Sharpshooter (Killing Floor 2)

Killing Floor 2 perk
Sharpshooter
General Information
XP Objectives
• Dealing Sharpshooter weapon damage.
• Head shots with Sharpshooter weapons.
Starting Loadout
Winchester 1894			9mm Pistol
Kukri			Freeze Grenade
Perk Information
Role
• Long Range
• Rear Rank
• Kill Large Zeds with Headshots
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Strength
• High Damage
• Extra Effective with Headshots
• Accuracy
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Weakness
• Limited Ammo
• Low Rate of Fire
• Not Effective at Close Range
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Target Priority
					HIGH
					MEDIUM
					LOW
SURVIVALIST EFFECTIVENESS AGAINST ZEDS IS DETERMINED BY THEIR SKILL AND WEAPON CHOICES
Technical Information
Related Achievements
Reach Level 5 Sharpshooter Reach Level 10 Sharpshooter Reach Level 15 Sharpshooter Reach Level 20 Sharpshooter Reach Level 25 Sharpshooter Normal Sharpshooter Hard Sharpshooter Suicidal Sharpshooter Hellish Sharpshooter Perked Up Mr. Perky 5 Mr. Perky 10 Mr. Perky 15 Mr. Perky 20 Mr. Perky 25
Console Achievements / Trophies
Mr Perky 5 Mr Perky 10 Mr Perky 15 Mr Perky 20 Mr Perky 25 Platinum

The Sharpshooter is the sniper striking his foes from afar, destroying Zed after Zed with well-placed headshots. The Sharpshooter is the far end of the Commando-Gunslinger-Sharpshooter continuum, trading the rate and fire and mobility of the other perks for increased damage and accuracy especially at long range. The Sharpshooter is particularly adept at killing large Zeds, dishing out impressive damage with each headshots.

General Information

Being a sniper by nature, the Sharpshooter mostly remains stationary while concentrating on long range engagements of lone big targets like Scrakes and Fleshpounds. As a support-type unit, they are somewhat vulnerable in close range combat and hence have to rely on their teammates quite often.

Their skill choices offer them a tradeoff between weapon power and mobility.

Weapon List

200	5	Winchester 1894
650	5	SPX 464 Centerfire
650	6	Crossbow
1100	7	M14 EBR
1100	7	HRG Beluga Beat
1100	7	HRG Head Hunter
1100	7	Mosin Nagant (DLC)
1400	8	HV Storm Cannon (DLC)
1500	9	Rail Gun
1500	8	FN FAL ACOG
1750	8	Compound Bow (DLC)
2500	12	M99 AMR
100	2	1858 Revolver
325	2	Spitfire
750	3	.500 Magnum Revolver
1500	7	Corrupter Carbine (DLC)
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---	---	9mm Pistol
150	2	Dual 9mm Pistols
---	---	Kukri
40	---	Freeze Grenade
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Bonus Experience

Sharpshooters receive bonus XP for scoring head shots. It is not necessary to kill ZEDs - XP is given for every shot in the head, lethal or not.

	Normal	Hard	Suicidal	Hell on Earth
Bonus Experience	1	1	1	1

Perk Bonuses

This table represents the passive stat bonuses the Sharpshooter receives.

Headshot Damage	max. 25%
( Increase headshot damage 1% per level. )
Recoil Reduction	max. 25%
( Decrease recoil 1% per level. )
Weapon Switch	max. 50%
( Increase weapon switch speed 2% per level. )

Perk Skills

This table represents the active abilities the Sharpshooter has access to. You have the option of choosing one per tier.

