Dark Moon/Sniper

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Dark Moon/Sniper
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Grants the following bonuses per level:
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Armor
(113.57 EHP)
25%
Magic Resist
(160 EHP)
3000
Projectile Speed
Melee Melee units have their projectile speed set to 900, if they should ever need it.
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(1.7 BAT)
Base Attack Time Attacks per Second is defined as
ΣAS / BAT / 100
[[Movement Speed#Base Movement Speed|]] 
Turn Rate This unit takes 0.105s to turn 180°.
Default
Gib Type
[[January 14, 2026 Patch |]]
Released
([[]])
Competitive Span
Unavailable
Version Control
This article is mostly accurate for [[]], the last version this hero was changed in.

New interactions that emerged in following patches may have not yet been accounted for.
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Abilities

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Q
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Shrapnel
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Magical
Consumes a charge to launch a ball of shrapnel that showers the target area in explosive pellets. Enemies are subject to damage and slowed movement. Reveals the targeted area. Shrapnel charges restore every 55 seconds.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0
Cast Range: 1800
Effect Radius: 275/300/325/350
Effect Delay: 1.2
Damage per Second: 10/25/40/55 (With level 15 Right Talent.With level 15 Right Talent. 30/45/60/75)
Move Speed Slow: 15%/20%/25%/30%
Shrapnel Duration: 10
Charge Replenish Time
24/22/20/18 (With level 20 Left Talent.With level 20 Left Talent. 18/16.5/15/13.5)
Number of Charges
3 (With level 25 Left Talent.With level 25 Left Talent. 7)
Mana Cost
35
Kardel's modular rifle also fires incendiary rounds, useful for assaulting entrenched locations.
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  • Modified values: Mana cost, radius, damage per second and charge restore time.
  • Sniper gets all 3 charges upon learning the spell right away.
    • Choosing the +4 charges talent also immediately grants the 4 charges.
  • Shrapnel starts dealing damage, slowing and providing vision after the effect delay.
  • Provides 275/300/325/350 radius flying vision at the targeted area.
  • The damage and the slow are both provided by an aura. Its debuff lingers for 0.5 seconds. Multiple instances of the aura do not stack.
  • Deals damage in 1 second intervals, starting immediately as the debuff is placed, resulting in up to 11 possible damage instances.
  • Can deal up to 110/275/440/605 (TalentsTalents 330/495/660/825) damage to a single unit (before reductions).
Ability interactions with Debuff Immunity sources.
Slow persists and attempts to damage if debuff was placed before spell immunity.
Buff Shrapnel Charge CounterOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Debuff Shrapnel SlowOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
W
D
Headshot
Does not pierce Debuff Immunity sources. This ability is not bestowed by Illusions. Fully disabled by Break. This ability can be disjointed.
Ability
Passive
Affects
Enemies / Allies
Damage
Physical
Sniper increases his accuracy, giving him a chance to deal extra damage and briefly stop the movements of his enemies.
Proc Chance: 40%
Damage: 15/40/65/90
Move Speed Slow: 100%
Attack Speed Slow: 100
Slow Duration: 0.5
Taking potshots at steepstalkers in his childhood has been thoroughly refined into perfect leads on enemy combatants.
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  • Modified values: None.
  • The bonus damage is dealt in one instance together with the attack damage, and counts as attack damage as well.
    • It can be lifestealed off of, but it is not considered by crit or cleave.
    • It is also not affected by percentage-based attack damage bonuses or reductions, but can be reduced with flat reductions.
  • Increases Sniper's attack damage output on average by 6/16/26/36.
Ability interactions with Debuff Immunity sources.
Slow persists if debuff was placed before spell immunity and when not dispelled.
Debuff Headshot SlowDispellable by any Dispel sources.
E
E
Take Aim
Pierces Debuff Immunity sources. This ability can be bestowed by Illusions. Fully disabled by Break.
Ability
Passive
Affects
Self
Extends the attack range of Sniper's rifle.
Attack Range Bonus: 100/200/300/400
Kardel always takes it upon himself to stay as far from harm as he can while still performing his role - taking perfect aim.
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  • Increases Sniper's total attack range to 650/750/850/950 (TalentsTalents 750/850/950/1050).
Ability
Unit / Area aghs
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Pure / Physical aghs
