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The Snider is an extremely potent weapon that possesses increased elemental damage and a very high elemental effect chance at the cost of base damage, as well as optional recoil reduction on variants spawning with the Dahl barrel.
 
The Snider is an extremely potent weapon that possesses increased elemental damage and a very high elemental effect chance at the cost of base damage, as well as optional recoil reduction on variants spawning with the Dahl barrel.
   
The Snider deals an additional 50% damage as a splash. This splash cannot crit, is ''not'' boosted by grenade damage bonuses.
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The Snider deals an additional 50% damage as a splash. This splash cannot crit, and is ''not'' boosted by grenade damage bonuses.
 
==Variants==
 
==Variants==
 
*[[Pimpernel]] - {{Rarity link|Unique}} sniper rifle which fires projectiles that flare upwards and outwards before hitting the target at full damage, sometimes hitting a second time with +50% damage.
 
*[[Pimpernel]] - {{Rarity link|Unique}} sniper rifle which fires projectiles that flare upwards and outwards before hitting the target at full damage, sometimes hitting a second time with +50% damage.

Revision as of 19:37, 17 May 2019

Snider is the title of a group of sniper rifles and are manufactured exclusively by Maliwan. This title is saved for sniper rifles using a Maliwan or Dahl barrel. The Snider is obtained randomly from any suitable loot source.

Usage & Description

The Snider is an extremely potent weapon that possesses increased elemental damage and a very high elemental effect chance at the cost of base damage, as well as optional recoil reduction on variants spawning with the Dahl barrel.

The Snider deals an additional 50% damage as a splash. This splash cannot crit, and is not boosted by grenade damage bonuses.

Variants

  • Pimpernel - Unique sniper rifle which fires projectiles that flare upwards and outwards before hitting the target at full damage, sometimes hitting a second time with +50% damage.
  • Volcano - Legendary incendiary sniper rifle with 80% splash damage (+30% more than a normal Maliwan sniper), as well as an elemental "passing" effect similar to the Teapot.
  • Storm - Pearlescent sniper rifle that fires a round that splits into five orbs of electricity which shock anything in their vicinity before dissipating.