Movement
Sniper		5	Marksman
Increase damage 25% while stationary and using perk weapons.				Increase shooting speed by 25% and movement speed by 10% when using perk weapons.
Basic Technique
Stability		10	Ballistic Shock
Increase damage 30%, movement speed 50%, and reload speed 20% while crouching and using a perk weapon.				Increase stun power of perk weapons 100%.
Skill
Rack 'em Up		15	Tactical Reload
Each consecutive headshot with a perk weapon increases damage 10%, up to a maximum of 50%.				Increase reload speed with perk weapons.
Equipment
Dead Eye		20	Always Prepared
Reduce recoil 10% and increase head shot damage 10% when using iron sights with a perk weapon.				Carry one extra grenade and 25% more ammo for perk weapons.
Master Techniques
ZED TIME - Assassin		25	ZED TIME - Ranger
Any head shots with perk weapons have a 5% chance to trigger ZED Time. During ZED Time, increase head shot damage with perk weapons 35%.				Any head shots with perk weapons have a 5% chance to trigger ZED Time. During ZED Time, your head shots with perk weapons will stun any ZED.

Actual Stats

Always Prepared (extra grenades)	25%
Always Prepared (extra maximum spare ammo)	25%
Assassin (extra damage, only on headshots)	35%
Assassin (ZED Time chance, on each shot in the head)	5%
Ballistic Shock (stun power multiplier)	x2
Combat Ready (faster reloading)	yes
Dead Eye (extra damage, while ADS, on head shots)	10%
Dead Eye (weapon recoil multiplier)	x0.9
Marksman (player speed multiplier)	x1.1
Marksman (weapon fire interval diminution)	-25%
Rack 'em Up (countdown timer)	2s
Rack 'em Up (extra damage)	10%
Rack 'em Up (maximum headshot combo)	5
Ranger (multiplier DOES NOT stack with Ballistic Shock)	yes
Ranger (multiplier overrides effect of Ballistic Shock)	yes
Ranger (stun power of the weapon, become, on shot in the head)	10000
Ranger (ZED Time chance, on each shot in the head)	5%
Sniper (extra damage, while stationary)	25%
Stability (extra damage, while crouching)	30%
Stability (crouch move speed, times faster)	x1.5
Stability (reload duration while crouching, diminution)	-20%

Perk Notes

• Damage modification (passive + skills): Passive damage bonus, Sniper, Stability, Rack 'em Up and Dead Eye skills affect damage of all on-perk weapons (including Knife) or on-perk damage types. Passive damage bonus and Dead Eye skill work only on headshots and act like a normal bonuses - both provide more damage to body AND head health. All damage bonuses as well affect DOT damage of the Spitfire revolver. Damage ROUNDED UP.
• Passive (Recoil): Current recoil multiplier of the weapon is being decreased by up to 25%. Firstly game calculates current recoil multiplier of the weapon and then decreases it by up to 25%. Sharpshooter's passive recoil bonus works only with on-perk weapons. Recoil reduction is multiplicative with the Dead Eye skill: Recoil Mod = 1 x 0.75 x 0.9 = 0.675.
• Skill (Assassin, Ranger): Each time player scores a headshot (not necessary lethal) with on-perk weapons there is a 5% chance for ZED Time to appear. Like with the other ZED Time probabilities, odds grow over time if no ZED Time events has occured recently. The same shot that triggers ZED Time also gets bonuses from either of level 25 skills (more damage or stun power). ZED Time can also be triggered by either of player's knife attacks on the ZED's head. Often (but not always), especially when attacking small ZEDs, the same shot that triggers ZED Time might also kill ZED which will be treated as if player has extended ZED Time right away.
• Skill (Dead Eye): On-perk weapons only. Extra damage works only on shots in the head. Recoil reduction is multiplicative with passive bonus.
• Skill (Marksman): Skill decreases refire time of the weapon by 25% which effectively increases rate of fire by 33.3%.
• Skill (Rack 'em Up): Skill becomes active with the first ever shot in the head. Each time player scores a headshot skill takes 10% of the current weapon's damage, multiplies it by amount of scored headshots and adds it to the base weapon damage. Every 2 seconds headshot combo meter goes down by 1, each headshot during this time increases the meter by 1 and resets 2 seconds timer. Damage bonus as well affects knife and grenade damage.
• Skill (Ranger): During the ZED Time stun power of the on-perk weapon become 10000, even if it does not have any stun power on it normally. But only if player scores a shot in the head.
• Skill (Stability): Skill decreases time that it takes to play reload animation by 20% making reload speed 1/0.8 = 25% faster.

