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Survivalist
Survivalist

Class Overview

Survivalists are dedicated snipers who can quickly neutralize multiple targets. They also pack a sawed- off shotgun for close quarters engagements.

Weapons

Primary: Sniper Rifles, Rifles, SMGs.

Secondary: Sawed-off Shotgun

Abilities

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Rank Ability
Squaddie
Squaddie
Trained Sniper
* Any weapon from the sniper rifle category counts for this ability, such as the Auto-Sniper Rifle or the Strike Rifle, in addition to the standard Sniper Rifle.
Grants the Squadsight ability, but only when a sniper rifle is equipped as this soldier's primary weapon.
Point Blank
*Rapidly loses accuracy beyond four tiles range. *Uses one action. *Shotgun has two ammo.
Fire your sawed-off shotgun at a nearby enemy.
This One's Mine
* Only you get the bonuses. * Consider using this ability against elite enemy units such as Custodians, Cobras, or Sectopods for its large bonus of 50 defense. * Our plasma weaponry will greatly benefit from the bonus critical hit chance due to their reliance on the critical damage.
Mark a target, giving you +50 Crit chance and +50 Defense against it for 3 turns. This ability doesn't cost an action. Has a 3 turn cooldown.
Sentry Survivor Raider
Lance Corporal
Lance Corporal
Watchful Eye
* The free overwatch shot happens even if your This One's Mine target is only visible through squadsight. * Does not require Long Watch to utilize squadsight, only clear line of sight.
Once per turn, you get a free overwatch shot when your This One's Mine target moves or attacks.
Double Or Nothing
* Both Barrels lets you fire a double damage Sawed-Off Shotgun shot for two ammo. * Pump Action grants you two extra shots with your Sawed-Off Shotgun.
Gain the Both Barrels and Pump Action abilities, as long as a Sawed-Off Shotgun is equipped as your secondary weapon.
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.
Corporal
Corporal
Lead The Target
*Carefully lead the target, granting a +20% increased chance to hit, but delaying the shot until the enemies turn. Takes two actions. *The shot taken by Lead The Target is not a reaction shot and therefore it can crit and it is not affected by reaction fire penalties or perks related to reaction fire. *Lead The Target has a 3 turn cooldown.
Grants a +20% increased chance to hit, but delays the shot until the target takes an action on their turn. Costs two actions and has a 3 turn cooldown.
Battlefield Awareness
*When Battlefield Awareness is triggered the soldier is immune to the next damage-dealing attack during the enemy turn, including area of effect attacks.
If you score a kill during your turn, the next attack against you during the enemy turn will miss. Upon usage, the ability goes on a 3 turn cooldown.
Open Fire
*Your ranged attacks gain 10 Aim and 10 Crit against targets that are at full health.
Your ranged attacks gain 10 Aim and 10 Crit against targets that are at full health.
Sergeant
Sergeant
HEAT Ammo
* HEAT Ammo 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 Ammo with Bluescreen Rounds will deal devastating damage to any robotic enemy. * HEAT Ammo affects all damage sources, including explosives.
Confers +50% damage against robotic enemies.
Scrap Metal
*Kills with your primary weapon restore one sawed-off shotgun charge. *This does not apply to kills from using the sawed-off shotgun itself. *With this ability, you can gain more sawed-off shotgun charges than you started with.
Kills with your primary weapon restore one sawed-off shotgun charge.
Against the Odds
* If you're facing enough enemies to hit the +20 cap, run.
Gain +2 Aim per enemy the squad can see (max +20).
Staff Sergeant
Staff Sergeant
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.
None Shall Pass
* Will not trigger if soldier is concealed. * Uses 1 ammo and will only trigger if the sawed-off shotgun is loaded. * Can critically hit. * Works during any enemy turn: alien, Lost, Chosen and Ruler. * This cannot trigger more than once per enemy and will not fire against allies when panicked
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.
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.
Tech Sergeant
Tech Sergeant
Fish In A Barrel
* Sentinel grants you an extra Overwatch shot when you use Overwatch. * When using the Sniper Rifle, the Sniper Rifle specific Overwatch is replaced by the standard Overwatch ability, which is used by most other primary firearm types. Keep in mind that certain Sniper Rifle variants, like the Harbinger Rifle or Darklance, won't benefit from this change at all.
When equipped with an Assault Rifle or SMG as your primary weapon, gain the Sentinel ability. When equipped with a Sniper Rifle as your primary weapon, you gain the ability to use Overwatch with a single action point.
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.
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.
Gunnery Sergeant
Gunnery Sergeant
Lock 'N Load
*Kills with your primary weapon restore 1 ammo.
Kills with your primary weapon restore 1 ammo.
Whippit
* You can't fire the Sawed-Off Shotgun when out of actions.
The first time you fire your Sawed-Off Shotgun each turn doesn't cost an action.
Bullseye
* Bullseye is good for weakening tough enemies while also dealing extra damage. * Bullseye applies -20 penalties to Aim, Defense, and Will that last until the end of the battle. * Bullseye has a 5 turn cooldown.
Fire a shot that deals critical damage and gives the target penalties to Aim, Defense, and Will. 5 turn cooldown.
Master Sergeant
Master 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.
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.
Chasing Fire
* Chasing Fire will not be triggered by other reaction attacks. * Will not trigger during Field Of Zero.
Once per turn, the soldier follows up an ally's attack with a reaction shot.

