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Combat Engineer
Combat Engineer
The Combat Engineer is as destructive to environments as it is to XCOM's enemies.

Class Overview

The Combat Engineer carries a shotgun and a grenade launcher for maximum destructive potential. Go down the Pioneer path to blow away cover with Breach and deal devastating criticals with Precision Shot and Aggression, or take the Sapper path and clear obstacles with Demo Grenades and protect allies with Dense Smoke.

Weapons

Primary: Shotguns.

Secondary: Grenade Launcher

Abilities

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Rank Ability
Squaddie
Squaddie
Launch Grenade
*All grenades benefit from the grenade launcher's range increase, including non-offensive munitions like Smoke Grenades. *An additional grenade can be equipped in a unique grenade-only slot. *The range of launched grenades can be further improved by upgrading to more advanced grenade launchers.
The Grenadier uses a grenade launcher to fire grenades rather than throwing them. This allows for greater range and grenade capacity.
Smoke and Mirrors
* Smoke and Mirrors also slightly reduces the soldier's infiltration time.
Grants +1 charge per smoke grenade item. Launching or throwing a smoke grenade does not end your turn.
Grenade Trap
* The soldier can set proximity traps using offensive grenades.
The soldier can set proximity traps using offensive grenades.
Pioneer Protector Sapper
Lance Corporal
Lance Corporal
Run and Gun
*Run and Gun allows soldiers to close the distance to their targets rapidly, or to easily take a flanking position. *Run and Gun has a 4 turn cooldown.
Take an action after dashing.
Combat Drugs
* A fast-acting stimulant in your smoke grenades grants units in the initial area +20 Aim and +20 Will for 2 turns.
A fast-acting stimulant in your smoke grenades grants units in the initial area +20 Aim and +20 Will for 2 turns.
HEAT Warheads
*Your grenades now pierce (ignore) up to 2 point(s) of armor and shred 1 additional point(s) of armor.
Your grenades now pierce up to 2 point(s) of armor and shred 1 additional point(s) of armor.
Corporal
Corporal
Aggression
*Gain +5 critical chance for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 30. *Units visible at squadsight ranges do confer bonus.
Gain +5 critical chance for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 30.
Dense Smoke
*Your smoke grenades confer an additional 10 defense to those within the smoke, for a total of 30. Also grants one free Smoke Grenade.
Your smoke grenades confer an additional 10 defense. Also grants one free Smoke Grenade.
Extra Munitions
* The free grenade is not affected by Packmaster.
Grants 1 free explosive grenade item to your inventory.
Sergeant
Sergeant
Shotgun Finesse
* Gain +10 crit and +3 mobility while equipped with a shotgun.
Gain additional Crit chance and Mobility while equipped with a shotgun.
Triage
* Restores 8 health to the user and surrounding allies within 8 tiles. * Removes Burning, Acid, and Poison. * Has 1 charge.
Restores health to the user and surrounding allies. Removes Burning, Acid, and Poison.
Biggest Booms
*Grenades, standard rockets, and MEC micromissiles can inflict critical damage (50% chance for +3 damage). *50% chance for critical damage is not affected by other critical chance modifiers. *Does not apply to non-damaging grenades or the concussion rocket or Bunker Buster abilities. *Grenade crits will grant +1 damage to ongoing damaging effects such as fire.
Your grenades and standard rockets can inflict critical damage (50% chance for +3 damage).
Staff Sergeant
Staff Sergeant
Breach
* More advanced weapons will deal more damage and shred more armor. * Breach is excellent for destroying cover, but deals less damage and has a smaller radius than a launched grenade. * Guaranteed damage makes Breach good for finishing off low-hp enemies. * Breach cannot crit. * Breach requires 3 ammo points and has a 3 turn cooldown.
Fire a shot that destroys cover and shreds armor in a small area, but deals reduced damage and can't get critical hits. Shotgun only.
Disabling Shot
*Stuns enemies for 2 actions if the shot hits (including if it grazes). *Stuns for an extra 2 actions if the shot crits, but the shot won't inflict the critical damage. *Disabling Shot requires 1 ammo to use. *Disabling Shot has a 5 turn cooldown. *Only Avatars and Psi Zombies can not be stunned.
Stun enemies with a precise shot, with a bonus stun duration if the shot crits. The shot can not do critical damage.
Fastball
* Has a 5-turn cooldown.
The next grenade you throw or launch this turn doesn't cost an action.
Tech Sergeant
Tech Sergeant
Bring 'Em On
*Gain +1 damage on critical hits for every two enemies you can see, up to a maximum of +8. *Units visible at squadsight ranges do confer bonus. *Applies to damage from the soldier's primary weapon and, if the soldier has Biggest Booms, explosives (damaging grenades, rockets, etc.).
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.
Combat Stimulants
* Grants +10 aim and +10 crit.
A fast-acting stimulant in your smoke grenades grants bonus Aim and Critical Chance to units in the smoke cloud.
Fracture
* Gain +20 aim and 1/2/2/3/3 shred.
Your assigned weapon attacks against mechanical units have bonus Aim and shred armor.
Gunnery Sergeant
Gunnery Sergeant
Rupture
*Rupture requires 3 ammo points. *Rupture has a 4 turn cooldown. *Ruptured targets take 3 additional damage from every attack.
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.
Low Profile
*Makes partial cover count as full.
Makes partial cover count as full.
Soften Up
* Works with anything that uses weapon damage, including but not limited to firearms, melee, and grenades.
Gain +2 bonus damage on attacks against targets that have full HP.
Master Sergeant
Master Sergeant
Slam Fire
* With the proper setup, you can trigger Slam Fire many times in a turn. Try removing enemies' cover, or using other abilities to boost your critical hit chance. * Activating Slam Fire does not cost an action. * Cannot be used after Run and Gun and other abilities that refund actions and disables them for the rest of the turn. * Equip your weapon with a Laser Sight and an Expanded Magazine or Autoloader to maximize Slam Fire's potential.
For the rest of the turn, whenever you get a critical hit with your primary weapon, your actions are refunded. Has 4 turn cooldown. Cannot be used after Run and Gun and disables Run and Gun for the rest of the turn. Free action.
Full Kit
*Grants +1 charge per grenade item in a utility slot. *Applies to explosive and support grenades as well as Battle Scanners. *Extra grenades provided by Smoker and Flashbanger abilities do not get extra charges.
Grants +1 charge per grenade item in a utility slot.
Devastation
* Devastation provides a massive increase to grenade radius that makes it easy to hit multiple units and remove their cover, not to mention all other cover nearby.
The radius of your grenades and rockets is increased by 2, and the radius of your Breach ability is increased by 1.

