Sniper Rifle Proficiency

Sniper Rifle Proficiency
Mun-dee/Mick Mundy/The Sniper (Team Fortress 2) is a skilled mercenary marksman, and he also likes this job. He wields his signature Sniper Rifle, which will fire a charged bullet if he aims at a target long enough.
Power/Ability to:	Possess superhuman mastery in wielding sniper rifles.

"I don't care who they are."

― Jarmen Kell (Command & Conquer: Generals)

"Delicious prey."

― Amélie "Widowmaker" Lacroix taking aim (Overwatch)

"Bloody bogan!"

― Mr. Mundy/The Sniper killing enemies with his Sniper Rifle (Team Fortress 2)

The power to possess superhuman mastery in wielding sniper rifles. Variation of Rifle Proficiency.

Also Called

• Adept/Expert/Gifted/Intuitive/Master/Professional/Skilled/Specialized/Talented Sniper/Designated Marksman
• Sniper Rifle Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Skill/Specialism/Talent
• Sniping Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Skill/Specialism/Talent

Capabilities

Users possess proficiency, capabilities and knowledge in using sniper rifles, high-precision, long-range rifles, beyond that of the peak members of their species. Requirements include high accuracy, reliability, and mobility, concealment, and optics, for anti-personnel, anti-materiel and surveillance uses by military snipers. This entails that users can wield sniper rifles with great skill, being able to snipe enemies from any range effortlessly. They are also privy to the inner workings of any type of sniper rifle, being able to assemble it easily as while as being able to notice any defect or issues with a sniper rifle their using. Furthermore, users may be able to wield multiple sniper rifles at once and even supernatural and esoteric versions.

Applications

• Bullet Projection
  • Armor-Piercing Bullets
  • Bullet Attacks
  • Trick Bullets/Trick Bullet Proficiency
• Enhanced/Supernatural Accuracy
• Enhanced/Supernatural Precision
• Targeting
  • Telescopic Vision via a telescopic sight
    • Enhanced/Supernatural Precision

Variations

• Designated Marksman Rifle (DMR): A modern scoped high-precision rifle used by infantry in the designated marksman (DM) role. It generally fills the engagement range gap between a service rifle and a dedicated sniper rifle, at around 300–600 meters (330–660 yd).

Associations

• Sniper
• Surveillance Mastery
• Trick Bullet Proficiency

Limitations

• Like with all ranged weaponry, the user is still susceptible to missing their target.
• The user may struggle firing at close ranges, as snipers are most effective from long distances.

Known Users

See Also: Cold Sniper and Friendly Sniper.

Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manwha

• Mine (Akame ga Kill!)
• Reki (Aria the Scarlet Ammo)
• Mey Rin (Black Butler)
• Lille Barro (Bleach)
• Ghilliedhumon (Digimon)
• Scopemon (Digimon Universe: App Monsters)
• Bisca Connell (Fairy Tail)
• Drake (Fairy Tail)
• Riza Hawkeye (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Golgo 13/Duke Togo (Golgo 13)
• Chaos (Hero Killer)
• Kirine/Sharpshooter (Hero Killer)
• Chaika Trabant (Hitsugi no Chaika/Chaika: The Coffin Princess)
• Mylty (The Hunters Guild: Red Hood)
• Soya Daisuke (Isekai Shokan Ojisan No Ju Muso Life Sabage Suki Salary Man Ha Kaisha Owari Ni Isekai He Chokuki Suru)
• Johngalli A. (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
• Kaina Tsutsumi/Lady Nagant (My Hero Academia)
• One Shotter (One-Punch Man)
• Van Augur (One Piece)
• Heisuke Mashimo (Sakamoto Days)
• Kamihate (Sakamoto Days)
• Simo Hayha (Shuumatsu no Valkyrie/Record of Ragnarok)
• Shino Asada/Sinon (Sword Art Online)
• Yoko Littner (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
• Mimori Togo (Yuki Yuna is a Hero)

