The archetype for a character that specializes at long-range combat. Variation of Glass Cannon. Opposite to Melee Fighter.
Properties[]
The user is a ranged combatant, being at their best when fighting from long range. Their close-range combat skills and attacks are usually poor by comparison, if not non-existent.
Applications[]
- Hyper Evasion
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Accuracy
- Power Sacrifice; users often give up things like strength for better agility or targeting ability.
- Ranged Weapon Proficiency
- Ranged Mode
Variations/Relationships[]
Flaws/Weaknesses[]
- User is at best at long-range.
- Without any means of attack, the character is useless.
- User can still miss their target, regardless of skill level.
Example Characters[]
See also: Long-Range Fighter and Master Archer.
- Lille Barro (Bleach)
- Nu-13 (BlazBlue)
- Barret Wallace (Compilation of Final Fantasy VII)
- Lady (Devil May Cry)
- Cerealians (Dragon Ball Super)
- Usopp (One Piece)
- Yasopp (One Piece)
- Van Augur (One Piece)
- Chaos (Hero Killer)
- Kirine/Sharpshooter (Hero Killer)
- Highnoon (Hero Killer)
- Kagome Higurashi (InuYasha)
- Dhalsim (Street Fighter)
- Gaara (Naruto)
- Deidara (Naruto)
- Kidōmaru (Naruto)
- Yukari Takeba (Persona 3)
- Archers (Fire Emblem)
- Coco Adel (RWBY)
- Koku'Oh (Kingdom)
- Haku Rei (Kingdom)
- Sou Jin (Kingdom)
- Sou Tan (Kingdom)
- Nanoha Takamachi (Lyrical Nanoha)
- Mechagodzilla (Godzilla)
- Arthur Watts (RWBY)
- Long Range Stand Users (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
- Far-Distance Autopilot Type Stand Users (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
- Wake (Skylark)
- Mai (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- Various Characters (The Order of the Stick)
- Crosshair (Star Wars)
- Sniper (Yu Yu Hakusho)
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Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
Due to his Spatial Piercing powers applying only to his ranged attacks, Lille Barro (Bleach) is a very skilled sniper, but is lacking in melee combat.
Cerealians like Granolah (Dragon Ball Super) are natural snipers thanks to their Evolved Right Eye; while capable of fighting in melee, Granolah is at his best at range.
Narancia Ghirga's airplane Stand, Aerosmith (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo)
Considered to be one of the Ten Bows of China, Kyou En (Kingdom) is a master of archery with skill so refined that he is one of the deadliest archers in China.
...possess astounding arm strength, his arrow shots being capable of knocking an opponent off their balance evening while they block it...
...from the greatest number of distances with uncanny accuracy.
Inheriting the extraordinary archery skills of his father Sou Gen, a member of the Ten Bows of China, Sou Jin (Kingdom) is a talented and deadly master of the bow...
...each one of them killing 10 targets in a row while he sped up.
Like his older brother, Sou Tan (Kingdom) inherited the extraordinary archery skills of their father as he can hit a target from a 500 paced distance as well and after coming to grips with taking a life in order to save his brother and Ka Ryo Ten's lives, his shot beheaded an enemy with superb precision and strength.
The best within the Kan Ki Army, Koku'Ou (Kingdom) was a refined and proficient former bandit archer.
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As a normal human, Lady (Devil May Cry) fights at her best from a distance with her arsenal of guns.
Web Animation/Comics[]
As a Wizard, Vaarsuvius' (The Order of the Stick) method of magic typically focuses on long range of the arcane...