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Skilled Sniper

Snipe an enemy with a non-Ultimate Ability refunds 80% Cooldown (65% for periodic Abilities). Snipe - Damage enemies over 600 distance away
Tier
C
Rank
#201
Rarity
Gold
Offered in
All picks
Patch
26.21

How Skilled Sniper plays

Skilled Sniper is C tier over all champions on patch 26.21: #201 of 226 augments and #78 of the 90 gold cards. That is the average over every champion; on the right one it is worth more, on the wrong one much less.

It gives ability haste, so it pays off on champions that already use that. On a champion that doesn't, it is a wasted pick, whatever its tier.

It does best on Miss Fortune, Vel'Koz and Viktor. 8 of its 15 best champions are mages.

It is stronger early: B tier as a first pick and D tier by the fourth pick. Take it when it shows up early.

The card it pairs with best is Echo Cast: if you already have one of the two, the other jumps up your list.

Skilled Sniper tier by pick

ARAMKit ranks every card for each of the four picks of a game separately. The rank is its place among the cards offered in that pick.
PickTierRank in that pick
First pickTier B#157
Second pickTier C#186
Third pickTier C#193
Fourth pickTier D#196

Best champions for Skilled Sniper

The champions Skilled Sniper does best on, best first, with its tier on each and the champion's own Mayhem tier. Tiers only: no win rates for augments, as Riot's policy asks.
#ChampionRoleSkilled Sniper on itChampion tier
1Miss Fortune iconMiss FortuneMarksmanTier STier B
2Vel'Koz iconVel'KozMageTier ATier B
3Viktor iconViktorMageTier ATier A
4Cassiopeia iconCassiopeiaMageTier ATier C
5Kog'Maw iconKog'MawMarksmanTier ATier B
6Neeko iconNeekoMageTier ATier C
7Heimerdinger iconHeimerdingerMageTier ATier B
8Ashe iconAsheMarksmanTier ATier D
9Smolder iconSmolderMarksmanTier ATier B
10Nami iconNamiSupportTier ATier B
11Ziggs iconZiggsMageTier ATier B
12Mel iconMelMageTier ATier C
13Jayce iconJayceFighterTier ATier C
14Zilean iconZileanSupportTier ATier A
15Malzahar iconMalzaharMageTier ATier A
16Seraphine iconSeraphineSupportTier ATier A
17Annie iconAnnieMageTier ATier B
18Jhin iconJhinMarksmanTier ATier B
19Soraka iconSorakaSupportTier ATier B
20Orianna iconOriannaMageTier BTier B

Also good on Kai'Sa, Brand, Morgana, Lux, Senna, Veigar, Varus, Xerath, Renata Glasc, Taliyah, Zoe, Zyra, Fiddlesticks, Anivia, Twisted Fate, Vex, Sivir, Ahri, LeBlanc, Hwei, Nidalee, Azir, Swain, Kennen, Janna, Ezreal, Elise, Syndra, Karma, Xayah, Milio, Karthus, Jinx, Aurora, Yuumi, Quinn, Lissandra, Bard, Akshan, Caitlyn, Kayle, Aphelios, Lulu, Sona, Corki, Ryze, Lucian, Zeri and Kalista.

Cards that pair with Skilled Sniper

The cards that do best next to it in the same game, best first.
  1. 1Echo CastTier A
  2. 2It's Go TimeTier B
  3. 3King MeTier D
  4. 4RecoilTier B
  5. 5ErosionTier A
  6. 6MinionmancerTier B
  7. 7Searing DawnTier C
  8. 8Magic MissileTier C

Items to buy with Skilled Sniper

The items that do best in games with this card, best first, over all champions. Check your champion's build page for its own items.
  1. Horizon Focus1. Horizon Focus
  2. Morellonomicon2. Morellonomicon
  3. Cosmic Drive3. Cosmic Drive
  4. Rylai's Crystal Scepter4. Rylai's Crystal Scepter
  5. Cryptbloom5. Cryptbloom
  6. Rapid Firecannon6. Rapid Firecannon

Questions and answers

What does Skilled Sniper do in ARAM Mayhem?

Snipe an enemy with a non-Ultimate Ability refunds 80% Cooldown (65% for periodic Abilities). Snipe - Damage enemies over 600 distance away

Is Skilled Sniper good in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 Skilled Sniper is C tier over all champions (#201). It is at its best on Miss Fortune, Vel'Koz and Viktor.

Which champions is Skilled Sniper best on?

Best first: Miss Fortune, Vel'Koz, Viktor, Cassiopeia, Kog'Maw, Neeko, Heimerdinger and Ashe. The full list with each champion's tier is on this page.

What pairs well with Skilled Sniper?

Echo Cast, It's Go Time and King Me, best first.

Pick your cards with the tiers next to you

LazyElo is a free Windows app that sits next to the League client. In ARAM Mayhem it shows the strongest champion on your bench, and in game you type the three cards you're offered to see their tier for your champion and what each one does.

Related

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.