Infantry (TJ)

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Infantry

Infantry

Class Overview

Our Infantry bring to bear sustained firepower at short and medium ranges. They're a key member of any squad.

Weapons

Primary: Rifles, SMGs, Shotguns.

Secondary: Arc Thrower

Abilities

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Rank	Ability
Squaddie	Stun Fire your Arc Thrower to incapacitate a target.	Suppression Fire a barrage that pins down a target, grants reaction fire against it if it moves, restricts the use of many abilities, and imposing a -25 penalty to the target's aim. Also adds an additional -15 aim debuff for the turn that is not cleared with the suppression.	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.
	Rifleman	Dependable	Support
Lance Corporal	Marauder Standard shots are not turn-ending, allowing for shooting then moving or shooting twice on a turn.	Focus Your first reaction shot each turn is guaranteed to hit.	Jolt Awake Fire the arc thrower at an ally to remove any negative mental status effects: Disoriented, Stunned, Panicked, or Unconscious.
Corporal	Mayhem Gain 25% bonus damage against enemies who attempt to move when suppressed.	Arc Pulser Your Arc Thrower now damages mechanical enemies and reduces their defense against hacking attempts.	Paramedic Unlocks an ability to perform a dash move to use a medikit on an ally (this ability still costs 1 action and is non-turn ending). Gain a free medikit. Equipped medikits have 2 extra charges.
Sergeant	Suppressing Fire Take a shot with your Rifle. If the target is still alive, suppress them. Has a 1 Turn(s) cooldown.	That's Close Enough During enemy turns, fire your arc thrower at any visible enemy within 1 tile(s) that moves or fires. Shares cooldown with the arc thrower's Stun ability.	Field Surgeon Reduce wound recovery times for most soldiers.
Staff Sergeant	Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns.	Stun Gunner Your Arc Thrower now has a bonus to hit.	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.
Tech Sergeant	Cyclic Fire Special Shot: Fire three shots at a target in a single attack. Requires both actions and all shots have a -15 aim penalty. Has a 3 turn cooldown.	Improved Suppression Your Suppression and Area Suppression abilities also disorient the primary target.	Second Wind Using a medikit on a unit also grants that unit a bonus action point.
Gunnery Sergeant	Shooting Sharp Your ranged attacks gain +2 armor piercing and +15 aim against units in cover.	Quick Zap Activate this ability to make your next arc thrower shot a free action. Has a 4 turn cooldown.	Savior Healing abilities restore four additional hit points.
Master Sergeant	Run and Gun Take an action after dashing.	Chain Lightning A chaining arc thrower attack that stuns up to 5 targets.	Call For Fire Enter overwatch. All allies in a 7 tile radius around you also enter overwatch.

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
Salvo Launching or throwing grenades, using heavy weapons or using the Gauntlet's Rocket Launcher with your first action will not end your turn.	Holo Targeting Any directed primary weapon shot, hit or miss, will mark the target, increasing your squad's aim by +15 against this target.	Evasive Start each mission with 100 bonus dodge. The bonus is removed after you take damage for the first time.	Thousands To Go Once per turn, after killing an enemy with your primary weapon, you may take an additional non-movement action. Passive.
Iron Curtain Special shot that does 50% of normal damage but reduces target mobility for the following 2 turn(s). Cone-based attack with primary weapon.	Unlimited Power Firing your arc thrower no longer ends your turn.	Against the Odds Gain +2 Aim per enemy the squad can see (max +20).
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.	Steadfast Grants immunity to negative mental conditions including panic, mind control, stuns, and disorientation.	Lock 'N Load Kills with your primary weapon restore 1 ammo.	Lethal You do 2 additional points of base damage and 1 additional point(s) of bonus critical damage with your primary weapon.
Electroshock Your Arc Thrower disorients the target when it misses.	Open Fire Your ranged attacks gain 10 Aim and 10 Crit against targets that are at full health.	Hunter's Instincts Ranged attacks against flanked enemies deal +2 damage.
Damn Good Ground Confers +10 aim and +10 defense against targets at a lower elevation.	HEAT Arsenal Confers +30% damage against robotic targets.	Stop At Nothing Whenever you enter overwatch or use suppression, you gain +20 Defense until the start of your next turn.	Close Combat Specialist Fire a free reaction shot with your primary weapon at any visible enemy within four tiles who moves or fires.
Flashbanger Grants 1 free flashbang item to your inventory.	Booster Shock Fire the Arthrower at an ally to grant a bonus move action and temporary shadowstep.	Deadeye Take a shot with a small aim penalty for a significant damage boost.
Lockdown Gain +20 to hit against enemies who attempt to move when suppressed.	Hail of Bullets Unleash a hail of bullets that is guaranteed to hit your target, but uses a lot of ammunition.	Last Stand Once per mission, become immune to death and incapacitation until the end of your next turn.	Rapid Fire Fire twice in a row at an enemy. Each shot suffers an Aim penalty of -15. Can be used once per turn.
Zero In When you miss an attack, you get +20 Aim on your next attack.	Inspire Agility Give a friendly unit 30 Dodge until the start of your next turn. Whenever you kill an enemy, you gain an extra charge. Usable once per turn. Starts with one charge, and is a free action.	Shredder Your primary weapon attacks shred armor.
Predator Your ranged attacks gain 15 bonus aim and 15 bonus critical chance against enemies that are flanked or out of cover.	Steady Hands If you did not move last turn, gain +10 Aim and +10 Critical chance.	Death From Above Killing an enemy at a lower elevation with your primary weapon refunds a single action, and does not end your turn. Also grants a long-range accuracy bonus for sniper rifles.	Trade Fire Until the start of next turn, fire at any enemy that takes a hostile action. Your shots do not have a reaction penalty. 3 turn cooldown.
Entrench Increase Defense by 30 and Dodge by 50 until you move. Only works in cover.	Resilience Enemy attacks against you suffer a -30 penalty to critical hit chances.	Combat Fitness Gain 4 aim, 1 mobility, 2 HP, 4 will, and 4 dodge.
Arc Welder You can use your arc thrower to heal friendly mechanical units.	Tactical Sense Gain 3 defense for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 15 defense.	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.	Packmaster Limited-use items in utility slots gain a bonus use. This does not include grenades in the grenade-only slot.
Priority Target You get + 10 Aim and +10 Crit chance on ranged attacks against the closest visible enemy.	Coup de Grâce Bonus to hit, damage, and critical chance with your weapon against a disoriented, stunned or panicking enemy.	Stiletto Shots fired with your primary weapon pierce 3 armor.
Smoker Grants one free smoke grenade item to your inventory.	Fend Off Enter a special overwatch which grants up to 3 reaction shots and the Covering Fire ability. 5 turn cooldown.	Untouchable If you score a kill during your turn, the next attack against you during the enemy turn will miss.	Disabling Shot Stun enemies with a precise shot, with a bonus stun duration if the shot crits. The shot can not do critical damage.
Extra Munitions Grants 1 free explosive grenade item to your inventory.	Low Profile Makes partial cover count as full.	Tradecraft This soldier has significantly reduced infiltration times while on missions.

Stat Progression

Totals -> Aim: 20 HP: 3 Will: 8 Hack: 0 Dodge: 0

TBD. What's below here is wrong.

Rank
Per Level	Health	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
	Aim	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
	Will	5	5	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	5	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

See Also

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