XCOM 2: WOTC Advanced Survival Guide

[@Matthewjs33]

Even if the chosen has resistance to explosions, you can still shred their armory with explosives, they just wont take any additional damage.

[@jasonb3908]

On that sewer ambush mission, I usually kill the pods on the map then separate two person groups to where I think they'll spawn roughly and make sure I don't trigger it until they have a full turn. Then I try to put two people on top of each flare in over watch. If you do it right you can easily farm kills as you turn the ambush against them, good way to grab some early game promotions.

[@ziff_1]

You, sir, are good at this. I don't just mean at XCOM 2, I mean you are good at conveying information, speech, and staying focused on what matters. First time on your channel, thumbs up!

[@ZeMightyVegetable1]

Holy stuff, this is good shit. Great advice, well explained, and most of all, great elocution. I came looking for advice, and I subscribed on the spot. Looking forward to discovering the rest of your channel.

[@beleagueredbeluga5228]

Plated armor research over magnetic weapons? Whaaaaaat? Maybe on the lower difficulties, but on legend (even commander) that armor will barely do anything and when it does, your soldier will still have to spend multiple weeks out of action to recover from the crippling blow. It is much better to have the necessary firepower to wipe out the ayy lmaos in that first turn so that they can't even shoot at you at all. Can plated armor first work though? Sure. But higher lethality will be the better survivability for your squad.

[@Shiftry87]

Its worth noting that for the #10 tip u will only have the Chosen show up if u disable the Lost and Abandoned mission when setting up a new game. If u have this mission enabled u will never se the Chosen on the first retaliation mission.

[@j2th31]

The sewer missions might be “run and hide” on legend difficulty, but depending on how well equipped and experienced you are, I love farming xp on these missions.

[@ausdoug974]

Excellent. I learned so much in these two videos. Thank you

[@Allhavengames]

Just stumbled across your video, I am just getting into Xcom. I normally play Divinity, Pathfinder, Pillars. I had a shooter itch but dont really play FPS. so ya Ill be trying xcom so if you make more videos I would definitely be interested.

[@cruzjacknife8699]

Get your hands on Halo Wars yet?

[@johnbower7452]

That looks more like the normal version of the retaliation mission. The one I played in WotC had me getting help from the local resistance.

[@Agentkip1]

In WotC both scenarios can occur during retaliation missions🙂

[@crispuente7501]

Yeah in WOTC they have safe haven missions where you get help and then regular retaliation missions

[@petarmilic9729]

its not as foolproof as snipers in the last game, but having 2 reapers(you can get a second if you delay looking for templars by a lot)with expanded mags,repeaters, attach claymore, banish and anihilate and any other armor piercing and aim upgrades, with two sparks with blaster launchers/shredstorm cannons can clear blacksites even on higher dificulties alone

[@adz108]

I know its older now but awsome video theres definitely some unpopular opinions like go for armour not weapons but i get what ur saying cheers bud

[@LemonCakeeee]

Good stuff, wish there was more xcom2 content

[@shawnjohnson4732]

You definitely can stall the avatar project forever

[@simbatre4541]

make more xcom 2 vids love this game need them to make a 3 already good to see all these years later new content being pumped out for xcom 2

[@Ruslakall]

I disagree with running away from the reinforcements in the sewer mission. Put your guys on overwatch on top of the building, usually that kills at least half of them, you can mop them up easily in the following turn

[@Cristian-he5bk]

