# SO! A litte something about 'Why Infiltrators are OP?' **URL:** \ **Category:** Phoenix Point\ **Created:** [January 1, 2020, 6:03am UTC](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/so-a-litte-something-about-why-infiltrators-are-op/8376 "2020-01-01T06:03:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![gauthel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/51bf81/32.png) [@gauthel](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/u/gauthel)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 6:03am UTC](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/so-a-litte-something-about-why-infiltrators-are-op/8376/1 "2020-01-01T06:03:13Z")
I am currently playing on Hard (or whatever is before Legend), and after some initial struggle with difficulty in early to mid game I finally managed to get my Infiltrator to level 7. Sneak Attack is OP. Period. Nothing beats it. It doubles your damage so problems with armor just disappear. When combined with Assault dash and Rapid Clearance, sprinkled with Thief (+25% Stealth - at 100% you are literally undetectable outside of mist), I manage to wipe entire map of everything that is not Scylla, usually with just one guy, on turn 1 (Scyllas die on turn 1 from Rage Burst anyway). Yup Iconoclast does up to 800dmg per shot. Mere 400 if you aim at 40 armor body part. Even If I am not blessed with Thief perk, I just use whatever other perks soldier have. Like a combination of Infiltrator with Sniper who can master in PDW (with +20% dmg to be combined with 100% from SA). Just stand in the middle of a map and pick everyone with Quick Aim (so 0 AP cost for 4x66-88 dmg). WP reward from kills may even allow you to keep on firing till you empty your magazine. Not to mention 2 shots for 260+ dmg with AP sniper if you really have to pick something from afar. Your Berserker have Thief perk? Well you got an unstoppable ninja. Just keep him at ~20% hp. Hammer (Marduks Fist) will deal close to 400 dmg. Oh your soldier have a reckless perk? Yay that’s another 30% to stack on top of the pile. I managed to find a guy with Reckless and Sniperist. That’s 331 dmg per shot. So yeah another way to cheese through this game. Since I defend every haven and destroy every lair my ODI is constantly in low teens. Even all out war between factions ended after Synedrion managed to wipe 3-4 New Jericho havens. They are still at war but are doing nothing. I just sit, wait and research towards endgame. I understand that when you design game to be increasingly difficult you place some mechanics to power through said difficulty. But this is just too much. Game just asks me not to use it’s mechanics or it will stop being challenging. I just plow through every battle literally without a single scratch. Oh. Right I also have to try Infiltrator+Priest. See if Mind Crush will get bonus from Sneak Attack. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/so-a-litte-something-about-why-infiltrators-are-op/8376)._