Advanced Warfare Center (LW2)

The Advanced Warefare Center, AWC, continues to provide the ability for soldiers to acquire perks from other classes but the process is highly changed in Long War 2. Every soldier now has an AWC skills tree, which will feature 3 offensive, 3 defensive, and 7 pistol perks. The pistol perks are always the same 7 though their order of unlock is random, the three offensive and defensive skills are a random subset from other classes. Soldiers may train all 13 perks with enough time and must train in a pod at the AWC, they will not be awarded perks by ranking up.

The AWC is also used as the infirmary and can be staffed with a scientist to speed up healing +50% on all difficulties except rookie (+100%).

Offense Perks

Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
Executioner Confers +10 aim and +10 critical chance against targets at half or less of their original hit points.	Kubikuri Special shot against most enemies who have taken any damage: Any critical hit kills them, but regular hits do half damage. Requires two actions and has a 4-turn cooldown.	Serial A powerful chained shot ability. For every kill made with your primary weapon, your actions will be refunded but your damage and crit chance will be reduced for every subsequent attack.
Deadeye Take a shot with a small aim penalty for a significant damage boost.	Walk Fire Take a highly accurate shot with +30 bonus to hit but for half damage and -30 crit. Uses 2 ammo.	Death From Above Killing an enemy at a lower elevation with your primary weapon costs only a single action, and does not end your turn. Also grants a long-range accuracy bonus for sniper rifles.
Steady Hands If you did not move last turn, gain +10 Aim and +10 Critical chance.	Aggression Gain +5 critical chance for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 30.	Double Tap Fire a standard shot and gain a bonus shot or overwatch action.
Deadshot Bonus 10% chance to critically hit enemies.	Grazing Fire Missed shots with your primary weapon have an additional roll to become a graze.	Lethal You do two additional points of base damage and one point of additional crit damage with your primary weapon.
Close and Personal Confers +30 critical chance against adjacent targets. The bonus declines with distance from the target.	Shredder Your primary weapon attacks shred armor.	Rapid Fire Fire twice in a row at an enemy. Each shot suffers an Aim penalty of -15. There is no cooldown on this ability.
Locked On Gain +10 aim and +10 crit for successive shots at the same enemy unit.	Chain Shot Take a shot with an aim penalty of -10. If you hit the target, you take another shot on the target automatically.	Run and Gun Take an action after dashing.
Boosted Cores Explosive grenades do one additional damage.	Hail of Bullets Unleash a hail of bullets that is guaranteed to hit your target, but uses a lot of ammunition.	Rupture A Rupture shot has a large bonus to crit chance and ensures that the target takes an additional +3 damage from all attacks in the future.
Biggest Booms Your grenades and standard rockets can inflict critical damage (50% chance for +2 damage).	Iron Curtain Special shot that does half damage but reduces target mobility for the following two turns. Cone-based attack with primary weapon.	Full Kit Grants +1 charge per grenade item in a utility slot.
Shadowstrike While concealed, gain +50 bonus aim and +50 bonus critical hit chance when attacking enemies.	Volatile Mix Your grenades' area of effect is increased by one tile.	Bombardier You may throw or launch grenades two additional tiles.
