ADVENT General (LWOTC)

The ADVENT General is the commander of all ADVENT legions in a region. Their importance to ADVENT's chain of command keeps them from being seen in the front lines, only being encountered when XCOM brings the fight to an ADVENT regional HQ.

Tactically, ADVENT Generals boast massive health pools and thick armor, as well as deadly aim and damage values, but posses no special combat abilities, instead having perks that enhance other ADVENT units nearby, which will always be put to good use, as Generals are always accompanied by a large squad of both ADVENT infantry and mechanical units. The Generals' units alone are reason enough to train and bring rocket-specialized Technicals to HQ raids.

ADVENT Generals are distinguishable from regular ADVENT Officers by their lack of a helmet.

ADVENT General (Rank 1)

Difficulty	Health	Armor	Aim	Flanking Crit Chance Bonus	Mobility	Will	Hack Defense	Detection Radius (Tiles)
Rookie	18	2	90	33	12	150	140	12
Veteran	20	2	90	33	12	155	140	12
Commander	25	2	90	40	12	155	140	12
Legend	30	3	90	40	12	155	140	12

Weapon	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Other
ADVENT Mag Rifle	5-8	2	3	Pierce: 2
ADVENT Grenade	3-8	-	1	Range: 10 Radius: 4 Shred: 1 Env Dmg: 9

Abilities and Tactical Upgrades
Tactical Sense Gain 3 defense for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 15 defense.				Ready For Anything Enter overwatch after firing a turn ending standard shot with your primary weapon.				Flashbang Resistance Have a chance to resist the effects of flashbangs.				Defilade Soldiers within Command Range of the Officer receive +5 bonus to defense value provided by cover.
Fire Discipline All allies within Command Range of the Officer gain +10% to hit on reaction fire.				Mark Target Mark a target that grants 10 aim to allies attacks' against the target that lasts 2 turns. 2-turn cooldown.				Throw Grenade Throw a grenade at the target area.				Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns. 16% chance of applying after completion

Advanced General (Rank 2)

Difficulty	Health	Armor	Aim	Flanking Crit Chance Bonus	Defense	Mobility	Will	Hack Defense	Detection Radius (Tiles)
Rookie	25	3	100	33	10	12	150	140	12
Veteran	30	3	100	33	10	12	155	140	12
Commander	40	4	100	40	10	12	155	140	12
Legend	50	5	100	40	10	12	155	140	12

Weapon	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Other
ADVENT Mag Rifle	6-10	4	3	Pierce: 5 Shred: 1 Rupture: 1
ADVENT Grenade	3-8	-	1	Range: 10 Radius: 4 Shred: 1 Env Dmg: 9

Abilities and Tactical Upgrades
Tactical Sense Gain 3 defense for each enemy you can see, up to a maximum of 15 defense.				Ready For Anything Enter overwatch after firing a turn ending standard shot with your primary weapon.				Flashbang Resistance Have a chance to resist the effects of flashbangs.				Defilade Soldiers within Command Range of the Officer receive +5 bonus to defense value provided by cover.
Fire Discipline All allies within Command Range of the Officer gain +10% to hit on reaction fire.				Mark Target Mark a target that grants 10 aim to allies attacks' against the target that lasts 2 turns. 2-turn cooldown.				Throw Grenade Throw a grenade at the target area.				Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns. 16% chance of applying after completion

Tips

Like most flankable units, they will ideally try to find reasonable cover whenever flanked. This can be taken advantage of if you want to force enemies to move. For officers in particular, they tend to mark targets when they have allies so this can be taken advantage of by forcing them to move while also not making other actions more incentivizing such as becoming flanked yourself in order to have them mark and not take a turn to fire. The best way to take advantage of this is to also disable their allies such that they are unable to utilize the mark and thus effectively gaining a turn to clear the engagement.
Like most units with AOE moves, you ideally want to spread your soldiers out in order to greatly dissuade them from ever using them.
The General not only grants bonuses to nearby allies but they are also a massive threat themselves. It is best to try and disable the General in order to allow room to defeat their allies first as the General themselves are also very durable. Attempting to isolate them can also be helpful but this may bring issues on its own if you get caught off guard.
The General is a unique unit in that it cannot be skulljacked or skullmine to instantly remove them from the field.