Arsonist (TJ)

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Arsonist

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

Class Overview

The Arsonist is a dedicated front-liner specializing in the use of Chemthrowers and their accompanying Canisters. Their greatest strengths in the field are crowd control and engaging stubborn foes dug in behind full cover.

Weapons

Primary: Chemthrowers

Secondary: Canisters

Abilities

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Rank	Ability
Squaddie		Chemthrower Suppression Pins down a target with continuous fire from the soldier's Chemthrower, granting reaction fire against it if it moves, and imposing a -25 penalty to the target's aim.	Roving Chemist Gain a momentum action point after activating a Canister's special ability.
	Scorched Earth	Slaughter	Intensity
Lance Corporal	Expanded Canister Increase the number of times a canister's ability can be activated.	Viscous Accelerant Chemthrower attacks apply a stacking debuff that increases damage from all damage over time effects.	Tank You gain additional Armor points based on your equipped armor.
Corporal	Accurate Reaction Increases accuracy with all reaction fire by 15.	Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns.	Nightmare Fuel Chemthrower attacks have a chance to cause panic.
Sergeant	Fulmination Explosive Chemthrower blast that causes any other explosives in the vicinity to detonate.	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.	Corroding Compounds Chemthrower attacks pierce and shred a small amount of armour.
Staff Sergeant	Pressure Blast Expel a high pressure blast from the chemthrower that damages and knocks back everything in a cone.	Roaring Flames Chemthrower reaction fire has a 20% increased chance to crit.	Burning Rush Activate to gain a movement AP, and basic Chemthrower attacks will not use up all AP this turn.
Tech Sergeant	Nimble Hands As a free action, reload your weapon. Can be used every 3 turns.	Salt In The Wound All attacks deal 1 bonus damage to targets suffering from Poison, Burning, Acid, or Bleeding. This includes tick damage from those effects.	Oppressive Heat Pressure Blast, Chemthrower Suppression and Overwatch disorient foes.
Gunnery Sergeant	Hotshot Your ability to handle a Chemthrower is nothing short of unnatural. Gain the Quickburn and Fine Control abilities.	Close Combat Specialist Fire a free reaction shot with your primary weapon at any visible enemy within four tiles who moves or fires.	Resilience You can't be critically hit.
Master Sergeant	Chemical Storm Unlock a special Chemthrower attack that affects a complete circle around the soldier's position.	Heavy Hitter All your attacks deal +2 damage.	Lightfoot Gain +3 Mobility. You are 20% harder to detect while concealed.

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
Dedication Free action. Gain 2 mobility and ignore reaction fire for the rest of the turn. Has a 4 turn cooldown.	Fumigate Spray cleansing chemicals, removing environmental ailments from targets in a cone.	Brawler Take 35% less damage from any melee attack, or attacks from within 5 tiles.	Hidden Reserves Once per mission, as a free action, set all your cooldowns on abilities back to zero.	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.	Thousands To Go Once per turn, after killing an enemy with your primary weapon, you may take an additional non-movement action. Passive.	Run and Gun Take an action after dashing.
Smoker Grants one free smoke grenade item to your inventory.	Incandescence Chemthrower attacks illuminate foes, making them easier for allies to crit.	Tis But A Scratch Reduces Wound Timers by 3 HP.	Predator Your ranged attacks gain 15 bonus aim and 15 bonus critical chance against enemies that are flanked or out of cover.	Evasive Start each mission with 100 bonus dodge. The bonus is removed after you take damage for the first time.	Total Combat Throwing a grenade or using an item no longer ends the turn and grenades have no cooldown. In addition, you can throw grenades 2 tiles further and their radius is increased by 1. Grants a Grenade-only slot. Grants +5 aim and +1 mobility.	Butcher Increases damage against organic targets by 30%.
Stalker Gain +3 Mobility and +10 Aim while concealed.	Parkour This soldier is able to climb walls.	Cover Me Grant an ally a bonus overwatch shot and the Cool Under Pressure ability. Has a 4 turn cooldown.	Untouchable If you score a kill during your turn, the next attack against you during the enemy turn will miss.	Lock 'N Load Kills with your primary weapon restore 1 ammo.	Aggression Gain +5 critical chance for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 30.	Flammable Materials Adds 3 Incendiary Grenades to your inventory.
Will To Survive Enemy damage is reduced by 1 when in cover and attacked through that cover. Also grants 5 will.	Adrenaline Each time you score a kill, you gain 1 Shield. Passive.	Low Profile Makes partial cover count as full.	Steadfast Grants immunity to negative mental conditions including panic, mind control, stuns, and disorientation.	Rock Em Sock Em Grants a Heavy Weapon Slot if the soldier does not already have one. Additionally grants 1 Additional use of most heavy weapons that have charges Or grants the strike abiltiy with the punch glove equipped.	Concentration Your grazing attacks are automatically upgraded to normal hits.	Fearsome When you get a critical hit, your target and other enemies within 6 tiles have a chance to panic.
Deep Cover If you did not attack this turn, hunker down automatically.	Salvo Launching or throwing grenades, using heavy weapons or using the Gauntlet's Rocket Launcher with your first action will not end your turn.	Zone of Control All enemies within the soldier's 5 tile radius suffer penalties of -15 Aim and -4 Mobility.	Phosphorus Your flamethrower's base damage can now ignore fire immunities, and shred armor.	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.	Corrosive Scraps Adds 3 Acid Grenades to your inventory.	Valley of Death Take a reaction shot against any enemy that moves or attacks within a cone of fire. Each attack can hit multiple targets.
Lick Your Wounds Hunker Down restores 2 health when used, up to a maximum of 8 per mission, and removes poison, burning, and acid burning.	Formidable Your gear includes an extra layer of protection, granting 2 bonus ablative hit points and 50% less damage from explosive attacks.	Take Down A melee finisher that never misses and does not end your turn even when used with a dash move, but can only target damaged enemies on 3 or less HP. Can be used once per turn. 3 turn cooldown.	Junkyard IEDs "Adds 3 Frag Grenades to your inventory.	Combat Fitness Gain 4 aim, 1 mobility, 2 HP, 4 will, and 4 dodge.	Anatomy You know exactly where to strike to cause the most damage. You gain +15% Critical Chance and 2 Armor Pierce on all attacks.	Rapid Reaction When in overwatch, each shot you hit with grants another reaction fire shot, up to a maximum of three shots.
Field Medic Equipped medikits have 2 extra charges.	Phantom When the squad is revealed, this soldier remains concealed.	Survival Instinct Gain 20 Defense and 20 Crit chance while injured.	EMP Grenade Adds 1 EMP Grenade to your inventory.	Minelayer Provides one free proximity mine.	Mad Bomber Grants 2 random free grenade items to your inventory.	Double Time Gain a bonus move action this turn. 3 turn cooldown.
Flashbanger Grants 1 free flashbang item to your inventory.	Frag Grenade Adds 1 Frag Grenade to your inventory.	Needle Grenades Your explosives do not destroy loot when they kill enemies and deal 1 bonus damage to unarmored enemies.	Pyromaniac Grants 1 free incendiary grenade item to your inventory.
		Survivor Ensures the first killing blow in a mission will not lead to instant death. Also reduces this soldier's wound recovery time.
		Medispray Spray regenerative chemicals, healing targets in a cone. Gains additional charges for each medikit.

Stat Progression

Rank
Per Level	Health	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
	Aim	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
	Will	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Mobility	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Health	0	1	1	2	2	3	3	4
	Aim	2	4	6	8	10	11	12	13
	Will	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
	Mobility	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

See Also

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