Ranger (LWOTC)

The Ranger is the master of the rifle and may be trained to use it in offensive and defensive capacities.

Class Overview

The Ranger class is focused towards operating at medium range with guns (and is quite unlike the vanilla Ranger class, which has been split into the Shinobi and Assault classes). Their signature ability is to be able to take standard shots without ending turn, allowing them to fire twice per turn baseline.

"Infantry" type Rangers (Left branch) focus on raw damage output with their rifle, pumping out accurate directed fire to secure kills and set up kills for their allies, but are less effective at responding to enemy actions on their turn.

"Defender" type Rangers (Right branch) master overwatch fire, to the point of achieving more shots during the enemy turn than most XCOM soldiers can muster during their own turn, but sacrifice potential punch with directed fire, and can be shut down by enemies packing Shadowstep or Lightning Reflexes.

Due to their front/midline nature and tendency to seek out high quality cover front and center of an enemy force, with supporting allies close behind and assaulting allies ahead and to the sides, Rangers make excellent Officer candidates. The center branch has myriad options for defense, including the vital "Tactical Sense" perk, to help protect your Leader investment.

Weapons

Primary: Rifles, SMGs, Shotguns.

Secondary: Sawed-off Shotgun

Rather than a melee weapon, Rangers carry a Sawed-off shotgun as their secondary weapon. This weapon is capable of huge amounts of damage at point blank range, but has a fixed two shots and can't be reloaded.

Abilities

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Rank	Ability
Squaddie	Point Blank Fire your sawed-off shotgun at a nearby enemy.	Both Barrels Fire both barrels of sawed-off shotgun at nearby enemy, doing double damage.	Light 'Em Up Standard shots with your primary weapon are not turn-ending.
	Infantry		Defender
Lance Corporal	Walk Fire Take a highly accurate shot with +30 bonus to hit 66% damage and -30 crit. Uses 2 ammo.	Close and Personal Confers +30 critical chance against adjacent targets. The bonus declines with distance from the target.	Ever Vigilant If you spend all of your actions on moves, you are granted an automatic overwatch shot at the end of the turn.
Corporal	Locked On Gain +20 aim and +10 crit for successive shots at the same enemy unit.	Pump Action Gain two extra ammo in your sawed-off shotgun.	Covering Fire Reaction shots confer an aim malus on enemies and can now be triggered by any enemy action, not just movement.
Sergeant	Aggression Gain +5 critical chance for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 30.	Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns.	Cool Under Pressure You gain +10 Aim on Overwatch and other reaction shots, and they can critically hit.
Staff Sergeant	Executioner Confers +15 aim and +15 critical chance against targets at half or less of their original hit points.	Fortify Activate to grant +20 defense until the beginning of the next turn. Does not cost an action. Has a 4 turn cooldown.	Suppression Fire a barrage that pins down a target, grants reaction fire against it if it moves, restricts the use of many abilities, and imposing a -25 penalty to the target's aim.
Tech Sergeant	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.	Implacable If you score one or more kills on your turn, you are granted a single bonus move.	Grazing Fire Missed attacks have an additional roll to become a graze.
Gunnery Sergeant	Rapid Fire Fire twice in a row at an enemy. Each shot suffers an Aim penalty of -15. Can be used once per turn.	Scrap Metal Kills with your primary weapon restore one sawed-off shotgun charge.	Rapid Reaction When in overwatch, each shot you hit with grants another reaction fire shot, up to a maximum of three shots.
Master Sergeant	Rupture A Rupture shot grants a +50 bonus to critical hit chances and ensures that the target takes an additional +3 damage from all attacks in the future.	Combat Fitness Gain 4 aim, 1 mobility, 2 HP, 4 will, and 4 dodge.	Kill Zone Take a reaction shot against any enemy that moves or attacks within a cone of fire.

