Engineer (LWR)

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 Engineer

The Engineer is specialized in supporting and fighting mechanical units and the use of grenades, with their starting Mechanic ability giving them 3 uses of Repair, and +1 penetration vs. mechanical units.

Primary Weapons: Carbines, Assault Rifles, Battle Rifles, SMGs, Shotguns.

Secondary Weapon: Pistols, Machine Pistols, Sawed-off shotgun.

Class-Limited items:

Abilities

Rank	Ability
Specialist	Mechanic Mechanic Grants 2 uses of Repair [Heal a mechanical unit for 5 HP and remove corrosion]. Removes corrosion from all adjacent allies after each action. When in partial cover adjacent to a SHIV: Gain Low Profile [Partial cover grants the defense and DR of full cover] and when that SHIV takes damage heal the SHIV for 25% of the damage taken (heal only occurs if engineer is idle, steadied, or on overwatch). Repair Repair Heal a mechanical unit for 5 HP and remove corrosion.
Lance Corporal	Grenadier Grenadier Using a destructive grenade deals +1 damage and costs only 1 AP. Equipped destructive grenades and MEC launchers receive an additional use and have no weight.		Smoke and Mirrors Smoke and Mirrors Using a support grenade costs only 1 AP and does not trigger reaction shots. Equipped support grenades receive an additional use.		Double Tap Double Tap Shooting allows this unit to fire an extra shot if not out of ammo or targets. The extra shot gains +20 aim/crit if it's the same target. 1 turn cooldown after 2nd shot is used.
Corporal	HEAT Warheads HEAT Warheads Explosives gain +40 penetration and apply 50% more shred.		Holo Rounds Holo Rounds Firing at a target holos them for 3 turns [Prevents stealth, incoming shots gain +10 aim and +10 penetration].		Critical System Targeting Critical System Targeting Shots against autopsied mechanical units deal +20% damage and gain +20 penetration (+50% damage and +50 penetration if steadied). Does not work with Arc Weapons.
Sergeant	Tandem Warheads Tandem Warheads Explosives employed by this soldier do full damage at the extent of their area of effect (instead of 50%).		Dense Smoke Dense Smoke Smoke grenades grant an additional +20 defense (+50 defense total -- defense affects psi as well). Using a smoke grenade costs 0 AP.		Sharpshooter Sharpshooter All shots gain +15 aim against biological targets.
Tech Sergeant	Master Mechanic Master Mechanic Increases the healing of repair by +4 HP and grants an additional use. Explosive shots that hit friendly SHIVs do not damage this soldier. When in partial cover adjacent to a SHIV: Both this unit and the SHIV gain 20% DR.
Gunnery Sergeant	Sapper Sapper Explosives deal +1 damage, gain +20 penetration, and double environmental damage.		Packmaster Packmaster Equipped medikits, grenades, and mists receive an additional use. Grants +2 HP to healing from Restorative Mists.		Lock n' Load Lock n' Load Reloading any weapon costs only 1 AP and dashing automatically reloads the active weapon.
Master Sergeant	Danger Zone Danger Zone Suppression affects (with half suppressive fire damage) targets in a 2.5 tile radius around the primary target. Upgrades suppressive fire against airborne units to 60% standard shot damage.			Extra Conditioning Extra Conditioning Grants +2 armor HP and +0.6 mobility, and a 10% chance for all end-in-idle actions to cost 0 AP.

Stat Progression

Tactical Advice

Role: Offensive Support / Defensive Support

Engineers are a class largely based around items and special abilities, with their specialty being repairing mechanical units on the field. Their starting Mechanic perk allows them to repair mechanical units and dispatch mechanical threats more easily. Their Grenadier doubles their offensive grenade capabilities by lowering the AP cost of grenades to 1, and provides a throw range bonus. They can boost their offensive grenades further with Sapper. With perks such as Dense Smoke and Smoke and Mirrors, Engineers can also become extremely proficient with defensive grenades, such as smoke grenades, ghost grenades and concussion grenades, since the range bonus from Grenadier still applies.

As Engineers are mostly brought along for their consumable items, and therefore don't need high aim, they are great candidates to be your primary Psionic troopers or Officers.