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
Flashbanger
*Grants 1 free flashbang item to your inventory.
Grants 1 free flashbang item to your inventory.
Weapons Master
* Negates the short range aim penalties of Sniper Rifles.
Negates the short range aim penalties of Sniper Rifles.
Brutality
*Use Brutality as a crowd-control tool to allow the soldier to move forward more aggressively and combine it with the Ruthless ability to increase your killing power.
Killing organic enemies with your sawed-off shotgun have a 50% chance to panic other organic enemies within 10 tiles of the target.
Concentration
*Attacks that would normally graze their target are automatically upgraded to normal hits. *Applies to primary weapons, secondary weapons, and pistols.
Your grazing attacks are automatically upgraded to normal hits.
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.
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.
Butcher
* Organic targets means all non-mechanical units.
Increases damage against organic targets by 30%.
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.
Extra Munitions
* The free grenade is not affected by Packmaster.
Grants 1 free explosive grenade item to your inventory.
Focused Defense
* The bonus doesn't apply against melee attacks. * If multiple enemies are equally distant, you get the bonus against all of them.
You get an additional 20 Defense and 20 Dodge against attacks by the closest visible enemy while not flanked.
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.
Combat Fitness
*Combat Fitness provides 4 aim, 1 mobility, 2 HP, 4 will, and 4 dodge.
Gain 4 aim, 1 mobility, 2 HP, 4 will, and 4 dodge.
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.
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.
Scout
* This stacks with uses from carried battle scanners.
Grants 1 free battle scanner item to your inventory.
Zone of Control
*All enemies within the soldier's 5 tile radius suffer penalties of -15 Aim and -4 Mobility.
All enemies within the soldier's 5 tile radius suffer penalties of -15 Aim and -4 Mobility.
Ruthless
*By cleverly combining the effects of Brutality and Ruthless, you can kill multiple enemies per turn with your sawed-off shotgun. *There is no limit to the number of Ruthless activations per turn.
Killing a panicked or disoriented enemy with your sawed-off shotgun refunds one action point.
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.
Lightfoot
* The extra mobility from Lightfoot can help you to get a flank or to reach the objective quickly, but be careful you don't get too far ahead of the rest of the squad. * The improved concealment stacks with improved concealment from other sources such as ECM.
Gain +3 Mobility. You are 20% harder to detect while concealed.
Hit and Run
*Cannot be used on the same turn as Run and Gun. *Bonus full actions from Serial and Death from Above will be awarded first.
Once per turn, gain an additional action after taking a standard shot at a flanked or exposed target with your primary weapon. Cannot trigger on the same turn as Close Encounters.
Death From Above
*Death From Above can combo well with pistol abilities or can simply make a soldier more mobile. *Also grants a long-range accuracy bonus for sniper rifles and vektor rifles at any elevation.
Killing an enemy at a lower elevation with your primary weapon refunds a single action, and does not end your turn. Also grants a long-range accuracy bonus for sniper rifles.
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.
Aim
*The bonus granted by Aim can apply to any weapon shot.
Hunker Down now confers +20 Aim and +20 Crit to the first shot on the following turn.
Impulse
*Your ranged attacks gain 10 aim and 10 critical chance if you have moved this turn.
Your ranged attacks gain 10 aim and 10 critical chance if you have moved this turn.
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.
Covering Fire
* If triggered by an enemy action, Covering Fire will trigger before the enemy action completes. * In addition, having the Covering Fire ability allows the owner to ignore 2/3 of cover bonuses with reaction fire.
Overwatch now trigger on any hostile action, not just movement. Overwatch shots now ignore 2/3 of cover bonuses.
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.
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.
Field Medic
*If you have the Medical Protocol ability, your GREMLIN gains additional charges as well.
Equipped medikits have 2 extra charges.
Dedication
*Gain 2 mobility and ignore reaction fire for the rest of the turn. *Free action. *Dedication has a 4 turn cooldown.
Free action. Gain 2 mobility and ignore reaction fire for the rest of the turn. Has a 4 turn cooldown.
Opportunist
* Reaction fire shots now half of ignore cover bonuses. * Passive.
Reaction fire shots now ignore half of cover bonuses. Passive.
Titanic Blast
* Fire a shot with your sawed-off shotgun that is guaranteed to hit, and will knockback the target. * Only useable within 4 tiles of the target.
