Grenadier (LWOTC)

Serving as our demolitions experts, the Grenadiers provide heavy ordnance delivery whenever and wherever we need it. They may also specialize in support grenades to protect our troops and disable our enemies.

Class Overview

The Grenadier is a versatile fire-support class that leans much more heavily on its grenade launcher than the Vanilla Grenadier to influence the battle. While they can cart an impressive amount of grenades, care must be take to ensure they are not exposed to heavy enemy attack when heavily specialized in them, as they tend not to have inventory room for protective vests or plating.

"Boomer" type Grenadiers are explosive experts, maximizing on the lethality of their grenades. They deliver on-demand highly damaging explosives that can deal with groups of enemies but are otherwise rendered useless once expended.

"Trooper" type Grenadiers are demolition experts, capable of breaking any enemy position with a well placed grenade and taking advantage with reaction shots. Unlike other types, their grenades do not improve much beyond cover destruction but combined with their primary weapon allows them to take full advantage of enemies being exposed in addition to still being capable of covering the squad even when they are out of grenades.

"Support" type Grenadiers deploy non-lethal grenades to awe-inspiring effect, capable of bringing an entire alien squad to their knees (literally) with Sting grenades or shielding allies from effective enemy fire with Dense Smoke and Ghost Grenades, but are less capable when raw damage is called for.

Grenadiers are more expensive than standard for infiltration. Consider swapping out a Grenadier for a less explosive class (or equipping them with an SMG) if you need to trim a few hours off your infiltration timer.

Weapons

Primary : Rifles , SMGs , Shotguns .

Secondary : Grenade Launcher

Grenadiers can carry a standard rifle, shotgun, or SMG for regular combat, and some center branch perks improve the primary weapon's utility. Consider these perks if you want to deploy the soldier in the front line of a battle rather than the middle or back lines, or have the Grenadier be an effective threat once their grenades are expended.

The Grenadier's Grenade Launcher improves the range at which they can launch grenades over the other classes, as well as the radius of effect of said grenades. The Grenade Launcher also enables a special grenade-only slot in their inventory. Several perks increase the number of grenades available, the range they can be launched at, or their radius.

Abilities

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Rank	Ability
Squaddie		Flush Special shot with a bonus to hit that does half damage but confers defense and dodge penalties and forces target to change position if it hits.	Launch Grenade The Grenadier uses a grenade launcher to fire grenades rather than throwing them. This allows for greater range and grenade capacity.
	Boomer	Trooper	Support
Lance Corporal	Needle Grenades Your explosives do not destroy loot when they kill enemies and deal 1 bonus damage to unarmored enemies.	Holo Targeting Any directed primary weapon shot, hit or miss, will mark the target, increasing your squad's aim by +15 against this target.	Rapid Deployment Activate this ability before throwing or launching a support grenade, and the throw will not cost an action.
Corporal	Sapper Your explosives can destroy many cover objects.	Combat Fitness Gain 4 aim, 1 mobility, 2 HP, 4 will, and 4 dodge.	Bombardier You may throw or launch grenades two additional tiles.
Sergeant	Boosted Cores Explosive grenades and any damage over time effects inflicted by grenades do one additional damage.	Watch Them Run After throwing or launching a grenade, you will automatically enter overwatch.	Bluescreen Bombs Your flashbang grenades now disorient robotic units and reduce their resistance to hacking.
Staff Sergeant	Tandem HEAT Warheads Your grenades now pierce up to 2 point(s) of armor, shred 0 additional point(s) of armor, and do full damage to units to the maximum extent of their area of effect.	Cool Under Pressure You gain +10 Aim on Overwatch and other reaction shots, and they can critically hit.	Dense Smoke Your smoke grenades confer an additional 10 defense.
Tech Sergeant	Biggest Booms Your grenades and standard rockets can inflict critical damage (50% chance for +3 damage).	Combat Engineer Your explosives do significantly greater damage to cover objects and other things on the battlefield.	Sting Grenades Your flashbang grenades have a 50% chance to stun enemies.
Gunnery Sergeant	Volatile Mix Your grenades' area of effect is increased by one tile.	Sentinel When in overwatch, you may take two reaction shots.	Salvo Launching or throwing grenades, using heavy weapons or using the Gauntlet's Rocket Launcher with your first action will not end your turn.
Master Sergeant	Shockwave Your damaging grenades and gauntlet rockets decrease enemy defense by 15 and dodge by 20 for 1 turn.	Coup de Grâce Bonus to hit, damage, and critical chance with your weapon against a disoriented, stunned or panicking enemy.	Ghost Grenade A specialized smoke grenade that causes the targeted ally to enter concealment.

