Templar (TJ)

Templar

The Templar is a wild-trained Psionic warrior that gets stronger as combat continues.

Class Overview

The Templars are a melee-focused psionic soldier that wields their psionic abilities in very unique ways. They require "focus" in order to use their abilities but each carry strong and unique effects and holding onto focus no longer grants any bonuses. To gain focus, they must use Rend, which is now aim-based instead of guaranteed, to attack an enemy regardless of whether they hit, miss or kill their targets unlike the base game which required a kill. Further focus generation can be gained through the perks they can obtain as they promote and can increase their max focus with each upgrade of their gauntlets. After using Rend, they gain a Momentum action which allows for movement or to deploy their shield. Instead of Parry/Deflect, Templars now deploy a psionic shield that grants them temporary shield HP until the next turn that allows them to absorb attacks.

The Templar can concentrate more into their psiblades to further enhance their melee capabilties to deal great damage to a single target or to a group of them.

The Templar can gain more psionic abilities to disrupt enemies, assist their allies or to deal great damage.

The Templar can become a shield, greatly increasing their defenses and can take great damage with little to no injuries.

Weapons

Primary: Templar Gauntlet

Secondary: None

Abilities

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	Psiblade	Dynamo	Sage
Rank	Ability
Initiate	Volt A non-turn ending AOE attack that makes its targets easier to hit. Costs 1 Focus.	Rend Melee attack with a chance to stun or disorient the target. Triggers Momentum, and generates Focus on attacks.	Templar Shield Use your shard gauntlets to generate a psionic shield and gain Shield HP and crit resistance that will last until the start of your next turn. Can be used with Momentum actions.
	Focus Gain Focus during missions, increasing stats, damage, and ability effectiveness. Focus can be spent on powerful abilities.	Momentum After using Rend, gain a bonus movement action.	Greater Padding Reduce wound recovery times for this soldier by 1 HP. Doesn't work if the soldier bleeds out.
Acolyte	Invert Switch locations with a unit. Costs 1 Focus.	Stun Strike Strike an enemy with Psionic force, stunning them. Costs 1 Focus.	Indomitable Once per turn, gain 1 focus when you're attacked.
Adept	Meditation Adds up to 1 focus to the soldier. Requires 1 charge. Gain 1 charge ever time the soldier gets a kill. Only 1 charge can be stored at any given time.	Overcharge Gain bonus aim and crit chance for each point of focus the Templar has.	Brawler Take 35% less damage from any melee attack, or attacks from within 5 tiles.
Disciple	Soul Shot A powerful aim-based ranged attack that can crit and does not end turn. Costs 1 Focus.	Superior Aptitude Rend grants an additional focus point.	Reflex When fired upon, gain one extra action on the next turn. Triggers no more than once per turn. Attacks against you suffer a -15 penalty to critical hit chances.
Mystic	Amplify Mark a single target with a Psionic lens, causing them to take an additional 50% damage from the next 3 attacks. Costs 1 Focus, free action.	Sixth Sense You are immune to multi-target and area attacks.	Bladestorm Free melee attacks on any enemies that enter, exit or attack from melee range on enemy turns.
Warlock	Void Conduit Trap a humanoid in a Psionic prison, immobilizing them for multiple actions and transferring their health to the Templar. Costs 1 Focus. 3-turn cooldown.	Arc Wave Rend generates a wave of Psionic energy in the direction of the attack. Damage increases with Gauntlet tier.	Crusader's Rage Gain 25% damage boost for every 25% HP missing, up to 50% damage boost. Reduce wound recovery times for this soldier by 6 HP.
Magus	Terrorize Adds a chance to panic enemies hit by Volt. Volt radius is increased by 1.	Templar Fleche Rend and Arc Wave deal +1 damage for every 4 tiles between your starting position and your target.	Hardened Shields Shields on the Templar reduce damage taken.
Master	Ionic Storm Summon lightning to strike all nearby enemies. Damage increases with Focus level. Costs all Focus.	Apotheosis Become a god, massively increasing your dodge, Rend damage and mobility. Requires a minimum of 3 focus and consumes it all.	Ghost Create a duplicate of the Templar from the body of a fallen humanoid. The Ghost disappears when it loses all Focus. Costs 2 Focus.

XCOM Abilities

XCOM row abilities are able to be purchased when the Training Center is built. The cost is 10/10/15/20/25/30/35 AP by tier.