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
Damn Good Ground Confers +10 aim and +10 defense against targets at a lower elevation.	Combat Engineer Your explosives do significantly greater damage to cover objects and other things on the battlefield.	Brutality Killing organic enemies with your sawed-off shotgun have a 50% chance to panic other organic enemies within 10 tiles of the target.	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.
Deep Cover If you did not attack this turn, hunker down automatically.	Coup de Grâce Bonus to hit, damage, and critical chance with your weapon against a disoriented, stunned or panicking enemy.	Deadeye Take a shot with a small aim penalty for a significant damage boost.
Field Medic Equipped medikits have 2 extra charges.	Dedication Free action. Gain 2 mobility and ignore reaction fire for the rest of the turn. Has a 4 turn cooldown.	Death From Above Killing an enemy at a lower elevation with your primary weapon refunds a single action, and does not end your turn. Also grants a long-range accuracy bonus for sniper rifles.	Disabling Shot Stun enemies with a precise shot, with a bonus stun duration if the shot crits. The shot can not do critical damage.
Flashbanger Grants 1 free flashbang item to your inventory.	Hail of Bullets Unleash a hail of bullets that is guaranteed to hit your target, but uses a lot of ammunition.	Evasive Start each mission with 100 bonus dodge. The bonus is removed after you take damage for the first time.
Hipfire Firing the sawed-off shotgun no longer ends the turn.	Hard Target Gain 5 dodge per enemy you can see, up to a maximum of +30.	Full Kit Grants +1 charge per grenade item in a utility slot.	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.	Holo Targeting Any directed primary weapon shot, hit or miss, will mark the target, increasing your squad's aim by +15 against this target.	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.
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.	Impulse Your ranged attacks gain 10 aim and 10 critical chance if you have moved this turn.	Lock 'N Load Kills with your primary weapon restore 1 ammo.	None Shall Pass During enemy turns, fire a free reaction shot that can critically hit with your sawed-off shotgun at any visible enemy within 3 tiles who moves or fires. Can only trigger 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.	Inspire Agility Give a friendly unit 30 Dodge until the start of your next turn. Whenever you kill an enemy, you gain an extra charge. Usable once per turn. Starts with one charge, and is a free action.	Predator Your ranged attacks gain 15 bonus aim and 15 bonus critical chance against enemies that are flanked or out of cover.
Maim Fire a shot with your primary weapon that immobilizes the target until the end of their next turn. Uses 1 ammo. Has a 3 turn cooldown.	Low Profile Makes partial cover count as full.	Return Fire When targeted by enemy fire, automatically fire back with your primary weapon once per turn.	Run and Gun Take an action after dashing.
Salvo Launching or throwing grenades, using heavy weapons or using the Gauntlet's Rocket Launcher with your first action will not end your turn.	Rapid Deployment Activate this ability before throwing or launching a support grenade, and the throw will not cost an action.	Ruthless Killing a panicked or disoriented enemy with your sawed-off shotgun refunds one action point.	Run and Gun Take an action after dashing.
Shadowstrike While concealed, gain +50 bonus aim and +50 bonus critical hit chance when attacking enemies.	Reposition Once per turn, gain an additional move action after taking a standard shot at a flanked or exposed target with your primary weapon.	Tactical Sense Gain 3 defense for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 15 defense.	Serial A powerful chained shot ability. For every kill made with your primary weapon, your actions will be refunded but your damage and crit chance will be reduced for every subsequent attack.
Smoker Grants one free smoke grenade item to your inventory.	Resilience Enemy attacks against you suffer a -30 penalty to critical hit chances.	Shredder Your primary weapon attacks shred armor.
Survival Instinct Gain 20 Defense and 20 Crit chance while injured.	Shadowstep This soldier does not trigger overwatch or reaction fire.	Tradecraft This soldier has significantly reduced infiltration times while on missions.	Stiletto Shots fired with your primary weapon pierce 3 armor.
Will To Survive Enemy damage is reduced by 1 when in cover and attacked through that cover. Also grants 5 will.	Steady Hands If you did not move last turn, gain +10 Aim and +10 Critical chance.	Untouchable If you score a kill during your turn, the next attack against you during the enemy turn will miss.