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
Priority Target
* If multiple enemies are equally distant, you get the bonus against all of them. * Priority Target doesn't affect melee attacks.
You get + 10 Aim and +10 Crit chance on ranged attacks against the closest visible enemy.
Shredder
*A successful shot with a conventional weapon will shred 1 armor from the target. *More advanced weapons will shred more armor from targets.
Your primary weapon attacks shred armor.
Volatile Mix
*Your grenades do regular and environmental damage in the expanded area of effect, and apply any additional effects there as well.
Your grenades' area of effect is increased by one tile.
Close Combat Specialist
*Will not trigger if soldier is concealed. *You may shoot at each enemy with this ability once per turn. *Each shot requires 2 ammo.
Fire a free reaction shot with your primary weapon at any visible enemy within four tiles who moves or fires.
Sapper
*Sapper allows frag grenades and other explosives to destroy many cover objects.
Your explosives can destroy many cover objects.
Chain Shot
* Chain Shot requires 2 ammo points. * Chain Shot has a 3 turn cooldown. * Chain Shot has a -10 aim penalty. * Chain Shot can be devastating against non-cover enemies, or when augmented with aim bonuses.
Take a shot with an aim penalty of 10. If you hit the target, you take another shot on the target automatically.
Hunter's Instincts
*Ranged attacks against flanked enemies deal +2 damage.
Ranged attacks against flanked enemies deal +2 damage.
Target Focus
*Your ranged attacks gain +10 aim and pierce 1 armor against unflankable enemies. *Unflankable enemies are ones that can't take cover, such as Drones, MECs and Berserkers.
Your ranged attacks gain +10 aim and pierce 1 armor against unflankable enemies.
Trench Gun
*Special shot for primary-weapon shotguns only: Fire a short-range cone-based attack at nearby targets. *Trench Gun has a 4 turn cooldown. *Requires 1 ammo. *Ability will not be available with other primary weapons. *The shot will not penetrate heavy cover, so this ability is best used in flanking situations. *Allies in the area of effect can take damage.
Special shot for primary-weapon shotguns only: Fire a short-range cone-based attack at nearby targets. Has a 4 turn cooldown.
Evasive
*This ability will typically turn the first hit on a soldier into a graze, but being hit with undodgeable attacks will remove it without any bonus being applied.
Start each mission with 100 bonus dodge. The bonus is removed after you take damage for the first time.
Ghost Grenade
*This ability only affects a single targeted ally; others in the smoke cloud are not concealed but do receive the defense bonus. *Uses one action and ends your turn. *One use per mission; abilities that add grenade charges do not provide any bonuses. *Only works on XCOM soldiers, as civilians do not have training in concealment techniques. *Small smoke cloud grants 20 defense; dense smoke bonuses do not apply. *It does not fit in the standard XCOM grenade launcher and must be thrown at a visible ally. *The Grenadier cannot use this ability when concealed.
A specialized smoke grenade that causes the targeted ally to enter concealment.
Scrounger
* There will be one additional loot drop on a random enemy whenever this soldier is on a mission. * Other squadmates with Scrounger will stack the effect.
There is a chance of an extra loot drop whenever you are on a mission.
Precision Shot
*Take a special shot with +30 bonus to critical chance and 34% bonus critical damage. *Precision Shot has a 4 turn cooldown.
Take a special shot with +30 bonus to critical chance and 34% bonus critical damage. Has a 4 turn cooldown.
Light 'Em Up
*Standard shots with your primary weapon are not turn-ending.
Standard shots with your primary weapon are not turn-ending.
Maim
