Gunner (TJ)

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Gunner

The Gunner is trained to use heavy automatic weapons, able to cover the squad with suppressive fire or inflict significant damage in direct attacks.

Class Overview

Gunners are akin to vanilla Grenadiers that have specialized in Cannon use. They have a number of perks related to the cannon and suppression (with Suppression and Area Suppression as baseline class abilities).

"Cannoneer" type Gunners invest in the raw direct damage potential of the cannon, essentially becoming a mobile heavy rifleman that can exploit a single target with multiple or unavoidable attacks, but have less raw battle control potential when using their weapons to suppress the enemy.

"Oppressor" type Gunners behave as mid-line fire support soldiers with enhanced and highly effective suppressive fire, capable of pinning an enemy squad down and victimizing any enemies dumb or desperate enough to try and break cover, but do not share in the raw single target damage potential of their Cannoneer counterparts.

Weapons

Primary: Cannons

Secondary: Combat Knife

Cannons have an aim penalty at very short range, so Gunners carry a combat knife for close in defense. Gunners also enjoy many options in the Center branch for improving their survivability and utility in combat, allowing them to share the frontline with Assaults and Rangers without breaking a sweat.

Differences From LWOTC

The gunner in Ted Jam looks at first glance to be largely unchanged, as it retains a direct fire tree and a suppression tree. However, the center tree has been reworked to be a functional knife tree and several strong perks are available much sooner. The gunner has been given access to:

• Several new melee perks, including Bladestorm and Run and Slice.
• Earlier access to Cyclic Fire at the cost of no access to Chain Shot.
• New perks: Improvise Frag Grenade and Heavy Hitter to enhance both their endurance on long missions and their damage potential.

LCPL: Grazing Fire to Terrifying Suppression
CPL: Flush to Bladestorm
SGT: Hail of Bullets to Shank Redemption
SSGT: Chain Shot, Demolition, & Danger Zone to Cyclic Fire, Ventilate, and Cool Under Pressure
TSGT: Cyclic Fire, Iron Curtain, & Cool Under Pressure to Nimble Hands, Bloody Knuckles, & Danger Zone
MSGT: Combat Fitness to Run And Slice

Rank	LWOTC Ability		New Ability
Squaddie	No change
Lance Corporal	Grazing Fire Missed attacks have an additional roll to become a graze.		Terrifying Suppression Suppression abilites have a 30% chance to cause enemies to panic.
Corporal	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.		Bladestorm Free melee attacks on any enemies that enter, exit or attack from melee range on enemy turns.
Sergeant	Hail of Bullets Unleash a hail of bullets that is guaranteed to hit your target, but uses a lot of ammunition.		Shank Redemption The first time you use Knife Fighter each turn will refund one standard action point. Does not apply to any other knife skills.
Staff Sergeant	Chain Shot Take a shot with an aim penalty of 10. If you hit the target, you take another shot on the target automatically.		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.
	Demolition Unleash a volley of bullets at your target's cover, significantly damaging or destroying it. Deals no damage to your target.		Ventilate Fire a weapon blast that is guaranteed to hit and destroy the target's cover.
	Danger Zone Area Suppression suppresses enemies in a 5-tile radius.		Cool Under Pressure You gain +10 Aim on Overwatch and other reaction shots, and they can critically hit.
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.		Nimble Hands As a free action, reload your weapon. Can be used every 3 turns.
	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.		Bloody Knuckles Gain +3 damage with all melee attacks.
	Cool Under Pressure You gain +10 Aim on Overwatch and other reaction shots, and they can critically hit.		Danger Zone Area Suppression suppresses enemies in a 5-tile radius.
Gunnery Sergeant	No change
Master Sergeant	Combat Fitness Gain 4 aim, 1 mobility, 2 HP, 4 will, and 4 dodge.		Run And Slice Move to and slice a target. Uses one action and doesn't end the turn but can only be used once per turn. Has a 4 turn cooldown that can be reset by using other knife perks.

