Buccaneer (TJ)

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Buccaneer

Buccaneer

Class Overview

Buccaneers are dedicated close combat soldiers wielding a sword and sawed-off shotgun combo. They specialize in securing kills with their powerful action economy and ability to easily recover sawed-off shotgun ammo in the field.

Weapons

Primary: Sword

Secondary: Sawed-off Shotgun

Abilities

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Rank	Ability
Squaddie	Scourge Cutter A slash attack with your melee weapon that is always a free action, but can only be used once per turn and can't get critical hits. Requires the user to be in melee range. Can be used even if the soldier has no actions left.	Point Blank Fire your sawed-off shotgun at a nearby enemy.	Scrap Metal Kills with your primary weapon restore one sawed-off shotgun charge.
	Swordplay	Blunderbuss	Rock the Boat
Lance Corporal	Intercept Melee attack the first enemy that moves within your line of sight and 1 AP move distance with a penalty to aim.	None Shall Pass During enemy turns, fire a free shot that can critically hit with your sawed-off shotgun at any visible enemy within 3 tiles who moves or fires.	Dogpile (Melee) When an ally attacks a foe adjacent to the soldier, follows up with a melee reaction attack.
Corporal	Burial Blade Slash any enemy within movement range. If this attack is lethal, its AP cost will be refunded.	Double Or Nothing Gain the Both Barrels and Pump Action abilities, as long as a Sawed-Off Shotgun is equipped as your secondary weapon.	Focus Your first reaction shot each turn is guaranteed to hit.
Sergeant	Lightning Slash Attack any enemy within blue movement range with your weapon. This attack does not end the turn.	Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns.	Shadowstep This soldier does not trigger overwatch or reaction fire.
Staff Sergeant	Keen Edge Your sword attacks deal +1/1/2/2/3 damage and ignore up to 2/2/3/3/4 armor.	Concentration Your grazing attacks are automatically upgraded to normal hits.	Combatives Automatically parry melee attacks that graze or miss against you, and counterattack with your melee weapon. Also gain +10 dodge.
Tech Sergeant	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.	Whippit The first time you fire your Sawed-Off Shotgun each turn doesn't cost an action.	Crusader's Rage Gain 25% damage boost for every 25% HP missing, up to 50% damage boost. Reduce wound recovery times for this soldier by 6 HP.
Gunnery Sergeant	Rout Activate to Intercept all enemy movement within your line of sight and 1 AP move distance until the start of your next turn.	Untouchable If you score a kill during your turn, the next attack against you during the enemy turn will miss.	Fearsome When you get a critical hit, your target and other enemies within 6 tiles have a chance to panic.
Master Sergeant	Finishing Stroke A final attack to end a life. Bypasses most defenses, and deals critical damage increased by the target's missing health.	Butcher Increases damage against organic targets by 30%.	Whirlwind If you hit with a melee attack during your turn, gain a bonus move.

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
Extra Munitions Grants 1 free explosive grenade item to your inventory.	Deadcutter Slash an undead foe within movement range. If this attack is lethal, its AP cost will be refunded.	Low Profile Makes partial cover count as full.	Disarming Strike A knife strike that also disables the enemy's primary weapon, forcing the enemy to spend an action to ready it again. Resets Run and Slice. Has a 2 turn cooldown.	Combat Fitness Gain 4 aim, 1 mobility, 2 HP, 4 will, and 4 dodge.	Anatomy You know exactly where to strike to cause the most damage. You gain +15% Critical Chance and 2 Armor Pierce on all attacks.	Heavy Hitter All your attacks deal +2 damage.
Field Medic Equipped medikits have 2 extra charges.	Surprise You deal +2 damage while concealed and +1 damage while flanking your target. Passive.	Phantom When the squad is revealed, this soldier remains concealed.	Executioner Confers +15 aim and +15 critical chance against targets at half or less of their original hit points.	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.	Aggression Gain +5 critical chance for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 30.	Lightfoot Gain +3 Mobility. You are 20% harder to detect while concealed.
Blend Immediately grants concealment that is automatically broken after 2 turns.	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.	Zone of Control All enemies within the soldier's 5 tile radius suffer penalties of -15 Aim and -4 Mobility.	Blademaster All melee attacks deal +1 extra damage and have +10 Aim.	Snake Blood Your Dodge is increased by 20 and you are immune to poison.	Bladestorm Free melee attacks on any enemies that enter, exit or attack from melee range on enemy turns.	Coup de Grâce Bonus to hit, damage, and critical chance with your weapon against a disoriented, stunned or panicking enemy.
Flashbanger Grants 1 free flashbang item to your inventory.	The Bigger They Are Grants +15 bonus aim against targets that cannot take cover.	Gas Grenade Adds 1 Gas Grenade to your inventory.	Adrenaline Each time you score a kill, you gain 1 Shield. Passive.	Implacable If you score one or more kills on your turn, you are granted a single bonus move.	Lacerate A knife strike that cuts open something important, causing the target to bleed out. Resets Run and Slice. Has a 3 turn cooldown.	Lightning Fang Free Action. Stab an adjacent foe with your blade.
Scout Grants 1 free battle scanner item to your inventory.	Covering Fire Overwatch now trigger on any hostile action, not just movement. Overwatch shots now ignore 2/3 of cover bonuses.	Cover Me Grant an ally a bonus overwatch shot and the Cool Under Pressure ability. Has a 4 turn cooldown.	Cull The Weak Gain +0.5% Crit Chance for every 1% of HP the target is missing.	Resilience Enemy attacks against you suffer a -30 penalty to critical hit chances.	Soften Up Gain +2 bonus damage on attacks against targets that have full HP.	Shadowmelt Strike an enemy with the knife. If you kill the target, enter concealment. Resets Run and Slice. Has a 3 turn cooldown.
Scrounger There is a chance of an extra loot drop whenever you are on a mission.	Social Dynamo Once per turn, when the soldier crits, they grant a crit chance buff to nearby allies.	Pyromaniac Grants 1 free incendiary grenade item to your inventory.	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.	Steadfast Grants immunity to negative mental conditions including panic, mind control, stuns, and disorientation.	Cool Under Pressure You gain +10 Aim on Overwatch and other reaction shots, and they can critically hit.	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.
Guard Activate to Guard the next incoming attack, reducing its effectiveness. Can be used multiple times to Guard against multiple attacks. Can be used with Move-only actions. When carrying a Ballistic Shield, used automatically if the soldier didn't attack this turn.		Formidable Your gear includes an extra layer of protection, granting 2 bonus ablative hit points and 50% less damage from explosive attacks.			Thousands To Go Once per turn, after killing an enemy with your primary weapon, you may take an additional non-movement action. Passive.
Parkour This soldier is able to climb walls.		Brawler Take 35% less damage from any melee attack, or attacks from within 5 tiles.			Serrated Fang Viciously stab an adjacent foe, inflicting severe rupture and bleeding.

Stat Progression

Rank
Per Level	Health	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
	Aim	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2
	Will	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Dodge	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
	Mobility	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Health	0	1	1	2	2	3	3	4
	Aim	3	5	7	9	12	14	16	18
	Will	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
	Dodge	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16
	Mobility	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

See Also

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