#XCOM 2 WALKTHROUGH INCREASE SQUAD SIZE SERIAL#

Heavy weapons remove a lot of armour, making other attacks also more useful. If they have the holotargeting perk it makes it more likely for your other units to kill the units they target. Heavy units can fire a grenade and then shoot if they have the salvo perk.

You can use the rapid fire ability to more or less guarantee a kill. Use the ranger to flank an enemy, murder it, then move the unit to a place where it will likely only be shot once. The first shot against this unit in the enemy turn will deal no damage. Set up your rangers with the untouchable perk and the perk that allows you to move the unit after a kill. This too allows the sniper to kill three enemies if set up properly.

#XCOM 2 WALKTHROUGH INCREASE SQUAD SIZE SERIAL#

The serial ability allows the sniper to fire multiple shots as long as those shots kill the enemy. This allows the sniper to shoot 3 enemies. You can set up a sniper to take an overwatch shot against units that move in a certain cone of fire. The mind control will not last long, but will make the enemy units focus on taking out that unit. Psi units can also open a rift in a circle that deals damage, and will make some of the units panic (deals more damage too) and some of them mind-controlled (will deal damage too). Psi units also have access to the null lance, a powerful psi attack that deals damage to a small straight line.

You can push this unit forward to tank some damage, preventing that damage from being dealt to your own units.

You can use this unit to deal more damage, or attack more units.

Use this ability to dominate a powerful unit, such as an Andromedon, or a gatekeeper if you have encountered this unit. Psi units can dominate one unit per mission. You're not supposed to be able to clear difficult fights without them and a single flashbang or EMP would make this fight significantly easier. If you still can't win, you may need to re-evaluate your stance on using consumables. Try to get kills with something destructive or use inspire to give the avatar another action. You should also consider using rift instead of mind control- it can destroy multiple targets.įinally, find something better for your psion to do than Stasis. It also has potentially limitless regeneration so while it's not indestructible, you can place it near the frontline (behind cover of course). The Avatar itself is monstrously powerful. It'll draw enemy fire and this way it can't shoot you.

Specialists are best off opening with support protocol followed by hacking a MEC. I can't stress enough that the fewer enemies there are at the end of the first round, the less damage you will take. If they are a gunslinger, use every ability they have to dish out all the damage you can. Snipers should either open with serial and should finish everything that ends up low on health or should use killing zone. Ideally they should use a cooldown-based cannon ability you haven't mentioned their builds but opening with chain-shot, rupture, or saturation-fire will get you kills and deal with the mecs armour. If you want to avoid damage, they need to be proactive and start taking down enemies. You want everyone in the right places (ideally spread out as all your enemies have devastating aoe attacks) so when your first move triggers the pod, the rest of your squad start killing.īetter still, locate the pod with a stealthed ranger or a battle scanner.ĭon't put your grenadiers on overwatch. If you know where the enemies are, take your time and position your squad before the fight. There's no timer here so, unless you have something Hacked or Mind Controlled, you can wait for 5 turns to let everything recharge. If you're intent on conserving consumables for the final fight, you need to get maximum use out of your other abilities.

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