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Contents

  • Introduction
    • Twenty-Five Years Later…
    • About This Guide
  • The Next Generation
    • The Squad
    • Supporting Cast
  • Basic Training
    • Controls
    • Campaign Modes & Difficulties
    • Navigating the Battlefield
    • Combat: The Finer Points
  • Campaign Arsenal
    • Primary Weapons
    • Heavy Weapons
    • Grenades
  • Enemy Forces
    • DeeBees
    • Swarm
  • Campaign
    • Act 1
      • Prologue
      • Chapter 1: The Raid
      • Chapter 2: In and Out
      • Chapter 3: New Friends
      • Chapter 4: A Few Snags
    • Act 2
      • Chapter 1: The Prodigal Son
      • Chapter 2: Geared Up
      • Chapter 3: Plan B
      • Chapter 4: The Great Escape
    • Act 3
      • Chapter 1: Almost Midnight
      • Chapter 2: Night Terrors
      • Chapter 3: At the Doorstep
      • Chapter 4: Do Not Go Gentle
      • Chapter 5: Elevator to Hell
      • Chapter 6: Origins
    • Act 4
      • Chapter 1: Get Out
      • Chapter 2: No Detours
      • Chapter 3: Knock, Knock
      • Chapter 4: Powerless
      • Chapter 5: Storm Warning
    • Act 5
      • Chapter 1: Convergence
      • Chapter 2: Killing Time
      • Chapter 3: Gate Crashers
      • Chapter 4: Release
  • Multiplayer
    • Multiplayer Basics
      • What’s New to Multiplayer?
      • Getting Started
    • Multiplayer Arsenal
      • Overview
      • Pistols
      • Assault Rifles
      • Submachine Guns
      • Shotguns
      • Marksman Rifles
      • Explosive Weapons
      • Grenades
      • Heavy Weapons
    • Multiplayer Modes
      • Team Deathmatch
      • Dodgeball
      • Arms Race
      • Escalation
      • Guardian
      • Execution
      • King of the Hill
      • Warzone
    • Multiplayer Maps
      • Overview
      • Dam
      • Fallout
      • Forge
      • Foundation
      • Gridlock
      • Harbor
      • Impact
      • Lift
      • Reclaimed
      • Relic
  • Horde 3.0
    • Overview
    • Classes
    • Enemies
    • Fortifications
  • Appendices
    • Level Progression
    • Ribbon Awards
    • Cards
      • Overview
      • Emblems
      • Multiplayer Characters
      • Weapon Skins
      • Horde Class Skills
      • Horde Class Skill Cards
      • Horde Bounty Cards
      • Versus Bounty Cards
    • Achievements
      • Overview
      • Campaign Mode
      • Horde Mode
      • Campaign or Horde Mode
      • Versus
      • General Achievements

Gears of War 4 Guide › Appendices › Cards

Horde Class Skills

Class Skills give you stat boosts and abilities for each class in Horde mode. Use duplicates to upgrade the skill. Purchase Horde Boosters to limit the cards you find to Horde Skills and Horde Bounties.

