Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 Classes

Read the forks, not a tier letter

Burst Configuration is not “the Duelist ult” — Fragment vs Precision is a swarm vs elite fork. Trauma Station is not only a heal beacon: Buffing Station adds damage and resistance; Poison Station is a DoT cloud (energy interaction exists in showcases — multiplier TBA). Machinist Sentry vs Bodyguard is hold-the-door vs follow-the-Marine. Hunter Beam vs Cryo Pulse is delete vs freeze. If a row above is a choice, pick the fork that matches the briefing, then change it on the Endeavor — do not invent a global best fork.

Duelist is the dual-primary exception

Other kits carry primary + infinite sidearm + a class Signature (smartgun, flamethrower, railgun, plasma, shotgun). Duelist showcases and launch-window guides treat the class as two primary slots instead of a Signature — DB-48 for stable mag-dump, Alamein for precision. Sidearm is still infinite for everyone. Weapon DPS columns stay off this page; named guns live on weapons.

The next decision is which of those six names you actually press on mission one.

Duelist teaches the sequel by shooting

Stay on Target only works if you keep dealing damage. That is the opposite of a turret mini-game or a stim wheel. If a Runner tags you mid-streak, the streak dies — exact falloff TBA. If you already know you hate rifle tracking, skip to Marauder — big explosions forgive bad aim and punish allies once friendly fire is on.

Machinist is the extra gun for solo

Sentry Turret can be packed up and moved. Bodyguard follows. Cross-Platform Synergy makes the turret a 10% DR bubble for whoever stands near it, and standing next to your own hardware regenerates it. Scalable Machine Learning stacks reload and stability when machines get kills (max 5). Developer notes in launch-window class guides: sentries deal no friendly fire — that is why Machinist is the Intense+ hold class when Marauder is a liability. Plasma (Zephyr / Discharger) is heat-managed energy, not a bottomless pulse mag; treat ammo economy as a skill, not a free pass.

Medic’s job is the collapse, not the victory screen

Adrenaline Surge: damage resistance and knockback immunity. Overclock: fire rate and the Medic’s own reload. You can still revive a downed Marine. Whether a fully dead Marine can be brought back mid-mission stays TBA — do not skip the pickup. Bedside Manner (2× revive) and Surgeon’s Hands (no knockback during the pickup) are the reason Medic is not a bench class. X1 Fireball and the Type 21 shotgun keep the corpsman in the room when the swarm is already inside the station radius.

If the Fireteam is already four humans, the next question is coverage — not a second Duelist.

Two humans can still cover four jobs

A Duelist + Medic pair with AI fill is a legal first-week stack: rifles and revive, bots on the extra angles. Machinist + Hunter is the solo-plus-friend hold: turret on the door, railgun on the plated target. Four Duelists is legal and still a rescue hole. Do not wait for a “meta four-stack” post — pick the missing job.

Friendly fire changes who is “fun”

From Intense up, Marauder’s corridor kit is a squad weapon with a blast radius. Crouch the front Marine; do not fire Titan Rockets through a teammate’s back. Machinist sentries are the exception called out as dealing no friendly fire. Hunter control (Cryo Pulse, Stasis / Arc Bolt) makes elites hittable without filling the doorway with explosives. Difficulty owns the tier rules; this page only needs you to stop stacking four heavies into one choke.

The long-term patch for a missing job is Specialist — after you have actually ranked the kits you are borrowing from.

First pick is not wasted

Because Specialist is a mix of unlocked parts, the “wrong” first class is mostly a slower route to a specific hybrid, not a deleted save. Rank the kit you enjoy. Do not treat a community rank number as a verified gate for Marauder or Hunter until the in-game UI says so.

Do not theorycraft a 42-cell grid on this page

Slot conflicts, mutually exclusive Major/Minor pairs, and the full Perk Grid stay TBA. The specialist page owns the unlock path; builds owns Campaign vs Horde examples. This page only needs the gate: five kits in, hybrid out.

Whether that hybrid is for a linear campaign drop or a Horde hold is the last pick.

Horde is not a different roster

The six names do not change. The job mix does. Challenge Cards all apply for the run in public Horde notes — a high-risk card on a four-Marauder stack is how you learn friendly fire. Keep a piercing option if Synths can rotate in. Map layouts and ammo-box counts stay TBA on horde.

Still no S-tier

A Machinist that wins a Blacksite hold can still be the wrong pick for a linear Campaign run with no door to plant. This wiki will not print a global class ladder. If you need a first name anyway, use the start table above, then come back here when the briefing or the Horde card actually changes.

Next: Specialist unlock path · Campaign vs Horde kits · named guns.