Crucible Snipers

[Volteer]

What's the counter to insane Crucible snipers who land 80%+ of their headshots and have great positioning and map awareness?

I've tried a ton of things already and no solution seems reliable. People continue to snipe me down while they are sidestepping with sniper rifles in hands while under fire. Obviously flinching means nothing because they still land the shots quite easily it seems.
I'm kinda tired of survival matches where 4/5 people run Revokers/Beloveds and all they do is camp waiting for others to round the corner. Truly exciting gameplay, even season 1 was better with teamshotting lol

[Emurinus]

The counter is lowering their ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ BM.

[primobrainlet]

wish ender
To clarify, drawing and aiming down sights lets you see through walls, you can jump or crouch-walk and snag them before they can get you. It won't kill, but 9/10 times you can either get a second shot off (to finish them it can be barely drawn), or catch them as they try to run away.

[Vand]

Originally posted by Volteer:

What's the counter to insane Crucible snipers who land 80%+ of their headshots and have great positioning and map awareness?

Top tree nightstalker + Max Mobility + Fr00st-335 + Good Shotty = Bada$$ perma radar invis flanker

Just remember to slide and sneak walk before you exit invis so that you dont appear to their radar, and when you're close to them, dont run while invis, just walk until they're in range.
Also avoid their LoS, you're still visible when invis.

[Vand]

One more thing,
You need Epic battle song to push you through Impossible situation my dude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riZnqb1NthM

*Shout in Shaxx voice* Let the battle begin!

[Rogue]

Originally posted by Arise Chicken:

just shoot them 5head. they cant hit ♥♥♥♥ when theyre flinching.

I wish it were that easy lol. Nothing better than getting 2-3 headshots on a dude while using Randy's to get HS but some zero fear Revoker. I honestly don't understand who at Bungie thought making a sniper with no drawbacks was a good idea lol.

[Danyaell]

Get close and show them who is the lord of the wolves.

[Vand]

Originally posted by Rogue:

Originally posted by Arise Chicken:

just shoot them 5head. they cant hit ♥♥♥♥ when theyre flinching.

I wish it were that easy lol. Nothing better than getting 2-3 headshots on a dude while using Randy's to get HS but some zero fear Revoker. I honestly don't understand who at Bungie thought making a sniper with no drawbacks was a good idea lol.

It does have high flinch rate,
But since there's new Enhance Unflinching Rifle-Aim from seasonal artifact that stack with normal Enhance sniper unflinch mod + Beloved's "No Distraction" Perks make the flinch little to non-existent, Its like Thunder coil meta all over again, except this time its sniper meta.

[N0REGARD4LIFE]

Originally posted by Volteer:

What's the counter to insane Crucible snipers who land 80%+ of their headshots and have great positioning and map awareness?

I've tried a ton of things already and no solution seems reliable. People continue to snipe me down while they are sidestepping with sniper rifles in hands while under fire. Obviously flinching means nothing because they still land the shots quite easily it seems.
I'm kinda tired of survival matches where 4/5 people run Revokers/Beloveds and all they do is camp waiting for others to round the corner. Truly exciting gameplay, even season 1 was better with teamshotting lol

There's no counter other than staying out of sniping Lanes. You can't even flinch them with high caliber rounds which is absolute bull $hit. The perk "no distractions" is ridiculous.

[ERROR1018]

Originally posted by Rogue:

Originally posted by Arise Chicken:

just shoot them 5head. they cant hit ♥♥♥♥ when theyre flinching.

I wish it were that easy lol. Nothing better than getting 2-3 headshots on a dude while using Randy's to get HS but some zero fear Revoker. I honestly don't understand who at Bungie thought making a sniper with no drawbacks was a good idea lol.

Pretty sure 3 hs with Randy's = kill? I don't have a Randy's but I have a nice Tango from BA and a JR...

But off the top of my head, hunter invis, on titan I cross gaps with shoulder charge / hammer swing / shield charge, or I just countersnipe with IB / Beloved...also, bows (I don't have wish ender yet, sad...) like LM or Hush are nice against snipers since you can release the arrow and take cover, so if you're chicken dancing with an enemy sniper you can time the shot a few times to pressure them.

[Vand]

Originally posted by Van:

Take any Auto-RIfle with AP Rounds, any Scout with HC Rounds, Graviton Lance, or grind for Mountaintop. If the flinch factor doesn't throw them off, the One-shot nature of Mountaintop will make them back off.

If you're not challenging them at whatever range you're at, then you're essentially giving them free range to take shots at you. Unfortunately this game is designed to encourage Toxic loadouts so if you already have Mountaintop + The Recluse, time to pull it out.

Ah yes, nothing that good ol' mountain top cant solve XD
Challenging sniper rifle at extreme long range fight is a bad idea thought, most sniper use double enchance unflinch this seasons, so flinching them is out of question.
Your best bet to take out skilled sniper is to flank / force them into close range duel or out snipe them if you're also good with sniper.

[MJ7791]

Originally posted by Vand:

One more thing,
You need Epic battle song to push you through Impossible situation my dude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riZnqb1NthM

*Shout in Shaxx voice* Let the battle begin!

No way FFVII is better than this...

https://youtu.be/clcHxg9l5Bk

[Vand]

Originally posted by user7791:

Originally posted by Vand:

One more thing,
You need Epic battle song to push you through Impossible situation my dude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riZnqb1NthM

*Shout in Shaxx voice* Let the battle begin!

No way FFVII is better than this...

https://youtu.be/clcHxg9l5Bk

Okay now I got sudden urges to play Titan and shoulder charge the sht outta everyone in crucible

https://i.imgflip.com/3kfkop.jpg