Classes (Bureau)

There are 4 classes of agents available on The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, plus Carter, which belongs to a unique class (Leader). Each class has 5 levels of abilities, with the player choosing between two abilities in some cases.

• Leader
  • Level 1: Lift
  • Level 2:
  • Level 3:
  • Level 4:
  • Level 5:
• Commando

Commandos are your main combat class. They use regular rifles as weapons and have the highest durability of any class.

Rank	Ability Tree 1		Ability Tree 2
Level 1	Deniable Ops		Taunt Commando insults targeted alien, drawing them out of cover.
Level 2	Pulse Wave Commando unleashes a wall of TK, causing damage, and shoving them out of cover if applicable. Lighter enemies stumble for a significant amount of time.
Level 3	Tunnel Vision Damage bonus to Taunted enemies.	Machine Gunner	Endurance Adds another bar of health.
Level 4	Personal Shield Casts one shield, can be used on Carter or either other Agent.	Plasma Field AoE attack: continuous damage to any alien that is inside or enters the Plasma field. Does not affect XCOM Agents.	Resilience
Level 5	Peak Conditioning Adds another bar of health.	Wave Amplification Increases damage from Pulse Wave.

• Engineer

Engineers are a class that mainly focuses on battlefield control. They use shotguns as weapons.

Rank	Ability Tree 1		Ability Tree 2
Level 1	Grease Monkey		Scatter Engineer throws a device which causes burning irritation in enemies, forcing them to leave cover.
Level 2	Mine Engineer throws a proximity mine that will remain untill detonated. Does not affect XCOM Agents.		Endurance
Level 3	Demolitions Expert Decreases cooldown on Mine ability.	Shotgunner
Level 4	Rocket Turret Deploys turret that slowly shoots slow-moving but powerful Plasma shots.	Gun Turret Deploys turrent that rapid-fires mid-strength laser shots.	Endurance
Level 5	Fortified Turrets Turrets deploy with shields.	Monkeywrench Increases damage against Mechanical targets.	Heavy Metals

• Recon

Recon are your anti-personnel soldiers. They use sniper rifles, with abilities focusing on hitting enemies hard and on being able to get into good flanking positions. A feature of the Critial Strike ability is that is effectively "terrain-peircing": a targeted enemy will be hit, regardless of location, or intermediary objects.

Rank	Ability Tree 1		Ability Tree 2
Level 1	Endurance Training		Critical Strike Recon Agent focuses to perform a powerful Headshot for a guaranteed critical hit.
Level 2	Hard to Kill	Sniper	Eagle Eye
Level 3	Cloak Makes agent invisible for a time.	Diversion Recon casts a holographic image, in a manner similar to a turret (including having independent "hit points"). Diversion causes no damage. It is not subjected to Cover rules, so aliens attacks will prioritize it.	Endurance Adds another bar of health.
Level 4	Crack Shot Reduces cooldown on Critical Strike.	Armor Piercer Critical Strike now does heavy damage to armor and shields.
Level 5	Fire Mission AoE Attack. Calls down an artillery strike that damages friend and foe alike.

• Support

Support class soldiers wield pistols, and focus mostly on defense and improving your other squad members.

Rank	Ability Tree 1		Ability Tree 2
Level 1	Officer School		Combat Stims Grenade-like device: boosts defense and accuracy for allies.
Level 2	Shield Sphere A "shield grenade", it can either be used to cover agents directly, or be placed between agents and aliens to intercept shots.		Endurance Adds another bar of health.
Level 3	Disrupt	Weaken
Level 4	Medical Breakthrough	Guardian Angel Agent takes greatly reduced damage while on a Revive order.	Helping Hand Reduces all ability cooldowns for entire squad.
Level 5	Savior Greatly increases bleed-out time for units in squad.	Mirror Shield Sphere now reflects shots to attackers.	Endurance Adds another bar of health.