Abilities

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Rank	Ability
Squaddie	Knife Fighter You may make a melee attack with your knife against adjacent enemies.	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.	Area Suppression Fire a barrage that pins down multiple targets within a 4-tile radius, granting reaction fire against anyone that moves, and imposing a -25 penalty to all targets' aim until suppression is removed. Cannot be used when concealed.
	SAW Gunner	Sentry	Machinegunner
Lance Corporal	Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns.	Combatives Automatically parry melee attacks that graze or miss against you, and counterattack with your melee weapon. Also gain +10 dodge.	Terrifying Suppression Suppression abilites have a 30% chance to cause enemies to panic.
Corporal	Formidable Your gear includes an extra layer of protection, granting 2 bonus ablative hit points and 50% less damage from explosive attacks.	Bladestorm Free melee attacks on any enemies that enter, exit or attack from melee range on enemy turns.	Lockdown Gain +20 to hit against enemies who attempt to move when suppressed.
Sergeant	Shredder Your primary weapon attacks shred armor.	Shank Redemption The first time you use Knife Fighter each turn will refund one standard action point. Does not apply to any other knife skills.	Mayhem Gain 25% bonus damage against enemies who attempt to move when suppressed.
Staff 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.	Ventilate Fire a weapon blast that is guaranteed to hit and destroy the target's cover.	Cool Under Pressure You gain +10 Aim on Overwatch and other reaction shots, and they can critically hit.
Tech Sergeant	Nimble Hands As a free action, reload your weapon. Can be used every 3 turns.	Bloody Knuckles Gain +3 damage with all melee attacks.	Danger Zone Area Suppression suppresses enemies in a 5-tile radius.
Gunnery 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.	Rapid Fire Fire twice in a row at an enemy. Each shot suffers an Aim penalty of -15. Can be used once per turn.	Kill Zone Take a reaction shot against any enemy that moves or attacks within a cone of fire.
Master Sergeant	Saturation Fire Fire a cone shaped barrage of bullets at every enemy in an area. In addition, the cover of those enemies can be damaged or destroyed. Uses a lot of ammunition.	Run And Slice Move to and slice a target. Uses one action and doesn't end the turn but can only be used once per turn. Has a 4 turn cooldown that can be reset by using other knife perks.	Traverse Fire After taking a standard shot with your primary weapon with your first action, you may take an additional non-movement 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
Extra Munitions Grants 1 free explosive grenade item to your inventory.	Burial Shot Fire a shot at a target. If this attack is lethal, its AP cost will be refunded.	Template:Run And Gun (LWOTC)	Double Tap Activate to fire a standard shot and gain a second action restricted to an additional shot or overwatching.
Flashbanger Grants 1 free flashbang item to your inventory.	Blurred Distance makes it hard to focus on the soldier. Provides bonus defense and dodge based on distance from the attacker.	Shadowstrike While concealed, gain +50 bonus aim and +50 bonus critical hit chance when attacking enemies.
Smoker Grants one free smoke grenade item to your inventory.	Cutthroat Your melee attacks against biological enemies ignore their armor and have a +15 critical chance and do +2 critical damage.	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.	Hamstring A crippling knife slash. Applies a permanent -7 movement, -30 aim and -50 dodge debuff. Resets Run and Slice. Has a 3 turn cooldown.
Salvo Launching or throwing grenades, using heavy weapons or using the Gauntlet's Rocket Launcher with your first action will not end your turn.	Template:Close And Personal (LWOTC)	Unload Fire with your primary weapon until out of ammo or the target is dead. Shots cannot critically hit and each shot deals less damage than a standard shot.
Deadcutter Slash an undead foe within movement range. If this attack is lethal, its AP cost will be refunded.	Serrated Fang Viciously stab an adjacent foe, inflicting severe rupture and bleeding.	Aggression Gain +5 critical chance for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 30.	Heavy Hitter All your attacks deal +2 damage.
Deep Cover If you did not attack this turn, hunker down automatically.	Resilience Enemy attacks against you suffer a -30 penalty to critical hit chances.	Evasive Start each mission with 100 bonus dodge. The bonus is removed after you take damage for the first time.
Steady Hands If you did not move last turn, gain +10 Aim and +10 Critical chance.	Hard Target Gain 5 dodge per enemy you can see, up to a maximum of +30.	Improved Suppression Your Suppression and Area Suppression abilities also disorient the primary target.	Strafing Fire Fire a shot that deals 50% less damage, but can be used for free after moving.
Damn Good Ground Confers +10 aim and +10 defense against targets at a lower elevation.	Low Profile Makes partial cover count as full.	Jingoistic It's time for war. This soldier is granted a grenade slot as well as a heavy weapon slot, regardless of armor worn.
Blademaster All melee attacks deal +1 extra damage and have +10 Aim.	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.	Lock 'N Load Kills with your primary weapon restore 1 ammo.	Fearsome When you get a critical hit, your target and other enemies within 6 tiles have a chance to panic.
Will To Survive Enemy damage is reduced by 1 when in cover and attacked through that cover. Also grants 5 will.	Shadowstep This soldier does not trigger overwatch or reaction fire.	Thousands To Go Once per turn, after killing an enemy with your primary weapon, you may take an additional non-movement action. Passive.
Locked On Gain +20 aim and +10 crit for successive shots at the same enemy unit.	Keen Edge Your sword attacks deal +1/1/2/2/3 damage and ignore up to 2/2/3/3/4 armor.	Lightning Slash Attack any enemy within blue movement range with your weapon. This attack does not end the turn.	Butcher Increases damage against organic targets by 30%.
Take Under An attack with your melee weapon that always hits and doesn't end the turn. Can only be used against wounded targets on 3 or less health.	Grazing Fire Missed attacks have an additional roll to become a graze.	Untouchable If you score a kill during your turn, the next attack against you during the enemy turn will miss.
Field Medic Equipped medikits have 2 extra charges.	Ambush Take a reaction shot against any enemy that moves or attacks within a cone of fire. Can only be used while concealed.	Deadeye Take a shot with a small aim penalty for a significant damage boost.	Sentinel When in overwatch, you may take two reaction shots.
Infighter Gain 40 dodge against attacks within four tiles.	Controlled Fire Additional shots fired from Area Suppression no longer cost ammo.	Stationary Threat Gain +1 damage to your primary weapon attacks for each turn that you do not move. Passive.

Stat Progression

Rank
Per Level	Health	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Aim	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2
	Will	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Health	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	3
	Aim	3	5	7	9	12	14	16	18
	Will	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

See Also

XCOM Units in Long War of the Chosen
Starting	Overview Assault Grenadier Gunner Ranger Sharpshooter Shinobi Specialist Technical
Unlockable	Psi Operative SPARK Officers
Faction	Reaper Skirmisher Templar