*Fire a shot with your primary weapon that does normal damage and immobilizes the target until the end of their next turn. *Useful to isolate a high-value target during an ambush. *Uses 1 ammo. *Maim has a 3 turn cooldown.
Fire a shot with your primary weapon that immobilizes the target until the end of their next turn. Uses 1 ammo. Has a 3 turn cooldown.
Tactical Sense
*Gain 3 defense for each living enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 15 defense. *Units visible at squadsight ranges do not confer bonus. *This ability does not provide defensive bonuses if the unit is disoriented, stunned, panicking, on fire or otherwise impaired.
Gain 3 defense for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 15 defense.
Riot Control
You have one free smoke grenade and one free flashbang use on every mission.
You have one free smoke grenade and one free flashbang use on every mission.
Mad Bomber
* The free grenade is chosen at the start of each mission. * Can get a frag, incendiary, gas, acid, or emp grenade.
Grants 2 random free grenade items to your inventory.
Damn Good Ground
*Confers +10 aim and +10 defense against targets at a lower elevation. *This ability does not provide defensive bonuses if the unit is disoriented, stunned, panicking, on fire or otherwise impaired.
Confers +10 aim and +10 defense against targets at a lower elevation.
Cover Me
* The overwatch shot and Cool Under Pressure last until the start of your next turn. * Cool Under Pressure grants +10 Aim on Overwatch and other reaction shots, and they can critically hit.
Grant an ally a bonus overwatch shot and the Cool Under Pressure ability. Has a 4 turn cooldown.
Lightning Reflexes
*Reaction fire shots against you have a significantly decreased chance to hit. *The first reaction shot against you during a turn is at -100 to hit; the second at -80; the third at -60; the fourth at -40, and the fifth at -20. Further reaction shots at are normal to hit chances. *This ability does not provide defensive bonuses if the unit is disoriented, stunned, panicking, on fire or otherwise impaired.
Reaction fire shots against you have a significantly decreased chance to hit. The bonus goes down with each additional reaction shot you face.
Slug Shot
*Special shot for primary-weapon shotguns only: Fire a shot with no range penalties. *The shot will pierce 2 armor point(s). *The shot also gains +10 aim *Slug shot has a 2 turn cooldown. *Requires 1 ammo.
Special shot for primary-weapon shotguns only: Fire a shot that pierces 2 armor and has no range penalties. Uses 1 ammo. Has a 2 turn cooldown.
Killer Instinct
*Activating Run and Gun grants +50% critical damage for the rest of the turn.
Activating Run and Gun grants +50% critical damage for the rest of the turn.
Stiletto
*Shots fired with your primary weapon pierce 3 armor.
Shots fired with your primary weapon pierce 3 armor.
Street Sweeper
*Medium-range, cone-based shotgun attack. *The spread pattern is blocked by heavy cover. *Uses one action and 2 ammo. *Street Sweeper has a 5 turn cooldown. *Does 3 bonus damage against unarmored targets within the spread pattern. *Cannot be used with non-shotgun weapons. *Allies can be injured by this attack.
Cone-based shotgun attack that does bonus damage to unarmored targets. Blocked by heavy cover.
Saboteur
* +50% damage. * Saboteur doesn't affect grenades or special attacks.
Your standard assigned weapon attacks deal +50% more damage to inanimate objects such as relays and gas tanks.
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Implacable
*The Fleche ability cannot be used after gaining a bonus move from Implacable.
If you score one or more kills on your turn, you are granted a single bonus move.
Flush
* Flush has a 3 turn cooldown. * +30 bonus to aim. * Damage is reduced by 50% * Cannot crit or apply bonus ammo effects. * Cannot be used from concealment. * Target loses 10 defense and 30 dodge. The debuff lasts 1 turn and can stack. Requires the target to be hit to be affected.
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.
