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
Place 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 Snipe:
- 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 per 1% Quality:
Supported Skills have 1% 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 Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket..
Gem level progression
Level | ![]() | ![]() | Damage with Ailments | Damage with Hits | Exp. | Total Exp. |
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1 | 34 | 79 | 50% | 70% | 0 | 0 |
2 | 36 | 83 | 51% | 72% | 252595 | 252595 |
3 | 38 | 88 | 53% | 74% | 314394 | 566989 |
4 | 40 | 92 | 54% | 76% | 388734 | 955723 |
5 | 42 | 96 | 56% | 78% | 477437 | 1433160 |
6 | 44 | 100 | 58% | 80% | 583786 | 2016946 |
7 | 46 | 104 | 59% | 82% | 710359 | 2727305 |
8 | 48 | 109 | 61% | 84% | 1355511 | 4082816 |
9 | 50 | 113 | 62% | 86% | 1138877 | 5221693 |
10 | 52 | 117 | 64% | 88% | 1368233 | 6589926 |
11 | 54 | 121 | 66% | 90% | 1638338 | 8228264 |
12 | 56 | 125 | 67% | 92% | 1956648 | 10184912 |
13 | 58 | 130 | 69% | 94% | 3655184 | 13840096 |
14 | 60 | 134 | 70% | 96% | 3017327 | 16857423 |
15 | 62 | 138 | 72% | 98% | 3576232 | 20433655 |
16 | 64 | 142 | 74% | 100% | 9164731 | 29598386 |
17 | 66 | 146 | 75% | 102% | 17861428 | 47459814 |
18 | 68 | 151 | 77% | 104% | 46032386 | 93492200 |
19 | 69 | 153 | 78% | 106% | 87248039 | 180740239 |
20 | 70 | 155 | 80% | 108% | 157972052 | 338712291 |
21 | 72 | 159 | 82% | 110% | N/A | N/A |
22 | 74 | N/A | 83% | 112% | N/A | N/A |
23 | 76 | N/A | 85% | 114% | N/A | N/A |
24 | 78 | N/A | 86% | 116% | N/A | N/A |
25 | 80 | N/A | 88% | 118% | N/A | N/A |
26 | 82 | N/A | 90% | 120% | N/A | N/A |
27 | 84 | N/A | 91% | 122% | N/A | N/A |
28 | 86 | N/A | 93% | 124% | N/A | N/A |
29 | 88 | N/A | 94% | 126% | N/A | N/A |
30 | 90 | N/A | 96% | 128% | N/A | N/A |
31 | 91 | N/A | 97% | 129% | N/A | N/A |
32 | 92 | N/A | 98% | 130% | N/A | N/A |
33 | 93 | N/A | 98% | 131% | N/A | N/A |
34 | 94 | N/A | 99% | 132% | N/A | N/A |
35 | 95 | N/A | 100% | 133% | N/A | N/A |
36 | 96 | N/A | 101% | 134% | N/A | N/A |
37 | 97 | N/A | 102% | 135% | N/A | N/A |
38 | 98 | N/A | 102% | 136% | N/A | N/A |
39 | 99 | N/A | 103% | 137% | N/A | N/A |
40 | 100 | N/A | 104% | 138% | N/A | N/A |
Gem quality
Type | Stats (per 1% quality) | Weight |
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Superior | 0.5% increased Attack Speed | 100 |
Anomalous | 1% less Damage with Ailments per Snipe Stage Supported Skills deal 0.5% more Damage with Hits per Snipe Stage | 50 |
Divergent | Supported Skills have 1% increased Stun Duration on Enemies | 50 |
Item acquisition
Snipe can drop anywhere.
Recipes
Snipe can be created from the following recipes:
Amount | Part | Description | Meta |
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6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() - Ezomyte Proverb ![]() | Random level 20 gem | A |
8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() Alternate Quality: +19%Moribund, he gazed upon the journey taken as blood trickled down his chin. His eye closed on the city ahead that he would never call home. ![]() | Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality | A |
8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() Alternate Quality: +23% CorruptedEvery obsession began with a single, innocent taste. ![]() | Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality | A |
3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 | ![]() 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. Shift click to unstack. ![]() | Random gem with 1–20% quality | A |
1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 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 |
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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 |
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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.
Name | ![]() | Labyrinth | Stats | Spawn Weighting |
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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) |
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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 |
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3.21.0 |
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3.10.0 |
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