Evidenced before launch
Scout marking into the Assault's crit bonus
A critical bonus that normally costs a flanking manoeuvre, bought with somebody else's shot.
- Confidence
- Confirmed
- Verified
- 23 August 2026
- Version
- pre-release (no retail build)
What it needs
- In the squad
- Scout — a shot that applies Exposed · Assault — Strike the Flanks
- The builder checks
- A Scout and an Assault in the same squad.
Mechanism
Why it works
The Assault's Strike the Flanks grants +20% critical chance against Exposed enemies, on every attack it makes, melee included.
Normally the Assault earns that by flanking, which costs movement and usually puts it in the open.
A Scout's shot applies Exposed from wherever the Scout already is. The Assault gets the bonus without spending its own movement reaching a flank, which leaves the Action Points for attacking instead of repositioning.
Cost
What it gives up
The Scout's attack is spent setting up rather than killing, and the bonus only applies while the target stays Exposed.
What we don't know yet
The game has not been released. These are open questions we have chosen not to guess at.
- How long Exposed lasts, and whether it is removed by the enemy returning to cover.
- Whether Exposed from a Scout is the same status the Assault's own flanking applies.
- Whether the +20% figure holds at every rank of Strike the Flanks.
Read next
Sources
- Lead Zero Company To Victory on August 27
Electronic Arts · Tier 1 — Official · accessed 6 August 2026
Supports: Operator introductions; 3 Action Points per turn; Advantage caps at 10; the eight Specializations; Bonds in the Personnel Facility; Hawks' species options
- 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