Role Overview
Working closely with your Spotter, you have the ability to penetrate enemy lines and harass the enemy at range. The Sniper is ideal in an overwatch position — when set up in a concealed location, covering fire can be given for advancing friendly forces. On the defensive, a blocking action can slow the enemy down and force them to take cover.
Know when to engage. Reconnaissance is as important as kills — it may be advantageous to time your shooting to coincide with a friendly push. Before engaging, your Spotter can relay back the enemy’s size, strength, and location.
The Sniper is a force multiplier — they can often do the damage of a much larger force.
Be prepared to move locations. Each shot you fire gives the enemy a little more information about your position. Do not fire until you are certain of a kill.
Consider your targets carefully. If friendly armour is nearby, enemy Anti-Tank infantry would be a valuable kill.
Reconnaissance Over Kills
Reconnaissance is as important as kills. Your Spotter exists to feed you target intelligence before you engage — use it. Before opening fire, let your Spotter relay back the enemy’s size, strength, and location. A well-timed shot into a coordinated push does far more damage than an opportunistic shot at the first thing you see.
Time your engagement to coincide with friendly advances when possible. A Sniper firing on a defensive line as friendly infantry push creates a two-front problem the enemy cannot solve simultaneously.
Target Priority
Not all kills are equal. Consider what your team needs eliminated before choosing a target:
Enemy Anti-Tank infantry — if friendly armour is operating nearby, AT infantry are your highest priority. An AT soldier eliminated before they reach your tank is damage that never happened.
Officers — eliminating an enemy Officer collapses their unit’s spawn infrastructure and coordination. A leaderless unit walks further, fights slower, and communicates less.
Machine Gunners — a deployed MG pins your entire unit in place. Removing it frees your team to manoeuvre.
High-concentration positions — your Spotter’s intel will identify where enemies are clustering. A well-placed shot into a grouped position does disproportionate damage.
Positioning and Relocation
The Sniper is most effective from a concealed overwatch position. Set up in cover with a clear arc over the enemy’s likely approach or position — and plan your exit before you fire your first shot.
Relocate after every engagement. A single shot tells the enemy your approximate position. Two shots from the same spot tells them exactly where you are. Moving 5 metres is not relocating — move far enough to change your silhouette, your arc, and the angle from which you’re engaging.
Strengths
- Force multiplier — capable of doing the damage of a much larger force
- Overwatch position enables covering fire for advancing friendly forces
- Blocking action on the defensive forces the enemy to slow and take cover
- Reconnaissance role alongside the Spotter — intelligence has team-wide value
- High-value target elimination disrupts enemy coordination and assets
Weaknesses
- Vulnerable at close range — the scoped rifle is a liability in CQB
- Every shot reveals position information to the enemy
- Dependent on Spotter for close-range protection and target intelligence
- Slow to engage multiple targets in rapid succession
- Muzzle flash and sound give away concealed positions
Best Playstyle
Set up in a concealed overwatch position with your Spotter covering your close ground. Let your Spotter build the intelligence picture before you fire. Time your shots to a friendly push when possible. Fire with certainty — not opportunity. Relocate after every shot that might have been observed.
On defence, use blocking fire to slow enemy advances and force them into cover — you don’t need kills to be effective. An enemy unit that stops moving because they’re afraid to cross your arc is an enemy unit that isn’t reaching the objective.
Teamwork Tips
- Never operate without your Spotter — they cover the close ground your scoped rifle cannot
- Let your Spotter mark targets before you engage — don’t break cover to scan yourself
- Call high-value target positions to your Officer and Commander, not just your Spotter
- Coordinate shot timing with friendly pushes via your Officer
- Communicate your relocation to your Spotter so they move with you
Advanced Tactics
- Certain kill discipline: the temptation to fire on a partial target is strong — resist it. A miss costs you your position and produces nothing. Wait for the clean shot
- Blocking fire on defence: on a contested point, suppressing an enemy approach lane forces them to slow, find cover, and reroute — you don’t need to kill anyone to hold a flank
- AT infantry hunting with armour: when your team’s tanks are pushing, move your Recon pair to overwatch their advance and eliminate any AT infantry trying to set up
- Relocation discipline: after firing, move at least 30–50 metres and change your elevation if possible — a minor positional shift doesn’t change what the enemy knows about you
- Coincide with noise: fire during active firefights when your shot will be masked by ambient combat — a shot fired during a quiet period is far easier for the enemy to locate