Cartoons/Comics

• Grayson (Arcane)
• Caitlyn Kiramman (Arcane)
• Floyd Lawton/Deadshot (DC Comics)
• Jared Morillo/Plunder (DC Comics)
• John Stewart (DC Comics)
• Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
• Roza (Ejen Ali/Agent Ali)
• Frank Castle/Punisher (Marvel Comics)
• Laura Kinney/X-23 (Marvel Comics)
• Mister X (Marvel Comics)

Live Action Movies/TV Series

• Taiga Hayana/Kamen Rider Snipe (Kamen Rider Ex-Aid)
• Ace Ukiyo/Kamen Rider Geats (Kamen Rider Geats)
• Amon Göth (Schindler's List)
• sharpshooters and snipers (Star Wars)
  • Aurra Sing
  • Carasynthia Dune
  • Cooker
  • Crosshair
  • Del Meeko
  • Fennec Shand
  • Kuruk
  • Migs Mayfeld
  • Rako Hardeen
  • Steela Gerrera
  • Zam Wesell
• Dean Winchester (Supernatural)

Video Games

• Xiomara "Mara" Contreras/Vantage (Apex Legends)
• The Survivor (Ark: Survivar Evolved)
• Ambriel (Arknights)
• Andreana (Arknights)
• Sniper Monkey (Bloons TD)
• Hanuma Makoto (Blue Archive)
• Kasumizawa Miyu (Blue Archive)
• Kurodate Haruna (Blue Archive)
• Otogi (Blue Archive)
• Rikuhachima Aru (Blue Archive)
• Saiba Nudiru (Blue Archive)
• Sahiro Tomoe (Blue Archive)
• Sunohara Shun (Blue Archive)
• First Tiberium War-era Commandos (Command & Conquer)
• Natasha Volkova (Command & Conquer: Red Alert)
• Snipers (Command & Conquer: Red Alert)
• Spies (Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3); via Multigunner IFVs
• Jarmen Kell (Command & Conquer: Generals)
• Pathfinders (Command & Conquer: Generals)
• Sniper Rifle users (Cyberpunk)
• Belka/G28 (Girls' Frontline)
• DRS-50 (Girls' Frontline)
• Dreamer (Girls' Frontline)
• Jaegers (Girls' Frontline)
• Kar98k (Girls' Frontline)
• Lee-Enfield (Girls' Frontline)
• M200 (Girls' Frontline)
• Macqiato/WA2000 (Girls' Frontline)
• Mosin-Nagant (Girls' Frontline)
• SV-98 (Girls' Frontline)
• SVD (Girls' Frontline)
• Super SASS (Girls' Frontline)
• VSK-94 (Girls' Frontline)
• Jefuty (Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery)
• Snipers (Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery)
• Admi (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)
• Alice (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)
• Delta (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)
• Dolla (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)
• Ein (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)
• Eunhwa (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)
• Exia (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)
• Frima (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)
• Harran (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)
• Milk (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)
• Product 08s (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)
• Red Hood (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)
• Rouge (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)
• Yulha (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)
• Silva (Granblue Fantasy)
• Various protagonists (Grand Theft Auto)
  • Franklin Clinton
• Adrian Shephard (Half-Life)
• Overwatch Snipers (Half-Life)
• Linda-058 (Halo)
• Bronya Zaychik (Honkai Impact 3rd)
• Xigbar (Kingdom Hearts)
• Aphelios (League of Legends)
• Caitlyn Kiramman (League of Legends)
• Various MERC Snipers
• N51 Overwatches (Madness: Project Nexus)
• Player (Madness: Project Nexus)
• SearchMan.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network)
• Quiet (Metal Gear)
• Sniper Wolf (Metal Gear)
• The End (Metal Gear)
• Louise (Metal Slug)
• Simon (Metal Slug)
• Ana Amari (Overwatch)
• Jaimini Kalimohan "Kali" Shah (Rainbow Six)
• Timur "Glaz" Glazmov (Rainbow Six)
• Karl Faiburne (Sniper Elite)
• Mun-dee/Mick Mundy/Sniper (Team Fortress 2)

