#Xcom 2 run and gun or conceal full#
#Xcom 2 run and gun or conceal free#

They have a large area of effect and effectively neutralise their targets for 2 turns. Flashbangs are extremely important early in the game - basically until you get 6 person squads. Get your snipers and grenadiers into high ground positions.Д§. Scout out everything and plan your attack vectors. Double back and make sure you don't accidentally get flanked.

#Xcom 2 run and gun or conceal full#

Only double move with your first action, and even then keep your movements short and always end in full cover. If there is no time limit, slow it right down. They get overwatch if they double move, which means you don't lose an action.Д¦. If your ranger gets revealed and you don't have the conceal ability to re-camouflage (I usually don't take it because run and gun is so ridiculously powerful), then use specialists with the ever-vigilant ability as scouts. Most important rule of XCOM: only trigger one pod at a time, and always kill any area of effect (explosive) weapons before they can be used.ДҐ. Your specialists can then mop up and your ranger moves on to scout more territory.Д¤.

#Xcom 2 run and gun or conceal free#

This is effectively like getting 6 free actions. The grenade will shred any armour in the vicinity, and then the snipers will take a shot per enemy as they move to cover. The second half of my principle tactic is to set snipers onto killzone over pods that your ranger has scouted, then trigger those pods, typically by lobbing a grenade at them with your grenadier.

Scanning protocol is also good, but I think the field medic ability (3 medkit uses) is more important for your specialists.ДЈ.

As a general defence strategy, use scanning beacons (My snipers usually carry them until I get wraith armour) when you suspect buried enemies. A ranger rovering far forward can get themselves into a very tight spot with this because the Chrysalid will spot you when they attack, which might trigger a pod and your ranger will be stranded and probably out of movement for an escape. One thing to be mindful of is the ranger triggering buried Chrysalids. Using this method, you can set up good strikes and stop yourself from triggering multiple pods. When hovering over a square to check movement, you can whether moving there will give you line of fire (LoF) to an enemy by noting whether the little target icon appears next to the enemies health bar. My principle tactic is: use rangers in concealment (the phantom skill) to scout forward and ensure that you do not trigger multiple pods. This is especially the case if you don't have the advanced warfare centre yet and your guys take weeks to heal.Дў. One swipe usually kills your soldier.Д®xplosive weapons that injure multiple parties that quickly snowball into a major problem if they happen in a few consecutive missions because you will have to bring in C-team soldiers who aren't very good and this will compound the problem. Do not approach a civilian unless you have the capacity to put down a faceless with your leftover orders that turn. In the first couple of retaliation missions you need to be extraordinarily careful about faceless. I am pretty cavalier about getting on roofs because I think the accuracy bonus is huge and 'death from above' is really powerful, but I always focus on killing units (like bots) that can destroy the floor and make your guys fall to their deaths.

My whole strategy is built around not triggering multiple pods, and I never ever use cars as cover in a firefight.

I am paranoid about avoiding these things. * Anything that can destroy the floor under you, These are the things that will suddenly result in the death of one of your hombres. First thing to note, especially when playing on Ironman, is what the principle 'Surprise!' threats to your soldiers are.