Classes (Bureau)
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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 | |
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Level 1 | Deniable Ops |
Taunt | |
Level 2 | Pulse Wave | ||
Level 3 | Tunnel Vision |
Machine Gunner |
Endurance Adds another bar of health. |
Level 4 | Personal Shield |
Plasma Field |
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 | |
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Level 1 | Grease Monkey |
Scatter | |
Level 2 | Mine |
Endurance | |
Level 3 | Demolitions Expert Decreases cooldown on Mine ability. |
Shotgunner | |
Level 4 | Rocket Turret |
Gun Turret |
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.
Rank | Ability Tree 1 | Ability Tree 2 | |
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Level 1 | Endurance Training |
Critical Strike | |
Level 2 | Hard to Kill |
Sniper |
Eagle Eye |
Level 3 | Cloak Makes agent invisible for a time. |
Diversion |
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 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 | |
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Level 1 | Officer School |
Combat Stims | |
Level 2 | Shield Sphere |
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. |