Sniper Rifles are ranged weapons used by the Partisan Eagle and Astral Crusader classes in Xenoblade Chronicles X. See the list of all Sniper Rifles, Sniper Rifle arts, and learn what Sniper Rifles are.

List of All Sniper Rifles

All Sniper Rifles

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Sniper Rifle Arts

All Sniper Rifle Arts and Effects

Art	Attr.	Description
Shrapnel	None	Deals weapon damage, Boosts appendage damage
Eagle Eye	None	Grants Ranged Accuracy Up, Grants Ranged Attack Up
First Down	None	Deals weapon damage, Inflicts Topple vs. humanoids
Intercept	None	Deals weapon damage, Inflicts Stun
Hawkeye	None	Grants Critical Power
Sidewinder	None	Deals weapon damage, Inflicts Debuff Res Down
Ghost Sniper	None	Requires TP, boosts crit chance, boost TP with criticals, boost ranged accuracy
Afterburner	None	Deals weapon damage, deals more damage when triggering ranged combo
Slayonet	None	Deals Weapon damage, does additional damage when triggering melee combo
Howling Soul	Physical	Deals weapon damage, Lower HP = higher damage

Many of the Sniper Rifle arts grant stat increases that improve the weapon's proficiency, such as Eagle Eye, Hawkeye, and Ghost Sniper. However, the Howling Soul art in particular is a great damage art since it deals more damage the lower the target's HP is.

List of All Arts and Effects

What are Sniper Rifles?

Ranged Weapons that Fire a Single Round

Sniper Rifles are ranged weapons that fire a single round at the target but deals a lot of damage per hit.

Standard Ranged Weapons of Certain Classes

Classes Using Sniper Rifles
Partisan Eagle	Astral Crusader

Sniper Rifles are the standard ranged weapons of the Partisan Eagle and Astral Crusader classes. Players can't change their weapon type once they've selected their class. The only way to do so is by changing classes.

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List of All Weapons

Ranged Weapons

Ranged Weapon Types
Assault Rifles				Dual Guns				Gatling Guns
Multiguns			Psycho Launchers			Rayguns			Sniper Rifles

Melee Weapons

Melee Weapon Types
Dual Swords	Javelins	Knives
Longswords	Photon Sabers	Shields