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Stormtrooper
Stormtrooper
Charging ever forward, the Stormtrooper relies on their mobility, carrying only a bullpup rifle and a set of grenades. Highly aggressive, the Stormtrooper can clear a room easily.

Class Overview

The Stormtrooper is a highly aggressive mobile unit, carrying only a bullpup and a flashbang by default. Closing quickly with the enemy, the stormtrooper delivers a high volume of fire from close range, relying on their mobility to stay alive.

Weapons

Primary: Bullpups

Secondary: None

Abilities

Mouse-over Mouse over this icon for more information on each ability. for more information.

Rank Ability
Squaddie
Squaddie
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.
Moving Target
Gain 15 defense and 50 dodge against reaction attacks.
Flashbanger
*Grants 1 free flashbang item to your inventory.
Grants 1 free flashbang item to your inventory.
Breacher Runner Clearer
Lance Corporal
Lance Corporal
Fastball
* Has a 5-turn cooldown.
The next grenade you throw or launch this turn doesn't cost an action.
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.
Eat This!
* The bonus doesn't affect melee attacks.
You gain +20 Aim and +20 Crit on attacks against adjacent targets. The bonus decreases with range, to a maximum of 6 tiles.
Corporal
Corporal
Shellshock
Grenades have a 15% chance to stun both organic and robotic enemies.
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.
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.
Sergeant
Sergeant
Total Combat
*Total Combat adds even more flexibility to the Skirmisher's turns, allowing actions to be taken exactly when needed. *Removes the cooldown for grenades. *Grants both Bombard and Volatile Mix, hence it does not stack with either of them.
Throwing a grenade or using an item no longer ends the turn and grenades have no cooldown. In addition, you can throw grenades 2 tiles further and their radius is increased by 1. Grants a Grenade-only slot. Grants +5 aim and +1 mobility.
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.
Marauder
*Marauder provides more tactical options when planning the Skirmisher's turn. *Paired with Grapple, Marauder allows the Skirmisher to shoot twice and move on a single turn.
Standard shots are not turn-ending, allowing for shooting then moving or shooting twice on a turn.
Staff Sergeant
Staff Sergeant
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.
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.
Reflex
*The Grapple makes the Skirmisher a great advance scout, and Reflex rewards their aggressive positioning. *Reflex can only be triggered once per turn.
When fired upon, gain one extra action on the next turn. Triggers no more than once per turn. Attacks against you suffer a -15 penalty to critical hit chances.
Tech Sergeant
Tech Sergeant
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.
Full Throttle
*Only kills by the Skirmisher count towards Full Throttle.
Gain +2 mobility with every kill this turn. Lasts 2 turns, including the current one.
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.
Gunnery Sergeant
Gunnery Sergeant
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).
Hunter's Instincts
*Ranged attacks against flanked enemies deal +2 damage.
Ranged attacks against flanked enemies deal +2 damage.
Thousands To Go
* Once per turn, after killing an enemy with your primary weapon, you may take an additional non-movement action. * Does not activate when killing Lost. * Passive.
Once per turn, after killing an enemy with your primary weapon, you may take an additional non-movement action. Passive.
Master Sergeant
Master Sergeant
Packmaster
*Grants +1 charge to every utility item equipped. *Applies to the grenade slot as well as the standard utility slots, but not other slots. *Extra grenades provided by Smoker and Flashbanger abilities do not get extra charges.
Grants +1 charge to every utility item and grenade equipped.
Rapid Fire
*Rapid Fire has a 1 turn cooldown.
Fire twice in a row at an enemy. Each shot suffers an Aim penalty of -15. Can be used once per turn.
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.

