Ranger (LWOTC)

Ranger

The Ranger is the master of the rifle and may be trained to use it in offensive and defensive capacities.

Class Overview

The Ranger class is focused towards operating at medium range with guns (and is quite unlike the vanilla Ranger class, which has been split into the Shinobi and Assault classes). Their signature ability is to be able to take standard shots without ending turn, allowing them to fire twice per turn baseline.

"Infantry" type Rangers focus on raw damage output with their rifle, pumping out accurate directed fire to secure kills and set up kills for their allies, but are less effective at responding to enemy actions on their turn.

"Pointman" type Rangers focus on the raw power of the sawed-off shotgun, further improving the massive burst of damage it can deal while also gaining more ammo to continuously use it but due to the severely limited range lacks reach making it difficulty to fully utilize.

"Defender" type Rangers master overwatch fire, to the point of achieving more shots during the enemy turn than most XCOM soldiers can muster during their own turn, but sacrifice potential punch with directed fire, and can be shut down by enemies packing Shadowstep or Lightning Reflexes or simply slippery enemies such as Archons.

Due to their front/midline nature and tendency to seek out high quality cover front and center of an enemy force, with supporting allies close behind and assaulting allies ahead and to the sides, Rangers make excellent Officer candidates.

Weapons

Primary: Rifles, SMGs, Shotguns.

Secondary: Sawed-off Shotgun

Rather than a melee weapon, Rangers carry a Sawed-off shotgun as their secondary weapon. This weapon is capable of huge amounts of damage at point blank range, but has a fixed two shots and can't be reloaded.

Abilities

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Rank	Ability
Squaddie	Point Blank Fire your sawed-off shotgun at a nearby enemy.	Both Barrels Fire both barrels of sawed-off shotgun at nearby enemy, doing double damage.	Marauder Standard shots are not turn-ending, allowing for shooting then moving or shooting twice on a turn.
	Infantry	Pointman	Defender
Lance Corporal	Walk Fire Take a highly accurate shot with +30 bonus to hit 66% damage and -30 crit. Uses 2 ammo.	Close and Personal Confers +30 critical chance against adjacent targets. The bonus declines with distance from the target.	Ever Vigilant If you spend all of your actions on moves, you are granted an automatic overwatch shot at the end of the turn.
Corporal	Locked On Gain +20 aim and +10 crit for successive shots at the same enemy unit.	Pump Action Gain two extra ammo in your sawed-off shotgun.	Covering Fire Overwatch now trigger on any hostile action, not just movement. Overwatch shots now ignore 2/3 of cover bonuses.
Sergeant	Aggression Gain +5 critical chance for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 30.	Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns.	Cool Under Pressure You gain +10 Aim on Overwatch and other reaction shots, and they can critically hit.
Staff Sergeant	Executioner Confers +15 aim and +15 critical chance against targets at half or less of their original hit points.	Open Fire Your ranged attacks gain 10 Aim and 10 Crit against targets that are at full health.	Avenger Once per turn, take a reaction shot with your assault rifle at a visible enemy that has taken an offensive action. The reaction shot ignores cover bonuses.
Tech Sergeant	Bring 'Em On Gain +1 damage on critical hits for every two enemies you can see, up to a maximum of +8. Works for the soldier's primary weapon and explosives.	Implacable If you score one or more kills on your turn, you are granted a single bonus move.	Grazing Fire Missed attacks have an additional roll to become a graze.
Gunnery Sergeant	Rapid Fire Fire twice in a row at an enemy. Each shot suffers an Aim penalty of -15. Can be used once per turn.	Scrap Metal Kills with your primary weapon restore one sawed-off shotgun charge.	Rapid Reaction When in overwatch, each shot you hit with grants another reaction fire shot, up to a maximum of three shots.
Master Sergeant	Rupture A Rupture shot grants a +50 bonus to critical hit chances and ensures that the target takes an additional +3 damage from all attacks in the future.	Combat Fitness Gain 4 aim, 1 mobility, 2 HP, 4 will, and 4 dodge.	Kill Zone Take a reaction shot against any enemy that moves or attacks within a cone of fire.

XCOM Abilities

XCOM row abilities are able to be purchased when the Training Center is built. The cost is 10/20/30 AP per tier for offensive perks, 10/15/25 AP per tier for defensive perks and 35 AP for Tier 4 perks.