Sniper locks onto a target enemy unit and, after 2 seconds, fires a devastating shot that deals damage at long range. When the shell strikes the target, it stuns it for 3s and causes a scatter shot in a cone, dealing half damage to targets behind the primary target.
Cast Animation: 2 + 1.17
Cast Range: 2000/2500/3000
Scatter Range: 600/800/1000
Scatter Width: 350/400/450
Damage: 1000/1400/1800
Stun Duration: 3
Radius: 0 (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 400)
Critical Damage: 0% (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 280%)
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Turns Assassinate into a ground target AoE ability, that after the channel period launches a critical strike and procs headshot on units in the AoE.
20/15/10 (With level 20 Left Talent.With level 20 Left Talent. 15/11.25/7.5)
Mana Cost
150/225/300
In order to fulfill the prophecy and return to his home town, Kardel must make another shot as perfect as the one on the day of his ancient test.
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  • The projectile travels at a speed of 2500.
  • Assassinate places a debuff on the target as soon as Sniper begins casting.
    • The debuff lasts 4 seconds, or until the projectile lands, or the cast gets canceled.
    • The debuff grants shared vision with the targeted unit. Does not provide any vision when targeting neutral creeps.
    • The debuff grants True Sight over the target. This means that Assassinate cannot be canceled or be disjointed with invisibility.
  • Can directly target invulnerable units, and does not get canceled if the target turns invulnerable during the cast time.
    • The vision debuff is not placed when targeting an invulnerable unit, but stays if the unit turned invulnerable during the cast time.
    • The projectile does not affect the target if it is still invulnerable on impact.
  • Upon projectile impact, the projectile scatters, launching new projectiles to everyone behind the target.
    • The area is rectangular behind the target. The launched projectiles trave at half the speed of the initial projectile, at 1250.
    • The projectiles deal 60% less damage than the primary projectile, dealing 400/560/720 damage.
    • The secondary targets are not stunned.
  • When upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter, Assassinate targets every enemy unit within the target area.
    • The upgrade causes the scatter effect and the prolonged stun to not happen.
    • It also deals less damage unless Sniper has at least 358/500/643 attack damage (not considering target armor).
    • Unlike the single-target version, the upgraded Assassinate fully ignores invulnerable units. It neither initially targets them, nor does it launch a projectile for them.
    • All targets are marked upon cast. Entering or leaving the area during the cast time as no effect.
    • While the single-target version is subject to the motion buffer range, the area targeted version is not, meaning no matter how far a marked enemy moves away, it will get hit.
    • This means even if an enemy teleports away after being marked, Sniper still launches the projectile towards them.
    • If no valid targets are within the area, the spell still gets cast, wasting mana and cooldown.
  • Aghanim's Scepter causes Sniper to perform an instant attack on all targets.
    • The launched projectile is still the regular Assassinate projectile, but having its damage set to 0. The instant attack is perfomed when the projectile hits its target.
    • These instant attacks do not use Sniper's attack projectile speed, they hit their targets instantly.
    • These attacks have True Strike, and can therefore never miss. They also ignore disarms.
    • Can proc any attack modifier on all of the hit targets normally. Can also proc any on-hit effects, including Damage Block.
    • These attacks have an ensured critical strike. They also always proc Headshot.
Debuff AssassinateOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Debuff StunnedDispellable by Strong Dispel sources.

Talents

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+4 Shrapnel Charges25+100 Attack Range
25% Cooldown Reduction20+8 Armor
+200 Health15+20 Shrapnel DPS
+15 Attack Speed10+4 Mana Regen
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NOTES
  • Replaced talents: None.
  • The mana regen is added as a bonus and does not benefit illusions.
  • Upgrading health increases maximum health capacity and keeps the current health percentage.
  • Cooldown reduction affects abilities and items. Stacks multiplicatively with Octarine Core.
  • Cooldown reduction affects charge replenish time of Shrapnel.
  • The armor is added as bonus armor, and therefore does not benefit illusions.
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