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Long War Table

2016-01-21T09:39:59Z

GamerChris9: Changed order of soldier classes - Tactical groups and ingame-order instead of alphabetical order

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| [[File:Vigilo_Confido_shield.png|30px]] '''Overview'''
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[[Info (Long War)|Mod Information]]
::[[Change Log (Long War)|Change Log]]
::[[Dev Console (Long War)|Dev Console]]
::[[Difficulty (Long War)|Difficulty Levels]]
::[[Mods (Long War)|Custom Modifications]]
::[[New Commands (Long War)|New Commands]]
::[[Second Wave (Long War)|Second Wave]]
::[[Troubleshooting Guide (Long War)|Troubleshooting Guide]]

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| [[File:Vigilo_Confido_black.png|30px]] '''XCOM Facilities'''
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[[Facilities (Long War)|Facilities]]
:[[Access Lift (Long War)|Access Lift]]
:[[Barracks (Long War)|Barracks]]
::[[Officer Training School (Long War)|Officer Training School]]
:[[Engineering (Long War)|Engineering]]
::[[Foundry (Long War)|Foundry]]
::[[Repair Bay (Long War)|Repair Bay]]
::[[Workshop (Long War)|Workshop]]
:[[Hangar (Long War)|Hangar]]
:[[Mission Control (Long War)|Mission Control]]
::[[Alien Containment (Long War)|Alien Containment]]
::[[Gollop Chamber (Long War)|Gollop Chamber]]
::[[Hyperwave Relay (Long War)|Hyperwave Relay]]
:'''Power Generators'''
::[[Elerium Generator (Long War)|Elerium Generator]]
::[[Fission Generator (Long War)|Fission Generator]]
::[[Thermo Generator (Long War)|Thermo Generator]]
:[[Research (Long War)|Research]]
::[[Genetics Lab (Long War)|Genetics Lab]]
::[[Laboratory (Long War)|Laboratory]]
::[[Psionic Labs (Long War)|Psionic Labs]]
:[[Situation Room (Long War)|Situation Room]]
::[[Satellite Nexus (Long War)|Satellite Nexus]]
::[[Satellite Uplink (Long War)|Satellite Uplink]]

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| [[Image:Lone_Wolf_(EU2012).jpg|30px]] '''Soldiers'''
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[[Soldiers (Long War)|Soldiers]]
:[[Scout (Long War)|Scout]]
:[[Sniper (Long War)|Sniper]]
:[[Infantry (Long War)|Infantry]]
:[[Assault (Long War)|Assault]]
:[[Gunner (Long War)|Gunner]]
:[[Rocketeer (Long War)|Rocketeer]]
:[[Medic (Long War)|Medic]]
:[[Engineer (Long War)|Engineer]]
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|[[MEC Trooper (Long War)|MEC Troopers]]
:[[Jaeger (Long War)|Jaeger]]
:[[Pathfinder (Long War)|Pathfinder]]
:[[Valkyrie (Long War)|Valkyrie]]
:[[Marauder (Long War)|Marauder]]
:[[Goliath (Long War)|Goliath]]
:[[Archer (Long War)|Archer]]
:[[Guardian (Long War)|Guardian]]
:[[Shogun (Long War)|Shogun]]

[[S.H.I.V. (Long War)|S.H.I.V.s]]

[[Officers (Long War)|Officers]]

[[Gene Mods (Long War)|Gene Mods]]

[[Psionic (Long War)|Psionics]]
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| [[File:Loadout Long War.jpg|30px]] '''Loadout'''
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[[Armor (Long War)|Armor]]

[[Equipment (Long War)|Equipment]]

[[Weapons (Long War)|Weapons]]
:[[Primary Weapons (Long War)|Primary Weapons]]
:[[Secondary Weapons (Long War)|Secondary Weapons]]
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| [[File:Head red 2.png|30px]] '''Aliens'''
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[[Alien Artifacts (Long War)|Alien Artifacts]]

[[Alien Deployment (Long War)|Alien Deployment]]

[[Alien Life Forms (Long War)|Alien Life Forms]]

[[Alien Missions (Long War)|Alien Missions]]

[[Alien Research (Long War)|Alien Research]]

[[UFOs (Long War)|UFOs]]
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| [[File:EXALT Insignia (EU2012).png|25px]] '''EXALT'''
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[[Covert Operations (Long War)|Covert Operations]]

[[EXALT Weapons (Long War)|Equipment]]

[[EXALT Units (Long War)|Units]]

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| [[File:Skyranger Pilot (EU2012).png|30px]] '''Missions'''
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| [[Map Tables (Long War)|Map Table]]
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| [[Missions (Long War)|Mission Types]]

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| [[File:Combat Ready (EU2012).jpg|30px]] '''Gameplay Mechanics'''
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[[Abilities List (Long War)|Abilities list]]

[[Air Combat (Long War)|Air Combat]]

[[The Council (Long War)|Council]]

[[Cover (Long War)|Cover]]

[[Damage (Long War)|Damage]]

[[Gray Market (Long War)|Gray Market]]

[[Injury Time (Long War)|Injury Time]]

[[Panic (Long War)|Panic]]

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| [[File:Bradford Small (EU2012).png|30px]] '''Guides & Tips'''
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[[Tactics (Long War)|Combat Tactics]]

[[Strategy (Long War)|Strategy Guide]]

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[[Category: Long War]]

Weapons (Long War)

2015-05-26T17:56:48Z

GamerChris9:

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Long War makes several changes to weapons:

* There are five tiers of weapons: Conventional/Ballistic, Beam Laser, Gauss, Pulse Laser, Plasma.

* There are several additional types of primary and secondary weapon available in each tier.

* Many weapons can be Steadied as an action to improve aim for the next turn.

* Explosives no longer do fixed damage, and their damage reduces the further a target is from the center of the blast.

* Rocket launchers use a revamped accuracy system using the soldier's aim.

==Weapon Tiers==
===Conventional/Ballistic===
These are the basic weapons you start with - and whilst they're okay to begin with, they're not going to be up to scratch in the long run. The sawed-off shotgun is unique to this tier. Ballistic weapons use the same models as EXALT ballistic weapons in vanilla.

===Beam Lasers===
Early beam lasers form the second tier of weapons, and all carry a small inherent accuracy bonus, which can make them good 'training' weapons for inexperienced troopers. They also have a little more firepower than Ballistic weapons, but it still won't be enough in the long run. Although skipping laser weaponry in vanilla is a viable and at times easy-to-pull-off gambit, in Long War the expenses for gauss weapons combined with the tighter economy makes this less appealing, and the aim bonus beam lasers confer makes them arguably better early game than gauss anyway. Beam Lasers use the same visuals as EXALT laser weapons in vanilla.

===Gauss===
Gauss weapons return to ballistic projectiles but elerium power sources make man-portable magnetic accelerators practical; combined with alloy-based projectiles, it's a recipe for pretty formidable personal weaponry. In general Gauss weapons have a larger clip size, which can make this tier of weapons preferable for soldiers that has ammo-intensive perks or abilities such as flush ,suppression, collateral damage, in the zone, close combat specialist, close encounters, light 'em up, and rapid fire. Uniquely, the sniper rifle of this tier--the Gauss long rifle--grants snipers the HEAT ammo perk, whom otherwise can't obtain said perk normally. This makes Gauss snipers a powerful counter to mechanical leaders/bosses whom can have over 50 health and a staggering amount of damage reduction; though in return, the Gauss long rifle has a rather inconvenient clip size of 1. Gauss weapons use the original XCOM ballistic weapon models.

Gauss weapons also are able to pierce enemy damage reduction (DR). Specifically, they nullify 0.34 enemy DR, which means that there is a 34% chance of nullifying one point of enemy DR. This amount is doubled upon researching the ''Quenchguns'' foundry project.

