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Alien Life Forms (Long War)

2015-08-24T16:24:29Z

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[[File:LW_Chryssalid_Queen.jpeg|left|thumb|A Chryssalid squad leader compared to its smaller brethren.]]
Much like in vanilla, '''Aliens''' deploy in "pods", which are "activated" by seeing them. Unlike in vanilla, alien pods are frequently made up of several different types of aliens, such as a Thin Man leading some Sectoids, or some Mutons with Floater scout.

Each "pod" will be led by one ''Squad Leader'' alien, possessing both improved stats and new abilities. Each leader has a chance to be accompanied by a ''Navigator'' alien in addition to its other pod-mates which usually acts as a scouting unit of sorts, often possessing perks suitable for this role. Squad leaders can easily be identified by their larger health pool and increased physical size.

All pods now make noise when they move, but some pods will choose to lurk rather than patrol. The percentage of pods that hide out in this fashion is different per mission - on Abductions, it is 50%, on Large UFO's, 40%, and on small UFO's, 10%.

The aliens will continually improve their technology as the war goes on, which will grant them extra stats, HP regen and in some cases unlock new abilities. Squad leader and navigator perks are unlocked in the order in which they have been recorded here. Please note that the maximum stats for each species listed below can only apply to squad leaders of that species with all possible upgrades. Abilities tagged with an asterisk(*) are only unlocked on regular aliens during later stages of the war.

Disclaimer: The "Appears" Month listed for each Alien is the month it would appear it normally with a time-only based Alien Research progression. Bonus Research from outside sources (e.g. Alien Bases, XCOM Soldiers left behind on failed missions, etc.) may cause some of these Aliens to appear during a month ahead of their schedule. In addition, Landed UFOs present the possibility of Aliens one (1) month ahead of their standard schedule during that mission.

{| class="wikitable" width="75%"
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! colspan="2" | '''Legend for Stat/Perk Progression Tables'''
|- align="center"
| style="background: #FFB" width="8%" | '''Yellow''' || '''Navigator upgrades.''' These are available to all aliens of this type, including leaders. They have a certain chance of appearing, indicated in the "navigator chance" column, which is rolled per alien. The number of navigators in a pod is not limited.
|- align="center"
| style="background: #FBB" width="8%" | '''Red''' || '''Leader upgrades.''' These are only available to leader aliens of that type. The alien leader's level is rolled randomly based on alien research, from level 1 up to level 7. All leader upgrades are cumulative, meaning a level 3 leader will have the level 3 upgrades as well as the level 1 and 2 upgrades. Level 8 leaders are temple ship only, and level 9 leaders are boss/monster aliens only.
|}

==Easy Aliens==
===Sectoid===
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Sectoid (EU2012).png|128px]]
|hp=3 - 14
|damage=4 - 9
|aim=65 - 89
|defense=0 - 28
|will=5 - 120
|move=12 - 13
}}
'''Sectoids''' behave in much the same way as you'd expect from vanilla, with low Mobility, HP and Aim, and mediocre Will. Basic Sectoids have access to a few more psionic powers than before, being able to Mind Merge, Mind Fray and Psi Panic. The good news is that Mind Fray has been altered to only do 1 damage. Be aware that Mind Merge has been altered so it does some damage to the merged target if the merger dies, but doesn't kill outright. Sectoid squad leaders get the Low Profile perk. All Sectoids technically have the ''Gunslinger'' perk to cancel their offset from using pistols, but do not gain extra damage.

Unlike most alien types, Sectoid pod leaders do +1 damage over regular Sectoids at the start of the game without requiring extra research.

''Rewards:'' Sectoids carry Alien Pistols (which explode into weapon fragments/alloys if not captured alive) and leave corpses. After Xenobiology is researched, the Council will request Sectoid Corpses from time to time. Typical requests exchange 6 Sectoids for 1 or 2 scientists, plus a very slight boost to the requesting nations defense against panic.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
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|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 4 || 3 || 65 || 0 || 0 || 12 || 5
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || -5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
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|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Gunslinger (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 15 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 30 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 30 || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 20% || -
|- align="center"
| 75 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 120 || +1 || - || +4 || - || - || +4 || - || +10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 180 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 180 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || 20% || -
|- align="center"
| 240 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 270 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Low Profile (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 300 || - || - || +4 || - || - || +4 || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 300 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +15 || - || - || 15% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 300 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || - || 20% || -
|- align="center"
| 360 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || +1 || +1 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 510 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 600 || +1 || +1 || +4 || - || - || +4 || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 690 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 720 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 800 || - || +1 || - || - || - || +4 || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +3 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +15 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1200 || +1 || +3 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +15 || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
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|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || - || +5 || {{ Low Profile (Long War) }} || 1 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || +4 || +5 || - || 2 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || - || - || +5 || - || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +4 || +5 || {{ Executioner (Long War) }} || 4 || Sectoid Leader
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || +5 || {{ Rapid Reaction (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +4 || +5 || - || 6 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || - || +4 || +5 || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 7 || Sectoid Master
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || +4 || +5 || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +2 || +4 || +5 || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Reticulan
|}

===Drone===
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Drone 1 (EU2012).png|128px]]
|damage=3 - 7
|hp=3 - 10
|aim=60 - 80
|defense=0 - 12
|will=0
|move=12
|fuel=32
}}
'''Drones''' will be encountered right from the beginning of the game, even in the first mission. They can come in groups of their own or attached to Sectoid squads, and later they will accompany more powerful mechanized units like Cyberdiscs and Sectopods. Drones behave similarly to vanilla, but, like most mechanized units, have some damage reduction. Their constant light cover from flying with damage reduction and ability to mutually repair can make them extremely frustrating to kill. Drones have ''Holo-Targeting'', making them a bit more dangerous when supporting other aliens.

''Rewards:'' Drones primarily drop Drone Wrecks, the autopsy of which (10 required) grants access to the SHIV Repair Foundry project and the Holo-Targeter. Later-game, Drone Wrecks are required for several Foundry projects including Drone Capture and Improved Arc Thrower.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
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|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 3 || 3 || 60 || 0 || 0 || 12 || 0
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || -5 || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || -5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
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|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 15 || - || - || - || - || +0.2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 30 || - || - || - || - || +0.2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 45 || - || - || - || - || +0.2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 60 || - || - || - || - || +0.4 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 120 || - || +3 || +4 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 120 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Holo-Targeting (Long War) }} || 90% || Tracker Drone
|- align="center"
| 270 || +1 || +1 || +4 || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 360 || +1 || +1 || +4 || - || - || +4 || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +1 || +4 || - || - || +4 || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1200 || +1 || +1 || +4 || - || - || +4 || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
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|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Holo-Targeting (Long War) }} || 1 || Tracker Drone
|- align="center"
| 0 || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +3 || +15 || +15 || - || - || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Absorption Fields (Long War) }} || 8 || Battle Drone
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +3 || +30 || +10 || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 9 || Atlas Drone
|}

===Outsider===
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Outsider (EU2012).jpg|128px]]
|damage=6 - 10
|hp=10 - 23
|aim=75 - 105
|defense=0 - 15
|will=100 - 140
|move=12 - 16
}}
Long War '''Outsiders''' are enormously more dangerous than vanilla Outsiders. They start with 10 HP and 3 HP regeneration per turn, meaning it will take a concerted effort from the whole squad to take them down early game. Like vanilla, Outsiders are mostly found in charge of UFOs, usually holed up on the bridge, but not always. In Long War, they will occasionally patrol. You should be careful not to activate a UFO's Outsider until you're ready for it, since their HP regen means they can easily take on 1 or 2 XCOM soldiers without even taking damage. On larger UFOs Outsiders spawn in larger groups than in vanilla. On larger ships and later encounters, Outsiders spawn in pods of 3 to 5.

When you first meet them, fighting Outsiders in a war of attrition across cover is a bad idea, since their HP regen and relatively high damage and accuracy with their Alien Carbines means they may well win. Neutralizing the Outsider with flashbangs and suppression while you move your troops up to set up for a one turn kill is more effective. Note that their regenerative abilities will increase over the course of your game.

''Rewards:'' Outsiders captured alive grant Outsider Shards, which can be fashioned into Skeleton Keys. These are essential for initiating Base Assault missions, a requirement for ending the game. They also carry Alien Carbines.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
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! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 6 || 10 || 75 || 4 || 0 || 12 || 100
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || - || +10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +1 || - || +10 || - || - || - || +5
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
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|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Muscle Fiber Density (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 120 || +1 || +2 || +4 || - || - || +5 || +1 || +5 || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 240 || - || +3 || +4 || +4 || +1 || +2 || - || +5 || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 360 || +1 || +3 || +4 || - || +1 || +2 || +1 || +5 || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 480 || - || - || +4 || +4 || - || +2 || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 600 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Neural Damping (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 600 || - || +1 || +4 || - || - || +2 || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 750 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || +2 || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +3 || +10 || +10 || +1 || - || +1 || +5 || +1 || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
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|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || +5 || - || - || 1 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || +10 || {{ Opportunist (Long War) }} || 2 || Outsider Engineer
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || +5 || +10 || {{ Lightning Reflexes (Long War) }} || 3 || Outsider Navigator
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || +5 || +10 || {{ Ready For Anything (Long War) }} || 4 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +10 || +5 || +10 || {{ Close Combat Specialist (Long War) }} || 5 || Outsider Captain
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || +5 || +10 || {{ Sentinel (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || +10 || {{ Intimidate (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || +20 || - || +10 || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Outsider Overlord
|}

===Thin Man===
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Thin_Man_1_(EU2012).png|128px]]
|damage=5 - 7
|hp=5 - 22
|aim=70 - 110
|defense=0 - 35
|will=25 - 55
|move=14 - 19
}}
'''Thin Men''' are quite similar to vanilla, with high mobility, mediocre aim and low will. The main change is that their poison has been replaced with acid, which lowers aim (flat -20%) and mobility (25%) as poison does, and affected units take slightly more damage from attacks, but acid no longer causes damage directly. Instead, acid inflicts damage to a victim as they take actions, so moving, reloading, firing, overwatch, etc will all cause an affected unit to take 1 damage. A unit that goes on overwatch will take the damage when they go on overwatch, not when they fire. Hunkering down is safe and a unit that simply remains still and hunkered for the duration of acid will take no damage at all. Acid clouds dissipate within 2 turns and the acid debuff lasts 2-5 turns. Robotic units and soldiers with Medikits or sealed armor are immune to the mobility effects of acid and won't take damage from actions, but will still take more damage from attacks and have reduced aim while affected by acid.

''Rewards:'' Thin Men carry Alien Carbines (with the standard dead-man switch) and leave corpses. These can be spent on the Improved Medikit Foundry project (10x) after completing an autopsy (10x). The Thin Man interrogation gives a 25% research credit towards laser weaponry.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
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|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 5 || 5 || 70 || 4 || 0 || 14 || 25
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +1 || - || +5 || - || - || - || +5
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
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|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center"
| 90 || - || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 90 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 15% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 90 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Damn Good Ground (Long War) }} || 25% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 90 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Executioner (Long War) }} || 25% || -
|- align="center"
| 120 || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 180 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Lightning Reflexes (Long War) }} || 15% || Sidewinder
|- align="center"
| 210 || - || +1 || - || +5 || - || - || +1 || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 240 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 360 || - || - || +5 || +5 || - || +3 || +1 || +3 || +2 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 400 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Low Profile (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 450 || - || +1 || - || - || - || +3 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 550 || - || -4 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 10% || Thin Man Sniper
|- align="center"
| 600 || - || +1 || +5 || +5 || - || +3 || +1 || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 700 || - || - || +5 || +5 || - || +3 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 800 || - || +1 || - || - || - || +3 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +6 || +5 || +5 || - || +10 || +1 || +3 || +2 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1200 || +1 || +6 || +5 || +5 || - || +10 || +1 || +3 || +2 || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
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|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || +4 || {{ Executioner (Long War) }} || 1 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +5 || +4 || {{ Sharpshooter (Long War) }} || 2 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || +4 || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 4 || Thin Man Sniper
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || - || +5 || {{ Rapid Reaction (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +5 || +5 || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || +10 || +6 || {{ Lightning Reflexes (Long War) }} || 7 || Sidewinder
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || +7 || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || - || +5 || - || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || +5 || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Typhon
|}

===Floater===
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=April
|picture=[[File:Floater_1_(EU2012).png|128px]]
|damage=5 - 8
|hp=5 - 16
|aim=65 - 90
|defense=0 - 16
|will=20 - 44
|move=13 - 21
|fuel=32
}}
'''Floaters''' behave identically to vanilla Floaters. Floater squad leaders often gain the Damn Good Ground ability, which, given their ability to fly, makes them significantly more dangerous than regular Floaters.

''Rewards:'': Floaters leave corpses and carry Alien Carbines. Floater interrogation provides aerospace research credit.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 5 || 5 || 65 || 4 || 0 || 13 || 20
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || -5 || -1 || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || -5 || - || -5 || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || +5
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 60 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 15% || Floater Sentry
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 60 || - || +1 || +4 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Danger Zone (Long War) }} || 15% || -
|- align="center"
| 75 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 90 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || 20% || -
|- align="center"
| 120 || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 180 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 180 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || 15% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 210 || - || - || +4 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 20% || -
|- align="center"
| 240 || - || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 240 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || 15% || -
|- align="center"
| 330 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 570 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 690 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 780 || - || - || +5 || +5 || - || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +3 || +5 || - || - || +4 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1200 || +1 || +3 || +5 || - || - || +4 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +4 || +2 || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 1 || Floater Sentry
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +4 || +2 || {{ Close Combat Specialist (Long War) }} || 2 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || +2 || {{ Danger Zone (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +2 || +2 || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 4 || Floater Raider
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || +2 || {{ Damn Good Ground (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +4 || +2 || {{ Mayhem (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || +8 || +2 || {{ Ready For Anything (Long War) }} || 7 || Floater Reaver
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || - || +5 || +2 || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || +2 || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || - || +5 || +2 || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 8 || Great Reaver
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || +2 || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Reaver Lord
|}

===Seeker===
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=April
|picture=[[File:Seeker_(EU2012).png|128px]]
|damage=2 - 5
|hp=4 - 15
|aim=65 - 81
|defense=0 - 20
|will=0
|move=16 - 25
|fuel=32
}}
'''Seekers''' can be found both in pods made up entirely of Seekers, and accompanying squads of other aliens. This indirectly makes them more dangerous than vanilla, since a Seeker itself isn't much threat, but a Seeker supporting other aliens can be a deadly distraction. Seekers have had the shackles taken off their AI, and will happily decloak and strangle 4 of your soldiers at once. As mechanized units they have some damage reduction, which makes them difficult to damage with low power weapons like pistols and carbines. Seekers only cause 1 initial damage when strangling, but this damage doubles every turn they remain attached, so quickly knocking a Seeker off will result in minimal damage, but if left it will cause massive damage in 3-4 turns.

Battle Scanners are available to any soldier as carried items in Long War, giving an early counter to Seekers. They have a habit of going into overwatch while in stealth, so if you're waiting out Seekers without a Battle Scanner, try moving a soldier, one might reveal itself to take a pot shot at you. Ground-hugging Seekers can also be 'detected' by scanning for seemingly empty tiles that cannot be moved into; any explosive/area effect attacks (bar the MEC Flamethrower; Seekers are fireproof - though an 'IMMUNE' popup will still appear) that catch an invisible Seeker in their area will force them to decloak.

If Seekers have no valid targets for their strangulation attack (as MECs and SHIVs are immune, and several armors and items grant immunity also), they will most often go into overwatch (which will not decloak them until they have fired), or attempt to flank soldiers in cover and try to score a critical hit with their plasma gun. A Seeker who does not cloak on pod activation will usually try for this approach. Like Sectoids, Seekers possess the ''Gunslinger'' perk and suffer no range penalties for their plasma shots, but do not deal extra damage from base. In terror missions, they prefer to hunt down any remaining civilians if all XCOM units are immune; if a Seeker is the last enemy active on a Terror mission, focus on rescuing the civilians. Once the Seeker has no civilian targets remaining, its AI will switch to focusing on the squad instead.

''Rewards:'' As robotic units, Seekers cannot be captured. Upon destruction, they leave wrecks, which are needed for autopsy (5) and UFO Countermeasures Foundry project (10).

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 2 || 4 || 65 || 0 || 0 || 16 || 0
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || -5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Gunslinger (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Unlimited Cloak (Long War) }} || 67% || Stalker
|- align="center"
| 75 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 150 || - || +1 || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 210 || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 240 || - || - || +2 || - || +1 || +5 || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 300 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 540 || - || - || +2 || - || +1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 700 || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 800 || - || +3 || +2 || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +5 || +6 || - || +1 || +5 || +3 || - || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Unlimited Cloak (Long War) }} || 1 || Stalker
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +3 || +2 || - || {{ Holo-Targeting (Long War) }} || 2 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +3 || +2 || - || {{ Rapid Reaction (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || +2 || - || - || 4 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +5 || +2 || - || {{ Platform Stability (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +5 || +2 || - || {{ Damage Control (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +10 || +2 || - || {{ Close Encounters (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +10 || +2 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Hydra
|}

===Chryssalid===
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=April
|picture=[[File:Chryssalid_1_(EU2012).png|128px]]
|damage=8 - 12
|hp=8 - 20
|aim=0
|defense=10 - 35
|will=50 - 70
|move=20 - 27
}}
'''Chryssalids''' are similar to vanilla Chryssalids. A big difference is that Chryssalid squad leaders have ''Lightning Reflexes'', which can seriously reduce the amount of damage a charging Chryssalid squad will take from overwatch fire since the squad leader moves first, and is thus the most likely to trigger overwatch fire depending on positioning. Like Thin Men, the Chryssalid's claw poison has been replaced with acid.

AP/HE grenades are an effective early counter to Chryssalids, since they'll frequently charge in a tightly packed group on first sight, and the grenades will do full damage since Chryssalids don't benefit from cover. Similarly, flashbangs can debilitate a whole group of Chryssalids by reducing their move by 40%, which brings it considerably under the range a flashbang can be thrown. Chryssalids are immune to acid, so Chem Grenades won't reduce their mobility. Taking out the Chryssalid leader will make reaction fire effective against them; a Close Combat Specialist Assault can frequently finish off leaderless Chryssalids. The MEC Flamethrower is also quite effective; aside from the damage (especially with the Jellied Elerium upgrade) it can cause the Chryssalids to panic, and they may then run ''away'' from your soldiers instead of towards them.

Chryssalids on a terror mission will ''always'' spawn Zombies from civilians they kill off-screen - normally, this only occurred on higher difficulties in vanilla. As such, expect to have to deal with many additional Zombies during terror missions that focus on the deployment of Chryssalids. Additionally, Chryssalid pods may occasionally contain a number of Zombie units regardless of the mission type.

Some Chryssalid squad leaders may be particularly large. Beware, as these monsters often have upwards of 40-50 health on top of the fact they are escorted by several more Chryssalids and have augmented damage.

''Rewards:'' 5 Chryssalid Carcasses are needed for autopsy, 10 for Chitin Plating.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 8 || 8 || - || 25 || 10 || 20 || 50
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +5
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 10% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 15% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || - || 20% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 20% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 25% || -
|- align="center"
| 150 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 180 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 180 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 270 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 300 || - || +2 || - || - || - || +5 || +1 || +2 || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 550 || - || +1 || - || - || - || +5 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 650 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +1 || +2 || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 725 || - || +1 || - || - || - || +5 || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 800 || - || +1 || - || - || - || +5 || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || +5 || +2 || +2 || +2 || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +2 || - || +5 || - || 1 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || - || +5 || {{ Lightning Reflexes (Long War) }} || 2 || Chryssalid Warrior
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +2 || - || +5 || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || - || +5 || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 4 || Chryssalid Charger
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +2 || - || +5 || - || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || - || +5 || {{ Shock Absorbent Armor (Long War) }} || 6 || Hive Queen
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || - || +5 || - || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +10 || - || +5 || - || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +20 || - || +5 || {{ Resilience (Long War) }} || 9 || Greater Hive Queen
|}

===Zombie===
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=April
|picture=[[File:Zombie_1_(EU2012).png|128px]]
|damage=7 - 15
|hp=12 - 37
|aim=0
|defense=0 - 10
|will=120 - 150
|move=9 - 15
}}
Not even '''Zombies''' are immune to getting tweaked in Long War - At first, they become faster, and later tougher, whilst their melee damage steadily ramps up over time. They can occasionally spawn as a member of Chryssalid pods on any mission, and it is also be possible to encounter them as a special pod spawn during Terror missions, in which four to five identical zombies will spawn in a group. Unlike regular Zombies, the members of this Zombie 'pack' do not seem to spawn Chryssalids if left to their own devices for too long.

Zombies that have been spawned through a victim implanted by a Chryssalid will spawn a "baby" Chryssalid after two turns, easily recognized by their slightly pink skin color. This Chryssalid variant will have the same stats as an adult Chryssalid and can both move and attack during the turn it emerges. It will furthermore always emerge at full health regardless of how much damage the Zombie has taken.

''Rewards:'' None.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 7 || 12 || - || 0 || 0 || 9 || 120
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || +3 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +1 || +3 || - || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="11" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk
|- align="center"
| 210 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 360 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 450 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }}
|- align="center"
| 480 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 600 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 700 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 800 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|}

===Muton===
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=May
|picture=[[File:Muton_1_(EU2012).png|128px]]
|damage=8 - 10
|hp=8 - 22
|aim=70 - 92
|defense=10 - 33
|will=30 - 60
|move=12
}}
'''Mutons''' are similar to vanilla Mutons, and will start with Alien Carbines and later upgrade to Alien Rifles. Muton squad leaders have significantly more HP than regular Mutons, as well as a number of overwatch enhancing perks. Before 105 days of alien research, Mutons use Alien Carbines, which modifies their base damage and aim to be 6 and 76 respectively. The stats in the table are for when Mutons use Alien Rifles.

''Rewards'': Either Alien Carbine or Alien Rifle when Captured, and also Alien Grenade if Alien Grenades Foundry project isn't completed. Muton Corpses are required for autopsy (10) and Ammo conservation Foundry project (20).

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 8* || 8 || 70* || 4 || 10 || 12 || 30
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || -5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +5
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 90 || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 15% || Muton Sentry
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 90 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 15% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 90 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || 15% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 120 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Hyper-Reactive Pupils (Long War) }} || 25% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 150 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Depth Perception (Long War) }} || 25% || -
|- align="center"
| 210 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 270 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 330 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || +2 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || +2 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 450 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 10% || Muton Sniper
|- align="center"
| 510 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || +2 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 600 || - || +1 || +2 || +2 || - || +2 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 650 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Tandem Warheads (Long War) }} || 50% || -
|- align="center"
| 700 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || +2 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 800 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || +3 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +3 || +5 || - || - || +5 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1200 || +1 || +3 || +5 || - || - || +5 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +2 || +2 || +3 || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 1 || Muton Sentry
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +2 || +3 || {{ Opportunist (Long War) }} || 2 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || +2 || +3 || {{ HEAT Warheads (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +2 || +3 || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 4 || Muton Grenadier
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Fortiores Una (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +2 || +2 || +4 || {{ Will To Survive (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +2 || +4 || {{ Sentinel (Long War) }} || 6 || Muton Sentinel
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || +2 || +4 || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 7 || Muton Centurion
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || +2 || +4 || {{ Tandem Warheads (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || +5 || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || - || +5 || +5 || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || +5 || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Sargon
|}

==Hard Aliens==
===Cyberdisc===
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=June
|picture=[[File:Cyberdisc_1_(EU2012).png|128px]]
|damage=9 - 14
|hp= 18 - 32
|aim = 70 - 84
|defense=0
|will=0
|move=18 - 22
|fuel=32
}}
'''Cyberdiscs''' are similar to vanilla Cyberdiscs; even their deployment behavior is largely unchanged. They get the ''Automated Threat Assessment'' perk, which given their habit of immediately going on overwatch when seen will often give them extra defense at least for the first turn. Cyberdiscs are usually accompanied by two to three Drones, and usually prefer to throw their grenade if an eligible soldier is in range rather than shooting.

Cyberdiscs pose a significant threat throughout the game. Early on their high health pool makes them difficult to kill unless you have more than one soldier with HEAT ammo/warheads, or a soldier with Shredder ammo/rockets. Their movement range can take you off guard as it's close to that of a Chryssalid; if they're not dealt with quickly or retreated from, they are very likely to flank and hit you with raw firepower, move up next to you and use their powerful Death Blossom attack, or simply fire long-range explosives at you. In the later months Cyberdiscs gain the ''Reactive Targeting Sensors'' perk, allowing them to return fire.

The Drones escorting a Cyberdisc are of course more dangerous as well (see the main Drone entry), primarily because they can tag a target with ''Holo-Targeting'', making it easier for the parent Cyberdisc (and any other enemies, for that matter) to hit the victim. Drones can be distracted by damaging the Cyberdisc (in which case they will fly back to repair it) but this is hardly an ideal strategy.

One important note about the Cyberdisc is that they only have the ''Hardened'' trait as long as they're closed. A Cyberdisc must open up in order to attack with its cannons or grenade, and will immediately return to closed form if hit by an incoming attack.

In close range, Cyberdiscs explode for damage upon death, a trait that can be used against the aliens in tight packed groups. The Long War mod has also made efforts to better calculate the discs "Death Blossom", so be cautious not to engage too closely.

''Rewards:'' Cyberdisc Wrecks are needed for autopsy (3), several Foundry projects (10), and Defensive Matrix (Dodge) (2).

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 9 || 18 || 70 || 8 || 0 || 18 || 0
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || -5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +1 || +3 || - || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 270 || - || +2 || - || - || +1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 360 || +1 || +1 || +4 || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || +1 || +1 || - || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 480 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 600 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 720 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || - || +3 || +5 || +5 || +1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1200 || - || +3 || +5 || +5 || +1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || 1 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 2 || Cyberdisc Bomber
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || - || {{ Damage Control (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }} || 4 || Cyberdisc Destroyer
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +2 || - || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 4 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || +2 || - || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 300 || - || +2 || +2 || - || {{ Rapid Reaction (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +3 || +2 || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 7 || Gunstar
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || +15 || +5 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Dreadnought
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Warheads (Long War) }} || 9 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Tandem Warheads (Long War) }} || 9 || -
|}

===Mechtoid===
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=August
|picture=[[File:Mechtoid_(EU2012).png|128px]]
|damage=8 - 11
|hp=25 - 39
|shield=6 - 13
|aim=75 - 95
|defense=0 - 8
|will=40 - 64
|move=14 - 16
}}
'''Mechtoids''' behave identically to vanilla Mechtoids. Like vanilla, they will appear with Sectoid escorts, and later with Sectoid Commanders.

Mechtoids are very vulnerable to psionics - ''Mind Fray'' will restrict their movement and prevent them from charging to flank as well as reducing their accuracy. ''Psi Panic'' will completely disable a Mechtoid. Chem Grenades will hurt their accuracy a bit. Like the Cyberdisc, the Mechtoid will eventually gain access to ''Reactive Targeting Sensors''.

The Psi Shield granted to Mechtoids by ''Mind Merge'' also grants a significant amount of extra Damage Reduction on top of the added temporary health. As a result, it is absolutely essential that you find and kill the Sectoid that set up the link (helpfully indicated by the purple streams) and eliminate them.

While Mechtoids do not explode for damage, a Mechtoid that falls backwards in a fight it will crush cover it lands on. Be careful not to destroy your own cover in close quarters combat.

''Rewards:'' Mechtoid Cores are required for autopsy (3), Advanced Servomotors Foundry project (8), and Psi Screen device (1).

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="9" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Health (Long War)}} Shield HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 8 || 25 || 6 || 75 || 8 || 0 || 14 || 40
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || - ||-10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || - || -5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +3 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="14" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="9%" |{{Health (Long War)}} Shield HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 270 || - || +2 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 360 || - || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || +1 || +2 || +1 || +4 || - || +1 || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 500 || - || +3 || - || +4 || +4 || - || +4 || +1 || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 600 || - || +3 || +1 || +4 || - || - || - || +1 || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 700 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +3 || +3 || +8 || - || +1 || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +2 || +3 || {{ Executioner (Long War) }} || 1 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +2 || +3 || {{ Platform Stability (Long War) }} || 2 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || +2 || +3 || {{ Advanced Fire Control (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +2 || +2 || +3 || {{ Shock Absorbent Armor (Long War) }} || 4 || Vulcan Mechtoid
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || +2 || +3 || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +2 || +2 || +3 || {{ Rapid Reaction (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Absorption Fields (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +2 || +10 || +2 || +3 || {{ Reactive Targeting Sensors (Long War) }} || 7 || Leviathan Mechtoid
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }} || 9 || Colossus
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 9 || -
|}

===Berserker===
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=August
|picture=[[File:Berserker_(EU2012).png|128px]]
|damage=10 - 20
|hp=20 - 44
|aim=60
|defense=20 - 30
|will=80 - 110
|move=17 - 23
}}
'''Berserkers''' can also be Squad Leaders, meaning the first Berserkers you see could have terrifying amounts of health.

Like Chryssalids, anything you can do to slow down a Berserker will greatly reduce its threat. Flashbanging a Berserker will reduce its half-movement range to well below flashbang throw range, so is a good way to neutralize a Berserker you're not ready to kill. It will also reduce its movement from ''Bloodlust'', so you can also shoot a couple of times after flashbanging (but don't go overboard). Another good piece of equipment to use against them are Chem Grenades, not only does it reduce their damage reduction and limit their movement, but it also deals damage to them each time they move after being shot.

Since it's possible to have multiple soldiers with ''Rift'' outside of the Temple Ship, using their aggression against them to make them wander in and out of the ''Psionic Storm'' will make quick work of them, if you can set up the situation. With a few other AoE attacks, a cluster of them becomes a comedic slaughter: excellent payback for all the times they will crush your soldiers under their fists.

Two well placed ''Close Combat Specialist'' Assaults (optionally with Shredder Ammo) can also quickly make short work of even a group of Berserkers while a grenade or rocket makes them to run all at once towards the CCS trap. Beware of low ammunition shotguns.

''Rewards:'' Berserkers don't carry a weapon. Their corpses are needed for autopsy (5), MEC Close Combat (8), and Combat Stims (1).

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 10 || 20 || - || 33 || 20 || 17 || 80
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +2 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +5
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Abilities/Perks'''
|- align="center"
| {{ Bloodlust (Long War) }} || {{ Bull Rush (Long War) }} || {{ Intimidate (Long War) }} || {{ Hardened (Long War) }} || || || ||
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Muscle Fiber Density (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 10% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 15% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 15% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 20% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 25% || -
|- align="center"
| 270 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 300 || - || +1 || - || - || - || +5 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 330 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || +3 || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 500 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || +5 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 600 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 700 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 800 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +2 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +2 || +3 || +3 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1200 || +2 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +2 || +3 || +3 || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +2 || - || +3 || - || 1 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +2 || - || +3 || {{ Shock Absorbent Armor (Long War) }} || 2 || Behemoth
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +2 || - || +3 || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +2 || - || +3 || - || 4 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +2 || - || +3 || - || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +2 || - || +3 || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 6 || Juggernaut
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || - || +3 || - || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || - || +3 || - || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Lightning Reflexes (Long War) }} || 9 || Mongo
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +15 || - || +3 || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 9 || -
|}

===Sectoid Commander===
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=October
|picture=[[File:Sectoid Commander 1 (EU2012).png|128px]]
|damage=4 - 9
|hp=15 - 36
|aim=65
|defense=20 - 39
|will=90
|move=12 - 14
}}
'''Sectoid Commanders''' represent a substantial step up from their first-month brethren, and carry new psionic abilities as well as better statistics. Sectoid Commanders can use ''Mind Control''.

''Rewards:'' Just like basic Sectoids, Sectoid Commanders carry Alien Pistols. Besides the autopsy (5), five of their corpses is needed for Mind Shield.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 4 || 15 || 65 || 0 || 20 || 12 || 90
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || -5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || - || - || - || - || - || +20
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +25
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Ranger (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || 25% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || 50% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 50% || -
|- align="center"
| 1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 270 || +1 || +3 || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 360 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 400 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 480 || - || +2 || - || - || - || +3 || - || +10 || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 660 || +1 || +3 || - || - || - || +4 || - || +10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 780 || - || +3 || - || - || - || +3 || - || +10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || +4 || +1 || +10 || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1200 || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || +5 || +1 || +10 || +1 || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || - || +4 || {{ Distortion Field (Long War) }} || 1 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || +4 || {{ Low Profile (Long War) }} || 2 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +2 || - || +4 || - || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +2 || - || +4 || - || 4 || -
|- align="center"
| 300 || - || +1 || - || +4 || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 330 || +1 || +1 || - || +4 || {{ Close Combat Specialist (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center"
| 360 || +1 || +1 || - || +4 || {{ Regen Biofield (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || +5 || +5 || +10 || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Great Reticulan
|}

===Heavy Floater===
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=November
|picture=[[File:Heavy_Floater_1_(EU2012).png|128px]]
|damage=8 - 10
|hp=15 - 29
|aim=74 - 90
|defense=10 - 30
|will=25 - 41
|move=12 - 14
}}
The '''Heavy Floater''' is improvement over the original Floater.

''Rewards:'' Heavy Floaters carry Alien Rifles. The corpse is needed for autopsy (5), Advanced Flight (5), and Advanced Repair (4).

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 8 || 15 || 70 || 8 || 10 || 12 || 25
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || -5 || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || -5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +2 || - || - || - || - || +1 || +5
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 25% || Heavy Floater Sentry
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Sapper (Long War) }} || 15% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 25% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 25% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 270 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Danger Zone (Long War) }} || 20% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 300 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Shredder Ammo (Long War) }} || 10% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 300 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mayhem (Long War) }} || 20% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 300 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +1 || - || {{ Depth Perception (Long War) }} || 50% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 360 || - || +1 || +3 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 25% || -
|- align="center"
| 360 || - || +3 || - || - || +1 || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || - || +2 || +4 || - || - || +4 || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 500 || - || +2 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 600 || - || +1 || - || - || - || +4 || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 700 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 800 || - || +2 || - || - || - || +4 || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +2 || +4 || +4 || - || +4 || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1200 || +1 || +2 || +4 || - || - || +4 || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +2 || +2 || +2 || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 1 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +2 || +2 || {{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }} || 2 || Heavy Floater Destroyer
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +2 || +2 || {{ Close Encounters (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +2 || +2 || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 4 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || +2 || +2 || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 5 || Warmaster
|- align="center"
| 360 || +1 || +1 || +2 || +2 || {{ Damn Good Ground (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || +1 || +2 || +2 || +2 || {{ Will To Survive (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +3 || +3 || +5 || {{ Mayhem (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Archon
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +3 || +3 || +5 || {{ Danger Zone (Long War) }} || 9 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || - || - || - || {{ Tandem Warheads (Long War) }} || 9 || -
|}

===Muton Elite===
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=December
|picture=[[File:Elite_Muton_(EU2012).png|128px]]
|hp=20-23
|aim=75-80
|defense=20
|will=40-49
|move=12
}}
'''Muton Elites''' are looking similar to Mutons, but with a red armor and a helmet.

They appear as Pod Leaders first, usually in pairs like normal Mutons, in the late game they entirely replace Mutons on missions.
Care must be taken, because they have a lot of innate defense and Tactical Sense, as well as a lot of firepower at their disposal. Their Heavy Plasma Weapons are both destructive and highly damaging, and even though they lost Initimidate, they still benefit from Bloodlust. As they appear as pod leaders, a lot of their good perks trigger earlier than they actually appear in hordes, making Muton pods very dangerous.

Their overwatch becomes lethal with Oppurtunist, Covering Fire and Sentinel, they can fire twice with Light' Em Up and further with Squadsight, crit with Aggression and Bring 'Em On and respond to fire with RTS. Watch out for Bombard-Grenades, HEAT and Tandem Warheads as well. A encounter with them can only be done without losses by using advanced Technology like MECS or Psionics or very good tactics, forcing the player to focus and speed up their research.

One using Psionics to attack them should take care too, as they gain high will and Neural Damping.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 10 || 20 || 80 || 0 || 20 || 12 || 40
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || -5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +3 || - || - || - || - || - || +5
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Abilities/Perks'''
|- align="center"
| {{ Alien Grenade (Long War) }} || {{ Suppression (Long War) }}
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Grenadier (Long War) }} || 15% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 33% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 33% || Muton Elite Sentry
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Warheads (Long War) }} || 33% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 1 || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 33% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 33% || -
|- align="center"
| 360 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Hyper-Reactive Pupils (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Tandem Warheads (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 450 || - || +3 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 450 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 10% || Muton Elite Sniper
|- align="center"
| 500 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 500 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +20 || - || - || 10% || -
|- align="center"
| 600 || - || +2 || +4 || - || - || - || +1 || +5 || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 600 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Neural Damping (Long War) }} || 15% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 600 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || 33% || -
|- align="center"
| 700 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Lock N Load (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 700 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 800 || - || - || +4 || +4 || - || +4 || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +5 || +4 || - || - || +5 || +1 || +10 || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1200 || +1 || +10 || +4 || - || - || +5 || +1 || +10 || +1 || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || +3 || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 1 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Fortiores Una (Long War) }} || 1 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +2 || +2 || +3 || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 1 || Muton Elite Legionary
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +1 || +3 || {{ Opportunist (Long War) }} || 2 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +2 || +2 || +3 || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || +1 || +4 || {{ Bring Em On (Long War) }} || 4 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 4 || Muton Elite Commando
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +2 || +2 || +4 || {{ Sentinel (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +1 || +4 || {{ Will To Survive (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center"
| 450 || +1 || +2 || +2 || +4 || {{ Reactive Targeting Sensors (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +10 || +5 || +30 || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 660 || - || - || - || - || {{ Neural Damping (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Neural Damping (Long War) }} || 9 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Shredder Ammo (Long War) }} || 9 || Muton Elite Praetorian
|}

===Sectopod===
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=January, Year 2
|picture=[[File:Sectopod 1 (EU2012).png|128px]]
|hp=-
|aim=-
|defense=-
|will=-
|move=-
}}
Massive mechanical war machines, '''Sectopods''' are similar to their original incarnation - only more deadly, of course. Approach with extreme caution. As with all aliens, their strength and power progresses with time, making them significantly more dangerous as the war drags on.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 11 || 35 || 80 || 8 || 0 || 12 || 0
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || -5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center"
| 1 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 450 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 600 || - || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 700 || +4 || +5 || +5 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 800 || +3 || +5 || +5 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +3 || +5 || - || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1200 || +3 || +5 || - || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 360 || - || +5 || - || - || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || - || +5 || - || - || {{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }} || 4 || Sectopod Destroyer
|- align="center"
| 660 || - || +5 || - || - || {{ Sentinel (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 720 || - || +5 || - || - || {{ Reactive Targeting Sensors (Long War) }} || 6 || Reaper
|- align="center"
| 999 || - || - || - || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Absorption Fields (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || +35 || +30 || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Reactive Targeting Sensors (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Sentinel (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Titan
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }} || 9 || -
|}

===Ethereal===
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=February, Year 2
|picture=[[File:Ethereal_(EU2012).png|128px]]
|hp=-
|aim=-
|defense=-
|will=-
|move=-
}}
The floating psionic leaders of the alien race are substantially more deadly and no longer trade frailty for their power. Using a Psionic Lance attack that is based on will as well as the feared Mind Control and Rift abilities, Ethereals represent the pinnacle of psionic deadliness. '''Ethereals''' regenerate health, and an Ethereal who recieves damage from conventional weapons has a chance to reflect the attack, dealing 33% damage to the attacker. The Ethereal's Psionic Lance is a cross between psionic power and weapon. It has no cooldown, and its effectiveness is reduced by [[Abilities_List_(Long_War)#Suppression|Suppression]], but it can't be disabled with [[Abilities_List_(Long_War)#Disabling_Shot|Disabling Shot]].