Tier 1 Defensive 10 AP	Tier 1 Offensive 10 AP	Tier 2 Defensive 15 AP	Tier 2 Offensive 20 AP	Tier 3 Defensive 25 AP	Tier 3 Offensive 30 AP	Tier 4 35 AP
Survival Instinct Gain 20 Defense and 20 Crit chance while injured.	Damn Good Ground Confers +10 aim and +10 defense against targets at a lower elevation.	Infighter Gain 40 dodge against attacks within four tiles.	Return Fire When targeted by enemy attacks, automatically fire back with your assault rifle once per turn. The return shot ignores cover bonuses.	Trench Warfare If you get at least one kill during your turn, automatically Hunker Down at the end of it.	Brutality Killing organic enemies with your sawed-off shotgun have a 50% chance to panic other organic enemies within 10 tiles of the target.	Disabling Shot Stun enemies with a precise shot, with a bonus stun duration if the shot crits. The shot can not do critical damage.
Smoker Grants one free smoke grenade item to your inventory.	Hipfire Firing the sawed-off shotgun no longer ends the turn.	Inspire Agility Give a friendly unit 30 Dodge until the start of your next turn. Whenever you kill an enemy, you gain an extra charge. Usable once per turn. Starts with one charge, and is a free action.	Area Suppression Fire a barrage that pins down multiple targets within a 4-tile radius, granting reaction fire against anyone that moves, and imposing a -25 penalty to all targets' aim until suppression is removed. Cannot be used when concealed.	Lightning Reflexes Reaction fire shots against you have a significantly decreased chance to hit. The bonus goes down with each additional reaction shot you face.	Anatomy You know exactly where to strike to cause the most damage. You gain +15% Critical Chance and 2 Armor Pierce on all attacks.	Coup de Grâce Bonus to hit, damage, and critical chance with your weapon against a disoriented, stunned or panicking enemy.
Suppression Fire a barrage that pins down a target, grants reaction fire against it if it moves, restricts the use of many abilities, and imposing a -25 penalty to the target's aim. Also adds an additional -15 aim debuff for the turn that is not cleared with the suppression.	Maim Fire a shot with your primary weapon that immobilizes the target until the end of their next turn. Uses 1 ammo. Has a 3 turn cooldown.	Dedication Free action. Gain 2 mobility and ignore reaction fire for the rest of the turn. Has a 4 turn cooldown.	Priority Target You get 10 Aim and 10 Crit chance on ranged attacks against the closest visible enemy.	Untouchable If you score a kill during your turn, the next attack against you during the enemy turn will miss.	Predator Your ranged attacks gain 15 bonus aim and 15 bonus critical chance against enemies that are flanked or out of cover.	Run and Gun Take an action after dashing.
Will To Survive Enemy damage is reduced by 1 when in cover and attacked through that cover. Also grants 5 will.	Rapid Deployment Activate this ability before throwing or launching a support grenade, and the throw will not cost an action.	Tactical Sense Gain 3 defense for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 15 defense.	Iron Curtain Special shot that does 50% of normal damage but reduces target mobility for the following 2 turn(s). Cone-based attack with primary weapon.	Reconnoiter Every 4 turns, as a free action, you can use a Battle Scanner.	Lock 'N Load Kills with your primary weapon restore 1 ammo.	Death From Above Killing an enemy at a lower elevation with your primary weapon refunds a single action, and does not end your turn. Also grants a long-range accuracy bonus for sniper rifles.
Hard Target Gain 5 dodge per enemy you can see, up to a maximum of +30.	Aim Hunker Down now confers +20 Aim and +20 Crit to the first shot on the following turn.	Dense Smoke Your smoke grenades confer an additional 10 defense. Also grants one free Smoke Grenade.	Ruthless Killing a panicked or disoriented enemy with your sawed-off shotgun refunds one action point.	Low Profile Makes partial cover count as full.	None Shall Pass During enemy turns, fire a free shot that can critically hit with your sawed-off shotgun at any visible enemy within 3 tiles who moves or fires.	Close Encounters Once per turn, gain a bonus action after taking a standard shot with your primary weapon at an enemy within four tiles. Cannot trigger on the same turn as Hit and Run.
					Shooting Sharp Your ranged attacks gain +2 armor piercing and +15 aim against units in cover.	Stiletto Shots fired with your primary weapon pierce 3 armor.
						Blood Trail Attacks deal +1 damage and ignore up to 40 Dodge if the target has taken damage after your previous turn.