===Pulse Lasers===
Refining and enhancing laser technology allows for the development of pulse laser weaponry, another step up in terms of firepower. Pulse laser weapons have a bonus to their critical hit chance, which might make them more preferable to laser weapons in the hands of crit-focused assaults and snipers. They use the same visuals as XCOM-built laser weaponry from vanilla.

===Plasma===
Plasma tier weapons are the most powerful in terms of raw damage, but also expensive and hard to obtain; building them requires captured alien weapons as production components... which means you'll have to stun and capture aliens for every weapon you want to build. Plasma weapons have the same models as the weapons either used by the aliens or made by XCOM like the Sniper Rifle.
Since b15e, Plasma Weapons also carry special effects, making them more unique like in the vanilla game.

== Weapon types==
Long War adds many new types of primary and secondary weapon. Most of these weapon types have a corresponding weapon at each technology level. The primary weapon types are, in descending order of average damage: '''SHIV/MEC Primary Weapons''' > '''Light Machine Guns''' and '''Shotguns''' > '''Heavy Rifles''', '''Marksman/Sniper rifles''' and '''Squad Automatic Weapon''' > '''Assault Rifles''' > '''Carbines''' and '''Submachine Guns'''. In general, the more powerful a weapon is the more unwieldy it is as well, and that will reflect in aim and mobility penalties/bonuses. The MEC version of heavy machine guns have a unusually large deviation of +/-4. And finally Shotguns' damage is severely impeded by damage reduction.

=== '''Pistols''' ===
The default sidearm, very similar to vanilla pistols, except that they do not have unlimited ammo. Pistols have shorter effective range than assault rifles unless the soldier possesses the Gunslinger perk.
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!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! colspan="2" | Prerequisites !! colspan="6" | Cost
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|[[Image:Pistol Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Pistol''' || 1-3 (2) || 0% || 3-4 || 0 || 0 || 2+1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} ||Long range accuracy penalty without Gunslinger || All except Gunner and Rocketeer || 0 ||None ||colspan="6" | N/A
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|[[Image:Laser Pistol Long War.png|center|128x64px]] '''Laser Pistol''' || 2-4 (3) || 0% || 4-5 || +6 || 0 || 2+1 || 30 || {{No Icon}}|| Long range accuracy penalty without Gunslinger || All except Gunner and Rocketeer|| 15|| Beam weapons || 30 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 10 || -
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|[[Image:Plasma Pistol Long War.png|center|128x64px]] '''Plasma Pistol''' || 3-5 (4) || 0% || 5-7 || 0 || 0 || 2+1 || 30 || {{No Icon}}|| Long range accuracy penalty without Gunslinger || All except Gunner and Rocketeer || 90|| Compact Plasma Weapons || 120 || 15 || 30 || 2 || 12 || 1x Alien Pistol
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==='''Machine Pistols'''===
A more damaging sidearm, but at the cost of added weight and decreased aim when drawn. Machine Pistols also tend to have very limited ammo. Useful for a Gunslinger soldier to finish off targets.
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!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! colspan="2" | Prerequisites !! colspan="6" | Cost
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|[[Image:Machine pistol Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Machine Pistol''' || 2-4 (3) || 0% || 4-5 || -8 || -1 || 2+1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || Long range accuracy penalty without Gunslinger || All except Gunner and Rocketeer || 0|| None || colspan="6" | N/A
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|[[Image:Heater Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Heater''' || 3-5 (4) || 0% || 5-7 || -2 || -1 || 2+1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || Long range accuracy penalty without Gunslinger || All except Gunner and Rocketeer || 15|| Beam weapons || 25 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 12 || -
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|[[Image:Gauss Autopistol Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Gauss Autopistol''' || 3-5 (4) || 0% || 5-7 || -8 || -1 || 3+1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || Long range accuracy penalty without Gunslinger Nullifies 0.34 enemy DR || All except Gunner and Rocketeer || 35 || Gauss Weapons || 40 || 8 || 3 || 0 || 12 || -
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|[[Image:Blaster Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Blaster''' || 4-6 (5) || 8% || 6-9 || -8 || -1 || 2+1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || Long range accuracy penalty without Gunslinger || All except Gunner and Rocketeer || 60 || Pulse Lasers || 80 || 18 || 16 || 0 || 12 || -
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|[[Image:Plasma Mauler Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Plasma Mauler''' || 4-8 (6) || 0% || 8-11 || -8 || -1* || 2+1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || Long range accuracy penalty without Gunslinger || All except Gunner and Rocketeer || 90 || Compact Plasma Weapons || 200 || 50 || 32 || 2 || 12 || 1x Alien Pistol
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==='''SMGs'''===
SMGs confer +3 mobility bonus and have the lowest damage and crit chance of all the primary weapons. Unlike Carbines, SMGs do not grant bonus accuracy. They're very useful for classes that need to reposition quickly to bring explosives and other area weapons against enemies, making them a good choice for Rocketeers and Engineers. Scouts, who might use the added mobility usually require something that packs a punch, like a Shotgun or any Rifle.
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!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! colspan="2" | Prerequisites !! colspan="6" | Cost
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| {{Engineers Icon}} || {{Research Icon}} || {{Credits Icon}} || {{AA Icon}} || {{Elerium Icon}} || {{Meld Icon}} || {{Time Icon}} || '''Other'''
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|[[Image:SMG Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Submachine Gun''' || 2-4 (3) || 0% || 4-5 || 0 || +3 || 2+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || All || 0|| None || colspan="6" | N/A
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|[[Image:Laser Shatterray Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Laser Shatterray''' || 3-5 (4) || 0% || 5-7 || +6 || +3 || 2+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || All || 15 || Beam Weapons || 30 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 12 || -
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|[[Image:Gauss Stuttergun Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Gauss Stuttergun''' || 4-6 (5) || 0% || 6-9 || 0 || +3 || 3+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || Nullifies 0.34 enemy DR || All || 35 || Gauss Weapons || 65 || 12 || 4 || 0 || 12 || -
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|[[Image:Pulse Stengun Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Pulse Stengun''' || 4-8 (6) || 8% || 8-11 || 0 || +3 || 2+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || All || 62 || Pulse Lasers || 120 || 20 || 20 || 0 ||12 || -
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|[[Image:Plasma Stormgun Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Plasma Stormgun''' || 5-9 (7) || 0% || 9-12 || 0 || +4* || 2+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || All || 90 || Plasma Weapons || 200 || 60 || 40 || 2 || 12 || 1x Alien Carbine
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==='''Carbines'''===
Carbines are light versions of assault rifles. They have reduced damage and crit chance, but confer +1 mobility and an accuracy bonus. They are ideal for inexperienced troops and those that need to move quickly, but experienced troops should switch to other weapons quickly as tougher aliens begin to appear.
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!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! colspan="2" | Prerequisites !! colspan="6" | Cost
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| {{Engineers Icon}} || {{Research Icon}} || {{Credits Icon}} || {{AA Icon}} || {{Elerium Icon}} || {{Meld Icon}} || {{Time Icon}} || '''Other'''
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|[[Image:Assault Carbine Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Assault Carbine''' || 2-4 (3) || 4% || 4-5 || +6 || +1 || 3+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || All || 0 || None || colspan="6" | N/A
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|[[Image:Laser Carbine Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Laser Carbine''' || 3-5 (4) || 4% || 5-7 || +12 || +1 || 3+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || All || 15 || Beam weapons || 35 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 12 || -
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|[[Image:Gauss Carbine Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Gauss Carbine''' || 4-6 (5) || 4% || 6-9 || +6 || +1 || 4+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || Nullifies 0.34 enemy DR || All || 35 || Gauss Weapons || 80 || 16 || 5 || 0 || 12 || -
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|[[Image:Pulse Carbine Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Pulse Carbine''' || 4-8 (6) || 12% || 8-11 || +6 || +1 || 3+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || All || 63 || Pulse Lasers || 180 || 20 || 30 || 0 || 12 || -
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|[[Image:Plasma Carbine Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Plasma Carbine''' || 5-9 (7) || 4% || 9-12 || +6 || +1 || 3+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || Grants +6 Defense || All || 90 || Plasma Weapons || 250 || 50 || 40 || 2 || 12 || 1x Alien Carbine
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==='''Assault Rifles'''===
These are the baseline assault rifles, similar to their vanilla counterparts. They have a respectable balance of firepower and accuracy. 
The Arc Rifle is a special Rifle that grants Disabling Shot with the regular 2-turn cooldown. It has low damage and ammo capacity. Useful early on for raiding small UFO's with capable soldiers and plenty of arc thrower uses.

