Infantry (Long War)

2015-03-29T16:50:52Z

Niam: /* Sample Builds */ Re ordered the perks in the sample builds to make correct tree placement., as well as correcting descriptions of reasoning of choice based on changes (Specifically Resilience and Extra Conditioning)

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The '''Infantry''' class borrows elements from vanilla XCOM's Assault and Heavy classes. Their signature ability is '''Light 'Em Up''', which behaves identically to the vanilla Heavy's Bullet Swarm perk.

:'''Primary Weapon''': Carbines, Assault Rifles, Battle Rifles, SMGs, Shotguns.
:'''Secondary Weapon''': Pistols, Machine pistols, Sawed-off shotgun.
:'''Class-Limited items''': None

== Abilities ==
{{Class Tree (Long War)|
|Specialist1={{ Light Em Up (Long War)|text=1}}
|SpecialistE1=''No other bonuses.''
|LCorporal1={{ Steadfast (Long War)|text=1}}
|LCorporal2={{ Covering Fire (Long War)|text=1}}
|LCorporal3={{ Executioner (Long War)|text=1}}
|LCorporalE1='''+5 Will.'''
|LCorporalE2=''No other bonuses.''
|LCorporalE3=''No other bonuses.''
|Corporal1={{ Will To Survive (Long War)|text=1}}
|Corporal2={{ Opportunist (Long War)|text=1}}
|Corporal3={{ Aggression (Long War)|text=1}}
|CorporalE1='''+3 Will.'''
|CorporalE2=''No other bonuses.''
|CorporalE3=''No other bonuses.''
|Sergeant1={{ Deadeye (Long War)|text=1}}
|Sergeant2={{ Suppression (Long War)|text=1}}
|Sergeant3={{ Ranger (Long War)|text=1}}
|SergeantE1=''No other bonuses.''
|SergeantE2=''No other bonuses.''
|SergeantE3=''No other bonuses''
|TechSgt1={{ Tactical Sense (Long War)|text=1}}
|TechSgt2={{ Lock N Load (Long War)|text=1}}
|TechSgt3={{ Sharpshooter (Long War)|text=1}}
|TechSgtE1=''No other bonuses.''
|TechSgtE2=''No other bonuses.''
|TechSgtE3='''+2 Aim.'''
|GunSgt1={{ Resilience (Long War)|text=1}}
|GunSgt2={{ Sentinel (Long War)|text=1}}
|GunSgt3={{ Bring Em On (Long War)|text=1}}
|GunSgtE1=''No other bonuses.''
|GunSgtE2=''No other bonuses.''
|GunSgtE3=''No other bonuses.''
|MSgt1={{ Extra Conditioning (Long War)|text=1}}
|MSgt2={{ Vital Point Targeting (Long War)|text=1}}
|MSgt3={{ Rapid Fire (Long War)|text=1}}
|MSgtE1='''+1 Mobility, +4 Aim, +4 Will'''
|MSgtE2=''No other bonuses.''
|MSgtE3=''No other bonuses.''
}}

== Stat Progression ==

{| class="wikitable"
!Rank!!{{Health (Long War)}}/level!!{{Health (Long War)}}total!!{{Aim (Long War)}}/level!!{{Aim (Long War)}}total!!{{Will (Long War)}}/level*!!{{Will (Long War)}}total*
|-
|Specialist|| 1 || 1 || 3 || 3 || 5(6)|| 5(-6)
|-
|Lance Corporal|| 0 || 1 || 3 || 6 || 5(6)||10(-12)
|-
|Corporal|| 0 || 1 || 3 || 9 || 3(4)||13(-16)
|-
|Sergeant|| 1 || 2 || 3 || 12 || 3(4)||16(-20)
|-
|Tech Sergeant|| 0 || 2 || 3 || 15 || 3(4)|| 19(-24)
|-
|Gunnery Sergeant|| 0 || 2 || 3 || 18 || 3(4)|| 22(-28)
|-
|Master Sergeant|| 1 || 3 || 3 || 21 || 3(4)|| 25(-32)
|}

* Note that, even without Hidden Potential turned on, there is a chance of gaining 1 extra will per level (shown in parentheses above). Psionic soldiers can also gain 1-6 extra will per psi level (<code>1 + rand(6)</code>).

== Tactical Advice ==
'''Role''': Medium Range Offense

Infantry are mid-range damage dealers. They can fire twice per turn if they don't move, which makes them excel at eliminating enemies by attrition. Because they must remain stationary to fire twice, they tend to perform best with assault rifles rather than shotguns, which are more position dependent - if you want a more mobile soldier who's designed for mobility and getting flanks, look to the [[Assault (Long War)|Assault]] class. Infantrymen's ability to fire twice per turn makes them competitive with Snipers at direct damage. Due to their high fire-rate it is very important to keep an eye on the Infantry's ammunition, as it can run out very quickly.

