Marauder (LWR)

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 Marauder

MEC variant of the Assault and Infantry classes. Marauders are designed to get up close and personal, causing havoc at close range with point blank flanking shots, flamethrowers and kinetic strikes.

Primary Weapon: MEC Primary Weapons

Secondary Weapon: MEC Secondary Weapon Systems

Class-Limited items: MEC Equipment items

Abilities

Rank	Ability
Specialist	Onslaught Onslaught The first use of the Kinetic Strike Module each turn will leave this unit with 1 AP but reduces mobility to 3.3 tiles during their next action. Grants Ram.
Lance Corporal	Fortified Fortified Grants immunity to critical hits. Injury and fatigue times are reduced by 15%. Steadfast Steadfast Provides +2 armor HP, immunity to panic, and reduces injury times by 30%.		Close Combat Specialist Close Combat Specialist Grants a reaction shot at any enemy within 4 tiles that acts. Reaction shot only activates on enemy's turn, once per enemy. [Basic reaction shots bypass half of cover DR/def, cannot crit, and require hit chance >30]		Sentinel Sentinel Fire an additional reaction shot and gain +20 defense during overwatch. Grants Opportunist. Opportunist Opportunist Reaction shots gain +10 aim and can critically hit.
Corporal	Brawler Brawler If this unit is idle and has not been damaged this turn, incoming shots within 4 tiles graze (dealing only half of the original damage).		Run and Gun Run and Gun Activate to allow shooting or overwatching at 0 AP if the last AP was spent moving. When active: Gain +20 crit, +20% crit damage, immunity to reaction fire, but the AP discount from Close Encounters is disabled. 2 turn cooldown. Cannot activate if out of ammo and does not work with the stun rifle.		Jetboot Module Jetboot Module When activated, grants +3.3 mobility and the ability to jump to normally inaccessible heights for the rest of the turn. 2 turn cooldown. Does not break hidden abilities (Cloaking, Shadow, Stealth, or Ghosting).
Sergeant	Sharpshooter Sharpshooter All shots gain +15 aim against biological targets.		Repair Servos Repair Servos Repairs damage sustained in battle: When damaged, gain servos equal to 50% of the damage sustained. Each servo can heal 1 HP. At end of turn, use 20% the servos available (minimum 1). Active servos are removed if this unit is fully healed or corroded.		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.
Tech Sergeant	Shock-Absorbent Armor Shock-Absorbent Armor Grants proximity-based DR if the damage is within 10 tiles (+5% DR per tile up to +50% at point blank).
Gunnery Sergeant	Lock n' Load Lock n' Load Reloading any weapon costs only 1 AP and dashing automatically reloads the active weapon.		Reactive Targeting Sensors Reactive Targeting Sensors Once per turn, if this unit is not suppressed and is shot: Attempt to return fire with a +20 aim reaction shot. If this unit did return fire, enter One For All (if able). [Basic reaction shots bypass half of cover DR/def, cannot crit, and require hit chance >30]		Killer Instinct Killer Instinct Grants +30% crit damage.
Master Sergeant	Impact Impact Shots gain +10 penetration. Non-reaction shots disable their target's Overwatch and Reactive Targeting Sensors.			Aggression Aggression Shots gain +10% crit damage per enemy in sight.

Stat Progression

Rank	Attribute Gains
Specialist	+0-1 (58%)	+3-9	-	-
Lance Corporal	+0-1 (57%)	+1-3	-	-
Corporal	+0-1 (57%)	+1-3	-	-
Sergeant	+0-1 (57%)	-	-	-
Tech Sergeant	+0-1 (57%)	-	-	-
Gunnery Sergeant	+0-1 (57%)	-	-	-
Master Sergeant	+0-1 (57%)	-	-	-
Total	+0-7	+5-15	-	-

Predictable Potential:

Rank	Attribute Gains
Specialist	+2	+6	-	-
Lance Corporal	+1	+2	-	-
Corporal	+1	+2	-	-
Sergeant	-	-	-	-
Tech Sergeant	-	-	-	-
Gunnery Sergeant	-	-	-	-
Master Sergeant	-	-	-	-
Total	+4	+10	-	-

Sample Builds

Overwatch Marauder

This MEC is an alien slaughtering dream machine. With the Onslaught starting perk, The basic outline for this unit is to Run And Gun into a problematic foe, use Onslaught to beat the ever-loving crap out of it for 0 AP, then let loose Sentinel's two overwatch shots that ignore cover DR and can crit. The plan acquires more deadly consistency upon picking up Sharpshooter, really comes into its own with Killer Instinct when your critical punches and overwatch hits deal a whopping 200% damage.

Sample Overwatch Marauder Build: Sentinel -> Run And Gun -> Sharpshooter -> Shock-Absorbent Armor -> Killer Instinct -> Aggression

Sentinel Sentinel

Template:Run and Gun(LWR)

Sharpshooter Sharpshooter

Shock-Absorbent Armor Shock-Absorbent Armor

Killer Instinct Killer Instinct

Aggression Aggression

Recommended Equipment: Kinetic Strike Module, The Thumper

Note: KSM is NOT affected by Red Fog.

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