Ranger (TJ)

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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.

Differences From LWOTC

The ranger in Ted Jam is overall just a stronger version of the same ranger from LWOTC. Despite the large number of perk changes, most of them simply make the Ranger's gun hit harder sooner, though the sawed-off build has also been noticeably buffed. The ranger has been given access to:

• Center Mass at Squaddie for an immediate power boost relative to LWOTC.
  
• A stronger sawed-off build via much earlier access to Scrap Metal and guaranteed access to None Shall Pass.
  
• Thousands To Go at Master Sergeant to mow down hordes of advent in the later game.
  

SQ: gains Center Mass
CPL: Covering Fire to Grazing Fire
SGT: Center Mass to Scrap Metal
SSGT: Open Fire & Avenger to Fortify & None Shall Pass
TSGT: Grazing Fire to Avenger
GSGT: Scrap Metal to Lethal
MSGT: Combat Fitness to Thousands To Go

Rank	LWOTC Ability		New Ability
Squaddie	None		Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns.
Lance Corporal	No change
Corporal	Covering Fire Overwatch now trigger on any hostile action, not just movement. Overwatch shots now ignore 2/3 of cover bonuses.		Grazing Fire Missed attacks have an additional roll to become a graze.
Sergeant	Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns.		Scrap Metal Kills with your primary weapon restore one sawed-off shotgun charge.
Staff Sergeant	Open Fire Your ranged attacks gain 10 Aim and 10 Crit against targets that are at full health.		Fortify Activate to grant +20 defense until the beginning of the next turn. Does not cost an action. Has a 3 turn cooldown.
	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.		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.
Tech Sergeant	Grazing Fire Missed attacks have an additional roll to become a graze.		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.
Gunnery Sergeant	Scrap Metal Kills with your primary weapon restore one sawed-off shotgun charge.		Lethal You do 2 additional points of base damage and 1 additional point(s) of bonus critical damage with your primary weapon.
Master Sergeant	Combat Fitness Gain 4 aim, 1 mobility, 2 HP, 4 will, and 4 dodge.		Thousands To Go Once per turn, after killing an enemy with your primary weapon, you may take an additional non-movement action. Passive.

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.			Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns.
	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.		Grazing Fire Missed attacks have an additional roll to become a graze.
Sergeant	Aggression Gain +5 critical chance for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 30.		Scrap Metal Kills with your primary weapon restore one sawed-off shotgun charge.		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.		Fortify Activate to grant +20 defense until the beginning of the next turn. Does not cost an action. Has a 3 turn cooldown.		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.
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.		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.
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.		Lethal You do 2 additional points of base damage and 1 additional point(s) of bonus critical damage with your primary weapon.		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.		Thousands To Go Once per turn, after killing an enemy with your primary weapon, you may take an additional non-movement action. Passive.		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 10/10/15/20/25/30/35 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
Will To Survive Enemy damage is reduced by 1 when in cover and attacked through that cover. Also grants 5 will.	Extra Munitions Grants 1 free explosive grenade item to your inventory.	Low Profile Makes partial cover count as full.	Brutality Killing organic enemies with your sawed-off shotgun have a 50% chance to panic other organic enemies within 10 tiles of the target.	Adrenaline Each time you score a kill, you gain 1 Shield. Passive.	Anatomy You know exactly where to strike to cause the most damage. You gain +15% Critical Chance and 2 Armor Pierce on all attacks.	Butcher Increases damage against organic targets by 30%.
Tactical Sense Gain 3 defense for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 15 defense.	Hipfire Firing the sawed-off shotgun no longer ends the turn.	Shadowstep This soldier does not trigger overwatch or reaction fire.	Hail of Bullets Unleash a hail of bullets that is guaranteed to hit your target, but uses a lot of ammunition.	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.	Burial Shot Fire a shot at a target. If this attack is lethal, its AP cost will be refunded.	Heavy Hitter All your attacks deal +2 damage.
Field Medic Equipped medikits have 2 extra charges.	Priority Target You get 10 Aim and 10 Crit chance on ranged attacks against the closest visible enemy.	Double Time Gain a bonus move action this turn. 3 turn cooldown.	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.	Resilience Enemy attacks against you suffer a -30 penalty to critical hit chances.	Lock 'N Load Kills with your primary weapon restore 1 ammo.	Run and Gun Take an action after dashing.
Corpsman Grants a free Medikit.	Covering Fire Overwatch now trigger on any hostile action, not just movement. Overwatch shots now ignore 2/3 of cover bonuses.	Riot Control You have one free smoke grenade and one free flashbang use on every mission.	Holo Targeting Any directed primary weapon shot, hit or miss, will mark the target, increasing your squad's aim by +15 against this target.	Stationary Threat Gain +1 damage to your primary weapon attacks for each turn that you do not move. Passive.	Precision Shot Take a special shot with +30 bonus to critical chance and 34% bonus critical damage. Has a 4 turn cooldown.	Jingoistic It's time for war. This soldier is granted a grenade slot as well as a heavy weapon slot, regardless of armor worn.
Scrounger There is a chance of an extra loot drop whenever you are on a mission.	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.	Sixth Sense You are immune to multi-target and area attacks.	Impulse Your ranged attacks gain 10 aim and 10 critical chance if you have moved this turn.	Nimble Hands As a free action, reload your weapon. Can be used every 3 turns.	Ruthless Killing a panicked or disoriented enemy with your sawed-off shotgun refunds one action point.	Disabling Shot Stun enemies with a precise shot, with a bonus stun duration if the shot crits. The shot can not do critical damage.
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.	Damn Good Ground Confers +10 aim and +10 defense against targets at a lower elevation.	Dedication Free action. Gain 2 mobility and ignore reaction fire for the rest of the turn. Has a 4 turn cooldown.	Shredder Your primary weapon attacks shred armor.	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.	Sentinel When in overwatch, you may take two reaction shots.

Stat Progression

Rank
Per Level	Health	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Aim	5	4	4	3	1	1	1	1
	Will	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Health	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	3
	Aim	5	9	13	16	17	18	19	20
	Will	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

See Also

XCOM Units in Ted Jam
LWOTC Soldiers	Assault Grenadier Gunner Ranger Sharpshooter Shinobi Specialist Technical
LWOTC Unlockables	Psi Operative SPARK Officers
Faction Heroes	Reaper Skirmisher Templar
Trainable Soldiers	Agent Akimbo Arsonist Buccaneer Combat Engineer Dragoon Heavy Hitman Hijacker Hoplite Hunter Infantry Juggernaut Recon Scrapper Stormtrooper Survivalist
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
Playable ADVENT	Assault Trooper Bio Assault Trooper Bio Barrier Trooper Bio Captain Destroyer Commando Frost Captain Frost Lancer Frost Purifier Frost Technician Officer Pathfinder Pathfinder Hunter Priest Purifier Raptor Commando Shieldbearer Stunlancer Wraith Commando
Playable Aliens	Andromedon Archon Berserker Desolator Faceless Frost Adder Frost Bomber Frost Mamba Frost Necromancer Muton Beleaguer Muton Harrier Muton Hunter Muton Prowler Muton Sapper Muton Trooper Naja Python Sectoid Sectoid Abjurer Sidewinder Viper Viper Marauder Warmaster Winter Sentinel
Buildable Units	Junk SPARK Resistance MEC MEC Archer MEC Pyroclast Prototype Assault MEC Military Assault MEC Frost MEC Frost Droid ADVENT Drone Hunter Drone Enigma Drone Phase Drone SHIV Alloy SHIV Elerium SHIV Celatid Turret Alloy Celatid Turret Elerium Celatid Turret Chryssalid Hound