Tier 1 10 AP	Tier 2 10 AP	Tier 3 15 AP	Tier 4 20 AP	Tier 5 25 AP	Tier 6 30 AP	Tier 7 35 AP
Paramedic Unlocks an ability to perform a dash move to use a medikit on an ally (this ability still costs 1 action and is non-turn ending). Gain a free medikit. Equipped medikits have 2 extra charges.	Parkour This soldier is able to climb walls.	Steadfast Grants immunity to negative mental conditions including panic, mind control, stuns, and disorientation.	Blademaster All melee attacks deal +1 extra damage and have +10 Aim.	Vigilance Gain 1 focus whenever your squad activates an enemy pod of size 3 or more.	Thousands To Go Once per turn, after killing an enemy with your primary weapon, you may take an additional non-movement action. Passive.	Heavy Hitter All your attacks deal +2 damage.
Pillar Summon a pillar of Psionic energy to act as a high cover point. Free action, does not cost focus.	Predator Your ranged attacks gain 15 bonus aim and 15 bonus critical chance against enemies that are flanked or out of cover.	Sustain If the soldier takes enough damage to be killed, they are immediately put in Stasis for 1 turn and their health is only reduced to 1 HP. This can only happen once per mission. Reduce wound recovery times for this soldier by 2 HP.	Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns.	Combatives Automatically parry melee attacks that graze or miss against you, and counterattack with your melee weapon. Also gain +10 dodge.	Coup de Grâce Bonus to hit, damage, and critical chance with your weapon against a disoriented, stunned or panicking enemy.	Storm Force Psionic lightning based attacks such as Volt do 40% more damage.
Flashbanger Grants 1 free flashbang item to your inventory.	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.	Zone of Control All enemies within the soldier's 5 tile radius suffer penalties of -15 Aim and -4 Mobility.	Aggression Gain +5 critical chance for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 30.	Fortress The soldier is immune to fire, poison, acid, and explosive damage.	Concentration Your grazing attacks are automatically upgraded to normal hits.	Thunderdome Mark an area with a 6.7 Tile radius. Until the end of turn, killing enemies in that area refunds Action Points for you and your squad members.
Phantom When the squad is revealed, this soldier remains concealed.	Focus Your first reaction shot each turn is guaranteed to hit.	Cover Me Grant an ally a bonus overwatch shot and the Cool Under Pressure ability. Has a 4 turn cooldown.	Phase Walk Temporarily phase out of existence to teleport to a nearby location.	Resilience Enemy attacks against you suffer a -30 penalty to critical hit chances.	High Voltage Gain 1-tile bonus radius for Volt.	Reblossom When foes survive the soldier's melee attacks, immediately perform a bladestorm attack against them.
Dedication Free action. Gain 2 mobility and ignore reaction fire for the rest of the turn. Has a 4 turn cooldown.	Rapid Deployment Activate this ability before throwing or launching a support grenade, and the throw will not cost an action.	Channel When an enemy dies, it may leave behind Psionic energy the Templar can collect to raise their Focus level.	Fracture Your assigned weapon attacks against mechanical units have bonus Aim and shred armor.	Last Stand Once per mission, become immune to death and incapacitation until the end of your next turn.	Cutthroat Your melee attacks against biological enemies ignore their armor and have a +15 critical chance and do +2 critical damage.	Impact Compensation After taking damage, gain a stacking 25% Damage reduction until the end of your turn up to a maximum of 4 stacks.
Solace The Psi Operative may immediately extinguish mental impairments for a squadmate.	Target Focus Your ranged attacks gain +10 aim and pierce 1 armor against unflankable enemies.	Formidable Your gear includes an extra layer of protection, granting 2 bonus ablative hit points and 50% less damage from explosive attacks.	Static Shock Lightning crackles wildly and strikes a random foe. May chain to an additional target. Free Action.	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.	Combat Fitness Gain 4 aim, 1 mobility, 2 HP, 4 will, and 4 dodge.	Untouchable If you score a kill during your turn, the next attack against you during the enemy turn will miss.
Corpore Sano Psionically heal an ally from moderate range.	Fuse If an enemy is carrying explosives, they can be remotely detonated by the Psi Operative.	Snake Blood Your Dodge is increased by 20 and you are immune to poison.	Psi Reanimation Raise a dead soldier, civilian, or ADVENT soldier as a Psionic zombie.	Null Ward project psionic shields around the soldier and nearby allies. The shields will collapse if this soldier is killed.	Soul Mania Free Psionic attacks on any enemies that enter or attack from within 2 tiles. Guaranteed to hit but will not target robots or units with Shadowstep.	Null Lance Project a beam of terrible power that damages every target it passes through. This attack can penetrate multiple enemies and obstacles.
		Mind Merge Grants bonus will, critical chance and ablative hit points to an ally until the beginning of the player's next turn.			Adrenaline Open a small Psionic rift that disables the weapons of any units caught in its radius, and deals damage within that radius after one turn.