#Xcom 2 sectopod how to#
#Xcom 2 sectopod manual#
#Xcom 2 sectopod upgrade#

I love both of these missions, but I got to say, it wasn’t until this campaign that I bothered to build the defense matrix that I realized what had been a really hard mission could be made into one really comically easy. But then that’s the reason I don’t honestly care, I’ve done the xcom mech thing already.ītw, just an observation about both avenger attacks I’ve seen, first by a chosen encounter and the 2nd being the standard one we’d encountered before with the UFO shoot down.

#Xcom 2 sectopod how to#

Shame really, it’s not like Firaxis doens’t know how to make cool mechs, I mean after all that was one of the cooler features of the first xcom’s expansion. I agree with the spark comment, the before and after versions are still not getting it done enough to ever qualify as one of the 6 members I’d take on a mission. I’ll see how much trouble they are this time around, I’ll be running into them at a blacksite mission soon enough. That’s true, I always forget you can just uncheck a DLC to remove it, have to keep that in mind next campaign. I hope I’ll have the stomach to live with my failures - most stuff I’ve read says it makes your personal story much more meaningful if you’re actually having to deal with your losses, and not reloading trying to 100% everything. I’ve also been saving/reloading on occasion specifically for testing moves when I’m unsure if something would use an action or end the turn. Just so I know what I’m meant to be doing. I could justify it to myself by saying I’d maybe allow a single mission re-start for every new mission type I’ve not encountered before. I haven’t suffered any casualties yet, though just had my first rescue mission and that got pretty hairy re-enforcements every turn and I had to chance a couple of rushes through enemy overwatches to get to evac … thankfully they all missed otherwise I’d be facing that decision too! I have a feeling the honor ironman thing is going to die hard as soon as things go wrong. I still made a start of battle and a mid battle save like I always do. The final mission has two Sectopods right next to each other so that might be a good time to work on this.BUT…old habits die hard. From here, you can either play through the game normally and hope it triggers whenever you encounter a Sectopod (they are rare but later missions often have one) or you can save scum until it happens.

#Xcom 2 sectopod upgrade#

This upgrade gives every shot a 15% chance to be an instant kill and it can even trigger on Overwatch shots. Equip a Superior Repeater on one or more of your soldiers.

#Xcom 2 sectopod manual#

Create a manual save before you start attacking just in case you are unsuccessful. With enough firepower, you should be able to take down the Sectopod in a single turn. To make this easier, equip your soldiers with Bluescreen Rounds and Dominate the most powerful enemies you can find. Make sure not to trigger the Sectopod until you are in position to attack. You will want Grenadiers for shredding armor, a Sharpshooter with Lightning Hands, a Specialist with Combat Protocol and maybe a Psi Op unit or two (preferably with Dominate). Wait until late game, when you have a bunch of soldiers maxed out.Killing a Sectopod is not an easy task and killing one a single turn is ridiculous on the higher difficulties. Sectopods don't appear until August (mid-October on Legend) but you are guaranteed to encounter at least one in a specific story mission (see A Better Human Being). These AT-ST wannabes are big hunkering metallic beasts with a large health pool (32 on Commander and 40 on Legend) and some very deadly attacks. Sectopods are basically what the aliens came up with when they watched too much Star Wars.