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Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition
Best Sniper Build
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This is the best sniper build for Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition. Read on and learn more about this sniper build, including the best arts, skills, soul voices you should customize, and the best classes for the sniper build in this guide!
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Sniper Best Arts
Best Arts for Snipers
| Arts (Left) |
 Ghost Sniper Requires TP + boosts crit chance + boost TP with criticals + boost ranged accuracy (Unlocked at Class Rank: 6)
 Intercept Deals weapon damage + Inflicts Stun (Unlocked at Class Rank: 8)
 Hair Trigger Grants Supercharge (Unlocked at Class Rank: 4)
 Hawkeye Grants Critical Power (Unlocked at Class Rank: 1)
|
|---|---|
| Arts (Right) |
 Shrapnel Deals weapon damage + Boosts appendage damage (Unlocked at Class Rank: 1)
 Sidewinder Deals weapon damage + Inflicts Debuff Res Down (Unlocked at Class Rank: 3)
 First Down Deals weapon damage + Inflicts Topple vs. humanoids (Unlocked at Class Rank: 4)
 Afterburner Deals weapon damage + deals more damage when triggering ranged combo (Unlocked at Class Rank: 14)
|
These arts will allow you to deal damage from a long distance with your sniper rifle. The four arts on the right side of the art palette are all damage-dealing arts without a TP cost, except for Afterburner. Afterburner can be swapped to Slayonet if you've mastered Knives.
Activate Overdrive and use Hawkeye and Hair Trigger to extend the Overdrive timer while receiving buffs and healing from their effects. This can be repeated multiple times for continuous healing and non-stop buffs.
Ghost Sniper works wonders, as it increases your crit chances, ranged accuracy, and the TP gained from landing crits. Once you activate Overdrive, you'll consistently deal crit damage every few seconds while also generating enough TP to reactivate Ghost Sniper.
Sniper Best Skills
Best Skills for Snipers
| Skill | Effects | Class |
|---|---|---|
 Steady Hand
|
Boosts ranged accuracy |
 Commando
(Rank 3) |
 Boosted Bullets
|
Boosts ranged attack |
Commando
(Rank 4) |
 Combo Gunner
|
Boosts damage when triggering ranged combos |
Commando
(Rank 7) |
 Buff Heal
|
Recovers HP when receiving buffs |
 Enforcer
(Rank 8) |
 Secondary Accelerator
|
Reduces secondary cooldown |
 Mastermind
(Rank 10) |
Main skills here are Combo Gunner and Boosted Bullets, both of which will increase your damage output during fights. Buff Heal and Secondary Accelerator are mainly for the healing you'll be doing once you're in Overdrive, as you spam your buff arts, Hawkeye and Hair Trigger.
However, Secondary Accelerator is learned in the Mastermind class, so you can swap this out with Killshot for even more crits!
List of All Skills and Effects
Sniper Best Soul Voices
Custom Soul Voices for Snipers
| Critical Combination |
Voices - Type B + 10 critical chance / Gain Critical Power II |
|---|---|
| Stunner |
Voices - Type B + 25% damage / +50 TP per hit |
The customizable trigger conditions for soul voices can be Critical Combination and Stunner since these two synergize well with the arts in the table above. Ghost Sniper will proc Critical Combination, giving you an additional +10 crit chance or Critical Power II, which increases crit damage, when you land three consecutive crits.
Best Classes for Sniper
Drifter, Astral Crusader, and Partisan Eagle
| Class | Tier Rating | |
|---|---|---|
 Drifter
|
▶ |
|
 Astral Crusader
|
▶ |
|
 Partisan Eagle
|
▶ |
|
These are the classes that can use snipers. Drifter is the most viable since it's exclusive for Cross, who can learn different arts and skills across multiple classes.
The Astral Crusader and Partisal Eagle are the only other classes the can use snipers. Most of the arts and skills listed above come from these classes, so feel free to equip other abilities from them if you're building characters other than Cross.
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