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!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! colspan="2" | Prerequisites !! colspan="6" | Cost
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| {{Engineers Icon}} || {{Research Icon}} || {{Credits Icon}} || {{AA Icon}} || {{Elerium Icon}} || {{Meld Icon}} || {{Time Icon}} || '''Other'''
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|[[Image:Assault Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Assault Rifle''' || 3-5 (4) || 8% || 5-7 || 0 || 0 || 3+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || All || 0 || None || colspan="6" | N/A
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|[[Image:Laser Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Laser Rifle''' || 4-6 (5) || 8% || 6-9 || +6 || 0 || 3+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || All || 15 || Beam weapons || 45 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 12 || -
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|[[Image:Gauss Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Gauss Rifle''' || 4-8 (6) || 8% || 8-11 || 0 || 0 || 4+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || Nullifies 0.34 enemy DR || All || 38 || Gauss Weapons || 90 || 24 || 6 || 0 || 14 || -
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|[[Image:Pulse Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Pulse Rifle''' || 5-9 (7) || 16% || 9-12 || 0 || 0 || 3+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || All || 65 || Pulse Lasers || 200 || 30 || 30 || 0 || 14 || -
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|[[Image:Plasma Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Plasma Rifle''' || 6-10 (8) || 8% || 10-14 || 0 || 0 || 3+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || +1.5 Crit Damage on biological Units || Infantry, Assault, Scout, Medic, Engineer|| 95 || Advanced Plasma Weapons || 350 || 70 || 50 || 3 || 14 || 1x Alien Rifle
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|[[Image: Arc Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Arc Rifle''' || 1-3 (2) || 0% || 3-4 || +10 || 0 || 2+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || Grants Disabling Shot, Short-range accuracy penalty || All except Gunners and Rocketeers || 25 || Xenoneurology New Combat Systems || 60 || 5 || 5 || 0 || 10 || -
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==='''Heavy Rifles'''===
Heavy Rifles are the more powerful counterpart to assault rifles. Compared to assault rifles, they provide +1 base damage and -1 mobility, as well as a -10 aim penalty after moving or taking any costly (blue) actions until the beginning of the next turn. They are best used by experienced soldiers who can aim well enough to offset the penalty when necessary and make good use of the extra damage.
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!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! colspan="2" | Prerequisites !! colspan="6" | Cost
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| {{Engineers Icon}} || {{Research Icon}} || {{Credits Icon}} || {{AA Icon}} || {{Elerium Icon}} || {{Meld Icon}} || {{Time Icon}} || '''Other'''
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|[[Image:Battle Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Battle Rifle''' || 4-6 (5) || 8% || 6-9 || 0 || -1 || 3+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || Infantry, Assault, Scout, Medic, Engineer || 0 || None || colspan="6" | N/A
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|[[Image:Heavy Laser Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Heavy Laser Rifle''' || 4-8 (6) || 8% || 8-11 || +6 || -1 || 3+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || Infantry, Assault, Scout, Medic, Engineer || 20 || Advanced Beam Lasers || 45 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 12 || -
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|[[Image:Heavy Gauss Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Heavy Gauss Rifle''' || 5-9 (7) || 8% || 9-12 || 0 || -1 || 4+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || Nullifies 0.34 enemy DR || Infantry, Assault, Scout, Medic, Engineer || 45 || Advanced Gauss Weapons || 100 || 25 || 8 || 0 || 14 || -
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|[[Image:Heavy Pulse Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Heavy Pulse Rifle''' || 6-10 (8) || 16% || 10-14 || 0 || -1 || 3+1|| 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || Infantry, Assault, Scout, Medic, Engineer || 67 || Advanced Pulse Lasers || 200 || 30 || 35 || 0 || 14 || -
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|[[Image: Heavy Plasma Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Heavy Plasma Rifle''' || 7-11 (9) || 8% || 11-16 || 0 || -1 || 3+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || +1 Damage when steadied || Infantry, Assault, Scout, Medic, Engineer || 105 || Heavy Plasma Weapons || 350 || 70 || 50 || 3 || 18 || 1x Alien Heavy Weapon
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==='''Shotguns'''===
Long War shotgun-type weapons are similar to their vanilla counterparts. High damage, high crit chance, short range. Shotguns are extremely accurate up close, but suffer from very poor accuracy over longer ranges (even with Cinematic Mode enabled). As such, they work best with highly mobile classes or those that only ever expect to engage enemies up close, like Assault and Scout soldiers. 

The sawed-off shotgun, a point-blank range, high damage sidearm with -1 mobility. It has only one shot, and this cannot be increased by ammo capacity upgrades.
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!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! colspan="2" | Prerequisites !! colspan="6" | Cost
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| {{Engineers Icon}} || {{Research Icon}} || {{Credits Icon}} || {{AA Icon}} || {{Elerium Icon}} || {{Meld Icon}} || {{Time Icon}} || '''Other'''
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|[[Image: Shotgun Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Shotgun''' || 4-8 (6) || 16% || 8-11 || 0 || 0 || 4+1 || 30 (14) || {{No Icon}} || Long range accuracy penalty [[Damage Reduction (Long War)|Damage reduction]] penalty || Infantry, Assault, Scout, Medic, Engineer || 0 || None || colspan="6" | N/A
|-align=center
|[[Image: Sawed-off Shotgun Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Sawed-Off Shotgun''' || 4-8 (6) || 4% || 8-11 || -12 || -1 || 1 || 1 || {{No Icon}} || Sidearm. Confers -1 mobility. Can only be used at point blank range. || Infantry, Assault, Scout, Medic, Engineer || 1 || None || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Scatter Laser Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Scatter Laser''' || 5-9 (7) || 16% || 9-12 || +6 || 0 || 4+1 || 30 (14) || {{No Icon}} || Long range accuracy penalty [[Damage Reduction (Long War)|Damage reduction]] penalty
| Infantry, Assault, Scout, Medic, Engineer || 18 || Advanced Beam Weapons || 50 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Alloy Cannon Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Alloy Cannon''' || 6-10 (8) || 16% || 10-14 || 0 || 0 || 5+1 || 30 (14) || {{No Icon}} || Long range accuracy penalty [[Damage Reduction (Long War)|Damage reduction]] penalty Nullifies 0.34 enemy DR
| Infantry, Assault, Scout, Medic, Engineer || 40 || Advanced Gauss Weapons || 130 || 36 || 15 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Scatter Blaster Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Scatter Blaster''' || 7-11 (9) || 24% || 11-16 || 0 || 0 || 4+1 || 30 (14) || {{No Icon}} || Long range accuracy penalty [[Damage Reduction (Long War)|Damage reduction]] penalty
| Infantry, Assault, Scout, Medic, Engineer || 65 || Advanced Pulse Weapons || 250 || 30 || 40 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Reflex Cannon Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Reflex Cannon''' || 7-13 (10) || 16% || 13-18 || 0 || 0 || 4+1 || 30 (14) || {{No Icon}} || Long range accuracy penalty [[Damage Reduction (Long War)|Damage reduction]] penalty +1.5 Crit Damage at close Range
| Infantry, Assault, Scout, Medic, Engineer || 102 || Advanced Plasma Weapons || 450 || 70 || 50 || 4 || 18 || 1x Alien Rifle
|-
|}

