PoE2 skill gem

Snipe

Channel to charge up your bow before releasing a powerful shot. Releasing with Perfect Timing causes the arrow to explode on impact and Consume Freeze on directly Hitting. Consuming Freeze enhances the explosion.

Current series

Changed in 0.5

0.5.0
Direct change

Mirage Archer and Mirage Deadeye: Can now be used with Channelled Skills, including Snipe, Plasma Blast, and Detonating Arrow.

0.5.0
Direct change

Snipe: Now deals 121-312% of Attack Damage at Gem levels 3-20 (previously 133-343%), and Explosion now deals 484-1449% of Attack Damage at Gem levels 3-20 (previously 454-1358%). Icy Blast now deals 764-3067% of Attack Damage at Gem levels 3-20 (previously 913-3062%), and now has 33-50% more damage with Hits for explosions originating from a Unique enemy at Gem levels 3-20 (previously always 50%). Icy blast Explosion radius is now 3 metres (previously 3.2).

Full patch history

Effects

6 effects
  • Modifers to Attack speed also affect this skill's cost

Arrow

  • Modifers to Attack speed also affect this skill's cost

Explosion

Icy Blast

Requirements and restrictions

2 requirement groups
Player requirementsLevel (1-90), (4-157) Dex
Weapon or skill requirementBows
Source requirement text

Requires: Level (1-90), (4-157) Dex

Requires: Bows

Gem level progression

40 levels
Snipe levels 1 to 20
LevelRequires LevelDexManaBase Damage31% more damage with Hits for explosions originating from a Unique enemy
10418100%, 100%, 100%, 400%, 630%31
23920110%, 110%, 110%, 440%, 693%32
361423121%, 121%, 121%, 484%, 764%33
4102126132%, 132%, 132%, 529%, 838%34
5142830142%, 142%, 142%, 573%, 912%35
6183533153%, 153%, 153%, 618%, 990%36
7224137164%, 164%, 164%, 664%, 1074%37
8264841174%, 174%, 174%, 708%, 1156%38
9315746182%, 182%, 182%, 748%, 1237%39
10366551191%, 191%, 191%, 790%, 1326%40
11417456201%, 201%, 201%, 837%, 1425%41
12468261211%, 211%, 211%, 886%, 1536%42
13529267222%, 222%, 222%, 939%, 1660%43
145810373233%, 233%, 233%, 997%, 1798%44
156411379244%, 244%, 244%, 1059%, 1953%45
166611686257%, 257%, 257%, 1125%, 2127%46
177212694269%, 269%, 269%, 1197%, 2322%47
1878137101283%, 283%, 283%, 1275%, 2541%48
1984147110297%, 297%, 297%, 1358%, 2788%49
2090157119312%, 312%, 312%, 1449%, 3067%50
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
Snipe levels beyond 20
LevelRequires LevelDexManaBase Damage31% more damage with Hits for explosions originating from a Unique enemy
21Not applicableNot applicable128327%, 327%, 327%, 1545%, 3374%51
22Not applicableNot applicable138344%, 344%, 344%, 1648%, 3711%52
23Not applicableNot applicable148361%, 361%, 361%, 1758%, 4082%53
24Not applicableNot applicable160379%, 379%, 379%, 1875%, 4491%54
25Not applicableNot applicable172398%, 398%, 398%, 2000%, 4940%55
26Not applicableNot applicable184418%, 418%, 418%, 2133%, 5434%56
27Not applicableNot applicable198439%, 439%, 439%, 2275%, 5977%57
28Not applicableNot applicable212461%, 461%, 461%, 2427%, 6575%58
29Not applicableNot applicable227484%, 484%, 484%, 2589%, 7232%59
30Not applicableNot applicable243508%, 508%, 508%, 2761%, 7955%60
31Not applicableNot applicable259533%, 533%, 533%, 2945%, 8751%61
32Not applicableNot applicable277560%, 560%, 560%, 3141%, 9626%62
33Not applicableNot applicable296588%, 588%, 588%, 3351%, 10589%63
34Not applicableNot applicable316618%, 618%, 618%, 3574%, 11648%64
35Not applicableNot applicable337648%, 648%, 648%, 3812%, 12813%65
36Not applicableNot applicable359681%, 681%, 681%, 4066%, 14094%66
37Not applicableNot applicable383715%, 715%, 715%, 4337%, 15504%67
38Not applicableNot applicable408751%, 751%, 751%, 4626%, 17054%68
39Not applicableNot applicable434788%, 788%, 788%, 4934%, 18760%69
40Not applicableNot applicable462828%, 828%, 828%, 5262%, 20636%70

Quality effects

4 effects

Explosion standard quality

  • Explosion radius is (0-0.4) metres

Icy Blast standard quality

  • Explosion radius is (0-0.4) metres

Advanced Thaumaturgy

This is the additional quality effect granted while the Gemling Legionnaire passive is allocated. The main value below is shown at 20% gem quality. Compare all gem bonuses.

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Compatibility rules

Active Type: Attack, RangedAttack, MirageArcherCanUse, Projectile, ProjectilesFromUser, Channel, Barrageable, Area, PerfectTiming, Bow, Cold, SkillConsumesFreeze

Acquisition

1 sources
  • Uncut Skill Gem: Uncut Skill Gem Tier 3

How to engrave this skill

1 category
Bow, tier 3

This skill becomes available when engraving an Uncut Skill Gem of level 3 or higher. The resulting skill uses the selected Uncut Skill Gem's level.

Open Bow

Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 0 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt Snipe. One applicable outcome is selected, and the item normally cannot be modified again by ordinary crafting.

01
No change.
02
Permanently add or subtract one gem level. This is retained when upgrading the gem level using an uncut gem. Max level gems can exceed their normal maximum this way, but cannot go below Level 1.
03
Add or remove a socket.
04
±10% to Quality, up to 23%.
View every corruption outcome and enchantment

Patch history

5 changes
0.5.0
Direct change

Mirage Archer and Mirage Deadeye: Can now be used with Channelled Skills, including Snipe, Plasma Blast, and Detonating Arrow.

0.5.0
Direct change

Snipe: Now deals 121-312% of Attack Damage at Gem levels 3-20 (previously 133-343%), and Explosion now deals 484-1449% of Attack Damage at Gem levels 3-20 (previously 454-1358%). Icy Blast now deals 764-3067% of Attack Damage at Gem levels 3-20 (previously 913-3062%), and now has 33-50% more damage with Hits for explosions originating from a Unique enemy at Gem levels 3-20 (previously always 50%). Icy blast Explosion radius is now 3 metres (previously 3.2).

0.4.0
Direct change

Snipe: Icy blast now deals 644-2160% of Attack Damage at gem levels 3-20 (previously 560-1878%). Removed Heavy Blast and Heavy Stun interaction from the skill.

0.3.0
Direct change

Snipe: Explosion is no longer Guaranteed Critical Hit and doesn't have increased Critical Damage Bonus. Explosion now deals 363-936% Attack Damage at Gem levels 3-20 (previously 133-343%), and has a radius of 2.5 metres (previously 1.6). Perfectly timed arrows that hit a Frozen or Heavy Stunned enemy now cause larger explosions that deal much more damage. Quality now provides +0-0.4 metres to Explosion radius.

0.2.0
Direct change

Snipe's attack speed multiplier and mana cost has been adjusted so that the attack time matches the time until a perfect strike. This is mainly to improve descriptions and the function of the skill is unchanged.