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 10 || 20 || 100 || 0 || 40 || 12 || 120
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || -5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || - || - || - || - || - || +20
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +25
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center"
| 1 || +3 || - || - || - || - || - || - || +15 || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +15 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 540 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +15 || +2 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 700 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || +2 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1200 || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || +2 || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 360 || - || +2 || - || +3 || {{ Distortion Field (Long War) }} || 1 || -
|- align="center"
| 390 || - || +2 || - || +4 || {{ Shock Absorbent Armor (Long War) }} || 2 || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || - || +2 || - || +4 || - || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 450 || - || +2 || - || +4 || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 4 || -
|- align="center"
| 480 || - || +2 || - || +5 || {{ Executioner (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 510 || +3 || +5 || - || +5 || - || 6 || -
|- align="center"
| 540 || +3 || +5 || - || +15 || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +3 || +5 || - || +15 || - || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +3 || +5 || - || +15 || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Ethereal Overmind
|}

===Uber Ethereal===
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=Temple Ship Only
|picture=[[File:Uber_Ethereal_2_(EU2012).png|128px]]
|hp=-
|aim=-
|defense=-
|will=-
|move=-
}}
The ultimate Ethereal.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 10 || 60 || 120 || 0 || 50 || 12 || 200
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || -5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || +20
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +2 || - || - || - || +10 || - || +25
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Absorption Fields (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Close Encounters (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Distortion Field (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Lightning Reflexes (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Opportunist (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Shock Absorbent Armor (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +15 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 540 || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || +10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 700 || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || +10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || +10 || - || - || - || -
|}

==See also==
{{Aliens (Long War) Navbar}}
[[Category: Aliens (Long War)]]
[[Category: Long War]]

Air Combat (Long War)

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==Overview==
UFOs are tougher, faster, and much deadlier in Long War. Along with that, your crafts and armaments are significantly less potent, at least at first. You will need to cycle your craft regularly like your soldiers. UFO kills will grant experience to your pilots and provide a bonus to accuracy. Your pilots will learn UFO flight patterns and movements and therefore will become much better at shooting down alien craft. Interceptor experience provides +3% to hit per kill (up to + 30%) and +1% damage per kill (with no top limit). Also, you will find that both your craft and UFOs may sometimes get 'critical hits', with UFOs being downed in a few hits, or your undamaged Interceptor immediately going into near-full red damage indicator.

At the start of the game your fresh pilots are equipped with Avalanche Missiles, which now have an abysmal 40% accuracy. While it is still possible to down the first Scout with one Interceptor, this is an incredibly unlikely event. It's more probable that it would take two, or even three interceptions to bring down even the most basic alien craft. It is also a good idea to switch some of your aircraft armaments to Stingray missiles at the game start, details on that below.

Players should exert caution and pick and choose their air battles carefully. You will not be able to bring down every single enemy UFO. Sometimes attempting high risk interceptions against tough targets would be detrimental to your campaign due to the highly unpredictable nature of the engagements at the start of the game. Your early game goal should be to get experience for some of your pilots and advance your air-warfare technology in order to keep aliens at bay on the battleground for the Earth's skies. In case you overreach too early, you might quickly find yourself crippled with long repair times and unable to stop alien operations.

There are Research and Engineering projects that will assist in aerial sorties. There are multiple foundry projects to improve your interceptors. There are also three consumables that remain from Vanilla.

As you progress, each type of UFO's statistics also increase, from general 'health' to firing rates, as to keep you on your toes; so don't expect to ever truly dominate the skies. Plus with the added variables to air-interception, there is no clear-cut "UFO X can be brought down by Interceptor Y" table. As such, the Long War's [[UFOs_(Long_War)|UFO]] page will be your general guide for how--- or if-- to attempt to engage these potent UFOs.

===Damaging UFOs===
It is not necessary to shoot down enemy UFOs in order to prevent them from completing their mission. Doing damage to them is sometimes enough to spoil their plans or reduce their effectiveness. The damage that UFO sustains is stored between interceptions, therefore multiple interception attempts is a good idea to limit the damage to your own Air Force. When a player does more than 50% damage to a UFO, you will start seeing explosion effects around it.

Some UFOs will wander about a country's airspace before zooming off. For these, it is sufficient to get the yellow effect described above. Those effects signify that UFO sustained enough damage to prevent it from completing its mission, such as an Anti-Satellite hunt. Note however that you still have a chance to prevent the UFO's mission while doing less than 50% damage, which is simply linear (i.e., the UFO abort mission chance is 0% at full health, 100% at 50% health, and in 2x% general at (100-x)% health). Otherwise, when they leave detectable airspace (whether you have a satellite over the target country or not), there will be a notification of the damage they did in the minor notices that play alongside the Hologlobe during in-game time progression.

Other UFOs will have a set flight path, and a narrow window of opportunity to intercept: to disrupt these missions entirely, these need to be shot out of the sky. Cases like this include Terror ships and Abductors.

Long War mod brings back a mechanic from previous generations of XCOM: UFOs can now have full DOA crashes (with minimal Alloy recovery, and no corpses or other artifacts), so in some cases you may want to pull your punches. To compensate, the Council will give cash rewards for UFOs obliterated in flight. The harder hitting weapons have a greater chance of reducing UFOs to a pile of smelted alloys.

===Interceptor Weapons and Stances===
Air-to-air weapons now have three main damage statistics - Damage, Rate of Fire, and Armor Penetration. UFOs have different armor levels, which reduces the damage done by a weapon if its armor penetration isn't high enough. For example, you start with a choice between Avalanche missiles (medium damage, low armor penetration) and Stingray missiles (low damage, medium armor penetration). Avalanches will be better against unarmored and very lightly armored UFOs, while Stingrays will be better against more armored UFOs.

When launching you can set a combat stance for your interceptors as they launch on a mission:
* Aggressive gives +15% to hit for both you and the UFO. You may not use the dodge consumable when aggressive.
* Balanced plays out like normal.
* Defensive gives -15% to hit for both you and the UFO. You may not use the auto-hit consumable when defensive.
Mathematically and not accounting for interception time, this means that Aggressive is the most efficient stance when your Interceptor aim is lower than UFO aim, while Defensive is strongest when your Interceptor aim is higher than UFO aim. These effects are stronger the bigger the difference.
However, Interception time is an issue as UFOs will just leave after some time. Obviously, Aggressive is the most time-effective stance.

===UFO Flight Patterns===
UFOs can fly at three altitudes: "High", "Low" and "NOE" ("Nap of the Earth,"). The altitude is a clue of what mission the UFO is going on - UFOs flying at NOE altitude are most likely to land, are performing bombing runs, or will generate an Abduction or Terror mission immediately upon arriving at their destination. UFOs at high altitude are most likely to be hunting satellites. Unless playing in Ironman, you may want to see if a UFO will land before shooting it down (and reload if it does not): while a landed UFO is always more dangerous, an intact UFO and it's material components is a valuable prize, given how fragile Power Sources and Flight Computers are from being shot down in Long War.

Once you successfully raid a UFO type, either landed or crash landed, you can research that craft for a damage bonus against it in future.

===Strategic Plan===
* You start with the Avalanche and Stingray missiles. These will work for small and medium craft for a while until Aliens research better upgrades for their craft.
* After some time sticking with conventional weapons will leave you totally outgunned. Next you'll want to upgrade to Laser and Phoenix cannons. Laser Cannons are built for accuracy, so a pilot can still reliably hit UFOs on Balanced or Defensive stance. The Coilgun is built for armor penetration and higher rate of fire. You would likely need multiple interceptions with frequent use of boost modules to reliably bring down larger UFOs.
* The Plasma Cannons need to be built from Alien Rifles. Once the Mutons start fielding them, you would want to build up a cache of those items to convert to plasma cannons for your Interceptors. The EMP Cannon is built from 1 Sectopod wreck each. It has a higher rate of fire and lower damage than Plasma which increases the chance of UFOs not being destroyed outright. It also increases the chance for more resources to remain intact for UFO crash-site missions.
* Last, but certainly not least, the Fusion Lance is the most powerful air to air weapon that can only be used by Firestorms. They're built from Fusion Cores, and the only way to get Fusion Cores is to take down Battleships and Assault Carriers... or save the cores from [[Slingshot_DLC_(EU2012)|Slingshot]] mission. Though once you do get them set up, you would have a good chance to disrupt even the Terror missions.

===Interception Strategy===
* Choose an appropriate stance based on your equipped weapon, researched upgrades, and UFO type.
* Always be prepared to cancel an interception if the engagement is not going well for you. Losing an aircraft with an expensive weapons can be devastating to your resources.
* Consider aborting interception if your first shot hits while UFO misses. You can refuel within an hour and try again or send another bird out with the same hit and run tactics.
* Consider aborting when a satellite hunter displays explosion effects. You have prevented the destruction of the satellite, so you might not want to risk additional damage.
* Use modules in tough situations when you need an extra boost to get the job done.
* Have an idea of how many interceptions are possible before UFO completes its mission or attempts to escape. For example Scouts usually can only be engaged twice with Ravens.
* If/once you get enough EMP Cannons to be distributed throughout each continent's squadron, remember that higher damage weapons have a greater chance to outright destroy enemy craft. Plan your engagements around that fact and consider which ground tactical missions you would rather go on.
** Consider saving craft equipped with more damaging weapons to go against larger UFOs, while EMPing the smaller craft may be a better risk/reward scenario, given that their full compliment of aliens won't be much larger than if shot down with other weapons.
* Late-game, you may find that the aliens favor sending more and the larger UFOs to one continent in particular (such as the continent that got the first Alien Base, or the one with XCOM HQ), meaning that you'll remained burdened by repair times: simply cycle out damaged fighters with fresh fighters from other continents.
** Transit time puts repair times on pause, but transfer time will almost always be far less than the days it'll take to repair a single fighter.
** This will also help you by evening out experience between your pilots, and spreading them out between each continent, so you don't get blindsided by, say, a Battleship appearing in a continent with an inexperienced squadron.
* The modules are much more worthwhile-- nearly essential-- in Long War. As said, Dodge cannot be used in an aggressive stance and Aim cannot be used in a defensive stance. And as they do take time to build, it pays to maintain a stock of them.
** The Aim module is fairly cheap, and is useful throughout a campaign. Keep a large stock of Floater corpses to make these. While an aggressive stance means that all shots have more accuracy, using an Aim module early in a normal stance dogfight means drawing first blood while being a little harder to be hit yourself.
** The Boost module can be used in any stance, and only extends time (as all air-to-air weapons now are counted as 'long range', approach reduction time no longer is affected). More useful in early game, when you need more time to do enough damage with the weaker weapons and less experienced pilots.
** The Dodge module is exceedingly useful, and still hard to make, due to the necessity of Cyberdisc wrecks needed to construct them.

==Damage Calculations==
*Armor Mitigation = 0.05 * (Target Armor - Armor Penetration)
**0 is the minimum Armor Mitigation and 0.95 is the maximum
*Base Damage = Weapon Damage * (1 - Armor Mitigation)
*Crit Chance = (Armor Penetration - Target Armor) / 2
**5% is the minimum Crit Chance and 25% is the maximum
*A successful Crit multiplies damage by 2
*total damage is then randomized to between 100% and 150% of its current value.
*For XCOM Aircraft:
**If the appropriate UFO analysis has been researched, total damage is multiplied by 1.1
**total damage is also multiplied by (Pilot Kills / 100) + 1

Examples:
* Avalanche Missiles (340 damage, 0 armor penetration) vs Fighter (armor 12): no armor is penetrated, so 12×5=60% of damage is blocked, and the avalanche has an effective damage of 136.
* Laser Cannon (290 damage, 5 armor penetration) vs Fighter (armor 12): armor mitigation value of 12-5=7. Consequently, 7×5=35% of the damage is blocked, and the cannon has an effective damage of 188.
* Stingray Missiles (200 damage, 10 armor penetration) vs Fighter (armor 12): armor mitigation value of 12-10=2. Only 10% of damage is blocked, the stingray has an effective damage of 180.

Note that in the above example while the Laser Cannon and Stingray Missiles are about equal on a per-hit basis, the Laser Cannon is more effective in combat due to its higher rate of fire and higher accuracy.

==Tables==
===UFO Types===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! width="10%" align="left" | UFO Type
! width="3%" align="left" | Durability
! width="3%" align="left" | Armor
! width="60%" align="left" colspan="1"| Description
|-align="center"
|<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Scout.png|center|128x64px]]</div> '''Scout'''|| Low || None || The speedy Scout-class UFO is fortunately within Earth's native capabilities to shoot down ... on occasion. It appears to be used for general reconnaissance, resource-gathering and research.
|-align="center"
|<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Fighter.png|center|128x64px]]</div> '''Fighter'''|| Low || Light || The alien Fighter, while similar in outward appearance to the scout, is much better protected. Armor-piercing weapons like our Stingray missiles will be helpful in bringing these craft down. This class of craft is used primarily for air raids and anti-satellite operations.
|-align="center"
|<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Raider.png|center|128x64px]]</div> '''Raider'''|| Moderate || Very Light || The Raider class of UFO seems to be a multirole craft that thus suffers in combat power. The aliens appear to use it for reconnaissance, research and resource-gathering operations.
|-align="center"
|<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Destroyer.png|center|128x64px]]</div> '''Destroyer'''|| Moderate || Moderate || The deadly Destroyer present a much greater threat to our aircraft than its sister class of ships. Armor-piercing weapons are required to defeat this craft. It appears to primarily be used for air raids and anti-satellite operations, although we may see it conduct reconnaissance missions as well. Our analysts note the presence of unused hardpoints on some images of this craft, so we should look out for upgraded versions with even more killing power.
|-align="center"
|<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Abductor.png|center|128x64px]]</div> '''Abductor'''|| High || Heavy || Abductors appear to be much better protected than other ships of this size. Perhaps the aliens particularly value the abduction and research missions they are used for.
|-align="center"
|<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Harvester.png|center|128x64px]]</div> '''Harvester'''|| High || Moderate || The Harvester class of UFO seems to have one role -- to recover important biological materials and minerals from Earth in support of other alien operations. We should try to interdict alien harvest operations whenever possible to slow the alien advance. These craft may be vulnerable to a concentrated attack.
|-align="center"
|<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Transport.png|center|128x64px]]</div> '''Transport'''|| Very High || Heavy || This ponderously slow craft will be a tough nut to crack. It appears to be primarily used in alien terrestrial resource-gathering but could also be used in support of other major alien operations.
|-align="center"
|<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_TerrorShip.png|center|128x64px]]</div> '''Terror Ship'''|| Very High || Heavy || The rarely encountered Terror Ship appears suited for rapid deployment of alien shock troops. They appear to presage alien terror missions, but they may be used for alien research on XCOM as well.
|-align="center"
|<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_AssaultCarrier.png|center|128x64px]]</div> '''Assault Carrier'''|| Highest || Heavy || The assault carrier, while built on a battleship hull, lacks some of its sister's firepower and may be easier to shoot down. Nevertheless, we expect to see the aliens use this craft only against high-value targets, so it should be taken seriously whenever it is detected.
|-align="center"
|<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Battleship.png|center|128x64px]]</div> '''Battleship'''|| Highest || Very Heavy || An unbelievably dangerous piece of hardware, these UFOs never appear to land but are used in bombing, anti-satellite and air superiority roles.
|-align="center"
|<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Overseer.png|center|128x64px]]</div> '''Overseer'''|| High || Very Heavy || This class of ship appears to be used as a airborne command center for the ethereal race of alien. Only our strongest weapons will be able to penetrate its armor.
|}

===Aircraft===
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
!rowspan="2" {{Item name (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2"|Health!!rowspan="2"|Armor!!rowspan="2"|Penetration!!rowspan="2"|Speed!!colspan="2"|Prerequisites!!colspan="6"|Cost!!Maintenance
|-align="center"
|{{Research required (Long War)}}||{{Engineers required (Long War)}}||{{Credits cost (Long War)}}||{{Alloys cost (Long War)}}||{{Elerium cost (Long War)}}||{{Meld cost (Long War)}}||{{Items cost (Long War)}}||{{Time cost (Long War)}}||{{Maintenance cost (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|[[File:Inv Skyranger.png|128px|link=Hangar (Long War)#Aircraft|Skyranger]] '''[[Hangar (Long War)#Aircraft|Skyranger]]'''||colspan="4"|Can't be damaged or destroyed||colspan="8"|XCOM starts with one, unable to produce more||title="Cost in Credits"|20
|-align="center"
|[[File:Inv Satellite.png|128px|link=Hangar (Long War)#Aircraft|Satellite]] '''[[Hangar (Long War)#Aircraft|Satellite]]'''||colspan="4"|Increases funding and provides unique bonuses|| ||10||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|200 (300)|| || ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (7)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|25 days (12.5 days)||
|-align="center"
|[[File:Inv Interceptor.png|128px|link=Hangar (Long War)#Aircraft|Interceptor]] '''[[Hangar (Long War)#Aircraft|Interceptor]]'''||2500||5|| ||10|| || ||title="Cost in Credits"|200|| || || || ||title="Duration in days"|3 days||title="Cost in Credits"|40
|-align="center"
|[[File:Inv Firestorm.png|128px|link=Hangar (Long War)#Aircraft|Firestorm]] '''[[Hangar (Long War)#Aircraft|Firestorm]]'''||4000||25||5||15||[[Research (Long War)#Materials and Aerospace|Alien Propulsion]]||75||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|750 (1125)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|180 (270)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|120 (180)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|10 (30)||8 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Alien Devices|UFO Flight Computers]] 4 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Alien Devices|UFO Power Sources]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|28 days (14.0 days)||title="Cost in Credits"|50
|}

===Interceptor Weapons===
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
!rowspan="2" {{Item name (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2"|Hit chance!!rowspan="2"|Damage!!rowspan="2"|Penetration!!rowspan="2"|Firing cooldown!!colspan="2"|Prerequisites!!colspan="6"|Cost
|-align="center"
|{{Research required (Long War)}}||{{Engineers required (Long War)}}||{{Credits cost (Long War)}}||{{Alloys cost (Long War)}}||{{Elerium cost (Long War)}}||{{Meld cost (Long War)}}||{{Items cost (Long War)}}||{{Time cost (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|[[File:Avalanche Missiles Long War.png|128px|link=Hangar (Long War)#Aerospace Weapons|Avalanche Missiles]] '''[[Hangar (Long War)#Aerospace Weapons|Avalanche Missiles]]'''||25% / 40% / 55%||340 (170 per second)|| ||2.0 second||colspan="8"|XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
|-align="center"
|[[File:Stingray Missiles Long War.png|128px|link=Hangar (Long War)#Aerospace Weapons|Stingray Missiles]] '''[[Hangar (Long War)#Aerospace Weapons|Stingray Missiles]]'''||25% / 40% / 55%||200 (133 per second)||10||1.5 second||colspan="8"|XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
|-align="center"
|[[File:Phoenix Coilgun Long War.png|128px|link=Hangar (Long War)#Aerospace Weapons|Phoenix Cannon]] '''[[Hangar (Long War)#Aerospace Weapons|Phoenix Cannon]]'''||25% / 40% / 55%||140 (183 per second)||5||0.75 second||[[Research (Long War)#Materials and Aerospace|Alien Materials]]||15||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|120 (180)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|12 (18)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (5)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)
|-align="center"
|[[File:Laser Cannon Long War.png|128px|link=Hangar (Long War)#Aerospace Weapons|Laser Cannon]] '''[[Hangar (Long War)#Aerospace Weapons|Laser Cannon]]'''||25% / 40% / 55%||290 (290 per second)||5||1.0 second||[[Research (Long War)#Laser and Gauss Weapons|Advanced Beam Lasers]]||25||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|160 (240)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|30 (45)|| ||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (6)|| ||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|10 days (5.0 days)
|-align="center"
|[[File:Plasma Cannon Long War.png|128px|link=Hangar (Long War)#Aerospace Weapons|Plasma Cannon]] '''[[Hangar (Long War)#Aerospace Weapons|Plasma Cannon]]'''||25% / 40% / 55%||650 (650 per second)||22||1.0 second||[[Research (Long War)#Plasma Weapons|Vehicular Plasma Weapons]]||95||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|500 (750)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|50 (75)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|60 (90)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|5 (19)||1 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Alien Weaponry|Alien Rifle]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|14 days (7.0 days)
|-align="center"
|[[File:EMP Cannon Long War.png|128px|link=Hangar (Long War)#Aerospace Weapons|EMP Cannon]] '''[[Hangar (Long War)#Aerospace Weapons|EMP Cannon]]'''||15% / 30% / 45%||310 (563 per second)||30||0.55 second||[[Research (Long War)#Laser and Gauss Weapons|Electromagnetic Pulse Weapons]]||100||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|575 (862)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|60 (90)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|160 (240)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|0 (16)||1 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Corpses|Sectopod Wreck]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|20 days (10.0 days)
|-align="center"
|[[File:Fusion Lance Long War.png|128px|link=Hangar (Long War)#Aerospace Weapons|Fusion Lance]] '''[[Hangar (Long War)#Aerospace Weapons|Fusion Lance]]'''||15% / 30% / 45%||1200 (960 per second)||26||1.25 second||[[Research (Long War)#Plasma Weapons|Fusion Weapons]]||120||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|800 (1200)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|70 (105)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|120 (180)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|40 (62)||1 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Alien Devices|Fusion Core]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|25 days (12.5 days)
|}

===Modules===
{|class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
!rowspan="2" {{Item name (Long War)}}!!rowspan="2" {{Special properties (Long War)}}!!colspan="2"|Prerequisites!!colspan="6"|Cost
|-align="center"
|{{Research required (Long War)}}||{{Engineers required (Long War)}}||{{Credits cost (Long War)}}||{{Alloys cost (Long War)}}||{{Elerium cost (Long War)}}||{{Meld cost (Long War)}}||{{Items cost (Long War)}}||{{Time cost (Long War)}}
|-align="center"
|[[File:UFO Tracking Long War.png|128px|link=Hangar (Long War)#Aerospace Modules|UFO Tracking (Boost)]] '''[[Hangar (Long War)#Aerospace Modules|UFO Tracking (Boost)]]'''||Increases the duration of this air combat||[[Research (Long War)#Materials and Aerospace|Alien Materials]] [[Foundry (Long War)|Aircraft Boosters]]||12||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|15 (22)|| ||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|1 (1)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|1 (3)||2 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Corpses|Drone Wrecks]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|5 days (2.5 days)
|-align="center"
|[[File:Defense Matrix Long War.png|128px|link=Hangar (Long War)#Aerospace Modules|Defense Matrix (Dodge)]] '''[[Hangar (Long War)#Aerospace Modules|Defense Matrix (Dodge)]]'''||Dodges the next two incoming attacks||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Cyberdisc Autopsy]] [[Foundry (Long War)|Aircraft Boosters]]||50||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|25 (37)|| ||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|2 (3)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|1 (3)||2 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Corpses|Cyberdisc Wrecks]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|5 days (2.5 days)
|-align="center"
|[[File:Uplink Targeting Long War.png|128px|link=Hangar (Long War)#Aerospace Modules|Uplink Targeting (Aim)]] '''[[Hangar (Long War)#Aerospace Modules|Uplink Targeting (Aim)]]'''||Automatically hits the next two attacks||[[Research (Long War)#Alien Autopsies|Floater Autopsy]] [[Foundry (Long War)|Aircraft Boosters]]||35||title="Cost in Credits
(Cost when building quickly)"|20 (30)||title="Cost in Alien Alloys
(Cost when building quickly)"|1 (1)||title="Cost in Elerium
(Cost when building quickly)"|1 (1)||title="Cost in Meld
(Cost when building quickly)"|1 (3)||3 [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)#Corpses|Floater Corpses]]||title="Duration in days
(Duration when building quickly)"|5 days (2.5 days)
|}

===Permanent Upgrades (Foundry Projects)===
(Version Long War Beta 15d2)
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
!rowspan="2" | Name !! rowspan="2" width=" 25%"| Effects !! colspan="2" | Prerequisites !! colspan="7" | Cost
|-align="center"
| {{Engineers Icon}} || {{Research Icon}} || {{Credits Icon}} || {{AA Icon}} || {{Weapon Fragments Icon}} || {{Elerium Icon}} || {{Meld Icon}} || {{Time Icon}} || '''Other'''

|- align="center"
| Advanced Repair
| Increases interceptor, SHIV, and item repair speed.
| 45
| Heavy Floater Autopsy
| §500
| 100
| 0
| 0
| 80
| 21
| 4x Heavy Floater Corpse

|-align="center"
| Aircraft Boosters
| Allows production of one-time 'boosters' for interception.
| 10
| Alien Materials
| §50
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 10
| 7
| -

|-align="center"
| Armored Fighters
| Increases all interceptor HP by 1000.
| 30
| Advanced Aerospace Concepts
| §400
| 200
| 0
| 60
| 70
| 14
| 30x Floater Corpse

|-align="center"
| Elerium Afterburners
| Increases interceptor combat time by 5 seconds.
| 45
| Alien Propulsion
| §200
| 30
| 0
| 30
| 0
| 14
| 2x UFO Power Source

|-align="center"
| Improved Avionics
| Increases interceptor aim by 10.
| 40
| Advanced Aerospace Concepts
| §400
| 10
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 3x UFO Flight Computer

|-align="center"
| Penetrator Weapons
| Increases armor penetration of air weapons by 5.
| 35
| Advanced Aerospace Concepts
| §300
| 80
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 3x Cyberdisc Wreck, 3x UFO Flight Computer

|-align="center"
| Phoenix Coilguns
| Increases the phoenix cannon's damage by 90 and armor penetration by 13.
| 50
| Advanced Aerospace Concepts
| §300
| 120
| 100
| 60
| 40
| 14
| 2x UFO Power Source

|-align="center"
| Stealth Satellites
| Decreases chance of satellites being detected by alien patrols (30% on first pass, 60% on second).
| 115
| Stealth Systems
| §1200
| 200
| 0
| 200
| 0
| 28
| 10x UFO Flight Computer

|-align="center"
| Supercapacitors
| Upgrades laser cannon damage by 10, armor penetration by 6, and increases rate of fire to 0.75.
| 70
| Advanced Pulse Lasers
| §800
| 200
| 100
| 200
| 100
| 21
| 6x UFO Power Source

|-align="center"
| Super Skyranger
| Adds 2 more spaces to the roster on Alien Base and EXALT HQ raids, and 4 more on the Temple Ship Assault.
| 35
| Advanced Aerospace Concepts
| §200
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 14
| -

|-align="center"
| UFO Countermeasures
| Increases interceptor dodge chance by +15%.
| 50
| Seeker Autopsy
| §350
| 10
| 40
| 60
| 0
| 14
| 4x Seeker Wrecks, 4x UFO Flight Computer

|-align="center"
| UFO Scanners
| Add UFO HP display to the interception screen for UFO classes that have their analyses complete.
| 40
| Advanced Aerospace Concepts
| §200
| 10
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 14
| 4x UFO Flight Computer

|-align="center"
| UFO Tracking
| Increases the chance of interceptors detecting UFOs without satellites present (mimicking patrol behavior) and always when UFOs are on satellite-hunting missions.
| 40
| Alien Power Systems
| §300
| 20
| 0
| 40
| 0
| 28
| 2x UFO Flight Computer

|-align="center"
| Wingtip Sparrowhawks
| Grants interceptors secondary armor-piercing missiles (1/2 Stingray Missiles damage) in addition to their primary weapons.
| 50
| Advanced Aerospace Concepts
| §400
| 80
| 40
| 20
| 40
| 21
| -

|}

==See Also==
* [[Hangar (Long War)|Hangar]]
* [[UFOs (Long War)|UFOs]]

[[Category: Long War]]

Research (Long War)

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==New in Long War==
While research in Long War works similar to how it works in Vanilla, there are some notable changes:
* New research projects have been added, expanding the research tree.
* The time required to research a project has been increased.
* Autopsies now require and consume more than one corpse. For example, Sectoid Autopsy requires and consumes 10 Sectoid Corpses.
* Autopsies now require other research projects before they can be started. For example, Xenobiology is required to perform Sectoid Autopsy.
* Interrogations now require the autopsy project for the same species. For example, Sectoid Autopsy is required to perform Sectoid Interrogation.
* Most Psi Powers now require specific research projects before they can be learned. For example, Sectoid Interrogation is required to learn Mind Fray.
* Aliens now have various perks. Autopsies are required to inspect aliens of the same species and see their perks. For example, once Sectoid Autopsy has been performed, players can target a Sectoid, and press F1 to inspect them.
* UFOs that have been successfully assaulted can now be analyzed, providing your ships with a damage bonus against these UFOs.
* All council requests except Satellites now require specific research projects to be completed. For example, council members will not request Sectoid Corpses before Xenobiology has been researched.
* South America's continent bonus no longer makes autopsies and interrogations instantaneous. It instead affects the cost to build and maintain power generators.
 
==Notes==
The duration listed for all research projects is the duration for 30 scientists with no [[Laboratory (Long War)|Laboratories]], adjacency bonus or research credits.
* Having less than 30 scientists increases the duration of all research projects. For example, if you have 15 scientists, the actual duration is double that of the listed value.
* Having more than 30 scientists decreases the duration of all research projects. For example, if you have 60 scientists, the actual duration is half that of the listed value.
* [[Laboratory (Long War)|Laboratories]] increase the research speed by 20%.
* Adjacency links between [[Laboratory (Long War)|Laboratories]], the [[Genetics Lab (Long War)|Genetics Lab]] and the [[Psionic Labs (Long War)|Psionic Labs]] increase the research speed by 10%.
* Interrogations provide research credits, which increase the research speed of all research projects and foundry projects that match the credit type by 25%.
 
Items in the "Unlocks" columns that are listed in italic and gray require multiple research projects, or require both a research project and a foundry project. They are only unlocked when all research projects are completed, or when both the research project and the foundry project have been completed.
* Exception: Alien Operations only requires a single interrogation in addition to Xenopsionics.
 

==Analysis Projects==
Analysis projects allow players to study aliens and their UFOs. These studies are generally shorter than technology projects, and do not cost any resources, except the corpses required for the autopsy or the captive required for the interrogation. Note that the duration to analyze more powerful aliens increases much more than in Vanilla.

===Alien Autopsies===
Alien corpses that have been returned from successful missions can be autopsied for further analysis, once the required research projects have been completed. Note that autopsies now require and consume multiple corpses, as listed below. 
In addition to the listed unlocked items, autopsies also unlock the ability to inspect aliens on the battlefield and see their perks by targeting them and pressing F1, and often also unlock related council requests.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="9" | Alien Autopsies (Long War)
|-
! rowspan="2" | Research !! Prerequisites !! colspan="2" | Cost !! colspan="5" | Unlocks
|-align=center
| {{Research Icon}} || Corpses || {{Time Icon}} || Research || Foundry || Loadout || Other || Council Request
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsySectoid.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Sectoid Autopsy''' || Xenobiology
| 10 Sectoids || 4
| Sectoid Commander Autopsy Mechtoid Autopsy Sectoid Interrogation Xenopsionics || - || - || Smart Macrophages (Gene Mod) || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsySectoidCommander.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Sectoid Commander Autopsy''' || Sectoid Autopsy Xenogenetics
| 5 Sectoid Commanders || 35
| Sectoid Commander Interrogation || - || Mind Shield || Mind Merge (Psi Power) || Sectoid Commander Corpses (Soldiers / Scientists) Alien Entertainment (Panic Reduction)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsyThinman.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Thin Man Autopsy''' || Xenobiology
| 10 Thin Men || 6
| Thin Man Interrogation || Improved Medikit || Chem Grenade Restorative Mist (MEC) || Muscle Fiber Density (Gene Mod) || Thin Man Corpses (Soldiers / Scientists / Engineers)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsyFloater.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Floater Autopsy''' || Alien Biocybernetics
| 10 Floaters || 5
| Heavy Floater Autopsy Floater Interrogation || Shaped Armor || Kinetic Strike Module (MEC) || Uplink Targeting Module (Aerospace) Flak Ammo || Floater Corpses (Soldiers / Engineers)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsyFloaterHeavy.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Heavy Floater Autopsy''' || Floater Autopsy
| 5 Heavy Floaters || 10
| Heavy Floater Interrogation || Advanced Repair || Damage Control Pod (SHIV) || - || Heavy Floater Corpses (Soldiers)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsyMuton.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Muton Autopsy''' || Xenobiology
| 10 Mutons || 8
| Muton Elite Autopsy Berserker Autopsy Muton Interrogation || Ammo Conservation Alien Grenades || - || Adrenal Neurosympathy (Gene Mod) || Muton Corpses (Soldiers / Scientists / Engineers)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsyElite.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Muton Elite Autopsy''' || Muton Autopsy
| 5 Muton Elites || 10
| Muton Elite Interrogation || Tactical Rigging || - || Secondary Heart (Gene Mod) || Muton Elite Corpses (Soldiers)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsyBerserker.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Berserker Autopsy''' || Muton Autopsy Xenoneurology
| 5 Berserkers || 10
| Berserker Interrogation || MEC Close Combat || Combat Stims || Neural Dampening (Gene Mod) || Berserker Corpses (Credits / Scientists)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsyElder.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Ethereal Autopsy''' || Xenopsionics
| 3 Ethereals || 50
| Ethereal Interrogation || - || - || Telekinetic Field (Psi Power) || Ethereal Corpses (Soldiers and maybe Scientists)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsyCryssalid.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Chryssalid Autopsy''' || Xenogenetics
| 5 Chryssalids || 9
| - || - || Chitin Plating || Adaptive Bone Marrow (Gene Mod) || Chryssalid Carcasses (Scientists)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsyDrone.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Drone Autopsy''' || Alien Computers
| 5 Drones || 3
| - || SHIV Repair || Holo-Targeter (MEC/SHIV) || - || Drone Wrecks (Engineers)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsySeeker.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Seeker Autopsy''' || Alien Computers
| 5 Seekers || 6
| - || UFO Countermeasures || Respirator Implant Chameleon Suit Shadow Device || Bioelectric Skin (Gene Mod) || Seeker Wrecks (Engineers)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsySectopod.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Sectopod Autopsy''' || Alien Computers
| 3 Sectopods || 25
| - || - || Battle Computer (MEC/SHIV) Weapon Supercooler (SHIV) || - || Sectopod Wrecks (Credits and Engineers)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsyCyberdisc.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Cyberdisc Autopsy''' || Alien Biocybernetics
| 3 Cyberdiscs || 7
| - || Sentinel Drone || Autosentry Turret (SHIV) || Iron Skin (Gene Mod) Defensive Matrix (Aerospace) || Cyberdisc Wrecks (Credits and Soldiers / Engineers)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsyMechtoid.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Mechtoid Autopsy''' || Sectoid Autopsy Alien Biocybernetics
| 3 Mechtoids || 18
| - || Advanced Servomotors || Psi Screen Tactical Sensors (MEC) || - || Mechtoid Cores (Scientists / Engineers)
|}

===Alien Interrogations===
Alien captives that have been captured with an [[Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous Items|Arc Thrower]] and housed in the [[Alien Containment (Long War)|Alien Containment]] can be interrogated once the autopsy project for that species has been completed. 
All interrogations unlock certain research credits, which increases the research speed of all future research projects and foundry projects that match the credit type by 25%, and often also unlock related council requests.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="9" | Alien Interrogations (Long War)
|-
! rowspan="2" | Research !! Prerequisites !! colspan="2" | Cost !! colspan="3" | Unlocks !! colspan="2" | Research Credits
|-align=center
| {{Research Icon}} || Captives || {{Time Icon}} || Research || Other || Council Request || Research || Foundry
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_InterrogateSectoid.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Sectoid Interrogation''' || Sectoid Autopsy
| 1 Sectoid || 9
| Alien Operations || Psi Inspiration (Psi Power) || Sectoid Captive (Soldiers / Scientists)
| Cybernetics: Xenogenetics Alien Biocybernetics
| Cybernetics: Advanced Repair Advanced Servomotors Advanced Surgery Drone Capture Improved Medikit Jellied Elerium MEC Close Combat MEC Warfare Systems
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_InterrogateSectoidCommander.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Sectoid Commander Interrogation''' || Sectoid Commander Autopsy
| 1 Sectoid Commander || 35
| Alien Operations || Psi Panic (Psi Power) || Sectoid Commander Captive (Panic Reduction and Soldiers / Scientists)
| Psionics: Xenopsionics Alien Operations Alien Command and Control Mind and Machine
| Psionics: Psi Warfare Systems
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_InterrogateThinman.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Thin Man Interrogation''' || Thin Man Autopsy
| 1 Thin Man || 10
| Alien Operations || Regen Biofield (Psi Power) || Thin Man Captive (Scientists)
| Laser Weapons: Beam Lasers Advanced Beam Lasers Pulse Lasers Advanced Pulse Lasers
| Laser Weapons: Aircraft Boosters Enhanced Lasers Supercapacitators
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_InterrogateFloater.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Floater Interrogation''' || Floater Autopsy
| 1 Floater || 9
| Alien Operations || - || Floater Captive (Engineers)
| Aerospace: UFO Analysis: (all) Advanced Aerospace Concepts Alien Propulsion Antigrav Systems
| Aerospace: Advanced Flight Aircraft Boosters Armored Fighters Elerium Afterburners Improved Avionics Penetrator Weapons Super Skyranger UFO Countermeasures UFO Tracking Wingtip Sparrowhawks
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_InterrogateFloaterHeavy.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Heavy Floater Interrogation''' || Heavy Floater Autopsy
| 1 Heavy Floater || 18
| Alien Operations || - || Heavy Floater Captive (Scientists and Engineers)
| Plasma Weapons: Plasma Weapons Advanced Plasma Weapons Compact Plasma Weapons Heavy Plasma Weapons Precision Plasma Weapons Vehicular Plasma Weapons
| Plasma Weapons: Enhanced Plasma Reflex Pistols
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_InterrogateMuton.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Muton Interrogation''' || Muton Autopsy
| 1 Muton || 14
| Alien Operations || Distortion Field (Psi Power) || Muton Captive (Soldiers and maybe Scientists)
| Gauss Weapons: Gauss Weapons Advanced Gauss Weapons
| Gauss Weapons: Mag Pistols Phoenix Coilguns Quenchguns Rail Pistols Wingtip Sparrowhawks
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_InterrogateMutonElite.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Muton Elite Interrogation''' || Muton Elite Autopsy
| 1 Muton Elite || 25
| Alien Operations || Pyrokinesis (Psi Power) || Muton Elite Captive (Soldiers and maybe Scientists)
| Weapons: All Laser Weapon Research All Gauss Weapon Research All Plasma Weapon Research Alien Weaponry EMP Weapons Fusion Weapons
| Weapons: All Laser Weapon Projects All Gauss Weapon Projects All Plasma Weapon Projects Ammo Conservation Enhanced Ballistics SCOPE Upgrade SHIV Suppression
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_InterrogateBerserker.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Berserker Interrogation''' || Berserker Autopsy
| 1 Berserker || 20
| Alien Operations || Psychokinetic Strike (Psi Power) || Berserker Captive (Soldiers and Scientists)
| Armor: Improved Body Armor Advanced Body Armor Mobile Power Armor Advanced Power Armor Improved Combat Exoskeletons Heavy Combat Exoskeletons Mobile Combat Exoskeletons
| Armor: Armored Fighters Shaped Armor Mechanized Unit Defenses Tactical Rigging
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_InterrogateElder.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Ethereal Interrogation''' || Ethereal Autopsy
| 1 Ethereal || 50
| Alien Operations Alien Command and Control || Mind Control (Psi Power) Rift (Psi Power) || - || All Research || All Projects
|}

===UFO Analysis===
Once a UFO has landed (either voluntary or because it was shot down) and then successfully assaulted, it can be analyzed as a research project. Once the research project has completed, ships gain 10% damage bonus against all UFOs of the same type. 
All UFO Analysis have the Aerospace credit type. Once a Floater has been interrogated, the speed at which UFOs are analyzed increases by 25%.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="6" | UFO Analysis (Long War)
|-
! rowspan="2" | Research !! rowspan="2" | Credit type !! colspan="2" | Prerequisites !! Cost !! Unlocks
|-align=center
| {{Research Icon}} || Other || {{Time Icon}} || Other
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:UFO-Analysis_Scout.png|150x75px]]</div>'''UFO Analysis: Scout''' || Aerospace || Alien Materials
| [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Crash Site|Scout Crash Site]] or [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Landing Site|Scout Landing Site]] mission completed || 3 || 10% Bonus Damage to Scouts Salvage 20% more alloys and elerium from Scouts
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:UFO-Analysis_Fighter.png|150x75px]]</div>'''UFO Analysis: Fighter''' || Aerospace || Alien Materials
| [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Crash Site|Fighter Crash Site]] or [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Landing Site|Fighter Landing Site]] mission completed || 3 || 10% Bonus Damage to Fighters Salvage 20% more alloys and elerium from Fighters
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:UFO-Analysis_Raider.png|150x75px]]</div>'''UFO Analysis: Raider''' || Aerospace || Alien Materials
| [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Crash Site|Raider Crash Site]] or [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Landing Site|Raider Landing Site]] mission completed || 4 || 10% Bonus Damage to Raiders Salvage 20% more alloys and elerium from Raiders
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:UFO-Analysis_Destroyer.png|150x75px]]</div>'''UFO Analysis: Destroyer''' || Aerospace || Alien Materials
| [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Crash Site|Destroyer Crash Site]] or [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Landing Site|Destroyer Landing Site]] mission completed || 4 || 10% Bonus Damage to Destroyers Salvage 20% more alloys and elerium from Destroyers
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:UFO-Analysis_Abductor.png|150x75px]]</div>'''UFO Analysis: Abductor''' || Aerospace || Alien Materials
| [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Crash Site|Abductor Crash Site]] or [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Landing Site|Abductor Landing Site]] mission completed || 5 || 10% Bonus Damage to Abductors Salvage 20% more alloys and elerium from Abductors
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:UFO-Analysis_Harvester.png|150x75px]]</div>'''UFO Analysis: Harvester''' || Aerospace || Alien Materials
| [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Crash Site|Harvester Crash Site]] or [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Landing Site|Harvester Landing Site]] mission completed || 5 || 10% Bonus Damage to Harvesters Salvage 20% more alloys and elerium from Harvesters
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:UFO-Analysis_Transport.png|150x75px]]</div>'''UFO Analysis: Transport''' || Aerospace || Alien Materials
| [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Crash Site|Transport Crash Site]] or [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Landing Site|Transport Landing Site]] mission completed || 6 || 10% Bonus Damage to Transports Salvage 20% more alloys and elerium from Transports
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:UFO-Analysis_TerrorShip.png|150x75px]]</div>'''UFO Analysis: Terror Ship''' || Aerospace || Alien Materials
| [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Crash Site|Terror Ship Crash Site]] or [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Landing Site|Terror Ship Landing Site]] mission completed || 6 || 10% Bonus Damage to Terror Ships Salvage 20% more alloys and elerium from Terror Ships
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:UFO-Analysis_AssaultCarrier.png|150x75px]]</div>'''UFO Analysis: Assault Carrier''' || Aerospace || Alien Materials
| [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Crash Site|Assault Carrier Crash Site]] or [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Landing Site|Assault Carrier Landing Site]] mission completed || 7 || 10% Bonus Damage to Assault Carriers Salvage 20% more alloys and elerium from Assault Carriers
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:UFO-Analysis_Battleship.png|150x75px]]</div>'''UFO Analysis: Battleship''' || Aerospace || Alien Materials
| [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Crash Site|Battleship Crash Site]] or [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Landing Site|Battleship Landing Site]] mission completed || 7 || 10% Bonus Damage to Battleships Salvage 20% more alloys and elerium from Battleships
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:UFO-Analysis_Overseer.png|150x75px]]</div>'''UFO Analysis: Overseer''' || Aerospace || Alien Materials
| [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Crash Site|Overseer Crash Site]] or [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Landing Site|Overseer Landing Site]] mission completed || 7 || 10% Bonus Damage to Overseers Salvage 20% more alloys and elerium from Overseers
|}
 

==Technology Projects==
Technology projects allow players to study alien materials and develop new technology. These studies are generally longer than analysis projects, and usually cost a combination of Alien Alloys, Elerium, Weapon Fragments, Meld and captured devices. 
Most technology projects have a credit type. Once the research credits of this type have been acquired through an interrogation, the research speed for these technology projects increases by 25%.