==='''Sniper Rifles'''===
Sniper Rifles are mostly identical to their vanilla counterparts and can only be used by Snipers. They have very long range (double the range of vanilla, making it functionally infinite), but can only be fired if the user has not taken a costly action, including reloading, unless they have Snap Shot training. Long War sniper rifles have higher penalties when used at short range than vanilla sniper rifles. Sniper rifles can only overwatch fire up to visual range, so consider steadying the weapon instead to end a turn without targets (especially if you don't have snapshot training).
{| class="wikitable" width="90%"
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!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! 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: Sniper Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Sniper Rifle''' || 4-6 (5) || 20% || 6-9 || 0 || -1 || 5+1 || 200 (30) || {{Yes Icon}} || Cannot fire after any costly action Short-range accuracy penalty || Sniper || 0 ||None || colspan="6" | N/A
|-align=center
|[[Image: Laser Sniper Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Laser Sniper Rifle''' || 4-8 (6) || 20% || 8-11 || +6 || -1 || 3+1 || 200 (30) || {{Yes Icon}} || Cannot fire after any costly action Short-range accuracy penalty || Sniper || 18 || Advanced Beam Weapons || 50 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Gauss Long Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Gauss Long Rifle''' || 5-9 (7) || 20% || 9-12 || 0 || -2 || 1+1 || 200 (30) || {{Yes Icon}} || Cannot fire after any costly action Short-range accuracy penalty Grants HEAT Ammo perk. Halves the hardened crit penalty Nullifies 0.34 enemy DR || Sniper || 40 || Advanced Gauss Weapons || 200 || 30 || 15 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Pulse Sniper Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Pulse Sniper Rifle''' || 6-10 (8) || 28% || 10-14 || 0 || -1 || 3+1 || 200 (30) || {{Yes Icon}} || Cannot fire after any costly action Short-range accuracy penalty || Sniper || 65 || Advanced Pulse Lasers || 250 || 40 || 40 || 0|| 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Plasma Sniper Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Plasma Sniper Rifle''' || 7-11 (9) || 20% || 11-16 || 0 || -1 || 3+1 || 200 (30) || {{Yes Icon}} || Cannot fire after any costly action Short-range accuracy penalty +1.5 Crit Damage at extreme Range || Sniper || 105 || Precision Plasma Weapons || 450 || 80 || 70 || 3 || 18 || 1x Alien Heavy Weapon
|-
|}

==='''Marksman Rifles'''===
Marksman rifles are smaller versions of sniper rifles that can also only be used by the Sniper and Scout classes. They have longer range than most weapons, but considerably shorter than sniper rifles nonetheless can be fired after moving. Like sniper rifles, marksman rifles have hefty accuracy penalties when used at short range. Marksman rifles have the same base damage as sniper rifles, but considerably lower crit chance. Marksman rifles can fire reaction shots up to their maximum range, and with Precision Shot they have unlimited range. 
Marksman Rifles are better suited to close-quarters maps where mobility is essential. 
{| class="wikitable" width="90%"
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!colspan="19" | Marksman Rifles
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!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! 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: Marksman Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Marksman Rifle''' || 4-6 (5) || 12% || 6-9 || 0 || 0 || 5+1 || 36 || {{Yes Icon}} || Short-range accuracy penalty || Scout, Sniper || 0 ||None || colspan="6" | N/A
|-align=center
|[[Image: Laser Strike Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Laser Strike Rifle''' || 4-8 (6) || 12% || 8-11 || +6 || 0 || 3+1 || 36 || {{Yes Icon}} || Short-range accuracy penalty || Scout, Sniper || 18 || Advanced Beam Lasers || 45 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 12 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Alloy Strike Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Alloy Strike Rifle''' || 5-9 (7) || 12% || 9-12 || 0 || 0 || 4+1 || 36 || {{Yes Icon}} || Short-range accuracy penalty Nullifies 0.34 enemy DR || Scout, Sniper || 45 || Advanced Gauss Weapons || 110 || 30 || 10 || 0 || 14
|-align=center
|[[Image: Blaster Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Blaster Rifle''' || 6-10 (8) || 20% || 10-14 || 0 || 0 || 3+1 || 36 || {{Yes Icon}} || Short-range accuracy penalty || Scout, Sniper || 67 || Advanced Pulse Lasers || 220 || 40 || 40 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Reflex Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Reflex Rifle''' || 7-11 (9) || 12% || 11-16 || 0 || 0 || 3+1 || 36 || {{Yes Icon}} || Short-range accuracy penalty +1.5 Crit Damage on exposed Enemies|| Scout, Sniper || 102 || Precision Plasma Weapons || 400 || 70 || 50 || 4 || 18 || 1x Alien Rifle
|-
|}

==='''SAWs'''===
SAW-type weapons are the closest equivalent to vanilla LMGs in Long War. They can only be used by the Gunner class. SAWs have larger magazines and higher damage than assault rifles but confer a mobility penalty and can't be steadied. They allow faster movement than LMGs, but have less ammo and deal less damage. Suppressing a target with a SAW grants the Opportunist perk for any reaction fire triggered by enemy movement
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" width="90%"
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!colspan="19" | Squad Automatic Weapons
|-
!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! 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: SAW Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''SAW''' || 4-6 (5) || 0% || 6-9 || 0 || -1 || 6+2 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || - || Gunner || 0 ||None || colspan="6" | N/A
|-align=center
|[[Image: Autolaser Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Autolaser''' || 4-8 (6) || 0% || 8-11 || +6 || -1 || 6+2 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || - || Gunner || 18 || Beam Weapons || 60 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Gauss Autorifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Gauss Autorifle''' || 5-9 (7) || 0% || 9-12 || 0 || -1 || 7+2 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || Nullifies 0.34 enemy DR || Gunner || 38 || Gauss Weapons || 100 || 30 || 6 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Pulse Autoblaster Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Pulse Autoblaster''' || 6-10 (8) || 8% || 10-14 || 0 || -1 || 6+2 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || - || Gunner || 65 || Pulse Lasers || 230 || 40 || 40 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Plasma Novagun Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Plasma Novagun''' || 7-11 (9) || 0% || 11-16 || 0 || -1 || 6+2 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || Gunner || 98 || Advanced Plasma Weapons || 450 || 80 || 60 || 3 || 20 || 1x Alien Rifle
|-
|}

==='''LMGs'''===
LMG-type weapons are larger versions of SAWs and are also only usable by the Gunner class. LMGs carry a mobility penalty and can only fire if the user has not moved, but in return they have even larger magazines and even higher damage than SAWs. LMGs also have a slightly longer range than most weapons and confer the Squadsight perk on the user so they can make use of the extra range. When an LMG is used to suppress, the reaction shot taken if the target moves suffers no aim penalty and can crit. LMGs can only overwatch fire up to visual range. 
LMGs are ideal for heavy defensive situations where the Gunner can situate themselves securely and guard a given area using normal and reaction fire.
{| class="wikitable" width="90%"
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!colspan="19" | Light Machine Guns
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!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! 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: LMG Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''LMG''' || 4-8 (6) || 0% || 8-11 || 0 || -2 || 8+1 || 36 (30) || {{No Icon}} || Cannot fire after any costly action Grants squadsight || Gunner || 0 || None || colspan="6" | N/A
|-align=center
|[[Image: Gatling Laser Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Gatling Laser''' || 5-9 (7) || 0% || 9-12 || +6 || -2 || 8+1 || 36 (30) || {{No Icon}} || Cannot fire after any costly action Grants squadsight || Gunner || 18 || Beam weapons || 70 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Gauss Machine Gun Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Gauss Machine Gun''' || 6-10 (8) || 0% || 10-14 || 0 || -2 || 9+1 || 36 (30) || {{No Icon}} || Cannot fire after any costly action Grants squadsight Nullifies 0.34 enemy DR || Gunner || 45 || Gauss Weapons || 140 || 32 || 10 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Gatling Pulser Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Gatling Pulser''' || 7-11 (9) || 8% || 11-16 || 0 || -2 || 8+1 || 36 (30) || {{No Icon}} || Cannot fire after any costly action Grants squadsight || Gunner || 70 || Pulse Lasers || 240 || 60 || 45 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Plasma Dragon Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Plasma Dragon''' || 7-13 (10) || 0% || 13-18 || 0 || -2 || 8+1 || 36 (30) || {{No Icon}} || Cannot fire after any costly action Grants squadsight +1 Damage against flying units || Gunner || 105 || Heavy Plasma Weapons || 450 || 80 || 64 || 4 || 20 || 1x Alien Heavy Weapon
|-
|}

==='''Rocket Launchers'''===
Sometimes you just have to make a good first-time impression. Sometimes you just happen to not have the right key for a door. Sometimes you just want to give those aliens a running start on their way back - do not fret, Xcom have some portable rocket launchers for you! 

