Dealing with combine snipers

This tutorial will tell you the basics of killing overwatch snipers that appear in later chapters of half life 2.

Introduction: Meet the Overwatch Sniper

First off, I'll give you a visual about these snipers. They are first encountered at the end of the chapter: "we don't go to ravenholm..." when you leave the mines. Their sniper rifle, the "Overwatch Pulse Sniper" Is very accurate and can fire a bullet at you from great distances. Now, let's talk about getting rid of these pests.

Sniper Mechanics: getting rid of snipers.

Ok, Now let's talk about dealing with the snipers.
First, The sniper's lazer indicates what the sniper is aiming at and gives you time to quickly run for cover.


These snipers can be easily taken out using grenades. get close to the window where the sniper is shooting from, throw a grenade in it, and BOOM!

Now here is what the combine sniper looks like after you've killed him.

Some snipers can either create hazards or obstacles, such as a sniper shooting a zombie in the chest and releasing the headcrab or shooting an explosive barrel that causes a pile of logs to collapse.

Conclusion

So that sums up the way of dealing with combine snipers! Thank you for reading this guide and I hope this helps! P.S. Don't forget to rate fairly!

[masonV952]

tip: hold down left mouse so you can have the grenade ready when you have right trajectory.

[crazy]

[Lieutenant Kara Thrace]

Try this, too:

Pick a barrel to cover yourself each time he shoot, but when hit the barrel drops, so pick again

[Lancer]

Can't get past that sniper at the end of Nobody goes to Ravenholm, can somebody help me?

[gregdragon]

@the vhampster, the grenades go slightly above the crosshair, just take that into account when ajusting for gravity

[That Wun Wabbit]

getting the grenade throw at the right angle is painfully frustrating
any further suggestions?

[Honor Guard]

you forget rpg and any explosive works

[fRe4K]

Nice guide.

[SOBRII]

Everyone knows this already, I got Counter-Sniper achive killing them is easy

[Josef Trejbal]

Nice guide.