- This article is about the soldier class in XCOM 2. For the ability from XCOM: Enemy Unknown, see Grenadier. For the analogous class from the same game, see Heavy Class.
The Grenadier Class is a soldier class in XCOM 2; any Rookie soldier can become a Grenadier in the Armory once they earn enough XP during missions or Covert Actions.
Description[]
Grenadiers are heavily armed soldiers who excel at direct combat and wanton destruction. Many of the class abilities remain the same or roughly similar, with one of the most noticeable changes being their choice of weaponry: a minigun-style cannon and a grenade launcher in the place of the previous Light Machine Gun and Rocket Launcher. As their name suggests, Grenadiers have access to a unique grenade-only equipment slot that stacks with any other utility items the operative might be carrying: this is not just limited to frag grenades, but can be filled with any one of the specialized grenades XCOM can develop. Furthermore, all grenades equipped by the grenadier have roughly double their normal effective range due to being fired from their grenade launcher.
Weapons[]
The Grenadier class is equipped with a cannon and a grenade launcher, being able to choose to specialize in demolitions, focus more on making the most of their cannon or go for a combination of the two.
Cannons[]
Cannons are a primary weapon type restricted to Grenadiers.
| Cannons | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | DLC | Damage | Crit DMG | Clip Size | Range | Mod Slots | Armor Shredding* |
| Cannon | 4–6 | +2 | 3 | Medium | 1 | 1 | |
| Mag Cannon | 6–8 | +3 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Beam Cannon | 8–10 | +4 (+3 WotC) |
2 | 3 | |||
* If Shredder ability is chosen.
Grenade Launchers[]
Grenade Launchers are a secondary weapon type restricted to Grenadiers. Although they don't increase grenade damage, they can lob grenades much further than hand-thrown, and have a larger explosion radius to damage multiple enemies.
| Grenade Launchers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Grenade Range | Grenade Radius |
| Grenade Launcher | +4 | +1 |
| Advanced Grenade Launcher | +5 | +2 |
Abilities[]
| GRENADIER | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Ability | Description | ||
 Squaddie |
Launch Grenade | The Grenadier uses a grenade launcher to fire grenades rather than throwing them. This allows for greater grenade range and grenade capacity. The grenadier gains an extra inventory slot that may only be used for grenades. | ||
| DEMOLITIONS EXPERT | HEAVY GUNNER | |||
| Ability | Description | Rank | Ability | Description |
| Blast Padding | Your gear includes layers of extra padding and blast plates, granting a bonus point of Armor and 66% less damage from explosive attacks. |  Corporal |
Shredder |
Your cannon attacks shred armor. Higher rank weapons shred more points of armor. The shredding effect DOES NOT apply before damage. |
| Demolition | Unleash a volley of bullets at your target's cover, significantly damaging or destroying it. Deals no damage to your target.
Uses 2 ammo. 3-turn cooldown. |
 Sergeant |
Suppression | Fire a barrage that pins down your target, granting reaction fire against it if it moves, and imposing a -50 penalty to the target's aim. Suppression is cancelled if the Grenadier takes damage. Suppression penalties stack.
Uses 2 ammo. No cooldown. |
| Heavy Ordnance | The grenade in your grenade-only slot gains a bonus use. Affects support grenades, not just offensive ones. |  Lieutenant |
Holo Targeting | Any directed cannon shot, hit or miss, will mark the target, increasing your squad's aim by +15 against this target. Applies to standard attacks and single-target abilities, including suppression. |
| Volatile Mix | Grenades deal +2 damage. Does not increase environment damage. |  Captain |
Chain Shot | Fires a shot with a penalty of 15 to aim. If it hits, immediately fire another shot at the target.
Uses 2 ammo. 3-turn cooldown. |
| Salvo | Using the grenade launcher or a heavy weapon as your first action does not end the turn. |  Major |
Hail of Bullets | Fire a shot that is guaranteed to hit.
Uses 3 ammo. 5-turn cooldown. |
| Saturation Fire | Fire a hail of bullets in a cone damaging every enemy and all cover within.
Uses 3 ammo. 5-turn cooldown. |
 Colonel |
Rupture | Fires a shot that deals critical damage. The target, if hit, will also take 3 additional damage from all sources.
Uses 3 ammo. 3-turn cooldown. |
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Quotes[]
| “ | Serving as our demolitions experts, the Grenadiers provide heavy ordnance delivery whenever and wherever we need it. | ” |
–-Soldier Training Selection, XCOM 2 | ||
Trivia[]
- They fulfill a similar role to the Heavy from XCOM: Enemy Unknown.