Sprinter Gain 1 mobility.	Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns.	Holo Targeting Holotarget your enemy to grant an aim bonus to all attacks on this target by you and your allies for the remainder of the turn.
HEAT Warheads Your grenades now pierce up to 2 points of armor and shred one additional point of armor.	Salvo Launching or throwing grenades, using heavy weapons or using the Gauntlet's Rocket Launcher with your first action will not end your turn.	Hunter's Instincts Ranged attacks against flanked enemies deal +2 damage.
Precision Shot Take a special shot with +30 bonus to critical chance and 33% bonus critical damage. Three-turn cooldown.	Bring 'Em On Gain +1 damage on critical hits for every two enemies you can see, up to a maximum of +8.	Hit and Run Once per turn, gain an additional action after taking a standard shot at a flanked or exposed target with your primary weapon.
Flush Special shot with a bonus to hit that does little damage but forces target to change position if it hits and gives a penalty to defense and dodge.	Executioner Confers +10 aim and +10 critical chance against targets at half or less of their original hit points.	Cyclic Fire Special Shot: Fire three shots at a target in a single attack. Requires both actions and all shots have aim penalties. Four-turn cooldown.
Walk Fire Take a highly accurate shot with +30 bonus to hit but for half damage and -30 crit. Uses 2 ammo.	Locked On Gain +10 aim and +10 crit for successive shots at the same enemy unit.	Bring 'Em On Gain +1 damage on critical hits for every two enemies you can see, up to a maximum of +8.
Grazing Fire Missed shots with your primary weapon have an additional roll to become a graze.	Sprinter Gain 1 mobility.	Traverse Fire After taking a standard shot with your primary weapon with your first action, you may take an additional non-movement action.
Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns.	Deadshot Bonus 10% chance to critically hit enemies.	Light 'Em Up Taking a standard shot with your primary weapon as your first action no longer ends your turn.
Salvo Launching or throwing grenades, using heavy weapons or using the Gauntlet's Rocket Launcher with your first action will not end your turn.	Flush Special shot with a bonus to hit that does little damage but forces target to change position if it hits and gives a penalty to defense and dodge.	Combat Fitness Gain 4 aim, 1 mobility, 2 HP, 4 will, and 4 dodge.
Volatile Mix Your grenades' area of effect is increased by one tile.	Bombardier You may throw or launch grenades two additional tiles.	Hail of Bullets Unleash a hail of bullets that is guaranteed to hit your target, but uses a lot of ammunition.
Shredder Your primary weapon attacks shred armor.	Sapper Your explosives can destroy many cover objects.	Aggression Gain +5 critical chance for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 30.
Damn Good Ground Confers +10 aim and +10 defense against targets at a lower elevation.	Blademaster All sword attacks deal +1 extra damage and have +10 Aim.	Reaper A devastating chain melee attack where the first melee attack cannot miss. Each melee kill in Reaper mode grants an extra action, but further melee attacks have reduced damage.
Lone Wolf Gain +10 aim and +10 defense when 7 or more tiles distance from any ally.	Fleche Attack any enemy within movement range with your sword. Deals +1 damage for every 4 tiles between your starting position and the target.
Cutthroat Your melee attacks against biological enemies ignore their armor, have a +15 critical chance, and do +2 critical damage.
Fleche Attack any enemy within movement range with your sword. Deals +1 damage for every 4 tiles between your starting position and the target.