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
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.
Combat Engineer
*More powerful than Sapper by itself, Combat Engineer stacks with Sapper to maximize environmental damage, although either perk alone will still destroy many cover objects. *Combat Engineer also prevents environmental damage from falling off from the center of an explosion, meaning you will destroy objects in a larger area.
Your explosives do significantly greater damage to cover objects and other things on the battlefield.
Close and Personal
*Confers +30 critical chance against adjacent targets. *Bonus reduced by 5 for each additional tile of distance from the target, down to 0 at 7 or more tiles.
Confers +30 critical chance against adjacent targets. The bonus declines with distance from the target.
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.
Deep Cover
*Non-offensive actions like Reload can still be performed without invalidating Deep Cover.
If you did not attack this turn, hunker down automatically.
Hard Target
*Gain 5 dodge per enemy you can see, up to a maximum of +30. *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 5 dodge per enemy you can see, up to a maximum of +30.
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.
Smoker
*Grants one free smoke grenade item to your inventory.
Grants one free smoke grenade item to your inventory.
Extra Munitions
* The free grenade is not affected by Packmaster.
Grants 1 free explosive grenade item to your inventory.
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.
Reposition
*Once per turn, gain an additional move action after taking a standard shot at a flanked or exposed target with your primary weapon. *Works with Hit and Run.
Once per turn, gain an additional move action after taking a standard shot at a flanked or exposed target with your primary weapon.
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.
Pyromaniac
* The free grenade is not affected by Packmaster.
Grants 1 free incendiary grenade item to your inventory.
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.
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.
Low Profile
*Makes partial cover count as full.
Makes partial cover count as full.
Tradecraft
*This soldier has significantly reduced infiltration times while on missions.
This soldier has significantly reduced infiltration times while on missions.
Devil's Luck
* Hits include crits and grazes.
You are immune to the first shot that hits you each mission.
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.
Trench Warfare
*If you get at least one kill during your turn, automatically Hunker Down at the end of it. *You will only Hunker Down if you would normally be able to.
If you get at least one kill during your turn, automatically Hunker Down at the end of it.
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.
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.
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.
Coup de Grâce
*Coup de Grâce grants +50 aim, +50 critical chance and +2 damage against stunned and panicking enemies. *The bonuses are halved against disoriented enemies. *For Shinobis and Gunners, this perk is applied to their secondary weapon.
Bonus to hit, damage, and critical chance with your weapon against a disoriented, stunned or panicking enemy.
First Strike
* First Strike can provide a decisive advantage in an ambush by taking out a tough enemy in one shot. * The soldier with First Strike must initiate the ambush to get the bonus. It doesn't affect concealed overwatch.
While concealed or flanking your target, you deal +3 damage with your primary weapon.
Scout
* This stacks with uses from carried battle scanners.
Grants 1 free battle scanner item to your inventory.
Hail of Bullets
*Hail of Bullets requires 3 ammo points. *Hail of Bullets has a 5 turn cooldown. *Hail of Bullets does not work with sniper rifles.
Unleash a hail of bullets that is guaranteed to hit your target, but uses a lot of ammunition.
Sting Grenades
*Your flashbang grenades have a 50% chance to stun enemies. *Enemies' innate flashbang resistance does not affect stun chance. *Bluescreen Bombs is not required to affect mechanical units.
Your flashbang grenades have a 50% chance to stun enemies.
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.
Survival Instinct
*The bonuses are lost if you are healed back to full health.
Gain 20 Defense and 20 Crit chance while injured.
Rapid Deployment
*Activate this ability before throwing or launching a support grenade, and the throw will not cost an action. *Applies to Smoke Grenades, Flashbangs, Shaped Charges and Battle Scanners. *Rapid Deployment has a 3 turn cooldown.
Activate this ability before throwing or launching a support grenade, and the throw will not cost an action.
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.
Field Medic
*If you have the Medical Protocol ability, your GREMLIN gains additional charges as well.
Equipped medikits have 2 extra charges.
Infighter
*Gain 40 dodge against attacks within four tiles. *Dodge bonus also applies to melee attacks. *This ability does not provide defensive bonuses if the unit is disoriented, stunned, panicking, on fire or otherwise impaired.
Gain 40 dodge against attacks within four tiles.
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.
Covert
*Enemies have 25% smaller detection range against you, as denoted by red tiles surrounding enemies who are not alerted to your presence. *This ability also grants a small reduction in this soldier's impact on infiltration times. *Does not apply to ADVENT security towers.
Enemies have 25% smaller detection range against you.
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.
Cyclic Fire
* Special Shot: Fire three shots at a target in a single attack. Requires two actions and all shots have a -15 penalty to aim. * Requires 3 ammo. * Cyclic Fire has a 3 turn cooldown. * Requires a burst-fire weapon; ability will not be available when a shotgun or sniper rifle is equipped as a primary weapon.
Special Shot: Fire three shots at a target in a single attack. Requires both actions and all shots have a -15 aim penalty. Has a 3 turn cooldown.
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.
Aim Assist
*Gain additional +15 aim and +15 crit against holotargeted units.
Gain additional +15 aim and +15 crit against holotargeted units.
Needle Arsenal
* Given standard gunfire does not destroy corpses, this perk mainly affects explosives or incendiary weapons like our immolators. * Grenades and rockets of all kind from either the gauntlet or the rocket launcher will preserve timed loot and corpses.' Shredder gun will also now leave corpses and loot intact. * If grenade deals different type of damage, like laser beam, radiation, magnetic or projectile, then they leave loot intact by default, but this perk is useful for our fragmentation grenades, plasma grenades, missiles and flamethrowers.
All of your weapons do not destroy loot when they kill enemies and deal 1 bonus damage to unarmored enemies (Bonus damage only for explosive weapons). All weapons and attacks are affected, be it fire, grenades or even rockets from both launchers.
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.
Shellshock
Grenades have a 15% chance to stun both organic and robotic enemies.
Paramedic
*Gain a free medikit. Equipped medikits have 2 extra charges *Gain the ability to dash to an ally and use a medkit. This ability still costs 1 action and is non turn ending like a regular medkit.
Unlocks an ability to perform a dash move to use a medikit on an ally (this ability still costs 1 action and is non-turn ending). Gain a free medikit. Equipped medikits have 2 extra charges.
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.
Cold Blooded
* Action will not be given if your standard shot inflicted the target's only status ailment. * Can activate once per turn. * Standard shot abilities also include Standard Sniper Shot, Light 'Em Up and Pistol Shot.
Once per turn, gain an additional action after taking a standard shot at an enemy suffering from bleeding, poison, burning, or acid burning.
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.
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.
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.


Stat Progression

Rank Squaddie Lance Corporal Corporal Sergeant Staff Sergeant Tech Sergeant Gunnery Sergeant Master Sergeant
Per Level Health
Health 		0 1 0 0 1 0 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 1 2 2 2 3
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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