Web Animations

• 2BDamned (Madness Combat)
• Ruby Rose (RWBY)

Known Sniper Rifles

• Pumpkin (Akame ga Kill!); via its sniper rifle form
• A-13 Sentry (Apex Legends)
• Charge Rifle (Apex Legends)
• Kraber .50-Cal Sniper (Apex Legends)
• Longbow DMR (Apex Legends)
• Sentinel (Apex Legends)
• Flashy Inspiration (Blue Archive)
• RABBIT-Type 39 Rifle (Blue Archive)
• Whip of Love (Blue Archive)
• Wine Red • Admire (Blue Archive)
• Sniper Rifle "INDAI" (Ejen Ali/Agent Ali)
• Golgo 13's M16 (Golgo 13)
• Nornfang (Halo)
• Gashacon Magnum (Kamen Rider Ex-Aid); via Rifle Mode
• Magnum Shooter 40X (Kamen Rider Geats); via Rifle Mode
• Biotic Rifle (Overwatch)
• Widow's Kiss (Overwatch)
• CSRX 300 (Rainbow Six)
• Glaz's OTs-03 (Rainbow Six)
• Crescent Rose (RWBY); via its sniper rifle form
• PGM Ultima Ratio Hecate II (Sword Art Online)
• Sniper Rifle (Team Fortress 2)
• Superconducting Rifle (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa

Mine (Akame ga Kill!) wielding Pumpkin in its sniper rifle form.

Reki (Aria the Scarlet Ammo) is an Ace Sniper and one of the most talented gunslingers,...

...able to shoot an SVD Dragunov rifle with more than twice its maximum range, and snipe without a scope.

Lille Barro (Bleach) uses his sniper rifle-like Spirit Weapon, Diagramm, with skills.

Ghilliedhumon (Digimon)

Scopemon (Digimon Universe: App Monsters)

Drake (Fairy Tail) is a master sniper with his rifle Nanayon, precisely shooting target with incredible accuracy.

The world's greatest marksman, Golgo 13/Duke Togo (Golgo 13) is a top-notch sniper with his customized M16 rifle.

Soya Daisuke (Isekai Shokan Ojisan No Ju Muso Life Sabage Suki Salary Man Ha Kaisha Owari Ni Isekai He Chokuki Suru)

Known as the "Sniper Rifle in Human Form", Kaina Tsutsumi/Lady Nagant (My Hero Academia) is Japan's top marksman and sniper, surpassing all other long-ranged weapon wielders in the country.

One Shotter (One-Punch Man) is a versatile and formidable sniper with his Barrett M95 shooting with advanced precision in not only long range,...

...but also eliminate several monsters with both head shots and heart-shots in close range.

Van Augur (One Piece), nicknamed the "Supersonic", is the skilled musketeer of the Blackbeard Pirates, as well as one of the Ten Titanic Captains.

Nicknamed the Dragoon, Heisuke Mashimo (Sakamoto Days) is an unparalleled sniper with extraordinary ability.

Shino Asada/Sinon (Sword Art Online) targeting a player with her PGM Ultima Ratio Hecate II.

Yoko Littner (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann) uses her sniper railgun, the Superconducting Rifle, with great accuracy.

Mimori Togo (Yuki Yuna is a Hero)

Cartoons/Comics

Floyd Lawton/Deadshot (DC Comics)

Mister X (Marvel Comics)

Aurra Sing (Star Wars)

Crosshair (Star Wars) carried a customized 773 Firepuncher sniper rifle which allowed him to fire more than ordinary blaster bolts.

Live Action Movies/TV Series

Taiga Hayana/Kamen Rider Snipe (Kamen Rider Ex-Aid) with his Gashacon Magnum Rifle Mode.

Ace Ukiyo/Kamen Rider Geats (Kamen Rider Geats) with the Magnum Shooter 40X Rifle Mode.

