Priest: You want to overkill priests the more damage dealt above their HP the less the chance they are kept alive in Stasis. Keep in mind that Vanguards have CCS and Elite Gunners can shoot twice. This is quite strong, but not as reliable as Domination.Īdvent Soldiers: Advent soldiers get tougher and more dangerous in the mid-late game, but are susceptible to the same methods of control as their lower tier counterparts with exception of tier 2 and 3 Priests (immune to stun), and all Purifiers (immune to fire). The Sharpshooter primarily controls enemies by just killing them, but Disabling Shot is very useful against Sectopods and other tough enemies.įull Override gives the Specialist a chance to leash a mechanical enemy for the entire mission. Chain Lightning can trivialize many encounters. Assaults are not great at control until obtaining an Arc Blaster and Chain Lightning at MSGT rank - then they are incredible at control. The Assault’s control abilities are limited to Stun effects, but this class is also quite good at just killing stuff. Sting Grenades are really strong on these missions. For example during a recent Chosen Avenger Defense, my grenadier dropped a Sting Grenade on a MEC3, an Advent General, and 3 other units, then later in the mission dropped a Sting Grenade on a Sectopod, a Hive Queen, and 2 Muton Elites. Against a large number of enemies (12+), the control focused Grenadier is one of the most valuable soldiers in the game. Late game Grenadiers should have 4 or more charges of Incendiary/Sting, and a large target radius that will hit 3+ enemies on most turns. Again, advent prefers to target their turncoats, thus reducing the threat to your squad.īy contrast the Grenadier has less reliable control, but can hit multiple targets. The opportunity to recruit a pet Archon, or other meat puppet, is what makes the PsiOp so strong. This will enable the PsiOp to completely neutralize any normal enemy, and permanently mind control one low will enemy. In addition to Insanity, the Psi Operative should eventually have two of the most powerful control abilities: Stasis, and Domination. With all three of these soldiers in your squad it becomes easy to neutralize every normal enemy in most encounters. These classes are the kings of control, provided that you build them for that purpose. Maybe 75% of the soldiers in your barracks should possess some form of control by the summer and overall these abilities should be more reliable.Īs we approach the end game, a lot of very powerful control abilities become available, and they are concentrated in three classes: The Psi Operative, Grenadier, and Assault. With all these bonuses, the odds of successfully stunning enemies will reach 100% more significantly, the option to take control of mechanical enemies becomes viable, and that will not only remove one threat, but diminish the threat of other enemies because advent will often prioritize targeting their turncoats. The Specialist’s Hack skill increases, they obtain a Gremlin MkII and perhaps also a skulljack, and they are aided by Bluescreen Bombs or Redscreen Rounds.
With the Stun Gunner ability at SGT rank, Assaults will most likely hit their stun, and the Technical can get Napalm-X, to improve the Flamethrower. Combatives and Insanity are also really strong, but Combatives is very situational, and Insanity is less reliable.Įxisting methods of control become more effective as well. With either an Incendiary or Frost grenade, a Grenadier (or perhaps Skirmisher) will become the best class at controlling enemies from a distance.
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The most significant upgrade is to grenades. Shinobis acquire Combatives Grenadiers will (hopefully) get Incendiary/Frost grenades and Psi Operators arrive with the Insanity ability. The Technical has the best method of control, but the Flamethrower can only hit nearby targets, and they are not guaranteed to burn.Įvery other soldier can only control enemies with Flashbangs, only offering soft control unless paired with Suppression.Ī few months into the campaign, and 3 soldier classes gain solid methods of control. The Specialist and Assault will often have mediocre odds of landing the stun. Only 4 classes have innate control (Gunner, Assault, Specialist, and Technical) and all of them have significant limitations. For simplicity, I am going to leave out a bunch of things: XCOM row abilities that provide control, and the less reliable control from sources such as the Arc Blades.Īt the jump, there are not very many ways to control advent, and they are not very effective. I am going to list the most common ways that you can control enemies, sorting them roughly by when they become available.
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