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Soldier Management

• Use the first 3 missions to bring all the 12 initial soldiers and reveal their classes.
• The focus is on building a poll of soldiers - it should be around 10-12 soldiers being rotated on missions, plus a number of replacements.
• A basic setup is to have 2-3 officers of each class, depending on personal preferences - your favorite build(s) for that class and his/her replacement, plus an alternative build for more specialized missions.
• To get the Squad Size increase, you can get later a Sergeant as a reward in an abduction mission.
• Try to get as soldiers as rewards during Abduction missions (although you may lose countries) - money and resources are easy to get, high rank soldiers take a lot of time to build up. Even if you have already 2 officers from that class
• Usually the distribution of classes will not be balanced. Use Abduction missions to make up with any shortfalls.

1) Maps 2) Type and number of aliens.

The first criteria is if XCOM or the aliens are capable of killing their opponents with 1 shot. At the beginning the aliens will have the upper hand, specially in Classic/Impossible but that will keep changing back and forward as XCOM deploys new tech and the aliens bring more races. There's something of a ratio: if you're facing 3 lesser opponents or 2 similar ones or 1 superior alien you're outnumbered and your soldiers can be severely injured or killed.

With this in mind you may face three types of scenarios everytime you'll go on an Abduction/Terror/UFO missions. Council missions are predictable since you'll be facing always Sectoids or Thin Men.

Class Builds

Class/Type	Corporal	Sergeant	Lieutenant	Captain	Colonel	Notes
Support (Medic)	Sprinter Covering Fire	Field Medic	Revive	Dense Smoke Combat Drugs	Savior
Support (Scout)	Sprinter	Smoke and Mirrors	Rifle Suppression	Dense Smoke	Sentinel
Support (Rifleman)	Covering Fire	Field Medic Smoke and Mirrors	Rifle Suppression	Dense Smoke Combat Drugs	Sentinel
Assault	Aggression	Close and Personal	Rapid Fire	Bring 'Em On	Killer Instinct
Assault (Scout)	Tactical Sense	Lightning Reflexes	Rapid Fire Flush	Close Combat Specialist	Resilience
Sniper	Squad Sight	Gunslinger Damn Good Ground	Disabling Shot	Opportunist	Double Tap In The Zone
Sniper (Scout)	Snap Shot	Gunslinger Damn Good Ground	Battle Scanner	Executioner	Double Tap In The Zone
Heavy	Bullet Swarm	Shredder Rocket	HEAT Ammo	Grenadier Danger Zone	Rocketeer Mayhem
Heavy (Rifleman)	Holo-Targeting	Suppression	Rapid Reaction	Grenadier Danger Zone	Rocketeer Mayhem
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Weapon Kill Table

Weapon	Base Damage	Crit Damage	Critical Chance	Class	Terrain Damage	Range	Reaction Angle	Reaction Range	Size	Abilities
Assault Rifle	3	4	10	Assault/Support/Rookie	20	27	200	NA	Large
Laser Rifle	5	6	10	Assault/Support/Rookie	125	27	200	NA	Large
Plasma Light Rifle	5	6	10	Assault/Support/Rookie	125	27	200	NA	Large	Aim +10
Plasma Rifle	7	9	10	Assault/Support/Rookie	125	27	200	NA	Large
LMG	4	6	0	Heavy	60	27	200	NA	Large
Heavy Laser	6	9	10	Heavy	125	27	200	NA	Large
Heavy Plasma	9	13	10	Heavy	125	27	200	27	Large
Sniper Rifle	4	6	25	Sniper	30	100	200	NA	Large	Limited move
Laser Sniper Rifle	6	9	30	Sniper	125	100	200	NA	Large	Limited move
Plasma Sniper Rifle	9	13	35	Sniper	125	100	200	NA	Large	Limited move
Shotgun	4	6	20	Assault	40	10	360	27	Large	Limited range
Laser Scatter	6	9	20	Assault	125	27	360	NA	Large	Limited range
Alloy Cannon	9	13	20	Assault	125	27	360	NA	Large	Limited range