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Heavy
Heavy
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Class Overview

The Heavy is a front line specialist that excels in attrition fights with sustained cannon fire. If time is of the essence, you can count on their rocket launcher to turn the tide quickly.

Weapons

Primary: Cannons

Secondary: Rocket Launchers

Abilities

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Rank Ability
Squaddie
Squaddie
Suppression
*Suppression costs 2 ammo points to use, but has no cooldown. *Suppression will be canceled if the suppressing unit is damaged. *If multiple units suppress a target, the aim penalty will not stack. *May not be used if sniper rifle or shotgun-class weapons are equipped. *Suppression restricts many of the target's abilities, including the use of rockets and grenades. Also adds an additional -15 aim debuff for the turn that is not cleared with the 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.
Rocket Launcher
Fire a rocket at a target area. Damages enemies, shreds armor, and destroys terrain.
Blast Off
* Your rockets are more likely to hit their intended point of impact, or at least close to it. * The maximum it can miss by is reduced by one tile. * Can be stacked with Fire In The Hole, for a total maximum scatter reduction of three tiles.
Your rockets are a bit more accurate.
No Retreat Loose Cannon Munitions
Lance Corporal
Lance Corporal
Area Suppression
*Area Suppression cannot be used when the soldier is concealed. *Any unit that attempts to move will face reaction fire as long as the suppressing unit has ammo remaining. *Does not work with shotguns or sniper rifles. *Area Suppression requires 3 ammo points to use but uses two upon activation. An additional ammo is used for each reaction shot. It has no cooldown. *Area suppression will be canceled if the suppressing unit is damaged. *If multiple units suppress a target, the aim penalty will not stack. *Suppression restricts many of the target's abilities, including the use of rockets and grenades.
Fire a barrage that pins down multiple targets within a 4-tile radius, granting reaction fire against anyone that moves, and imposing a -25 penalty to all targets' aim until suppression is removed. Cannot be used when concealed.
Ever Vigilant
*Ever Vigilant enables an extremely mobile style of play for the soldier. *LITERALLY any action other than moving will invalidate Ever Vigilant.
If you spend all of your actions on moves, you are granted an automatic overwatch shot at the end of the turn.
Concussion Rocket
*One use per mission. * It is guaranteed to disorient targets and has a 20% chance to stun. *Requires one action and ends the soldier's turn. *Elite Codexes and Psi Zombies are immune to all effects including damage. *Allies cannot be injured by this attack.
Fire a special rocket that does 2 damage but has a chance to stun or disorient organic enemies within its area of effect.
Corporal
Corporal
HEAT Arsenal
* HEAT Arsenal provides a substantial damage increase against robotic enemies such as MECs and Sectopods. * The damage increase happens before damage is reduced by Armor. * Combining HEAT Arsenal with Bluescreen Rounds will deal devastating damage to any robotic enemy. * HEAT Arsenal affects all damage sources, including but not limited to firearms, explosives, and melee attacks.
Confers +30% damage against robotic targets.
Holo Targeting
*Directed primary weapon-specific abilities will grant Holo Targeting. *Any abilities that target multiple units will not grant Holo Targeting.
Any directed primary weapon shot, hit or miss, will mark the target, increasing your squad's aim by +15 against this target.
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).
Sergeant
Sergeant
Traverse Fire
*After taking a standard shot with your primary weapon with your first action, you may take an additional non-movement action.
After taking a standard shot with your primary weapon with your first action, you may take an additional non-movement action.
Jingoistic
* Note that the bonus slots from this ability do not stack with most other abilities or equipment that offer one or both of the same slots, e.g. EXO or WAR Suits.
It's time for war. This soldier is granted a grenade slot as well as a heavy weapon slot, regardless of armor worn.
Fire in the Hole
*Your rockets are more likely to hit their intended point of impact, or at least close to it. *The maximum it can miss by is reduced by two tiles.
Your rockets are more accurate.
Staff Sergeant
Staff Sergeant
Stop At Nothing
* Stop At Nothing will work with any activated ability that gives you reaction shots, including Fend Off.
Whenever you enter overwatch or use suppression, you gain +20 Defense until the start of your next turn.
Blinding Fire
* The cone is 9 tiles long and 6 tiles wide. * Costs 2 ammo. * Has a 4 turn cooldown. * The aim penalty is applied to the targets even if the attack misses them.
Fire at enemies in a cone. This attack is inaccurate, having a -15 aim penalty, but also reduces the aim of all targets by -15.
Javelin Rockets
*The range of your rockets is increased by 6 tiles and you may hit targets beyond your visual range.
The range of your rockets is increased by 6 tiles and you may hit targets beyond your visual range.
Tech Sergeant
Tech Sergeant
Stationary Threat
* Gain +1 damage to your primary weapon for each turn that you do not move. * Effect bonus can stack up to 3 times. * Passive.
Gain +1 damage to your primary weapon attacks for each turn that you do not move. Passive.
Improved Suppression
* Disoriented units have reduced Aim and Mobility, and can't use most special abilities. * The disorientation is applied when you activate suppression. * This ability will disorient any unit (including robotic enemies) unless the unit is specifically immune to disorientation. * Having the suppression broken won't remove the disorientation early.
Your Suppression and Area Suppression abilities also disorient the primary target.
Bunker Buster
*Fire a special rocket with a large area of effect that does moderate damage to enemies but huge damage to buildings, vehicles and other objects in the environment. *Requires both actions and usable only once per mission.
Fire a special rocket that destroys buildings and other objects in the environment.
Gunnery Sergeant
Gunnery Sergeant
Disabling Suppression
Suppression abilities additional disables enemy weapons. They will need to reload before they can fire.
Resilience
*Enemy attacks against you suffer a -30 penalty to critical hit chances.
Enemy attacks against you suffer a -30 penalty to critical hit chances.
Salvo
*Soldiers with the Salvo ability are prime candidates for heavy armor.
Launching or throwing grenades, using heavy weapons or using the Gauntlet's Rocket Launcher with your first action will not end your turn.
Master Sergeant
Master Sergeant
Unload
* Shots deal 50% less damage. * Has a 5 turn cooldown.
Fire with your primary weapon until out of ammo or the target is dead. Shots cannot critically hit and each shot deals less damage than a standard shot.
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.
Iron Rations
* Battle Scanners are also considered grenades for the purposes of this ability. Note that heavy weapons, even if they're rocket or grenade based, are not affected by this ability.
Gain one bonus use on all your grenades and equipped rockets. Also, get one extra Frag Grenade in addition to your equipped grenades.

