Captain (rank)

The Captain rank is the fifth rank available to soldiers. Having a soldier at this rank also unlocks Squad Size II for purchase at the Officer Training School.

Abilities at this rank

Class	Abilities	Description
Assault	Close Combat Specialist	Confers a reaction shot against any enemy who closes to within 4 tiles. Does not require overwatch.
	Bring 'Em On	Adds 1 damage on Critical hits for each enemy the squad can see (up to 5).
Heavy	Grenadier	Allows 2 grenades in a single inventory slot. In XCOM: Enemy Within, also adds 1 damage to Frag, Alien and Needle Grenades.
	Danger Zone	Increases AoE on Suppression and all rocket attacks by 2 tiles.
MEC Trooper	Repair Servos	Confers 2 health recovery at the start of each turn. A total of 6 health can be regenerated per battle.
	Expanded Storage	Allows additional uses of Restorative Mist, Grenade Launcher and Proximity Mine Launcher in each mission, and increases primary weapon base ammo by 50%.
Sniper	Executioner	Confers +10 Aim against targets with less than 50% health.
	Opportunist	Eliminates the Aim penalty on reaction shots, and allows reaction shots to cause critical hits.
Support	Dense Smoke	Smoke Grenades have increased area of effect and further increase units’ Defense by 20.
	Combat Drugs	Smoke Grenades now contain powerful stimulants that grant +20 Will and +10 critical chance for all units in the cloud.