boots to this one in mid/late
game. You can push everywhere and it changes your Assassinate to something like Zeus’s ultimate. But if the game is not focused on ganking and pushing, Power
Treads are more useful.
Buy it instead of Lothar's Edge. In games with higher skilled players that buy Dust/Gem/Necronomicon, Lothar's isn't as useful as lower skilled games.
Here Dagger is a cheaper alternative. You can dodge, blink to places that are hard
to reach and kill your opponents and Assassinate's Area of Influence is huge (2700/3200/3700). The problem is that it doesn't give you dps.
While this item is bad on many heroes, it is a choice for Sniper if you want to
gank a lot. The only problem is that it is useless if you buy Manta and/or Skadi that
are better items. Benefits from: Attack speed
Luxury Equipment
An attached flashbang launcher. Disorients your enemies.
A item that fits Sniper perfectly. The mana regeneration let you spam Shrapnel to push towers, the damage and attack speed is needed to be the carry and the silence will rape all guys who try to dodge your ultimate. Benefits from: Any damage you deal
I think it’s obvious that the item is perfect to deal damage. The evasion allows you to fight against ranged physical dps carries easily. But don’t be foolish and fight in melee range against melee carries like Naix.
Lightweight Kevlar Armor. Doesn't constrain movement. This item will help you destroying towers quickly. I don’t have to talk about the dps, I think. But if there is a melee hero who could use it also, it’s better if he buys it. Then the aura will affect anyone and the armor is not that wasted. Benefits from: Physical damage
Thermal scope, allows you to spot the most uncovered parts of your enemy. Obvious. Damage. Benefits from: Physical damage, attack speed
Schmidt & Bender 6x42 PM II scope for delivering 100% precise shots. Unusable with any rounds other than the ordinary due to different trajectory. More stun. Bash doesn’t stack additional, but the chance is still higher so that it will work pretty much like a Skadi with less slow and more damage. When you are facing heroes with evasion it’s a must-have. Benefits from: Attack speed
Dummies of yourself to deceive your enemies. Very well synergy with Sniper. The movement speed and the stats are perfect and the illusions also get high range. When you are not facing a high AoE team this item is very useful. Benefits from: Stats
Improved electroshocking rounds. Look at the Maestrom. The only difference is that you should use it’s skill on a often attacked hero, that isn’t you in the most cases. Benefits from: Attack speed
Freezing rounds. Quite expensive due to a complicated manufacturing technology.
I really think Sniper is the best carrier for this item. No one can flee, the stats are
nice and it’s just a buff, not an orb. So you should get it if you got
Maestrom/Mjollnir and vice-versa. The only problem is the price.
Rejected Equipment
Why would a sniper need something that looks like a green excrement? Seriously, Assassinate is your finishing move, not your nuke. The cooldown is low anyway and your manapool small. Don't buy it.
Shrapnel will give the minions time to hit. And strength and intelligence is needed.
So it is a good item? Not really. Shrapnel slows for a short time and you can hit invisible heroes with your ultimate anyway. It's better to get physical dps items
and attack speed because they will make you
(combined with Take Aim and Headshot)a hard carry.
This item is completely useless. It just takes a inventory slot. Firstly you aren't a ricer. Ricing would waste your pushing and ganking potential. If you want to farm, buy Orchid. The mana regeneration will let you spam Shrapnel, which results in many lasthits. And you push. And you can gank because of the Silence. And it gives you physical dps.
Lifesteal in general is not really bad, but not a good choice because you shouldn't play rambo anyway. Your health points are too low for this. Buy one of the orbs that are mentioned before.
This will help you spam Shrapnel and push but it doesn't give you physical dps. Go
for Orchid instead.
Item Build Reasoning
Early game its important to grab some stat and regen items. This is what the
branches and tangos/clarities/salves are for. Grab exactly 3 tangos, as we will use these to build our magic wand. Next try to buy your bracer parts or boots of speed. Then proceed to complete you basic laning phase items.
This is the order that we want to complete our starting items: Wand and Treads.
Also you should decide whether to go for Bracers or Wraiths at this point. Right
after this you should start on farming Lothars. However instead of going straight for
Lothars, you can try to instead farm up an optional item. Anyways, either way
you will farm up your Lothars eventually and thats when you should try to farm up
your next item. Since you will start getting quite a lot of kills at this point you
luxury shouldn't take too long to complete.
Then keep on adding luxuries to your build until the game ends. The Lothars, should hopefully minimize your losses in the process. Try to buy items that will synergize
with other items, instead of buying random items. For example here are some very
late game builds that synergize well:
Sniper Commando (Carry, Illusions give you high dps)
Assassin (Dps carry that kills anyone with a few hits)
Guerilla (Ganker)
Mortar Team (Pusher, Mjolnir for killing creeps quickly)
Gatling (Carry, high as to trigger Ministuns often)
Of course those item builds are quite expensive, but rewarding if you complete one. |
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