It's among normal matches. We can't really see pick rates among normal matches but even ranked under 2k sniper is 15 at 15% pick rate, that's less than his overall of 18% pick rate and by far his highest picked bracket. He drops to 11% in 2-3k, 7% in 3-4k, 5% in 4-5k and then only 2.85% in 5k+, only of the least picked heroes. What is kind of interesting is his win rates are creeping back over 50% again.
BS is same way, 13% overall and less than that in every mmr bracket.
i don't know whats the problem. both heroes have wr slightly above 50% so they seem pretty balanced at this patch. i think op is slow in adopting to new metas..
or op watches too much esport games and implies that these heroes are dogshit because they didnt get picked very often. but i can tell u one thing op -> 99,5% of the dota 2 players are very far away from competitive dota gaming.
but pls cry more about bs. he gets buffed every patch -> i like
Sniper is a god tier hero in 0-3799 MMR range.
If you play him as a support.
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2515552273
sniper is super fun
also high impact first pick offlane sniper: http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2598985424
Well I played sniper in the mid/high 5K bracket offlane for awhile and it worked out pretty good.
Team fighting with improved shrapnel makes him decent around fights. Sieging high ground is tough if you're vs a good one.
Items added to the game make them good as well. Buff to blademail makes BS better, dragonlance/Hurriane on sniper gives him even more range and an escape.
Dunno, lots of reasons to play, and not to play them. Guess some like them.
Theres always some "fun to play" heroes, like pudge who will always be popular, i think bloodseeker and sniper are one of them, as sniper is fun cause of his range, and blood cause of his move speed and max move speed absence.
These are both really good early Game but falls off so Fast. Bloodcyka is ok late with aghs. Sniper is really fun to Play though.
rofl @ sniper falls of late, sniper is one of the hardest heroes to get to late game( slow farm ) but once his there hes a fucking beast & can rape anyone & u basically cant siege high ground vs a good sniper
Sniper deals damage with Q and R. Of course he falls of late.
Wait... We talk about support Sniper, right?
The big issue with sniper Is That he is really good early on but doesnt offer Much to destroy buildings. And even with shitload of Farm sniper isnt That good, You're Just playing against shit tier people who dont know how to initiate.
3,950 MMR Ranked game
http://www.dotabuff.com/matches/2594250263
Dagon sniper - Did 21k magic damage, far more than all other heroes. Win. And yes, a total failure by the other team to initiate, but fear of dagon does that. I killed BH with dagon instantly when he jumped me once. He never attempted it again the whole game. I sat there spaming assasinate, no one dares to come close because Dagon -> dead if they do. They were to cowardly to get killed killing me and too uncoordinated to go together at the same time. You don't get many kills this way, but assassinate spam can put them in a position where they can't fight and back off the tower giving it up for free. You can rely on your team to back your up sometimes. I like to use helm on a centaur and have it stand by me to counter stun if they decide to man up and attack.
I'm not advocating this build. It's really a joke build... but in a certain game you can make it work. I'm just saying sniper is flexible and works in certain situations. If he gets ahead sniper is hard to beat against a team with bad initiation skills.
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So, why do these two dogshit heroes have such high popularity? (12th and 18th respectively)