Snipe

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SnipeAttack, Projectile, Channelling, Physical, Bow
Level: (1-20)Requires Level 34Channel to charge up your bow, gaining stages. Release to trigger one supported bow skill for each stage gained. If there are no supported skills, but at least one stage was gained, this skill will fire its own arrow instead. Cannot be used by Totems.Maximum 6 Stages
(50-80)% more Damage with Ailments per Snipe Stage
(70-108)% more Damage with Hits per Snipe Stage
(50-80)% more Damage with Ailments per Snipe Stage
Supported Skills deal 40% less Damage
Supported Skills deal (70-108)% more Damage with Hits per Snipe Stage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
0.5% increased Attack SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Acquisition
Drop level: 34Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemChannelledSnipe

Snipe is a skill gem that supports linked bow skills. It is a channelling bow attack that gains stages while channelling. When released, it triggers a linked non-channelling bow skill for each stage stored and deals more damage per stage. If Snipe is not linked to any applicable skills, it instead fires its own arrow.

Skill functions and interactions

The gem has two functions:
As :

• Channel to charge up your bow, gaining stages. Release to trigger one supported bow skill for each stage gained. If there are no supported skills, but at least one stage was gained, this skill will fire its own arrow instead. Cannot be used by Totems.
  • Maximum 6 Stages
  • This Skill's Arrows deal (70–108)% more Damage with Hits per Stage
  • This Skill's Arrows deal (50–80)% more Damage with Ailments per Stage

The lines referring to "This Skill's Arrows" are only relevant if no compatible bow skills are linked to Snipe.

As Snipe Support:

• Supports bow attack skills. Cannot support channelled skills, instant skills, Vaal skills, or skills used by totems, traps, or mines.
  • (50–80)% more Damage with Ailments per Snipe Stage
  • Supported Skills deal 40% less Damage
  • Supported Skills deal (70–108)% more Damage with Hits per Snipe Stage

Supported skills also have a 50% cost/reservation multiplier and a cooldown time of 0.05 seconds (50 ms).

Mechanics

• Higher attack speed reduces the time it takes for Snipe to reach maximum stages.
• Snipe cannot be supported by Ballista Totem SupportBallista Totem SupportBow, Projectile, Support, Totem
  Icon: R
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 8Supports any bow or wand attack skill, causing it to summon a ballista totem that uses the skill for you.Supported Attack Skills cannot be used with Melee Weapons
  Supported Skills deal (32-24)% less Damage
  Supported Skills will summon a Ballista Totem which uses that Skill
  Totem lasts 8 seconds
  Supported Skills have +2 to maximum number of Summoned Ballista Totems
  Supported Skills have 50% less Attack Speed
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Skills have (0.5-10)% increased Totem Placement speedThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket..

Gem quality

Type	Additional Effects per 1-20% Quality	Weight
Superior	+(0.05-1) Maximum Stages	1

Item acquisition

Snipe can drop anywhere.

Recipes

Snipe can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
6	The FoxThe Fox6Level 20 Gem"Masters of wit, strength and cunning. To survive the harsh winters, you must be like the fox." - Ezomyte Proverb	Random level 20 gem	A
3	Gemcutter's PromiseGemcutter's Promise3Gem Quality: +20%"I swore to use my position to help the people. What good is power when it just accumulates on the already-powerful?" - Erasmus, Imperial Gemcutter	Random gem with 20% quality	A
1	Gemcutter's IncubatorGemcutter's IncubatorStack Size: 10Adds an incubated Quality Gem item to an equippable item Item drops after killing {0} monstersRight click this item then left click an item to apply it. The Incubated item drops after killing a specific number of monsters.	Random gem with 1–20% quality	A
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	Random divination card set exchange	A

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Breaking the Seal Act 4	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
Breaking the Seal Act 4 Petarus and Vanja	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Snipe.

Note that helmet enchantments are no longer obtainable since version 3.23.0 and can only be obtained in permanent leagues as already enchanted items from before this patch.

Name		Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Snipe Attack Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	10% increased Attack Speed with Snipe	helmet 100
Enchantment Snipe Attack Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	15% increased Attack Speed with Snipe	helmet 100
Enchantment Snipe Maximum Stacks	75	Eternal Labyrinth	+1 to maximum Snipe Stages	helmet 100
Enchantment Snipe Stun Avoidance 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	35% chance to Avoid being Stunned while Channelling Snipe	helmet 100
Enchantment Snipe Stun Avoidance 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	50% chance to Avoid being Stunned while Channelling Snipe	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Snipe has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)

Monster version

The following monster also use monster skills similar to Snipe:

• Dusk, Harbinger of Lunaris and map variant
• Beidat, Archangel of Death

Version history

Version	Changes
3.21.0	Introduced to the game as a skill gem.
3.10.0	Introduced to the game as a skill granted by AssailumAssailum Sinner TricorneEvasion: (719-925)Requires Level 64, 138 DexGrants Level 30 Snipe Skill Socketed Non-Channelling Bow Skills are Triggered by Snipe Socketed Triggered Bow Skills gain a 0.05 second Cooldown +(350-500) to Accuracy Rating +(350-500) to Evasion Rating +2 to maximum Snipe Stages +(14-20)% chance to Suppress Spell Damage while ChannellingA moment of calm before the battle can end the war.. [Undocumented This change was not documented by any official sources. It was discovered through player testing or datamining.]