Horde Class Skill Cards
Class Skill Description Rarity Card Set
All Build Cost Your build costs are reduced Common Launch Series Packs
All Carry Speed Your speed while carrying fortifications is increased Common Launch Series Packs
All Execution Bonus Enemies you execute drop more power Common Launch Series Packs
All Fortification Health Fortifications you build have increased health Common Launch Series Packs
All Team Revive You can revive all players from the Fabricator Rare Launch Series Packs
Engineer Barrier Cost Barriers cost less for you to build Common Launch Series Packs
Engineer Barrier Health Barriers you build have increased health Common Launch Series Packs
Engineer Decoy Cost Decoys cost less for you to build Common Launch Series Packs
Engineer Decoy Health Decoys you build have increased health Common Launch Series Packs
Engineer Repair Boost Your Repair Tool is more efficient Common Launch Series Packs
Engineer Sentry Capacity Sentries you build get additional ammo Rare Launch Series Packs
Engineer Sentry Cost Sentries cost less for you to build Rare Launch Series Packs
Engineer Sentry Speed Sentries you build have an increased rate of fire Rare Launch Series Packs
Engineer Turret Cost Turrets cost less for you to build Common Launch Series Packs
Engineer Turret Health Turrets you build have increased health Common Launch Series Packs
Engineer Weapons Locker Cost Weapons Lockers cost less for you to build Common Launch Series Packs
Heavy Explosive Launcher Capacity Your explosive launchers carry more ammo Common Launch Series Packs
Heavy Explosive Launcher Damage Your explosive launchers deal more damage Common Launch Series Packs
Heavy Explosive Launcher Reload Your explosive launchers reload faster Rare Launch Series Packs
Heavy Health Regeneration Boost You regenerate health faster Rare Launch Series Packs
Heavy Heavy Weapon Damage Your heavy weapons deal more damage Common Launch Series Packs
Heavy Marked Damage You deal more damage to marked enemies Common Launch Series Packs
Heavy Mortar Strike You can call a Mortar Strike from the Fabricator Epic Launch Series Packs
Heavy Pistol Expert Your pistols do damage based on rounds in magazine Epic Launch Series Packs
Heavy Turret Capacity Turrets you build get additional ammo Rare Launch Series Packs
Heavy Turret Damage Turrets you are manning deal more damage Rare Launch Series Packs
Scout Brawler You do more melee damage and take less Common Launch Series Packs
Scout Deposit Bonus Your Fabricator deposits earn extra power Common Launch Series Packs
Scout Energize Power pickups increase your health Rare Launch Series Packs
Scout Health Boost You have health Common Launch Series Packs
Scout Pickup Distance Pick up power from further away Common Launch Series Packs
Scout Rage Your melee and shotgun damage is returned as health Epic Launch Series Packs
Scout Shotgun Capacity Your shotguns carry more total ammo Rare Launch Series Packs
Scout Shotgun Damage Your shotguns deal more damage Common Launch Series Packs
Scout Shotgun Magazine Your shotgun magazines carry more ammo Rare Launch Series Packs
Scout Speed Boost Your normal movement speed is increased Rare Launch Series Packs
Scout X-Ray You can see enemies through walls while in Tac-Com Epic Launch Series Packs
Sniper Explosive Headshot Your headshots explode Epic Launch Series Packs
Sniper Headshot Damage Your headshots deal more damage Common Launch Series Packs
Sniper Mark Boost You can mark more than one enemy Common Launch Series Packs
Sniper Precision Rifle Capacity Your precision rifles carry more total ammo Common Launch Series Packs
Sniper Precision Rifle Damage Your precision rifles deal more damage Rare Launch Series Packs
Sniper Precision Rifle Reload Your precision rifle reload faster Rare Launch Series Packs
Sniper Radar Ping Mark all enemies on the map Common Launch Series Packs
Sniper Sniper Strike You can call a Sniper Rifle Strike from the Fabricator Epic Launch Series Packs
Soldier Active Reload Boost Active Reload bonuses are increased Common Launch Series Packs
Soldier Assault Rifle Capacity Your assault rifles carry more total ammo Common Launch Series Packs
Soldier Assault Rifle Damage Your assault rifles do more damage Common Launch Series Packs
Soldier Assault Rifle Magazine Your assault rifle magainzes carry more ammo Rare Launch Series Packs
Soldier Cover Boost You take less damage when in cover Common Launch Series Packs
Soldier Grenade Capacity You can carry more grenades Rare Launch Series Packs
Soldier Grenade Damage Your grenades do damage Common Launch Series Packs
Soldier Grenade Plants You can plant more grenades Common Launch Series Packs
Soldier Hammer of Dawn Strike You can call a Hammer of Dawn Strike from the Fabricator Epic Launch Series Packs

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