Sample Builds

Grenadier

The Engineer excels in putting out pinpoint explosive firepower, this build accentuates that. This build sacrifices support versitility or fire support to improve the effectiveness of the Engineers explosives. Grenadier is when this build comes online, giving the Engineer extra grenades and the ability to throw them further. HEAT warheads, Tandem warheads and Fragmentation improve the effectiveness of explosives significantly and ensure they remain competitive against the ever increasing alien threat. Packmaster grants the Engineer an addition grenade per item, potentially granting the Engineer up to three uses per different grenade type equipped.

This build is reliant on the Engineer having explosives, once the Engineer uses all their grenades, they become a mediocre shooter who can repair mechanical units.

This Engineer build can make an effective Arc Rifle user to help counter mechanical threats, as well as Grenadier helping keep the Engineer away from the frontline. Alternatively this Engineer build can make an acceptable secondary Stun Rifle user, at the cost of a item slot which could carry more grenades.

Sample Grenadier Build: Grenadier -> HEAT Warheads -> Tandem Warheads -> Master Mechanic -> Packmaster -> Fragmentation.

Grenadier Grenadier

HEAT Warheads HEAT Warheads

Tandem Warheads Tandem Warheads

Master Mechanic Master Mechanic

Packmaster Packmaster

Fragmentation Fragmentation

Notes: Packmaster can be replaced with Sapper, Sapper significantly increases grenades environmental destructive capabilities.

Recommended Equipment: HE Grenades, AP Grenades, Alien Grenades, Arc Rifle or Assault Rifle.

Support Specialist

This build eschews the explosive lethality of the Engineer for a dedicated support Engineer. This build focuses on improving the Engineers use of support grenades such as Smoke, Concussion or Acid grenades. Smoke and Mirrors gives the Engineer an additional use of support grenades and increases their throw range with them, Dense Smoke significantly improves the defensive utility of Smoke Grenades, with Smoke providing +50 defence, providing a significant bonus to defending against psionic attacks and preventing explosive damage within the smoke. Holo Rounds gives the Engineer the ability to assist the rest of the squad in hitting a target when the Engineer is not using a support grenade. Packmaster simply gives the Engineer more uses of their grenades, and Extra Conditioning improves the survivabilty of the Engineer.

Unlike a pure Grenadier build, a Support Engineer can still retain some utility once they have exhausted their grenades via their usage of Holo Targetting, which can continue to assist the team throughout the mission.

Sample Support Build: Smoke and Mirrors -> Holo Rounds -> Dense Smoke -> Master Mechanic -> Packmaster -> Extra Conditioning.

Smoke and Mirrors Smoke and Mirrors

Holo Rounds Holo Rounds

Dense Smoke Dense Smoke

Master Mechanic Master Mechanic

Packmaster Packmaster

Extra Conditioning Extra Conditioning

Recommended Equipment: Smoke Grenades, Concussion Grenades, Acid Grenades.

Anti-Mech Engineer

This alternative build focuses the Engineer into an effective anti-mech unit, intended to effectively deal with aliens such as Cyberdisks or Mechtoids, perks are taken to help deal with alien mechs. This build sacrifices the grenade aspects of the class. An Anti-Mech Engineer can benefit significantly from an Arc Rifle, which is innately designed to counter mech units.

Engineers inherently gain +1 penetration against mechanical units due to their Mechanic perk, Double Tap significantly improves the Engineers fighting prowess while Critical System Targeting and Bullseye help in dealing greater damage to mechanical units, and assist in hitting flying enemies units respectively. The mandatory Master Mechanic perk grants an additional +2 penetration to mechanical units. Lock N' Load and Extra Conditioning assist with keeping the Engineer loaded with ammo and survivability respectively.

Sample Anti-Mech Build: Double Tap -> Critical System Targeting -> Bullseye -> Master Mechanic -> Lock N' Load -> Extra Conditioning.

Double Tap Double Tap

Critical System Targeting Critical System Targeting

Bull Rush Bullseye

Master Mechanic Master Mechanic

Lock n' Load Lock n' Load

Extra Conditioning Extra Conditioning

Recommended Equipment: Arc Rifle, Scope,

See also

Long War Rebalance: Soldiers
Soldiers	Soldiers Assault Infantry Rocketeer Gunner Sniper Scout Medic Engineer
MEC	MEC Troopers Marauder Goliath Jaeger Shogun
Sub-classes and abilities	Officers Psionics Gene Mods S.H.I.V.s