Amon Göth (Schindler's List) was a callous, despicable killer who once shot many innocents in his infamous sniping scene, using a Mannlicher-Schönauer rifle.

Fennec Shand (Star Wars) is skilled in using her Mk sniper rifle, a rifle that is able to damage near-indestructible metal like beskar.

Like his father, Dean Winchester (Supernatural) is an expert with sniper rifles.

Video Games

Xiomara "Mara" Contreras/Vantage (Apex Legends) is a professional sniper who has the A-13 Sentry as her signature sniper rifle.

Ambriel (Arknights)

Andreana (Arknights)

Hanuma Makoto (Blue Archive)

Kasumizawa Miyu (Blue Archive) is a very shy but capable sniper who wields the RABBIT-Type 39 Rifle as her signature weapon.

Kurodate Haruna (Blue Archive)

Otogi (Blue Archive)

Rikuhachima Aru (Blue Archive) wielding her signature Wine Red • Admire sniper rifle.

Saiba Midori (Blue Archive) with her Flashy Inspiration sniper rifle.

Sashiro Tomoe (Blue Archive)

Sunohara Shun (Blue Archive) with her Whip of Love sniper rifle.

Natasha Volkova (Command & Conquer: Red Alert)

Jarmen Kell (Command & Conquer: Generals)

Macqiato/WA2000 (Girls' Frontline)

M200 (Girls' Frontline)

Dreamer (Girls' Frontline)

Nemesis (Girls' Frontline)

Belka/G28 (Girls' Frontline)

DRS-50 (Girls' Frontline)

Jaegers (Girls' Frontline)

Kar98k (Girls' Frontline)

Lee-Enfield (Girls' Frontline)

Mosin-Nagant (Girls' Frontline)

SV-98 (Girls' Frontline)

SVD (Girls' Frontline)

Super SASS (Girls' Frontline)

VSK-94 (Girls' Frontline)

Jefuty (Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery)

Snipers (Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery)

Eunhwa (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)

Red Hood (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)

Alice (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)

Exia (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)

Delta (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)

Ein (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)

Frima (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)

Harran (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)

Milk (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)

Product 08s (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)

Rouge (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)

Yulha (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)

Franklin Clinton (Grand Theft Auto HD Universe)

Adrian Shephard (Half-Life)

Linda-058 (Halo) is one of the best snipers amongst the Spartan IIs, especially with her custom rifle, Nornfang.

Bronya Zaychik (Honkai Impact 3rd)

Xigbar (Kingdom Hearts)

Caitlyn Kiramman (League of Legends)

SearchMan.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network)

Quiet (Metal Gear)

Sniper Wolf (Metal Gear)

The End (Metal Gear)

Louise (Metal Slug)

Simon (Metal Slug)

Amélie "Widowmaker" Lacroix (Overwatch) is a stone-cold but master sniper. She has the Widow's Kiss which has two modes: one is an automatic rifle mode which is used for close to middle-range combat, while another one is a sniper rifle mode which opens up the scope and is used for long-range combat.

Ana Amari (Overwatch)

Jaimini Kalimohan "Kali" Shah (Rainbow Six) with her signature CSRX 300.

Timur "Glaz" Glazmov (Rainbow Six) is a master sniper whose signature OTs-03 is mounts with the HDS Flip Sight. While he aims down sights, the sight also comes with a Thermal Feedback System, which can outline long-range marks even through smoke for easier shooting.

Karl Faiburne (Sniper Elite)

Web Animations

2BDamned (Madness Combat)

Ruby Rose (RWBY) wields her Crescent Rose in sniper rifle form.

Videos

Saving Private Ryan - Sniper Scene-2

Meet the Sniper

Name: Sniper. Role: Support. Weapons: Sniper Rifle / SMG / Kukri. In his former life as a tracker of dangerous game in the unforgiving Australian outback, the Sniper would spend months by himself. Prolonged isolation taught him a valuable lesson: You don't have to rely on other people if you never miss.

Overwatch - Alive Animated Short PS4

Sniper Duel - Golden Kamuy-2