This Gears Tactics Skills Guide will list some of the best skills you can equip on to each of the different classes in the game. There are plenty of skills that you can unlock and equip on a character class, but there are few skills that are not only effective but better.
Gears Tactics Skills Guide
Below we have listed some of the best skills for each class.
Support Skills
Skill Name
Type
Details
Group Therapy (Level 2)
Active Skill
Heal each ally for 150 health
Empower (Level 1)
Active Skill
Target ally gains 1 Action
Painkiller
Passive Skill
Targets of your healing skills get +30% damage reduction for one turn
Stim (Level 2)
Active Skill
Heal target ally for 150 health or revive them from a downed state
Recovery Patch (Level 2)
Active Skill
Heal target ally for 150 health at the end of your turn for 3 turns
Vanguard Skills
Skill Name
Type
Details
Intimidate (Level 3)
Active Skill
Enemies within 10 meters are removed from cover, interrupted and receive +30% damage this turn
Breach
Active Skill
All enemies within 5 meters gain the Breached status effect. Allies who down or kill breached enemies gain 1 Action and heal 20% of their maximum health.
Demoralize
Active Skill
Shoot and if the target is hit, it is interrupted and loses all positive status effects. Does not affect bosses
Rage Shot (Level 1)
Active Skill
Shoot with a damage bonus. The damage bonus is equal to 100% of your missing health to a maximum of 250 damage
Scout Skill
Skill Name
Type
Details
Free Cloak
Passive Skill
Get 1 Action when this unit uses this skill
Stalker
Passive Skill
+20% movement range when hidden
Frag Grenade Mastery
Passive Skill
This unit’s frag grenade throw ability and frag grenade plant ability cooldowns are reduced by 2 turns
Ambush
Passive Skill
When this unit shoots while hidden, it gets 25% damage bonus
Extended Cloak
Passive Skill
This unit’s cloak skill duration is increased by 1 turn
Heavy Skills
Skill Name
Type
Details
Reckless Shot (Level 1)
Active Skill
Shoot with a +30% critical hit chance bonus
Explosive Shot (Level 2)
Active Skill
Shoot and if the shot kills the target, it explodes and deals 400 damage to all units within a 4.5-meter radius
Boom Grenade
Passive Skill
Frag grenades damage from this unit also applies the Shellshocked status effect.
Redeploy (Level 1)
Active Skill
This unit gets 3 Actions. This unit cannot shoot this turn. When this unit moves, it does not lose Anchored.
Dig In (Level 1)
Active Skill
Allies within 8 meters gain +15% accuracy this turn
Sniper Skills
Skill Name
Type
Details
Spree
Passive Skill
When this unit hits a target with a critical hit, it gives +25% chance of crit to get 2 Actions
Precision Shot (Level 1)
Active Skill
Shoot with a +30% accuracy bonus and +30% damage bonus. It costs 2 Actions
Bullseye (Level 1)
Active Skill
The next time this unit hits with a shot, it will be a critical hit. This effect will expire after 2 turns if not triggered
First Blood (Level 3)
Active Skill
Shoot and if the target is at full health, the shot gets a +100% damage bonus
Lucky Streak
Passive Skill
When this unit hits an enemy with a critical hit, this unit will gain +20% critical hit chance for this turn
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