===Xenology===
(Version Long War 15e) 
These research projects study the aliens in a more general approach than specific autopsies and interrogations, unlocking Psionic Powers, Genetic Modifications and Cybernetic Augmentations. 
Most of these research projects are required for the various Autopsy projects, as well as Stealth Systems, Mind and Machine and Plasma Weapons. These research projects also advance the storyline.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="14" | Xenology (Long War)
|-
! rowspan="2" | Research !! rowspan="2" | Credit type !! colspan="2" | Prerequisites !! colspan="6" | Cost !! colspan="4" | Unlocks
|-align=center
| {{Research Icon}} || Other || {{AA Icon}} || {{Elerium Icon}} || {{Weapon Fragments Icon}} || {{Meld Icon}} || Corpses || {{Time Icon}} || Research || Facility || Loadout || Other
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_Xenobiology.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Xenobiology''' || - || - || -
| - || - || - || - || 5 Sectoids || 6
| Xenoneurology Xenogenetics Sectoid Autopsy Thin Man Autopsy Muton Autopsy || [[Alien Containment (Long War)|Alien Containment]] || Targeting Module || Sectoid Corpses (Council Request for Scientists)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_ArcThrower.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Xenoneurology''' || - || Xenobiology || -
| - || - || 10 || - || 10 Sectoids || 8
| Xenopsionics Alien Communications Berserker Autopsy || - || Arc Thrower Arc Rifle || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_MeldTech.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Xenogenetics''' || Cybernetics || Xenobiology || -
| - || - || - || 20 || - || 10
| Xenopsionics Alien Biocybernetics Sectoid Commander Autopsy Chryssalid Autopsy
| [[Genetics Lab (Long War)|Genetics Lab]] || - || Depth Perception (Gene Mod) Hyper-Reactive Pupils (Gene Mod)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_MindShield.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Xenopsionics''' || Psionics || Xenoneurology Xenogenetics Sectoid Autopsy || -
| - || - || - || 15 || - || 14
| Alien Operations Ethereal Autopsy || [[Psionic Labs (Long War)|Psionic Labs]] || - || Mindfray (Psi Power) Neural Feedback (Psi Power) Psi Warfare Systems (Foundry Project)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:Alien_BioCybernetics.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Alien Biocybernetics''' || Cybernetics || Xenogenetics Alien Materials Alien Computers || -
| 5 || 30 || 50 || 40 || - || 25
| Floater Autopsy Cyberdisc Autopsy Mechtoid Autopsy Mind and Machine Plasma Weapons
| || Neural Gunlink MEC-1 Paladin || Advanced Surgery (Foundry Project) MEC Warfare Systems (Foundry Project)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_OutsiderShard.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Alien Operations''' || Psionics || Xenopsionics any interrogation || [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)|Outsider Shard]]
| - || - || - || - || - || 20
| - || - || - || Skeleton Key
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_HyperwaveCommunication.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Alien Communications''' || - || Xenoneurology || [[Missions (Long War)#Alien Base Assault|Alien Base Assault]] mission completed
| - || 100 || - || - || - || 60
| Stealth Systems || [[Hyperwave Relay (Long War)|Hyperwave Relay]] || Mimic Beacon || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_PsiLink.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Alien Command and Control''' || Psionics || Ethereal Interrogation || [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)|Ethereal Device]]
| - || 100 || - || - || - || 150
| Mind and Machine || [[Gollop Chamber (Long War)|Gollop Chamber]] || - || -
|}

===Materials and Aerospace===
(Version Long War Beta 15e) 
These research projects study the Alien Alloys, Elerium, Weapon Fragments, Meld, UFO Flight Computers and UFO Power Sources that are obtained during missions, and unlock useful projects and items to require these materials, as well as council requests for these materials. 
Most of these research projects are required for the various Armor and Weapons projects, as well as Alien Biocybernetics.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="13" | Materials and Aerospace (Long War)
|-
! rowspan="2" | Research !! rowspan="2" | Credit type !! Prerequisites !! colspan="6" | Cost !! colspan="4" | Unlocks
|-align=center
| {{Research Icon}} || {{AA Icon}} || {{Elerium Icon}} || {{Weapon Fragments Icon}} || {{Meld Icon}} || Devices || {{Time Icon}} || Research || Foundry || Loadout & Other || Council Request
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AlienMaterials.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Alien Materials''' || - || -
| 4 || 4 || 10 || 1 || - || 6
| Elerium Advanced Aerospace Concepts UFO Analysis: (all) Alien Biocybernetics Improved Body Armor Gauss Weapons
| Alien Metallurgy Improved Salvage Enhanced Ballistics Aircraft Boosters
| Alloy Plating Breaching Ammo Shredder Ammo Alloy Bipod Phoenix Cannon HEAT Ammo (SHIV)
| Alien Alloys (Credits / Engineers) Elerium (Credits / Scientists / Engineers) Meld (Credits / Scientists / Engineers)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AlienWeaponFragments.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Alien Weaponry''' || Weapons || -
| - || - || 5 || - || - || 6
| Experimental Warfare Beam Lasers Plasma Weapons || Mag Pistols SHIV Suppression
| SCOPE Marksman's Scope || Weapon Fragments (Engineers)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_UFONavigation.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Alien Computers''' || - || -
| - || - || - || - || 4 UFO Flight Computers || 10
| Alien Power Systems Drone Autopsy Seeker Autopsy Sectopod Autopsy Alien Biocybernetics || -
| [[Satellite Nexus (Long War)|Satellite Nexus]] (Facility) || UFO Flight Computers (Engineers and maybe Soldiers / Scientists)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_Elerium.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Elerium''' || - || Alien Materials
| - || 60 || - || - || - || 30
| Alien Power Systems Mobile Power Armor || Jellied Elerium || Elerium Turbos (SHIV) || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_ExperimentalWarfare.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Experimental Warfare''' || - || Alien Weaponry
| - || - || 20 || - || - || 8
| Advanced Aerospace Concepts Gauss Weapons || SCOPE Upgrade New Combat Systems
| Smartshell Pod (SHIV) Adaptive Tracking Pod (SHIV) || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_UFOPower.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Alien Power Systems''' || - || Alien Computers Elerium
| - || 60 || - || - || 6 UFO Power Sources || 40
| Alien Propulsion Advanced Power Armor Pulse Lasers Plasma Weapons
| Alien Nucleonics Improved Arc Thrower UFO Tracking || [[Elerium Generator (Long War)|Elerium Generator]] (Facility) || UFO Power Sources (Credits and Soldiers / Scientists / Engineers)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_SatelliteAssistedTargeting.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Advanced Aerospace Concepts''' || Aerospace || Alien Materials Experimental Warfare
| 10 || - || 50 || - || - || 22
| Alien Propulsion || Super Skyranger Armored Fighters Improved Avionics Penetrator Weapons Wingtip Sparrowhawks UFO Scanners || - || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_Firestorm.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Alien Propulsion''' || Aerospace || Alien Power Systems Advanced Aerospace Concepts
| 20 || 100 || 160 || - || 6 UFO Power Sources || 92
| Antigrav Systems || Elerium Afterburners || Firestorm (Aerospace) || -
|}

===Armor, MECs, and SHIVs===
(Version Long War Beta 15e) 
These research projects study the potential uses of Alien Alloys and Elerium, unlocking more advanced Body Armor, MEC Suits and SHIVs.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="13" | Armor, MECs, and SHIVs (Long War)
|-
! rowspan="2" | Research !! rowspan="2" | Credit type !! Prerequisites !! colspan="4" | Cost !! colspan="5" | Unlocks
|-align=center
| {{Research Icon}} || {{AA Icon}} || {{Elerium Icon}} || {{Weapon Fragments Icon}} || {{Meld Icon}} || {{Time Icon}} || Research || Foundry || Loadout || Other
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_ArmorImprovedBody.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Improved Body Armor''' || Armor || Alien Materials
| 8 || - || - || - || 8
| Advanced Body Armor || Security Training: Armor || Phalanx Armor Aurora Armor Reinforced Armor Armor Piercing Ammo || Alloy SHIV
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_ArmorAdvancedBody.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Advanced Body Armor''' || Armor || Improved Body Armor
| 12 || - || - || - || 20
| Mobile Power Armor || Mechanized Unit Defenses || Kestrel Armor Carapace Armor || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_ArmorMobilePower.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Mobile Power Armor''' || Armor || Advanced Body Armor Elerium
| 20 || 20 || - || - || 40
| Improved Combat Exoskeletons Advanced Power Armor || - || Banshee Armor Aegis Armor Impact Vest || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_ArmorAdvancedPower.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Advanced Power Armor''' || Armor || Mobile Power Armor Alien Power Systems
| 20 || 40 || - || - || 68
| Mobile Combat Exoskeletons Heavy Combat Exoskeletons Antigrav Systems Stealth Systems || - || Corsair Armor Titan Armor Walker Servos || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:TI Improved Combat ExoSkeletons.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Improved Combat Exoskeletons''' || Armor || Mobile Power Armor MEC Warfare Systems (Foundry)
| 10 || 100 || 50 || 10 || 50
| Mobile Combat Exoskeletons Heavy Combat Exoskeletons || - || MEC-2 Defender MEC-3 Valiant || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:TI Heavy Combat ExoSkeletons.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Heavy Combat Exoskeletons''' || Armor || Advanced Power Armor Improved Combat Exoskeletons
| 20 || 75 || 50 || 10 || 90
| - || - || MEC-4 Dauntless MEC-5 Devastator || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:TI Mobile Combat ExoSkeletons.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Mobile Combat Exoskeletons''' || Armor || Advanced Power Armor Improved Combat Exoskeletons
| 15 || 100 || 50 || 10 || 90
| - || - || MEC-6 Vanguard MEC-7 Vindicator || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_ArmorArchangel.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Antigrav Systems''' || Aerospace || Advanced Power Armor Alien Propulsion
| 5 || 100 || - || - || 70
| - || Advanced Flight || Seraphim Armor Archangel Armor Fuel Cell The Thumper (MEC) || Hover SHIV
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_ArmorGhost.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Stealth Systems''' || - || Advanced Power Armor Alien Communications
| 30 || 100 || - || - || 80
| - || Stealth Satellites || Shadow Armor || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_ArmorPsi.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Mind and Machine''' || Psionics || Alien Biocybernetics Alien Command and Control
| 20 || 100 || - || 5 || 150
| - || - || Vortex Armor || -
|}

===Laser and Gauss Weapons===
(Version Long War Beta 15e) 
These research projects study the potential uses of Alien Alloys, Elerium and Weapon Fragments, unlocking more advanced handheld and vehicle Weapons.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="12" | Laser and Gauss Weapons (Long War)
|-
! rowspan="2" | Research !! rowspan="2" | Credit type !! Prerequisites !! colspan="5" | Cost !! colspan="4" | Unlocks
|-align=center
| {{Research Icon}} || {{AA Icon}} || {{Elerium Icon}} || {{Weapon Fragments Icon}} || {{Meld Icon}} || {{Time Icon}} || Research || Foundry || Loadout || Other
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_LaserPistol.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Beam Lasers''' || Laser Weapons Weapons || Alien Weaponry
| 10 || - || 40 || - || 8
| Advanced Beam Lasers || Security Training: Weapons
| Laser Shatterray Laser Carbine Laser Rifle Autolaser Gatling Laser Laser Pistol Heater || Laser Rifles (Council Request for Soldiers)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_PrecisionLasers.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Advanced Beam Lasers''' || Laser Weapons Weapons || Beam Lasers
| 10 || - || 50 || - || 14
| Pulse Lasers || Enhanced Lasers
| Heavy Laser Rifle Scatter Laser Laser Strike Rifle Laser Sniper Rifle Laser Lance (MEC) Superheavy Laser (SHIV) || Laser Cannon (Aerospace)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:Gauss_Weapons.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Gauss Weapons''' || Gauss Weapons Weapons || Alien Materials Experimental Warfare
| 20 || 10 || 80 || - || 32
| Advanced Gauss Weapons || Rail Pistols Phoenix Coilguns
| Gauss Stuttergun Gauss Carbine Gauss Rifle Gauss Autorifle Gauss Machine Gun Gauss Autopistol Grenade Launcher (MEC) Sentry Gun (SHIV) || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_PlasmaShotgun.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Advanced Gauss Weapons''' || Gauss Weapons Weapons || Gauss Weapons
| 20 || 10 || 100 || - || 38
| Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Weapons || Quenchguns || Heavy Gauss Rifle Alloy Cannon Alloy Strike Rifle Gauss Long Rifle Recoilless Rifle Railgun (MEC) Proximity Mine Launcher (MEC) || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_LaserCannon.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Pulse Lasers''' || Laser Weapons Weapons || Advanced Beam Lasers Alien Power Systems
| 20 || 40 || 125 || - || 60
| Advanced Pulse Lasers || - || Pulse Stengun Pulse Carbine Pulse Rifle Pulse Autoblaster Gatling Pulser Blaster Superheavy Pulser (SHIV) || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_ShipLaserCannon.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Advanced Pulse Lasers''' || Laser Weapons Weapons || Pulse Lasers
| 20 || 40 || 150 || - || 65
| EMP Weapons || Supercapacitors || Heavy Pulse Rifle Scatter Blaster Blaster Rifle Pulse Sniper Rifle Pulse Lance (MEC) || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_EMPCannon.png|150x75px]]</div>'''EMP Weapons''' || Weapons || Advanced Gauss Weapons Advanced Pulse Lasers
| - || 200 || 300 || 40 || 95
| Fusion Weapons || Drone Capture || Electropulse (MEC) || EMP Cannon (Aerospace)
|}

===Plasma Weapons===
(Version Long War Beta 15e) 
When aliens die, the weapons they wield self-destruct. When aliens are captured with an [[Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous Items|Arc Thrower]], their weapons remain intact, allowing then to be studied and retrofitted for human use.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="12" | Plasma Weapons (Long War)
|-
! rowspan="2" | Research !! rowspan="2" | Credit type !! Prerequisites !! colspan="5" | Cost !! colspan="4" | Unlocks
|-align=center
| {{Research Icon}} || {{AA Icon}} || {{Elerium Icon}} || {{Weapon Fragments Icon}} || Alien Weapons || {{Time Icon}} || Research || Foundry || Loadout || Other
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_PlasmaLightRifle.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Plasma Weapons''' || Plasma Weapons Weapons || Alien Weaponry Alien Power Systems Alien Biocybernetics
| 20 || 60 || 175 || 5 Carbines || 75
| Advanced Plasma Weapons Compact Plasma Weapons || - || Plasma Stormgun Plasma Carbine || Alien Carbines (Council Request for Soldiers / Scientists)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_PlasmaRifle.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Advanced Plasma Weapons''' || Plasma Weapons Weapons || Plasma Weapons
| 20 || 80 || 200 || 3 Rifles || 90
| Heavy Plasma Weapons Precision Plasma Weapons Vehicular Plasma Weapons || - || Plasma Rifle Plasma Novagun Reflex Cannon || Alien Rifle (Council Request for Soldiers / Scientists)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_PlasmaPistol.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Compact Plasma Weapons''' || Plasma Weapons Weapons || Plasma Weapons
| 10 || 40 || 150 || 2 Pistols || 50
| - || Reflex Pistols || Plasma Pistol Plasma Mauler || Alien Pistols (Council Request for Soldiers / Scientists)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_PlasmaHeavy.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Heavy Plasma Weapons''' || Plasma Weapons Weapons || Advanced Plasma Weapons
| 20 || 90 || 200 || 2 Heavy Weapons || 90
| Fusion Weapons || - || Heavy Plasma Rifle Plasma Dragon Particle Cannon (MEC) || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_PlasmaSniper.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Precision Plasma Weapons''' || Plasma Weapons Weapons || Advanced Plasma Weapons
| 20 || 90 || 200 || - || 90
| - || Enhanced Plasma || Reflex Rifle Plasma Sniper Rifle || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_PlasmaCannon.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Vehicular Plasma Weapons''' || Plasma Weapons Weapons || Advanced Plasma Weapons
| 20 || 90 || 200 || - || 90
| - || - || Superheavy Plasma (SHIV) || Plasma Cannon (Aerospace)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_FusionLance.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Fusion Weapons''' || Weapons || Heavy Plasma Weapons EMP Weapons
| 40 || 200 || 300 || - || 120
| - || - || Blaster Launcher || Fusion Lance (Aerospace)
|}
 

==See also==
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==New in Long War==
While research in Long War works similar to how it works in Vanilla, there are some notable changes:
* New research projects have been added, expanding the research tree.
* The time required to research a project has been increased.
* Autopsies now require and consume more than one corpse. For example, Sectoid Autopsy requires and consumes 10 Sectoid Corpses.
* Autopsies now require other research projects before they can be started. For example, Xenobiology is required to perform Sectoid Autopsy.
* Interrogations now require the autopsy project for the same species. For example, Sectoid Autopsy is required to perform Sectoid Interrogation.
* Most Psi Powers now require specific research projects before they can be learned. For example, Sectoid Interrogation is required to learn Mind Fray.
* Aliens now have various perks. Autopsies are required to inspect aliens of the same species and see their perks. For example, once Sectoid Autopsy has been performed, players can target a Sectoid, and press F1 to inspect them.
* UFOs that have been successfully assaulted can now be analyzed, providing your ships with a damage bonus against these UFOs.
* All council requests except Satellites now require specific research projects to be completed. For example, council members will not request Sectoid Corpses before Xenobiology has been researched.
* South America's continent bonus no longer makes autopsies and interrogations instantaneous. It instead affects the cost to build and maintain power generators.
 
==Notes==
The duration listed for all research projects is the duration for 30 scientists with no [[Laboratory (Long War)|Laboratories]], adjacency bonus or research credits.
* Having less than 30 scientists increases the duration of all research projects. For example, if you have 15 scientists, the actual duration is double that of the listed value.
* Having more than 30 scientists decreases the duration of all research projects. For example, if you have 60 scientists, the actual duration is half that of the listed value.
* [[Laboratory (Long War)|Laboratories]] increase the research speed by 20%.
* Adjacency links between [[Laboratory (Long War)|Laboratories]], the [[Genetics Lab (Long War)|Genetics Lab]] and the [[Psionic Labs (Long War)|Psionic Labs]] increase the research speed by 10%.
* Interrogations provide research credits, which increase the research speed of all research projects and foundry projects that match the credit type by 25%.
 
Items in the "Unlocks" columns that are listed in italic and gray require multiple research projects, or require both a research project and a foundry project. They are only unlocked when all research projects are completed, or when both the research project and the foundry project have been completed.
* Exception: Alien Operations only requires a single interrogation in addition to Xenopsionics.
 

==Analysis Projects==
Analysis projects allow players to study aliens and their UFOs. These studies are generally shorter than technology projects, and do not cost any resources, except the corpses required for the autopsy or the captive required for the interrogation. Note that the duration to analyze more powerful aliens increases much more than in Vanilla.

===Alien Autopsies===
Alien corpses that have been returned from successful missions can be autopsied for further analysis, once the required research projects have been completed. Note that autopsies now require and consume multiple corpses, as listed below. 
In addition to the listed unlocked items, autopsies also unlock the ability to inspect aliens on the battlefield and see their perks by targeting them and pressing F1, and often also unlock related council requests.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="9" | Alien Autopsies (Long War)
|-
! rowspan="2" | Research !! Prerequisites !! colspan="2" | Cost !! colspan="5" | Unlocks
|-align=center
| {{Research Icon}} || Corpses || {{Time Icon}} || Research || Foundry || Loadout || Other || Council Request
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsySectoid.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Sectoid Autopsy''' || Xenobiology
| 10 Sectoids || 4
| Sectoid Commander Autopsy Mechtoid Autopsy Sectoid Interrogation Xenopsionics || - || - || Smart Macrophages (Gene Mod) || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsySectoidCommander.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Sectoid Commander Autopsy''' || Sectoid Autopsy Xenogenetics
| 5 Sectoid Commanders || 35
| Sectoid Commander Interrogation || - || Mind Shield || Mind Merge (Psi Power) || Sectoid Commander Corpses (Soldiers / Scientists) Alien Entertainment (Panic Reduction)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsyThinman.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Thin Man Autopsy''' || Xenobiology
| 10 Thin Men || 6
| Thin Man Interrogation || Improved Medikit || Chem Grenade Restorative Mist (MEC) || Muscle Fiber Density (Gene Mod) || Thin Man Corpses (Soldiers / Scientists / Engineers)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsyFloater.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Floater Autopsy''' || Alien Biocybernetics
| 10 Floaters || 5
| Heavy Floater Autopsy Floater Interrogation || Shaped Armor || Kinetic Strike Module (MEC) || Uplink Targeting Module (Aerospace) Flak Ammo || Floater Corpses (Soldiers / Engineers)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsyFloaterHeavy.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Heavy Floater Autopsy''' || Floater Autopsy
| 5 Heavy Floaters || 10
| Heavy Floater Interrogation || Advanced Repair || Damage Control Pod (SHIV) || - || Heavy Floater Corpses (Soldiers)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsyMuton.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Muton Autopsy''' || Xenobiology
| 10 Mutons || 8
| Muton Elite Autopsy Berserker Autopsy Muton Interrogation || Ammo Conservation Alien Grenades || - || Adrenal Neurosympathy (Gene Mod) || Muton Corpses (Soldiers / Scientists / Engineers)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsyElite.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Muton Elite Autopsy''' || Muton Autopsy
| 5 Muton Elites || 10
| Muton Elite Interrogation || Tactical Rigging || - || Secondary Heart (Gene Mod) || Muton Elite Corpses (Soldiers)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsyBerserker.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Berserker Autopsy''' || Muton Autopsy Xenoneurology
| 5 Berserkers || 10
| Berserker Interrogation || MEC Close Combat || Combat Stims || Neural Dampening (Gene Mod) || Berserker Corpses (Credits / Scientists)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsyElder.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Ethereal Autopsy''' || Xenopsionics
| 3 Ethereals || 50
| Ethereal Interrogation || - || - || Telekinetic Field (Psi Power) || Ethereal Corpses (Soldiers and maybe Scientists)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsyCryssalid.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Chryssalid Autopsy''' || Xenogenetics
| 5 Chryssalids || 9
| - || - || Chitin Plating || Adaptive Bone Marrow (Gene Mod) || Chryssalid Carcasses (Scientists)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsyDrone.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Drone Autopsy''' || Alien Computers
| 5 Drones || 3
| - || SHIV Repair || Holo-Targeter (MEC/SHIV) || - || Drone Wrecks (Engineers)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsySeeker.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Seeker Autopsy''' || Alien Computers
| 5 Seekers || 6
| - || UFO Countermeasures || Respirator Implant Chameleon Suit Shadow Device || Bioelectric Skin (Gene Mod) || Seeker Wrecks (Engineers)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsySectopod.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Sectopod Autopsy''' || Alien Computers
| 3 Sectopods || 25
| - || - || Battle Computer (MEC/SHIV) Weapon Supercooler (SHIV) || - || Sectopod Wrecks (Credits and Engineers)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsyCyberdisc.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Cyberdisc Autopsy''' || Alien Biocybernetics
| 3 Cyberdiscs || 7
| - || Sentinel Drone || Autosentry Turret (SHIV) || Iron Skin (Gene Mod) Defensive Matrix (Aerospace) || Cyberdisc Wrecks (Credits and Soldiers / Engineers)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AutopsyMechtoid.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Mechtoid Autopsy''' || Sectoid Autopsy Alien Biocybernetics
| 3 Mechtoids || 18
| - || Advanced Servomotors || Psi Screen Tactical Sensors (MEC) || - || Mechtoid Cores (Scientists / Engineers)
|}

===Alien Interrogations===
Alien captives that have been captured with an [[Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous Items|Arc Thrower]] and housed in the [[Alien Containment (Long War)|Alien Containment]] can be interrogated once the autopsy project for that species has been completed. 
All interrogations unlock certain research credits, which increases the research speed of all future research projects and foundry projects that match the credit type by 25%, and often also unlock related council requests.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="9" | Alien Interrogations (Long War)
|-
! rowspan="2" | Research !! Prerequisites !! colspan="2" | Cost !! colspan="3" | Unlocks !! colspan="2" | Research Credits
|-align=center
| {{Research Icon}} || Captives || {{Time Icon}} || Research || Other || Council Request || Research || Foundry
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_InterrogateSectoid.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Sectoid Interrogation''' || Sectoid Autopsy
| 1 Sectoid || 9
| Alien Operations || Psi Inspiration (Psi Power) || Sectoid Captive (Soldiers / Scientists)
| Cybernetics: Xenogenetics Alien Biocybernetics
| Cybernetics: Advanced Repair Advanced Servomotors Advanced Surgery Drone Capture Improved Medikit Jellied Elerium MEC Close Combat MEC Warfare Systems
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_InterrogateSectoidCommander.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Sectoid Commander Interrogation''' || Sectoid Commander Autopsy
| 1 Sectoid Commander || 35
| Alien Operations || Psi Panic (Psi Power) || Sectoid Commander Captive (Panic Reduction and Soldiers / Scientists)
| Psionics: Xenopsionics Alien Operations Alien Command and Control Mind and Machine
| Psionics: Psi Warfare Systems
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_InterrogateThinman.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Thin Man Interrogation''' || Thin Man Autopsy
| 1 Thin Man || 10
| Alien Operations || Regen Biofield (Psi Power) || Thin Man Captive (Scientists)
| Laser Weapons: Beam Lasers Advanced Beam Lasers Pulse Lasers Advanced Pulse Lasers
| Laser Weapons: Aircraft Boosters Enhanced Lasers Supercapacitators
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_InterrogateFloater.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Floater Interrogation''' || Floater Autopsy
| 1 Floater || 9
| Alien Operations || - || Floater Captive (Engineers)
| Aerospace: UFO Analysis: (all) Advanced Aerospace Concepts Alien Propulsion Antigrav Systems
| Aerospace: Advanced Flight Aircraft Boosters Armored Fighters Elerium Afterburners Improved Avionics Penetrator Weapons Super Skyranger UFO Countermeasures UFO Tracking Wingtip Sparrowhawks
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_InterrogateFloaterHeavy.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Heavy Floater Interrogation''' || Heavy Floater Autopsy
| 1 Heavy Floater || 18
| Alien Operations || - || Heavy Floater Captive (Scientists and Engineers)
| Plasma Weapons: Plasma Weapons Advanced Plasma Weapons Compact Plasma Weapons Heavy Plasma Weapons Precision Plasma Weapons Vehicular Plasma Weapons
| Plasma Weapons: Enhanced Plasma Reflex Pistols
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_InterrogateMuton.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Muton Interrogation''' || Muton Autopsy
| 1 Muton || 14
| Alien Operations || Distortion Field (Psi Power) || Muton Captive (Soldiers and maybe Scientists)
| Gauss Weapons: Gauss Weapons Advanced Gauss Weapons
| Gauss Weapons: Mag Pistols Phoenix Coilguns Quenchguns Rail Pistols Wingtip Sparrowhawks
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_InterrogateMutonElite.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Muton Elite Interrogation''' || Muton Elite Autopsy
| 1 Muton Elite || 25
| Alien Operations || Pyrokinesis (Psi Power) || Muton Elite Captive (Soldiers and maybe Scientists)
| Weapons: All Laser Weapon Research All Gauss Weapon Research All Plasma Weapon Research Alien Weaponry EMP Weapons Fusion Weapons
| Weapons: All Laser Weapon Projects All Gauss Weapon Projects All Plasma Weapon Projects Ammo Conservation Enhanced Ballistics SCOPE Upgrade SHIV Suppression
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_InterrogateBerserker.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Berserker Interrogation''' || Berserker Autopsy
| 1 Berserker || 20
| Alien Operations || Psychokinetic Strike (Psi Power) || Berserker Captive (Soldiers and Scientists)
| Armor: Improved Body Armor Advanced Body Armor Mobile Power Armor Advanced Power Armor Improved Combat Exoskeletons Heavy Combat Exoskeletons Mobile Combat Exoskeletons
| Armor: Armored Fighters Shaped Armor Mechanized Unit Defenses Tactical Rigging
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_InterrogateElder.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Ethereal Interrogation''' || Ethereal Autopsy
| 1 Ethereal || 50
| Alien Operations Alien Command and Control || Mind Control (Psi Power) Rift (Psi Power) || - || All Research || All Projects
|}

===UFO Analysis===
Once a UFO has landed (either voluntary or because it was shot down) and then successfully assaulted, it can be analyzed as a research project. Once the research project has completed, ships gain 10% damage bonus against all UFOs of the same type. 
All UFO Analysis have the Aerospace credit type. Once a Floater has been interrogated, the speed at which UFOs are analyzed increases by 25%.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="6" | UFO Analysis (Long War)
|-
! rowspan="2" | Research !! rowspan="2" | Credit type !! colspan="2" | Prerequisites !! Cost !! Unlocks
|-align=center
| {{Research Icon}} || Other || {{Time Icon}} || Other
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:UFO-Analysis_Scout.png|150x75px]]</div>'''UFO Analysis: Scout''' || Aerospace || Alien Materials
| [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Crash Site|Scout Crash Site]] or [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Landing Site|Scout Landing Site]] mission completed || 3 || 10% Bonus Damage to Scouts Salvage 20% more alloys and elerium from Scouts
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:UFO-Analysis_Fighter.png|150x75px]]</div>'''UFO Analysis: Fighter''' || Aerospace || Alien Materials
| [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Crash Site|Fighter Crash Site]] or [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Landing Site|Fighter Landing Site]] mission completed || 3 || 10% Bonus Damage to Fighters Salvage 20% more alloys and elerium from Fighters
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:UFO-Analysis_Raider.png|150x75px]]</div>'''UFO Analysis: Raider''' || Aerospace || Alien Materials
| [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Crash Site|Raider Crash Site]] or [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Landing Site|Raider Landing Site]] mission completed || 4 || 10% Bonus Damage to Raiders Salvage 20% more alloys and elerium from Raiders
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:UFO-Analysis_Destroyer.png|150x75px]]</div>'''UFO Analysis: Destroyer''' || Aerospace || Alien Materials
| [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Crash Site|Destroyer Crash Site]] or [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Landing Site|Destroyer Landing Site]] mission completed || 4 || 10% Bonus Damage to Destroyers Salvage 20% more alloys and elerium from Destroyers
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:UFO-Analysis_Abductor.png|150x75px]]</div>'''UFO Analysis: Abductor''' || Aerospace || Alien Materials
| [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Crash Site|Abductor Crash Site]] or [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Landing Site|Abductor Landing Site]] mission completed || 5 || 10% Bonus Damage to Abductors Salvage 20% more alloys and elerium from Abductors
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:UFO-Analysis_Harvester.png|150x75px]]</div>'''UFO Analysis: Harvester''' || Aerospace || Alien Materials
| [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Crash Site|Harvester Crash Site]] or [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Landing Site|Harvester Landing Site]] mission completed || 5 || 10% Bonus Damage to Harvesters Salvage 20% more alloys and elerium from Harvesters
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:UFO-Analysis_Transport.png|150x75px]]</div>'''UFO Analysis: Transport''' || Aerospace || Alien Materials
| [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Crash Site|Transport Crash Site]] or [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Landing Site|Transport Landing Site]] mission completed || 6 || 10% Bonus Damage to Transports Salvage 20% more alloys and elerium from Transports
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:UFO-Analysis_TerrorShip.png|150x75px]]</div>'''UFO Analysis: Terror Ship''' || Aerospace || Alien Materials
| [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Crash Site|Terror Ship Crash Site]] or [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Landing Site|Terror Ship Landing Site]] mission completed || 6 || 10% Bonus Damage to Terror Ships Salvage 20% more alloys and elerium from Terror Ships
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:UFO-Analysis_AssaultCarrier.png|150x75px]]</div>'''UFO Analysis: Assault Carrier''' || Aerospace || Alien Materials
| [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Crash Site|Assault Carrier Crash Site]] or [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Landing Site|Assault Carrier Landing Site]] mission completed || 7 || 10% Bonus Damage to Assault Carriers Salvage 20% more alloys and elerium from Assault Carriers
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:UFO-Analysis_Battleship.png|150x75px]]</div>'''UFO Analysis: Battleship''' || Aerospace || Alien Materials
| [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Crash Site|Battleship Crash Site]] or [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Landing Site|Battleship Landing Site]] mission completed || 7 || Bonus Damage to Battleships Salvage 20% more alloys and elerium from Battleships
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:UFO-Analysis_Overseer.png|150x75px]]</div>'''UFO Analysis: Overseer''' || Aerospace || Alien Materials
| [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Crash Site|Overseer Crash Site]] or [[Missions (Long War)#UFO Landing Site|Overseer Landing Site]] mission completed || 7 || 10% Bonus Damage to Overseers Salvage 20% more alloys and elerium from Overseers
|}
 

==Technology Projects==
Technology projects allow players to study alien materials and develop new technology. These studies are generally longer than analysis projects, and usually cost a combination of Alien Alloys, Elerium, Weapon Fragments, Meld and captured devices. 
Most technology projects have a credit type. Once the research credits of this type have been acquired through an interrogation, the research speed for these technology projects increases by 25%.

