Meet the XCOM 2 Specialist Class

IGN has published a new articles on the classes in XCOM 2, this time focused on the Specialist. While the Specialist will replace the Support class from XCOM: Enemy Unknown, it also sounds like it will be versatile and open to more than one playstyles:

The Specialist has a versatile role in XCOM’s underground guerrilla warfare. The class skews toward providing support to your squad, but can also be built to focus on objective and enemy control. But both sides of the Specialist’s skill tree serve to enhance its remote-controlled, airborne drone The Gremlin.

“The Gremlin is thought of as a secondary weapon,” said XCOM 2 Art Director Greg Foertsch. “It’s not its own unit, but the abilities that you get essentially bring the Gremlin to life. What can the Gremlin do? That’s what you’re choosing.”

The versatility of the flying Gremlin is extended by the fact it can path anywhere, but must be guided and directed by the Specialist as his or her action move for a turn; it doesn’t move on it’s own. When properly upgraded, you can send it out to hack a terminal remotely, or you might use it to cast an area-of-effect stun attack on the enemy.