Heavy Sniper Rifle

The Heavy Sniper Rifle is a Sniper Rifle in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was introduced in Season 5. 
Heavy Sniper Rifle has an version called Boom Sniper Rifle.
==Functionality==
The Heavy Sniper Rifle is a hard hitting, slow reloading Sniper Rifle. It deals a decent amount of damage to players, but even more to vehicles. It has poor hip-fire accuracy due to its class as a Sniper Rifle.
Heavy Sniper Gameplay - Weapon - Fortnite.gif|The Heavy Sniper Rifle in action.
Heavy Sniper Gameplay 2 - Weapon - Fortnite.gif|The Heavy Sniper Rifle destroying a wall.
The Heavy Sniper Rifle is a Fast-Moving Projectile weapon. As it uses a scope, the fired bullet will always shoot from the center of the crosshair. There is no damage falloff on the Heavy Sniper Rifle's projectiles.
==Stats==
The Heavy Sniper Rifle uses and has a headshot multiplier of 2.5x.
==Strategy Guide==
*Players should aim above targets at long ranges to compensate for the bullet drop. The further the target, the higher the player should aim. Each line under the cross when aiming down sight resembles 200 meters, meaning, when standing 200 meters from your target, aim with the first line under the cross.
*Players should aim in the direction a target is moving at long ranges to compensate for the bullet travel time. The faster and further the target, the further the player should aim.
*As the weapon does very high structure damage, the player could stand next to a structure which an enemy/enemies is/are hiding behind, shoot it from point-blank range, and then either replace the wall with their own for quick editing or use a close-ranged weapon such as a shotgun to attack opponents behind it. This is only effective against wooden structures as it can not break structures made of stone or metal with one shot. 
*If looking to choose between a Heavy Sniper Rifle, Hunter Bolt-Action Sniper, or Hunting Rifle, you should first keep in mind that they all deal the same damage to the head. Then consider that the Heavy Sniper deals a lot more damage to players, structures, and vehicles than both, but it is slower to shoot and reload.
==Weapon ID==
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|-|Original=
The Heavy Sniper Rifle is referred to as Sniper Heavy in the files.
*: WID_Sniper_Heavy_Athena_R_Ore_T03
*: WID_Sniper_Heavy_Athena_VR_Ore_T03
*: WID_Sniper_Heavy_Athena_SR_Ore_T03
*: WID_Sniper_Heavy_Athena_UR_Ore_T03
|-|Season: OG=
The Heavy Sniper Rifle during Season: OG is referred to as Rufus Sniper Heavy in the files.
*: WID_Rufus_Sniper_Heavy_R
*: WID_Rufus_Sniper_Heavy_VR
*: WID_Rufus_Sniper_Heavy_SR
|-|Chapter 2 Remix=
The Heavy Sniper Rifle during Chapter 2 Remix is referred to as Clyde Sniper Heavy in the files.
*: WID_Clyde_Sniper_Heavy_Athena_R_Ore_T03
*: WID_Clyde_Sniper_Heavy_Athena_VR_Ore_T03
*: WID_Clyde_Sniper_Heavy_Athena_SR_Ore_T03
*: WID_Clyde_Sniper_Heavy_Athena_UR_Ore_T03
</tabber>
== History ==
==Sounds==
Sound Type 	Rarity	Audio
Pullout 	, and	
Scope In-Out	, and	
Shooting 	, and	
Reload 	, and	
Pickup 	, and	
Drop 	, and	
== News Tab ==
<tabber>
|-|Twitter=
Image	Description 	Date
 	Steady your shot. The Heavy Sniper Makes its return for today only! #FortniteWinterfest	December 30th 2019
 	That’ll leave a mark.Find the Heavy Sniper, freshly unvaulted! 	April 6th 2022
|-|In-Game=
Image	Description 	Date
 	Drop In Like It's HotLight 'em up and get down with the snoop-ified Drum Gun and Boogie Bomb, make 'em go Boom with Ka-Boom Bow, and more!	November 2nd 2024
</tabber>
==Trivia==
*The Heavy Sniper Rifle is based on the American Barrett M82.
*When first released in Season 5, the Heavy Sniper Rifle dealt the most damage in a single shot of any weapon, dealing 157/392 with its version.
*The variant of this weapon was initially planned to be available in the Spy Games LTM, but it was scrapped and reused in the Team Brawl LTM. It would later be released as a normal rarity in the core game modes.
*Currently, an variant of this weapon exists in the files. It deals 114 damage and has a 4.2s reload time.
*The Heavy Sniper Rifle did not get a new icon or model when reworked for Chapter 2: Season 2, and still uses its icon from Season 5, despite it being noticeably lower quality.
*Prior to its nerf in Chapter 4: Season 2, the weapon was able to one shot any structure.
*In Save the World the Obliterator uses the same model as the Heavy Sniper Rifle.
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