===Xenology===
(Version Long War 15e) 
These research projects study the aliens in a more general approach than specific autopsies and interrogations, unlocking Psionic Powers, Genetic Modifications and Cybernetic Augmentations. 
Most of these research projects are required for the various Autopsy projects, as well as Stealth Systems, Mind and Machine and Plasma Weapons. These research projects also advance the storyline.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="14" | Xenology (Long War)
|-
! rowspan="2" | Research !! rowspan="2" | Credit type !! colspan="2" | Prerequisites !! colspan="6" | Cost !! colspan="4" | Unlocks
|-align=center
| {{Research Icon}} || Other || {{AA Icon}} || {{Elerium Icon}} || {{Weapon Fragments Icon}} || {{Meld Icon}} || Corpses || {{Time Icon}} || Research || Facility || Loadout || Other
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_Xenobiology.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Xenobiology''' || - || - || -
| - || - || - || - || 5 Sectoids || 6
| Xenoneurology Xenogenetics Sectoid Autopsy Thin Man Autopsy Muton Autopsy || [[Alien Containment (Long War)|Alien Containment]] || Targeting Module || Sectoid Corpses (Council Request for Scientists)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_ArcThrower.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Xenoneurology''' || - || Xenobiology || -
| - || - || 10 || - || 10 Sectoids || 8
| Xenopsionics Alien Communications Berserker Autopsy || - || Arc Thrower Arc Rifle || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_MeldTech.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Xenogenetics''' || Cybernetics || Xenobiology || -
| - || - || - || 20 || - || 10
| Xenopsionics Alien Biocybernetics Sectoid Commander Autopsy Chryssalid Autopsy
| [[Genetics Lab (Long War)|Genetics Lab]] || - || Depth Perception (Gene Mod) Hyper-Reactive Pupils (Gene Mod)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_MindShield.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Xenopsionics''' || Psionics || Xenoneurology Xenogenetics Sectoid Autopsy || -
| - || - || - || 15 || - || 14
| Alien Operations Ethereal Autopsy || [[Psionic Labs (Long War)|Psionic Labs]] || - || Mindfray (Psi Power) Neural Feedback (Psi Power) Psi Warfare Systems (Foundry Project)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:Alien_BioCybernetics.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Alien Biocybernetics''' || Cybernetics || Xenogenetics Alien Materials Alien Computers || -
| 5 || 30 || 50 || 40 || - || 25
| Floater Autopsy Cyberdisc Autopsy Mechtoid Autopsy Mind and Machine Plasma Weapons
| || Neural Gunlink MEC-1 Paladin || Advanced Surgery (Foundry Project) MEC Warfare Systems (Foundry Project)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_OutsiderShard.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Alien Operations''' || Psionics || Xenopsionics any interrogation || [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)|Outsider Shard]]
| - || - || - || - || - || 20
| - || - || - || Skeleton Key
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_HyperwaveCommunication.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Alien Communications''' || - || Xenoneurology || [[Missions (Long War)#Alien Base Assault|Alien Base Assault]] mission completed
| - || 100 || - || - || - || 60
| Stealth Systems || [[Hyperwave Relay (Long War)|Hyperwave Relay]] || Mimic Beacon || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_PsiLink.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Alien Command and Control''' || Psionics || Ethereal Interrogation || [[Alien Artifacts (Long War)|Ethereal Device]]
| - || 100 || - || - || - || 150
| Mind and Machine || [[Gollop Chamber (Long War)|Gollop Chamber]] || - || -
|}

===Materials and Aerospace===
(Version Long War Beta 15e) 
These research projects study the Alien Alloys, Elerium, Weapon Fragments, Meld, UFO Flight Computers and UFO Power Sources that are obtained during missions, and unlock useful projects and items to require these materials, as well as council requests for these materials. 
Most of these research projects are required for the various Armor and Weapons projects, as well as Alien Biocybernetics.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="13" | Materials and Aerospace (Long War)
|-
! rowspan="2" | Research !! rowspan="2" | Credit type !! Prerequisites !! colspan="6" | Cost !! colspan="4" | Unlocks
|-align=center
| {{Research Icon}} || {{AA Icon}} || {{Elerium Icon}} || {{Weapon Fragments Icon}} || {{Meld Icon}} || Devices || {{Time Icon}} || Research || Foundry || Loadout & Other || Council Request
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AlienMaterials.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Alien Materials''' || - || -
| 4 || 4 || 10 || 1 || - || 6
| Elerium Advanced Aerospace Concepts UFO Analysis: (all) Alien Biocybernetics Improved Body Armor Gauss Weapons
| Alien Metallurgy Improved Salvage Enhanced Ballistics Aircraft Boosters
| Alloy Plating Breaching Ammo Shredder Ammo Alloy Bipod Phoenix Cannon HEAT Ammo (SHIV)
| Alien Alloys (Credits / Engineers) Elerium (Credits / Scientists / Engineers) Meld (Credits / Scientists / Engineers)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_AlienWeaponFragments.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Alien Weaponry''' || Weapons || -
| - || - || 5 || - || - || 6
| Experimental Warfare Beam Lasers Plasma Weapons || Mag Pistols SHIV Suppression
| SCOPE Marksman's Scope || Weapon Fragments (Engineers)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_UFONavigation.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Alien Computers''' || - || -
| - || - || - || - || 4 UFO Flight Computers || 10
| Alien Power Systems Drone Autopsy Seeker Autopsy Sectopod Autopsy Alien Biocybernetics || -
| [[Satellite Nexus (Long War)|Satellite Nexus]] (Facility) || UFO Flight Computers (Engineers and maybe Soldiers / Scientists)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_Elerium.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Elerium''' || - || Alien Materials
| - || 60 || - || - || - || 30
| Alien Power Systems Mobile Power Armor || Jellied Elerium || Elerium Turbos (SHIV) || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_ExperimentalWarfare.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Experimental Warfare''' || - || Alien Weaponry
| - || - || 20 || - || - || 8
| Advanced Aerospace Concepts Gauss Weapons || SCOPE Upgrade New Combat Systems
| Smartshell Pod (SHIV) Adaptive Tracking Pod (SHIV) || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_UFOPower.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Alien Power Systems''' || - || Alien Computers Elerium
| - || 60 || - || - || 6 UFO Power Sources || 40
| Alien Propulsion Advanced Power Armor Pulse Lasers Plasma Weapons
| Alien Nucleonics Improved Arc Thrower UFO Tracking || [[Elerium Generator (Long War)|Elerium Generator]] (Facility) || UFO Power Sources (Credits and Soldiers / Scientists / Engineers)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_SatelliteAssistedTargeting.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Advanced Aerospace Concepts''' || Aerospace || Alien Materials Experimental Warfare
| 10 || - || 50 || - || - || 22
| Alien Propulsion || Super Skyranger Armored Fighters Improved Avionics Penetrator Weapons Wingtip Sparrowhawks UFO Scanners || - || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_Firestorm.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Alien Propulsion''' || Aerospace || Alien Power Systems Advanced Aerospace Concepts
| 20 || 100 || 160 || - || 6 UFO Power Sources || 92
| Antigrav Systems || Elerium Afterburners || Firestorm (Aerospace) || -
|}

===Armor, MECs, and SHIVs===
(Version Long War Beta 15e) 
These research projects study the potential uses of Alien Alloys and Elerium, unlocking more advanced Body Armor, MEC Suits and SHIVs.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="13" | Armor, MECs, and SHIVs (Long War)
|-
! rowspan="2" | Research !! rowspan="2" | Credit type !! Prerequisites !! colspan="4" | Cost !! colspan="5" | Unlocks
|-align=center
| {{Research Icon}} || {{AA Icon}} || {{Elerium Icon}} || {{Weapon Fragments Icon}} || {{Meld Icon}} || {{Time Icon}} || Research || Foundry || Loadout || Other
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_ArmorImprovedBody.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Improved Body Armor''' || Armor || Alien Materials
| 8 || - || - || - || 8
| Advanced Body Armor || Security Training: Armor || Phalanx Armor Aurora Armor Reinforced Armor Armor Piercing Ammo || Alloy SHIV
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_ArmorAdvancedBody.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Advanced Body Armor''' || Armor || Improved Body Armor
| 12 || - || - || - || 20
| Mobile Power Armor || Mechanized Unit Defenses || Kestrel Armor Carapace Armor || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_ArmorMobilePower.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Mobile Power Armor''' || Armor || Advanced Body Armor Elerium
| 20 || 20 || - || - || 40
| Improved Combat Exoskeletons Advanced Power Armor || - || Banshee Armor Aegis Armor Impact Vest || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_ArmorAdvancedPower.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Advanced Power Armor''' || Armor || Mobile Power Armor Alien Power Systems
| 20 || 40 || - || - || 68
| Mobile Combat Exoskeletons Heavy Combat Exoskeletons Antigrav Systems Stealth Systems || - || Corsair Armor Titan Armor Walker Servos || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:TI Improved Combat ExoSkeletons.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Improved Combat Exoskeletons''' || Armor || Mobile Power Armor MEC Warfare Systems (Foundry)
| 10 || 100 || 50 || 10 || 50
| Mobile Combat Exoskeletons Heavy Combat Exoskeletons || - || MEC-2 Defender MEC-3 Valiant || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:TI Heavy Combat ExoSkeletons.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Heavy Combat Exoskeletons''' || Armor || Advanced Power Armor Improved Combat Exoskeletons
| 20 || 75 || 50 || 10 || 90
| - || - || MEC-4 Dauntless MEC-5 Devastator || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:TI Mobile Combat ExoSkeletons.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Mobile Combat Exoskeletons''' || Armor || Advanced Power Armor Improved Combat Exoskeletons
| 15 || 100 || 50 || 10 || 90
| - || - || MEC-6 Vanguard MEC-7 Vindicator || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_ArmorArchangel.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Antigrav Systems''' || Aerospace || Advanced Power Armor Alien Propulsion
| 5 || 100 || - || - || 70
| - || Advanced Flight || Seraphim Armor Archangel Armor Fuel Cell The Thumper (MEC) || Hover SHIV
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_ArmorGhost.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Stealth Systems''' || - || Advanced Power Armor Alien Communications
| 30 || 100 || - || - || 80
| - || Stealth Satellites || Shadow Armor || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_ArmorPsi.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Mind and Machine''' || Psionics || Alien Biocybernetics Alien Command and Control
| 20 || 100 || - || 5 || 150
| - || - || Vortex Armor || -
|}

===Laser and Gauss Weapons===
(Version Long War Beta 15e) 
These research projects study the potential uses of Alien Alloys, Elerium and Weapon Fragments, unlocking more advanced handheld and vehicle Weapons.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="12" | Laser and Gauss Weapons (Long War)
|-
! rowspan="2" | Research !! rowspan="2" | Credit type !! Prerequisites !! colspan="5" | Cost !! colspan="4" | Unlocks
|-align=center
| {{Research Icon}} || {{AA Icon}} || {{Elerium Icon}} || {{Weapon Fragments Icon}} || {{Meld Icon}} || {{Time Icon}} || Research || Foundry || Loadout || Other
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_LaserPistol.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Beam Lasers''' || Laser Weapons Weapons || Alien Weaponry
| 10 || - || 40 || - || 8
| Advanced Beam Lasers || Security Training: Weapons
| Laser Shatterray Laser Carbine Laser Rifle Autolaser Gatling Laser Laser Pistol Heater || Laser Rifles (Council Request for Soldiers)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_PrecisionLasers.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Advanced Beam Lasers''' || Laser Weapons Weapons || Beam Lasers
| 10 || - || 50 || - || 14
| Pulse Lasers || Enhanced Lasers
| Heavy Laser Rifle Scatter Laser Laser Strike Rifle Laser Sniper Rifle Laser Lance (MEC) Superheavy Laser (SHIV) || Laser Cannon (Aerospace)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:Gauss_Weapons.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Gauss Weapons''' || Gauss Weapons Weapons || Alien Materials Experimental Warfare
| 20 || 10 || 80 || - || 32
| Advanced Gauss Weapons || Rail Pistols Phoenix Coilguns
| Gauss Stuttergun Gauss Carbine Gauss Rifle Gauss Autorifle Gauss Machine Gun Gauss Autopistol Grenade Launcher (MEC) Sentry Gun (SHIV) || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_PlasmaShotgun.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Advanced Gauss Weapons''' || Gauss Weapons Weapons || Gauss Weapons
| 20 || 10 || 100 || - || 38
| Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Weapons || Quenchguns || Heavy Gauss Rifle Alloy Cannon Alloy Strike Rifle Gauss Long Rifle Recoilless Rifle Railgun (MEC) Proximity Mine Launcher (MEC) || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_LaserCannon.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Pulse Lasers''' || Laser Weapons Weapons || Advanced Beam Lasers Alien Power Systems
| 20 || 40 || 125 || - || 60
| Advanced Pulse Lasers || - || Pulse Stengun Pulse Carbine Pulse Rifle Pulse Autoblaster Gatling Pulser Blaster Superheavy Pulser (SHIV) || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_ShipLaserCannon.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Advanced Pulse Lasers''' || Laser Weapons Weapons || Pulse Lasers
| 20 || 40 || 150 || - || 65
| EMP Weapons || Supercapacitors || Heavy Pulse Rifle Scatter Blaster Blaster Rifle Pulse Sniper Rifle Pulse Lance (MEC) || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_EMPCannon.png|150x75px]]</div>'''EMP Weapons''' || Weapons || Advanced Gauss Weapons Advanced Pulse Lasers
| - || 200 || 300 || 40 || 95
| Fusion Weapons || Drone Capture || Electropulse (MEC) || EMP Cannon (Aerospace)
|}

===Plasma Weapons===
(Version Long War Beta 15e) 
When aliens die, the weapons they wield self-destruct. When aliens are captured with an [[Equipment (Long War)#Miscellaneous Items|Arc Thrower]], their weapons remain intact, allowing then to be studied and retrofitted for human use.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="12" | Plasma Weapons (Long War)
|-
! rowspan="2" | Research !! rowspan="2" | Credit type !! Prerequisites !! colspan="5" | Cost !! colspan="4" | Unlocks
|-align=center
| {{Research Icon}} || {{AA Icon}} || {{Elerium Icon}} || {{Weapon Fragments Icon}} || Alien Weapons || {{Time Icon}} || Research || Foundry || Loadout || Other
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_PlasmaLightRifle.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Plasma Weapons''' || Plasma Weapons Weapons || Alien Weaponry Alien Power Systems Alien Biocybernetics
| 20 || 60 || 175 || 5 Carbines || 75
| Advanced Plasma Weapons Compact Plasma Weapons || - || Plasma Stormgun Plasma Carbine || Alien Carbines (Council Request for Soldiers / Scientists)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_PlasmaRifle.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Advanced Plasma Weapons''' || Plasma Weapons Weapons || Plasma Weapons
| 20 || 80 || 200 || 3 Rifles || 90
| Heavy Plasma Weapons Precision Plasma Weapons Vehicular Plasma Weapons || - || Plasma Rifle Plasma Novagun Reflex Cannon || Alien Rifle (Council Request for Soldiers / Scientists)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_PlasmaPistol.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Compact Plasma Weapons''' || Plasma Weapons Weapons || Plasma Weapons
| 10 || 40 || 150 || 2 Pistols || 50
| - || Reflex Pistols || Plasma Pistol Plasma Mauler || Alien Pistols (Council Request for Soldiers / Scientists)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_PlasmaHeavy.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Heavy Plasma Weapons''' || Plasma Weapons Weapons || Advanced Plasma Weapons
| 20 || 90 || 200 || 2 Heavy Weapons || 90
| Fusion Weapons || - || Heavy Plasma Rifle Plasma Dragon Particle Cannon (MEC) || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_PlasmaSniper.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Precision Plasma Weapons''' || Plasma Weapons Weapons || Advanced Plasma Weapons
| 20 || 90 || 200 || - || 90
| - || Enhanced Plasma || Reflex Rifle Plasma Sniper Rifle || -
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_PlasmaCannon.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Vehicular Plasma Weapons''' || Plasma Weapons Weapons || Advanced Plasma Weapons
| 20 || 90 || 200 || - || 90
| - || - || Superheavy Plasma (SHIV) || Plasma Cannon (Aerospace)
|-align=center
|<div style="background:#000000">[[Image:IC_FusionLance.png|150x75px]]</div>'''Fusion Weapons''' || Weapons || Heavy Plasma Weapons EMP Weapons
| 40 || 200 || 300 || - || 120
| - || - || Blaster Launcher || Fusion Lance (Aerospace)
|}
 

==See also==
{{Facilities (Long War) Navbar}}
[[Category: Long War]]
[[Category: Facilities (Long War)]]

Workshop (Long War)

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{{Facilities Data Box (Long War)
|effect=10% discount on items and 10% refund on materials
|adjacency=[[Workshop (Long War)|Workshop]] (+5% discount/refund)
|prerequisites=None
|other=10 engineers per [[Workshop (Long War)|Workshop]]
|credits=200
|alienaloys=0
|elerium=0
|meld=0
|build time=21
|quick credits=300
|quick alienaloys=0
|quick elerium=0
|quick meld=10
|quick build time=11
|maintenance=30
|power=4
|}}

Reduces item cost by 10% and gives a 10% refund on materials.

Each adjacent [[Workshop (Long War)|Workshop]], [[Foundry (Long War)|Foundry]] or [[Repair Bay (Long War)|Repair Bay]] reduces item cost by an additional 5% and gives an additional 5% refund on materials.

Multiple [[Workshop (Long War)|Workshops]] have diminishing returns and discounts and refunds cannot exceed 50%.

==Rebate Equation==

0.5 + 0.5 * 0.8 ^ ( a + 0.5b ) = percent of price you need to pay

Where

a = number of workshops

b = number of adjacency bonuses

==Workshop graph and stats==

[[File:Workshop_graph.png|right|800px]]
{| class="wikitable"
! Workshops
! %
|-
|0.5
|5.28
|-
|1
|10.00
|-
|1.5
|14.22
|-
|2
|18.00
|-
|2.5
|21.38
|-
|3
|24.40
|-
|3.5
|27.10
|-
|4
|29.52
|-
|4.5
|31.68
|-
|5
|33.62
|-
|5.5
|35.35
|-
|6
|36.89
|-
|6.5
|38.28
|-
|7
|39.52
|-
|7.5
|40.62
|-
|8
|41.61
|-
|8.5
|42.48
|-
|9
|43.29
|-
|9.5
|44.00
|-
|10
|44.63
|-
|10.5
|45.20
|-
|11
|45.71
|-
|11.5
|46.16
|-
|12
|46.57
|-
|12.5
|46.53
|-
|13
|47.25
|-
|13.5
|47.54
|-
|14
|47.80
|-
|14.5
|48.03
|-
|15
|48.24
|-
|15.5
|48.43
|-
|16
|48.59
|-
|16.5
|48.74
|-
|17
|48.88
|-
|17.5
|48.88
|-
|18
|49.10
|-

|}

==See also ==
{{ Facilities (Long War) Navbar}}
[[Category: Long War]]
[[Category: Facilities (Long War)]]

Alien Life Forms (Long War)

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Entengummitiger: /* Sectoid */

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<div style="float:right">{{Header (Long War)}}__TOC__</div>
[[File:LW_Chryssalid_Queen.jpeg|left|thumb|A Chryssalid squad leader compared to its smaller brethren.]]
Much like in vanilla, aliens deploy in "pods", which are "activated" by seeing them. Unlike in vanilla, alien pods are frequently made up of several different types of aliens, such as a Thin Man leading some Sectoids, or some Mutons with Floater scout.

Each "pod" will be led by one squad leader alien, possessing both improved stats and new abilities. Each leader has a chance to be accompanied by a navigator alien in addition to its other podmates which usually acts as a scouting unit of sorts, often possessing perks suitable for this role. Squad leaders can easily be identified by their larger health pool and increased physical size.

All pods now make noise when they move, but some pods will choose to lurk rather than patrol. The percentage of pods that hide out in this fashion is different per mission - on Abductions, it is 50%, on Large UFO's, 40%, and on small UFO's, 10%.

The aliens will continually improve their technology as the war goes on, which will grant them extra stats, HP regen and in some cases unlock new abilities. Squad Leader and Navigator perks are unlocked in the order in which they have been recorded here. Please note that the maximum stats for each species listed below can only apply to squad leaders of that species with all possible upgrades. Abilities tagged with an asterisk(*) are only unlocked on regular aliens during later stages of the war.

{| class="wikitable" width="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="2" | '''Legend for Stat/Perk Progression Tables'''
|- align="center"
| style="background: #FFB" width="8%" | '''Yellow''' || '''Navigator upgrades.''' These are available to all aliens of this type, including leaders. They have a certain chance of appearing, indicated in the "navigator chance" column, which is rolled per alien. The number of navigators in a pod is not limited.
|- align="center"
| style="background: #FBB" width="8%" | '''Red''' || '''Leader upgrades.''' These are only available to leader aliens of that type. The alien leader's level is rolled randomly based on alien research, from level 1 up to level 7. All leader upgrades are cumulative, meaning a level 3 leader will have the level 3 upgrades as well as the level 1 and 2 upgrades. Level 8 leaders are temple ship only, and level 9 leaders are boss/monster aliens only.
|}

=Sectoid=
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Sectoid (EU2012).png|128px]]
|hp=3 - 15
|aim=65 - 89
|defense=0 - 28
|will=5 - 120
|move=12 - 13
}}
Sectoids behave in much the same way as you'd expect from vanilla, with low Mobility, HP and Aim, and mediocre Will. Basic Sectoids have access to a few more psionic powers than before, being able to Mind Merge, Mind Fray and Psi Panic. The good news is that Mind Fray has been altered to only do 1 damage. Be aware that Mind Merge has been altered so it does some damage to the merged target if the merger dies, but doesn't kill outright. Sectoid squad leaders get the Low Profile perk. All Sectoids technically have the Gunslinger perk to cancel their offset from using pistols, but do not gain extra damage.

Unlike most alien types, Sectoid pod leaders do +1 damage over regular sectoids at the start of the game without requiring extra research.

Rewards: Sectoids carry plasma pistols (which explode into weapon fragments/alloys if not captured alive) and leave corpses. After Xenobiology is researched, the council will request Sectoid Corpses from time to time. Typical requests exchange 6 sectoids for 1 or 2 scientists, plus a very slight boost to the requesting nations defense against panic.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 4 || 3 || 65 || 0 || 0 || 12 || 5
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || -5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Gunslinger (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 15 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 30 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 30 || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 20% || -
|- align="center"
| 75 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 120 || +1 || - || +4 || - || - || +4 || - || +10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 180 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 180 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || 20% || -
|- align="center"
| 240 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 270 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Low Profile (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 300 || - || - || +4 || - || - || +4 || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 300 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +15 || - || - || 15% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 300 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || - || 20% || -
|- align="center"
| 360 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || +1 || +1 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 510 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 600 || +1 || +1 || +4 || - || - || +4 || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 690 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 720 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 800 || - || +1 || - || - || - || +4 || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +3 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +15 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1200 || +1 || +3 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +15 || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || - || +5 || {{ Low Profile (Long War) }} || 1 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || +4 || +5 || - || 2 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || - || - || +5 || - || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +4 || +5 || {{ Executioner (Long War) }} || 4 || Sectoid Leader
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || +5 || {{ Rapid Reaction (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +4 || +5 || - || 6 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || - || +4 || +5 || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 7 || Sectoid Master
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || +4 || +5 || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +2 || +4 || +5 || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Reticulan
|}

=Drone=
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Drone 1 (EU2012).png|128px]]
|hp=3
|aim=60
|defense=0
|will=0
|move=12
|fuel=32
}}
Drones will be encountered right from the beginning of the game, even in the first mission. They can come in groups of their own or attached to Sectoid squads, and later they will accompany more powerful mechanized units like Cyberdiscs and Sectopods. Drones behave similarly to vanilla, but, like most mechanized units, have some damage reduction. Their constant light cover from flying with damage reduction and ability to mutually repair can make them extremely frustrating to kill. Drones have Holo-Targeting, making them a bit more dangerous when supporting other aliens.

Rewards: Drones primarily drop Drone Wrecks, the autopsy of which (10 required) grants access to the SHIV Repair Foundry project and the Holo-Targeter. Later-game, drone wrecks are required for several foundry projects including Drone Capture and Improved Arc Thrower.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 3 || 3 || 60 || 0 || 0 || 12 || 0
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || -5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 15 || - || - || - || - || +0.2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 30 || - || - || - || - || +0.2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 45 || - || - || - || - || +0.2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 60 || - || - || - || - || +0.4 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 120 || - || +3 || +4 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 120 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Holo-Targeting (Long War) }} || 90% || Tracker Drone
|- align="center"
| 270 || +1 || +1 || +4 || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 360 || +1 || +1 || +4 || - || - || +4 || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +1 || +4 || - || - || +4 || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1200 || +1 || +1 || +4 || - || - || +4 || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Holo-Targeting (Long War) }} || 1 || Tracker Drone
|- align="center"
| 0 || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +3 || +15 || +15 || - || - || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Absorption Fields (Long War) }} || 8 || Battle Drone
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +3 || +30 || +10 || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 9 || Atlas Drone
|}

=Outsider=
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Outsider (EU2012).jpg|128px]]
|hp=10-33
|aim=75-130
|defense=0-25
|will=20
|move=12-18
}}
Long War Outsiders are enormously more dangerous than vanilla Outsiders. They start with 10 HP and 3 HP regeneration per turn, meaning it will take a concerted effort from the whole squad to take them down early game. Like vanilla, Outsiders are mostly found in charge of UFOs, usually holed up on the bridge, but not always. In Long War, they will occasionally patrol. You should be careful not to activate a UFO's Outsider until you're ready for it, since their HP regen means they can easily take on 1 or 2 XCOM soldiers without even taking damage. On larger UFOs Outsiders spawn in larger groups than in vanilla. On larger ships and later encounters, Outsiders spawn in pods of 3 or 4.

When you first meet them, fighting Outsiders in a war of attrition across cover is a bad idea, since their HP regen and relatively high damage and accuracy with their plasma carbines means they may well win. Neutralising the Outsider with flashbangs and suppression while you move your troops up to set up for a one turn kill is more effective. Note that their regenerative abilities will increase over the course of your game.

Rewards: Outsiders captured alive grant outsider shards, which can be fashioned into skeleton keys. These are essential for initiating base assault missions, a requirement for ending the game. They also carry light plasma rifles.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 6 || 10 || 75 || 4 || 0 || 12 || 100
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || - || +10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +1 || - || +10 || - || - || - || +5
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Muscle Fiber Density (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 120 || +1 || +2 || +4 || - || - || +5 || +1 || +5 || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 240 || - || +3 || +4 || +4 || +1 || +2 || - || +5 || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 360 || +1 || +3 || +4 || - || +1 || +2 || +1 || +5 || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 480 || - || - || +4 || +4 || - || +2 || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 600 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Neural Damping (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 600 || - || +1 || +4 || - || - || +2 || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 750 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || +2 || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +3 || +10 || +10 || +1 || - || +1 || +5 || +1 || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || +5 || - || - || 1 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || +10 || {{ Opportunist (Long War) }} || 2 || Outsider Engineer
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || +5 || +10 || {{ Lightning Reflexes (Long War) }} || 3 || Outsider Navigator
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || +5 || +10 || {{ Ready For Anything (Long War) }} || 4 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +10 || +5 || +10 || {{ Close Combat Specialist (Long War) }} || 5 || Outsider Captain
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || +5 || +10 || {{ Sentinel (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || +10 || {{ Intimidate (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || +20 || - || +10 || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Outsider Overlord
|}

=Thin Man=
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Thin_Man_1_(EU2012).png|128px]]
|hp=5 - 22
|aim=70 - 105
|defense=0 - 35
|will=25 - 55
|move=14 - 19
}}
Thin Men are quite similar to vanilla, with high mobility, mediocre aim and low Will. The main change is that their poison has been replaced with Acid, which lowers aim and mobility as poison does, and affected units take slightly more damage from attacks, but acid no longer causes damage directly. Instead, acid inflicts damage to a victim as they take actions, so moving, reloading, firing, overwatch, etc will all cause an affected unit to take 1 damage. A unit that goes on overwatch will take the damage when they go on overwatch, not when they fire. Hunkering Down is safe and a unit that simply remains still and hunkered for the duration of acid will take no damage at all. Acid clouds dissipate within 2 turns and the acid debuff lasts 2-5 turns. Robotic units and soldiers with medikits or sealed armour are immune to the mobility effects of acid and won't take damage from actions, but will still take more damage from attacks and have reduced aim while affected by acid.

Rewards: Thin Men carry light plasma rifles (with the standard dead-man switch) and leave corpses. These can be spent on the Improved Medkit Foundry project (10x) after completing an autopsy (10x). The Thin Man interrogation gives a 25% research credit towards laser weaponry.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 5 || 5 || 70 || 4 || 0 || 14 || 25
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +1 || - || +5 || - || - || - || +5
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center"
| 90 || - || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 90 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 15% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 90 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Damn Good Ground (Long War) }} || 25% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 90 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Executioner (Long War) }} || 25% || -
|- align="center"
| 120 || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 180 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Lightning Reflexes (Long War) }} || 15% || Sidewinder
|- align="center"
| 210 || - || +1 || - || +5 || - || - || +1 || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 240 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 360 || - || - || +5 || +5 || - || +3 || +1 || +3 || +2 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 400 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Low Profile (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 450 || - || +1 || - || - || - || +3 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 550 || - || -4 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 10% || Thin Man Sniper
|- align="center"
| 600 || - || +1 || +5 || +5 || - || +3 || +1 || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 700 || - || - || +5 || +5 || - || +3 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 800 || - || +1 || - || - || - || +3 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +6 || +5 || +5 || - || +10 || +1 || +3 || +2 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1200 || +1 || +6 || +5 || +5 || - || +10 || +1 || +3 || +2 || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || +4 || {{ Executioner (Long War) }} || 1 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +5 || +4 || {{ Sharpshooter (Long War) }} || 2 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || +4 || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 4 || Thin Man Sniper
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || - || +5 || {{ Rapid Reaction (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +5 || +5 || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || +10 || +6 || {{ Lightning Reflexes (Long War) }} || 7 || Sidewinder
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || +7 || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || - || +5 || - || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || +5 || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Typhon
|}

=Floater=
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Floater_1_(EU2012).png|128px]]
|hp=5 - 16
|aim=65 - 90
|defense=0 - 16
|will=20 - 44
|move=14 - 21
|fuel=32
}}
Floaters behave identically to vanilla floaters. Floater squad leaders often gain the Damn Good Ground ability, which, given their ability to fly, makes them significantly more dangerous than regular floaters.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 5 || 5 || 65 || 4 || 0 || 14 || 20
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || -5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +5
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 60 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 15% || Floater Sentry
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 60 || - || +1 || +4 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Danger Zone (Long War) }} || 15% || -
|- align="center"
| 75 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 90 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || 20% || -
|- align="center"
| 120 || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 180 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 180 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || 15% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 210 || - || - || +4 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 20% || -
|- align="center"
| 240 || - || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 240 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || 15% || -
|- align="center"
| 330 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 570 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 690 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 780 || - || - || +5 || +5 || - || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +3 || +5 || - || - || +4 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1200 || +1 || +3 || +5 || - || - || +4 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +4 || +2 || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 1 || Floater Sentry
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +4 || +2 || {{ Close Combat Specialist (Long War) }} || 2 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || +2 || {{ Danger Zone (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +2 || +2 || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 4 || Floater Raider
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || +2 || {{ Damn Good Ground (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +4 || +2 || {{ Mayhem (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || +8 || +2 || {{ Ready For Anything (Long War) }} || 7 || Floater Reaver
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || - || +5 || +2 || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || +2 || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || - || +5 || +2 || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 8 || Great Reaver
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || +2 || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Reaver Lord
|}

=Chryssalid=
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Chryssalid_1_(EU2012).png|128px]]
|hp=8-62
|aim=8
|defense=10-30
|will=120
|move=20-25
}}
Chryssalids are similar to vanilla Chryssalids. A big difference is that Chryssalid squad leaders have Lightning Reflexes, which can seriously reduce the amount of damage a charging Chryssalid squad will take from overwatch fire since the squad leader moves first, and is thus the most likely to trigger overwatch fire depending on positioning. Like Thin Men, the Chryssalid's claw poison has been replaced with acid.

AP/frag grenades are an effective early counter to Chryssalids, since they'll frequently charge in a tightly packed group on first sight, and the grenades will do full damage since Chryssalids don't benefit from cover. Similarly, flashbangs can debilitate a whole group of Chryssalids by reducing their move by 40%, which brings it considerably under the range a flashbang can be thrown. Chryssalids are immune to acid, so Chem Grenades won't reduce their mobility. Taking out the Chryssalid leader will make reaction fire effective against them; a Close Combat Specialist Assault can frequently finish off leaderless Chryssalids. The MEC Flamethrower is also quite effective; aside from the damage (especially with the Jellied Elerium upgrade) it can cause the Chryssalids to panic, and they may then run ''away'' from your soldiers instead of towards them.

Chryssalids on a terror mission will ''always'' spawn Zombies from civilians they kill offscreen - normally, this only occurred on higher difficulties in vanilla. As such, expect to have to deal with many additional zombies during terror missions that focus on the deployment of chryssalids. Additionally, Chryssalid pods may occasionally contain a number of Zombie units regardless of the mission type.

Some Chryssalid Squad Leaders may be particularly large. Beware, as these monsters often have upwards of 40-50 health on top of the fact they are escorted by several more chryssalids and have augmented damage.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 8 || 8 || - || 25 || 10 || 20 || 50
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +5
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 10% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 15% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || - || 20% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 20% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 25% || -
|- align="center"
| 150 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 180 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 180 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 270 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 300 || - || +2 || - || - || - || +5 || +1 || +2 || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 550 || - || +1 || - || - || - || +5 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 650 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +1 || +2 || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 725 || - || +1 || - || - || - || +5 || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 800 || - || +1 || - || - || - || +5 || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || +5 || +2 || +2 || +2 || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +2 || - || +5 || - || 1 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || - || +5 || {{ Lightning Reflexes (Long War) }} || 2 || Chryssalid Warrior
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +2 || - || +5 || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || - || +5 || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 4 || Chryssalid Charger
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +2 || - || +5 || - || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || - || +5 || {{ Shock Absorbent Armor (Long War) }} || 6 || Hive Queen
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || - || +5 || - || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +10 || - || +5 || - || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +20 || - || +5 || {{ Resilience (Long War) }} || 9 || Greater Hive Queen
|}

=Zombie=
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Zombie_1_(EU2012).png|128px]]
|hp=12-23
|aim=8
|defense=0
|will=120
|move=9-13
}}
Not even zombies are immune to getting tweaked in Long War - At first, they become faster, and later tougher, whilst their melee damage steadily ramps up over time. They can occasionally spawn as a member of Chryssalid pods on any mission, and it is also be possible to encounter them as a special pod spawn during Terror missions, in which four to five identical zombies will spawn in a group. Unlike regular zombies, the members of this zombie 'pack' do not seem to spawn chryssalids if left to their own devices for too long.

Zombies that have been spawned through a victim implanted by a Chryssalid will spawn a "baby" Chryssalid after two turns, easily recognized by their slightly pink skin color. This Chryssalid variant will have the same stats as an adult Chryssalid and can both move and attack during the turn it emerges. It will furthermore always emerge at full health regardless of how much damage the Zombie has taken.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 7 || 12 || - || 0 || 0 || 9 || 120
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || +3 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +1 || +3 || - || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="11" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk
|- align="center"
| 210 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 360 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 450 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }}
|- align="center"
| 480 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 600 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 700 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 800 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|}

=Seeker=
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Seeker_(EU2012).png|128px]]
|hp=4-53
|aim=65-89
|defense=0-15
|will=0
|move=16-22
|fuel=32
}}
Seekers can be found both in pods made up entirely of Seekers, and accompanying squads of other aliens. This indirectly makes them more dangerous than vanilla, since a Seeker itself isn't much threat, but a Seeker supporting other aliens can be a deadly distraction. Seekers have had the shackles taken off their AI, and will happily decloak and strangle 4 of your soldiers at once. As mechanized units they have some damage reduction, which makes them difficult to damage with low power weapons like pistols and carbines. Seekers only cause 1 initial damage when strangling, but this damage doubles every turn they remain attached, so quickly knocking a Seeker off will result in minimal damage, but if left it will cause massive damage in 3-4 turns.

Battle Scanners are available to any soldier as carried items in Long War, giving an early counter to Seekers. They have a habit of going into Overwatch while in stealth, so if you're waiting out Seekers without a Battle Scanner, try moving a soldier, one might reveal itself to take a pot shot at you. Ground-hugging Seekers can also be 'detected' by scanning for seemingly empty tiles that cannot be moved into; any explosive/area effect attacks (bar the MEC Flamethrower; Seekers are fireproof - though an 'IMMUNE' popup will still appear) that catch an invisible seeker in their area will force them to decloak.

If Seekers have no valid targets for their strangulation attack (as MECs and SHIVs are immune, and several armours and items grant immunity also), they will most often go into Overwatch (which will not decloak them until they have fired), or attempt to flank soldiers in cover and try to score a critical hit with their plasma gun. A Seeker who does not cloak on pod activation will usually try for this approach. Like Sectoids, Seekers possess the Gunslinger perk and suffer no range penalties for their plasma shots, but do not deal extra damage from base. In Terror missions, they prefer to hunt down any remaining civilians if all XCOM units are immune; if a Seeker is the last enemy active on a terror mission, focus on rescuing the civilians. Once the Seeker has no civilian targets remaining, its AI will switch to focusing on the squad instead.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 3 || 4 || 65 || 0 || 0 || 16 || 0
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || -5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Gunslinger (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Unlimited Cloak (Long War) }} || 67% || Stalker
|- align="center"
| 75 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 150 || - || +1 || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 210 || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 240 || - || - || +2 || - || +1 || +5 || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 300 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 540 || - || - || +2 || - || +1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 700 || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 800 || - || +3 || +2 || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +5 || +6 || - || +1 || +5 || +3 || - || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Unlimited Cloak (Long War) }} || 1 || Stalker
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +3 || +2 || - || {{ Holo-Targeting (Long War) }} || 2 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +3 || +2 || - || {{ Rapid Reaction (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || +2 || - || - || 4 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +5 || +2 || - || {{ Platform Stability (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +5 || +2 || - || {{ Intimidate (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +10 || +2 || - || {{ Close Encounters (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +10 || +2 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Hydra
|}

=Muton=
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Muton_1_(EU2012).png|128px]]
|hp=8-40
|aim=70-110
|defense=10-29
|will=10-47
|move=12
}}
Mutons are similar to vanilla Mutons, and will start with Plasma Carbines and later upgrade to Plasma Rifles. Muton squad leaders have significantly more HP than regular Mutons, as well as a number of Overwatch enhancing perks.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 8* || 8 || 70* || 4 || 10 || 12 || 30
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || -5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +5
|}

* Before 105 days of alien research, mutons use alien carbines, which modifies their base damage and aim to be 6 and 76 respectively. The stats in the table are for when mutons use alien rifles.

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 90 || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 15% || Muton Sentry
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 90 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 15% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 90 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || 15% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 120 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Hyper-Reactive Pupils (Long War) }} || 25% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 150 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Depth Perception (Long War) }} || 25% || -
|- align="center"
| 210 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 270 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 330 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || +2 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || +2 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 450 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 10% || Muton Sniper
|- align="center"
| 510 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || +2 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 600 || - || +1 || +2 || +2 || - || +2 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 650 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Tandem Warheads (Long War) }} || 50% || -
|- align="center"
| 700 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || +2 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 800 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || +3 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +3 || +5 || - || - || +5 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1200 || +1 || +3 || +5 || - || - || +5 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +2 || +2 || +3 || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 1 || Muton Sentry
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +2 || +3 || {{ Opportunist (Long War) }} || 2 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || +2 || +3 || {{ HEAT Warheads (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +2 || +3 || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 4 || Muton Grenadier
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Fortiores Una (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +2 || +2 || +4 || {{ Will To Survive (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +2 || +4 || {{ Sentinel (Long War) }} || 6 || Muton Sentinel
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || +2 || +4 || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 7 || Muton Centurion
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || +2 || +4 || {{ Tandem Warheads (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || +5 || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || - || +5 || +5 || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || +5 || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Sargon
|}

=Cyberdisc=
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Cyberdisc_1_(EU2012).png|128px]]
|hp=18-55
|aim=70-92
|defense=0
|will=0
|move=18-21
|fuel=32
}}
Cyberdiscs are similar to vanilla Cyberdiscs; even their deployment behaviour is largely unchanged. They get the Automated Threat Assessment perk, which given their habit of immediately going on overwatch when seen will often give them extra defense at least for the first turn. Cyberdiscs are usually accompanied by two to three drones, and usually prefer to throw their grenade if an eligible soldier is in range rather than shooting.

Cyberdiscs pose a significant threat throughout the game. Early on their high health pool makes them difficult to kill unless you have more than one soldier with HEAT ammo/warheads, or a soldier with Shredder ammo/rockets. Their movement range can take you off guard as it's close to that of a chryssalid; if they're not dealt with quickly or retreated from, they are very likely to flank and hit you with raw firepower, move up next to you and use their powerful Death Blossom attack, or simply fire long-range explosives at you. In the later months Cyberdiscs gain the Reactive Targeting Sensors perk, allowing them to return fire.

The drones escorting a Cyberdisc are of course more dangerous as well (see the main Drone entry), primarily because they can tag a target with Holo Targeting, making it easier for the parent Cyberdisc (and any other enemies, for that matter) to hit the victim. Drones can be distracted by damaging the Cyberdisc (in which case they will fly back to repair it) but this is hardly an ideal strategy.

One important note about the Cyberdisc is that they only have the "Hardened" trait as long as they're closed. A Cyberdisc must open up in order to attack with its cannons or grenade, and will immediately return to closed form if hit by an incoming attack.

In close range, Cyberdiscs explode for damage upon death, a trait that can be used against the aliens in tight packed groups. The Long War mod has also made efforts to better calculate the discs "Death Blossom", so be cautious not to engage too closely.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 9 || 18 || 70 || 8 || 0 || 18 || 0
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || -5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +2 || +3 || - || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 270 || - || +2 || - || - || +1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 360 || +1 || +1 || +4 || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || +1 || +1 || - || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 480 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 600 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 720 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || - || +3 || +5 || +5 || +1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1200 || - || +3 || +5 || +5 || +1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || 1 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 2 || Cyberdisc Bomber
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || - || {{ Damage Control (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }} || 4 || Cyberdisc Destroyer
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +2 || - || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 4 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || +2 || - || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 300 || - || +2 || +2 || - || {{ Rapid Reaction (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +3 || +2 || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 7 || Gunstar
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || +15 || +5 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Dreadnought
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Warheads (Long War) }} || 9 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Tandem Warheads (Long War) }} || 9 || -
|}

=Mechtoid=
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Mechtoid_(EU2012).png|128px]]
|hp=25-50
|shield=6-16
|aim=75-93
|defense=0
|will=0
|move=14-15
}}
Mechtoids behave identically to vanilla Mechtoids. Like vanilla, they will appear with Sectoid escorts, and later with Sectoid Commanders.

Mechtoids are very vulnerable to psionics - Mind Fray will restrict their movement and prevent them from charging to flank as well as reducing their accuracy. Psi Panic will completely disable a Mechtoid. Chem grenades will hurt their accuracy a bit. Like the Cyberdisc, the Mechtoid will eventually gain access to Reactive Targeting Sensors.

The Psi Shield granted to Mechtoids by Mind Merge also grants a '''significant''' amount of extra Damage Reduction on top of the added temporary health. As a result, it is absolutely essential that you find and kill the sectoid that set up the link (helpfully indicated by the purple streams) and eliminate them.

While Mechtoids do not explode for damage, a Mechtoid that falls backwards in a fight it will crush cover it lands on. Be careful not to destroy your own cover in close quarters combat.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="9" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Health (Long War)}} Shield HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 8 || 25 || 6 || 75 || 8 || 0 || 14 || 40
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || - ||-10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || - || -5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +2 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="14" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="9%" |{{Health (Long War)}} Shield HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 270 || - || +2 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 360 || - || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || +1 || +2 || +1 || +4 || - || +1 || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 500 || - || +3 || - || +4 || +4 || - || +4 || +1 || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 600 || - || +3 || +1 || +4 || - || - || - || +1 || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 700 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +3 || +3 || +8 || - || +1 || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +2 || +3 || {{ Executioner (Long War) }} || 1 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +2 || +3 || {{ Platform Stability (Long War) }} || 2 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || +2 || +3 || {{ Advanced Fire Control (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +2 || +2 || +3 || {{ Shock Absorbent Armor (Long War) }} || 4 || Vulcan Mechtoid
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || +2 || +3 || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +2 || +2 || +3 || {{ Rapid Reaction (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Absorption Fields (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +2 || +10 || +2 || +3 || {{ Reactive Targeting Sensors (Long War) }} || 7 || Leviathan Mechtoid
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }} || 9 || Colossus
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 9 || -
|}

=Berserker=
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Berserker_(EU2012).png|128px]]
|hp=25-78
|aim=8
|defense=20-30
|will=80
|move=17-21
}}
Berserkers can also be Squad Leaders, meaning the first Berserkers you see could have terrifying amounts of health.

