Snipers are very hard to take out for three reasons. They are
already in position looking down one avenue of approach of their
enemy, they are sometimes in pairs, and they have a long range
advantage.
There
are three ways to counter a sniper. Rush them with your teammates,
out snipe them! Or even better go around their position to sneak
up behind them.
To
take out a sniper you should know how to snipe well yourself that
way you will understand a snipers point of view. Snipers have a
hard time successfully taking out the enemy at close range for two
reasons. They switch to their pistol which takes a second and has
less firepower. Secondly they have to take more carefully aimed
shots.
So,
if you are going to rush a sniper you should bring an autoshotty,
submachine gun, or a handgun. This way when you get close enough
to the sniper you will be able to mow them down quickly while they
have to switch weapons or take slower carefully aimed shots than
you. Now getting close to the sniper is the hard part. If you
decide to rush the sniper by yourself your crazy; and you probably
won’t be successful. If you rush with your team you might stand
a chance; but why leave anything to chance. Make sure all the
teammates that are going to rush actually rush. So buy a flash and
a smoke. Chuck the smoke in the snipers line of fire (or your
entrance into an open area). This will coerce more of your
teammates to rush the snipers since they are less likely to be
hit. After that smoke is flowing throw long well aimed flash, do
not blind your teammates, then rush. Make sure that you strafe
left to right and also zig zag in an unpredictable fashion. Before
you know it you or your teammates will be close enough to take out
the enemy with a light weapon like a submachine gun.
Then
there is out sniping the sniper. Get an AWP get close to where the
snipers line of fire is likely to be. Quickly jump out and nail
them. Jumping is one of the best techniques because it makes you a
harder target and it won’t disturb your aim. Now if there where
2 or more snipers there you are out of luck. Since snipers might
be hanging out in the same area it may be extremely difficult to
out snipe them. On the other hand you think there is only one
sniper in a location and you can do it go for it.
Last
and the funnest way to take out a sniper is to sneak up behind
them. You should always follow a rush team, but you will have to
go off on your own in the end. Simply go around the sniper and
when you get close to their position watch out for rear security,
or other teammates camping the area, a good gun to bring is a
silenced weapon if you can. Remember a good sniper will
periodically check their back so be careful when approaching a
sniper from a distance. Once you are close to the sniper you have
the upper hand two times over. Most of the time they are engrossed
on waiting for that kill so that gives you the opportunity to
humiliate them by knifing them. Everyone on the oppisite team will
greatly appreciate it and give a good response.
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