Improvise Frag Grenade
* Never run out of grenades again! * Assembles multiple grenades if the soldier also has Light Ordnance. * Has a 3 turn cooldown.
Assemble a frag grenade from various objects found in the field.
Heavy Ordnance
*All grenades are viable for Heavy Ordnance, even non-offensive grenades like Battle Scanners and Smoke Grenades.
The grenade in your grenade-only slot gains a bonus use.
Close Encounters
*Once per turn, gain a bonus action after taking a standard shot with your primary weapon at an enemy within four tiles. *A red ring will mark the range of this ability. *Close Encounters cannot be used on the same turn as Run and Gun.
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.
Scout
* This stacks with uses from carried battle scanners.
Grants 1 free battle scanner item to your inventory.
Eat This!!
* Gain up to +20 aim and +20 crit. * Bonuses start at 6 tiles away.
You gain bonus Aim and Crit on attacks against adjacent targets. The bonus decreases with range.
Ventilate
* Always hits, but cannot crit. * Costs 3 ammo. * 4 turn cooldown.
Fire a weapon blast that is guaranteed to hit and destroy the target's cover.
Corpsman
* Works with Field Medic.
Grants a free Medikit.
Extra Conditioning
*Run and Gun cooldown is reduced by one turn.
Run and Gun cooldown is reduced by one turn.
Gas Bomber
* The free grenade is affected by Light Ordnance.
Grants a free Gas Grenade item to the soldier's inventory.
Fearsome
* Perks like This One's Mine and Deadshot can help you get critical hits. * Critical hits with any of your weapons can trigger Fearsome.
When you get a critical hit, your target and other enemies within 6 tiles have a chance to panic.
Bandolier
* Infantry can equip two different ammo items at the same time, but can only benefit from one at a time. If two ammo items are equipped the Infantry will gain a Swap Ammo ability that allows them to change the active ammo type. * Consider which ammo you should take on each mission. Infantry become much more powerful when equipped with an ammo type appropriate to the situation.
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.
Tear Down
* Has a cooldown of 2 turns. * Note that unlike the Reaper's Remote Start, Tear Down doesn't boost the explosion's damage or range, but it also does not require any ammo.
As a free action, detonate an environmental explosive with a well placed shot.
EMP Bomber
* The free grenade is affected by Light Ordnance.
Grants a free EMP Grenade item to the soldier's inventory.
Formidable
*Formidable reduces explosive damage taken by 50%.
Your gear includes an extra layer of protection, granting 2 bonus ablative hit points and 50% less damage from explosive attacks.
Watch Them Run
*After throwing or launching a grenade, you will automatically enter overwatch.
After throwing or launching a grenade, you will automatically enter overwatch.
Untouchable
*When Untouchable is triggered the soldier is immune to the next damage dealing attack during the enemy turn, even Area of Effect attacks.
If you score a kill during your turn, the next attack against you during the enemy turn will miss.
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Needle Grenades
*You have received extra training that enables you to employ explosive grenades that deploy specialized slivers that leave enemy loot and corpse intact and tears through unreinforced material. *Loot and corpses of enemies killed by any other explosives of this soldier, such as heavy weapons, are also preserved.
Your explosives do not destroy loot when they kill enemies and deal 1 bonus damage to unarmored enemies.
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Anatomy
* This is an unconditional passive bonus. * The Armor Pierce bonus will not show on attack previews, but it will function when the attack lands.
You know exactly where to strike to cause the most damage. You gain +15% Critical Chance and 2 Armor Pierce on all attacks.