Like Chryssalids, anything you can do to slow down a Berserker will greatly reduce its threat. Flashbanging a Berserker will reduce its half-movement range to well below flashbang throw range, so is a good way to neutralise a Berserker you're not ready to kill. It will also reduce its movement from Bloodlust, so you can also shoot a couple of times after flashbanging (but don't go overboard). Another good piece of equipment to use against them are chem grenades, not only does it reduce their damage reduction and limit their movement, but it also deals damage to them each time they move after being shot.

Since it's possible to have multiple soldiers with Rift outside of the Temple Ship, using their aggression against them to make them wander in and out of the psionic storm will make quick work of them, if you can set up the situation. With a few other AoE attacks, a cluster of them becomes a comedic slaughter: excellent payback for all the times they will crush your soldiers under their fists.

Two well placed Close Combat Specialist Assaults (Optionally with Shredder Ammo) can also quickly make short work of even a group of Berserkers while a grenade or rocket makes them to run all at once towards the CCS trap. Beware of low ammunition shotguns.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 10 || 20 || - || 33 || 20 || 17 || 80
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +2 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +5
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Muscle Fiber Density (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 10% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 15% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 15% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 20% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 25% || -
|- align="center"
| 270 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 300 || - || +1 || - || - || - || +5 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 330 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || +3 || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 500 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || +5 || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 600 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 700 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 800 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +2 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +2 || +3 || +3 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1200 || +2 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +2 || +3 || +3 || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +2 || - || +3 || - || 1 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +2 || - || +3 || {{ Shock Absorbent Armor (Long War) }} || 2 || Behemoth
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +2 || - || +3 || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +2 || - || +3 || - || 4 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +2 || - || +3 || - || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +2 || - || +3 || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 6 || Juggernaut
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || - || +3 || - || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +5 || - || +3 || - || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Lightning Reflexes (Long War) }} || 9 || Mongo
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +15 || - || +3 || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 9 || -
|}

=Sectoid Commander=
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=Late
|picture=[[File:Sectoid Commander 1 (EU2012).png|128px]]
|hp=15
|aim=85
|defense=20
|will=90
|move=12
}}
Sectoid Commanders represent a substantial step up from their first-month brethren, and carry new psionic abilities as well as better statistics. Sectoid Commanders can use Mind Control.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 4 || 15 || 65 || 0 || 20 || 12 || 90
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || -5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || - || - || - || - || - || +20
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +25
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Gunslinger (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || 25% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || 50% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 50% || -
|- align="center"
| 1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 270 || +1 || +3 || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 360 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 400 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 480 || - || +2 || - || - || - || +3 || - || +10 || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 660 || +1 || +3 || - || - || - || +4 || - || +10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 780 || - || +3 || - || - || - || +3 || - || +10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || +4 || +1 || +10 || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1200 || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || +5 || +1 || +10 || +1 || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || - || +4 || {{ Distortion Field (Long War) }} || 1 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || - || +4 || {{ Low Profile (Long War) }} || 2 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +2 || - || +4 || - || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +2 || - || +4 || - || 4 || -
|- align="center"
| 300 || - || +1 || - || +4 || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 330 || +1 || +1 || - || +4 || {{ Close Combat Specialist (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center"
| 360 || +1 || +1 || - || +4 || {{ Regen Biofield (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || +5 || +5 || +10 || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Great Reticulan
|}

=Heavy Floater=
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|picture=[[File:Heavy_Floater_1_(EU2012).png|128px]]
|hp=-
|aim=-
|defense=-
|will=-
|move=-
}}
An improvement over the original floater.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 8 || 15 || 70 || 8 || 10 || 12 || 25
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || -5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +5
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 0 || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 25% || Heavy Floater Sentry
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Sapper (Long War) }} || 15% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 25% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 25% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 270 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Danger Zone (Long War) }} || 20% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 300 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Shredder Ammo (Long War) }} || 10% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 300 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mayhem (Long War) }} || 20% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 300 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +1 || - || {{ Depth Perception (Long War) }} || 50% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 360 || - || +1 || +3 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 25% || -
|- align="center"
| 360 || - || +3 || - || - || +1 || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || - || +2 || +4 || - || - || +4 || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 500 || - || +2 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 600 || - || +1 || - || - || - || +4 || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 700 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 800 || - || +2 || - || - || - || +4 || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +2 || +4 || +4 || - || +4 || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1200 || +1 || +2 || +4 || - || - || +4 || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +2 || +2 || +2 || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 1 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +2 || +2 || {{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }} || 2 || Heavy Floater Destroyer
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +2 || +2 || {{ Close Encounters (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +2 || +2 || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 4 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || +2 || +2 || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 5 || Warmaster
|- align="center"
| 360 || +1 || +1 || +2 || +2 || {{ Damn Good Ground (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || +1 || +2 || +2 || +2 || {{ Will To Survive (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +3 || +3 || +5 || {{ Mayhem (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || +500 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Archon
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +3 || +3 || +5 || {{ Danger Zone (Long War) }} || 9 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || - || - || - || {{ Tandem Warheads (Long War) }} || 9 || -
|}

=Muton Elite=
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|picture=[[File:Elite_Muton_(EU2012).png|128px]]
|hp=20-23
|aim=75-80
|defense=20
|will=40-49
|move=12
}}
Similar looking to Mutons, but with a red armor and a helmet.

They appear as Pod Leaders first, usually in pairs like normal Mutons, in the late game they entirely replace Mutons on missions.
Care must be taken, because they have a lot of innate defense and Tactical Sense, as well as a lot of firepower at their disposal. Their Heavy Plasma Weapons are both destructive and highly damaging, and even though they lost Initimidate, they still benefit from Bloodlust. As they appear as pod leaders, a lot of their good perks trigger earlier than they actually appear in hordes, making Muton pods very dangerous.

Their Overwatch becomes lethal with Oppurtunist, Covering Fire and Sentinel, they can fire twice with Light' Em Up and further with Squadsight, crit with Aggression and Bring 'Em On and respond to fire with RTS. Watch out for Bombard-Grenades, HEAT and Tandem Warheads as well. A encounter with them can only be done without losses by using advanced Technology like MECS or Psionics or very good tactics, forcing the player to focus and speed up their research.

One using Psionics to attack them should take care too, as they gain high will and Neural Damping.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 10 || 20 || 80 || 0 || 20 || 12 || 40
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || -5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +5
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Abilities/Perks'''
|- align="center"
| colspan="8" | {{ Bombard (Long War) }}   {{ Suppression (Long War) }}
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Grenadier (Long War) }} || 15% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 33% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 33% || Muton Elite Sentry
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Warheads (Long War) }} || 33% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 1 || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 33% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 33% || -
|- align="center"
| 360 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Hyper-Reactive Pupils (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Tandem Warheads (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 450 || - || +3 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 450 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 10% || Muton Elite Sniper
|- align="center"
| 500 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 500 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +20 || - || - || 10% || -
|- align="center"
| 600 || - || +2 || +4 || - || - || - || +1 || +5 || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 600 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Neural Damping (Long War) }} || 15% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
| 600 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || 33% || -
|- align="center"
| 700 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Lock N Load (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 700 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 800 || - || - || +4 || +4 || - || +4 || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +5 || +4 || - || - || +5 || +1 || +10 || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1200 || +1 || +10 || +4 || - || - || +5 || +1 || +10 || +1 || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || +3 || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 1 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Fortiores Una (Long War) }} || 1 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +2 || +2 || +3 || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 1 || Muton Elite Legionary
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +1 || +3 || {{ Opportunist (Long War) }} || 2 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +2 || +2 || +3 || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || +1 || +1 || +1 || +4 || {{ Bring Em On (Long War) }} || 4 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 4 || Muton Elite Commando
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +2 || +2 || +4 || {{ Sentinel (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || +1 || +1 || +4 || {{ Will To Survive (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center"
| 450 || +1 || +2 || +2 || +4 || {{ Reactive Targeting Sensors (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +1 || +10 || +5 || +30 || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 660 || - || - || - || - || {{ Neural Damping (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Neural Damping (Long War) }} || 9 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Shredder Ammo (Long War) }} || 9 || Muton Elite Praetorian
|}

=Sectopod=
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|picture=[[File:Sectopod 1 (EU2012).png|128px]]
|hp=-
|aim=-
|defense=-
|will=-
|move=-
}}

Massive mechanical war machines, Sectopods are similar to their original incarnation - only more deadly, of course. Approach with extreme caution. As with all aliens, their strength and power progresses with time, making them significantly more dangerous as the war drags on.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 11 || 35 || 80 || 8 || 0 || 12 || 0
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || -5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center"
| 1 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 450 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 600 || - || - || - || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 700 || +4 || +5 || +5 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 800 || +3 || +5 || +5 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +3 || +5 || - || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1200 || +3 || +5 || - || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 360 || - || +5 || - || - || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || - || +5 || - || - || {{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }} || 4 || Sectopod Destroyer
|- align="center"
| 660 || - || +5 || - || - || {{ Sentinel (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 720 || - || +5 || - || - || {{ Reactive Targeting Sensors (Long War) }} || 6 || Reaper
|- align="center"
| 999 || - || - || - || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Absorption Fields (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || +35 || +30 || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Reactive Targeting Sensors (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Sentinel (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Titan
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }} || 9 || -
|}

=Ethereal=
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|picture=[[File:Ethereal_(EU2012).png|128px]]
|hp=-
|aim=-
|defense=-
|will=-
|move=-
}}

The floating psionic leaders of the alien race are substantially more deadly and no longer trade frailty for their power. Using a psionic lance attack that is based on will as well as the feared Mind Control and Rift abilities, Ethereals represent the pinnacle of psionic deadliness. Ethereals regenerate health, and an Ethereal who recieves damage from conventional weapons has a chance to reflect the attack, dealing 33% damage to the attacker. The Ethereal's '''Psionic Lance''' is a cross between psionic power and weapon. It has no cooldown, and its effectiveness is reduced by [[Abilities_List_(Long_War)#Suppression|Suppression]], but it can't be disabled with [[Abilities_List_(Long_War)#Disabling_Shot|Disabling Shot]].

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 10 || 20 || 100 || 0 || 40 || 12 || 120
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || -5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || - || - || - || - || - || +20
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +25
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center"
| 1 || +3 || - || - || - || - || - || - || +15 || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +15 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 540 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +15 || +2 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 700 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || +2 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1200 || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || +2 || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Leader Progression'''
|- align="center"
! [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! Perk !! Leader Level !! Special Name
|- align="center"
| 360 || - || +2 || - || +3 || {{ Distortion Field (Long War) }} || 1 || -
|- align="center"
| 390 || - || +2 || - || +4 || {{ Shock Absorbent Armor (Long War) }} || 2 || -
|- align="center"
| 420 || - || +2 || - || +4 || - || 3 || -
|- align="center"
| 450 || - || +2 || - || +4 || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 4 || -
|- align="center"
| 480 || - || +2 || - || +5 || {{ Executioner (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center"
| 510 || +3 || +5 || - || +5 || - || 6 || -
|- align="center"
| 540 || +3 || +5 || - || +15 || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +3 || +5 || - || +15 || - || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FDD"
| 0 || +3 || +5 || - || +15 || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Ethereal Overmind
|}

=Uber Ethereal=
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|picture=[[File:Uber_Ethereal_2_(EU2012).png|128px]]
|hp=-
|aim=-
|defense=-
|will=-
|move=-
}}

The ultimate ethereal.

{| class="wikitable" width="50%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="8" | '''Base Stats and Difficulty Modifiers'''
|- align="center"
! Difficulty !! {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! {{Health (Long War)}} HP !! {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! {{Will (Long War)}} Will
|- align="center"
|''Base Stats'' || 10 || 60 || 120 || 0 || 50 || 12 || 200
|- align="center"
|Normal || - || - || -10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Classic || - || - || -5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|Brutal || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || +20
|- align="center"
|Impossible || +2 || - || - || - || +10 || - || +25
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="90%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Research Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="9%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk !! width="12%" | Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Special Name
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Absorption Fields (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Close Encounters (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Distortion Field (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Lightning Reflexes (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Opportunist (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Shock Absorbent Armor (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
| 1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +15 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 540 || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || +10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 700 || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || +10 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 900 || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || +10 || - || - || - || -
|}

= See also =
{{Aliens (Long War) Navbar}}
[[Category: Aliens (Long War)]]
[[Category: Long War]]

Air Combat (Long War)

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=='''Overview'''==

UFOs are tougher, faster, and much deadlier in Long War. Along with that, your crafts and armaments are significantly less potent, at least at first. You will need to cycle your craft regularly like your soldiers. UFO kills will grant experience to your pilots and provide a bonus to accuracy. Your pilots will learn UFO flight patterns and movements and therefore will become much better at shooting down alien craft. Interceptor experience provides +3% to hit per kill (up to + 30%) and +1% damage per kill (with no top limit). Also, you will find that both your craft and UFOs may sometimes get 'critical hits', with UFOs being downed in a few hits, or your undamaged Interceptor immediately going into near-full red damage indicator.

At the start of the game your fresh pilots are equipped with Avalanche Missiles, which now have an abysmal 40% accuracy. While it is still possible to down the first Scout with one Interceptor, this is an incredibly unlikely event. It's more probable that it would take two, or even three interceptions to bring down even the most basic alien craft. It is also a good idea to switch some of your aircraft armaments to Stingray missiles at the game start, details on that below.

Players should exert caution and pick and choose their air battles carefully. You will not be able to bring down every single enemy UFO. Sometimes attempting high risk interceptions against tough targets would be detrimental to your campaign due to the highly unpredictable nature of the engagements at the start of the game. Your early game goal should be to get experience for some of your pilots and advance your air-warfare technology in order to keep aliens at bay on the battleground for the Earth's skies. In case you overreach too early, you might quickly find yourself crippled with long repair times and unable to stop alien operations.

There are Research and Engineering projects that will assist in aerial sorties. There are multiple foundry projects to improve your interceptors. There are also three consumables that remain from Vanilla.

As you progress, each type of UFO's statistics also increase, from general 'health' to firing rates, as to keep you on your toes; so don't expect to ever truly dominate the skies. Plus with the added variables to air-interception, there is no clear-cut "UFO X can be brought down by Interceptor Y" table. As such, the Long War's [[UFOs_(Long_War)|UFO]] page will be your general guide for how--- or if-- to attempt to engage these potent UFOs.

===Damaging UFOs===
It is not necessary to shoot down enemy UFOs in order to prevent them from completing their mission. Doing damage to them is sometimes enough to spoil their plans or reduce their effectiveness. The damage that UFO sustains is stored between interceptions, therefore multiple interception attempts is a good idea to limit the damage to your own Air Force. When a player does more than 50% damage to a UFO, you will start seeing explosion effects around it.

Some UFOs will wander about a country's airspace before zooming off. For these, it is sufficient to get the yellow effect described above. Those effects signify that UFO sustained enough damage to prevent it from completing its mission, such as an Anti-Satellite hunt. Note however that you still have a chance to prevent the UFO's mission while doing less than 50% damage, which works as an increasing percentile chance (UFO abort mission chance: 0% at full health, 100% at 50% health). Otherwise, when they leave detectable airspace (whether you have a satellite over the target country or not), there will be a notification of the damage they did in the minor notices that play alongside the Hologlobe during in-game time progression.

Other UFOs will have a set flightpath, and a narrow window of opportunity to intercept: to disrupt these missions entirely, these need to be shot out of the sky. Cases like this include Terror ships and Abductors.

Long War mod brings back a mechanic from previous generations of XCOM: UFOs can now have full DOA crashes (with minimal Alloy recovery, and no corpses or other artifacts), so in some cases you may want to pull your punches. To compensate, the Council will give cash rewards for UFOs obliterated in flight. The harder hitting weapons have a greater chance of reducing UFOs to a pile of smelted alloys.

===Interceptor Weapons and Stances===
Air-to-air weapons now have three main damage statistics - Damage, Rate of Fire, and Armor Penetration. UFOs have different armor levels, which reduces the damage done by a weapon if its armor penetration isn't high enough. For example, you start with a choice between Avalanche missiles (medium damage, low armor penetration) and Stingray missiles (low damage, medium armor penetration). Avalanches will be better against unarmored and very lightly armored UFOs, while Stingrays will be better against more armored UFOs.

When launching you can set a combat stance for your interceptors as they launch on a mission:
* Aggressive gives +15% to hit for both you and the UFO. You may not use the dodge consumable when aggressive.
* Balanced plays out like normal.
* Defensive gives -15% to hit for both you and the UFO. You may not use the auto-hit consumable when defensive.
Mathematically and not accounting for interception time, this means that Agressive is the most efficient stance when your Interceptor aim is lower than UFO aim, while Defensive is strongest when your Interceptor aim is higher than UFO aim. These effects are stronger the bigger the difference.
However, Interception time is an issue as UFOs will just leave after some time. Obviously, Agressive is the most time-effective stance.

===UFO Flight Patterns===
UFOs can fly at three altitudes: "High", "Low" and "NOE" ("Nap of the Earth,"). The altitude is a clue of what mission the UFO is going on - UFOs flying at NOE altitude are most likely to land, are performing bombing runs, or will generate an Abduction or Terror mission immediately upon arriving at their destination. UFOs at high altitude are most likely to be hunting satellites. Unless playing in Ironman, you may want to see if a UFO will land before shooting it down (and reload if it does not): while a landed UFO is always more dangerous, an intact UFO and it's material components is a valuable prize, given how fragile Power Sources and Flight Computers are from being shot down in Long War.

Once you successfully raid a UFO type, either landed or crash landed, you can research that craft for a damage bonus against it in future.

===Strategic Plan===

* You start with the Avalanche and Stingray missiles. These will work for small and medium craft for a while until Aliens research better upgrades for their craft.
* After some time sticking with conventional weapons will leave you totally outgunned. Next you'll want to upgrade to Laser and Phoenix cannons. Laser Cannons are built for accuracy, so a pilot can still reliably hit UFOs on Balanced or Defensive stance. The Coilgun is built for armor penetration and higher rate of fire. You would likely need multiple interceptions with frequent use of boost modules to reliably bring down larger UFOs.
* The Plasma Cannons need to be built from Alien Rifles. Once the Mutons start fielding them, you would want to build up a cache of those items to convert to plasma cannons for your Interceptors. The EMP Cannon is built from 1 Sectopod wreck each. It has a higher rate of fire and lower damage than Plasma which increases the chance of UFOs not being destroyed outright. It also increases the chance for more resources to remain intact for UFO crash-site missions.
* Last, but certainly not least, the Fusion Lance is the most powerful air to air weapon that can only be used by Firestorms. They're built from Fusion Cores, and the only way to get Fusion Cores is to take down Battleships and Assault Carriers... or save the cores from [[Slingshot_DLC_(EU2012)|Slingshot]] mission. Though once you do get them set up, you would have a good chance to disrupt even the Terror missions.

===Interception Strategy===

* Choose an appropriate stance based on your equipped weapon, researched upgrades, and UFO type.
* Always be prepared to cancel an interception if the engagement is not going well for you. Losing an aircraft with an expensive weapons can be devastating to your resources.
* Consider aborting interception if your first shot hits while UFO misses. You can refuel within an hour and try again or send another bird out with the same hit and run tactics.
* Consider aborting when a satellite hunter displays explosion effects. You have prevented the destruction of the satellite, so you might not want to risk additional damage.
* Use modules in tough situations when you need an extra boost to get the job done.
* Have an idea of how many interceptions are possible before UFO completes its mission or attempts to escape. For example Scouts usually can only be engaged twice with Ravens.
* If/once you get enough EMP Cannons to be distributed throughout each continent's squadron, remember that higher damage weapons have a greater chance to outright destroy enemy craft. Plan your engagements around that fact and consider which ground tactical missions you would rather go on.
** Consider saving craft equipped with more damaging weapons to go against larger UFOs, while EMPing the smaller craft may be a better risk/reward scenario, given that their full compliment of aliens won't be much larger than if shot down with other weapons.
* Late-game, you may find that the aliens favor sending more and the larger UFOs to one continent in particular (such as the continent that got the first Alien Base, or the one with XCOM HQ), meaning that you'll remained burdened by repair times: simply cycle out damaged fighters with fresh fighters from other continents.
** Transit time puts repair times on pause, but transfer time will almost always be far less than the days it'll take to repair a single fighter.
** This will also help you by evening out experience between your pilots, and spreading them out between each continent, so you don't get blindsided by, say, a Battleship appearing in a continent with an inexperienced squadron.
* The modules are much more worthwhile-- nearly essential-- in Long War. As said, Dodge cannot be used in an aggressive stance and Aim cannot be used in a defensive stance. And as they do take time to build, it pays to maintain a stock of them.
** The Aim module is fairly cheap, and is useful throughout a campaign. Keep a large stock of Floater corpses to make these. While an aggressive stance means that all shots have more accuracy, using an Aim module early in a normal stance dogfight means drawing first blood while being a little harder to be hit yourself.
** The Boost module can be used in any stance, and only extends time (as all air-to-air weapons now are counted as 'long range', approach reduction time no longer is affected). More useful in early game, when you need more time to do enough damage with the weaker weapons and less experienced pilots.
** The Dodge module is exceedingly useful, and still hard to make, due to the necessity of Cyberdisc wrecks needed to construct them.

==Tables==

===UFO Types===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! width="10%" align="left" | UFO Type
! width="3%" align="left" | Durability
! width="3%" align="left" | Armor
! width="60%" align="left" colspan="1"| Description
|-align="center"
|<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Scout.png|center|128x64px]]</div> '''Scout'''|| Low || None || The speedy Scout-class UFO is fortunately within Earth's native capabilities to shoot down ... on occasion. It appears to be used for general reconnaissance, resource-gathering and research.
|-align="center"
|<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Fighter.png|center|128x64px]]</div> '''Fighter'''|| Low || Light || The alien Fighter, while similar in outward appearance to the scout, is much better protected. Armor-piercing weapons like our Stingray missiles will be helpful in bringing these craft down. This class of craft is used primarily for air raids and anti-satellite operations.
|-align="center"
|<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Raider.png|center|128x64px]]</div> '''Raider'''|| Moderate || Very Light || The Raider class of UFO seems to be a multirole craft that thus suffers in combat power. The aliens appear to use it for reconnaissance, research and resource-gathering operations.
|-align="center"
|<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Destroyer.png|center|128x64px]]</div> '''Destroyer'''|| Moderate || Moderate || The deadly Destroyer present a much greater threat to our aircraft than its sister class of ships. Armor-piercing weapons are required to defeat this craft. It appears to primarily be used for air raids and anti-satellite operations, although we may see it conduct reconnaissance missions as well. Our analysts note the presence of unused hardpoints on some images of this craft, so we should look out for upgraded versions with even more killing power.
|-align="center"
|<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Abductor.png|center|128x64px]]</div> '''Abductor'''|| High || Heavy || Abductors appear to be much better protected than other ships of this size. Perhaps the aliens particularly value the abduction and research missions they are used for.
|-align="center"
|<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Harvester.png|center|128x64px]]</div> '''Harvester'''|| High || Moderate || The Harvester class of UFO seems to have one role -- to recover important biological materials and minerals from Earth in support of other alien operations. We should try to interdict alien harvest operations whenever possible to slow the alien advance. These craft may be vulnerable to a concentrated attack.
|-align="center"
|<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Transport.png|center|128x64px]]</div> '''Transport'''|| Very High || Heavy || This ponderously slow craft will be a tough nut to crack. It appears to be primarily used in alien terrestrial resource-gathering but could also be used in support of other major alien operations.
|-align="center"
|<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_TerrorShip.png|center|128x64px]]</div> '''Terror Ship'''|| Very High || Heavy || The rarely encountered Terror Ship appears suited for rapid deployment of alien shock troops. They appear to presage alien terror missions, but they may be used for alien research on XCOM as well.
|-align="center"
|<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_AssaultCarrier.png|center|128x64px]]</div> '''Assault Carrier'''|| Highest || Heavy || The assault carrier, while built on a battleship hull, lacks some of its sister's firepower and may be easier to shoot down. Nevertheless, we expect to see the aliens use this craft only against high-value targets, so it should be taken seriously whenever it is detected.
|-align="center"
|<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Battleship.png|center|128x64px]]</div> '''Battleship'''|| Highest || Very Heavy || An unbelievably dangerous piece of hardware, these UFOs never appear to land but are used in bombing, anti-satellite and air superiority roles.
|-align="center"
|<div style="background:#333333">[[Image: UFO-Analysis_Overseer.png|center|128x64px]]</div> '''Overseer'''|| High || Very Heavy || This class of ship appears to be used as a airborne command center for the ethereal race of alien. Only our strongest weapons will be able to penetrate its armor.
|}

===Aircraft===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-align="center"
! rowspan="2" width="10%" | Item
! rowspan="2" width="40%" | Description
! rowspan="2" width="5%" | Hit Points
! rowspan="2" width="5%" | Armor
! rowspan="2" width="5%" | Maintenance
!! colspan="2" | Prerequisites !! colspan="6" | Cost
|-align="center"
| {{Engineers Icon}} || {{Research Icon}} || {{Credits Icon}} || {{AA Icon}} || {{Elerium Icon}} || {{Meld Icon}} || {{Time Icon}} || '''Other'''
|-align="center"
| [[Image: Inv Interceptor.png|center|128x64px]]'''Raven''' || Heavily modified and augmented fast attack fighter. Armor and frame durability will be a major issue when engaging any but the smallest UFOs. || 1500 || 5 || §40 || N/A || None || 200 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || N/A
|-align="center"
| [[Image: Inv Firestorm.png|center|128x64px]]'''Firestorm''' || Alien alloy-based airframe and adapted energy shielding let the Firestorm absorb dramatically more punishment than its predecessor. With upgraded armament can engage even the most dangerous enemy craft. || 3500 || 25 || §50 || 75 || Alien Propulsion || 750 || 180 || 120 || 10 || 28 || 8x UFO Flight Computer, 4x UFO Power Source
|}

===Interceptor Weapons===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|- align="center"
! rowspan="2" width="10%" | Item
!! rowspan="2" width="10%" | Hit Chance
!! rowspan="2" width="10%" | Range
!! rowspan="2" width="10%" | Fire Rate
!! rowspan="2" width="10%" | Damage
!! rowspan="2" width="10%" | Armor Pen.
!! colspan="2" | Prerequisites !! colspan="6" | Cost
|-align="center"
| {{Engineers Icon}} || {{Research Icon}} || {{Credits Icon}} || {{AA Icon}} || {{Elerium Icon}} || {{Meld Icon}} || {{Time Icon}} || '''Other'''

|- align="center"
| [[Image: Avalanche Missiles Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Avalanche Missiles''' || 25/40/55% || Long || Slow (2.0) || Medium (340) || Low (0) || - || - || colspan="6" | -
|-align="center"
| [[Image: Stingray Missiles Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Stingray Missiles''' || 25/40/55% || Long || Slow (1.5) || Low (200) || Medium (10) || - || - || colspan="6" | -
|-align="center"
| [[Image: Phoenix Coilgun Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Phoenix Cannon''' || 25/40/55% || Long || Rapid (0.75) || Low (140) || Low (5) || 15 || Alien Materials || 120 || 12 || 0 || 0 || 10 || -
|-align="center"
| [[Image: Laser Cannon Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Laser Cannon''' || 40/55/70% || Long || Medium (1.0) || Medium (290) || Low (5) || 25 || Advanced Beam Lasers || 160 || 30 || 0 || 0 || 10 || -
|-align="center"
| [[Image: Plasma Cannon Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Plasma Cannon''' || 25/40/55% || Long || Medium (1.0) || High (650) || High (22) || 95 || Vehicular Plasma Weapons || 500 || 50 || 60 || 3 || 14 || 1x Alien Rifle
|-align="center"
| [[Image: EMP Cannon Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''EMP Cannon''' || 15/30/45% || Long || Rapid (0.55) || Medium (310) || High (30) || 100 || EMP Weapons || 575 || 60 || 160 || 0 || 20 || 1x Sectopod Wreck
|-align="center"
| [[Image: Fusion Lance Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Fusion Lance''' || 15/30/45% || Long || Medium (1.25) || High (1200) || High (26) || 120 || Fusion Weapons || 800 || 70 || 120 || 20 || 25 || 1x Fusion Core
|}

===Modules===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-align="center"
! rowspan="2" width="10%" | Item*
! rowspan="2" width="50%" | Effect
!! colspan="2" | Prerequisites !! colspan="6" | Cost
|-align="center"
| {{Engineers Icon}} || {{Research Icon}} || {{Credits Icon}} || {{AA Icon}} || {{Elerium Icon}} || {{Meld Icon}} || {{Time Icon}} || '''Other'''
|-align="center"
| [[Image: Defense Matrix Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Defense Matrix (Dodge)''' || First two enemy shots always miss. || 50 || Cyberdisc Autopsy || 25 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 5 || 2x Cyberdisc Wreck
|-align="center"
| [[Image: UFO Tracking Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''UFO Tracking (Boost)''' || Increased combat time when in combat with a UFO. || 12 || Alien Materials || 15 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 5 || 2x Drone Wreck
|-align="center"
| [[Image: Uplink Targeting Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Uplink Targeting (Aim)''' || First two shots always hit. || 35 || Floater Autopsy || 20 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 5 || 3x Floater Corpse
|}

* All three require the '''Aircraft Boosters''' foundry project to be completed.

===Permanent Upgrades (Foundry Projects)===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
!rowspan="2" | Name !! rowspan="2" width=" 25%"| Effects !! colspan="2" | Prerequisites !! colspan="7" | Cost
|-align="center"
| {{Engineers Icon}} || {{Research Icon}} || {{Credits Icon}} || {{AA Icon}} || {{Weapon Fragments Icon}} || {{Elerium Icon}} || {{Meld Icon}} || {{Time Icon}} || '''Other'''

|- align="center"
| Advanced Repair
| Increases interceptor, SHIV, and item repair speed.
| 45
| Heavy Floater Autopsy
| §500
| 100
| 0
| 0
| 40
| 21
| 4x Heavy Floater Corpse

|-align="center"
| Aircraft Boosters
| Allows production of one-time 'boosters' for interception.
| 10
| Alien Materials
| §50
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 10
| 7
| -

|-align="center"
| Armored Fighters
| Increases all interceptor HP by 1000.
| 30
| Advanced Aerospace Concepts
| §400
| 200
| 0
| 60
| 35
| 14
| 30x Floater Corpse

|-align="center"
| Elerium Afterburners
| Increases interceptor combat time by 5 seconds.
| 45
| Alien Propulsion
| §200
| 30
| 0
| 30
| 0
| 14
| 2x UFO Power Source

|-align="center"
| Improved Avionics
| Increases interceptor aim by 10.
| 40
| Advanced Aerospace Concepts
| §400
| 10
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 3x UFO Flight Computer

|-align="center"
| Penetrator Weapons
| Increases armor penetration of air weapons by 5.
| 35
| Advanced Aerospace Concepts
| §300
| 80
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 3x Cyberdisc Wreck, 3x UFO Flight Computer

|-align="center"
| Phoenix Coilguns
| Increases the phoenix cannon's damage and armor penetration.
| 50
| Advanced Aerospace Concepts
| §300
| 120
| 100
| 60
| 20
| 14
| 2x UFO Power Source

|-align="center"
| Stealth Satellites
| Decreases chance of satellites being detected by alien patrols (30% on first pass, 60% on second).
| 115
| Stealth Systems
| §1200
| 200
| 0
| 200
| 0
| 28
| 10x UFO Flight Computer

|-align="center"
| Supercapacitors
| Upgrades laser cannon damage by 10, armor penetration by 6, and increases rate of fire to 0.75.
| 70
| Advanced Pulse Lasers
| §800
| 200
| 100
| 200
| 50
| 21
| 6x UFO Power Source

|-align="center"
| Super Skyranger
| Adds 2 more spaces to the roster on Alien Base and EXALT HQ raids, and 4 more on the Temple Ship Assault.
| 35
| Advanced Aerospace Concepts
| §200
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 14
| -

|-align="center"
| UFO Countermeasures
| Increases interceptor dodge chance by +15%.
| 50
| Seeker Autopsy
| §350
| 10
| 40
| 60
| 0
| 14
| 4x Seeker Wrecks, 4x UFO Flight Computer

|-align="center"
| UFO Scanners
| Add UFO HP display to the interception screen for UFO classes that have their analyses complete.
| 40
| Advanced Aerospace Concepts
| §250
| 10
| 0
| 60
| 0
| 14
| 4x UFO Flight Computer

|-align="center"
| UFO Tracking
| Increases the chance of interceptors detecting UFOs without satellites present (mimicking patrol behavior) and always when UFOs are on satellite-hunting missions.
| 40
| Alien Power Systems
| §300
| 20
| 0
| 40
| 0
| 28
| 2x UFO Flight Computer

|-align="center"
| Wingtip Sparrowhawks
| Grants interceptors secondary armor-piercing missiles (1/2 stringray missile damage) in addition to their primary weapons.
| 55
| Advanced Aerospace Concepts
| §500
| 120
| 80
| 20
| 80
| 21
| -

|}

==See Also==
* [[Hangar (Long War)|Hangar]]
* [[UFOs (Long War)|UFOs]]

[[Category: Long War]]

Alien Life Forms (Long War)

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[[File:LW_Chryssalid_Queen.jpeg|left|thumb|A Chryssalid squad leader compared to its smaller brethren.]]
Much like in vanilla, aliens deploy in "pods", which are "activated" by seeing them. Unlike in vanilla, alien pods are frequently made up of several different types of aliens, such as a Thin Man leading some Sectoids, or some Mutons with Floater scout.

Each "pod" will be led by one squad leader alien, possessing both improved stats and new abilities. Each leader has a chance to be accompanied by a navigator alien in addition to its other podmates which usually acts as a scouting unit of sorts, often possessing perks suitable for this role. Squad leaders can easily be identified by their larger health pool and increased physical size.

All pods now make noise when they move, but some pods will choose to lurk rather than patrol. The percentage of pods that hide out in this fashion is different per mission - on Abductions, it is 50%, on Large UFO's, 40%, and on small UFO's, 10%.

The aliens will continually improve their technology as the war goes on, which will grant them extra stats, HP regen and in some cases unlock new abilities. Squad Leader and Navigator perks are unlocked in the order in which they have been recorded here. Please note that the maximum stats for each species listed below can only apply to squad leaders of that species with all possible upgrades. Abilities tagged with an asterisk(*) are only unlocked on regular aliens during later stages of the war.

==Sectoid==
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Sectoid (EU2012).png|128px]]
|hp=3 - 15
|aim=65 - 89
|defense=0 - 28
|will=5 - 120
|move=12 - 13
}}
Sectoids behave in much the same way as you'd expect from vanilla, with low Mobility, HP and Aim, and mediocre Will. Basic Sectoids have access to a few more psionic powers than before, being able to Mind Merge, Mind Fray and Psi Panic. The good news is that Mind Fray has been altered to only do 1 damage. Be aware that Mind Merge has been altered so it does some damage to the merged target if the merger dies, but doesn't kill outright. Sectoid squad leaders get the Low Profile perk. All Sectoids technically have the Gunslinger perk to cancel their offset from using pistols, but do not gain extra damage.

Unlike most alien types, Sectoid pod leaders do +1 damage over regular sectoids at the start of the game without requiring extra research.

Rewards: Sectoids carry plasma pistols (which explode into weapon fragments/alloys if not captured alive) and leave corpses. After Xenobiology is researched, the council will request Sectoid Corpses from time to time. Typical requests exchange 6 sectoids for 1 or 2 scientists, plus a very slight boost to the requesting nations defense against panic.

{| class="wikitable" width="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="2" | '''Legend'''
|- align="center"
| style="background: yellow"| Yellow || Navigator upgrades which are available to all aliens of this type, including Leaders. They have a certain chance of appearing, in %, on each alien. If the chance is 99% then the perk is always present. Note, some upgrades have also stat increases that go with the perk as well. The number of Navigators in a pod is not limited.
|- align="center"
| style="background: red"| Red || Leader upgrades which are available to all but leaders of that type. They have a certain chance of appearing, in %, on only one alien in a pod, the designated Leader. If the chance is 99% then the perk is always present. Note, some upgrades have also stat increases that go with the perk as well. If a perk appears on both Leader and Navigators, Leader chance to appear and stat bonuses take precedence for Leaders. They also appear earlier than for navigators. Level 8 and 9 Leaders are exclusive - level 8 only appears on the final mission and level 9 is reserved for boss/monster Leaders.
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="11" | '''Sectoid Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="5%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="5%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="5%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk

|- align="center"
| colspan="11"|
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%; margin:0;"
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="11"| '''Normal'''
|- align="center"
! width="8%" | 0 !! width="53" | 4 !! width="5%" | 3 !! width="5.9%" | 55 !! width="8%" | 0 !! width="5%" | 0 !! width="7%" | 0 !! width="7%" | 12 !! width="5%" | 5 !! width="5%" | 0 !! N/A
|}

|- align="center"
| colspan="11"|
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%; margin:0;"
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="11"| '''Classic'''
|- align="center"
! width="8%" | 0 !! width="53" | 4 !! width="5%" | 3 !! width="5.9%" | 60 !! width="8%" | 0 !! width="5%" | 0 !! width="7%" | 0 !! width="7%" | 12 !! width="5%" | 5 !! width="5%" | 0 !! N/A
|}

|- align="center"
| colspan="11"|
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%; margin:0;"
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="11"| '''Brutal'''
|- align="center"
! width="8%" | 0 !! width="53" | 4 !! width="5%" | 3 !! width="5.9%" | 65 !! width="8%" | 0 !! width="5%" | 0 !! width="7%" | 0 !! width="7%" | 12 !! width="5%" | 5 !! width="5%" | 0 !! N/A
|}

|- align="center"
| colspan="11"|
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%; margin:0;"
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="11"| '''Impossible'''
|- align="center"
! width="8%" | 0 !! width="53" | 5 !! width="5%" | 4 !! width="5.9%" | 65 !! width="8%" | 0 !! width="5%" | 0 !! width="7%" | 0 !! width="7%" | 12 !! width="5%" | 5 !! width="5%" | 0 !! N/A
|}

|- align="center" style="background: yellow"
| 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Gunslinger (Long War)}}(99%)
|- align="center"
|15 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || N/A
|- align="center"
|30 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || N/A
|- align="center"
|75 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || N/A
|- align="center" style="background: red"
| 100 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Low Profile (Long War)}}(99%)
|- align="center"
|120 || +1 || - || +4 || - || - || +4 || - || +10 || - || N/A
|- align="center"
|180 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || N/A
|- align="center"
|240 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || N/A
|- align="center" style="background: yellow"
| 270 || 0 || 0 || - || - || - || - || - || 0 || - || {{ Low Profile (Long War)}}(99%)
|- align="center"
|300 || - || - || +4 || - || - || +4 || - || +5 || - || N/A
|- align="center"
|360 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || +1 || +5 || - || N/A
|- align="center"
|420 || +1 || +1 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || N/A
|- align="center"
|510 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || +5 || - || N/A
|- align="center"
|600 || +1 || +1 || +4 || - || - || +4 || - || +5 || - || N/A
|- align="center"
|690 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || +5 || - || N/A
|- align="center"
|800 || - || +1 || - || - || - || +4 || - || +5 || - || N/A
|- align="center"
|900 || +1 || +3 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +15 || - || N/A
|- align="center"
|1200 || +1 || +3 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +15 || - || N/A
|- align="center"
! width="5%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="5%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="5%" | {{Aim (Long War)}} Aim !! width="8%" | {{Crit Hit Chance Icon}} Crit. Chance !! width="5%" | {{DR (Long War)}} DR !! width="5%" | {{Defense (Long War)}} Defense !! width="5%" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} Mobility !! width="5%" | {{Will (Long War)}} Will !! width="5%" | {{Regen Icon (Long War)}} Bonus Regen !! Perk
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Sectoid Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER GUNSLINGER.png|32px]] '''Gunslinger''' || ''Eliminates any range penalties for pistols.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY SUPPRESSION.png|32px]] '''Suppression''' || ''Can fire a special shot that grants reaction fire at a single target if it moves. The target also suffers a -30 Aim penalty and limited AOE range.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:PSIONIC MINDMERGE.png|32px]] '''Mind Merge''' || ''Psionically assist an ally, granting the ally an array of stat bonuses. ''
|- align="center"
| [[File:PSIONIC_MINDFRAY.png|32px]] '''Mind Fray'''|| ''Causes the target to lose grip on reality, inflicting penalties to Aim, Will, mobility and AOE range, as well as doing 1 base damage. Robotic units are immune. Lasts 2 turns. 1 turn cooldown.''
|- align="center"
|[[File:PSIONIC PANIC.png|32px]] '''Psi Panic'''|| ''Cause target to panic if the target's Will is overcome. Robotic enemies are immune. 2 turn cooldown.''
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_LOWPROFILE.png|32px]] '''Low Profile''' || ''Makes partial cover count as full.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_EXECUTIONER.png|32px]] '''Executioner''' || ''Confers +10 aim and +10 critical chance against targets at or below 50% health.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY RAPIDREACTION.png|32px]] '''Rapid Reaction''' || ''Allows an additional shot to be fired on Overwatch if the first Overwatch shot hits.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_TACTICALSENSE.png|32px]] '''Tactical Sense''' || ''Confers +5 Defense per enemy in sight (max +20).''
|-align="center"
| [[File:REGENERATION.png|32px]] '''Regeneration''' || ''Allows the unit to restore a small amount of HP each turn. Amount increases based on alien tech progression.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:COMBINED_ARMS.png|32px]] '''Combined Arms''' || ''Allows the squad that this unit belongs to to ignore 1 point of DR.''
|-align="center"
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Navigator Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_LOWPROFILE.png|32px]] '''Low Profile''' || ''Makes partial cover count as full.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:REGENERATION.png|32px]] '''Regeneration''' || ''Allows the unit to restore a small amount of HP each turn. Amount increases based on alien tech progression.''
|}

==Drone==
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Drone (EU2012).jpg|125px]]
|hp=3
|aim=60
|defense=0
|will=0
|move=12
|fuel=32
}}
Drones will be encountered right from the beginning of the game, even in the first mission. They can come in groups of their own or attached to Sectoid squads, and later they will accompany more powerful mechanized units like Cyberdiscs and Sectopods. Drones behave similarly to vanilla, but, like most mechanized units, have some damage reduction. Their constant light cover from flying with damage reduction and ability to mutually repair can make them extremely frustrating to kill. Drones have Holo-Targeting, making them a bit more dangerous when supporting other aliens.

