Infantry (LWR)

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  Infantry

The Infantry class borrows elements from the Assault and Heavy classes. Their signature ability is Light 'Em Up, which reduces the AP cost of standard shots to 1, allowing them to fire twice per turn.

Primary Weapon: Carbines, Assault Rifles, Battle Rifles, SMGs, Shotguns.

Secondary Weapon: Pistols, Machine Pistols, Sawed-off shotgun.

Class-Limited items: None.

Abilities

Rank	Ability
Specialist	Light 'Em Up Light 'Em Up Standard shots cost only 1 AP and gain both +3 penetration and +0.5 damage for each instance of damage their target took this turn.
Lance Corporal	Will To Survive Will To Survive Increases DR of all cover to 60% but grants 10 less defense. For XCOM, grants Steadfast. Steadfast Steadfast Provides +2 armor HP, immunity to panic, and reduces injury times by 30%.		Sentinel Sentinel Fire an additional reaction shot and gain +20 defense during overwatch. Grants Opportunist. Opportunist Opportunist Reaction shots gain +10 aim and can critically hit.		Grenadier Grenadier Using a destructive grenade deals +1 damage and costs only 1 AP. Equipped destructive grenades and MEC launchers receive an additional use and have no weight.
Corporal	Tenacious Defense Tenacious Defense Grants +2 armor HP. Grants +20 crit resistance when protected by cover.		Bull Rush Bullseye Grants +25 aim, +25 crit and +25% crit damage to shots fired at 2 AP, steadied shots or shots at preoccupied targets (double bonus if two conditions are met, triple if all three).		Mayhem Mayhem Suppression damages enemies immediately with a round of suppressive fire. Suppressive Fire can cause bleeding.
Sergeant	Extra Conditioning Extra Conditioning Grants +2 armor HP and +0.6 mobility, and a 10% chance for all end-in-idle actions to cost 0 AP.		Snap Shot Snapshot Shots gain +20 crit and do not trigger reaction fire.		Lock n' Load Lock n' Load Reloading any weapon costs only 1 AP and dashing automatically reloads the active weapon.
Tech Sergeant	Ranger Ranger Grants +1 damage to all weapons and equipment, +0.6 mobility, and +10% throw/rocket range. Sidearms additionally gain +2 damage, +20 aim, and 1 AP reloads.
Gunnery Sergeant	Critical System Targeting Critical System Targeting Shots against autopsied mechanical units deal +20% damage and gain +20 penetration (+50% damage and +50 penetration if steadied). Does not work with Arc Weapons.		Impact Impact Shots gain +10 penetration. Non-reaction shots disable their target's Overwatch and Reactive Targeting Sensors.		Vital Point Targeting Vital Point Targeting When hitting humans or autopsied biological aliens: steadied shots, reaction shots, or shots at targets not protected by cover double the bleed chance and deal 30% more damage.
Master Sergeant	Aggression Aggression Shots gain +10% crit damage per enemy in sight.			Packmaster Packmaster Equipped medikits, grenades, and mists receive an additional use. Grants +2 HP to healing from Restorative Mists.

Stat Progression

Rank	Attribute Gains
Specialist	+0-1 (50%)	+4-12	+0.6	+5-15
Lance Corporal	+0-1 (50%)	+1-3	-	+1-3
Corporal	+0-1 (20%)	+1-3	-	+1-3
Sergeant	+0-1 (20%)	+1-3	-	+1-3
Tech Sergeant	+0-1 (20%)	+0-2	-	+1-3
Gunnery Sergeant	+0-1 (20%)	-	-	+1-3
Master Sergeant	+0-1 (20%)	-	-	-
Total	+0-7	+7-23	+0.6	+10-30

Predictable Potential:

Rank	Attribute Gains
Specialist	+1	+8	+0.6	+10
Lance Corporal	+1	+2	-	+2
Corporal	-	+2	-	+2
Sergeant	-	+2	-	+2
Tech Sergeant	-	+1	-	+2
Gunnery Sergeant	-	-	-	+2
Master Sergeant	-	-	-	-
Total	+2	+15	+0.6	+20

Tactical Advice

Role: Medium Range Offense

Infantry are mid-range damage dealers. They can fire twice per turn if they don't move, which makes them excel at eliminating enemies by attrition. Because they must remain stationary to fire twice, they tend to perform best with rifles and carbines, rather than shotguns or SMGs, which are more position dependent - if you want a more mobile soldier who's designed for mobility and getting flanks, look to the Assault class. The Infantry's ability to fire twice per turn makes them competitive with Snipers at direct damage. Due to their high fire-rate it is very important to keep an eye on the Infantry's ammunition, as it can run out very quickly.

Infantry have decent aim progression and have relatively uncomplicated builds - they have at least one talent at each rank that improves their proficiency with their primary weapon and also have a selection of defensive abilities available at each rank. The Infantry does have a powerful utility perk combination to improve overwatch in Sentinel, and Lock n' Load, and Ranger.

Sample Builds

Line Infantry

This build focuses on improving the Infantry's ability to take a position and shoot the enemy twice per turn. A relativity simple task that the Infantry excels in. Mobility is not as desirable so this build can focus on taking the heavier Battle Rifle and Drum Mag to improve their damage output.

Will To Survive improve the Infantry's survivability and grants them Steadfast, which better ensures your Infantry won't panic outside of psionic attacks. Lock N' Load helps compensate for the Infantry's heavy ammo usage by making reloading only consume a single action point, ensuring the Infantry can always shoot at least once. Bullseye helps the Infantry hit flying enemies while Sharpshooter further helps the Infantry fire at enemies in cover. Packmaster simply helps the Infantry have more ammo to shoot with.

Sample Infantry Build: Will To Survive -> Bullseye -> Lock N' Load-> Ranger -> Vital Point Targeting -> Packmaster.

Will To Survive Will To Survive

Bull Rush Bullseye

Lock n' Load Lock n' Load

Ranger Ranger

Vital Point Targeting Vital Point Targeting

Packmaster Packmaster

Notes: Snapshot can replace Lock N' Load as this will allow the Infantry to fire through enemy overwatch, you will need to be more careful of their ammo level. Tenacious Defence can replace Bullseye to make the Infantry a more harder target to hurt, at the cost of losing accuracy against flying targets.

Recommended Equipment: Drum Mag, Battle Rifle, Armour Piercing Ammo/Shredding Ammo.

OW Infantry

This build focuses on using mid-range reaction shots to cover front line tanking soldiers, namely using Steady -> Overwatch to fire one shot with +50 aim and a second shot for good measure. Since this build forgoes any defensive perks, other soldiers with tanking builds must be placed between this soldier and any foes. Because Sentinel reaction shots ignore cover DR and can crit, this build is very effective for causing damage against enemies in cover if the squad is out of explosives.

Sample OW Build: Sentinel -> Bullseye -> Loch N' Load -> Ranger -> Impact -> Aggression

Sentinel Sentinel

Bull Rush Bullseye

Lock n' Load Lock n' Load

Ranger Ranger

Impact Impact

Aggression Aggression

Recommended Equipment: Extended/Drum Mag, Alien Trophy, Battle Rifle

Notes:

• Snapshot can replace Lock N' Load to avoid reaction fire pulled when shooting, but ammo management is not as flexible.
• If Snapshot is chosen, then Packmaster is suggested to be taken over Aggression for better flexibility.

See also

Long War Rebalance: Soldiers
Soldiers	Soldiers Assault Infantry Rocketeer Gunner Sniper Scout Medic Engineer
MEC	MEC Troopers Marauder Goliath Jaeger Shogun
Sub-classes and abilities	Officers Psionics Gene Mods S.H.I.V.s