ADVENT Trooper (LWOTC)
It is deceptively easy to underestimate the humble ADVENT Trooper . Serving as the unremarkable baseline of ADVENT's forces, they are distinguished by their lack of training or special features that elevate their brethren. Despite this, Commanders would do well to remember the famous statistic and maxim from the vanilla game: More XCOM operatives have fallen to ADVENT Troopers than any other enemy type.
While initially as threatening as the XCOM rookies they will face in the early stages of the campaign--that is to say, not very--this will not be the case forever. As the campaign progresses and ADVENT's Force Level rises, the basic Troopers will be phased out, and Advanced and Elite Troopers will appear, possessing better equipment, training, and perhaps most notably, fragmentation grenades.
ADVENT Trooper (Rank 1)
| Weapon |
Damage |
Crit Damage |
Clip Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADVENT Mag Rifle | 2-4 | 1 | 3 |
| Force Level | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |||
| Leader Spawn Weight | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Follower Spawn Weight | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
|
You do one additional point of base damage when using guns.
16% chance of applying after completion |
Advanced Trooper (Rank 2)
| Weapon |
Damage |
Crit Damage |
Clip Size |
Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADVENT Mag Rifle | 4-6 | 2 | 3 | - |
| ADVENT Grenade | 2-5 | - | 1 |
Range: 10
Radius: 4 Shred: 1 Env Dmg: 9 |
| Force Level | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |||
| Leader Spawn Weight | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Follower Spawn Weight | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
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Throw Grenade Throw a grenade at the target area. |
You do one additional point of base damage when using guns.
16% chance of applying after completion |
Elite Trooper (Rank 3)
| Weapon |
Damage |
Crit Damage |
Clip Size |
Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADVENT Mag Rifle | 5-9 | 3 | 3 | - |
| ADVENT Grenade | 2-7 | - | 1 |
Range: 10
Radius: 4 Shred: 1 Env Dmg: 9 |
| Force Level | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |||
| Leader Spawn Weight | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Follower Spawn Weight | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |||
|
Throw Grenade Throw a grenade at the target area. |
You do one additional point of base damage when using guns.
16% chance of applying after completion |
Tips
- Troopers are the lowest level of enemy units ADVENT can deploy, having generally lower aim and damage than their allies, so they are generally safe to deprioritize in favor of other targets--but do not forget about them.
- 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.
- Like most units with AOE moves, you ideally want to spread your soldiers out in order to greatly dissuade them from ever using them.