SPARK (LW2)

These high-powered robotic units can unleash devastating frontline attacks or absorb incoming fire and protect the squad.

Sparks are 34% more expensive for infiltration.

Abilities

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Rank	Ability
Squaddie	Overdrive Take three actions this turn, and no action is turn-ending. Multiple Standard Shots incur a small recoil penalty.	Arsenal The BIT can equip and fire heavy weapons.	Mechanical Chassis This unit is immune to fire and poison damage.
	Future Combat		War Machine
Lance Corporal	Shredder Your primary weapon attacks shred armor.	Iron Skin Incoming melee damage is reduced by 3.	Combat Awareness Grants 15 defense and an armor point when in overwatch.
Corporal	Rainmaker Equipped heavy weapons deal +2 damage and have increased area of effect.	Bulwark Gain a bonus point of Armor, and always provide high cover to all adjacent squadmates.	Adaptive Aim When Overdrive is active, Standard Shots do not incur recoil penalties.
Sergeant	Strike Attack any enemy within movement range with a powerful melee attack.	Formidable Your gear includes an extra layer of protection, granting two extra points of Ablative HP and 50% less damage from explosive attacks.	Cool Under Pressure You gain +10 Aim on Overwatch and other reaction shots, and they can critically hit.
Staff Sergeant	Intimidate When targeted by an attack, the enemy has a chance to panic.	Repair Send the BIT to a damage robotic ally and repair it. Advanced BITs can repair slightly more.	Guardian With every successful Overwatch shot, there is a 50% chance that another shot will be taken.
Tech Sergeant	Channeling Field Every time you are targeted, part of the energy is channeled to your primary weapon. This energy is unleashed with your next Standard Shot.	Wrecking Ball While Overdrive is active, break through walls and cover when moving.	Holo Targeting Holotarget your enemy to grant an aim bonus to all attacks on this target by you and your allies for the remainder of the turn.
Gunnery Sergeant	Bombard Launch the BIT to any visible location where it releases a powerful explosive blast. Advanced BITs do more damage.	Damage Control After taking damage, gain two armor through the end of the next turn.	Hunter Protocol When an enemy is revealed, there is a 33% chance to take a free Overwatch shot.
Master Sergeant	Sacrifice Generate a protective field which redirects any attacks against allies inside it towards you. Gain bonus defense and armor while active.	Impact Fields Activate a force field that reduces incoming damage by 33% for two turns. Six-turn cooldown.	Nova Release a blast of energy, damaging all nearby enemies. This attack has no cooldown, but consecutive Novas will damage the SPARK.

Stat Progression

Rank	Per Level						Total
	Health	Offense	Will	Mobility	Dodge	Hacking	Health	Offense	Will	Mobility	Dodge	Hacking
Squaddie	0	2	4 - 12	0	0	5	0	2	4 - 12	0	0	5
Lance Corporal	0	2	4 - 12	0	0	0	0	4	8 - 24	0	0	5
Corporal	0	2	4 - 12	0	0	0	0	6	12 - 36	0	0	5
Sergeant	0	2	4 - 12	0	0	0	0	8	16 - 48	0	0	5
Staff Sergeant	0	2	4 - 12	0	0	0	0	10	20 - 60	0	0	5
Tech Sergeant	0	2	4 - 12	0	0	0	0	12	24 - 72	0	0	5
Gunnery Sergeant	0	2	4 - 12	0	0	0	0	14	28 - 84	0	0	5
Master Sergeant	0	2	4 - 12	0	0	0	0	16	32 - 96	0	0	5

This class also gains 3 points of strength, though it's not clear what that does.

Though SPARK units don't gain health from leveling, they do start with a high health pool of 12 normal HP and 5 ablative HP.

See Also

XCOM Units in Long War 2
Starting	Soldiers Assault Grenadier Gunner Ranger Sharpshooter Shinobi Specialist Technical
Unlockable	Psi Operative SPARK Officers