Crasher (TJ)

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Crasher

We know this one holds special value to you, Commander. The infamous Jane Kelly, guilty of incitement and disorder. The Elders are eager to speak with her.

Class Overview

The Crasher specializes in taking on multiple opponents at close range. They're equally adept at rushing an enemy position or being the rearguard as the squad moves to evac.

Weapons

Primary: Rifles, SMGs, Shotguns.

Secondary: Sword, Combat Knife

Abilities

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Rank	Ability
Squaddie	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.	Fleche Attack any enemy within movement range with your sword. Deals +1 damage for every 4 tiles between your starting position and the target.	Lightning Slash Attack any enemy within blue movement range with your weapon. This attack does not end the turn.
	Shell Shock	Cut Down	Escape Artist
Lance Corporal	Slug Shot Special shot for primary-weapon shotguns only: Fire a shot that pierces 2 armor and has no range penalties. Uses 1 ammo. Has a 2 turn cooldown.	Zone of Control All enemies within the soldier's 5 tile radius suffer penalties of -15 Aim and -4 Mobility.	Salvo Launching or throwing grenades, using heavy weapons or using the Gauntlet's Rocket Launcher with your first action will not end your turn.
Corporal	Trench Gun Special shot for primary-weapon shotguns only: Fire a short-range cone-based attack at nearby targets. Has a 4 turn cooldown.	Keen Edge Your sword attacks deal +1/1/2/2/3 damage and ignore up to 2/2/3/3/4 armor.	Formidable Your gear includes an extra layer of protection, granting 2 bonus ablative hit points and 50% less damage from explosive attacks.
Sergeant	Hidden Reserves Once per mission, as a free action, set all your cooldowns on abilities back to zero.	Grazing Attacks Your missed attacks have an additional roll to become a graze.	Shadowstep This soldier does not trigger overwatch or reaction fire.
Staff Sergeant	Breach Fire a shot that destroys cover and shreds armor in a small area, but deals reduced damage and can't get critical hits. Shotgun only.	Aggression Gain +5 critical chance for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 30.	Low Profile Makes partial cover count as full.
Tech Sergeant	Devastation The radius of your grenades and rockets is increased by 2, and the radius of your Breach ability is increased by 1.	Bladestorm Free melee attacks on any enemies that enter, exit or attack from melee range on enemy turns.	Untouchable If you score a kill during your turn, the next attack against you during the enemy turn will miss.
Gunnery Sergeant	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.	Reaper A devastating chain melee attack where the first melee attack cannot miss. Each melee kill in Reaper mode grants an extra action, but further melee attacks have reduced damage.	Packmaster Limited-use items in utility slots gain a bonus use. This does not include grenades in the grenade-only slot.
Master Sergeant	Street Sweeper Cone-based shotgun attack that does bonus damage to unarmored targets. Blocked by heavy cover.	Butcher Increases damage against organic targets by 30%.	Fade Gain concealment that is broken if you move. Only works in full cover. Has a 4 turn cooldown. Free action.

XCOM Abilities

XCOM row abilities are able to be purchased when the Training Center is built. The cost is 10 AP per tier level.

Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4
Needle Grenades Your explosives do not destroy loot when they kill enemies and deal 1 bonus damage to unarmored enemies.	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.	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.	Sting Grenades Your flashbang grenades have a 50% chance to stun enemies.
Deep Cover If you did not attack this turn, hunker down automatically.	Sixth Sense You are immune to multi-target and area attacks.	Hunter's Instincts Ranged attacks against flanked enemies deal +2 damage.
Focused Defense You get an additional 20 Defense and 20 Dodge against attacks by the closest visible enemy while not flanked.	Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns.	Stiletto Shots fired with your primary weapon pierce 3 armor.	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.
Damn Good Ground Confers +10 aim and +10 defense against targets at a lower elevation.	Lock 'N Load Kills with your primary weapon restore 1 ammo.	Deadeye Take a shot with a small aim penalty for a significant damage boost.
Flush Special shot with a bonus to hit that does half damage but confers defense and dodge penalties and forces target to change position if it hits.	Blademaster All melee attacks deal +1 extra damage and have +10 Aim.	Thousands To Go Once per turn, after killing an enemy with your primary weapon, you may take an additional non-movement action. Passive.	Slam Fire For the rest of the turn, whenever you get a critical hit with your primary weapon, your actions are refunded. Has 4 turn cooldown. Cannot be used after Run and Gun and disables Run and Gun for the rest of the turn. Free action.
Combat Drugs A fast-acting stimulant in your smoke grenades grants units in the initial area +20 Aim and +20 Will for 2 turns.	Infighter Gain 40 dodge against attacks within four tiles.	Fastball The next grenade you throw or launch this turn doesn't cost an action.
Target Focus Your ranged attacks gain +10 aim and pierce 1 armor against unflankable enemies.	Lone Wolf Gain bonus Aim and Defense when at least 4 tiles distant from any ally, with a maximum of +12/+12 at 7+ tiles.	Fearsome When you get a critical hit, your target and other enemies within 6 tiles have a chance to panic.	Lightfoot Gain +3 Mobility. You are 20% harder to detect while concealed.
Field Medic Equipped medikits have 2 extra charges.	Dense Smoke Your smoke grenades confer an additional 10 defense. Also grants one free Smoke Grenade.	Recharge Killing an enemy with your primary weapon reduces the cooldown of all abilities by 1.
Will To Survive Enemy damage is reduced by 1 when in cover and attacked through that cover. Also grants 5 will.	Executioner Confers +15 aim and +15 critical chance against targets at half or less of their original hit points.	Eat This! You gain +20 Aim and +20 Crit on attacks against adjacent targets. The bonus decreases with range, to a maximum of 6 tiles.	Heavy Hitter All your attacks deal +2 damage.
Parkour This soldier is able to climb walls.	Combatives Automatically parry melee attacks that graze or miss against you, and counterattack with your melee weapon. Also gain +10 dodge.	Cool Under Pressure You gain +10 Aim on Overwatch and other reaction shots, and they can critically hit.
Battlespace Increases your vision radius by 3 tiles. Once per mission, you can increase this bonus to 12 tiles for a turn.	Combat Engineer Your explosives do significantly greater damage to cover objects and other things on the battlefield.	Tactical Sense Gain 3 defense for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 15 defense.	Close Combat Specialist Fire a free reaction shot with your primary weapon at any visible enemy within four tiles who moves or fires.
Bandolier Grants an extra utility item slot only usable for ammo. Ammo in this slot will not drain mobility, even if it will be displayed as such in the armory.	Interrogator At one point, this job involved dialogue. Gain +1 Skullmining charge when carrying the Skulljack.	Resilience Enemy attacks against you suffer a -30 penalty to critical hit chances.
Tear Down As a free action, detonate an environmental explosive with a well placed shot.	Return Fire When targeted by enemy attacks, automatically fire back with your assault rifle once per turn. The return shot ignores cover bonuses.	Phantom When the squad is revealed, this soldier remains concealed.	Conceal Immediately enter concealment once per mission.
Ghostwalker Activate this ability to reduce enemy detection range against you by almost 25% for 2 turn(s).	Traverse Fire After taking a standard shot with your primary weapon with your first action, you may take an additional non-movement action.	Minelayer Provides one free proximity mine.

Stat Progression

Rank
Per Level	Health	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
	Aim	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
	Will	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Health	0	1	1	2	2	3	3	4
	Aim	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16
	Will	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

See Also

XCOM Units in Ted Jam
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LWOTC Unlockables	Psi Operative SPARK Officers
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Untrainable Soldiers	Crasher Keeper Stormrider Warden
MEC Troopers	MEC Assault MEC Heavy MEC Hellion MEC Protector MEC Reaper MEC Skirmisher MEC Sniper MEC Support MEC Templar
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