Sniper Flex Comp Guide [Set 13]

Sniper Flex

Traits

Sniper

2 > 4 > 6

Machine Herald

Watcher

2 > 4 > 6

Enforcer

2 > 4 > 6 > 8 > 10

Firelight

2 > 3 > 4

Emissary

1 > 4

Automata

2 > 4 > 6

Experiment

3 > 5 > 7

Family

3 > 4 > 5

When to Play

Emblem

➔

Watcher Snipers

➔

Sentinel Snipers

Strategy

Tips & Tricks

GUNBLADE IS IMPORTANT FOR THESE WATCHER FLEX LINES. Gunblade builds are performing MUCH better than the traditional builds we’ve seen for Twitch in the past. This only applies to Watcher Twitch, not Experiment / Bruiser.
4 Sniper and 4 Watcher are both strong currently so this flex line takes advantage of that. With a Sniper Emblem, you can play 6 Sniper with 4 Watcher.
Alternatively, you can play 6 Sentinel with 4 Sniper with Emblem. Much lower sample size on this comp, but theoretically works and has some stats to back it up. Play at own risk until it gets more established.
There are some other 6 Sniper boards, particularly some that play around Sevika (in hopes of taking advantage of flamethrower), but sample size is low and is hard to judge their strength.

Openers

Watcher Sniper

Amumu

Zeri

Kog’Maw

Scar

Watcher Sniper

Amumu

Darius

Maddie

Kog’Maw

Strong Conditions

Items

Augments

Item Priority

Economy Strategy

Level to 4 if you have upgrades and a good item to place on one of those upgrades.
Level to 5, unless on 3 loss streak.
Level to 6 if on 4+ win streak (scout to see if necessary in high elo) or can stay above 40g.
Level to 6, unless you would go below 30g. If you have to stay level 5 due to low gold (rare), then level to 6 on 3-5.
Level to 7 if you can stay above 30g, otherwise stay level 6.
Level to 7.
Level to 8. Roll for desired comp until stable. “Stable” changes depending on rank, items, augments, composition, and patch. Melee carries and tanks get the biggest spike for 2-stars. Usually stable involves 2-star tank or carry and some other supporting 2-stars. Try not to roll below 10g.
If you are weak (e.g., have no 2-star 4-costs), consider rolling again to 10g here. If you are stable, save gold to go 9.
If you are low HP and haven’t 2-starred your carry and tank, roll to 0g. If you have medium to high HP with an upgraded + itemized 4-cost unit and some other upgrades, save gold to go 9.
If high HP, consider waiting until 5-5 to go level 9. If medium HP, consider going level 9 if you can roll 20g or wait until 5-5. If low HP and can afford to go 9, do so even if you have almost no gold to roll on 9. If you can’t afford to go 9 this game, roll every turn for upgrades.
Level to 9 if possible. From this point onward, look to level to 9. Acknowledge games where level 9 is not possible and roll every turn on 8 to preserve placements.
For max cap games, you can either roll on 9 or level to 10. If you are itemizing a 5-cost carry and it is 1-starred, roll on 9. If you have all your main itemized units upgraded, level to 10.