Sniper

A Sniper is a person adept at using, as well as maintaining, ranged weaponry.
==Role and Abilities==
Much like musicians, snipers in the world are an optional and alternative occupation for any Marine or pirate. They consist of people who favor projectile-based weapons and are skilled at marksmanship. Due to their choice of weaponry, snipers excel best at long-range combat, with many often taking a backup role for stronger fighters and relying on the element of surprise. Generally, snipers seek high or hidden advantage points in order to pinpoint and eliminate enemies that might provide trouble for them or their allies, all while keeping themselves away from direct harm.
The biggest weaknesses of any sniper are usually melee combat and their reliance on weapons that can sometimes be detected through sound, require constant reloading or end up malfunctioning for whatever reason. However, plenty of snipers have shown the capacity of fighting at close quarters, usually through the use of backup weapons, different tactics or just being able to adapt their sharpshooting to such situations.
Snipers usually have great eyesight and accuracy, allowing them to hit highly difficult targets from a considerable distance or through a variety of obstacles and circumstances that would otherwise render a shot unlikely or even nearly impossible to be successful. Given the nature of their skills, many snipers can fulfill other jobs that may require similar abilities within a crew. For example, Usopp of the Straw Hat Pirates is also the crew's gunner due to being a generally exceptional sharpshooter regardless of weapon, and Van Augur of the Blackbeard Pirates can act as a competent lookout thanks to an extraordinary range of view that lets him see far away into the ocean.
Weapons that most snipers prefer to utilize include rifles and pistols, but can also include artillery such as cannons and mortars and highly customized weapons that best suits the sniper's skill. However, just having access to a firearm is not enough for one to be considered a sniper since the occupation, by definition, requires a minimum degree of above-average skill. As an example, Donquixote Doflamingo is known for carrying a pistol with him, but has only used it for executions instead of actual marksmanship, thus making him not a sniper.
Some snipers are specialized in using bows, just like most of the Kuja, or other weapons like slingshots and blowguns, but even with weapons that do not employ ignited gunpowder, they are still capable of making great precision shots. A few snipers tend to favor special ammo that can improve their overall effectiveness during missions, such as Hibari and her Flower Bullets that can render enemy guns harmless. The best snipers are also capable of employing Haki in their markmanship, using Observation to better locate targets around the environment and Armament to augment the impact of their rounds.
While the status of certain characters as snipers is debatable, that does not prevent them from having noteworthy feats of accuracy. Individuals with great physical strength can throw seemingly harmless objects without any launchers, turning them into deadly projectiles of tremendous precision. fish-men are the most prominent of such feats, turning water droplets into high-velocity bullets, especially those who practice Fish-Man Karate.
==Snipers==
==Translation and Dub Issues==
As the term sniper is often associated with firearms (as well as terrorism, especially following the ) in the United States, the 4Kids-dubbed anime always translates it as marksman or sharpshooter. The VIZ manga and the Funimation anime use sniper more freely, but on occasion have been known to use these substitutes as well.
==Trivia==
*While not considered traditional snipers (due to the lack of weaponry), both Trebol and Charlotte Katakuri were shown to precisely hit targets from long distances with ease.
*Although Trafalgar Law is not a sniper in profession, he was trained in the art by Gladius.
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