Stat Progression

Rank Squaddie Lance Corporal Corporal Sergeant Staff Sergeant Tech Sergeant Gunnery Sergeant Master Sergeant
Per Level Health
Health 		0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
Aim
Aim 		2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Will
Will 		5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total Health
Health 		0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4
Aim
Aim 		2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Will
Will 		5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

See Also

XCOM Units in Ted Jam
LWOTC Soldiers

Assault
Grenadier
Gunner
Ranger
Sharpshooter
Shinobi
Specialist
Technical
LWOTC Unlockables

Psi Operative
SPARK
Officers
Faction Heroes

Reaper
Skirmisher
Templar
Trainable Soldiers

Agent
Akimbo
Arsonist
Buccaneer
Combat
Engineer
Dragoon

Heavy
Hitman
Hijacker
Hoplite
Hunter
Infantry

Juggernaut
Recon
Scrapper
Stormtrooper
Survivalist
Untrainable Soldiers

Crasher
Keeper
Stormrider
Warden
MEC Troopers

MEC Assault
MEC Heavy
MEC Hellion
MEC Protector
MEC Reaper

MEC Skirmisher
MEC Sniper
MEC Support
MEC Templar
Playable ADVENT

Assault Trooper
Bio Assault Trooper
Bio Barrier Trooper
Bio Captain
Destroyer Commando
Frost Captain

Frost Lancer
Frost Purifier
Frost Technician
Officer
Pathfinder
Pathfinder Hunter

Priest
Purifier
Raptor Commando
Shieldbearer
Stunlancer
Wraith Commando
Playable Aliens

Andromedon
Archon
Berserker
Desolator
Faceless
Frost Adder

Frost Bomber
Frost Mamba
Frost Necromancer
Muton Beleaguer
Muton Harrier
Muton Hunter

Muton Prowler
Muton Sapper
Muton Trooper
Naja
Python
Sectoid

Sectoid Abjurer
Sidewinder
Viper
Viper Marauder
Warmaster
Winter Sentinel
Buildable Units

Junk SPARK
Resistance MEC
MEC Archer
MEC Pyroclast
Prototype Assault MEC

Military Assault MEC
Frost MEC
Frost Droid
ADVENT Drone
Hunter Drone

Enigma Drone
Phase Drone
SHIV
Alloy SHIV
Elerium SHIV

Celatid Turret
Alloy Celatid Turret
Elerium Celatid Turret
Chryssalid Hound
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