Gunner (LWR)

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  Gunner

The Gunner class is a support fire specialist, capable of wielding the largest automatic weapons in XCOM's arsenal to either inflict heavy damage, or lock down and debuff hostiles.

Primary Weapon: SAWs, LMGs, Assault Rifles, Carbines, SMGs.

Secondary Weapon: None.

Class-Limited items:

Abilities

Rank	Ability
Specialist	Suppression Suppress [Pinned if protected by cover, suppressive fire if not, no reaction fire, -35 aim, -35% mobility/ability range] targets. Breaks with suppressive fire if the target acts. Requires 2 ammo, and uses the 2nd ammo if the suppression breaks with suppressive fire. Suppressing makes this unit 30% more likely to be critically hit. 2 turn cooldown.
Lance Corporal	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%.		Sentinel Fire an additional reaction shot during overwatch. Gain +20 defense when on overwatch. Grants Opportunist. Opportunist Reaction shots gain +10 aim and can critically hit.		Mayhem Suppression has 1 turn less cooldown and deals suppressive fire damage immediately.
Corporal	Penetrator The primary weapon gains +2 penetration.		Grit Grants +3 armor HP and %DR equal to half of the %HP lost.		Shredder Primary weapon shots during this unit's turn apply Shred equal to the dealt as a percent of the target's max HP (which increases subsequent damage the target receives by the amount of Shred) to any unit they damage for the remainder of the battle.
Sergeant	Double Tap Shooting or using burst allows this unit to fire an extra shot (at +25 aim/crit if it's the same target) if not out of ammo or targets. 1 turn cooldown after 2nd shot is used.		Ready For Anything At the end of each turn, if this unit did not move and is not at risk of triggering reaction fire, Overwatch activates. Grants +2 ammo to non-arc primary weapons.		Holo Rounds Firing at a target during this unit's turn holos [Prevents concealment/stealth, incoming shots gain +20 aim and +1 penetration] them for 3 turns.
Tech Sergeant	Critical System Targeting Shots against autopsied mechanical units deal +50% damage and gain +2 penetration. Does not work with the Arc Rifle or Arc Pistol.
Gunnery Sergeant	Tenacious Defense Grants +3 armor HP. Grants +20% crit resistance when protected by cover.		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.		First Aid Grants 2 medikits.
Master Sergeant	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.			Lock N' Load Reloading any weapon costs only 1 AP. Dashing automatically reloads the active weapon.

Stat Progression

Tactical Advice

Role: Medium Range Offense / Offensive Support

The Gunner is mostly unchanged from vanilla. A major decision when building a Gunner is deciding if they will use a LMG or SAW-type weapon. SAW Gunners have more mobility but shorter range, so will value some mobility and defense as well as offense. LMG Gunners will be more interested in offense.

Gunners have a lot of flexibility in their builds, with many viable combinations. Several strong utility perks are available, including Holo Rounds and Shredder and of course Suppression. One potential offensive support build combines the debuff perks; Gunners can suppress in AoE using an LMG, apply Holo Rounds on those targets, make it inflict damage with Mayhem, and thus shred them with Shredder. Some strong offensive perks are also available in Double Tap, Penetrator and Critical System Targeting.

Sample Builds

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