Rockets are fairly simple to use - pick your ability, aim and fire. There is always some guaranteed scatter which is limited by the soldier's Aim and Abilities. While mostly used by Rocketeers, Engineers also have the ability at later stages of the game to carry a rocket launcher. Carrying one forfeits your sidearm. For more information regarding rockets read below.
{| class="wikitable" width="90%"
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!colspan="19" | Rocket Launchers
|-
!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! 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: Rocket Launcher Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Rocket Launcher''' || 4-10 (7) || 0% || - || 0 || -1 || 1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || +1 mobility after firing rocket for rest of mission || Rocketeer|| 0 || None || colspan="6" | N/A
|-align=center
|[[Image: Recoilless Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Recoilless Rifle''' || 6-12 (9) || 0% || - || 0 || -1 || 1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || +1 mobility after firing rocket for rest of mission Nullifies 0.34 enemy DR || Rocketeer|| 45 || Advanced Gauss Weapons || 100 || 50 || 10 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Blaster Launcher Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Blaster Launcher''' || 8-16 (12) || 0% || - || 0 || -2 || 1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || +1 mobility after firing rocket for rest of mission || Rocketeer|| 110 || Fusion Weapons || 600 || 120 || 70 || 3 || 20 || 1x Fusion Core
|-
|}

==='''MEC Primary Weapons'''===
MEC weapons (unsurprisingly) can only be used by MECs. They are high damage and have extended range equal to marksman rifles and LMGs, but do not confer the squadsight perk, so only MEC classes that have squadsight can use the extra range. Even MECs with squadsight can only overwatch fire up to visual range.
{| class="wikitable" width="90%"
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!colspan="19" | MEC Primary Weapons
|-
!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! 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: Minigun Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Minigun''' || 5-9 (7) || 0% || 9-12 || 0 || 0 || 2+1 || 36 (30) || {{No Icon}} || - || MEC || 0 || None || colspan="6" | N/A
|-align=center
|[[Image: Laser Lance Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Laser Lance''' || 6-10 (8) || 0% || 10-14 || +6 || 0 || 3+1 || 36 (30) || {{No Icon}} || - || MEC || 20 || Advanced Beam Lasers MEC Warfare Systems || 75 || 10 || 0 || 10 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Railgun Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Railgun''' || 7-11 (9) || 0% || 11-16 || 0 || 0 || 4+1 || 36 (30) || {{No Icon}} || Nullifies 0.34 enemy DR, no suppression || MEC || 45 || Advanced Gauss Weapons MEC Warfare Systems || 120 || 50 || 10 || 20 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Pulse Lance Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Pulse Lance''' || 7-13 (10) || 8% || 13-18 || 0 || 0 || 3+1 || 36 (30) || {{No Icon}} || - || MEC || 65 || Advanced Pulse Lasers MEC Warfare Systems || 240 || 50 || 48 || 30 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Particle Cannon Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Particle Cannon''' || 8-14 (11) || 0% || 14-19 || 0 || 0 || 3+1 || 36 (30) || {{No Icon}} || No suppression +1 Damage against robotic Units || MEC || 105 || Heavy Plasma Weapons MEC Warfare Systems || 450 || 80 || 80 || 40 || 14 || 1x Alien Heavy Weapon
|-
|}

==='''MEC Secondary Weapons'''===

With each upgrade of the MEC suit the number secondary weapon slots increases. As such, they can play a vital role in area control, squad support or neutralizing targets. Be advised that unlike vanilla in Long War you have to build the systems yourself and they do cost a lot of meld.

{| class="wikitable" width="90%"
!colspan="19" | MEC Secondary Weapons
|-
!rowspan="2" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! 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: Flamethrower Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Flamethrower''' || 3-5 || 0% || 5-7 || - || -1 || 2 || Cone || {{No Icon}} || Incendiary area attack causing panic: Will test against 50, 80 with Jellied Elerium upgrade. || MEC || 35 || MEC Warfare Systems || 150 || 0 || 0 || 30 || 7 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Restorative Mist Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Restorative Mist''' || - || 0% || - || - || -1 || 1 || 17 || {{No Icon}} || Heals allies in an area || MEC || 28 || Thin Man Autopsy MEC Warfare Systems || 120 || 0 || 0 || 30 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Kinetic Strike Module Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Kinetic Strike Module''' || 9-15 || 0% || 15-21 || - || -1 || 8 || Melee || {{No Icon}} || Close combat weapon || MEC || 30 || Floater Autopsy MEC Warfare Systems || 200 || 30 || 25 || 30 || 10 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Grenade Launcher Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Grenade Launcher''' || 2-6 || 0% || 3-7 || - || -1 || 2 || 17 || {{No Icon}} || Indirect-fire Grenade Launcher || MEC || 30 || Gauss Weapons MEC Warfare Systems || 150 || 25 || 0 || 30 || 10 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Proximity Mine Launcher Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Proximity Mine Launcher''' || 6-14 || 0% || - || - || -1 || 3 || 17 || {{No Icon}} || Fires Proximity Mines || MEC || 55 || Advanced Gauss Weapons MEC Warfare Systems || 180 || 25 || 40 || 40 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Electro Pulse Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Electropulse''' || 3-9 (6) || 0% || - || - || -1 || 8 || 17 || {{No Icon}} || Stuns robots. 3 turn cooldown || MEC || 85 || EMP Weapons MEC Warfare Systems || 180 || 30 || 50 || 50 || 14 || 1x Arc Thrower
|}

==='''SHIV Turrets'''===
Similar to the SAW but considerably more powerful, these heavy and expensive guns are the only weapons that the SHIV can use. While they suffer from the low base aim of all SHIV units, they can shred through enemies at close range, restrict enemy movement options when in overwatch mode thanks to certain equipment, and can deal massive damage to mechanized forces when equipped with HEAT ammo.
{| class="wikitable" width="90%"
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!colspan="19" | SHIV Turrets
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!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! 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: Autocannon Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Autocannon''' || 5-9 (7) || 0% || 9-12 || 0 || 0 || 3+1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || - || SHIV || 0 || None || colspan="6" | N/A
|-align=center
|[[Image: Superheavy Laser Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Superheavy Laser''' || 6-10 (8) || 0% || 10-14 || +6 || 0 || 3+1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || - || SHIV || 20 || Advanced Beam Lasers || 75 || 10 || 0 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Sentry Gun Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Sentry Gun''' || 7-11 (9) || 0% || 11-16 || 0 || 0 || 4+1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || Nullifies 0.34 enemy DR || SHIV || 40 || Gauss Weapons || 100 || 30 || 10 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Superheavy Pulser Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Superheavy Pulser''' || 7-13 (10) || 8% || 13-18 || 0 || 0 || 3+1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || - || SHIV || 65 || Pulse Lasers || 300 || 50 || 50 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Superheavy Plasma Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Superheavy Plasma''' || 8-14 (11) || 4%* || 14-19 || +8* || 0 || 3+1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || - || SHIV || 100 || Vehicular Plasma Weapons|| 450 || 80 || 70 || 4 || 21 || 1x Alien Heavy Weapon
|-
|}

== Steadying ==
Many weapons have an extra action available: Steady Weapon. This is a standard action, which will end the turn when used, which grants +20 aim for the next shot. The bonus is discarded if the soldier moves or switches weapon. This essentially allows a soldier to fire a carefully aimed shot over two turns. The use of perks such as '''Light 'Em Up''' and '''Double Tap''' only apply the bonus to the first shot taken. Note that sniper rifles can be steadied after moving, even if the operator cannot fire them. Steady Weapon's Aim bonus also applies to fired rockets, reducing rocket scatter.

