Sniper

Sniper (Etta)

The Sniper is a long-range Amethyst tower given to the player for free as one of two starter towers, alongside the Sergeant. She attacks by firing her railgun, dealing pierce damage through Voids linearly. Due to this, her prime area of placement on the board is at the ends of straight lines as to maximize pierce.

The Sniper's cheap placement cost of 300 allows it to become an adequate candidate in early defense for beginner players. While her main limitation is her rate of fire, this is ameliorated the further she upgrades as her railgun improves to become automatic, AoE-based, and deadly against bosses.

Mastery Perks

Precise Sniper: Snipers get more range. Price: 1

Powerful Lasers: Snipers can shoot through one more enemy. Price: 1

Statistics

Upgrade description:

• Level 1 - Night Vision: Increased range and pierce, can detect hidden enemies.
• Level 2 - Particle Upgrade: Damage is doubled, while range and pierce is increased and also fires faster.
• Level 3 - Atomic Punch: Sniper now deals 50 damage, and fires faster. Also increases pierce.
• Level 4 - Fusion Lance: Upgrades to Fusion Lance. Fires faster, damage is increased, and range, pierce increased. Packs the punch.
• Level 5 - Auto-Railer 9000: It's a fully automatic Railgun. $%#@ ya!
• Level 6 - Void Lance: Fires a devastating dark laser at a fast rate, while melting off all zombies around. (The pulsating effect deals 600 base damage, acting like the Fire Mage's base attack.)

Levels	Upgrade cost	Total Cost	Damage	Firerate	Range	DPS[1]	Cosmetic Change
0	N/A	300	5	2.4	26	2.08	N/A
1	350	650	5	2.4	34	2.08	Gains a military helmet
2	850	1,500	10	1.6	38	6.25	Sniper charge changes colour to orange.
3	3,250	4,750	50	1.45	40	34.48	Sniper charge changes color to red.
4	9,085	13,385	150	1.1	46	136.36	The entire sniper changes to dark red.
5	12,400	26,235	325 + 275275	0.55	52	500/1,090.91,090.9	The entire sniper changes into bright red. Charge colour reverts to blue.
6	43,025	69,260	850 + 1,1501,150 600 + 800800 (Pulse)	0.45	55	1,888.89/4,444.44,444.4 1,333.3/3,111.13,111.1 (Pulse)	The sniper's outfit, rifle and charge colour change to amethyst purple. Now pulses while attacking (600 base damage).

Tactics

• Setting Snipers' targeting to last on a straight line allows the piercing effect to be used to its maximum potential.
• Placing Snipers at the end of long paths is better than placing them in more complex areas, making shots much more likely to pierce.
  • Remember that the Sniper's projectile won't go outside of her range.

Trivia

• Her guns were manufactured by CELRIO and are all part of the Lance Series.
  • The Guardian Hikari also utilizes weaponry from the same series of guns via her Hyper Lance.
• A sniper is a person who shoots down a crucial target, usually from a stealthy area or with the use of camouflage clothes. Snipers use long range guns capable of sniping from a distant range.
  • This particular sniper contracts with the said info as she stays in the middle of the battlefield (or where ever depending on where the player places her).
  • Sniper can also be called marksman, sharpshooter, deadeye or shootist.
• This tower carries a hand-held railgun which doesn't exist in real life.
  • A railgun is a long range weapon with the projectile not containing any propellants or explosives but travels at an extreme amount of speed as high as 2,500 m/s (8,200 ft/s) or more.
  • Railguns exist in real life but they're gigantic. It is very unlikely to ever be small enough to be a hand-held weapon.
    • Railguns in real life are also only used to blow up missiles mid air to prevent them from blasting submarines due to how expensive it is.
• Before being named Etta, Sniper was originally referred to as Etana.

Update Log

8th August 2021: Sniper Tower added along with the creation of the game 25th November 2021: Level 5 damage increased (60 > 175) Level 6 damage increased (250 > 400) 8th December 2021: Level 6 is no longer a Master Upgrade. Level 1 Sniper upgrade removed. "Particle Upgrade" Sniper upgrade price decreased (1250$ > 995$) "Night Vision" Sniper upgrade price decreased (650$ > 495$) New Upgrade for Sniper Void Lance ($88560) [MASTER] "Fires a devastating dark laser at a fast rate, while melting off all zombies around." 12th December 2021: Level 6 damage decreased (1000 > 900) Level 6 AOE damage decreased (500 > 450) 16th December 2021: Level 5 price decreased (35450$ > 29005$) Level 5 damage decreased (400 > 275) Level 5 pierce increased (8 > 10) Level 6 attack speed decreased (0.3s > 0.45s) 16th December 2021: Level 6 price decreased (88560$ > 73560$) Level 6 damage decreased (900 > 650) Level 6 AOE damage decreased (450 > 325) 17th December 2021: Level 6 price decreased (88560$ > 73560$) Level 6 damage decreased (900 > 650) Level 6 AOE damage decreased (450 > 325) 28th December 2021: Level 4 price decreased (9005$ > 7690$) 5th March 2022: Sniper's pierce now hits enemies at front instead of random targets in region. 10th September 2022: Level 0 damage increased (2 > 5) Level 2 damage increased (8 > 10) Level 3 price increased ($2850 > $3250) Level 5 price decreased ($14400 > $ 12400)

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