Rewards: Drones primarily drop Drone Wrecks, the autopsy of which (10 required) grants access to the SHIV Repair Foundry project and the Holo-Targeter. Later-game, drone wrecks are required for several foundry projects including Drone Capture and Improved Arc Thrower.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Drone Progression
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Alien Research !! {{Damage Icon}} !! {{Aim (Long War)}} !! {{DR (Long War)}} !! {{Defense (Long War)}} !! {{Health (Long War)}} !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} !! {{Will (Long War)}}
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| Base Stats || 3 || 60 || 1.0 || 0 || 3 || 12 || 0
|- align="center"
| 15 || - || - || 1.2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 30 || - || - || 1.4 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 45 || - || - || 1.6 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 60 || - || - || 2.0 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 120 || - || 65 || - || - || 6 || - || -
|- align="center"
| 270 || 4 || 70 || - || - || 7 || 13 || -
|- align="center"
| 360 || 5 || 75 || - || 10 || 8 || 14 || -
|- align="center"
| Normal || - || -10 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| Classic || - || -5 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| Brutal || - || - || - || - || +1 || - || -
|- align="center"
| Impossible || - || - || - || - || +1 || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Drone Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN REPAIR.png|32px]] '''Repair''' || ''Repairs robotic units.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_OVERLOAD.png|32px]] '''Overload''' || ''Overload the unit's own power source, destroying the unit but causing explosive damage similar to a grenade's.''.
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY_FLIGHT.png|32px]] '''Flight''' || ''Flying units can bypass ground obstacles. They can remain in flight if they have sufficient fuel.'' 
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY_EVASION.png|32px]] '''Evasion'''|| ''Enemies targeting this unit when it is airborne suffer a -20% Aim penalty.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY_HARDENED.png|32px]] '''Hardened''' || ''Confers extra protection against critical hits. Enemies suffer a -60% chance to inflict critical hits.''
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_HOLO.png|32px]] '''Holo-Targeting''' || ''Shooting at or suppressing enemies also confers a +10 Aim to any allies' attacks on those enemies.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:MEC_ABSORTION_FIELDS.png|32px]] '''Absorption Fields''' || ''Reduces most incoming damage to this unit, scaling up as the damage increases.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_BULLETSWARM.png|32px]] '''Light 'Em Up''' || ''Firing the primary weapon as the first action of your turn no longer ends your turn.''
|-align="center"
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Navigator Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_HOLO.png|32px]] '''Holo-Targeting''' || ''Shooting at or suppressing enemies also confers a +10 Aim to any allies' attacks on those enemies.''
|}

==Outsider==
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Outsider (EU2012).jpg|125px]]
|hp=10-33
|aim=75-130
|defense=0-25
|will=20
|move=12-18
}}
Long War Outsiders are enormously more dangerous than vanilla Outsiders. They start with 10 HP and 3 HP regeneration per turn, meaning it will take a concerted effort from the whole squad to take them down early game. Like vanilla, Outsiders are mostly found in charge of UFOs, usually holed up on the bridge, but not always. In Long War, they will occasionally patrol. You should be careful not to activate a UFO's Outsider until you're ready for it, since their HP regen means they can easily take on 1 or 2 XCOM soldiers without even taking damage. On larger UFOs Outsiders spawn in larger groups than in vanilla. On larger ships and later encounters, Outsiders spawn in pods of 3 or 4.

When you first meet them, fighting Outsiders in a war of attrition across cover is a bad idea, since their HP regen and relatively high damage and accuracy with their plasma carbines means they may well win. Neutralising the Outsider with flashbangs and suppression while you move your troops up to set up for a one turn kill is more effective. Note that their regenerative abilities will increase over the course of your game.

Rewards: Outsiders captured alive grant outsider shards, which can be fashioned into skeleton keys. These are essential for initiating base assault missions, a requirement for ending the game. They also carry light plasma rifles.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|+ Outsider Armaments
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Weapon !! Base Damage !! Critical Damage !! Critical Chance
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| Outsider Light Plasma Rifle || 4 to 8 || 8 to 11 || 5
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Outsider Light Plasma Rifle I || 5 to 9 || 9 to 12 || 5
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Outsider Light Plasma Rifle II || 6 to 10 || 10 to 14 || 5
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Outsider Light Plasma Rifle III || 7 to 11 || 11 to 16 || 5
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Outsider Light Plasma Rifle IV || 7 to 13 || 13 to 18 || 15
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Outsider Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY SUPPRESSION.png|32px]] '''Suppression''' || ''Can fire a special shot that grants reaction fire at a single target if it moves. The target also suffers a -30 Aim penalty and limited AOE range.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:REGENERATION.png|32px]] '''Regeneration''' || ''Allows the unit to restore a small amount of HP each turn. Amount increases based on alien tech progression.''
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|-align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY READYFORANYTHING.png|32px]] '''Ready for Anything''' || ''If the unit shoots without using another action, it automatically enters Overwatch at the end of the turn.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_SQUADSIGHT.png|32px]] '''Squadsight''' || ''Allows firing at targets in any ally's sight radius within weapon range. Non-Sniper rifles gain roughly +5 tiles of extra range.''
|-
|}

'''Notes'''
*While Outsiders themselves do not have navigators, it is possible for them to appear alongside a navigator of another species.
*Spotting an Outsider during a UFO landing will cause the remaining contingent of the crew to advance towards you. This does not only include the commanding crew of said ship, but also any randomly spawned Outsiders that you may encounter.
*Outsiders will gain additional DR as the game progresses, up to a maximum of +3.

 

==Thin Man==
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Thin_Man_1_(EU2012).png|125px]]
|hp=5 - 22
|aim=70 - 105
|defense=0 - 35
|will=25 - 55
|move=14 - 19
}}
Thin Men are quite similar to vanilla, with high mobility, mediocre aim and low Will. The main change is that their poison has been replaced with Acid, which lowers aim and mobility as poison does, and affected units take slightly more damage from attacks, but acid no longer causes damage directly. Instead, acid inflicts damage to a victim as they take actions, so moving, reloading, firing, overwatch, etc will all cause an affected unit to take 1 damage. A unit that goes on overwatch will take the damage when they go on overwatch, not when they fire. Hunkering Down is safe and a unit that simply remains still and hunkered for the duration of acid will take no damage at all. Acid clouds dissipate within 2 turns and the acid debuff lasts 2-5 turns. Robotic units and soldiers with medikits or sealed armour are immune to the mobility effects of acid and won't take damage from actions, but will still take more damage from attacks and have reduced aim while affected by acid.

Rewards: Thin Men carry light plasma rifles (with the standard dead-man switch) and leave corpses. These can be spent on the Improved Medkit Foundry project (10x) after completing an autopsy (10x). The Thin Man interrogation gives a 25% research credit towards laser weaponry.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Thin Man Progression
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Alien Research !! {{Damage Icon}} !! {{Aim (Long War)}} !! {{DR (Long War)}} !! {{Defense (Long War)}} !! {{Health (Long War)}} !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} !! {{Will (Long War)}}
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| Base Stats || 5 || 70 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 14 || 25
|- align="center"
| 90 || - || 75 || - || - || 6 || - || 28
|- align="center"
| 120 || - || 80 || - || - || - || - || 31
|- align="center"
| 210 || - || - || - || - || 7 || 15 || 34
|- align="center"
| 360 || - || 85 || - || 3 || - || 16 || 37
|- align="center"
| 450 || - || - || - || 6 || 8 || - || 40
|- align="center"
| 600 || - || 90 || - || 9 || 9 || 17 || 43
|- align="center"
| 700 || - || 95 || - || 12 || - || - || 46
|- align="center"
| 800 || - || - || - || 15 || 10 || - || 49
|- align="center"
| 900 || 6 || 100 || - || 25 || 16 || 18 || 52
|- align="center"
| 1200 || 7 || 105 || - || 35 || 22 || 19 || 55
|- align="center"
| Normal || - || -10 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| Classic || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| Brutal || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| Impossible || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +5
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Thin Man Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY SUPPRESSION.png|32px]] '''Suppression''' || ''Can fire a special shot that grants reaction fire at a single target if it moves. The target also suffers a -30 Aim penalty and limited AOE range.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_POISON.png|32px]] '''Poison Spit'''|| ''Spit poison at long range, causing a noxious cloud to remain briefly on the battlefield.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_LEAP.png|32px]] '''Leap''' || ''Allows vertical leaps onto elevated surfaces during movement.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:Adaptive Bone Marrow Gene Mod (EU2012).png|32px]] '''Adaptive Bone Marrow*''' || ''Unit regenerates 2 HP per turn up to the HP max without armor. Amount increases for alien units based on alien tech progression.''
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_EXECUTIONER.png|32px]] '''Executioner''' || ''Confers +10 aim and +10 critical hit chance against targets at or below 50% of their health.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_CLOSEPERSONAL.png|32px]] '''Close Encounters'''|| ''The first standard shot made within 4 tiles of the target does not cost an action. Cannot combine with Run And Gun.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:Urban_Combat_Badge_2_(EU2012).png|32px]] '''Sharpshooter''' || ''Confers +10 critical hit chance at all times and an additional +10 aim against targets behind full-cover.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_BOMBARD.png|32px]] '''Bombard''' || ''Throw or launch grenades over exceptionally long distances. Also affects the range of Thin Man acid.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_SQUADSIGHT.png|32px]] '''Squadsight''' || ''Allows firing at targets in any ally's sight radius within weapon range. Non-Sniper rifles gain roughly +5 tiles of extra range.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY RAPIDREACTION.png|32px]] '''Rapid Reaction''' || ''Allows an additional shot to be fired on Overwatch if the first Overwatch shot hits.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:SUPPORT_SPRINTER.png|32px]] '''Sprinter''' || ''Grants 3 additional points of movement to the unit.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_LIGHTNINGREFLEXES.png|32px]] '''Lightning Reflexes''' || ''The accuracy of the first Overwatch shot that this unit recieves has a -90% aim penalty, while all subsequent Overwatch shots recieve a -70% penalty to hit this unit.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_AGGRESSION.png|32px]] '''Aggression''' || ''Confers +10% critical chance per enemy in sight (max +30%).''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_TACTICALSENSE.png|32px]] '''Tactical Sense''' || ''Confers +5 Defense per enemy in sight (max +20).''
|-align="center"
| [[File:COMBINED_ARMS.png|32px]] '''Combined Arms''' || ''Allows the squad that this unit belongs to to ignore 1 point of DR.''
|-align="center"
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Navigator Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_EXECUTIONER.png|32px]] '''Executioner''' || ''Confers +10 aim and +10 critical hit chance against targets at or below 50% of their health.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_DGG.png|32px]] '''Damn Good Ground'''|| ''+10 Aim and +10 Defense against enemies at lower elevation in addition to the usual elevation bonuses.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:SUPPORT_SPRINTER.png|32px]] '''Sprinter''' || ''Grants 3 additional points of movement to the unit.''
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_LIGHTNINGREFLEXES.png|32px]] '''Lightning Reflexes''' || ''The accuracy of the first Overwatch shot that this unit recieves has a -90% aim penalty, while all subsequent Overwatch shots recieve a -70% penalty to hit this unit.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:REGENERATION.png|32px]] '''Regeneration''' || ''Allows the unit to restore a small amount of HP each turn. Amount increases based on alien tech progression.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_SQUADSIGHT.png|32px]] '''Squadsight''' || ''Allows firing at targets in any ally's sight radius within weapon range. Non-Sniper rifles gain roughly +5 tiles of extra range.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_LOWPROFILE.png|32px]] '''Low Profile''' || ''Makes partial cover grant the defense bonus of full cover.''
|- align="center"
|-
|} 

'''Notes'''
*Since they do not possess any armor, adaptive bone marrow will restore up to their maximum health.

==Floater==
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Floater_1_(EU2012).png|125px]]
|hp=5 - 16
|aim=65 - 90
|defense=0 - 16
|will=20 - 44
|move=14 - 21
|fuel=32
}}
Floaters behave identically to vanilla floaters. Floater squad leaders often gain the Damn Good Ground ability, which, given their ability to fly, makes them significantly more dangerous than regular floaters.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Floater Progression
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Alien Research !! {{Damage Icon}} !! {{Aim (Long War)}} !! {{DR (Long War)}} !! {{Defense (Long War)}} !! {{Health (Long War)}} !! {{Mobility (Long War)}} !! {{Will (Long War)}}
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| Base Stats || 5 || 65 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 14 || 20
|- align="center"
| 75 || - || - || - || - || 6 || - || 22
|- align="center"
| 120 || - || 70 || - || - || - || - || 24
|- align="center"
| 180 || - || - || - || - || 7 || 15 || 26
|- align="center"
| 240 || - || 75 || - || - || 8 || 16 || 28
|- align="center"
| 330 || 6 || - || - || 4 || - || - || 30
|- align="center"
| 420 || - || - || - || - || 9 || 17 || 34
|- align="center"
| 570 || - || - || - || 8 || - || 18 || 36
|- align="center"
| 690 || - || - || - || - || 10 || - || 38
|- align="center"
| 780 || - || 80 || - || - || - || 19 || 40
|- align="center"
| 900 || 7 || 85 || - || 12 || 13 || 20 || 42
|- align="center"
| 1200 || 8 || 90 || - || 16 || 16 || 21 || 44
|- align="center"
| Normal || - || -10 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| Classic || - || -5 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| Brutal || - || - || - || - || +1 || - || -
|- align="center"
| Impossible || +1 || - || - || - || +1 || - || +5
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Floater Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY SUPPRESSION.png|32px]] '''Suppression''' || ''Can fire a special shot that grants reaction fire at a single target if it moves. The target also suffers a -30 Aim penalty.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY_FLIGHT.png|32px]] '''Flight''' || ''Flying units can bypass ground obstacles. They can remain in flight if they have sufficient fuel.'' 
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_LAUNCH.png|32px]] '''Launch''' || ''Move anywhere on the battlefield in a single turn. Launch cannot be used indoors. Will end the Floater's turn.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY_EVASION.png|32px]] '''Evasion'''|| ''Enemies targeting this unit when it is airborne suffer a -20% Aim penalty.''
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_DGG.png|32px]] '''Damn Good Ground'''|| ''+10 Aim and +10 Defense against enemies at lower elevation in addition to the usual elevation bonuses.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_CLOSECOMBAT.png|32px]] '''Close Combat Specialist''' || ''Confers a reaction shot against any enemy who closes to within 4 tiles. Does not require Overwatch.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:SUPPORT_COVERINGFIRE.png|32px]] '''Covering Fire'''||''Allows reaction shots to trigger on enemy attacks (including grenades and Steady Weapon), not just movement.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_DANGERZONE.png|32px]] '''Danger Zone''' || ''Increases area of effect for Suppression, rocket launchers and offensive grenades.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:SUPPORT_SPRINTER.png|32px]] '''Sprinter''' || ''Grants 3 additional points of movement to the unit.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_MAYHEM.png|32px]] '''Mayhem''' || ''Confers additional damage based on weapon tech level to Suppression and all area-effect abilities.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY READYFORANYTHING.png|32px]] '''Ready for Anything''' || ''If the unit shoots without using another action, it automatically enters Overwatch at the end of the turn.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_REPAIR_SERVOS.png|32px]] '''Repair Servos''' || ''Repairs up to 50% of damage taken (max 2 per turn). Value on icon represents repairs remaining at 2 points per hp. Additional damage taken before repairs are complete reduces how much can be repaired.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:REGENERATION.png|32px]] '''Regeneration''' || ''Allows the unit to restore a small amount of HP each turn. Amount increases based on alien tech progression.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_AGGRESSION.png|32px]] '''Aggression''' || ''Confers +10% critical chance per enemy in sight (max +30%).''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_TACTICALSENSE.png|32px]] '''Tactical Sense''' || ''Confers +5 Defense per enemy in sight (max +20).''
|- align="center"
| [[File:COMBINED_ARMS.png|32px]] '''Combined Arms''' || ''Allows the squad that this unit belongs to to ignore 1 point of DR.''
|- align="center"
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Navigator Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_DANGERZONE.png|32px]] '''Danger Zone''' || ''Increases area of effect for Suppression, rocket launchers and offensive grenades.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:SUPPORT_COVERINGFIRE.png|32px]] '''Covering Fire'''||''Allows reaction shots to trigger on enemy attacks (including grenades and Steady Weapon), not just movement.''
|- align="center"
|}

 

==Chryssalid==
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Chryssalid_1_(EU2012).png|125px]]
|hp=8-62
|aim=∞
|defense=10-30
|will=120
|move=20-25
}}
Chryssalids are similar to vanilla Chryssalids. A big difference is that Chryssalid squad leaders have Lightning Reflexes, which can seriously reduce the amount of damage a charging Chryssalid squad will take from overwatch fire since the squad leader moves first, and is thus the most likely to trigger overwatch fire depending on positioning. Like Thin Men, the Chryssalid's claw poison has been replaced with acid.

AP/frag grenades are an effective early counter to Chryssalids, since they'll frequently charge in a tightly packed group on first sight, and the grenades will do full damage since Chryssalids don't benefit from cover. Similarly, flashbangs can debilitate a whole group of Chryssalids by reducing their move by 40%, which brings it considerably under the range a flashbang can be thrown. Chryssalids are immune to acid, so Chem Grenades won't reduce their mobility. Taking out the Chryssalid leader will make reaction fire effective against them; a Close Combat Specialist Assault can frequently finish off leaderless Chryssalids. The MEC Flamethrower is also quite effective; aside from the damage (especially with the Jellied Elerium upgrade) it can cause the Chryssalids to panic, and they may then run ''away'' from your soldiers instead of towards them.

Chryssalids on a terror mission will ''always'' spawn Zombies from civilians they kill offscreen - normally, this only occurred on higher difficulties in vanilla. As such, expect to have to deal with many additional zombies during terror missions that focus on the deployment of chryssalids. Additionally, Chryssalid pods may occasionally contain a number of Zombie units regardless of the mission type.

Some Chryssalid Squad Leaders may be particularly large. Beware, as these monsters often have upwards of 40-50 health on top of the fact they are escorted by several more chryssalids and have augmented damage.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|+ Chryssalid Armaments
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Weapon !! Base Damage !! Critical Damage !! Critical Chance !! Abilities
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| Chryssalid Claw || 7 to 9 || 11 to 14 || 25 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Chryssalid Claw I || 8 to 10 || 12 to 15 || 25 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Chryssalid Claw II || 9 to 11 || 14 to 17 || 25 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Chryssalid Claw III || 10 to 12 || 15 to 18 || 25 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Chryssalid Claw IV || 11 to 13 || 17 to 20 || 25 || Melee Only
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Chryssalid Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_IMPLANT.png|32px]] '''Implant''' || ''Victims are implanted with a Chryssalid egg if they are killed by a Chryssalid's attack (not from poison caused by Poisonous Claws). Implanted victims will spawn a Zombie on the next turn; The Zombie can move and attack on the turn it emerges.'' 
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_POISON.png|32px]] '''Poisonous Claws''' || ''Has a chance to apply acid to enemies wounded with melee attacks.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_LEAP.png|32px]] '''Leap''' || ''Allows vertical leaps onto elevated surfaces during movement.''
|-align="center"
| |[[File:ABILITY_HARDENED.png|32px]] '''Hardened''' || ''Confers extra protection against critical hits. Enemies suffer a -60% chance to inflict critical hits.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:Adaptive Bone Marrow Gene Mod (EU2012).png|32px]] '''Adaptive Bone Marrow*''' || ''Unit regenerates 2 HP per turn up to the HP max without armor. Amount increases for alien units based on alien tech progression.''
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_LIGHTNINGREFLEXES.png|32px]] '''Lightning Reflexes''' || ''The accuracy of the first Overwatch shot that this unit recieves has a -90% aim penalty, while all subsequent Overwatch shots recieve a -70% penalty to hit this unit.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:REGENERATION.png|32px]] '''Regeneration''' || ''Allows the unit to restore a small amount of HP each turn. Amount increases based on alien tech progression.'
|-align="center"
| [[File:SUPPORT_SPRINTER.png|32px]] '''Sprinter''' || ''Grants 3 additional points of movement to the unit.''
|-align="center"
| |[[File:MEC_SHOCK_ABSORBENT_ARMOR.png|32px]] '''Shock-Absorbent Armor''' || ''Damage received from enemies within 4 tiles is reduced by 33%.''
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Navigator Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:REGENERATION.png|32px]] '''Regeneration''' || ''Allows the unit to restore a small amount of HP each turn. Amount increases based on alien tech progression.''
|-align="center"
|}

 

==Zombie==
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Zombie_1_(EU2012).png|125px]]
|hp=12-23
|aim=∞
|defense=0
|will=120
|move=9-13
}}
Not even zombies are immune to getting tweaked in Long War - At first, they become faster, and later tougher, whilst their melee damage steadily ramps up over time. They can occasionally spawn as a member of Chryssalid pods on any mission, and it is also be possible to encounter them as a special pod spawn during Terror missions, in which four to five identical zombies will spawn in a group. Unlike regular zombies, the members of this zombie 'pack' do not seem to spawn chryssalids if left to their own devices for too long.

Zombies that have been spawned through a victim implanted by a Chryssalid will spawn a "baby" Chryssalid after two turns, easily recognized by their slightly pink skin color. This Chryssalid variant will have the same stats as an adult Chryssalid and can both move and attack during the turn it emerges. It will furthermore always emerge at full health regardless of how much damage the Zombie has taken.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|+ Zombie Armaments
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Weapon !! Base Damage !! Critical Damage !! Critical Chance !! Abilities
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| Zombie Fist || 6 to 8 || 9 to 12 || 0 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Zombie Fist I || 7 to 9 || 11 to 14 || 0 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Zombie Fist II || 8 to 10 || 12 to 15 || 0 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Zombie Fist III || 9 to 11 || 14 to 17 || 0 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Zombie Fist IV || 10 to 12 || 15 to 18 || 0 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Zombie Fist V || 11 to 13 || 17 to 20 || 0 || Melee Only
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Zombie Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:REGENERATION.png|32px]] '''Regeneration*''' || ''Allows the unit to restore a small amount of HP each turn. Amount increases based on alien tech progression.'
|-align="center"
|} 

==Seeker==
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Seeker_(EU2012).png|125px]]
|hp=4-53
|aim=65-89
|defense=0-15
|will=0
|move=16-22
|fuel=32
}}
Seekers can be found both in pods made up entirely of Seekers, and accompanying squads of other aliens. This indirectly makes them more dangerous than vanilla, since a Seeker itself isn't much threat, but a Seeker supporting other aliens can be a deadly distraction. Seekers have had the shackles taken off their AI, and will happily decloak and strangle 4 of your soldiers at once. As mechanized units they have some damage reduction, which makes them difficult to damage with low power weapons like pistols and carbines. Seekers only cause 1 initial damage when strangling, but this damage doubles every turn they remain attached, so quickly knocking a Seeker off will result in minimal damage, but if left it will cause massive damage in 3-4 turns.

Battle Scanners are available to any soldier as carried items in Long War, giving an early counter to Seekers. They have a habit of going into Overwatch while in stealth, so if you're waiting out Seekers without a Battle Scanner, try moving a soldier, one might reveal itself to take a pot shot at you. Ground-hugging Seekers can also be 'detected' by scanning for seemingly empty tiles that cannot be moved into; any explosive/area effect attacks (bar the MEC Flamethrower; Seekers are fireproof - though an 'IMMUNE' popup will still appear) that catch an invisible seeker in their area will force them to decloak.

If Seekers have no valid targets for their strangulation attack (as MECs and SHIVs are immune, and several armours and items grant immunity also), they will most often go into Overwatch (which will not decloak them until they have fired), or attempt to flank soldiers in cover and try to score a critical hit with their plasma gun. A Seeker who does not cloak on pod activation will usually try for this approach. Like Sectoids, Seekers possess the Gunslinger perk and suffer no range penalties for their plasma shots, but do not deal extra damage from base. In Terror missions, they prefer to hunt down any remaining civilians if all XCOM units are immune; if a Seeker is the last enemy active on a terror mission, focus on rescuing the civilians. Once the Seeker has no civilian targets remaining, its AI will switch to focusing on the squad instead.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|+ Seeker Armaments
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Weapon !! Base Damage !! Critical Damage !! Critical Chance
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| Seeker Plasma Pistol || 2 to 4 || 3 to 6 || 0
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Seeker Plasma Pistol I || 3 to 5 || 5 to 8 || 0
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Seeker Plasma Pistol II || 4 to 6 || 7 to 9 || 0
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Seeker Plasma Pistol III || 5 to 7 || 8 to 11 || 0
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Seeker Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER GUNSLINGER.png|32px]] '''Gunslinger''' || ''Eliminates any range penalties for pistols.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY GHOST.png|32px]] '''Stealth''' || ''The Seeker becomes invisible to enemies. It can use its tentacles to attack from stealth mode but it must deactivate stealth mode to use its ranged attack.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:STRANGLE.png|32px]] '''Strangle''' || ''Strangle can be used against adjacent humans unprotected by strangle-resistant armor, items or abilities.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY_FLIGHT.png|32px]] '''Flight''' || ''Flying units can bypass ground obstacles. They can remain in flight if they have sufficient fuel.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY_EVASION.png|32px]] '''Evasion'''|| ''Enemies targeting this unit when it is airborne suffer a -20% Aim penalty.''
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY GHOST.png|32px]] '''Unlimited Stealth''' || ''The Seeker becomes invisible to enemies. It can use its tentacles to attack from stealth mode but it must deactivate stealth mode to use its ranged attack. Can be activated as many times as necessary during a mission.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_HOLO.png|32px]] '''Holo-Targeting''' || ''Shooting at or suppressing enemies also confers a +10 Aim to any allies' attacks on those enemies.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_REPAIR_SERVOS.png|32px]] '''Repair Servos''' || ''Repairs up to 50% of damage taken (max 2 per turn). Additional damage taken before repairs are complete reduces how much can be repaired.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_AUTOMATED_THREAT_ASSESSMENT.png|32px]] '''Automated Threat Assessment''' || ''Confers +15 Defense when on Overwatch. Cancelled as soon as the unit fires a reaction shot.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_PLATFORM_STABILITY.png|32px]] '''Platform Stability''' || ''Any shots taken without moving have +10 Aim and +10% critical chance.''
|- align="center"
| |[[File:MEC_SHOCK_ABSORBENT_ARMOR.png|32px]] '''Shock-Absorbent Armor''' || ''Damage received from enemies within 4 tiles is reduced by 33%.''
|- align="center"
| |[[File:ASSAULT_CLOSEPERSONAL.png|32px]] '''Close Encounters''' || ''The first standard shot made within 4 tiles of the target does not cost an action. Cannot combine with Run And Gun.''
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Navigator Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY GHOST.png|32px]] '''Unlimited Stealth''' || ''The Seeker becomes invisible to enemies. It can use its tentacles to attack from stealth mode but it must deactivated stealth mode to use its ranged attack. Can be activated as many times as necessary during a mission.''
|-
|} 

==Muton==
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Muton_1_(EU2012).png|125px]]
|hp=8-40
|aim=70-110
|defense=10-29
|will=10-47
|move=12
}}
Mutons are similar to vanilla Mutons, and will start with Plasma Carbines and later upgrade to Plasma Rifles. Muton squad leaders have significantly more HP than regular Mutons, as well as a number of Overwatch enhancing perks.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|+ Muton Armaments
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Weapon !! Damage !! Critical Damage !! Critical Chance
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| Alien Grenade || 5 || NA || NA
|- align="center"
| Muton Light Plasma Rifle || 5 to 7 || 8 to 11 || 5
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Muton Light Plasma Rifle I || 6 to 8 || 9 to 12 || 5
|- align="center"
| Muton Plasma Rifle || 7 to 9 || 11 to 14 || 10
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Muton Plasma Rifle I || 8 to 10 || 12 to 15 || 10
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Muton Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY SUPPRESSION.png|32px]] '''Suppression''' || ''Can fire a special shot that grants reaction fire at a single target if it moves. The target also suffers a -30 Aim penalty.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_BLOODCALL.png|32px]] '''Blood Call''' || ''Unleash a bestial roar that inspires nearby allies of the same species to greater speed, focus, and resolve for 2 turns. 4 turns cooldown. Will affect also nearby Beserkers and Muton Elites and gives +10 Will/Aim and +4 Movement.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_INTIMIDATE.png|32px]] '''Intimidate''' || ''Reacts unpredictably when wounded, provoking panic in enemies. Provokes a Will test on the enemy unit responsible for the wound. If the enemy fails the Will test it will panic.''
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:SUPPORT_COVERINGFIRE.png|32px]] '''Covering Fire''' || ''Allows reaction shot to trigger on enemy attacks, not just movement.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_OPPORTUNIST.png|32px]] '''Opportunist''' || ''Eliminates the Aim penalty on reaction shots, and allows reaction shots to cause critical hits.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_HEAT_AMMO.png|32px]] '''Heat Warheads''' || ''Rockets and grenades do additional damage to robotic enemies.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_BOMBARD.png|32px]] '''Bombard''' || ''Throw or launch grenades over exceptionally long distances.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_WILLTOSURVIVE.png|32px]] '''Will to Survive''' || ''Reduces all normal damage taken by 1.5 if in cover and not flanked.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:SUPPORT_SENTINEL.png|32px]] '''Sentinel''' || ''Allows two reaction shots during Overwatch, instead of only one.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_BULLETSWARM.png|32px]] '''Light 'Em Up ''' || ''Firing with the first action no longer ends turn.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_AGGRESSION.png|32px]] '''Aggression''' || ''Confers +10% critical chance per enemy in sight (max +30%).''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_TACTICALSENSE.png|32px]] '''Tactical Sense''' || ''Confers +5 Defense per enemy in sight (max +20).''
|-align="center"
| [[File:COMBINED_ARMS.png|32px]] '''Combined Arms''' || ''Allows the squad that this unit belongs to to ignore 1 point of DR.''
|-align="center"
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Navigator Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:SUPPORT_COVERINGFIRE.png|32px]] '''Covering Fire''' || ''Allows reaction shot to trigger on enemy attacks, not just movement.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:Hyper_Reactive_Pupils_(EU2012).png|32px]] '''Hyper Reactive Pupils''' || ''Confers +10 Aim to any shot after a miss.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:Depth_Perception_(EU2012).png|32px]] '''Depth Perception''' || ''Height Advantage confers an additional +5 Aim and +5 critical chance.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_SQUADSIGHT.png|32px]] '''Squadsight''' || ''Allows firing at targets in any ally's sight radius within weapon range. Non-Sniper rifles gain roughly +5 tiles of extra range.''
|-
|}
 

==Cyberdisc==
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Cyberdisc_1_(EU2012).png|125px]]
|hp=18-55
|aim=70-92
|defense=0
|will=0
|move=18-21
|fuel=32
}}
Cyberdiscs are similar to vanilla Cyberdiscs; even their deployment behaviour is largely unchanged. They get the Automated Threat Assessment perk, which given their habit of immediately going on overwatch when seen will often give them extra defense at least for the first turn. Cyberdiscs are usually accompanied by two to three drones, and usually prefer to throw their grenade if an eligible soldier is in range rather than shooting.

Cyberdiscs pose a significant threat throughout the game. Early on their high health pool makes them difficult to kill unless you have more than one soldier with HEAT ammo/warheads, or a soldier with Shredder ammo/rockets. Their movement range can take you off guard as it's close to that of a chryssalid; if they're not dealt with quickly or retreated from, they are very likely to flank and hit you with raw firepower, move up next to you and use their powerful Death Blossom attack, or simply fire long-range explosives at you. In the later months Cyberdiscs gain the Reactive Targeting Sensors perk, allowing them to return fire.

The drones escorting a Cyberdisc are of course more dangerous as well (see the main Drone entry), primarily because they can tag a target with Holo Targeting, making it easier for the parent Cyberdisc (and any other enemies, for that matter) to hit the victim. Drones can be distracted by damaging the Cyberdisc (in which case they will fly back to repair it) but this is hardly an ideal strategy.

One important note about the Cyberdisc is that they only have the "Hardened" trait as long as they're closed. A Cyberdisc must open up in order to attack with its cannons or grenade, and will immediately return to closed form if hit by an incoming attack.

In close range, Cyberdiscs explode for damage upon death, a trait that can be used against the aliens in tight packed groups. The Long War mod has also made efforts to better calculate the discs "Death Blossom", so be cautious not to engage too closely.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Cyberdisc Armaments
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Weapon !! Base Damage !! Critical Damage !! Critical Chance
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| Alien Grenade || 5 || NA || NA
|- align="center"
| Cyberdisc Cannon || 8 to 10 || 12 to 15 || 10
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Cyberdisc Cannon I || 9 to 11 || 14 to 17 || 10
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Cyberdisc Cannon II || 10 to 12 || 15 to 18 || 10
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Cyberdisc Cannon III || 11 to 13 || 17 to 20 || 10
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Cyberdisc Cannon IV || 12 to 14 || 18 to 21 || 10
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Cyberdisc Cannon V || 13 to 15 || 20 to 23 || 10
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Cyberdisc Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY_HARDENED.png|32px]] '''Hardened''' || ''Confers extra protection against critical hits. Enemies suffer a -60% chance to inflict critical hits.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY_FLIGHT.png|32px]] '''Flight''' || ''Flying units can bypass ground obstacles. They can remain in flight if they have sufficient fuel.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY_EVASION.png|32px]] '''Evasion'''|| ''Enemies targeting this unit when it is airborne suffer a -20% Aim penalty.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_DEATHBLOSSOM.png|32px]] '''Death Blossom'''|| ''Project an intense energy field from Closed position, damaging all nearby enemies.''
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_AUTOMATED_THREAT_ASSESSMENT.png|32px]] '''Automated Threat Assessment''' || ''Confers +15 Defense when on Overwatch. Cancelled as soon as the unit fires a reaction shot.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_BOMBARD.png|32px]] '''Bombard''' || ''Throw or launch grenades over exceptionally long distances.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_DAMAGE_CONTROL.png|32px]] '''Damage Control''' || ''When this unit takes damage, all further damage will be reduced by 1 or 2 points for the next 2 turns.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_REPAIR_SERVOS.png|32px]] '''Repair Servos''' || ''Repairs up to 50% of damage taken (max 2 per turn). Additional damage taken before repairs are complete reduces how much can be repaired.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_AGGRESSION.png|32px]] '''Aggression''' || ''Confers +10% critical chance per enemy in sight (max +30%).''
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_REACTIVE_TARGETING_SENSORS.png|32px]] '''Reactive Targeting Sensors''' || ''Units with this perk get a free shot back at the first enemy who attacks it each turn, providing there's enough ammo to do so.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_BULLETSWARM.png|32px]] '''Light 'Em Up ''' || ''Firing with the first action no longer ends turn.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:COMBINED_ARMS.png|32px]] '''Combined Arms''' || ''Allows the squad that this unit belongs to to ignore 1 point of DR.''
|-
|}

'''Notes'''
*While Cyberdiscs themselves do not have navigators, it is possible for them to appear alongside a navigator of another species.
*Cyberdiscs will gain additional DR as the game progresses, up to a maximum of +5.
 

==Mechtoid==
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Mechtoid_(EU2012).png|125px]]
|hp=25-50
|shield=6-16
|aim=75-93
|defense=0
|will=0
|move=14-15
}}
Mechtoids behave identically to vanilla Mechtoids. Like vanilla, they will appear with Sectoid escorts, and later with Sectoid Commanders.

Mechtoids are very vulnerable to psionics - Mind Fray will restrict their movement and prevent them from charging to flank as well as reducing their accuracy. Psi Panic will completely disable a Mechtoid. Chem grenades will hurt their accuracy a bit. Like the Cyberdisc, the Mechtoid will eventually gain access to Reactive Targeting Sensors.

The Psi Shield granted to Mechtoids by Mind Merge also grants a '''significant''' amount of extra Damage Reduction on top of the added temporary health. As a result, it is absolutely essential that you find and kill the sectoid that set up the link (helpfully indicated by the purple streams) and eliminate them.

While Mechtoids do not explode for damage, a Mechtoid that falls backwards in a fight it will crush cover it lands on. Be careful not to destroy your own cover in close quarters combat.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Mechtoid Armaments
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Weapon !! Base Damage !! Critical Damage !! Critical Chance
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| Mechtoid Plasma Cannon || 7 to 9 || 11 to 14 || 10
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Mechtoid Plasma Cannon I || 8 to 10 || 12 to 15 || 10
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Mechtoid Plasma Cannon II || 9 to 11 || 14 to 17 || 10
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Mechtoid Plasma Cannon III || 10 to 12 || 15 to 18 || 10
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Mechtoid Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_BULLETSWARM.png|32px]] '''Light 'Em Up ''' || ''Firing with the first action no longer ends turn.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY_HARDENED.png|32px]] '''Hardened''' || ''Confers extra protection against critical hits. Enemies suffer a -60% chance to inflict critical hits.''
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_EXECUTIONER.png|32px]] '''Executioner''' || ''Confers +10 aim and +10 critical hit chance against targets at or below 50% of their health.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_PLATFORM_STABILITY.png|32px]] '''Platform Stability''' || ''Any shots taken without moving have +10 Aim and +10% critical chance.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_ADVANCED_FIRE_CONTROL.png|32px]] '''Advanced Fire Control''' || ''Shots from Overwatch no longer suffer any Aim penalty.''
|- align="center"
| |[[File:MEC_SHOCK_ABSORBENT_ARMOR.png|32px]] '''Shock-Absorbent Armor''' || ''Damage received from enemies within 4 tiles is reduced by 33%.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_REPAIR_SERVOS.png|32px]] '''Repair Servos''' || ''Repairs up to 50% of damage taken (max 2 per turn). Additional damage taken before repairs are complete reduces how much can be repaired.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY RAPIDREACTION.png|32px]] '''Rapid Reaction''' || ''Allows an additional shot to be fired on Overwatch if the first Overwatch shot hits.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_REACTIVE_TARGETING_SENSORS.png|32px]] '''Reactive Targeting Sensors''' || ''Units with this perk get a free shot back at the first enemy who attacks it each turn, providing there's enough ammo to do so.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_ABSORTION_FIELDS.png|32px]] '''Absorption Fields''' || ''Reduces most incoming damage to this unit, scaling up as the damage increases.''
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Navigator Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:COMBINED_ARMS.png|32px]] '''Combined Arms''' || ''Allows the squad that this unit belongs to to ignore 1 point of DR.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_AUTOMATED_THREAT_ASSESSMENT.png|32px]] '''Automated Threat Assessment''' || ''Confers +15 Defense when on Overwatch. Cancelled as soon as the unit fires a reaction shot.''
|-
|}

'''Notes'''
*Mechtoids will gain additional DR as the game progresses, up to a maximum of +4. 

==Berserker==
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Berserker_(EU2012).png|125px]]
|hp=25-78
|aim=∞
|defense=20-30
|will=80
|move=17-21
}}
Berserkers can also be Squad Leaders, meaning the first Berserkers you see could have terrifying amounts of health.

Like Chryssalids, anything you can do to slow down a Berserker will greatly reduce its threat. Flashbanging a Berserker will reduce its half-movement range to well below flashbang throw range, so is a good way to neutralise a Berserker you're not ready to kill. It will also reduce its movement from Bloodlust, so you can also shoot a couple of times after flashbanging (but don't go overboard). Another good piece of equipment to use against them are chem grenades, not only does it reduce their damage reduction and limit their movement, but it also deals damage to them each time they move after being shot.

