Infantry (LWR)

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  Infantry

The Infantry class borrows elements from the Assault and Heavy classes. Their signature ability is Light 'Em Up, which reduces the AP cost of standard shots to 1, allowing them to fire twice per turn.

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

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

Class-Limited items: None.

Abilities

Rank	Ability
Specialist	Light 'Em Up Standard shots cost only 1 AP and gain both +5 aim and +1 damage for each instance of damage their target took this turn.
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.		Grenadier Using a destructive grenade deals +1 damage and costs only 1 AP. Equipped destructive grenades receive an additional use. Grants 1.3 mobility.
Corporal	Tenacious Defense Grants +3 armor HP. Grants +20% crit resistance when protected by cover.		Lock N' Load Reloading any weapon costs only 1 AP. Dashing automatically reloads the active weapon.		Mayhem Suppression has 1 turn less cooldown and deals suppressive fire damage immediately.
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.		Impact Grants +1 damage and penetration to all shots. Hitting a target with a non-reaction shot clears their overwatch and disables their Reactive Targeting Sensors.		First Aid Grants 2 medikits.
Tech 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.
Gunnery 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.		Snapshot Shooting will not trigger reaction fire. If this unit has not moved this turn, shots gain a 20% chance to cost 0 AP.		Vital Point Targeting Steadied shots, reaction shots, or shots at targets not protected by cover deal 30% more damage when hitting humans or autopsied biological aliens.
Master Sergeant	Aggression Grants the primary weapon +20 crit and additional crit damage equal to the number of enemies in sight or squadsight.			Packmaster Equipped medikits, grenades, and mists receive an additional use. Grants +1 ammo to non-arc primary weapons. Grants +1 HP to healing from Restorative Mists.

Stat Progression

Rank	Attribute Gains
Specialist	+0-1 (50%)	+5-15	+1.3	+5-15
Lance Corporal	+0-1 (50%)	+1-3	-	+1-3
Corporal	+0-1 (20%)	+1-3	-	+1-3
Sergeant	+0-1 (20%)	+1-3	-	+1-3
Tech Sergeant	+0-1 (20%)	+1-3	-	+1-3
Gunnery Sergeant	+0-1 (20%)	+1-3	-	+1-3
Master Sergeant	+0-1 (20%)	-	-	-
Total	+0-7	+10-30	+1.3	+10-30

Predictable Potential:

Rank	Attribute Gains
Specialist	+1	+10	+1.3	+10
Lance Corporal	+1	+2	-	+2
Corporal	-	+2	-	+2
Sergeant	-	+2	-	+2
Tech Sergeant	-	+2	-	+2
Gunnery Sergeant	-	+2	-	+2
Master Sergeant	-	-	-	-
Total	+2	+20	+1.3	+20

Tactical Advice

Role: Medium Range Offense

Infantry are mid-range damage dealers. They can fire twice per turn if they don't move, which makes them excel at eliminating enemies by attrition. Because they must remain stationary to fire twice, they tend to perform best with rifles and carbines, rather than shotguns or SMGs, which are more position dependent - if you want a more mobile soldier who's designed for mobility and getting flanks, look to the Assault class. The Infantry's ability to fire twice per turn makes them competitive with Snipers at direct damage. Due to their high fire-rate it is very important to keep an eye on the Infantry's ammunition, as it can run out very quickly.

Infantry have decent aim progression and have relatively uncomplicated builds - they have at least one talent at each rank that improves their proficiency with their primary weapon and also have a selection of defensive abilities available at each rank. The Infantry does have a powerful utility perk combination to improve overwatch in Sentinel, and Lock n' Load, and Ranger.

Sample Builds

Tank Infantry

Sample Tank Build: Will To Survive -> Tenacious Defense or Lock n' Load -> Extra Conditioning or First Aid -> Ranger -> Critical System Targeting or Snapshot or Vital Point Targeting -> Aggression

Will To Survive

Tenacious Defense Lock N' Load

Extra Conditioning First Aid

Ranger

Critical System Targeting Snapshot Vital Point Targeting

Aggression

Recommended Weapons: Assault rifle, Battle Rifle
Recommended Equipment: Ammo increase, Shredder/AP ammo, Reinforced Plating/Regenerative Plating, Combat Stims, Psi defender(psi)/Conduit(psi), .

Notes

• Tenacious Defense can be switched out for Lock n' Load for more offensive uptime. This switch is even more justified is you plan to use Psi defender(psi).
• Extra Conditioning against First Aid is a toss up between extra stats + free action chance and additional sustain.
• The Gunnery Sergeants perks are all viable. CST/VPT for added power against Mechs/Bio and Snapshot for the extra 20% stacking chance for a free shot which can be paired with Extra conditioning and a possible Conduit(psi)

Overwatch Infantry

This build focuses on using mid-range reaction shots to cover front line tanking soldiers, namely using Steady -> Overwatch to fire one shot with +50 aim and a second shot for good measure. Since this build forgoes any defensive perks, other soldiers with tanking builds must be placed between this soldier and any foes. Because Sentinel reaction shots ignore cover DR and can crit, this build is very effective for causing damage against enemies in cover if the squad is out of explosives.

Sample OW Build: Sentinel -> Lock n' Load -> Impact -> Ranger -> Impact -> Aggression

Sentinel

Lock N' Load

Impact

Ranger

Snapshot

Aggression

Recommended Equipment: Extended/Drum Mag, Alien Trophy, Battle Rifle

Notes:

Grenadier Infantry

To Be Added

Sample Grenadier Build: Grenadier -> Mayhem-> Extra Conditioning-> Ranger -> Snapshot -> Packmaster.

Grenadier

Mayhem

Extra Conditioning

Ranger

Snapshot

Packmaster

Recommended Equipment: HE/AP/Alien/Plasma Grenades.

Notes:

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