Jaeger (Long War)

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MEC variant of the Sniper class. The Jaeger is designed for fire support, with the best aim progression of any class in the game (better even than a Sniper), and a plethora of offensive perks to increase damage. Jaegers' main drawback are their low HP progression and a poor selection of defensive perks, making them a bit fragile for MECs.

Abilities

Rank	Ability
Specialist	Vital Point Targeting Vital Point Targeting Confers 2 bonus damage with primary guns, and +1 damage with sidearms, against humans and alien targets whose species have been autopsied.
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Lance Corporal	Damn Good Ground Damn Good Ground Confers +10 Aim and +10 Defense against enemies at lower elevation, in addition to the usual elevation bonuses.	Sharpshooter Sharpshooter +10 critical chance in all situations, +10 Aim against enemies in full cover.	Platform Stability Platform Stability Shots taken before any costly actions have +10 Aim and +10% critical chance. Also grants +10 aim for purposes of reducing scatter if the soldier has not moved this turn, and increases range of Blaster Launcher (which does not scatter).
	Aim: 0 Will: 0 Mob: 0	Aim: 0 Will: 0 Mob: 0	Aim: 0 Will: 0 Mob: 0
Corporal	Aggression Aggression Confers +10% critical chance per enemy in sight (max +30%). Aliens visible via squadsight are not counted for bonus.	Automated Threat Assessment Automated Threat Assessment Confers 0.5 DR (50% chance to absorb one point of damage) at all times, and confers +15 defense when in overwatch until the unit takes an overwatch shot.	Flush Flush Fire a shot that may cause non-flying enemies to run to new cover. The shot is easy to hit with (+30 aim), but does reduced damage (-50% base weapon damage), and consumes extra ammo (2 ammo). Hunkered units will not relocate.
	Aim: 2 Will: 0 Mob: 0	Aim: 0 Will: 0 Mob: 0	Aim: 1 Will: 0 Mob: 0
Sergeant	Squad sight Squadsight Allows firing at targets in any ally's sight radius within weapon range, but critical chance suffers a -20% penalty. Extended range weapons (MEC primary weapons, Marksman and Strike Rifles, and LMGs) gain roughly five extra tiles range. Sniper rifles have infinite range. Overwatch fire does not extend to squadsight ranges, except with Marksman's and Strike Rifles.	Ranger Ranger Confers +1 damage with primary weapons, rocket launchers, MEC secondary weapons and sidearms. Negates the long-range accuracy penalty with sidearms when shooting beyond 14 meters.	Jetboot Module Jetboot Module When activated, confers the ability to jump to normally inaccessible heights for the rest of the turn.
	Aim: 0 Will: 0 Mob: 0	Aim: 0 Will: 0 Mob: 0	Aim: 0 Will: 0 Mob: 1
Tech Sergeant	Lone Wolf Lone Wolf +10 Aim and Critical Chance if not within 7 tiles of an allied unit.	Executioner Executioner Confers +10 aim and +10 critical chance against targets at or below 50% health.	Damage Control Damage Control When this unit takes damage, all further damage will be reduced by 1 or 2 points (1.5 DR) for the next 2 turns.
	Aim: 2 Will: 0 Mob: 0	Aim: 2 Will: 0 Mob: 0	Aim: 0 Will: 2 Mob: 0
Gunnery Sergeant	Advanced Fire Control Advanced Fire Control Shots from Overwatch no longer suffer any Aim penalty.	Bring 'Em On Bring 'Em On Confers 1-4 bonus damage during critical hits (which is then multiplied by 50% due to the critical hit). The damage is higher when more enemies are in view (including squad sight vision). This results in +1.5 dmg for 1-2 enemies, +3 dmg for 3-4 enemies, +4.5 dmg for 5-6 enemies, +6 dmg for 7 or more enemies.	Shredder Ammo Shredder Ammo The Shredder debuff causes any unit hit to take 40% additional damage (after DR, rounded down) from all sources. Gunners and MECs apply the Shredder debuff for the remainder of the current turn to any target struck by their primary weapon. Rocketeers get an extra rocket that is weaker than a standard rocket (60% rounded down), cannot penetrate cover, has a +50% larger blast radius, and applies the Shredder debuff to all targets struck by the rocket for the next 3 turns.
	Aim: 0 Will: 0 Mob: 0	Aim: 0 Will: 0 Mob: 0	Aim: 0 Will: 0 Mob: 0
Master Sergeant	In the Zone In the Zone Killing a flanked or uncovered target does not cost an action. Confers a -1 base damage and -10% critical hit chance penalty for each successive In The Zone kill.	Absorption Fields Absorption Fields Reduces most incoming damage to this unit, scaling up as damage increases. Specifically: reduces 40% of any damage taken after 2; after all other damage reduction has been applied.	Light 'Em Up Light 'Em Up Standard shots no longer end the turn, if taken as the first action.
	Aim: 0 Will: 0 Mob: 0	Aim: 0 Will: 0 Mob: 0	Aim: 0 Will: 0 Mob: 0

Stat Progression

Rank	HP at level	Total HP	Aim at level	Total Aim
Specialist	0	0	7	7
Lance Corporal	0	0	4	11
Corporal	1	1	4	15
Sergeant	0	1	4	19
Tech Sergeant	0	1	4	23
Gunnery Sergeant	0	1	4	27
Master Sergeant	1	2	7	34

See also

Long War: Soldiers
Soldiers	Soldiers Assault Infantry Rocketeer Gunner Sniper Scout Medic Engineer
MEC	MEC Troopers Marauder Valkyrie Archer Goliath Jaeger Pathfinder Guardian Shogun
Sub-classes and abilities	Officers Psionics Gene Mods S.H.I.V.s