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Zero Company Anticipation Talent

Spend an Action Point for Evasion — the next attack against the Operator automatically misses.

Confirmed
Confidence
Confirmed
Verified
14 August 2026
Version
pre-release (no retail build)

Quick answer

Costs 1 Action Point to grant a stack of Evasion. The next attack against that Operator automatically misses.

Available to
Any Custom Operator
Cost
1 Action Point
First rank
One use per turn, on the Operator itself.
Max rank
Up to three uses per turn, and castable on allies rather than only on the Operator.
Tags
mitigation, injury-prevention

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What this Talent is actually for

An automatic miss is a hard stop, not a probability, which makes it the cleanest answer to a telegraphed attack you can see coming. The final rank is what changes its role: three casts a turn, placed on allies, turns one Operator into the squad's reaction defence, and it does not need the recipient to be built defensively at all. That is the argument for it over Grit — Grit is thicker on one body, Anticipation is spread across four.

Pairings

Specializations it combines with

A Talent is chosen separately from a class, so these are combinations you assemble yourself rather than anything the game groups for you.

  • Assault

    Charging into the open is the most exposed thing a squad does, and Evasion cancels the first attack that punishes it.

  • Sharpshooter

    Zero In's Lethal stacks are lost if the Sharpshooter is knocked out of place. An attack that automatically misses cannot displace it.

  • Medic

    At max rank a support Operator can spend spare Action Points shielding whoever is about to be focused, which is cheaper than healing the damage afterwards.

What we don't know yet

The game has not been released. These are open questions we have chosen not to guess at.

  • Whether Evasion expires at end of turn or persists until it is consumed.
  • Whether it can stack more than one Evasion on the same Operator.
  • Whether an area attack is evaded in full or only the portion aimed at that Operator.

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