== Explosives ==
In Long War explosives no longer do fixed damage to all targets in their radius. The further a target is from the center of the blast, the less damage it will take. This also applies to cover and cover in general is a little tougher than in vanilla.

== Rockets ==
Long War uses a revamped system for rocket accuracy. Aim is used when firing rockets to determine the chance of them landing on target, rather than the fixed 90% chance in vanilla. Rather than the vanilla behavior of a missed rocket veering wildly off course, Long War rockets never "miss" but will veer off course a random amount based on the soldier's Aim, with higher Aim giving less scatter. Lower range means less scatter, and the soldier achieving 120 Aim yields no scatter at any range. Rockets can also be fired after moving, but with increased scatter and reduced range. Rockets can not change height through scatter.

The hit chance shown while aiming is not a literal % hit chance, nor is it the maximum scatter distance. "Scatter" instead indicates the standard deviation on the X and Y axis. You can expect 68% of your rockets to hit within the standard deviation, 95% to hit within 2 times the standard deviation, and 99.7% to hit within 3 times the standard deviation. Rockets can exceed even this degree of deviation, but the chance is negligible.

Unblocked (no "Shot is Blocked" warning) rockets that veer off course will travel through most destructible terrain to their destination, destroying it in the process. If they encounter an allied or enemy pawn, they will detonate immediately.

==See also==
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Weapons (Long War)

2015-05-26T17:55:43Z

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Long War makes several changes to weapons:

* There are five tiers of weapons: Conventional/Ballistic, Beam Laser, Gauss, Pulse Laser, Plasma.

* There are several additional types of primary and secondary weapon available in each tier.

* Many weapons can be Steadied as an action to improve aim for the next turn.

* Explosives no longer do fixed damage, and their damage reduces the further a target is from the center of the blast.

* Rocket launchers use a revamped accuracy system using the soldier's aim.

==Weapon Tiers==
===Conventional/Ballistic===
These are the basic weapons you start with - and whilst they're okay to begin with, they're not going to be up to scratch in the long run. The sawed-off shotgun is unique to this tier. Ballistic weapons use the same models as EXALT ballistic weapons in vanilla.

===Beam Lasers===
Early beam lasers form the second tier of weapons, and all carry a small inherent accuracy bonus, which can make them good 'training' weapons for inexperienced troopers. They also have a little more firepower than Ballistic weapons, but it still won't be enough in the long run. Although skipping laser weaponry in vanilla is a viable and at times easy-to-pull-off gambit, in Long War the expenses for gauss weapons combined with the tighter economy makes this less appealing, and the aim bonus beam lasers confer makes them arguably better early game than gauss anyway. Beam Lasers use the same visuals as EXALT laser weapons in vanilla.

===Gauss===
Gauss weapons return to ballistic projectiles but elerium power sources make man-portable magnetic accelerators practical; combined with alloy-based projectiles, it's a recipe for pretty formidable personal weaponry. In general Gauss weapons have a larger clip size, which can make this tier of weapons preferable for soldiers that has ammo-intensive perks or abilities such as flush ,suppression, collateral damage, in the zone, close combat specialist, close encounters, light 'em up, and rapid fire. Uniquely, the sniper rifle of this tier--the Gauss long rifle--grants snipers the HEAT ammo perk, whom otherwise can't obtain said perk normally. This makes Gauss snipers a powerful counter to mechanical leaders/bosses whom can have over 50 health and a staggering amount of damage reduction; though in return, the Gauss long rifle has a rather inconvenient clip size of 1. Gauss weapons use the original XCOM ballistic weapon models.

Gauss weapons also are able to pierce enemy damage reduction (DR). Specifically, they nullify 0.34 enemy DR, which means that there is a 34% chance of nullifying one point of enemy DR. This amount is doubled upon researching the ''Quenchguns'' foundry project.

===Pulse Lasers===
Refining and enhancing laser technology allows for the development of pulse laser weaponry, another step up in terms of firepower. Pulse laser weapons have a bonus to their critical hit chance, which might make them more preferable to laser weapons in the hands of crit-focused assaults and snipers. They use the same visuals as XCOM-built laser weaponry from vanilla.

===Plasma===
Plasma tier weapons are the most powerful in terms of raw damage, but also expensive and hard to obtain; building them requires captured alien weapons as production components... which means you'll have to stun and capture aliens for every weapon you want to build. Plasma weapons have the same models as the weapons either used by the aliens or made by XCOM like the Sniper Rifle.
Since b15e, Plasma Weapons also carry special effects, making them more unique like in the vanilla game.

== Weapon types==
Long War adds many new types of primary and secondary weapon. Most of these weapon types have a corresponding weapon at each technology level. The primary weapon types are, in descending order of average damage: '''SHIV/MEC Primary Weapons''' > '''Light Machine Guns''' and '''Shotguns''' > '''Heavy Rifles''', '''Marksman/Sniper rifles''' and '''Squad Automatic Weapon''' > '''Assault Rifles''' > '''Carbines''' and '''Submachine Guns'''. In general, the more powerful a weapon is the more unwieldy it is as well, and that will reflect in aim and mobility penalties/bonuses. The MEC version of heavy machine guns have a unusually large deviation of +/-4. And finally Shotguns' damage is severely impeded by damage reduction.

=== '''Pistols''' ===
The default sidearm, very similar to vanilla pistols, except that they do not have unlimited ammo. Pistols have shorter effective range than assault rifles unless the soldier possesses the Gunslinger perk.
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!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! colspan="2" | Prerequisites !! colspan="6" | Cost
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|[[Image:Pistol Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Pistol''' || 1-3 (2) || 0% || 3-4 || 0 || 0 || 2+1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} ||Long range accuracy penalty without Gunslinger || All except Gunner and Rocketeer || 0 ||None ||colspan="6" | N/A
|-align=center
|[[Image:Laser Pistol Long War.png|center|128x64px]] '''Laser Pistol''' || 2-4 (3) || 0% || 4-5 || +6 || 0 || 2+1 || 30 || {{No Icon}}|| Long range accuracy penalty without Gunslinger || All except Gunner and Rocketeer|| 15|| Beam weapons || 30 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 10 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image:Plasma Pistol Long War.png|center|128x64px]] '''Plasma Pistol''' || 3-5 (4) || 0% || 5-7 || 0 || 0 || 2+1 || 30 || {{No Icon}}|| Long range accuracy penalty without Gunslinger || All except Gunner and Rocketeer || 90|| Compact Plasma Weapons || 120 || 15 || 30 || 2 || 12 || 1x Alien Pistol
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|}