XCOM Abilities

XCOM row abilities are able to be purchased when the Training Center is built. The cost is 10/20/30 AP per tier for offensive perks, 10/15/25 AP per tier for defensive perks and 35 AP for Tier 4 perks.

Tier 1 Defensive	Tier 1 Offensive	Tier 2 Defensive	Tier 2 Offensive	Tier 3 Defensive	Tier 3 Offensive	Tier 4
Paramedic Unlocks an ability to perform a dash move to use a medikit on an ally (this ability still costs 1 action and is non-turn ending). Gain a free medikit. Equipped medikits have 2 extra charges.	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.	Formidable Your gear includes an extra layer of protection, granting 2 bonus ablative hit points and 50% less damage from explosive attacks.	Executioner Confers +15 aim and +15 critical chance against targets at half or less of their original hit points.	Implacable If you score one or more kills on your turn, you are granted a single bonus move.	Flashbanger Grants 1 free flashbang item to your inventory.	Close Combat Specialist Fire a free reaction shot with your primary weapon at any visible enemy within four tiles who moves or fires.
Infighter Gain 40 dodge against attacks within four tiles.	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.	Smoker Grants one free smoke grenade item to your inventory.	Shellshock Your grenades and gauntlet rockets decrease enemy aim by 10 and critical chance by 15 for 1 turn(s).	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.	Hunter's Instincts Ranged attacks against flanked enemies deal +2 damage.	Double Tap Activate to fire a standard shot and gain a second action restricted to an additional shot or overwatching.
Fortify Activate to grant +20 defense until the beginning of the next turn. Does not cost an action. Has a 4 turn cooldown.	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.	Shadowstep This soldier does not trigger overwatch or reaction fire.	Stiletto Shots fired with your primary weapon pierce 3 armor.	Untouchable If you score a kill during your turn, the next attack against you during the enemy turn will miss.	Predator Your ranged attacks gain 15 bonus aim and 15 bonus critical chance against enemies that are flanked or out of cover.	Run and Gun Take an action after dashing.
Will To Survive Enemy damage is reduced by 1 when in cover and attacked through that cover. Also grants 5 will.	Covering Fire Reaction shots confer an aim malus on enemies and can now be triggered by any enemy action, not just movement.	Tactical Sense Gain 3 defense for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 15 defense.	Demolition Unleash a volley of bullets at your target's cover, significantly damaging or destroying it. Deals no damage to your target.	Evasive Start each mission with 100 bonus dodge. The bonus is removed after you take damage for the first time.	Apex Predator Critical hits with your primary weapon have a chance to panic the target and nearby enemies.	Hit and Run Once per turn, gain an additional action after taking a standard shot at a flanked or exposed target with your primary weapon. Cannot trigger on the same turn as Close Encounters.
Deep Cover If you did not attack this turn, hunker down automatically.	Aggression Gain +5 critical chance for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 30.	Low Profile Makes partial cover count as full.	Ever Vigilant If you spend all of your actions on moves, you are granted an automatic overwatch shot at the end of the turn.	Reconnoiter Every 4 turns, as a free action, you can use a Battle Scanner.	Hail of Bullets Unleash a hail of bullets that is guaranteed to hit your target, but uses a lot of ammunition.	Blood Trail Shots deal +2 damage and ignore target's Dodge by -40 if the target has been wounded this turn.
					Chain Shot Take a shot with an aim penalty of 10. If you hit the target, you take another shot on the target automatically.	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.
						Kill Zone Take a reaction shot against any enemy that moves or attacks within a cone of fire.