XCOM 2 Alien Invasion Tactics Guide

Lead the resistance and reclaim Earth from alien rule with the XCOM 2 Alien Invasion Tactics Guide. This guide prepares you for XCOM 2’s challenging turn-based campaign, where smart strategy is the key to victory. Start by optimizing your base we outline an ideal build order (Guerrilla Tactics School early for squad upgrades, Resistance Comms to expand contacts, and Workshop placement for optimal staffing) and research priorities (laser and Gauss weapons to keep ahead of tougher enemies, then plated armor). In tactical missions, use our combat tips to keep your squad alive establish overlapping fields of fire with cover, utilize overwatch ambushes to catch patrolling aliens off-guard, and know when to evac if a mission goes south. We break down each soldier class’s best skills – for example, we recommend the Sharpshooter’s Lightning Hands for extra pistol shots and the Specialist’s Haywire Protocol to hack enemy robots to your side. Facing Advent forces and alien creatures, you’ll learn counters for each bring a Ranger with a shotgun and blade for close-range threats like Faceless, and a Grenadier with acid grenades to strip armor from Sectopods. Our guide also covers managing the Avatar Project undertake Guerrilla Ops and facility raids to stall the aliens’ plan, and complete key story objectives like the Blacksite and Forge in a timely manner. For the expansion War of the Chosen, we provide tactics to hunt down the Chosen assassins and deal with the new Lost hordes and Psionic enemies. With strategic base management and savvy battlefield tactics from our guide, you’ll outsmart the aliens, keep your soldiers alive (or at least memorialize their sacrifice), and lead XCOM to victory in liberating the planet.