Arsonist (TJ)

Arsonist

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

Class Overview

The Arsonist is a dedicated front-liner specializing in the use of Chemthrowers and their accompanying Canisters. Their greatest strengths in the field are crowd control and engaging stubborn foes dug in behind full cover.

Weapons

Primary: Chemthrowers

Secondary: Canisters

Abilities

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Rank	Ability
Squaddie		Chemthrower Suppression Pins down a target with continuous fire from the soldier's Chemthrower, granting reaction fire against it if it moves, and imposing a -25 penalty to the target's aim.	Roving Chemist Gain a momentum action point after activating a Canister's special ability.
	Scorched Earth	Slaughter	Intensity
Lance Corporal	Expanded Canister Increase the number of times a canister's ability can be activated.	Viscous Accelerant Chemthrower attacks apply a stacking debuff that increases damage from all damage over time effects.	Tank You gain additional Armor points based on your equipped armor.
Corporal	Accurate Reaction Increases accuracy with all reaction fire by 15.	Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns.	Nightmare Fuel Chemthrower attacks have a chance to cause panic.
Sergeant	Fulmination Explosive Chemthrower blast that causes any other explosives in the vicinity to detonate.	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.	Corroding Compounds Chemthrower attacks pierce and shred a small amount of armour.
Staff Sergeant	Pressure Blast Expel a high pressure blast from the chemthrower that damages and knocks back everything in a cone.	Roaring Flames Chemthrower reaction fire has a 20% increased chance to crit.	Burning Rush Activate to gain a movement AP, and basic Chemthrower attacks will not use up all AP this turn.
Tech Sergeant	Nimble Hands As a free action, reload your weapon. Can be used every 3 turns.	Salt In The Wound All attacks deal 1 bonus damage to targets suffering from Poison, Burning, Acid, or Bleeding. This includes tick damage from those effects.	Oppressive Heat Pressure Blast, Chemthrower Suppression and Overwatch disorient foes.
Gunnery Sergeant	Hotshot Your ability to handle a Chemthrower is nothing short of unnatural. Gain the Quickburn and Fine Control abilities.	Close Combat Specialist Fire a free reaction shot with your primary weapon at any visible enemy within four tiles who moves or fires.	Resilience You can't be critically hit.
Master Sergeant	Chemical Storm Unlock a special Chemthrower attack that affects a complete circle around the soldier's position.	Heavy Hitter All your attacks deal +2 damage.	Lightfoot Gain +3 Mobility. You are 20% harder to detect while concealed.

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
Dedication Free action. Gain 2 mobility and ignore reaction fire for the rest of the turn. Has a 4 turn cooldown.	Brawler Take 35% less damage from any melee attack, or attacks from within 5 tiles.	Steadfast Grants immunity to negative mental conditions including panic, mind control, stuns, and disorientation.	Run and Gun Take an action after dashing.
Smoker Grants one free smoke grenade item to your inventory.	Cover Me Grant an ally a bonus overwatch shot and the Cool Under Pressure ability. Has a 4 turn cooldown.	Thousands To Go Once per turn, after killing an enemy with your primary weapon, you may take an additional non-movement action. Passive.	Run and Gun Take an action after dashing.
Salvo Launching or throwing grenades, using heavy weapons or using the Gauntlet's Rocket Launcher with your first action will not end your turn.	Volatile Mix Your grenades' area of effect is increased by one tile.	Lock 'N Load Kills with your primary weapon restore 1 ammo.	Butcher Increases damage against organic targets by 30%.
Will To Survive Enemy damage is reduced by 1 when in cover and attacked through that cover. Also grants 5 will.	Hidden Reserves Once per mission, as a free action, set all your cooldowns on abilities back to zero.	Aggression Gain +5 critical chance for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 30.	Butcher Increases damage against organic targets by 30%.
Parkour This soldier is able to climb walls.	Low Profile Makes partial cover count as full.	Concentration Your grazing attacks are automatically upgraded to normal hits.	Untouchable If you score a kill during your turn, the next attack against you during the enemy turn will miss.
Fumigate Spray cleansing chemicals, removing environmental ailments from targets in a cone.	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.	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.
Incandescence Chemthrower attacks illuminate foes, making them easier for allies to crit.	Predator Your ranged attacks gain 15 bonus aim and 15 bonus critical chance against enemies that are flanked or out of cover.	Survival Instinct Gain 20 Defense and 20 Crit chance while injured.	Fearsome When you get a critical hit, your target and other enemies within 6 tiles have a chance to panic.
Deep Cover If you did not attack this turn, hunker down automatically.	Zone of Control All enemies within the soldier's 5 tile radius suffer penalties of -15 Aim and -4 Mobility.	Minelayer Provides one free proximity mine.
Stalker Gain +3 Mobility and +10 Aim while concealed.	Return Fire When targeted by enemy attacks, automatically fire back with your assault rifle once per turn. The return shot ignores cover bonuses.	Evasive Start each mission with 100 bonus dodge. The bonus is removed after you take damage for the first time.	Valley of Death Take a reaction shot against any enemy that moves or attacks within a cone of fire. Each attack can hit multiple targets.
Biggest Booms Your grenades and standard rockets can inflict critical damage (50% chance for +3 damage).	Pyromaniac Grants 1 free incendiary grenade item to your inventory.	Adrenaline Each time you score a kill, you gain 1 Shield. Passive.
Field Medic Equipped medikits have 2 extra charges.	Lick Your Wounds Hunker Down restores 2 health when used, up to a maximum of 8 per mission, and removes poison, burning, and acid burning.	Anatomy You know exactly where to strike to cause the most damage. You gain +15% Critical Chance and 2 Armor Pierce on all attacks.	Rapid Reaction When in overwatch, each shot you hit with grants another reaction fire shot, up to a maximum of three shots.
Drive Out Deals 2 damage and knocks back target. Can't target mechanical enemies.	Formidable Your gear includes an extra layer of protection, granting 2 bonus ablative hit points and 50% less damage from explosive attacks.	Bull Rush Make a special melee attack against any enemy within movement range that deals little damage but stuns the target for 1 turn.
Flashbanger Grants 1 free flashbang item to your inventory.	Survivor Ensures the first killing blow in a mission will not lead to instant death. Also reduces this soldier's wound recovery time.	Combat Fitness Gain 4 aim, 1 mobility, 2 HP, 4 will, and 4 dodge.	Jingoistic It's time for war. This soldier is granted a grenade slot as well as a heavy weapon slot, regardless of armor worn.
Extra Munitions Grants 1 free explosive grenade item to your inventory.	Medispray Spray regenerative chemicals, healing targets in a cone. Gains additional charges for each medikit.	Mad Bomber Grants 2 random free grenade items to your inventory.