Since it's possible to have multiple soldiers with Rift outside of the Temple Ship, using their aggression against them to make them wander in and out of the psionic storm will make quick work of them, if you can set up the situation. With a few other AoE attacks, a cluster of them becomes a comedic slaughter: excellent payback for all the times they will crush your soldiers under their fists.

Two well placed Close Combat Specialist Assaults (Optionally with Shredder Ammo) can also quickly make short work of even a group of Berserkers while a grenade or rocket makes them to run all at once towards the CCS trap. Beware of low ammunition shotguns.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|+ Berserker Armaments
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Weapon !! Damage !! Critical Damage !! Critical Chance !! Abilities
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| Muton Blade|| 9 to 11 || 14 to 17 || 33 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Muton Blade I || 10 to 12 || 15 to 18 || 33 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Muton Blade II || 11 to 13 || 17 to 20 || 33 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Muton Blade III || 12 to 14 || 18 to 21 || 33 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Muton Blade IV || 13 to 15 || 20 to 23 || 33 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Muton Blade V || 14 to 16 || 21 to 24 || 33 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Muton Blade VI || 16 to 18 || 24 to 27 || 33 || Melee Only
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Berserker Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY_HARDENED.png|32px]] '''Hardened''' || ''Confers extra protection against critical hits. Enemies suffer a -60% chance to inflict critical hits.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_INTIMIDATE.png|32px]] '''Intimidate''' || ''Reacts unpredictably when wounded, provoking panic in enemies. Provokes a Will test on the enemy unit responsible for the wound. If the enemy fails the Will test it will panic.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_BLOODLUST.png|32px]] '''Bloodlust'''|| ''Allows the Berserker to charge an enemy that wounds it.''
|- align="center"
| |[[File:ALIEN_BULLRUSH.png|32px]] '''Bull Rush'''|| ''Charge in a straight line through cover to unleash a devastating melee attack''
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| |[[File:MEC_SHOCK_ABSORBENT_ARMOR.png|32px]] '''Shock-Absorbent Armor''' || ''Damage received from enemies within 4 tiles is reduced by 33%.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:REGENERATION.png|32px]] '''Regeneration''' || ''Allows the unit to restore a small amount of HP each turn. Amount increases based on alien tech progression.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:Neural_Damping_(EU2012).png|32px]] '''Neural Damping''' || ''Confers +20 Will when defending against psi attacks, and immunity to panic. If the soldier is Mind Controlled, the control is cancelled, and the soldier is stunned for 1 turn instead.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:SUPPORT_SPRINTER.png|32px]] '''Sprinter''' || ''Grants 3 additional points of movement to the unit.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_TACTICALSENSE.png|32px]] '''Tactical Sense''' || ''Confers +5 Defense per enemy in sight (max +20).''
|-
|}

'''Notes'''
*Berserker Navigators do not gain any additional abilities, but are instead able to gain up to +4 HP and +1 damage compared to regular Berserkers. 

==Heavy Floater==
[[File:537px-Heavyfloater.jpg|right|thumb]]
Similar in appearance to the Floater species, this upgraded variant can pose a significant offensive threat to mechanized units as well as units behind cover when accompanied by other aliens. As the Heavy Floater will most probably already have access to Heat Ammo when you first encounter it, it is advisable to take on a more defensive position with MEC's and Shiv's, ideally concealing them behind full-cover until the enemy has been dealt with. Quite like the Muton Elite, the Heavy Floater also has access to Bombard and Alien Grenades, rendering clustered up firing lines ineffective.

Due to the Tactical Sense perk, inherent defenses and elevation bonuses, it is possible for a Heavy Floater squad leader to reach a maximum of 80 Defense during flight, making them extremely hard to hit foes on the battlefield. While psionically enhanced soldiers should have little trouble dealing with one thanks to their low will, accuracy enhancing perks and rockets are king against this species whenever the better alternative is unavailable. Furthermore, with the way Tactical Sense works, it can prove effective to temporarily move targets out of his sight radius so as to achieve better shots.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_REPAIR_SERVOS.png|32px]] '''Repair Servos''' || ''Repairs up to 50% of damage taken (max 2 per turn). Additional damage taken before repairs are complete reduces how much can be repaired.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_HEAT_AMMO.png|32px]] '''Heat Ammo''' || ''Primary weapon does additional damage to robotic enemies.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT CLOSEPERSONAL.png|32px]] '''Close Encounters''' || ''The first standard shot made within 4 tiles of the target does not cost an action.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN BOMBARD.png|32px]] '''Bombard''' || ''Throw or launch grenades over exceptionally long distances.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_TACTICALSENSE.png|32px]] '''Tactical Sense''' || ''Confers +5 Defense per enemy in sight (max +20).''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY READYFORANYTHING.png|32px]] '''Ready for Anything''' || ''If the unit shoots without using another action, it automatically enters Overwatch at the end of the turn.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_WILLTOSURVIVE.png|32px]] '''Will to Survive''' || ''Reduces all normal damage taken by 1.5 if in cover and not flanked.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_MAYHEM.png|32px]] '''Mayhem''' || ''Confers additional damage based on weapon tech level to Suppression and all area-effect abilities.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_DANGERZONE.png|32px]] '''Danger Zone''' || ''Increases area of effect for Suppression, rocket launchers and offensive grenades.''
|- align="center"
|}

==Sectopod==
[[File:Sectopod 2 (EU2012).png|right|thumb]]
Massive mechanical war machines, Sectopods are similar to their original incarnation - only more deadly, of course. Approach with extreme caution. As with all aliens, their strength and power progresses with time, making them significantly more dangerous as the war drags on.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|+ Sectopod Armaments
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Weapon !! Base Damage !! Critical Damage !! Critical Chance
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| Sectopod Cluster Bomb || 5 to 9 || 9 to 12 || 10
|- align="center"
| Sectopod Cannon || 7 to 11 || 11 to 15 || 0
|- align="center"
| Sectopod Chest Cannon || 8 to 14 || 14 to 19 || 10
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Sectopod Chest Cannon III || 16 to 26 || 26 to 37 || 10
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_REPAIR_SERVOS.png|32px]] '''Repair Servos''' || ''Repairs up to 50% of damage taken (max 2 per turn). Additional damage taken before repairs are complete reduces how much can be repaired.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:MEC_AUTOMATED_THREAT_ASSESSMENT.png|32px]] '''Automated Threat Assessment''' || ''Confers +15 Defense when on Overwatch. Cancelled as soon as the unit fires a reaction shot.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:SUPPORT_SENTINEL.png|32px]] '''Sentinel''' || ''Allows two reaction shots during Overwatch, instead of only one.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:MEC_REACTIVE_TARGETING_SENSORS.png|32px]] '''Reactive Targeting Sensors''' || ''Units with this perk get a free shot back at the first enemy who attacks it each turn, providing there's enough ammo to do so.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY BULLETSWARM.png|32px]] '''Light 'Em Up''' || ''Firing with the first action no longer ends turn.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:MEC_ABSORTION_FIELDS.png|32px]] '''Absorption Fields''' || ''Reduces most incoming damage to this unit, scaling up as the damage increases.''
|-align="center"
|}

==Sectoid Commander==
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=Late
|picture=[[File:Sectoid (EU2012).png|125px]]
|hp=15
|aim=85
|defense=20
|will=90
|move=12
}}
Sectoid Commanders represent a substantial step up from their first-month brethren, and carry new psionic abilities as well as better statistics. Sectoid Commanders can use Mind Control.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Sectoid Armaments
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Weapon !! Base Damage !! Critical Damage !! Critical Chance
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| Sectoid Plasma Pistol || 3 to 5 || 4 to 6 || 0
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Sectoid Plasma Pistol I || 4 to 6 || 6 to 9 || 0
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Sectoid Plasma Pistol II || 5 to 7 || 8 to 11 || 0
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Sectoid Plasma Pistol III || 6 to 8 || 9 to 12 || 0
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Sectoid Commander Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|-align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER GUNSLINGER.png|32px]] '''Gunslinger''' || ''Eliminates any range penalties for pistols.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:PSIONIC_MINDCONTROL.png|32px]] '''Mind Control''' || ''Take control of the target if target's Will is overcome. ''
|-align="center"
| [[File:PSIONIC MINDMERGE.png|32px]] '''Greater Mind Merge''' || ''Psionically assist an ally, granting the ally an array of stat bonuses. ''
|- align="center"
| [[File:PSIONIC_MINDFRAY.png|32px]] '''Mind Fray'''|| ''Causes the target to lose grip on reality, inflicting penalties to Aim, Will, mobility and AOE range, as well as doing 1 base damage. Robotic units are immune. Lasts 2 turns. 1 turn cooldown.''
|- align="center"
|[[File:PSIONIC PANIC.png|32px]] '''Psi Panic'''|| ''Cause target to panic if the target's Will is overcome. Robotic enemies are immune. 2 turn cooldown.''
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_LOWPROFILE.png|32px]] '''Low Profile''' || ''Makes partial cover count as full.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT BRINGTHEMON.png|32px]] '''Bring 'Em On''' || ''Grants +1 damage on critical hits for each enemy that the squad can see. (Up to +5)''
|-align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY RAPIDREACTION.png|32px]] '''Rapid Reaction''' || ''Allows an additional shot to be fired on Overwatch if the first Overwatch shot hits.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER OPPORTUNIST.png|32px]] '''Opportunist''' || ''Negates aim penalties for Overwatch shots.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:REGENERATION.png|32px]] '''Regeneration''' || ''Allows the unit to restore a small amount of HP each turn. Amount increases based on alien tech progression.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:COMBINED_ARMS.png|32px]] '''Combined Arms''' || ''Allows the squad that this unit belongs to to ignore 1 point of DR.''
|-align="center"
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Navigator Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_LOWPROFILE.png|32px]] '''Low Profile''' || ''Makes partial cover count as full.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:REGENERATION.png|32px]] '''Regeneration''' || ''Allows the unit to restore a small amount of HP each turn. Amount increases based on alien tech progression.''
|}

==Ethereal==
[[File:Ethereal_(EU2012).png|right|thumb]]
The floating psionic leaders of the alien race are substantially more deadly and no longer trade frailty for their power. Using a psionic lance attack that is based on will as well as the feared Mind Control and Rift abilities, Ethereal's represent the pinnacle of psionic deadliness. Ethereals regenerate health, and an Ethereal who recieves damage from conventional weapons has a chance to reflect the attack, dealing 33% damage to the attacker. The Ethereal's '''Psionic Lance''' is a cross between psionic power and weapon. It has no cooldown, and its effectiveness is reduced by [[Abilities_List_(Long_War)#Suppression|Suppression]], but it can't be disabled with [[Abilities_List_(Long_War)#Disabling_Shot|Disabling Shot]].

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Ethereal Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:PSIONIC_MINDFRAY.png|32px]] '''Mind Fray'''|| ''Causes the target to lose grip on reality, inflicting penalties to Aim, Will, mobility and AOE range, as well as doing 1 base damage. Robotic units are immune. Lasts 2 turns. 1 turn cooldown.''
|- align="center"
|[[File:PSIONIC PANIC.png|32px]] '''Psi Panic'''|| ''Cause target to panic if the target's Will is overcome. Robotic enemies are immune. 2 turn cooldown.''
|- align="center"
|[[File:PSIONIC_RIFT.png|32px]] '''Rift'''|| ''Deal massive damage within an area of effect. Rift persists over several turns.''
|- align="center"
|[[File:PSIONIC_MINDCONTROL.png|32px]] '''Mind Control'''|| ''Take control of target if target's Will is overcome. Robotic enemies are immune. ''
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"

| [[File:MEC DISTORTION FIELD.png|32px]] '''Disortion Field''' || Nearby allies in cover receive +10 Defense. (Passive ability)
|-align="center"
| [[File:MEC_SHOCK_ABSORBENT_ARMOR.png|32px]] '''Shock Absorbent Armor''' || ''Damage received from enemies within 4 tiles is reduced by 33%.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_LIGHTNINGREFLEXES.png|32px]] '''Lightning Reflexes''' || ''Grants a -90% penalty to the first overwatch triggered, and a -45% penalty on all overwatches thereafter.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:SUPPORT_SPRINTER.png|32px]] '''Sprinter''' || ''Confers an extra 3 tiles of movement.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_EXECUTIONER.png|32px]] '''Executioner''' || ''Grants an addition +10 aim and +10 crit chance against ''
|-align="center"
|}

== See also ==
{{Aliens (Long War) Navbar}}
[[Category: Aliens (Long War)]]
[[Category: Long War]]

Alien Life Forms (Long War)

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[[File:LW_Chryssalid_Queen.jpeg|right|thumb|A Chryssalid squad leader compared to its smaller brethren.]]
Much like in vanilla, aliens deploy in "pods", which are "activated" by seeing them. Unlike in vanilla, alien pods are frequently made up of several different types of aliens, such as a Thin Man leading some Sectoids, or some Mutons with Floater scout.

Each "pod" will be led by one squad leader alien, possessing both improved stats and new abilities. Each leader has a chance to be accompanied by a navigator alien in addition to its other podmates which usually acts as a scouting unit of sorts, often possessing perks suitable for this role. Squad leaders can easily be identified by their larger health pool and increased physical size.

All pods now make noise when they move, but some pods will choose to lurk rather than patrol. The percentage of pods that hide out in this fashion is different per mission - on Abductions, it is 50%, on Large UFO's, 40%, and on small UFO's, 10%.

The aliens will continually improve their technology as the war goes on, which will grant them extra stats, HP regen and in some cases unlock new abilities. Squad Leader and Navigator perks are unlocked in the order in which they have been recorded here. Please note that the maximum stats for each species listed below can only apply to squad leaders of that species with all possible upgrades. Abilities tagged with an asterisk(*) are only unlocked on regular aliens during later stages of the war.

==Sectoid==
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Sectoid (EU2012).png|125px]]
|hp=3
|aim=65
|defense=0
|will=5
|move=12
}}
Sectoids behave in much the same way as you'd expect from vanilla, with low Mobility, HP and Aim, and mediocre Will. Basic Sectoids have access to a few more psionic powers than before, being able to Mind Merge, Mind Fray and Psi Panic. The good news is that Mind Fray has been altered to only do 1 damage. Be aware that Mind Merge has been altered so it does some damage to the merged target if the merger dies, but doesn't kill outright. Sectoid squad leaders get the Low Profile perk. All Sectoids technically have the Gunslinger perk to cancel their offset from using pistols, but do not gain extra damage.

Unlike most alien types, Sectoid pod leaders do +1 damage over regular sectoids at the start of the game without requiring extra research.

Rewards: Sectoids carry plasma pistols (which explode into weapon fragments/alloys if not captured alive) and leave corpses. After Xenobiology is researched, the council will request Sectoid Corpses from time to time. Typical requests exchange 6 sectoids for 1 or 2 scientists, plus a slight boost to the requesting nations defense against panic.

{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="16" | Sectoid
|- align="center"
| || {{Damage Icon}} || {{Aim (Long War)}} || {{Defense (Long War)}} || {{DR (Long War)}} || {{Health (Long War)}} || {{Mobility (Long War)}} || {{Will (Long War)}}
|- align="center"
|'''Base Stats'''||4*||65||0||0||3||12||5
|- align="center"
|'''Max Research Bonus'''||+4||+25||+25||+0||+10||+2||+100
|- align="center"
|'''Max Navigator Bonus'''||+0||+3||+0||+0||+4||+0||+35
|- align="center"
|'''Max Leader Bonus'''||+5||+30||+6||+0||+10||+0||+45
|}
*Sectoid base damage is 3 + 1 due to gunslinger

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Sectoid Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER GUNSLINGER.png|32px]] '''Gunslinger''' || ''Eliminates any range penalties for pistols.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY SUPPRESSION.png|32px]] '''Suppression''' || ''Can fire a special shot that grants reaction fire at a single target if it moves. The target also suffers a -30 Aim penalty and limited AOE range.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:PSIONIC MINDMERGE.png|32px]] '''Mind Merge''' || ''Psionically assist an ally, granting the ally an array of stat bonuses. ''
|- align="center"
| [[File:PSIONIC_MINDFRAY.png|32px]] '''Mind Fray'''|| ''Causes the target to lose grip on reality, inflicting penalties to Aim, Will, mobility and AOE range, as well as doing 1 base damage. Robotic units are immune. Lasts 2 turns. 1 turn cooldown.''
|- align="center"
|[[File:PSIONIC PANIC.png|32px]] '''Psi Panic'''|| ''Cause target to panic if the target's Will is overcome. Robotic enemies are immune. 2 turn cooldown.''
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_LOWPROFILE.png|32px]] '''Low Profile''' || ''Makes partial cover count as full.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT BRINGTHEMON.png|32px]] '''Bring 'Em On''' || ''Grants +1 damage on critical hits for each enemy that the squad can see. (Up to +5)''
|-align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY RAPIDREACTION.png|32px]] '''Rapid Reaction''' || ''Allows an additional shot to be fired on Overwatch if the first Overwatch shot hits.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER OPPORTUNIST.png|32px]] '''Opportunist''' || ''Negates aim penalties for Overwatch shots.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:REGENERATION.png|32px]] '''Regeneration''' || ''Allows the unit to restore a small amount of HP each turn. Amount increases based on alien tech progression.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:COMBINED_ARMS.png|32px]] '''Combined Arms''' || ''Allows the squad that this unit belongs to to ignore 1 point of DR.''
|-align="center"
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Navigator Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_LOWPROFILE.png|32px]] '''Low Profile''' || ''Makes partial cover count as full.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:REGENERATION.png|32px]] '''Regeneration''' || ''Allows the unit to restore a small amount of HP each turn. Amount increases based on alien tech progression.''
|}

==Drone==
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Drone (EU2012).jpg|125px]]
|hp=3
|aim=60
|defense=0
|will=0
|move=12
|fuel=32
}}
Drones will be encountered right from the beginning of the game, even in the first mission. They can come in groups of their own or attached to Sectoid squads, and later they will accompany more powerful mechanized units like Cyberdiscs and Sectopods. Drones behave similarly to vanilla, but, like most mechanized units, have some damage reduction. Their constant light cover from flying with damage reduction and ability to mutually repair can make them extremely frustrating to kill. Drones have Holo-Targeting, making them a bit more dangerous when supporting other aliens.

Rewards: Drones primarily drop Drone Wrecks, the autopsy of which (10 required) grants access to the SHIV Repair Foundry project and the Holo-Targeter. Later-game, drone wrecks are required for several foundry projects including Drone Capture and Improved Arc Thrower.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Drone Progression
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Alien Research !! Damage !! Crit Damage !! Aim !! DR !! Defense !! HP !! Mobility !! Will
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| Base Stats || 2 to 4 || 3 to 6 || 60 || 1.0 || 0 || 3 || 12 || 0
|- align="center"
| 15 || - || - || - || - || 1.2 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 30 || - || - || - || - || 1.4 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 45 || - || - || - || - || 1.6 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 60 || - || - || - || - || 2.0 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
| 120 || - || - || 65 || - || - || 6 || - || -
|- align="center"
| 270 || 3 to 5 || 5 to 8 || 70 || - || - || 7 || 13 || -
|- align="center"
| 360 || 4 to 6 || 6 to 9 || 75 || - || 10 || 8 || 14 || -
|-
|}

Difficulty Modifiers: -10 Aim on Normal; -5 Aim on Classic; +1 HP on Brutal and Impossible.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Drone Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN REPAIR.png|32px]] '''Repair''' || ''Repairs robotic units.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_OVERLOAD.png|32px]] '''Overload''' || ''Overload the unit's own power source, destroying the unit but causing explosive damage similar to a grenade's.''.
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY_FLIGHT.png|32px]] '''Flight''' || ''Flying units can bypass ground obstacles. They can remain in flight if they have sufficient fuel.'' 
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY_EVASION.png|32px]] '''Evasion'''|| ''Enemies targeting this unit when it is airborne suffer a -20% Aim penalty.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY_HARDENED.png|32px]] '''Hardened''' || ''Confers extra protection against critical hits. Enemies suffer a -60% chance to inflict critical hits.''
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_HOLO.png|32px]] '''Holo-Targeting''' || ''Shooting at or suppressing enemies also confers a +10 Aim to any allies' attacks on those enemies.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:MEC_ABSORTION_FIELDS.png|32px]] '''Absorption Fields''' || ''Reduces most incoming damage to this unit, scaling up as the damage increases.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_BULLETSWARM.png|32px]] '''Light 'Em Up''' || ''Firing the primary weapon as the first action of your turn no longer ends your turn.''
|-align="center"
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Navigator Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_HOLO.png|32px]] '''Holo-Targeting''' || ''Shooting at or suppressing enemies also confers a +10 Aim to any allies' attacks on those enemies.''
|}

==Outsider==
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Outsider (EU2012).jpg|125px]]
|hp=10-33
|aim=75-130
|defense=0-25
|will=20
|move=12-18
}}
Long War Outsiders are enormously more dangerous than vanilla Outsiders. They start with 10 HP and 3 HP regeneration per turn, meaning it will take a concerted effort from the whole squad to take them down early game. Like vanilla, Outsiders are mostly found in charge of UFOs, usually holed up on the bridge, but not always. In Long War, they will occasionally patrol. You should be careful not to activate a UFO's Outsider until you're ready for it, since their HP regen means they can easily take on 1 or 2 XCOM soldiers without even taking damage. On larger UFOs Outsiders spawn in larger groups than in vanilla. On larger ships and later encounters, Outsiders spawn in pods of 3 or 4.

When you first meet them, fighting Outsiders in a war of attrition across cover is a bad idea, since their HP regen and relatively high damage and accuracy with their plasma carbines means they may well win. Neutralising the Outsider with flashbangs and suppression while you move your troops up to set up for a one turn kill is more effective. Note that their regenerative abilities will increase over the course of your game.

Rewards: Outsiders captured alive grant outsider shards, which can be fashioned into skeleton keys. These are essential for initiating base assault missions, a requirement for ending the game. They also carry light plasma rifles.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|+ Outsider Armaments
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Weapon !! Base Damage !! Critical Damage !! Critical Chance
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| Outsider Light Plasma Rifle || 4 to 8 || 8 to 11 || 5
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Outsider Light Plasma Rifle I || 5 to 9 || 9 to 12 || 5
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Outsider Light Plasma Rifle II || 6 to 10 || 10 to 14 || 5
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Outsider Light Plasma Rifle III || 7 to 11 || 11 to 16 || 5
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Outsider Light Plasma Rifle IV || 7 to 13 || 13 to 18 || 15
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Outsider Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY SUPPRESSION.png|32px]] '''Suppression''' || ''Can fire a special shot that grants reaction fire at a single target if it moves. The target also suffers a -30 Aim penalty and limited AOE range.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:REGENERATION.png|32px]] '''Regeneration''' || ''Allows the unit to restore a small amount of HP each turn. Amount increases based on alien tech progression.''
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|-align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY READYFORANYTHING.png|32px]] '''Ready for Anything''' || ''If the unit shoots without using another action, it automatically enters Overwatch at the end of the turn.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_SQUADSIGHT.png|32px]] '''Squadsight''' || ''Allows firing at targets in any ally's sight radius within weapon range. Non-Sniper rifles gain roughly +5 tiles of extra range.''
|-
|}

'''Notes'''
*While Outsiders themselves do not have navigators, it is possible for them to appear alongside a navigator of another species.
*Spotting an Outsider during a UFO landing will cause the remaining contingent of the crew to advance towards you. This does not only include the commanding crew of said ship, but also any randomly spawned Outsiders that you may encounter.
*Outsiders will gain additional DR as the game progresses, up to a maximum of +3.

 

==Thin Man==
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Thin_Man_1_(EU2012).png|125px]]
|hp=5-33
|aim=70-135
|defense=0-25
|will=15-46
|move=15
}}
Thin Men are quite similar to vanilla, with high mobility, mediocre aim and low Will. The main change is that their poison has been replaced with Acid, which lowers aim and mobility as poison does, and affected units take slightly more damage from attacks, but acid no longer causes damage directly. Instead, acid inflicts damage to a victim as they take actions, so moving, reloading, firing, overwatch, etc will all cause an affected unit to take 1 damage. A unit that goes on overwatch will take the damage when they go on overwatch, not when they fire. Hunkering Down is safe and a unit that simply remains still and hunkered for the duration of acid will take no damage at all. Acid clouds dissipate within 2 turns and the acid debuff lasts 2-5 turns. Robotic units and soldiers with medikits or sealed armour are immune to the mobility effects of acid and won't take damage from actions, but will still take more damage from attacks and have reduced aim while affected by acid.

Rewards: Thin Men carry light plasma rifles (with the standard dead-man switch) and leave corpses. These can be spent on the Improved Medkit Foundry project (10x) after completing an autopsy (10x). The Thin Man interrogation gives a 25% research credit towards laser weaponry.
{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|+ Thin Man Armaments
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Weapon !! Damage !! Critical Damage !! Critical Chance
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| Thin Man Plasma Light Rifle || 4 to 6 || 7 to 9 || 10
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Thin Man Plasma Light Rifle I || 5 to 7 || 8 to 11 || 15
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Thin Man Plasma Light Rifle II || 6 to 8 || 9 to 12 || 15
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Thin Man Plasma Light Rifle III || 7 to 9 || 11 to 14 || 25
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Thin Man Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY SUPPRESSION.png|32px]] '''Suppression''' || ''Can fire a special shot that grants reaction fire at a single target if it moves. The target also suffers a -30 Aim penalty and limited AOE range.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_POISON.png|32px]] '''Poison Spit'''|| ''Spit poison at long range, causing a noxious cloud to remain briefly on the battlefield.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_LEAP.png|32px]] '''Leap''' || ''Allows vertical leaps onto elevated surfaces during movement.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:Adaptive Bone Marrow Gene Mod (EU2012).png|32px]] '''Adaptive Bone Marrow*''' || ''Unit regenerates 2 HP per turn up to the HP max without armor. Amount increases for alien units based on alien tech progression.''
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_EXECUTIONER.png|32px]] '''Executioner''' || ''Confers +10 aim and +10 critical hit chance against targets at or below 50% of their health.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_CLOSEPERSONAL.png|32px]] '''Close Encounters'''|| ''The first standard shot made within 4 tiles of the target does not cost an action. Cannot combine with Run And Gun.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:Urban_Combat_Badge_2_(EU2012).png|32px]] '''Sharpshooter''' || ''Confers +10 critical hit chance at all times and an additional +10 aim against targets behind full-cover.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_BOMBARD.png|32px]] '''Bombard''' || ''Throw or launch grenades over exceptionally long distances. Also affects the range of Thin Man acid.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_SQUADSIGHT.png|32px]] '''Squadsight''' || ''Allows firing at targets in any ally's sight radius within weapon range. Non-Sniper rifles gain roughly +5 tiles of extra range.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY RAPIDREACTION.png|32px]] '''Rapid Reaction''' || ''Allows an additional shot to be fired on Overwatch if the first Overwatch shot hits.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:SUPPORT_SPRINTER.png|32px]] '''Sprinter''' || ''Grants 3 additional points of movement to the unit.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_LIGHTNINGREFLEXES.png|32px]] '''Lightning Reflexes''' || ''The accuracy of the first Overwatch shot that this unit recieves has a -90% aim penalty, while all subsequent Overwatch shots recieve a -70% penalty to hit this unit.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_AGGRESSION.png|32px]] '''Aggression''' || ''Confers +10% critical chance per enemy in sight (max +30%).''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_TACTICALSENSE.png|32px]] '''Tactical Sense''' || ''Confers +5 Defense per enemy in sight (max +20).''
|-align="center"
| [[File:COMBINED_ARMS.png|32px]] '''Combined Arms''' || ''Allows the squad that this unit belongs to to ignore 1 point of DR.''
|-align="center"
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Navigator Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_EXECUTIONER.png|32px]] '''Executioner''' || ''Confers +10 aim and +10 critical hit chance against targets at or below 50% of their health.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_DGG.png|32px]] '''Damn Good Ground'''|| ''+10 Aim and +10 Defense against enemies at lower elevation in addition to the usual elevation bonuses.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:SUPPORT_SPRINTER.png|32px]] '''Sprinter''' || ''Grants 3 additional points of movement to the unit.''
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_LIGHTNINGREFLEXES.png|32px]] '''Lightning Reflexes''' || ''The accuracy of the first Overwatch shot that this unit recieves has a -90% aim penalty, while all subsequent Overwatch shots recieve a -70% penalty to hit this unit.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:REGENERATION.png|32px]] '''Regeneration''' || ''Allows the unit to restore a small amount of HP each turn. Amount increases based on alien tech progression.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_SQUADSIGHT.png|32px]] '''Squadsight''' || ''Allows firing at targets in any ally's sight radius within weapon range. Non-Sniper rifles gain roughly +5 tiles of extra range.''
|- align="center"
|-
|} 

'''Notes'''
*Since they do not possess any armor, adaptive bone marrow will restore up to their maximum health.

==Floater==
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Floater_1_(EU2012).png|125px]]
|hp=5-45
|aim=70-132
|defense=0-15
|will=15-50
|move=15
|fuel=32
}}
Floaters behave identically to vanilla floaters. Floater squad leaders gain the Damn Good Ground ability, which, given their ability to fly, makes them significantly more dangerous than regular floaters.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|+ Floater Armaments
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Weapon !! Base Damage !! Critical Damage !! Critical Chance
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| Floater Plasma Light Rifle || 4 to 6 || 7 to 9 || 10
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Floater Plasma Light Rifle I || 5 to 7 || 8 to 11 || 10
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Floater Plasma Light Rifle II || 6 to 8 || 9 to 12 || 10
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Floater Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY SUPPRESSION.png|32px]] '''Suppression''' || ''Can fire a special shot that grants reaction fire at a single target if it moves. The target also suffers a -30 Aim penalty.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY_FLIGHT.png|32px]] '''Flight''' || ''Flying units can bypass ground obstacles. They can remain in flight if they have sufficient fuel.'' 
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_LAUNCH.png|32px]] '''Launch''' || ''Move anywhere on the battlefield in a single turn. Launch cannot be used indoors. Will end the Floater's turn.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY_EVASION.png|32px]] '''Evasion'''|| ''Enemies targeting this unit when it is airborne suffer a -20% Aim penalty.''
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_DGG.png|32px]] '''Damn Good Ground'''|| ''+10 Aim and +10 Defense against enemies at lower elevation in addition to the usual elevation bonuses.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_CLOSECOMBAT.png|32px]] '''Close Combat Specialist''' || ''Confers a reaction shot against any enemy who closes to within 4 tiles. Does not require Overwatch.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_DANGERZONE.png|32px]] '''Danger Zone''' || ''Increases area of effect for Suppression, rocket launchers and offensive grenades.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:SUPPORT_SPRINTER.png|32px]] '''Sprinter''' || ''Grants 3 additional points of movement to the unit.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_MAYHEM.png|32px]] '''Mayhem''' || ''Confers additional damage based on weapon tech level to Suppression and all area-effect abilities.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY READYFORANYTHING.png|32px]] '''Ready for Anything''' || ''If the unit shoots without using another action, it automatically enters Overwatch at the end of the turn.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:REGENERATION.png|32px]] '''Regeneration''' || ''Allows the unit to restore a small amount of HP each turn. Amount increases based on alien tech progression.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_AGGRESSION.png|32px]] '''Aggression''' || ''Confers +10% critical chance per enemy in sight (max +30%).''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_TACTICALSENSE.png|32px]] '''Tactical Sense''' || ''Confers +5 Defense per enemy in sight (max +20).''
|- align="center"
| [[File:COMBINED_ARMS.png|32px]] '''Combined Arms''' || ''Allows the squad that this unit belongs to to ignore 1 point of DR.''
|- align="center"
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Navigator Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_DANGERZONE.png|32px]] '''Danger Zone''' || ''Increases area of effect for Suppression, rocket launchers and offensive grenades.''
|- align="center"
|}

 

==Chryssalid==
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Chryssalid_1_(EU2012).png|125px]]
|hp=8-62
|aim=∞
|defense=10-30
|will=120
|move=20-25
}}
Chryssalids are similar to vanilla Chryssalids. A big difference is that Chryssalid squad leaders have Lightning Reflexes, which can seriously reduce the amount of damage a charging Chryssalid squad will take from overwatch fire since the squad leader moves first, and is thus the most likely to trigger overwatch fire depending on positioning. Like Thin Men, the Chryssalid's claw poison has been replaced with acid.

AP/frag grenades are an effective early counter to Chryssalids, since they'll frequently charge in a tightly packed group on first sight, and the grenades will do full damage since Chryssalids don't benefit from cover. Similarly, flashbangs can debilitate a whole group of Chryssalids by reducing their move by 40%, which brings it considerably under the range a flashbang can be thrown. Chryssalids are immune to acid, so Chem Grenades won't reduce their mobility. Taking out the Chryssalid leader will make reaction fire effective against them; a Close Combat Specialist Assault can frequently finish off leaderless Chryssalids. The MEC Flamethrower is also quite effective; aside from the damage (especially with the Jellied Elerium upgrade) it can cause the Chryssalids to panic, and they may then run ''away'' from your soldiers instead of towards them.

Chryssalids on a terror mission will ''always'' spawn Zombies from civilians they kill offscreen - normally, this only occurred on higher difficulties in vanilla. As such, expect to have to deal with many additional zombies during terror missions that focus on the deployment of chryssalids. Additionally, Chryssalid pods may occasionally contain a number of Zombie units regardless of the mission type.

Some Chryssalid Squad Leaders may be particularly large. Beware, as these monsters often have upwards of 40-50 health on top of the fact they are escorted by several more chryssalids and have augmented damage.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|+ Chryssalid Armaments
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Weapon !! Base Damage !! Critical Damage !! Critical Chance !! Abilities
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| Chryssalid Claw || 7 to 9 || 11 to 14 || 25 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Chryssalid Claw I || 8 to 10 || 12 to 15 || 25 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Chryssalid Claw II || 9 to 11 || 14 to 17 || 25 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Chryssalid Claw III || 10 to 12 || 15 to 18 || 25 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Chryssalid Claw IV || 11 to 13 || 17 to 20 || 25 || Melee Only
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Chryssalid Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_IMPLANT.png|32px]] '''Implant''' || ''Victims are implanted with a Chryssalid egg if they are killed by a Chryssalid's attack (not from poison caused by Poisonous Claws). Implanted victims will spawn a Zombie on the next turn; The Zombie can move and attack on the turn it emerges.'' 
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_POISON.png|32px]] '''Poisonous Claws''' || ''Has a chance to apply acid to enemies wounded with melee attacks.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_LEAP.png|32px]] '''Leap''' || ''Allows vertical leaps onto elevated surfaces during movement.''
|-align="center"
| |[[File:ABILITY_HARDENED.png|32px]] '''Hardened''' || ''Confers extra protection against critical hits. Enemies suffer a -60% chance to inflict critical hits.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:Adaptive Bone Marrow Gene Mod (EU2012).png|32px]] '''Adaptive Bone Marrow*''' || ''Unit regenerates 2 HP per turn up to the HP max without armor. Amount increases for alien units based on alien tech progression.''
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_LIGHTNINGREFLEXES.png|32px]] '''Lightning Reflexes''' || ''The accuracy of the first Overwatch shot that this unit recieves has a -90% aim penalty, while all subsequent Overwatch shots recieve a -70% penalty to hit this unit.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:REGENERATION.png|32px]] '''Regeneration''' || ''Allows the unit to restore a small amount of HP each turn. Amount increases based on alien tech progression.'
|-align="center"
| [[File:SUPPORT_SPRINTER.png|32px]] '''Sprinter''' || ''Grants 3 additional points of movement to the unit.''
|-align="center"
| |[[File:MEC_SHOCK_ABSORBENT_ARMOR.png|32px]] '''Shock-Absorbent Armor''' || ''Damage received from enemies within 4 tiles is reduced by 33%.''
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Navigator Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:REGENERATION.png|32px]] '''Regeneration''' || ''Allows the unit to restore a small amount of HP each turn. Amount increases based on alien tech progression.''
|-align="center"
|}

 

==Zombie==
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Zombie_1_(EU2012).png|125px]]
|hp=12-23
|aim=∞
|defense=0
|will=120
|move=9-13
}}
Not even zombies are immune to getting tweaked in Long War - At first, they become faster, and later tougher, whilst their melee damage steadily ramps up over time. They can occasionally spawn as a member of Chryssalid pods on any mission, and it is also be possible to encounter them as a special pod spawn during Terror missions, in which four to five identical zombies will spawn in a group. Unlike regular zombies, the members of this zombie 'pack' do not seem to spawn chryssalids if left to their own devices for too long.

Zombies that have been spawned through a victim implanted by a Chryssalid will spawn a "baby" Chryssalid after two turns, easily recognized by their slightly pink skin color. This Chryssalid variant will have the same stats as an adult Chryssalid and can both move and attack during the turn it emerges. It will furthermore always emerge at full health regardless of how much damage the Zombie has taken.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|+ Zombie Armaments
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Weapon !! Base Damage !! Critical Damage !! Critical Chance !! Abilities
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| Zombie Fist || 6 to 8 || 9 to 12 || 0 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Zombie Fist I || 7 to 9 || 11 to 14 || 0 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Zombie Fist II || 8 to 10 || 12 to 15 || 0 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Zombie Fist III || 9 to 11 || 14 to 17 || 0 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Zombie Fist IV || 10 to 12 || 15 to 18 || 0 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Zombie Fist V || 11 to 13 || 17 to 20 || 0 || Melee Only
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Zombie Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:REGENERATION.png|32px]] '''Regeneration*''' || ''Allows the unit to restore a small amount of HP each turn. Amount increases based on alien tech progression.'
|-align="center"
|} 

==Seeker==
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Seeker_(EU2012).png|125px]]
|hp=4-53
|aim=65-89
|defense=0-15
|will=0
|move=16-22
|fuel=32
}}
Seekers can be found both in pods made up entirely of Seekers, and accompanying squads of other aliens. This indirectly makes them more dangerous than vanilla, since a Seeker itself isn't much threat, but a Seeker supporting other aliens can be a deadly distraction. Seekers have had the shackles taken off their AI, and will happily decloak and strangle 4 of your soldiers at once. As mechanized units they have some damage reduction, which makes them difficult to damage with low power weapons like pistols and carbines. Seekers only cause 1 initial damage when strangling, but this damage doubles every turn they remain attached, so quickly knocking a Seeker off will result in minimal damage, but if left it will cause massive damage in 3-4 turns.

Battle Scanners are available to any soldier as carried items in Long War, giving an early counter to Seekers. They have a habit of going into Overwatch while in stealth, so if you're waiting out Seekers without a Battle Scanner, try moving a soldier, one might reveal itself to take a pot shot at you. Ground-hugging Seekers can also be 'detected' by scanning for seemingly empty tiles that cannot be moved into; any explosive/area effect attacks (bar the MEC Flamethrower; Seekers are fireproof - though an 'IMMUNE' popup will still appear) that catch an invisible seeker in their area will force them to decloak.

