Grenadier (LWOTC)

Serving as our demolitions experts, the Grenadiers provide heavy ordnance delivery whenever and wherever we need it. They may also specialize in support grenades to protect our troops and disable our enemies.

Class Overview

The Grenadier is a versatile fire-support class that leans much more heavily on its grenade launcher than the Vanilla Grenadier to influence the battle. While they can cart an impressive amount of grenades, care must be take to ensure they are not exposed to heavy enemy attack when heavily specialized in them, as they tend not to have inventory room for protective vests or plating.

"Boomer" type Grenadiers (Left branch) are demolition experts, capable of breaking any enemy position with a well placed grenade, but have less to offer squadmates in need of cover or concealment, as well as limited utility once their grenades run out.

"Support" type Grenadiers (Right branch) deploy non-lethal grenades to awe-inspiring effect, capable of bringing an entire alien squad to their knees (literally) with Sting grenades or shielding allies from effective enemy fire with Dense Smoke and Ghost Grenades, but are less capable when raw damage is called for.

Grenadiers are more expensive than standard for infiltration. Consider swapping out a Grenadier for a less explosive class (or equipping them with an SMG) if you need to trim a few hours off your infiltration timer.

Weapons

Primary: Rifles, SMGs, Shotguns.

Secondary: Grenade Launcher

Grenadiers can carry a standard rifle, shotgun, or SMG for regular combat, and some center branch perks improve the primary weapon's utility and the Grenadier's personal defenses. Consider these perks if you want to deploy the soldier in the front line of a battle rather than the middle or back lines, or have the Grenadier be an effective threat once their grenades are expended.

The Grenadier's Grenade Launcher improves the range at which they can launch grenades over the other classes, as well as the radius of effect of said grenades. The Grenade Launcher also enables a special grenade-only slot in their inventory. Several perks increase the number of grenades available, the range they can be launched at, or their radius.

Abilities

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Rank	Ability
Squaddie		Launch Grenade The Grenadier uses a grenade launcher to fire grenades rather than throwing them. This allows for greater range and grenade capacity.
	Boomer		Support
Lance Corporal	Sapper Your explosives can destroy many cover objects.	Needle Grenades Your explosives do not destroy loot when they kill enemies and deal 1 bonus damage to unarmored enemies.	Rapid Deployment Activate this ability before throwing or launching a support grenade, and the throw will not cost an action.
Corporal	Heavy Ordnance Any damaging grenade in your grenade-only slot gains a bonus use.	Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns.	Protector Non-damaging grenades in your grenade-only slot gain a bonus use.
Sergeant	Boosted Cores Explosive grenades and any damage over time effects inflicted by grenades do one additional damage.	Formidable Your gear includes an extra layer of protection, granting 2 bonus ablative hit points and 50% less damage from explosive attacks.	Bluescreen Bombs Your flashbang grenades now disorient robotic units and reduce their resistance to hacking.
Staff Sergeant	HEAT Warheads Your grenades now pierce up to 2 point(s) of armor and shred 1 additional point(s) of armor.	Tandem Warheads Your grenades, rockets and heavy weapons do full damage to the maximum extent of their area of effect.	Dense Smoke Your smoke grenades confer an additional 10 defense.
Tech Sergeant	Biggest Booms Your grenades and standard rockets can inflict critical damage (50% chance for +3 damage).	Chain Shot Take a shot with an aim penalty of 10. If you hit the target, you take another shot on the target automatically.	Sting Grenades Your flashbang grenades have a 50% chance to stun enemies.
Gunnery Sergeant	Volatile Mix Your grenades' area of effect is increased by one tile.	Bombardier You may throw or launch grenades two additional tiles.	Salvo Launching or throwing grenades, using heavy weapons or using the Gauntlet's Rocket Launcher with your first action will not end your turn.
Master Sergeant	Combat Engineer Your explosives do significantly greater damage to cover objects and other things on the battlefield.	Full Kit Grants +1 charge per grenade item in a utility slot.	Ghost Grenade A specialized smoke grenade that causes the targeted ally to enter concealment.

XCOM Abilities

XCOM row abilities are able to be purchased when the Training Center is built. The cost is 10 AP per tier level.

Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4
Bring 'Em On Gain +1 damage on critical hits for every two enemies you can see, up to a maximum of +8. Works for the soldier's primary weapon and explosives.	Aggression Gain +5 critical chance for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 30.	Apex Predator Critical hits with your primary weapon have a chance to panic the target and nearby enemies.	Close Combat Specialist Fire a free reaction shot with your primary weapon at any visible enemy within four tiles who moves or fires.
Close and Personal Confers +30 critical chance against adjacent targets. The bonus declines with distance from the target.	Cyclic Fire Special Shot: Fire three shots at a target in a single attack. Requires both actions and all shots have a -15 aim penalty. Has a 3 turn cooldown.	Avenger Once per turn, take a reaction shot with your primary weapon at a visible enemy that has fired upon a visible ally.
Coup de Grâce Bonus to hit, damage, and critical chance with your weapon against a disoriented, stunned or panicking enemy.	Ever Vigilant If you spend all of your actions on moves, you are granted an automatic overwatch shot at the end of the turn.	Evasive Start each mission with 100 bonus dodge. The bonus is removed after you take damage for the first time.	Close Encounters Once per turn, gain a bonus action after taking a standard shot with your primary weapon at an enemy within four tiles. Cannot trigger on the same turn as Hit and Run.
Damn Good Ground Confers +10 aim and +10 defense against targets at a lower elevation.	Fortify Activate to grant +20 defense until the beginning of the next turn. Does not cost an action. Has a 4 turn cooldown.	Flashbanger Grants 1 free flashbang item to your inventory.
Deadeye Take a shot with a small aim penalty for a significant damage boost.	Hail of Bullets Unleash a hail of bullets that is guaranteed to hit your target, but uses a lot of ammunition.	Hunter's Instincts Ranged attacks against flanked enemies deal +2 damage.	Double Tap Activate to fire a standard shot and gain a second action restricted to an additional shot or overwatching.
Deep Cover If you did not attack this turn, hunker down automatically.	Holo Targeting Any directed primary weapon shot, hit or miss, will mark the target, increasing your squad's aim by +15 against this target.	Implacable If you score one or more kills on your turn, you are granted a single bonus move.
Executioner Confers +15 aim and +15 critical chance against targets at half or less of their original hit points.	Low Profile Makes partial cover count as full.	Kill Zone Take a reaction shot against any enemy that moves or attacks within a cone of fire.	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. Cannot trigger on the same turn as Close Encounters.
Field Medic Equipped medikits have 2 extra charges.	Predator Your ranged attacks gain 15 bonus aim and 15 bonus critical chance against enemies that are flanked or out of cover.	Light 'Em Up Standard shots with your primary weapon are not turn-ending.
Flush Special shot with a bonus to hit that does half damage but confers defense and dodge penalties and forces target to change position if it hits.	Resilience Enemy attacks against you suffer a -30 penalty to critical hit chances.	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.	Lethal You do 2 additional points of base damage and 1 additional point(s) of bonus critical damage with your primary weapon.
Infighter Gain 40 dodge against attacks within four tiles.	Return Fire When targeted by enemy fire, automatically fire back with your primary weapon once per turn.	Ready For Anything Enter overwatch after firing a turn ending standard shot with your primary weapon.
Iron Curtain Special shot that does 50% of normal damage but reduces target mobility for the following 2 turn(s). Cone-based attack with primary weapon.	Shadowstep This soldier does not trigger overwatch or reaction fire.	Run and Gun Take an action after dashing.	Rapid Fire Fire twice in a row at an enemy. Each shot suffers an Aim penalty of -15. Can be used once per turn.
Lone Wolf Gain bonus Aim and Defense when at least 4 tiles distant from any ally, with a maximum of +12/+12 at 7+ tiles.	Shredder Your primary weapon attacks shred armor.	Smoker Grants one free smoke grenade item to your inventory.
Precision Shot Take a special shot with +30 bonus to critical chance and 34% bonus critical damage. Has a 4 turn cooldown.	Tactical Sense Gain 3 defense for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 15 defense.	Stiletto Shots fired with your primary weapon pierce 3 armor.	Watch Them Run After throwing or launching a grenade, you will automatically enter overwatch.
Steady Hands If you did not move last turn, gain +10 Aim and +10 Critical chance.	Trench Warfare If you get at least one kill during your turn, automatically Hunker Down at the end of it.	Untouchable If you score a kill during your turn, the next attack against you during the enemy turn will miss.