==='''Machine Pistols'''===
A more damaging sidearm, but at the cost of added weight and decreased aim when drawn. Machine Pistols also tend to have very limited ammo. Useful for a Gunslinger soldier to finish off targets.
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!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! colspan="2" | Prerequisites !! colspan="6" | Cost
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| {{Engineers Icon}} || {{Research Icon}} || {{Credits Icon}} || {{AA Icon}} || {{Elerium Icon}} || {{Meld Icon}} || {{Time Icon}} || '''Other'''
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|[[Image:Machine pistol Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Machine Pistol''' || 2-4 (3) || 0% || 4-5 || -8 || -1 || 2+1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || Long range accuracy penalty without Gunslinger || All except Gunner and Rocketeer || 0|| None || colspan="6" | N/A
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|[[Image:Heater Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Heater''' || 3-5 (4) || 0% || 5-7 || -2 || -1 || 2+1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || Long range accuracy penalty without Gunslinger || All except Gunner and Rocketeer || 15|| Beam weapons || 25 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 12 || -
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|[[Image:Gauss Autopistol Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Gauss Autopistol''' || 3-5 (4) || 0% || 5-7 || -8 || -1 || 3+1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || Long range accuracy penalty without Gunslinger Nullifies 0.34 enemy DR || All except Gunner and Rocketeer || 35 || Gauss Weapons || 40 || 8 || 3 || 0 || 12 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image:Blaster Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Blaster''' || 4-6 (5) || 8% || 6-9 || -8 || -1 || 2+1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || Long range accuracy penalty without Gunslinger || All except Gunner and Rocketeer || 60 || Pulse Lasers || 80 || 18 || 16 || 0 || 12 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image:Plasma Mauler Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Plasma Mauler''' || 4-8 (6) || 0% || 8-11 || -8 || -1* || 2+1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || Long range accuracy penalty without Gunslinger || All except Gunner and Rocketeer || 90 || Compact Plasma Weapons || 200 || 50 || 32 || 2 || 12 || 1x Alien Pistol
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|}

==='''SMGs'''===
SMGs confer +3 mobility bonus and have the lowest damage and crit chance of all the primary weapons. Unlike Carbines, SMGs do not grant bonus accuracy. They're very useful for classes that need to reposition quickly to bring explosives and other area weapons against enemies, making them a good choice for Rocketeers and Engineers. Scouts, who might use the added mobility usually require something that packs a punch, like a Shotgun or any Rifle.
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!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! colspan="2" | Prerequisites !! colspan="6" | Cost
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| {{Engineers Icon}} || {{Research Icon}} || {{Credits Icon}} || {{AA Icon}} || {{Elerium Icon}} || {{Meld Icon}} || {{Time Icon}} || '''Other'''
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|[[Image:SMG Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Submachine Gun''' || 2-4 (3) || 0% || 4-5 || 0 || +3 || 2+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || All || 0|| None || colspan="6" | N/A
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|[[Image:Laser Shatterray Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Laser Shatterray''' || 3-5 (4) || 0% || 5-7 || +6 || +3 || 2+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || All || 15 || Beam Weapons || 30 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 12 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image:Gauss Stuttergun Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Gauss Stuttergun''' || 4-6 (5) || 0% || 6-9 || 0 || +3 || 3+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || Nullifies 0.34 enemy DR || All || 35 || Gauss Weapons || 65 || 12 || 4 || 0 || 12 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image:Pulse Stengun Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Pulse Stengun''' || 4-8 (6) || 8% || 8-11 || 0 || +3 || 2+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || All || 62 || Pulse Lasers || 120 || 20 || 20 || 0 ||12 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image:Plasma Stormgun Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Plasma Stormgun''' || 5-9 (7) || 0% || 9-12 || 0 || +4* || 2+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || All || 90 || Plasma Weapons || 200 || 60 || 40 || 2 || 12 || 1x Alien Carbine
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|}

==='''Carbines'''===
Carbines are light versions of assault rifles. They have reduced damage and crit chance, but confer +1 mobility and an accuracy bonus. They are ideal for inexperienced troops and those that need to move quickly, but experienced troops should switch to other weapons quickly as tougher aliens begin to appear.
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!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! colspan="2" | Prerequisites !! colspan="6" | Cost
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| {{Engineers Icon}} || {{Research Icon}} || {{Credits Icon}} || {{AA Icon}} || {{Elerium Icon}} || {{Meld Icon}} || {{Time Icon}} || '''Other'''
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|[[Image:Assault Carbine Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Assault Carbine''' || 2-4 (3) || 4% || 4-5 || +6 || +1 || 3+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || All || 0 || None || colspan="6" | N/A
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|[[Image:Laser Carbine Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Laser Carbine''' || 3-5 (4) || 4% || 5-7 || +12 || +1 || 3+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || All || 15 || Beam weapons || 35 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 12 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image:Gauss Carbine Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Gauss Carbine''' || 4-6 (5) || 4% || 6-9 || +6 || +1 || 4+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || Nullifies 0.34 enemy DR || All || 35 || Gauss Weapons || 80 || 16 || 5 || 0 || 12 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image:Pulse Carbine Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Pulse Carbine''' || 4-8 (6) || 12% || 8-11 || +6 || +1 || 3+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || All || 63 || Pulse Lasers || 180 || 20 || 30 || 0 || 12 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image:Plasma Carbine Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Plasma Carbine''' || 5-9 (7) || 4% || 9-12 || +6 || +1 || 3+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || Grants +6 Defense || All || 90 || Plasma Weapons || 250 || 50 || 40 || 2 || 12 || 1x Alien Carbine
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|}

==='''Assault Rifles'''===
These are the baseline assault rifles, similar to their vanilla counterparts. They have a respectable balance of firepower and accuracy. 
The Arc Rifle is a special Rifle that grants Disabling Shot with the regular 2-turn cooldown. It has low damage and ammo capacity. Useful early on for raiding small UFO's with capable soldiers and plenty of arc thrower uses.

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!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! colspan="2" | Prerequisites !! colspan="6" | Cost
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| {{Engineers Icon}} || {{Research Icon}} || {{Credits Icon}} || {{AA Icon}} || {{Elerium Icon}} || {{Meld Icon}} || {{Time Icon}} || '''Other'''
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|[[Image:Assault Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Assault Rifle''' || 3-5 (4) || 8% || 5-7 || 0 || 0 || 3+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || All || 0 || None || colspan="6" | N/A
|-align=center
|[[Image:Laser Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Laser Rifle''' || 4-6 (5) || 8% || 6-9 || +6 || 0 || 3+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || All || 15 || Beam weapons || 45 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 12 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image:Gauss Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Gauss Rifle''' || 4-8 (6) || 8% || 8-11 || 0 || 0 || 4+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || Nullifies 0.34 enemy DR || All || 38 || Gauss Weapons || 90 || 24 || 6 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image:Pulse Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Pulse Rifle''' || 5-9 (7) || 16% || 9-12 || 0 || 0 || 3+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || All || 65 || Pulse Lasers || 200 || 30 || 30 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image:Plasma Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Plasma Rifle''' || 6-10 (8) || 8% || 10-14 || 0 || 0 || 3+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || +1.5 Crit Damage on biological Units || Infantry, Assault, Scout, Medic, Engineer|| 95 || Advanced Plasma Weapons || 350 || 70 || 50 || 3 || 14 || 1x Alien Rifle
|-align=center
|[[Image: Arc Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Arc Rifle''' || 1-3 (2) || 0% || 3-4 || +10 || 0 || 2+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || Grants Disabling Shot, Short-range accuracy penalty || All except Gunners and Rocketeers || 25 || Xenoneurology New Combat Systems || 60 || 5 || 5 || 0 || 10 || -
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|}

==='''Heavy Rifles'''===
Heavy Rifles are the more powerful counterpart to assault rifles. Compared to assault rifles, they provide +1 base damage and -1 mobility, as well as a -10 aim penalty after moving or taking any costly (blue) actions until the beginning of the next turn. They are best used by experienced soldiers who can aim well enough to offset the penalty when necessary and make good use of the extra damage.
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!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! 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:Battle Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Battle Rifle''' || 4-6 (5) || 8% || 6-9 || 0 || -1 || 3+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || Infantry, Assault, Scout, Medic, Engineer || 0 || None || colspan="6" | N/A
|-align=center
|[[Image:Heavy Laser Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Heavy Laser Rifle''' || 4-8 (6) || 8% || 8-11 || +6 || -1 || 3+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || Infantry, Assault, Scout, Medic, Engineer || 20 || Advanced Beam Lasers || 45 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 12 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image:Heavy Gauss Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Heavy Gauss Rifle''' || 5-9 (7) || 8% || 9-12 || 0 || -1 || 4+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || Nullifies 0.34 enemy DR || Infantry, Assault, Scout, Medic, Engineer || 45 || Advanced Gauss Weapons || 100 || 25 || 8 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image:Heavy Pulse Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Heavy Pulse Rifle''' || 6-10 (8) || 16% || 10-14 || 0 || -1 || 3+1|| 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || - || Infantry, Assault, Scout, Medic, Engineer || 67 || Advanced Pulse Lasers || 200 || 30 || 35 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Heavy Plasma Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Heavy Plasma Rifle''' || 7-11 (9) || 8% || 11-16 || 0 || -1 || 3+1 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}} || +1 Damage when steadied || Infantry, Assault, Scout, Medic, Engineer || 105 || Heavy Plasma Weapons || 350 || 70 || 50 || 3 || 18 || 1x Alien Heavy Weapon
|-
|}

