Skirmishers (XCOM2)

The Skirmishers are one of the three new Resistance Factions from XCOM 2's expansion, War of the Chosen. Led by Betos, the first of their number to be freed, the Skirmishers are a faction of rogue ADVENT soldiers who have removed the chip connecting them to ADVENT's Psionic network, and now seek to similarly liberate their brothers and sisters from the "false gods." Wielding a variety of close-range weapons, such as a unique grapple gauntlet and the Bullpup rifle, they excel at devastating hit-and-run attacks on the battlefield, and can use their knowledge of ADVENT's inner workings to support XCOM's covert operations.

Weapons

Primary Weapon	Damage		Critical Chance			Range				Mod Slots
Kal-7 Bullpup	3-4		0			Medium				1
Kal-15 Bullpup	4-5		0			Medium				2
Kal-48 Bullpup	6-7		0			Medium				2

Secondary Weapon	Damage		Critical Chance			Range
Ripjack	3-4		0			Melee
Ionic Ripjack	4-5		0			Melee
Fusion Ripjack	6-7		0			Melee

Abilities

Specialization	Hussar	Judge	Tactician	XCOM
Squaddie	Marauder Shots are not turn ending, allowing for shooting and moving or shooting twice in a turn.	Justice Use the Grapple to pull a humanoid unit to you and deliver a ripjack strike. 4 turn cooldown.	Grapple Deploy a grappling hook to move quickly to an elevated position. .
Corporal	Reflex When fired upon, gain one extra action on the next turn. Triggers once per mission.		Total Combat Throwing a grenade or using an item no longer ends the turn.	Saturation Fire Fire a cone shaped barrage of bullets at every enemy in an area.
Sergeant		Wrath Use the Grapple to pull yourself to an enemy and deliver a ripjack strike. 4 turn cooldown.	Zero In Subsequent shots on the same turn provide +10 critical chance. If against the same target, they also grant +10 hit chance.	Volatile Mix Your grenades deal +2 damage.
Lieutenant		Whiplash Attack an enemy with an electrical lash. This attack does not cost an action. 1 charge per mission. (Deals additional damage against robotic enemies.)	Full Throttle Gain +2 mobility for every kill this turn.	Return Fire When targeted by enemy fire, automatically fire back with your bullpup once per turn.
Captain	Combat Presence Grant an additional action to a squadmate.	Retribution Free ripjack strikes on any enemies that enter or attack from melee range.	Interrupt A powerful form of Overwatch. Instead of firing automatically, perform any single action. 1 charge per mission.	Lightning Reflexes The first reaction shot against you misses.
Major	Waylay When entering Overwatch, you can take as many shots as you have remaining actions.	Reckoning Unlocks the Ripjack Slash attack. 5 turn cooldown.
Colonel	Manual Override Lower all ability cooldowns by 1. Does not end the turn.	Battlelord Battlelord - After each enemy in line of sight takes an action, take an immediate action. 1 charge per mission. Lasts 1 turn.	Judgement When targeted by an attack, the enemy has a chance to panic.

Resistance Orders

Skirmisher Resistance Orders offer a variety of bonuses designed to aid XCOM's infrastructure and hinder ADVENT forces, both on and off the battlefield.

Resistance Order	Effect
Bomb Squad	Experimental Grenade and Heavy Weapon projects are completed instantly in the Proving Ground.
Decoys and Deceptions	All knowledge gained by the Chosen is reduced by 33%.
Double Agent	On every mission, there is a chance an ADVENT unit will join the XCOM squad. (Randomly chosen from any of the following: Trooper, Officer, Stun Lancer, Shieldbearer, Purifier, or Priest.)
Impact Modelling	The speed of all armor research is increased by 15%.
Information War	The Tech defense of all enemies and hack targets is reduced by 20.
Inside Job I	All Intel rewards increased by 10%.
Inside Job II	All Intel rewards increased by 15%.
Inside Knowledge	The effect of all weapon modifications is increased.
Integrated Warfare	All PCS effects are increased.
Modular Construction	Facility construction speed is increased by 25%.
Private Channel	All mission timers are increased by 2 turns.
Quid Pro Quo	Black Market Intel costs are reduced by 33%.
Sabotage	Remove one block of Avatar Project progress at the end of each month.
Tactical Analysis	Enemy units lose 1 action on their next turn if discovered on the XCOM turn.
Vulture	Enemies drop additional loot items.
Weak Points	Any shredding attack from XCOM does an additional +1 shred to the target.