Fire a shot with your sawed-off shotgun that is guaranteed to hit, and will knockback the target.
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.
Precision
* Precision only works with ranged attacks.
You get +15 Aim against targets in full cover.
Decimate
* Fire a shot with your sawed-off shotgun that is guaranteed to hit and will destroy the targets cover. * 3 turn cooldown.
Fire a shot with your sawed-off shotgun that is guaranteed to hit and will destroy the targets cover.
Lick Your Wounds
*Hunker Down restores 2 health when used, up to a maximum of 8 per mission. *Removes poison, burning, and acid burning.
Hunker Down restores 2 health when used, up to a maximum of 8 per mission, and removes poison, burning, and acid burning.
Tradecraft
*This soldier has significantly reduced infiltration times while on missions.
This soldier has significantly reduced infiltration times while on missions.
Inspire Agility
*Give a friendly unit 30 Dodge until the start of your next turn. *Killing an enemy unit grants an extra charge. *Usable once per turn. *Starts with one charge and is a free action.
Give a friendly unit 30 Dodge until the start of your next turn. Whenever you kill an enemy, you gain an extra charge. Usable once per turn. Starts with one charge, and is a free action.
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.
Lone Wolf
*Gain +3 Aim and +3 Defense for each tile of distance between this soldier and the nearest ally, starting at 4 tiles distant. *Bonuses cap at +12 Aim, +12 Defense when 7 or more tiles from the nearest ally. *This ability does not provide defensive bonuses if the unit is disoriented, stunned, panicking, on fire or otherwise impaired.
Gain bonus Aim and Defense when at least 4 tiles distant from any ally, with a maximum of +12/+12 at 7+ tiles.
Double Time
* Double Time can be used to move very long distances in a single turn, or to move and then take a normal sniper rifle shot. * The extra move action from Double Time is wasted if you use an ability that ends your turn, like firing your weapon, before taking the move. * Double Time has a 3 turn cooldown.
Gain a bonus move action this turn. 3 turn cooldown.
Lethal
*You do 2 additional points of base damage and 1 additional point(s) of bonus critical damage with your primary weapon.
You do 2 additional points of base damage and 1 additional point(s) of bonus critical damage with your primary weapon.
Fade
* Fade will let you use your First Strike bonus multiple times during a battle. * Concealment granted by Fade can also be broken normally. * Fade is a free action and has a 4 turn cooldown.
Gain concealment that is broken if you move. Only works in full cover. Has a 4 turn cooldown. Free action.
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.
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.
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.
Stay On Target
* Removes the cooldown for the Lead The Target ability.
Removes the cooldown for the Lead The Target ability.
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.
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.
Smoker
*Grants one free smoke grenade item to your inventory.
Grants one free smoke grenade item to your inventory.
Long Watch
*Like the Overwatch ability it upgrades, Long Watch suffers a base penalty to aim. *Long Watch also suffers the Squadsight penalty to aim that increases with distance.
Allow Overwatch to trigger with Squadsight.
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.
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.
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.
Flatline
* Fire a shot with your primary weapon that deals +2 damage and applies Rupture. * Uses 2 ammo. * 4 turn cooldown.
Fire a shot with your primary weapon that deals +2 damage and applies Rupture. Uses 2 ammo. 4 turn cooldown.
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.
Stalker
* The bonuses are lost immediately when you lose concealment.
Gain +3 Mobility and +10 Aim while concealed.
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.
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.
Reposition
* Reposition only allows standard moves, not other abilities such as reloading your weapon.
You can take a standard move action after firing your standard weapon.

Stat Progression

Rank Squaddie Lance Corporal Corporal Sergeant Staff Sergeant Tech Sergeant Gunnery Sergeant Master Sergeant
Per Level Health
Health
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Aim
Aim
7 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Will
Will
3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total Health
Health
0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2
Aim
Aim
7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28
Will
Will
3 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

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