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	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.		Lock N' Load Reloading any weapon costs only 1 AP. Dashing automatically reloads the active weapon.
Sergeant	Tenacious Defense Grants +3 armor HP. Grants +20% crit resistance when protected by cover.		Bullseye Grants +25 aim and crit if shooting at 2AP or against a target on overwatch (double if both).		Mayhem Suppression has 1 turn less cooldown and deals suppressive fire damage immediately.
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	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.		Sharpshooter All shots with the primary weapon gain +15 aim and crit against biologic targets.		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

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

Line Infantry

This build focuses on improving the Infantry's ability to take a position and shoot the enemy twice per turn. A relativity simple task that the Infantry excels in. Mobility is not as desirable so this build can focus on taking the heavier Battle Rifle and Drum Mag to improve their damage output.

Will To Survive improve the Infantry's survivability and grants them Steadfast, which better ensures your Infantry won't panic outside of psionic attacks. Lock N' Load helps compensate for the Infantry's heavy ammo usage by making reloading only consume a single action point, ensuring the Infantry can always shoot at least once. Bullseye helps the Infantry hit flying enemies while Sharpshooter further helps the Infantry fire at enemies in cover. Packmaster simply helps the Infantry have more ammo to shoot with.

Sample Crit Build: Will To Survive -> Lock N' Load-> Bullseye -> Ranger -> Sharpshooter -> Packmaster.

Will To Survive

Lock N' Load

Bullseye

Ranger

Sharpshooter

Packmaster

Notes: Snapshot can replace Lock N' Load as this will allow the Infantry to fire through enemy overwatch, you will need to be more careful of their ammo level. Tenacious Defence can replace Bullseye to make the Infantry a more harder target to hurt, at the cost of losing accuracy against flying targets.

Recommended Equipment: Drum Mag, Battle Rifle, Armour Piercing Ammo/Shredding 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