BIO
Physical
Snowy Sniper
Bronya Zaychik
Snowy Sniper is Bronya's A-rank BIO-type Physical battlesuit from v1.8, a cannon user who fires charged Particle Cannon shots from range. Her Ultimate, снег, freezes every enemy on the field for only 75 SP, and from SS rank it also makes them take 35% more Physical DMG. She was a solid free ranged DPS in Part 1, but she has no Astral Ring and is obsolete in 9.0: today she is mostly an Elysian Realm Support Valkyrie and an option for older content.
Physical cannon DPS
Weapons
Stigmata
Set effects
Set effects
Set effects
Stat targets
- Reach SS first: Sniper's Mark (+35% Physical DMG taken, +15% team Physical DMG) is her key skill
- Fire from 5 m or more for the SS Crit DMG bonus
- Release charged shots on Perfect Charge for +30% Crit Rate
Talent priority
Where to get her: fragments from Expeditions, the Asterite Shop, Dorm Shop, Elysian Shop, Witch's Corridor, Sakura Samsara and the Armada Warehouse (Fandom). Bronya's later Physical cannon battlesuits replaced her long ago; only invest in her for Part 1 content or if you like her.
Recommended teams
Part 1 Physical QTE chain
Shadow Dash's Combo ATK knocks enemies airborne for Snowy Sniper's QTE, Divine Prayer's switch attack stuns airborne enemies for Shadow Dash's QTE and impairs a target from standby (DEF -80%), and Sniper's Mark boosts the whole team's Physical DMG. Older content only: no Astral Ring.
Free QTE team
White Comet's and Crimson Impulse's Combo ATKs launch enemies, which triggers Snowy Sniper's QTE; her Ultimate then freezes the field. A starter team built only from free battlesuits.
How to play
Charged cannon
- Her Basic ATK is Charge: Particle Cannon: hold [ATK] to charge and release to fire; the pattern depends on the cannon you equip. Releasing right as the next charge sequence starts (Perfect Charge) gives that shot +30% Crit Rate, and from SSS the 3rd sequence also gets +25% Crit DMG.
- Being hit while charging triggers a forced evasion (once every 4s) that does not cancel the charge.
- Her passive deals 40% more DMG to shields, and from SS she gains 25% Crit DMG against enemies at least 5 m away: stay at range.
Entry, evasion and QTE
- Switch: Ice Phantom: she enters with an instant Dimension Shift, and her evasion uses the same effect. Ultimate Evasion inflicts 6 Rime Trauma on the attacker and slows it and nearby enemies (Move Speed and ATK Speed -50%; with her sub-skills, 80% Move Slow for 10s and 60% less ATK Speed).
- QTE: Frost Nova triggers when an enemy is knocked airborne: 520% ATK of Physical DMG and 5 Rime Trauma in a large area.
Ultimate: снег (75 SP)
- Land of Frost inflicts 18 Rime Trauma on every enemy, which freezes them, and deals 150% ATK of Ice DMG when the freeze ends. Casting it gives her +40% Total DMG and 60% faster charging for 12s.
- From SS, Sniper's Mark locks the affected enemies for 12s: they take 35% more Physical DMG and the whole team deals 15% more Physical DMG to them. This is the part of her kit that still matters.
Leader skill
- Shortens the team's Ultimate Evasion and Perfect Defense CD by 3s (4.5s from S rank).
Elysian Realm
- As a Support Valkyrie (Arctic Snow, CD 60s), she inflicts 18 Rime Trauma on all enemies, makes them take 35% more Physical DMG for 12s and deals 150% ATK of Ice DMG when the freeze ends: a good pick for Physical DPS.
Rotation: open with снег, then chain fully charged shots released on Perfect Charge from a safe distance. Swap her in after a teammate knocks an enemy airborne to land Frost Nova.
Strengths
- Free and easy to farm: fragments from Expeditions, the Asterite Shop and other shops.
- Her Ultimate freezes the whole field for only 75 SP, and at SS it makes enemies take 35% more Physical DMG.
- Safe ranged playstyle and a large-AoE QTE on airborne enemies.
- One of the Elysian Realm Support Valkyries, with a useful Physical DMG taken debuff.
Weaknesses
- Obsolete: a Part 1 A-rank with no Astral Ring and low damage by current standards.
- Needs SS rank for Sniper's Mark, the only part of her kit that still stands out.
- Slow charged shots, and many bosses resist Freeze.
- Her recommended gear (Briareus EX, Beethoven) is better spent on stronger battlesuits.
Notable dupes · Rank
Leader skill upgrade (-4.5s Ultimate Evasion CD), 3s shorter Ultimate Evasion CD, and a 40% chance to lock attackers so they take 30% more Physical DMG.
Unlocks Sniper's Mark (frozen enemies take 35% more Physical DMG, +15% team Physical DMG against them) and +25% Crit DMG at range.
The 3rd charge sequence gains 25% Crit DMG when released on time.
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Sources & references
- https://honkaiimpact3.fandom.com/wiki/Snowy_Sniper
- https://honkaiimpact3.hoyoverse.com/global/en-us/valkyries
- https://honkaiimpact3.hoyoverse.com/global/fr-fr/valkyries
- https://honkaiimpact3.fandom.com/wiki/Elysian_Realm/Support_Valkyries
- https://honkaiimpact3.fandom.com/wiki/Fragment_Farming
- https://honkaiimpact3.fandom.com/wiki/Briareus_EX
- https://honkaiimpact3.fandom.com/wiki/Dark_Star
- https://honkaiimpact3.fandom.com/wiki/Planck
- https://honkaiimpact3.fandom.com/wiki/Beethoven
- https://sites.google.com/view/honkaiimpact3rdguides/f2p-valkyrie-priority-guide
- https://www.bluestacks.com/blog/game-guides/honkai-impact-3/honkai-valkyrie-guide-en.html