- First retaliation is only worth to try if the chosen has something like explosive vunerable, if not is better try to get a rank up in 4 rookies killing the first and second pod (Try to get 2 or 3 level ups) and then extract soldiers when they are in danger to get hit. - Sewer Operative mission is better to kill all the reinforcements. Reinforcements only come out when you have entered the operation area and if you are playing on higher difficulties it is good to take advantage of these to gain experience. The most important thing is to try to have high grown, 2 grenadiers and 2 rangers with you and if possible a templar with parry, but it is not essential. - I like taking advantage of the first mission of the lost in the first month to farm experience in a soldier (my reaper) and get Squad Increase as soon as the second month begins. - The best class and the most important at the beginning of the game are Grenadiers to remove covers. In XCOM 2 it is better to play offensive than defensive, if you play to lose you will end up losing. It is true that specialists have a lot of value from the middle of the game, but you will never see me training my specialists in healing when combat protocol is much more important to deal with the first MEC's ​​(without special bullets). And the rangers are the second important unit because they can flank and have precision bonuses at short distances +4 damage +crit which is super valuable too and is important to start with the reapers to have the best scout in the game at the beginning. - Allways weapons first, then armor. Play offensive is playing for winning, killing everything when you see it, and you never have soldiers in the infirmary or worst, dead. - Soldiers are the most important resource in the game. A wounded or dead soldier is not worth a risky move or gaining a resource. Never put a soldier in a dangerous situation to gain a resource. It is better to lose it than risk the unit, especially if it is high ranking. - Sparks are a waste of resource no matter how much I like them. Everything you invest in them is only in them, in a unit. On the other hand, if you buy the rifle upgrade, all your units, including rookies, will benefit from them. Same with armor. And if they die you've screwed up, you'll have to do more. And they cost a lot... I have the impression that I have contradicted you in almost everything but it is my experience at least playing in Ironman Legend.

[@brando5705]

If you ever get a gorilla mission to counter those faceless enemies I would take it. They are a pain in those rescue civilian mission. Im playing vanilla version but a covert ranger or similar is priceless for many missions. Lastly I have been saved many times with a specialist with a robot hacking feature. Biggest pain was my carelessness when attacking. Had overwatch on all players minus one, shot a grenade. Thought it was done when pod activated, nope, I had some special ability that gave him an extra action. So I used it but now I have the whole pod taking an extra turn and shooting at the players. Make sure if your doing this strategy that your turn will actually end. Its not necessarily a squad wipe but making that mistake and letting a whole pod get a free shot at your troops makes for a tough mission. Havent played Ironman yet. Not ready lol.

[@30andBoard]

Awesome job! Thanks for all the useful tips.

[@NocnyMarek5]

9:30 disagree with that. If you can kill things faster = they don't hit you. If you move wise instead of yolo mode then its fine to have armour first.

[@ethandarner]

I like this game but I desperately wish it was not so reliant on turn timers

[@cryptout]

Good tips

[@ogami1972]

In your opinion, is it possible to play the whole game without using the other factions? I just don't really like the skirmishers or templars....

[@Lukes501First]

You don't have to, i only use skirmishers, because they are cool and fun, but no you dont to, but the covert ops you do, do you can find the chosen.

[@olegtz]

what is the name of the mod you're using for the weapons skins?

[@nashbickford9894]

What is with the guns why are they so weird I’ve never seen those

[@MOGLESS98]

Will you ever return to SWG?

[@Modernnannenginemarineengine]

Most people become save monkeys. Then you know what next. Mostly

[@lucagilbert8853]

dlc tier list please

[@jyyyb]

Offensive choices always, dead enemies can’t shoot back

[@rob5541]

Tried a commander run and ever shit killed a guy. Finally reset on a game where I agro'd 4 priests, a mech, a section and the chosen showed up. Haha veteran is much more manageable

[@shanephillips4011]

Man I suck at this game. Just started playing, doing the first extract scientist mission and even on rookie I get destroyed. Enemies just keep dropping in none stop and I always run out of turns way before I can get to the evac.

[@BaconMountainMan]

You really have to be somewhat aggressive on those missions and keep moving forward. Some missions, you can take your time and move slowly, but on others, you have to push forward to your objective before the timer runs out. Sometimes the objective is to complete the mission. Whether or not you actually kill all enemies doesn't matter.

[@nashbickford9894]

On those types of missions focus on getting to the objectives and if told to extract, extract

[@kennethmaldonado8681]

Hard saves. Reload and keep practicing