Pistol Perks

Return Fire

When targeted by enemy fire, automatically fire back with your pistol once per turn.

Quickdraw

Firing your pistol with your first action no longer ends your turn.

Clutch Shot

Once per mission, fire a pistol shot that cannot miss.

Lightning Hands

Fire your pistol at a target. This attack does not cost an action.

Faceoff

Fire once at every visible enemy with your pistol.

Fan Fire

Fire the pistol three times at the same target.

Gunslinger

Take a reaction shot with your pistol against any enemy that moves or attacks within 8 tiles and a wide cone of fire.

Defensive Perks

Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
Damn Good Ground Confers +10 aim and +10 defense against targets at a lower elevation.	Cool Under Pressure You gain +10 Aim on Overwatch and other reaction shots, and they can critically hit.	Tradecraft This soldier has significantly reduced infiltration times while on missions.
Ever Vigilant If you spend all of your actions on moves, you are granted an automatic overwatch shot at the end of the turn.	Low Profile Makes partial cover count as full.	Shadowstep This soldier does not trigger overwatch or reaction fire.
Deep Cover If you did not attack this turn, hunker down automatically.	Covert Enemies have 25% smaller detection range against you.	Lightning Reflexes Reaction fire shots against you have a significantly decreased chance to hit. The bonus goes down with each additional reaction shot you face.
Lone Wolf Gain +10 aim and +10 defense when 7 or more tiles distance from any ally.	Evasive Start each mission with 100 bonus dodge. The bonus is removed after you take damage for the first time.	Implacable If you score one or more kills on your turn, you are granted a single bonus move.
Infighter Gain 25 dodge against attacks within four tiles.	Suppression Fire a barrage that pins down a target, grants reaction fire against it if it moves, restricts the use of many abilities, and imposes a -25 penalty to the target's aim.	Tactical Sense Gain 3 defense for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 15 defense.
Covering Fire Overwatch shots can now be triggered by any enemy action, not just movement. Targets of overwatch shots receive -10 aim for the rest of the turn whether or not the shot was triggered because of this ability.	Resilience Enemy attacks against you suffer a -50 penalty to critical hit chances.	Untouchable If you score a kill during your turn, the next attack against you during the enemy turn will miss.
Will to Survive Enemy damage is reduced by 1 when in cover and attacked through that cover. Also grants 5 will.	Fortify Activate to grant +20 defense until the beginning of the next turn. Does not cost an action. Has a 5-turn cooldown.	Kill Zone Take a reaction shot against any enemy that moves or attacks within a cone of fire.
Smoker Grants one free smoke grenade item to your inventory.	Formidable Your gear includes an extra layer of protection, granting two extra points of Ablative HP and 50% less damage from explosive attacks.	Close Combat Specialist During enemy turns, fire a free reaction shot with your primary weapon at any visible enemy within four tiles who moves or fires. Will not trigger if soldier is concealed.
Flashbanger Grants 1 free flashbang item to your inventory.	Phantom When the squad is revealed, this soldier remains concealed.	Sentinel When in overwatch, you may take two reaction shots.
Ghostwalker Activate this ability to reduce enemy detection range against you by 25% for the rest of your turn as well as the following turn. Four-turn cooldown.	Hard Target Gain 3 dodge per enemy you can see, up to a maximum of +30.	Rapid Reaction When in overwatch, each shot you hit with grants another reaction fire shot, up to a maximum of three shots. Each enemy can only be the target of one shot.
Guardian With every successful Overwatch shot, there is a 50% chance that another shot will be taken.	Field Medic Equipped medikits have 2 extra charges.	Combat Fitness Gain 4 aim, 1 mobility, 2 HP, 4 will, and 4 dodge.
Aim Hunker Down now confers +20 Aim to the first shot on the following turn.	Ghostwalker Activate this ability to reduce enemy detection range against you by 25% for the rest of your turn as well as the following turn. Four-turn cooldown.	Conceal Immediately enter concealment once per mission.
Suppression Fire a barrage that pins down a target, grants reaction fire against it if it moves, restricts the use of many abilities, and imposes a -25 penalty to the target's aim.	Guardian With every successful Overwatch shot, there is a 50% chance that another shot will be taken.	Phantom When the squad is revealed, this soldier remains concealed.
Fortify Activate to grant +20 defense until the beginning of the next turn. Does not cost an action. Has a 5-turn cooldown.	Ever Vigilant If you spend all of your actions on moves, you are granted an automatic overwatch shot at the end of the turn.	Formidable Your gear includes an extra layer of protection, granting two extra points of Ablative HP and 50% less damage from explosive attacks.
Low Profile Makes partial cover count as full.	Deep Cover If you did not attack this turn, hunker down automatically.	Hard Target Gain 3 dodge per enemy you can see, up to a maximum of +30.
Covert Enemies have 25% smaller detection range against you.	Aim Hunker Down now confers +20 Aim to the first shot on the following turn.	Cool Under Pressure You gain +10 Aim on Overwatch and other reaction shots, and they can critically hit.
Resilience Enemy attacks against you suffer a -50 penalty to critical hit chances.	Shadowstep This soldier does not trigger overwatch or reaction fire.	Rapid Deployment Activate this ability before throwing or launching a support grenade, and the throw will not cost an action.
Combatives You may parry melee attacks and counterattack with your combat knife. Also gain +10 dodge.	Rapid Deployment Activate this ability before throwing or launching a support grenade, and the throw will not cost an action.
	Infighter Gain 25 dodge against attacks within four tiles.
	Will to Survive Enemy damage is reduced by 1 when in cover and attacked through that cover. Also grants 5 will.
	Bladestorm Free sword attacks on any enemies that enter or attack from melee range.