

If you did not attack this turn, hunker down automatically If you score one or more kills on your turn, you are granted a single bonus move.įree sword attacks on enemies that enter or attack from melee range. Immediately enter concealment once per mission. This soldier does not trigger overwatch or reaction fire. When concealed, gain +25 bonus Aim and +25 bonus critical hit chance when attacking enemies. When the squad is revealed, this soldier remains concealed.ĭeal +2 extra damage on all sword attacks. This class starts with the Slash ability, allowing it to use swords for melee combat. If you aren't certain that the attack will finish off the enemy, and if there are more foes nearby, never resort to using melee attacks - by doing so you can quickly lose a valuable soldier. Unfortunately, there's also a drawback - each attack has a small chance to miss (which allows the enemy to counterattack) and exposes the soldier to enemy attacks. It allows the Ranger to perform extremely powerful and accurate (often above 95% chance to hit) attacks, which the soldier can use from a great distance, by running up to the target. The key element of this class is the ability to use a sword.

This class, aside from shotguns and swords, has access to assault rifles as well - but given its main application as a close-quarter combatant, the shotgun is a better choice. Thanks to the mobility and available abilities the Ranger is extremely effective at reconnaissance. The Ranger class, the equivalent of the Assault one from the first XCOM, is a class focusing mainly on close combat, in which the ability to use shotguns (and the latter, upgraded variants) and swords for melee combat helps greatly.
