Assault (Long War)
The Long War Assault is similar to the vanilla Assault. Their signature ability is Run & Gun, which works exactly as it does in vanilla XCOM.
- Primary Weapons: Assault Rifles, Shotguns
- Secondary Weapons: Pistols
Abilities
| Rank | Ability | |||
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 Specialist |
 Allows firing or Overwatch after Dashing on the turn Run & Gun is activated. 2 turn cooldown. | |||
| No other bonuses.[Verify?] | ||||
 Lance Corporal |
.png) Immune to panic, except Psi Panic |
 Confers a reaction shot against any enemy who closes to within 4 tiles. Does not require Overwatch. |
 Fire a shot that causes enemies to run out of cover. The shot is easy to hit with, but does reduced damage | |
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 Corporal |
 Confers 2 bonus damage with pistols. |
 Allows two uses of damaging grenade items, and increases grenade throw range by 20%. |
 Confers +10% critical chance per enemy in sight (max +30%). | |
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 Sergeant |
 +1 damage with primary weapon |
 Activating Run & Gun now also grants +50% critical damage for the rest of the turn. |
 Confers +5 Defense per enemy in sight (max +20). | |
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 Tech Sergeant |
 Reduces hit chance from overwatch fire by 90% for the first shot, and 75% for subsequent shots. |
 The first standard shot made within 4 tiles of the target does not cost an action. Cannot combine with Run And Gun. |
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 Gunnery Sergeant |
 +3 mobility |
 Adds 1 damage on critical hits for each enemy the squad can see (up to 5). |
 Confers immunity to critical hits. | |
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 Master Sergeant |
 Take two shots against a single target in quick succession. Each shot carries a -15 penalty to Aim. |
 Confers bonus health based on which type of armor is equipped. Heavier armor increases the bonus. |
 Confers 2 bonus damage against targets that have been autopsied. | |
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Stat Progression
| Rank | HP at level | Total HP | Aim at level | Total Aim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specialist | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Lance Corporal | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Corporal | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| Sergeant | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| Tech Sergeant | 1 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| Gunnery Sergeant | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| Master Sergeant | 1 | 4 | 3 | 21 |