Marauder (LWR)
MEC variant of the Assault and Infantry classes. Marauders are designed to get up close and personal, causing havoc at close range with point blank flanking shots, flamethrowers and kinetic strikes.
- Primary Weapon: MEC Primary Weapons
- Secondary Weapon: MEC Secondary Weapon Systems
- Class-Limited items: MEC Equipment items
Abilities
Rank | Ability | ||||||
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Specialist |
Onslaught
The first use of the Kinetic Strike Module each turn will leave this unit with 1 AP but reduces mobility to 3.3 tiles during their next action. Grants Ram and +0.6 mobility. | ||||||
Lance Corporal |
Fortified
Grants immunity to critical hits. Injury and fatigue times are reduced by 30%. Steadfast
Provides immunity to panic (except from flame/psi attacks) and reduces injury time by 50%. |
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] |
Sentinel
Fire an additional reaction shot during overwatch. Gain +20 defense when on overwatch. Grants Opportunist. Opportunist
Reaction shots gain +15 aim and can critically hit. | ||||
Corporal |
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. |
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. |
Jetboot Module
When activated, grants +4.0 mobility and the ability to jump to normally inaccessible heights for the rest of the turn. 2 turn cooldown. Does not break hidden abilities (Cloaking, Shadow, Concealment, Stealth, or Ghosting). | ||||
Sergeant |
Sharpshooter
All shots with the primary weapon gain +15 aim against biologic targets. |
Repair Servos
Repairs damage sustained in battle: When damaged, gain servos equal to 45% of the damage sustained. Each servo can heal 1 HP. At end of turn, use half the servos available (minimum 1, if available). |
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. | ||||
Tech Sergeant |
Shock-Absorbent Armor
Grants proximity-based DR if the damage is within 10 tiles (+5% DR per tile up to +50% at point blank). | ||||||
Gunnery Sergeant |
Lock N' Load
Reloading any weapon costs only 1 AP. Dashing automatically reloads the active weapon. |
Reactive Targeting Sensors
Once per turn, if this unit is attacked: Attempt to return fire with a +40 aim reaction shot. If this unit did return fire, enter One For All (if able). [Basic reaction shots bypass half of cover DR/def, cannot crit, and require hit chance >30] |
Killer Instinct
Critical hits deal 200% damage. | ||||
Master Sergeant |
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.
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Aggression
Grants the primary weapon +20 crit and additional crit damage equal to the number of enemies in sight or squadsight. |
Stat Progression
Predictable Potential:
Rank | Attribute Gains | |||
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Specialist | +2 | +6 | - | - |
Lance Corporal | +1 | +2 | - | - |
Corporal | +1 | +2 | - | - |
Sergeant | - | - | - | - |
Tech Sergeant | - | - | - | - |
Gunnery Sergeant | - | - | - | - |
Master Sergeant | - | - | - | - |
Total | +4 |
+10 |
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Sample Builds
Overwatch Marauder
This MEC is an alien slaughtering dream machine. With the Onslaught starting perk, The basic outline for this unit is to Run And Gun into a problematic foe, use Onslaught to beat the ever-loving crap out of it for 0 AP, then let loose Sentinel's two overwatch shots that ignore cover DR and can crit. The plan acquires more deadly consistency upon picking up Sharpshooter, really comes into its own with Killer Instinct when your critical punches and overwatch hits deal a whopping 200% damage.
Sample Overwatch Marauder Build: Sentinel -> Run And Gun -> Sharpshooter -> Shock-Absorbent Armor -> Killer Instinct -> Aggression
Recommended Equipment: Kinetic Strike Module, The Thumper
Note: KSM is NOT affected by Red Fog.