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
Steady Hands
*The Steady Hands bonus does not stack over multiple turns. *Steady Hands doubles down on the need to find a high sniper's nest with good sightlines.
If you did not move last turn, gain +10 Aim and +10 Critical chance.
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.
Serial
*Serial is meant to chain enemy kills in a single action, as every kill is essentially free. *Every successful kill does result in a reduction to critical hit chance and damage, however. *Serial has a 7 turn cooldown.
A powerful chained shot ability. For every kill made with your primary weapon, your actions will be refunded but your damage and crit chance will be reduced for every subsequent attack.
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.
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.
Demolition
*Demolition requires 3 ammo points and has a 5 turn cooldown. *Demolition does increased environmental damage, and will destroy most cover objects.
Unleash a volley of bullets at your target's cover, significantly damaging or destroying it. Deals no damage to your target.
Hunter's Instincts
*Ranged attacks against flanked enemies deal +2 damage.
Ranged attacks against flanked enemies deal +2 damage.
Lockdown
*Gain +20 to hit against enemies who attempt to move when suppressed. *This stacks with other reaction fire bonuses.
Gain +20 to hit against enemies who attempt to move when suppressed.
Center Mass
*You do one additional point of base damage with your primary weapon, pistols or a sawed-off shotgun.
You do one additional point of base damage when using guns.
Shadowstrike
*Shadowstrike bonuses will apply if the soldier re-enters concealment in a mission.
While concealed, gain +50 bonus aim and +50 bonus critical hit chance when attacking enemies.
Rapid Reaction
*When in overwatch, each shot you hit with grants another reaction fire shot, up to a maximum of three shots.
When in overwatch, each shot you hit with grants another reaction fire shot, up to a maximum of three shots.
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.
Mayhem
*Gain 25% bonus damage against enemies who attempt to move when suppressed.
Gain 25% bonus damage against enemies who attempt to move when suppressed.
Deadeye
*Deadeye reduces the overall hit chance of a shot by 15%, but increases the base damage of the shot by 50%. *Deadeye has a 3 turn cooldown. *Works with Snap Shot.
Take a shot with a small aim penalty for a significant damage boost.
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.
Grazing Fire
* Missed shots with the soldier's primary weapon generally have a 50% chance to become a graze. * This effect occurs after normal hit-miss-graze processing. * Targets with a dodge score subtract that score from the ability's success chance.
Missed attacks have an additional roll to become a graze.
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.
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.
Scout
* This stacks with uses from carried battle scanners.
Grants 1 free battle scanner item to your inventory.
Low Profile
*Makes partial cover count as full.
Makes partial cover count as full.
Predator
*Your ranged attacks gain 15 bonus aim and 15 bonus critical chance against enemies that are flanked or out of cover.
Your ranged attacks gain 15 bonus aim and 15 bonus critical chance against enemies that are flanked or out of cover.
Corpsman
* Works with Field Medic.
Grants a free Medikit.
Danger Zone
*Area Suppression suppresses enemies in a 5-tile radius.
Area Suppression suppresses enemies in a 5-tile radius.
Lock 'N Load
*Kills with your primary weapon restore 1 ammo.
Kills with your primary weapon restore 1 ammo.
Rocketeer
* Heavy weapons are weapons such as the shredder gun that can only be mounted on an EXO or WAR suit.
Your rocket launcher or heavy weapon gains a bonus use.
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.
Locked On
* Gain +20 aim and +10 crit for repeated shots at the same target. Not cumulative, and only applies to enemy units. * The effect persists in between multiple turns as long as the same target has been fired upon. * Area-of-Effect-based shots do not grant the bonus.
Gain +20 aim and +10 crit for successive shots at the same enemy unit.
Avenger
*Avenger will not activate if this unit is shot at. *Can only activate during the enemy's turn. *Can only trigger once per turn.
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.
Will To Survive
*Enemy damage is reduced by 1 when in cover and attacked through that cover. *Cover against explosives and other indirect attacks is calculated from the point of the explosion. *Armor piercing effects do not eliminate this bonus. *This unit also permanently gains 5 will. *This ability does not provide defensive bonuses if the unit is disoriented, stunned, panicking, on fire or otherwise impaired.
