Assault (LWR)

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  Assault

The Long War Rebalance Assault is similar to the vanilla Assault. Their signature ability is Close Encounters.

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

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

Class-Limited items: Impact Vest, Shredder Ammo, Breaching Ammo.

Abilities

Rank	Ability
Specialist	Close Encounters The first standard shot against an enemy within 4 tiles or destructive grenade thrown within 4 tiles will leave this unit with 1 AP but reduces mobility to 3.3 tiles during their next action. Grants immunity to reaction fire and critical hits from enemies within 4 tiles.
Lance Corporal	Run and Gun Allows shooting or overwatching at 0 AP if the last AP was spent moving. Disables the AP discount from Close Encounters. Shots gain +35% weapon damage and +35 crit until this unit's next turn. 2 turn cooldown. Cannot activate if out of ammo and does not work with the stun rifle.		Shadowstep This unit does not trigger reaction shots or Pursuit when walking (not dashing). After repositioning, grants +2 crit dmg until next turn. Grants +0.6 mobility.		Will To Survive All cover DR increased to 70% but grants 15 less defense. Grants +3 armor HP and Steadfast. Steadfast Provides immunity to panic (except from flame/psi attacks) and reduces injury time by 50%.
Corporal	Extra Conditioning Grants +3 armor HP, +0.6 mobility, 10% throw range, and a 10% chance for all end-in-idle actions to cost 0 AP.		Snapshot Shooting will not trigger reaction fire. If this unit has not moved this turn, shots gain a 20% chance to cost 0 AP.		Tenacious Defense Grants +3 armor HP. Grants +20% crit resistance when protected by cover.
Sergeant	Ranger Grants +1 damage to all weapons and equipment, +0.6 mobility, and +10% throw range. For sidearms: No long-range aim penalty and reloading costs only 1 AP.		Aggression Grants the primary weapon +20 crit and additional crit damage equal to the number of enemies in sight or squadsight.		Close Combat Specialist Grants a reaction shot at any enemy within 4 tiles that acts. Reaction shot only activates on enemy's turn, once per enemy. [Basic reaction shots bypass half of cover DR/def, cannot crit, and require hit chance >30]
Tech Sergeant	Rapid Fire Take two shots with your primary weapon against a single target in quick succession. Each shot carries a -40 aim penalty (-20 for shotguns). Grants +0.6 mobility.
Gunnery Sergeant	Killer Instinct Critical hits deal 200% damage.		Bring 'Em On Grants additional shot damage equal to half the number of enemies in sight. Grants additional aim and graze chance equal to 5x the number of enemies in sight.		Brawler Grants +1 damage and +20 aim against targets within 4 tiles. Counterattacks melee attacks with damage equal to this unit's max base HP. Opportunist Reaction shots gain +10 aim and can critically hit.
Master Sergeant	Sprinter Grants +1.3 mobility and increases the movement bonus when dashing to +40% (from +20%).			Grit Grants +3 armor HP and %DR equal to half of the %HP lost.

Stat Progression

Tactical Advice

Role: Mobile Offense, Tank

Long War Rebalance Assaults are more specialized than vanilla Assaults. They are more mobile than Infantry and capable of much greater burst damage output at close range. Since their innate ability is Close Encounters, they typically want to be close to the enemy at all times, whether they are tanking damage or dealing it, and Shotguns are a natural choice for their close range focus. However, SMGs are also viable due to their high crit, mobility and close range damage boost.

Assaults are fairly simple soldiers, and the choices in their builds tend to be a simple one of offense vs. defense at each rank, with some mobility thrown in.

Assaults make good covert operatives. They have high base HP, allowing them to survive better without armor, and Shadowstep to avoid Overwatch while moving to comm arrays.

Sample Builds

Crit Flanker

This build focuses the Assault on being able to push aggressively through enemy overwatch and score powerful critical hits. Their main focus is on keeping the enemy AI out of position with strong flank attacks, as such perks are selected that maximise this. Shadowstep, combined with Snapshot, makes the Assault immune to overwatch and grants the Assault free reign to move as needed, Shadowstep also grants a small boost to mobility to help the Assault reach targets easier. Aggression and Killer Instinct makes critical hits more powerful and likely to occur. Sprinter simply helps Assault gain a mobility boost.

Sample Crit Build: Shadowstep-> Snapshot -> Aggression-> Rapid Fire-> Killer Instinct -> Sprinter.

Shadowstep

Snapshot

Aggression

Rapid Fire

Killer Instinct

Sprinter

Notes: If your Assaults are using SMGs instead of Shotguns, you can swap out Killer Instinct for Bring 'Em On, as SMG's grant the user Killer Instinct for free. Snapshot can be swaped out for Extra Conditioning if extra mobility and health are desirable

Recommended Equipment: Laser Sight, Targeting Module, Breaching Ammo.

See also

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