Infantry have decent aim progression and have relatively uncomplicated builds - they have at least one talent at each rank that improves their proficiency with their primary weapon and also have a selection of defensive abilities available at each rank. The Infantry does have a powerful utility perk combination to improve overwatch in '''Covering Fire''', '''Opportunist''' and '''Sentinel'''.

== Sample Builds ==

'''Team Leader/Crit Infantry''' - Gene-modded direct attack build on early Infantry with balanced stats or particularly high aim, deploy with most squads on missions with low-moderate enemy counts. Also makes great officer material due to heavy reliance on primary weapon.

At Lance Cpl: '''Executioner''' for confirming kills. Periodically, you may want to grab '''Steadfast''' instead for your first officer candidate if they have low will, or for officers you plan on having babysit low-level troops.

At Corporal: '''Aggression''' for confirming kills. OR '''Tactical Sense''' if the trooper has low mobility and thus can't always exploit full cover.

At Sergeant: '''Ranger''' for up to 2 additional damage per turn. Pistols don't deal enough damage (especially early on) to usually justify boosting for infantry, and most of your shots won't be from Overwatch.

At Tech Sgt: '''Sharpshooter''' for bonus overall crit chance and for confirming kills on full-cover targets. OR '''Lock N' Load''' on early officers when you don't have many ammo upgrades, although reloading provides a great excuse to change cover!

At Gun Sgt: '''Resilience''' for the protection of the officer, especially if running the combat rush genemod over secondary heart. OR '''Bring 'Em On''' to help confirm kills when first fight a pod.

At Master Sgt: '''Extra Conditioning''' if you're grooming a future Field Commander officer for the extra 4 will. OR '''Vital Point Targeting''' If you're happy with the infantry's movement and will and would rather increase potential damage by a further 4/turn.

Equip completed build with: Heavy Rifle weapons for bonus damage and clip size. Archangel armor (Aegis beforehand) for mobility and cover-agnosticism (getting a reliable +20% accuracy, while ensuring no melee or flanking attacks, is great!). Scope and Laser sight to counter Heavy Rifle aim penalty; situational third item if available.

No core psi talents. Take Neural Dampening (psi training impossible/undesirable on this build anyway), Depth Perception (even better flying aim), Adrenal Neurosympathy (kill things early in a fight to improve the efficiency of rest of squad), either skin mod, and Adaptive Bone Marrow (reduced wound time great for officers).

'''Fire Support''' - Overwatch Control/Support build on infantry with at least good base aim (especially those with high mobility). Deploy in squads that use a different class as the officer, on missions with large numbers of enemies expected (Transports, base assaults, terror missions, etc.).

At Lance Cpl: '''Covering Fire''' as a core perk, increasing overall aim and overwatch efficiency.

At Corporal: '''Opportunist''' as a core perk, making overwatch shots on grounded moving targets strictly better than standard shots (target doesn't get cover), and all other overwatch shots equivalent.

At Sergeant: '''Suppression''' is ok if you lack other troops with good suppression builds, since you'll get a guaranteed opportunist reaction shot if the target takes any action, but very ammo intensive (2 shots for suppression, 3rd for reaction shot). '''Ranger''' will increase the damage output and help increase the odds a reaction shot will be a kill shot. '''Deadeye''' could be a solid choice for helping to deal with Floaters, Drones and Cyberdiscs.

At Tech Sgt: '''Lock N' Load''' as a core perk, allowing at least two shots per turn regardless of ammo state once Sentinel is unlocked.

At Gun Sgt: '''Sentinel''' as a core perk, allowing three shots per turn when firing as first action, two shots after a move/reload.

At Master Sgt: '''Vital Point Targeting''' is acceptable if you are content with your trooper's will and mobility and are ok with potentially losing them to a crit. '''Extra Conditioning''' for the added stats will help with survivability and mobility if these are lackluster by this point and the extra 4/dpt is negligible for your squad makeup.

Equip completed build with: Heavy Rifle weapons for bonus damage and clip size (standard rifles are fine too, especially if you take vital point targeting at MSGT). Archangel for mobility/toughness (Aegis armor over Titan beforehand). SCOPE and laser sight/neural gunlink to cancel Heavy Rifle penalties or augment a standard rifle pick (latter resulting in extremely accurate reaction fire, enough to give any alien pause before trying to move). Situational third item if available.

Support/passive Psi talents recommended (Inspiration, Feedback, etc.), as you'll mostly rank up psi for the ability to safely use neural gunlink late in progression, and will be overwatching at end of most turns with enemy contact. No core gene mods, apart from one of the eye mods if available.

==See also==
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