Enemy damage is reduced by 1 when in cover and attacked through that cover. Also grants 5 will.
Executioner
*Confers +20 aim and +20 critical chance against targets at half or less of their original hit points.
Confers +15 aim and +15 critical chance against targets at half or less of their original hit points.
Kill Zone
*There is no limit to the amount of Kill Zone shots a soldier can take outside of ammo counts. *Kill Zone utilizes Squadsight, even if the soldier does not have the Long Watch ability. *Kill Zone has a 4 turn cooldown.
Take a reaction shot against any enemy that moves or attacks within a cone of fire.
Heavy Hitter
* Heavy Hitter also increases the damage from burning, poison, or acid caused by your attacks by 1.
All your attacks deal +2 damage.
Sunomata
Build a castle in a turn. You gain a single point of armor, plus the Entrench ability. This ability replaces Hunker Down and allows you to remain in a hunkered down state until you move."
Barrage
* Barrage has a 70% chance to damage units and a 100% chance to damage or destroy cover. * Barrage can hit multiple enemies if you position yourself correctly, but it's okay to use it on just one. * Be aware of what Barrage is going to destroy before you fire, including whatever is behind the target. * Be careful when aiming Barrage from full cover. The soldier may "step out", causing Barrage to hit a different line than you expected. * Requires 3 ammo * Has a 4 turn cooldown.
Attack all targets in a straight line and damage or destroy cover.
Cool Under Pressure
*You gain +10 Aim on Overwatch and other reaction shots, and they can critically hit.
You gain +10 Aim on Overwatch and other reaction shots, and they can critically hit.
Battlespace
* The extra +9 sight radius wears off after one turn. * The +3 sight radius is permanent.
Increases your vision radius by 3 tiles. Once per mission, you can increase this bonus to 12 tiles for a turn.
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.
Bull Rush
* Bull Rush also affects mechanical units.
Make a special melee attack against any enemy within movement range that deals little damage but stuns the target for 1 turn.
Saturation Fire
*Saturation Fire requires 4 ammo points. *Saturation Fire has a 7 turn cooldown. *Saturation Fire will take a standard shot at every enemy in the cone, and will damage or destroy random cover elements in the cone.
Fire a cone shaped barrage of bullets at every enemy in an area. In addition, the cover of those enemies can be damaged or destroyed. Uses a lot of ammunition.
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.
Controlled Fire
* This only applies to the reaction shots; the cost to use Area Suppression is unchanged. * Passive.
Additional shots fired from Area Suppression no longer cost ammo.
Fend Off
* Has a 5 turn cooldown.
Enter a special overwatch which grants up to 3 reaction shots and the Covering Fire ability. 5 turn cooldown.
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.
Return Fire
*Return Fire will only trigger once per turn. *Return Fire can be triggered by melee attacks and area of effect attacks. *Return Fire will not trigger when targeted by overwatch fire.
When targeted by enemy attacks, automatically fire back with your assault rifle once per turn. The return shot ignores cover bonuses.
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.
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.
Drive Out
* Strike an enemy with the butt of your weapon, dealing only little damage, but knocking the target back, possibly out of cover. * Cannot be used against mechanical targets. * Has a 3 turn cooldown.
Deals 2 damage and knocks back target. Can't target mechanical enemies.
Tandem Warheads
*Your grenades, rockets and heavy weapons do full damage to units to the maximum extent of their area of effect. *This doesn't apply to environmental damage.
Your grenades, rockets and heavy weapons do full damage to the maximum extent of their area of effect.
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.


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 3 2 2 3 2
Will
Will 		4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total Health
Health 		0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4
Aim
Aim 		2 4 6 9 11 13 16 18
Will
Will 		4 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

See Also

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Technical
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Scrapper
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