Infantry (TJ)

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Infantry

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

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.	Booster Shock Fire the Arthrower at an ally to grant a bonus move action and temporary shadowstep.	Focus Your first reaction shot each turn is guaranteed to hit.
Corporal	Mayhem Gain 25% bonus damage against enemies who attempt to move when suppressed.	Jolt Awake Fire the arc thrower at an ally to remove any negative mental status effects: Disoriented, Stunned, Panicked, or Unconscious.	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 (Z) Provides suppressing fire, also includes the Suppression ability if the soldier does not already possess that ability.	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.	Second Wind Using a medikit on a unit also grants that unit a bonus action point.
Staff Sergeant	Shooting Sharp Your ranged attacks gain +2 armor piercing and +15 aim against units in cover.	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.	Unlimited Power Firing your arc thrower no longer ends your turn.	Improved Suppression Your Suppression and Area Suppression abilities also disorient the primary target.
Gunnery Sergeant	Nimble Hands As a free action, reload your weapon. Can be used every 3 turns.	Quick Zap Activate this ability to make your next arc thrower shot a free action. Has a 4 turn cooldown.	Call For Fire Enter overwatch. All allies in a 7 tile radius around you also enter overwatch.
Master Sergeant	Run and Gun Take an action after dashing.	Chain Lightning A chaining arc thrower attack that stuns up to 5 targets.	Coup de Grâce Bonus to hit, damage, and critical chance with your weapon against a disoriented, stunned or panicking enemy.

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
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.	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.	Steadfast Grants immunity to negative mental conditions including panic, mind control, stuns, and disorientation.	Open Fire Your ranged attacks gain 10 Aim and 10 Crit against targets that are at full health.	Evasive Start each mission with 100 bonus dodge. The bonus is removed after you take damage for the first time.	Deadeye Take a shot with a small aim penalty for a significant damage boost.	Thousands To Go Once per turn, after killing an enemy with your primary weapon, you may take an additional non-movement action. Passive.
Electroshock Your Arc Thrower disorients the target when it misses.	Damn Good Ground Confers +10 aim and +10 defense against targets at a lower elevation.	Arc Pulser Your Arc Thrower now damages mechanical enemies and reduces their defense against hacking attempts.	HEAT Ammo Confers +50% damage against robotic enemies.	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.	Shredder Your primary weapon attacks shred armor.	Lethal You do 2 additional points of base damage and 1 additional point(s) of bonus critical damage with your primary weapon.
Flashbanger Grants 1 free flashbang item to your inventory.	Zero In When you miss an attack, you get +20 Aim on your next attack.	Blurred Distance makes it hard to focus on the soldier. Provides bonus defense and dodge based on distance from the attacker.	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.	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.	Covering Fire Overwatch now trigger on any hostile action, not just movement. Overwatch shots now ignore 2/3 of cover bonuses.
Lockdown Gain +20 to hit against enemies who attempt to move when suppressed.	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.	Tradecraft This soldier has significantly reduced infiltration times while on missions.	Fortify Whenever you enter overwatch or use suppression, you gain 20 Defense until the start of your next turn.	Ever Vigilant If you spend all of your actions on moves, you are granted an automatic overwatch shot at the end of the turn.	Arc Lance The soldier fires the Arcthrower in a straight line blast. The shot ignores line of sight and is unaffected by cover bonuses.	Rapid Fire Fire twice in a row at an enemy. Each shot suffers an Aim penalty of -15. Can be used once per turn.
Entrench Increase Defense by 30 and Dodge by 50 until you move. Only works in cover.	Savior Healing abilities restore four additional hit points.	Tis But A Scratch Reduces Wound Timers by 3 HP.	Locked On Gain +20 aim and +10 crit for successive shots at the same enemy unit.	Zone of Control All enemies within the soldier's 5 tile radius suffer penalties of -15 Aim and -4 Mobility.	Close Combat Specialist Fire a free reaction shot with your primary weapon at any visible enemy within four tiles who moves or fires.	Ready For Anything Enter overwatch after firing a turn ending standard shot with your primary weapon.
Tank You gain additional Armor points based on your equipped armor.	Phantom When the squad is revealed, this soldier remains concealed.	Reconnoiter Every 4 turns, as a free action, you can use a Battle Scanner.	Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns.	Untouchable If you score a kill during your turn, the next attack against you during the enemy turn will miss.	Stiletto Your weapon attacks pierce 2/3/4 additional points of armor.	By My Command The first time you use an officer ability or a command ability per turn you will refund the action point used.
Supercharge All GREMLIN abilities gain an additional charge.	Walk Fire Take a highly accurate shot with +30 bonus to hit 66% damage and -30 crit. Uses 2 ammo.	Sparkstriker Fires a sparking blast from the arcthrower, dealing electrical damage and detonating carried explosives.	Cool Under Pressure You gain +10 Aim on Overwatch and other reaction shots, and they can critically hit.	Disabling Shot Stun enemies with a precise shot, with a bonus stun duration if the shot crits. The shot can not do critical damage.	Hit and Run Once per turn, gain an additional action after taking a standard shot at a flanked or exposed target with your primary weapon. Cannot trigger on the same turn as Close Encounters.	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.
Trench Gun Special shot for primary-weapon shotguns only: Fire a short-range cone-based attack at nearby targets. Has a 4 turn cooldown.	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.	Field Surgeon Reduce wound recovery times for most soldiers.	Combat Fitness Gain 4 aim, 1 mobility, 2 HP, 4 will, and 4 dodge.	Shotgun Finesse Gain additional Crit chance and Mobility while equipped with a shotgun.	Close Encounters Once per turn, gain a bonus action after taking a standard shot with your primary weapon at an enemy within four tiles. Cannot trigger on the same turn as Hit and Run.
Extra Munitions Grants 1 free explosive grenade item to your inventory.	Predator Your ranged attacks gain 15 bonus aim and 15 bonus critical chance against enemies that are flanked or out of cover.	Tactical Sense Gain 3 defense for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 15 defense.	Holo Targeting Any directed primary weapon shot, hit or miss, will mark the target, increasing your squad's aim by +15 against this target.	Quick Patch Using a Medikit does not cost an action. Passive.
	Close and Personal Confers +30 critical chance against adjacent targets. The bonus declines with distance from the target.	Priority Target You get + 10 Aim and +10 Crit chance on ranged attacks against the closest visible enemy.		Resilience Enemy attacks against you suffer a -30 penalty to critical hit chances.
		The Bigger They Are Grants +15 bonus aim against targets that cannot take cover.
		Low Profile Makes partial cover count as full.

Stat Progression

Rank
Per Level	Health	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
	Aim	7	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
	Will	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Health	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	3
	Aim	7	10	12	14	16	18	20	22
	Will	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

See Also

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