On-perk Weapons

The following weapons and damage types are associated with the Sharpshooter. They get damage bonuses and buffs to their attributes from the respective skills:

Weapons	Damage Types
AssaultRifle_FNFal	Ballistic_9mm
Bow_CompoundBow	Ballistic_CenterfireMB464
Bow_Crossbow	Ballistic_FNFal
FreezeGrenade	Ballistic_M14EBR
HRG_CranialPopper	Ballistic_M99
HRG_SonicGun, Proj_SonicBlastUncharged_HRG_SonicGun, Proj_SonicBlastFullyCharged_HRG_SonicGun	Ballistic_MosinNagant, Piercing_MosinNagant
HVStormCannon	Ballistic_ParasiteImplanter, Ballistic_ParasiteImplanterAlt, Toxic_ParasiteSeedExplosion
Knife_Sharpshooter	Ballistic_RailGun
Pistol_9mm, Pistol_Dual9mm	Ballistic_Rem1858
Pistol_Flare	Ballistic_SW500
Revolver_Rem1858	Ballistic_Winchester
Revolver_SW500	Bludgeon_FlareGun
Rifle_CenterfireMB464	Blast_HRG_CranialPopper (child of Ballistic_Rifle), Piercing_HRG_CranialPopper
Rifle_M14EBR	Bludgeon_HRGWinterbite
Rifle_M99	Fire_FlareGun (child of Ballistic_Handgun), Fire_Ground_FlareGun (child of Fire)
Rifle_MosinNagant	Ballistic_HRG_SonicGun_SonicBlastUncharged, HRG_SonicGun_SonicBlastFullyCharged (both child classes of Ballistic_Rifle)
Rifle_ParasiteImplanter	EMP_HVStormCannon
Rifle_RailGun	Piercing_CompoundBowCryoImpact, Piercing_CompoundBowSharpImpact, Freeze_CompoundBowCryExplosion
Rifle_Winchester1894	Piercing_Crossbow

Strategy

You are not meant to fight all the ZEDs alone. As a "big ZED killer" you should stay at the middle of your team, preferably so you can have an overview on multiple paths and support your team by taking down lone tough targets like Sirens, Husks, Scrakes and Fleshpounds. It is strongly advised for you to not be a "lone wolf".

Aim for the head - that's what all snipers do! Having slow firing weapons with limited ammunition leaves you no room for mistakes. Good Sharpshooters always know where to aim and when to shoot. However, don't forget that with a proper skill setup, your Winchester 1894 will be a bit more forgiving as it would let you to one-shot-kill any basic ZED like Clots, Crawlers and Stalkers even on body shots.

Having a Crossbow in your arsenal is a wise choice if you plan to conserve the Freeze Grenades for the Fleshpounds. Even without Ballistic Shock, it still can stun a Scrake on headshot.

A Rail Gun setup only leaves you 6 spare blocks of weight. To improve your self-defense, try out the boomstick and a medic pistol. The boomstick will help you against a hordes of ZEDs, while the pistol can be used for taking off heads of the small ZEDs.

M99 AMR is your most powerful weapon, capable of destroying Scrakes and Fleshpounds easily. But beware, it only leaves you 3 spare blocks of weight. While it is enough to get yourself sidearm for self-defense, stay close to your team, preferably behind. As an AMR user you're not meant to deal with small ZEDs.

The Freeze Grenades are very helpful when you are fighting big ZEDs, as its explosion stops their movement and leaves them exposed to headshots. However, keep in mind that freezing an enraged Fleshpound is almost impossible.

Attack / defend, it's your choice: When in trouble - parry. That's what Mosin Nagant allows you to do. No? Then stab stab stab, luckily for you this rifle is equipped with bayonet so go out and spill the blood of them Clots in close quarters combat! And wait, that's not all - turns out it shoots bullets too!

Trivia

• According to the character's favourite weapon lines, Reverend Alberts and Anton Strasser are both the Sharpshooters of the team. Other characters enjoy using the various Sharpshooter weapons as well, though only DJ Scully and Rae Higgins prefer the Rail Gun.