In a fast-paced turn-based strategy game like Gears Tactics, players will need to have the right gear equipped to the right Gears to make it through each battle. Gear Tactics is the latest game in the Gears of War franchise to result from the Xbox Game Pass, tasking players with commanding a squad fighting for survival against all odds. Fans of the strategy genre will find this game the most similar to XCOM, with large amounts of character customization and leveling options. The game is currently only available on PC but will be making its way to console later this year.
In Gears Tactics, players will are able to equip their characters with modifications to their weapons and armor that apply passive buffs on the battlefield. This guide will show players the best weapon mods to use for each class and how they use them in Gears Tactics.
The Best Weapon Mods And How To Use Them In Gears Tactics
Here are some general tips for how to gear up your characters based on their class:
- Heavy: For heavies, players will find the most success if they emphasize increasing grenade usage (Opportunistic) and healing from the damage they do (Bloodlust). The Utility Belt mod on boots will reduce cooldowns on frag and stem grenades, which can work well with the Boom Grenade skill. It is also a viable option to equip the heavy with more armor due to its lack of mobility.
- Scout: For scouts, players are going to find increases to accuracy extremely helpful (Precision), while lowering cooldowns can allow for traveling of greater distances and more attacks (Precision). The Utility Belt mod on boots will reduce cooldowns on frag and stem grenades, which can work nicely with the Frag Grenade Mastery skill.
- Sniper: For snipers, players will usually want to look for weapon mods that will boost crit chance and accuracy, like Optics and Precision. Sleek Bolt is a sniper rifle mod that will increase crit chance and higher versions will even boost the damage. Holographic Scope is another sniper rifle mod that will increase crit chance up until the first critical hit landed.
- Support: For supports, players will generally want to emphasize healing (Diagnosis) or interrupt potential (Expertise or Potential) with weapon mods and make sure they are equipped with heavier armor. Self-Repair Trooper Boots and Hardened Trooper Helmet will keep supports healthy enough to dive deeper into the battlefield. The Master Scope with Expertise passive is a weapon mod that will reduce all cooldowns, allowing for the support to use healing or interrupts more often.
- Vanguard: For vanguards, players will want to equip weapon mods that will help them survive up in the front line where they do best. Vanguards are more reliant on their skills than weapon mods, but Bloodlust and Self-Repair are good picks.
Gears Tactics is available now on Steam, Xbox Game Pass for PC, and Windows 10.