If Seekers have no valid targets for their strangulation attack (as MECs and SHIVs are immune, and several armours and items grant immunity also), they will most often go into Overwatch (which will not decloak them until they have fired), or attempt to flank soldiers in cover and try to score a critical hit with their plasma gun. A Seeker who does not cloak on pod activation will usually try for this approach. Like Sectoids, Seekers possess the Gunslinger perk and suffer no range penalties for their plasma shots, but do not deal extra damage from base. In Terror missions, they prefer to hunt down any remaining civilians if all XCOM units are immune; if a Seeker is the last enemy active on a terror mission, focus on rescuing the civilians. Once the Seeker has no civilian targets remaining, its AI will switch to focusing on the squad instead.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|+ Seeker Armaments
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Weapon !! Base Damage !! Critical Damage !! Critical Chance
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| Seeker Plasma Pistol || 2 to 4 || 3 to 6 || 0
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Seeker Plasma Pistol I || 3 to 5 || 5 to 8 || 0
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Seeker Plasma Pistol II || 4 to 6 || 7 to 9 || 0
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Seeker Plasma Pistol III || 5 to 7 || 8 to 11 || 0
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Seeker Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER GUNSLINGER.png|32px]] '''Gunslinger''' || ''Eliminates any range penalties for pistols.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY GHOST.png|32px]] '''Stealth''' || ''The Seeker becomes invisible to enemies. It can use its tentacles to attack from stealth mode but it must deactivate stealth mode to use its ranged attack.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:STRANGLE.png|32px]] '''Strangle''' || ''Strangle can be used against adjacent humans unprotected by strangle-resistant armor, items or abilities.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY_FLIGHT.png|32px]] '''Flight''' || ''Flying units can bypass ground obstacles. They can remain in flight if they have sufficient fuel.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY_EVASION.png|32px]] '''Evasion'''|| ''Enemies targeting this unit when it is airborne suffer a -20% Aim penalty.''
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY GHOST.png|32px]] '''Unlimited Stealth''' || ''The Seeker becomes invisible to enemies. It can use its tentacles to attack from stealth mode but it must deactivate stealth mode to use its ranged attack. Can be activated as many times as necessary during a mission.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_HOLO.png|32px]] '''Holo-Targeting''' || ''Shooting at or suppressing enemies also confers a +10 Aim to any allies' attacks on those enemies.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_REPAIR_SERVOS.png|32px]] '''Repair Servos''' || ''Repairs up to 50% of damage taken (max 2 per turn). Additional damage taken before repairs are complete reduces how much can be repaired.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_AUTOMATED_THREAT_ASSESSMENT.png|32px]] '''Automated Threat Assessment''' || ''Confers +15 Defense when on Overwatch. Cancelled as soon as the unit fires a reaction shot.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_PLATFORM_STABILITY.png|32px]] '''Platform Stability''' || ''Any shots taken without moving have +10 Aim and +10% critical chance.''
|- align="center"
| |[[File:MEC_SHOCK_ABSORBENT_ARMOR.png|32px]] '''Shock-Absorbent Armor''' || ''Damage received from enemies within 4 tiles is reduced by 33%.''
|- align="center"
| |[[File:ASSAULT_CLOSEPERSONAL.png|32px]] '''Close Encounters''' || ''The first standard shot made within 4 tiles of the target does not cost an action. Cannot combine with Run And Gun.''
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Navigator Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY GHOST.png|32px]] '''Unlimited Stealth''' || ''The Seeker becomes invisible to enemies. It can use its tentacles to attack from stealth mode but it must deactivated stealth mode to use its ranged attack. Can be activated as many times as necessary during a mission.''
|-
|} 

==Muton==
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Muton_1_(EU2012).png|125px]]
|hp=8-40
|aim=70-110
|defense=10-29
|will=10-47
|move=12
}}
Mutons are similar to vanilla Mutons, and will start with Plasma Carbines and later upgrade to Plasma Rifles. Muton squad leaders have significantly more HP than regular Mutons, as well as a number of Overwatch enhancing perks.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|+ Muton Armaments
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Weapon !! Damage !! Critical Damage !! Critical Chance
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| Alien Grenade || 5 || NA || NA
|- align="center"
| Muton Light Plasma Rifle || 5 to 7 || 8 to 11 || 5
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Muton Light Plasma Rifle I || 6 to 8 || 9 to 12 || 5
|- align="center"
| Muton Plasma Rifle || 7 to 9 || 11 to 14 || 10
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Muton Plasma Rifle I || 8 to 10 || 12 to 15 || 10
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Muton Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY SUPPRESSION.png|32px]] '''Suppression''' || ''Can fire a special shot that grants reaction fire at a single target if it moves. The target also suffers a -30 Aim penalty.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_BLOODCALL.png|32px]] '''Blood Call''' || ''Unleash a bestial roar that inspires nearby allies of the same species to greater speed, focus, and resolve for 2 turns. 4 turns cooldown. Will affect also nearby Beserkers and Muton Elites and gives +10 Will/Aim and +4 Movement.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_INTIMIDATE.png|32px]] '''Intimidate''' || ''Reacts unpredictably when wounded, provoking panic in enemies. Provokes a Will test on the enemy unit responsible for the wound. If the enemy fails the Will test it will panic.''
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:SUPPORT_COVERINGFIRE.png|32px]] '''Covering Fire''' || ''Allows reaction shot to trigger on enemy attacks, not just movement.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_OPPORTUNIST.png|32px]] '''Opportunist''' || ''Eliminates the Aim penalty on reaction shots, and allows reaction shots to cause critical hits.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_HEAT_AMMO.png|32px]] '''Heat Warheads''' || ''Rockets and grenades do additional damage to robotic enemies.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_BOMBARD.png|32px]] '''Bombard''' || ''Throw or launch grenades over exceptionally long distances.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_WILLTOSURVIVE.png|32px]] '''Will to Survive''' || ''Reduces all normal damage taken by 1.5 if in cover and not flanked.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:SUPPORT_SENTINEL.png|32px]] '''Sentinel''' || ''Allows two reaction shots during Overwatch, instead of only one.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_BULLETSWARM.png|32px]] '''Light 'Em Up ''' || ''Firing with the first action no longer ends turn.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_AGGRESSION.png|32px]] '''Aggression''' || ''Confers +10% critical chance per enemy in sight (max +30%).''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_TACTICALSENSE.png|32px]] '''Tactical Sense''' || ''Confers +5 Defense per enemy in sight (max +20).''
|-align="center"
| [[File:COMBINED_ARMS.png|32px]] '''Combined Arms''' || ''Allows the squad that this unit belongs to to ignore 1 point of DR.''
|-align="center"
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Navigator Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:SUPPORT_COVERINGFIRE.png|32px]] '''Covering Fire''' || ''Allows reaction shot to trigger on enemy attacks, not just movement.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:Hyper_Reactive_Pupils_(EU2012).png|32px]] '''Hyper Reactive Pupils''' || ''Confers +10 Aim to any shot after a miss.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:Depth_Perception_(EU2012).png|32px]] '''Depth Perception''' || ''Height Advantage confers an additional +5 Aim and +5 critical chance.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_SQUADSIGHT.png|32px]] '''Squadsight''' || ''Allows firing at targets in any ally's sight radius within weapon range. Non-Sniper rifles gain roughly +5 tiles of extra range.''
|-
|}
 

==Cyberdisc==
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Cyberdisc_1_(EU2012).png|125px]]
|hp=18-55
|aim=70-92
|defense=0
|will=0
|move=18-21
|fuel=32
}}
Cyberdiscs are similar to vanilla Cyberdiscs; even their deployment behaviour is largely unchanged. They get the Automated Threat Assessment perk, which given their habit of immediately going on overwatch when seen will often give them extra defense at least for the first turn. Cyberdiscs are usually accompanied by two to three drones, and usually prefer to throw their grenade if an eligible soldier is in range rather than shooting.

Cyberdiscs pose a significant threat throughout the game. Early on their high health pool makes them difficult to kill unless you have more than one soldier with HEAT ammo/warheads, or a soldier with Shredder ammo/rockets. Their movement range can take you off guard as it's close to that of a chryssalid; if they're not dealt with quickly or retreated from, they are very likely to flank and hit you with raw firepower, move up next to you and use their powerful Death Blossom attack, or simply fire long-range explosives at you. In the later months Cyberdiscs gain the Reactive Targeting Sensors perk, allowing them to return fire.

The drones escorting a Cyberdisc are of course more dangerous as well (see the main Drone entry), primarily because they can tag a target with Holo Targeting, making it easier for the parent Cyberdisc (and any other enemies, for that matter) to hit the victim. Drones can be distracted by damaging the Cyberdisc (in which case they will fly back to repair it) but this is hardly an ideal strategy.

One important note about the Cyberdisc is that they only have the "Hardened" trait as long as they're closed. A Cyberdisc must open up in order to attack with its cannons or grenade, and will immediately return to closed form if hit by an incoming attack.

In close range, Cyberdiscs explode for damage upon death, a trait that can be used against the aliens in tight packed groups. The Long War mod has also made efforts to better calculate the discs "Death Blossom", so be cautious not to engage too closely.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Cyberdisc Armaments
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Weapon !! Base Damage !! Critical Damage !! Critical Chance
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| Alien Grenade || 5 || NA || NA
|- align="center"
| Cyberdisc Cannon || 8 to 10 || 12 to 15 || 10
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Cyberdisc Cannon I || 9 to 11 || 14 to 17 || 10
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Cyberdisc Cannon II || 10 to 12 || 15 to 18 || 10
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Cyberdisc Cannon III || 11 to 13 || 17 to 20 || 10
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Cyberdisc Cannon IV || 12 to 14 || 18 to 21 || 10
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Cyberdisc Cannon V || 13 to 15 || 20 to 23 || 10
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Cyberdisc Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY_HARDENED.png|32px]] '''Hardened''' || ''Confers extra protection against critical hits. Enemies suffer a -60% chance to inflict critical hits.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY_FLIGHT.png|32px]] '''Flight''' || ''Flying units can bypass ground obstacles. They can remain in flight if they have sufficient fuel.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY_EVASION.png|32px]] '''Evasion'''|| ''Enemies targeting this unit when it is airborne suffer a -20% Aim penalty.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_DEATHBLOSSOM.png|32px]] '''Death Blossom'''|| ''Project an intense energy field from Closed position, damaging all nearby enemies.''
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_AUTOMATED_THREAT_ASSESSMENT.png|32px]] '''Automated Threat Assessment''' || ''Confers +15 Defense when on Overwatch. Cancelled as soon as the unit fires a reaction shot.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_BOMBARD.png|32px]] '''Bombard''' || ''Throw or launch grenades over exceptionally long distances.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_DAMAGE_CONTROL.png|32px]] '''Damage Control''' || ''When this unit takes damage, all further damage will be reduced by 1 or 2 points for the next 2 turns.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_REPAIR_SERVOS.png|32px]] '''Repair Servos''' || ''Repairs up to 50% of damage taken (max 2 per turn). Additional damage taken before repairs are complete reduces how much can be repaired.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_AGGRESSION.png|32px]] '''Aggression''' || ''Confers +10% critical chance per enemy in sight (max +30%).''
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_REACTIVE_TARGETING_SENSORS.png|32px]] '''Reactive Targeting Sensors''' || ''Units with this perk get a free shot back at the first enemy who attacks it each turn, providing there's enough ammo to do so.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_BULLETSWARM.png|32px]] '''Light 'Em Up ''' || ''Firing with the first action no longer ends turn.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:COMBINED_ARMS.png|32px]] '''Combined Arms''' || ''Allows the squad that this unit belongs to to ignore 1 point of DR.''
|-
|}

'''Notes'''
*While Cyberdiscs themselves do not have navigators, it is possible for them to appear alongside a navigator of another species.
*Cyberdiscs will gain additional DR as the game progresses, up to a maximum of +5.
 

==Mechtoid==
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Mechtoid_(EU2012).png|125px]]
|hp=25-50
|shield=6-16
|aim=75-93
|defense=0
|will=0
|move=14-15
}}
Mechtoids behave identically to vanilla Mechtoids. Like vanilla, they will appear with Sectoid escorts, and later with Sectoid Commanders.

Mechtoids are very vulnerable to psionics - Mind Fray will restrict their movement and prevent them from charging to flank as well as reducing their accuracy. Psi Panic will completely disable a Mechtoid. Chem grenades will hurt their accuracy a bit. Like the Cyberdisc, the Mechtoid will eventually gain access to Reactive Targeting Sensors.

The Psi Shield granted to Mechtoids by Mind Merge also grants a '''significant''' amount of extra Damage Reduction on top of the added temporary health. As a result, it is absolutely essential that you find and kill the sectoid that set up the link (helpfully indicated by the purple streams) and eliminate them.

While Mechtoids do not explode for damage, a Mechtoid that falls backwards in a fight it will crush cover it lands on. Be careful not to destroy your own cover in close quarters combat.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Mechtoid Armaments
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Weapon !! Base Damage !! Critical Damage !! Critical Chance
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| Mechtoid Plasma Cannon || 7 to 9 || 11 to 14 || 10
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Mechtoid Plasma Cannon I || 8 to 10 || 12 to 15 || 10
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Mechtoid Plasma Cannon II || 9 to 11 || 14 to 17 || 10
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Mechtoid Plasma Cannon III || 10 to 12 || 15 to 18 || 10
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Mechtoid Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_BULLETSWARM.png|32px]] '''Light 'Em Up ''' || ''Firing with the first action no longer ends turn.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY_HARDENED.png|32px]] '''Hardened''' || ''Confers extra protection against critical hits. Enemies suffer a -60% chance to inflict critical hits.''
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_EXECUTIONER.png|32px]] '''Executioner''' || ''Confers +10 aim and +10 critical hit chance against targets at or below 50% of their health.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_PLATFORM_STABILITY.png|32px]] '''Platform Stability''' || ''Any shots taken without moving have +10 Aim and +10% critical chance.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_ADVANCED_FIRE_CONTROL.png|32px]] '''Advanced Fire Control''' || ''Shots from Overwatch no longer suffer any Aim penalty.''
|- align="center"
| |[[File:MEC_SHOCK_ABSORBENT_ARMOR.png|32px]] '''Shock-Absorbent Armor''' || ''Damage received from enemies within 4 tiles is reduced by 33%.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_REPAIR_SERVOS.png|32px]] '''Repair Servos''' || ''Repairs up to 50% of damage taken (max 2 per turn). Additional damage taken before repairs are complete reduces how much can be repaired.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY RAPIDREACTION.png|32px]] '''Rapid Reaction''' || ''Allows an additional shot to be fired on Overwatch if the first Overwatch shot hits.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_REACTIVE_TARGETING_SENSORS.png|32px]] '''Reactive Targeting Sensors''' || ''Units with this perk get a free shot back at the first enemy who attacks it each turn, providing there's enough ammo to do so.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_ABSORTION_FIELDS.png|32px]] '''Absorption Fields''' || ''Reduces most incoming damage to this unit, scaling up as the damage increases.''
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Navigator Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:COMBINED_ARMS.png|32px]] '''Combined Arms''' || ''Allows the squad that this unit belongs to to ignore 1 point of DR.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_AUTOMATED_THREAT_ASSESSMENT.png|32px]] '''Automated Threat Assessment''' || ''Confers +15 Defense when on Overwatch. Cancelled as soon as the unit fires a reaction shot.''
|-
|}

'''Notes'''
*Mechtoids will gain additional DR as the game progresses, up to a maximum of +4. 

==Berserker==
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=March
|picture=[[File:Berserker_(EU2012).png|125px]]
|hp=25-78
|aim=∞
|defense=20-30
|will=80
|move=17-21
}}
Berserkers can also be Squad Leaders, meaning the first Berserkers you see could have terrifying amounts of health.

Like Chryssalids, anything you can do to slow down a Berserker will greatly reduce its threat. Flashbanging a Berserker will reduce its half-movement range to well below flashbang throw range, so is a good way to neutralise a Berserker you're not ready to kill. It will also reduce its movement from Bloodlust, so you can also shoot a couple of times after flashbanging (but don't go overboard). Another good piece of equipment to use against them are chem grenades, not only does it reduce their damage reduction and limit their movement, but it also deals damage to them each time they move after being shot.

Since it's possible to have multiple soldiers with Rift outside of the Temple Ship, using their aggression against them to make them wander in and out of the psionic storm will make quick work of them, if you can set up the situation. With a few other AoE attacks, a cluster of them becomes a comedic slaughter: excellent payback for all the times they will crush your soldiers under their fists.

Two well placed Close Combat Specialist Assaults (Optionally with Shredder Ammo) can also quickly make short work of even a group of Berserkers while a grenade or rocket makes them to run all at once towards the CCS trap. Beware of low ammunition shotguns.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|+ Berserker Armaments
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Weapon !! Damage !! Critical Damage !! Critical Chance !! Abilities
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| Muton Blade|| 9 to 11 || 14 to 17 || 33 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Muton Blade I || 10 to 12 || 15 to 18 || 33 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Muton Blade II || 11 to 13 || 17 to 20 || 33 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Muton Blade III || 12 to 14 || 18 to 21 || 33 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Muton Blade IV || 13 to 15 || 20 to 23 || 33 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Muton Blade V || 14 to 16 || 21 to 24 || 33 || Melee Only
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Muton Blade VI || 16 to 18 || 24 to 27 || 33 || Melee Only
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Berserker Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY_HARDENED.png|32px]] '''Hardened''' || ''Confers extra protection against critical hits. Enemies suffer a -60% chance to inflict critical hits.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_INTIMIDATE.png|32px]] '''Intimidate''' || ''Reacts unpredictably when wounded, provoking panic in enemies. Provokes a Will test on the enemy unit responsible for the wound. If the enemy fails the Will test it will panic.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN_BLOODLUST.png|32px]] '''Bloodlust'''|| ''Allows the Berserker to charge an enemy that wounds it.''
|- align="center"
| |[[File:ALIEN_BULLRUSH.png|32px]] '''Bull Rush'''|| ''Charge in a straight line through cover to unleash a devastating melee attack''
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| |[[File:MEC_SHOCK_ABSORBENT_ARMOR.png|32px]] '''Shock-Absorbent Armor''' || ''Damage received from enemies within 4 tiles is reduced by 33%.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:REGENERATION.png|32px]] '''Regeneration''' || ''Allows the unit to restore a small amount of HP each turn. Amount increases based on alien tech progression.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:Neural_Damping_(EU2012).png|32px]] '''Neural Damping''' || ''Confers +20 Will when defending against psi attacks, and immunity to panic. If the soldier is Mind Controlled, the control is cancelled, and the soldier is stunned for 1 turn instead.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:SUPPORT_SPRINTER.png|32px]] '''Sprinter''' || ''Grants 3 additional points of movement to the unit.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_TACTICALSENSE.png|32px]] '''Tactical Sense''' || ''Confers +5 Defense per enemy in sight (max +20).''
|-
|}

'''Notes'''
*Berserker Navigators do not gain any additional abilities, but are instead able to gain up to +4 HP and +1 damage compared to regular Berserkers. 

==Heavy Floater==
[[File:537px-Heavyfloater.jpg|right|thumb]]
Similar in appearance to the Floater species, this upgraded variant can pose a significant offensive threat to mechanized units as well as units behind cover when accompanied by other aliens. As the Heavy Floater will most probably already have access to Heat Ammo when you first encounter it, it is advisable to take on a more defensive position with MEC's and Shiv's, ideally concealing them behind full-cover until the enemy has been dealt with. Quite like the Muton Elite, the Heavy Floater also has access to Bombard and Alien Grenades, rendering clustered up firing lines ineffective.

Due to the Tactical Sense perk, inherent defenses and elevation bonuses, it is possible for a Heavy Floater squad leader to reach a maximum of 80 Defense during flight, making them extremely hard to hit foes on the battlefield. While psionically enhanced soldiers should have little trouble dealing with one thanks to their low will, accuracy enhancing perks and rockets are king against this species whenever the better alternative is unavailable. Furthermore, with the way Tactical Sense works, it can prove effective to temporarily move targets out of his sight radius so as to achieve better shots.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_REPAIR_SERVOS.png|32px]] '''Repair Servos''' || ''Repairs up to 50% of damage taken (max 2 per turn). Additional damage taken before repairs are complete reduces how much can be repaired.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_HEAT_AMMO.png|32px]] '''Heat Ammo''' || ''Primary weapon does additional damage to robotic enemies.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT CLOSEPERSONAL.png|32px]] '''Close Encounters''' || ''The first standard shot made within 4 tiles of the target does not cost an action.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ALIEN BOMBARD.png|32px]] '''Bombard''' || ''Throw or launch grenades over exceptionally long distances.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_TACTICALSENSE.png|32px]] '''Tactical Sense''' || ''Confers +5 Defense per enemy in sight (max +20).''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ABILITY READYFORANYTHING.png|32px]] '''Ready for Anything''' || ''If the unit shoots without using another action, it automatically enters Overwatch at the end of the turn.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_WILLTOSURVIVE.png|32px]] '''Will to Survive''' || ''Reduces all normal damage taken by 1.5 if in cover and not flanked.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_MAYHEM.png|32px]] '''Mayhem''' || ''Confers additional damage based on weapon tech level to Suppression and all area-effect abilities.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY_DANGERZONE.png|32px]] '''Danger Zone''' || ''Increases area of effect for Suppression, rocket launchers and offensive grenades.''
|- align="center"
|}

==Sectopod==
[[File:Sectopod 2 (EU2012).png|right|thumb]]
Massive mechanical war machines, Sectopods are similar to their original incarnation - only more deadly, of course. Approach with extreme caution. As with all aliens, their strength and power progresses with time, making them significantly more dangerous as the war drags on.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|+ Sectopod Armaments
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Weapon !! Base Damage !! Critical Damage !! Critical Chance
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| Sectopod Cluster Bomb || 5 to 9 || 9 to 12 || 10
|- align="center"
| Sectopod Cannon || 7 to 11 || 11 to 15 || 0
|- align="center"
| Sectopod Chest Cannon || 8 to 14 || 14 to 19 || 10
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Sectopod Chest Cannon III || 16 to 26 || 26 to 37 || 10
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:MEC_REPAIR_SERVOS.png|32px]] '''Repair Servos''' || ''Repairs up to 50% of damage taken (max 2 per turn). Additional damage taken before repairs are complete reduces how much can be repaired.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:MEC_AUTOMATED_THREAT_ASSESSMENT.png|32px]] '''Automated Threat Assessment''' || ''Confers +15 Defense when on Overwatch. Cancelled as soon as the unit fires a reaction shot.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:SUPPORT_SENTINEL.png|32px]] '''Sentinel''' || ''Allows two reaction shots during Overwatch, instead of only one.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:MEC_REACTIVE_TARGETING_SENSORS.png|32px]] '''Reactive Targeting Sensors''' || ''Units with this perk get a free shot back at the first enemy who attacks it each turn, providing there's enough ammo to do so.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY BULLETSWARM.png|32px]] '''Light 'Em Up''' || ''Firing with the first action no longer ends turn.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:MEC_ABSORTION_FIELDS.png|32px]] '''Absorption Fields''' || ''Reduces most incoming damage to this unit, scaling up as the damage increases.''
|-align="center"
|}

==Sectoid Commander==
{{Unit Stat Box LW
|appears=Late
|picture=[[File:Sectoid (EU2012).png|125px]]
|hp=15
|aim=85
|defense=20
|will=90
|move=12
}}
Sectoid Commanders represent a substantial step up from their first-month brethren, and carry new psionic abilities as well as better statistics. Sectoid Commanders can use Mind Control.

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Sectoid Armaments
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Weapon !! Base Damage !! Critical Damage !! Critical Chance
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| Sectoid Plasma Pistol || 3 to 5 || 4 to 6 || 0
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Sectoid Plasma Pistol I || 4 to 6 || 6 to 9 || 0
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Sectoid Plasma Pistol II || 5 to 7 || 8 to 11 || 0
|- align="center"
| Upgraded Sectoid Plasma Pistol III || 6 to 8 || 9 to 12 || 0
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Sectoid Commander Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|-align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER GUNSLINGER.png|32px]] '''Gunslinger''' || ''Eliminates any range penalties for pistols.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:PSIONIC_MINDCONTROL.png|32px]] '''Mind Control''' || ''Take control of the target if target's Will is overcome. ''
|-align="center"
| [[File:PSIONIC MINDMERGE.png|32px]] '''Greater Mind Merge''' || ''Psionically assist an ally, granting the ally an array of stat bonuses. ''
|- align="center"
| [[File:PSIONIC_MINDFRAY.png|32px]] '''Mind Fray'''|| ''Causes the target to lose grip on reality, inflicting penalties to Aim, Will, mobility and AOE range, as well as doing 1 base damage. Robotic units are immune. Lasts 2 turns. 1 turn cooldown.''
|- align="center"
|[[File:PSIONIC PANIC.png|32px]] '''Psi Panic'''|| ''Cause target to panic if the target's Will is overcome. Robotic enemies are immune. 2 turn cooldown.''
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_LOWPROFILE.png|32px]] '''Low Profile''' || ''Makes partial cover count as full.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT BRINGTHEMON.png|32px]] '''Bring 'Em On''' || ''Grants +1 damage on critical hits for each enemy that the squad can see. (Up to +5)''
|-align="center"
| [[File:HEAVY RAPIDREACTION.png|32px]] '''Rapid Reaction''' || ''Allows an additional shot to be fired on Overwatch if the first Overwatch shot hits.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER OPPORTUNIST.png|32px]] '''Opportunist''' || ''Negates aim penalties for Overwatch shots.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:REGENERATION.png|32px]] '''Regeneration''' || ''Allows the unit to restore a small amount of HP each turn. Amount increases based on alien tech progression.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:COMBINED_ARMS.png|32px]] '''Combined Arms''' || ''Allows the squad that this unit belongs to to ignore 1 point of DR.''
|-align="center"
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Navigator Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_LOWPROFILE.png|32px]] '''Low Profile''' || ''Makes partial cover count as full.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:REGENERATION.png|32px]] '''Regeneration''' || ''Allows the unit to restore a small amount of HP each turn. Amount increases based on alien tech progression.''
|}

==Ethereal==
[[File:Ethereal_(EU2012).png|right|thumb]]
The floating psionic leaders of the alien race are substantially more deadly and no longer trade frailty for their power. Using a psionic lance attack that is based on will as well as the feared Mind Control and Rift abilities, Ethereal's represent the pinnacle of psionic deadliness. Ethereals regenerate health, and an Ethereal who recieves damage from conventional weapons has a chance to reflect the attack, dealing 33% damage to the attacker. The Ethereal's '''Psionic Lance''' is a cross between psionic power and weapon. It has no cooldown, and its effectiveness is reduced by [[Abilities_List_(Long_War)#Suppression|Suppression]], but it can't be disabled with [[Abilities_List_(Long_War)#Disabling_Shot|Disabling Shot]].

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Ethereal Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"
| [[File:PSIONIC_MINDFRAY.png|32px]] '''Mind Fray'''|| ''Causes the target to lose grip on reality, inflicting penalties to Aim, Will, mobility and AOE range, as well as doing 1 base damage. Robotic units are immune. Lasts 2 turns. 1 turn cooldown.''
|- align="center"
|[[File:PSIONIC PANIC.png|32px]] '''Psi Panic'''|| ''Cause target to panic if the target's Will is overcome. Robotic enemies are immune. 2 turn cooldown.''
|- align="center"
|[[File:PSIONIC_RIFT.png|32px]] '''Rift'''|| ''Deal massive damage within an area of effect. Rift persists over several turns.''
|- align="center"
|[[File:PSIONIC_MINDCONTROL.png|32px]] '''Mind Control'''|| ''Take control of target if target's Will is overcome. Robotic enemies are immune. ''
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
|+ Possible Squad Leader Abilities
|-
! width=""50px" align="center" | Ability !! Description
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|- align="center"

| [[File:MEC DISTORTION FIELD.png|32px]] '''Disortion Field''' || Nearby allies in cover receive +10 Defense. (Passive ability)
|-align="center"
| [[File:MEC_SHOCK_ABSORBENT_ARMOR.png|32px]] '''Shock Absorbent Armor''' || ''Damage received from enemies within 4 tiles is reduced by 33%.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:ASSAULT_LIGHTNINGREFLEXES.png|32px]] '''Lightning Reflexes''' || ''Grants a -90% penalty to the first overwatch triggered, and a -45% penalty on all overwatches thereafter.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:SUPPORT_SPRINTER.png|32px]] '''Sprinter''' || ''Confers an extra 3 tiles of movement.''
|-align="center"
| [[File:SNIPER_EXECUTIONER.png|32px]] '''Executioner''' || ''Grants an addition +10 aim and +10 crit chance against ''
|-align="center"
|}
[[Category: Long War]]

Soldiers (Long War)

2015-01-11T23:41:19Z

Entengummitiger: /* Hidden Potential */

{{CheckOutdated (Long War)|b14}}
[[File: Soldiers_M-F.png|left|256px|]]
<div style="float:right">{{Header (Long War)}}__TOC__</div>
It doesn't really matter from where or how you examine the entire Long War roster of Soldiers -aka Troopers.

All you will find is a very tight group of incredibly talented and skilled people from all over the world.
Sure, they all have to go through horrific encounters with the Alien invaders. Fighting their ways back to the SkyRanger for swift extractions -- many times over. Returning to XCom-HQ for debriefing and possibly hard earned promotions.

Some will die, others will even live to assault the alien Temple Ship where a volunteer should be able to help defeat some monstruous creature and its closeby group of cyber-bio-freako thugs.

* Such rare military potential can be turned into amazing capacities; namely, Psionic minds or Cybernetic killing machines.

* All of them heading for a variety of Ranks & Classes, with Perk driven abilities.

* A few might somehow get as high as Officers.

Indeed - Like a precious blue Marble in space, planet '''Earth''' is in extremely capable hands and well trained at that.

'''Good Luck''' ''Commanders'', you'll need it!

== Squad ==
Long War's starting squad size is 6. It can be increased to 8 with Officer Training School upgrades as usual (though the prerequisites for the upgrades are a little different). When defending the XCOM HQ the squad size is fixed at 6. Covert extraction missions are fixed at 4 + the covert operative. The Super Skyranger upgrade will allow an additional 2 soldiers on alien base and Exalt HQ assaults, and an extra 4 soldiers on the final mission. To off-set the increased squad size, soldier classes have been made much more specific in their roles.

== Classes ==
Like the base game, soldiers are divided into classes. Soldiers start out as Privates (analogous to Rookies), where they have no class, and when they progress to Specialist (equivalent to Squaddie) they are assigned a class. Long War allows you some control over which class the Private is assigned to; when a soldier becomes a Specialist, they will be assigned a specialism of Tactical, Weapons, Scout-Sniper, or Support. You can then choose between the two classes for each specialism by choosing the appropriate perk:
* Scout-Sniper -> [[Scout (Long War)|Scout]] or [[Sniper (Long War)|Sniper]]
* Tactical -> [[Infantry (Long War)|Infantry]] or [[Assault (Long War)|Assault]]
* Weapons -> [[Gunner (Long War)|Gunner]] or [[Rocketeer (Long War)|Rocketeer]]
* Support -> [[Medic (Long War)|Medic]] or [[Engineer (Long War)|Engineer]]
If you don't want either of the classes for that soldier you can choose the third Random option to choose a random class of the other 6.

The new classes are all designed with certain roles in mind, and they work best if they have other roles that synergize with them. For example, a Gunner's ability to Suppress works will with an Assault, as the Gunner can pin an enemy and prevent it from overwatching while the Assault moves up for a flank. Alternatively, a Scout can draw out overwatch fire for the Assault, allowing the Assault to move up, meanwhile also checking with a Battle Scanner that the Assault's destination doesn't have extra enemies hiding nearby.

== Fatigue==
In Long War soldiers suffer from Fatigue. After finishing a mission they must rest for several days. You can push a soldier out while fatigued if you must, but then they'll need a longer rest session afterwards that you can't skip. This is very important to how you play the game, since your roster of soldiers must be much larger to allow rotating soldiers in and out due to fatigue.

Ideally, you should have about four full teams of soldiers (24-32), ready at any given point. This means that you can take most missions that the game will throw at you, which can sometimes be three in a row, especially if Operation Sling-shot and Portent are activated. Try to spread the experience around, and take advantage of easier missions to get low rank soldiers - the last thing you want is for an important mission to come up and only have raw recruits ready to go. Note that OTS upgrades are no longer tied to your highest soldier's rank.

By mid-game you might seriously start to consider if some missions are worth it. When faced with shooting down a Scout or Fighter during the middle of the month, it might be wise to take a step back and think. "Do I really want to assault it?" Check your roster and see how many soldiers are fatigued and for how long. Getting 6 soldiers fatigued for 5 days for the relatively small haul you get from a Scout might not be worthwhile.

Fatigue on soldiers also highlights the importance of the S.H.I.V, as they do not suffer any fatigue, meaning that they can effectively be taken on several missions in quick succession (provided they aren't damaged during a mission). However they do not gain any experience, which could be potentially given to soldiers.

== Stats ==
The default option for Long War is that soldiers have randomized starting stats. The stats for soldiers are generated with a points system, so while soldiers will be different, their overall quality should be the same. The Second Wave option Strict Screening will give your soldiers fixed starting stats.

In addition to the normal stats of mobility, aim, will and HP, Long War soldiers also have a built in defence stat. In Long War you can expect your soldiers' starting Will to be much lower than in vanilla XCOM, making panic much more of a problem early game.

The aim progression of the various classes do not differ as wildly in Long War as they do in vanilla. For example, the vanilla Heavy gains +10 aim from ranks, compared to the vanilla Sniper's +40, for a 30 aim difference. In comparison, the Long War Engineer gains 14 aim to the Sniper's 32, a much smaller, though still significant, 18 aim difference. HP progression on the other hand differs slightly more between classes. In vanilla, excepting gains from perks, the classes all gain 4 HP except the Sniper who gains one less. In Long War HP progression varies from 2 HP up to 4 HP.

== Hidden Potential ==
With the Second Wave option "Hidden Potential" enabled, stat gain will be as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="16" | Chance to get +1 HP
|- align="center"
| || Assault || Infantry || Rocketeer || Gunner || Sniper || Scout || Medic || Engineer
|- align="center"
|'''Specialist'''||60%||60%||60%||70%||20%||20%||60%||70%
|- align="center"
|'''Lance Corporal'''||30%||30%||30%||40%||20%||20%||30%||40%
|- align="center"
|'''Corporal'''||30%||30%||30%||70%||50%||50%||30%||70%
|- align="center"
|'''Sergeant'''||60%||60%||60%||40%||20%||20%||60%||40%
|- align="center"
|'''Tech Sergeant'''||30%||30%||30%||70%||20%||20%||30%||70%
|- align="center"
|'''Gunnery Sergeant'''||30%||30%||30%||40%||20%||20%||30%||40%
|- align="center"
|'''Master Sergeant'''||60%||60%||60%||70%||50%||50%||60%||70%
|- align="center"
|'''Average at max rank'''||+3||+3||+3||+4||+2||+2||+3||+4
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="16" | Aim per level
|- align="center"
| || Assault || Infantry || Rocketeer || Gunner || Sniper || Scout || Medic || Engineer
|- align="center"
|'''Specialist'''||1-5||2-6||2-6||1-5||2-8||2-6||1-3||1-3
|- align="center"
|'''Lance Corporal'''||1-5||2-6||2-6||1-5||2-8||2-6||1-3||1-3
|- align="center"
|'''Corporal'''||1-5||2-6||2-6||1-5||2-8||2-6||1-3||1-3
|- align="center"
|'''Sergeant'''||1-5||2-6||1-5||1-5||2-8||2-6||1-3||1-3
|- align="center"
|'''Tech Sergeant'''||1-5||1-5||1-3||1-5||2-6||1-5||1-3||1-3
|- align="center"
|'''Gunnery Sergeant'''||1-5||1-5||1-3||1-5||2-6||1-5||1-3||1-3
|- align="center"
|'''Master Sergeant'''||1-5||1-5||1-3||1-5||2-6||1-5||1-3||1-3
|- align="center"
|'''Average at max rank'''||+21||+25||+21||+21||+32||+25||+14||+14
|}

==See also==
{{Soldiers (Long War) Navbar}}
[[Category: Long War]]
[[Category: Soldiers (Long War)]]

Soldiers (Long War)

2015-01-11T23:08:41Z

Entengummitiger: HP gain for hidden potential, will add aim gain later

{{CheckOutdated (Long War)|b14}}
[[File: Soldiers_M-F.png|left|256px|]]
<div style="float:right">{{Header (Long War)}}__TOC__</div>
It doesn't really matter from where or how you examine the entire Long War roster of Soldiers -aka Troopers.

All you will find is a very tight group of incredibly talented and skilled people from all over the world.
Sure, they all have to go through horrific encounters with the Alien invaders. Fighting their ways back to the SkyRanger for swift extractions -- many times over. Returning to XCom-HQ for debriefing and possibly hard earned promotions.

Some will die, others will even live to assault the alien Temple Ship where a volunteer should be able to help defeat some monstruous creature and its closeby group of cyber-bio-freako thugs.

* Such rare military potential can be turned into amazing capacities; namely, Psionic minds or Cybernetic killing machines.

* All of them heading for a variety of Ranks & Classes, with Perk driven abilities.

* A few might somehow get as high as Officers.

Indeed - Like a precious blue Marble in space, planet '''Earth''' is in extremely capable hands and well trained at that.

'''Good Luck''' ''Commanders'', you'll need it!

== Squad ==
Long War's starting squad size is 6. It can be increased to 8 with Officer Training School upgrades as usual (though the prerequisites for the upgrades are a little different). When defending the XCOM HQ the squad size is fixed at 6. Covert extraction missions are fixed at 4 + the covert operative. The Super Skyranger upgrade will allow an additional 2 soldiers on alien base and Exalt HQ assaults, and an extra 4 soldiers on the final mission. To off-set the increased squad size, soldier classes have been made much more specific in their roles.

== Classes ==
Like the base game, soldiers are divided into classes. Soldiers start out as Privates (analogous to Rookies), where they have no class, and when they progress to Specialist (equivalent to Squaddie) they are assigned a class. Long War allows you some control over which class the Private is assigned to; when a soldier becomes a Specialist, they will be assigned a specialism of Tactical, Weapons, Scout-Sniper, or Support. You can then choose between the two classes for each specialism by choosing the appropriate perk:
* Scout-Sniper -> [[Scout (Long War)|Scout]] or [[Sniper (Long War)|Sniper]]
* Tactical -> [[Infantry (Long War)|Infantry]] or [[Assault (Long War)|Assault]]
* Weapons -> [[Gunner (Long War)|Gunner]] or [[Rocketeer (Long War)|Rocketeer]]
* Support -> [[Medic (Long War)|Medic]] or [[Engineer (Long War)|Engineer]]
If you don't want either of the classes for that soldier you can choose the third Random option to choose a random class of the other 6.

The new classes are all designed with certain roles in mind, and they work best if they have other roles that synergize with them. For example, a Gunner's ability to Suppress works will with an Assault, as the Gunner can pin an enemy and prevent it from overwatching while the Assault moves up for a flank. Alternatively, a Scout can draw out overwatch fire for the Assault, allowing the Assault to move up, meanwhile also checking with a Battle Scanner that the Assault's destination doesn't have extra enemies hiding nearby.

== Fatigue==
In Long War soldiers suffer from Fatigue. After finishing a mission they must rest for several days. You can push a soldier out while fatigued if you must, but then they'll need a longer rest session afterwards that you can't skip. This is very important to how you play the game, since your roster of soldiers must be much larger to allow rotating soldiers in and out due to fatigue.

Ideally, you should have about four full teams of soldiers (24-32), ready at any given point. This means that you can take most missions that the game will throw at you, which can sometimes be three in a row, especially if Operation Sling-shot and Portent are activated. Try to spread the experience around, and take advantage of easier missions to get low rank soldiers - the last thing you want is for an important mission to come up and only have raw recruits ready to go. Note that OTS upgrades are no longer tied to your highest soldier's rank.

By mid-game you might seriously start to consider if some missions are worth it. When faced with shooting down a Scout or Fighter during the middle of the month, it might be wise to take a step back and think. "Do I really want to assault it?" Check your roster and see how many soldiers are fatigued and for how long. Getting 6 soldiers fatigued for 5 days for the relatively small haul you get from a Scout might not be worthwhile.

Fatigue on soldiers also highlights the importance of the S.H.I.V, as they do not suffer any fatigue, meaning that they can effectively be taken on several missions in quick succession (provided they aren't damaged during a mission). However they do not gain any experience, which could be potentially given to soldiers.

== Stats ==
The default option for Long War is that soldiers have randomized starting stats. The stats for soldiers are generated with a points system, so while soldiers will be different, their overall quality should be the same. The Second Wave option Strict Screening will give your soldiers fixed starting stats.

In addition to the normal stats of mobility, aim, will and HP, Long War soldiers also have a built in defence stat. In Long War you can expect your soldiers' starting Will to be much lower than in vanilla XCOM, making panic much more of a problem early game.

The aim progression of the various classes do not differ as wildly in Long War as they do in vanilla. For example, the vanilla Heavy gains +10 aim from ranks, compared to the vanilla Sniper's +40, for a 30 aim difference. In comparison, the Long War Engineer gains 14 aim to the Sniper's 32, a much smaller, though still significant, 18 aim difference. HP progression on the other hand differs slightly more between classes. In vanilla, excepting gains from perks, the classes all gain 4 HP except the Sniper who gains one less. In Long War HP progression varies from 2 HP up to 4 HP.

== Hidden Potential ==
With the Second Wave option "Hidden Potential" enabled, stat gain will be as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="16" | Chance to get +1 HP
|- align="center"
| || Assault || Infantry || Rocketeer || Gunner || Sniper || Scout || Medic || Engineer
|- align="center"
|'''Specialist'''||60%||60%||60%||70%||20%||20%||60%||70%
|- align="center"
|'''Lance Corporal'''||30%||30%||30%||40%||20%||20%||30%||40%
|- align="center"
|'''Corporal'''||30%||30%||30%||70%||50%||50%||30%||70%
|- align="center"
|'''Sergeant'''||60%||60%||60%||40%||20%||20%||60%||40%
|- align="center"
|'''Tech Sergeant'''||30%||30%||30%||70%||20%||20%||30%||70%
|- align="center"
|'''Gunnery Sergeant'''||30%||30%||30%||40%||20%||20%||30%||40%
|- align="center"
|'''Master Sergeant'''||60%||60%||60%||70%||50%||50%||60%||70%
|}

==See also==
{{Soldiers (Long War) Navbar}}
[[Category: Long War]]
[[Category: Soldiers (Long War)]]