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Ace of Spades - Marksman in the field!

By Spectral_Force

This guide will take you through this class itself, through weapons Marksman has, and through Tips and Tricks using this class in Team DeathMatch mode.

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Category: Classes, Multiplayer, Weapons

Languages: English

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Guide Index

Overview

Class

Weapons

Tips and Tricks

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Class

Marksman has the highest speed among all classes. Also he jumps higher than any other class. Marksman has 70 HP. He has a relatively small block wallet size - 600 blocks (but can carry up to 1000). This guy has a melee weapon, a sniper rifle, a pistol, and 3 mines (can carry up to 5). Marksman is perfect for taking down enemies on medium-long distances. Also he can defend himself on close distances, but only DEFEND himself. Charging the enemy is not very advisable tactic.

Weapons

Marksman have 4 weapon slots: Melee weapon, Primary weapon, Secondary weapon, and Equipment.

There are 2 Melee weapons available for this class: Pickaxe and Combat knife. Pickaxe has "+High speed"; "+HIgh player damage"; "-Small dig radius". Kombat knife has "+Very high player damage"; "-Small dig radius"; "-Low dig speed". I recommend you pickaxe. Why? Because it is better. Chance of facing enemy in close combat is much lower than chance of need for breaking a block. Also pickaxe has high damage, too.
There are 2 sniper rifles: Bolt-action rifle and Semi-auto rifle. Bolt-action rifle has "+HIgh damage"; "+HIgh accuracy"; "-Low ammo"; "-HIgh recoils". Semi-auto rifle has "+High accuracy"; "+Fast reloads"; "-Low zoom"; "-OK damage". Often I use semi-auto rifle. Why? Again, because it's better.
1) If you will hit enemy in the head, there will be no difference between "High damage" and "OK damage". (NOTE: Commando will probably survive a headshot with Semi-auto rifle. But don't worry: he moves really slow and it's really easy to hit moving Commando in the head)
2) Semi-auto rifle's rate of fire is much better than Bolt-action rifle's one. If you will miss one shot with Semi-auto rifle, you still will be able to kill that bad guy. If you missed a shot with Bolt-action rifle, you will need to wait 3 seconds before you will be able to shoot again.
3) Bolt-action rifle has less ammo than Semi-auto has. Therefore, if you will kill 1 guy for every bullet (I mean 1 bullet - 1 headshot (It's possible), you will be able to get more kills with Semi-auto rifle.
4) Zoom doesn't really matters. For 2 reasons: Fog of War will not allow to shoot on very long distances; Maps in AoS are not too big. Therefore, even Semi-auto rifle's "Low Zoom" will be quite suitable.
There is only one Secondary weapon available for this class: Pistol. It has "+High fire rate"; "+High accuracy"; "-Low damage"; "-Low range". Usually Pistol is underrated: It's a good weapon. It's very useful when you're trying to defend yourdelf in face-to-face combat.
There is only one Equipment available for Marksman: Landmine. It has "+High damage"; "+Can be hidden"; "-Low ammo"; "-Set off by anyone". Usually there isn't much time for setting mines, but they can be very useful.

Tips and Tricks

When aiming with any sniper rifle, "Laser beam" will appear. It will have the aiming player's colour. Everyone can see it. I recommend "Quickscope" technique - aim at the bad guy's head with a white dot in the middle of the screen, and then quickly press right mouse button, left mouse button, and than right again. This wil help to hide your position.
Always (ALWAYS) aim in the head. Yeah, I know, sometimes it can be quite tricky, but it's very effective.
Because of the "Laser beam", it's better not to aim when you are just looking around.
Because of the low health level, it's advisable not to stand in dangerous places (like the top of the mountain). It's always better to dig in than just to stand somewhere.
Sometimes it's better not to soot at the bad guy (for example, if you are trying to get to the enemy's rear), because your position can be revealed.
Pistol, as I said, is a good gun. DON'T USE IT FOR ATTACKING/CHARGING (because of it's low damage)!!! But if you face the enemy on close distance, it's better to use a Pistol. How do I use it: if the enemy is standing still, running very slow (like Commando) and/or running on me, I aim in the head and shoot 3-5 times; if the enemy is maneuvering, I shoot 5-8 (or more) times. The main thing: shoot as quickly as you can (about 2-4 rounds per second) and DON'T STAND STILL! Run and jump around, like mad, and probably enemy will miss most of shots, while you will be able to put 6-8 rounds at him.
Despite the Landmine damage in game is rated as "HIgh", I would call it "Medium". That's because a mine can't kill a fully-healed player (especially Commando). That's why it's better to put several mines in one place (three in a row, for example).
Sometimes it's better to 'burrow' the mines - pick ground block's colour with [E], dig it out, put a mine in the hole, place a block on the mine. Your mine is now hidden. (NOTE: Sometimes you can set off the mine when placing it! Try putting the mines on the maximum placing distance to be as far as you can from the mine, usually it works.)
Landmine can be used in demolition works. Just put several mines next to each other near/on the blocks you want to destroy, and then either wait for somebody who will step on them or (advisable) detonate them yourself by shooting at them.
Marksman is the most popular class in the gamemodes like TDM, so get ready to face another Marksman (who maybe read this guide, too)
In Zombie! Marksman can be very useful, but sometimes it's better to pick Engineer.

38 Comments

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MOOSE 01 2 Sep, 2017 @ 5:57pm

ok ok i get it

Rutherford Gaming 30 Aug, 2017 @ 8:20pm

miner is problably the best in zombie mode because he has c4 for setting traps and drill cannon for close range damage because zombies are hard to hit from far away.

Platinummatthew 5 Jun, 2014 @ 11:04am

Provocation 27 Nov, 2013 @ 9:37am

Nice. Some tricks I didn't know.

Bpx.Wazas 27 Oct, 2013 @ 5:42am

kok

mouzy 14 Oct, 2013 @ 3:38am

That's fine. I just thought I should say the information :)

Spectral_Force [author] 13 Oct, 2013 @ 11:35pm

[PSO] gamerzap,
Thanks. Everything is very useful information. Also thank you for explanation of the benefits of bolt-action rifle. They are solid, but I WON'T change my mind about the best rifle. Still thank you =)
P.S. I still will place 2-5 mines in one place, just in case :D

yacabo 13 Oct, 2013 @ 12:08pm

I LOVE the title

mouzy 13 Oct, 2013 @ 6:35am

Oh, and, if hit by a landmine directly, even a full health zombie will be killed. It's just that sometimes the explosion will only glance the enemy, which causes much less damage.

mouzy 13 Oct, 2013 @ 6:32am

Also, The semi auto rifle rarely one hit kills with headshots. It's damage is fairly low, even with headshots, so it will only one hit marksmen and engineers with headshots. This means that it takes 3 headshots to kill a zombie or miner (because miners take less damage from headshots), and it takes 2 for a commando. The bolt action will one hit everything but a miner, which will take 2 hits to kill, but will be nearly dead after one, and the bolt action is powerful and accurate enough that it can still be used for a headshot at close range very easily. I would reccomend you reconsider your position on which rifle is better. I'd say they are both fairly useful, except in zombie where the semi-auto is practically useless.

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