Ability

Zero Company The Spotter

A Scout passive: its blaster hits mark the target, removing range and smoke penalties for the whole squad.

Preview-reported

Confidence: Strongly supported
Verified: 11 August 2026
Version: pre-release preview build (August 2026)

What it does

A passive. Any enemy the Scout damages with a blaster becomes Spotted, and Spotted removes the hit-chance penalties that distance and smoke would otherwise impose on attacks against that target — for every Operator, not just the Scout.

Belongs to: Scout
Cost: Action Points
Ultimate: No
Tags: information, critical-setup, debuff

Build value

Why it matters when you are planning a squad

This recasts the Scout entirely. It is not a mobility pick — it is the squad's accuracy enabler, and it pairs specifically with the attackers that suffer most from range penalties: Sharpshooters, and anyone watching a wide, far-placed Overwatch cone. The smoke interaction is the sharpest part. Your own smoke normally penalises your shots through it as much as the enemy's; Spotted cancels that, turning a mutual cover trade into a one-sided one.

Other Scout abilities

Sources

Is Z-COM our new X-COM? Star Wars Zero Company gameplay deep dive
ChristopherOdd · Tier 3 — Hands-on preview · accessed 11 August 2026
Supports: 2:13–13:51 — Sweeping Salvo at 4 Advantage with three uses per mission; Hawks granting an ally 1 AP for 3 Advantage; Combat Recon granting 1 Advantage per unit scanned; the Grit Talent's stacking invulnerability; Heavy attacks taunting; the droideka ray shield; the Scout's Spotted status; Defense as flat damage reduction

Costs, and why most are blank

A cost is recorded here only where a source states one. Most abilities have been named without one, and an inferred number would be indistinguishable from a measured one on the page — so the field says “not published” instead.

Every named ability

Build around it

The Squad Builder knows which abilities compete for the shared Advantage pool, and says so before you commit a slot to two that do.

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Editor’s note

Single-source, and the most consequential single fact about the Scout found anywhere — the class page was the thinnest of the eight and was flagged in its own editorNote as most likely to change. This is what changes it. The status name is transcribed from commentary; whether it is applied by every Scout attack or by a specific ability is not clear. Duration is unstated.