==='''Shotguns'''===
Long War shotgun-type weapons are similar to their vanilla counterparts. High damage, high crit chance, short range. Shotguns are extremely accurate up close, but suffer from very poor accuracy over longer ranges (even with Cinematic Mode enabled). As such, they work best with highly mobile classes or those that only ever expect to engage enemies up close, like Assault and Scout soldiers. 

The sawed-off shotgun, a point-blank range, high damage sidearm with -1 mobility. It has only one shot, and this cannot be increased by ammo capacity upgrades.
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!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! 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: Shotgun Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Shotgun''' || 4-8 (6) || 16% || 8-11 || 0 || 0 || 4+1 || 30 (14) || {{No Icon}} || Long range accuracy penalty [[Damage Reduction (Long War)|Damage reduction]] penalty || Infantry, Assault, Scout, Medic, Engineer || 0 || None || colspan="6" | N/A
|-align=center
|[[Image: Sawed-off Shotgun Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Sawed-Off Shotgun''' || 4-8 (6) || 4% || 8-11 || -12 || -1 || 1 || 1 || {{No Icon}} || Sidearm. Confers -1 mobility. Can only be used at point blank range. || Infantry, Assault, Scout, Medic, Engineer || 1 || None || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Scatter Laser Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Scatter Laser''' || 5-9 (7) || 16% || 9-12 || +6 || 0 || 4+1 || 30 (14) || {{No Icon}} || Long range accuracy penalty [[Damage Reduction (Long War)|Damage reduction]] penalty
| Infantry, Assault, Scout, Medic, Engineer || 18 || Advanced Beam Weapons || 50 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Alloy Cannon Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Alloy Cannon''' || 6-10 (8) || 16% || 10-14 || 0 || 0 || 5+1 || 30 (14) || {{No Icon}} || Long range accuracy penalty [[Damage Reduction (Long War)|Damage reduction]] penalty Nullifies 0.34 enemy DR
| Infantry, Assault, Scout, Medic, Engineer || 40 || Advanced Gauss Weapons || 130 || 36 || 15 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Scatter Blaster Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Scatter Blaster''' || 7-11 (9) || 24% || 11-16 || 0 || 0 || 4+1 || 30 (14) || {{No Icon}} || Long range accuracy penalty [[Damage Reduction (Long War)|Damage reduction]] penalty
| Infantry, Assault, Scout, Medic, Engineer || 65 || Advanced Pulse Weapons || 250 || 30 || 40 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Reflex Cannon Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Reflex Cannon''' || 7-13 (10) || 16% || 13-18 || 0 || 0 || 4+1 || 30 (14) || {{No Icon}} || Long range accuracy penalty [[Damage Reduction (Long War)|Damage reduction]] penalty +1.5 Crit Damage at close Range
| Infantry, Assault, Scout, Medic, Engineer || 102 || Advanced Plasma Weapons || 450 || 70 || 50 || 4 || 18 || 1x Alien Rifle
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|}

==='''Sniper Rifles'''===
Sniper Rifles are mostly identical to their vanilla counterparts and can only be used by Snipers. They have very long range (double the range of vanilla, making it functionally infinite), but can only be fired if the user has not taken a costly action, including reloading, unless they have Snap Shot training. Long War sniper rifles have higher penalties when used at short range than vanilla sniper rifles. Sniper rifles can only overwatch fire up to visual range, so consider steadying the weapon instead to end a turn without targets (especially if you don't have snapshot training).
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!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! 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: Sniper Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Sniper Rifle''' || 4-6 (5) || 20% || 6-9 || 0 || -1 || 5+1 || 200 (30) || {{Yes Icon}} || Cannot fire after any costly action Short-range accuracy penalty || Sniper || 0 ||None || colspan="6" | N/A
|-align=center
|[[Image: Laser Sniper Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Laser Sniper Rifle''' || 4-8 (6) || 20% || 8-11 || +6 || -1 || 3+1 || 200 (30) || {{Yes Icon}} || Cannot fire after any costly action Short-range accuracy penalty || Sniper || 18 || Advanced Beam Weapons || 50 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Gauss Long Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Gauss Long Rifle''' || 5-9 (7) || 20% || 9-12 || 0 || -2 || 1+1 || 200 (30) || {{Yes Icon}} || Cannot fire after any costly action Short-range accuracy penalty Grants HEAT Ammo perk. Halves the hardened crit penalty Nullifies 0.34 enemy DR || Sniper || 40 || Advanced Gauss Weapons || 200 || 30 || 15 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Pulse Sniper Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Pulse Sniper Rifle''' || 6-10 (8) || 28% || 10-14 || 0 || -1 || 3+1 || 200 (30) || {{Yes Icon}} || Cannot fire after any costly action Short-range accuracy penalty || Sniper || 65 || Advanced Pulse Lasers || 250 || 40 || 40 || 0|| 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Plasma Sniper Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Plasma Sniper Rifle''' || 7-11 (9) || 20% || 11-16 || 0 || -1 || 3+1 || 200 (30) || {{Yes Icon}} || Cannot fire after any costly action Short-range accuracy penalty +1.5 Crit Damage at extreme Range || Sniper || 105 || Precision Plasma Weapons || 450 || 80 || 70 || 3 || 18 || 1x Alien Heavy Weapon
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|}

==='''Marksman Rifles'''===
Marksman rifles are smaller versions of sniper rifles that can also only be used by the Sniper and Scout classes. They have longer range than most weapons, but considerably shorter than sniper rifles nonetheless can be fired after moving. Like sniper rifles, marksman rifles have hefty accuracy penalties when used at short range. Marksman rifles have the same base damage as sniper rifles, but considerably lower crit chance. Marksman rifles can fire reaction shots up to their maximum range, and with Precision Shot they have unlimited range. 
Marksman Rifles are better suited to close-quarters maps where mobility is essential. 
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!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! 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: Marksman Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Marksman Rifle''' || 4-6 (5) || 12% || 6-9 || 0 || 0 || 5+1 || 36 || {{Yes Icon}} || Short-range accuracy penalty || Scout, Sniper || 0 ||None || colspan="6" | N/A
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|[[Image: Laser Strike Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Laser Strike Rifle''' || 4-8 (6) || 12% || 8-11 || +6 || 0 || 3+1 || 36 || {{Yes Icon}} || Short-range accuracy penalty || Scout, Sniper || 18 || Advanced Beam Lasers || 45 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 12 || -
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|[[Image: Alloy Strike Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Alloy Strike Rifle''' || 5-9 (7) || 12% || 9-12 || 0 || 0 || 4+1 || 36 || {{Yes Icon}} || Short-range accuracy penalty Nullifies 0.34 enemy DR || Scout, Sniper || 45 || Advanced Gauss Weapons || 110 || 30 || 10 || 0 || 14
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|[[Image: Blaster Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Blaster Rifle''' || 6-10 (8) || 20% || 10-14 || 0 || 0 || 3+1 || 36 || {{Yes Icon}} || Short-range accuracy penalty || Scout, Sniper || 67 || Advanced Pulse Lasers || 220 || 40 || 40 || 0 || 14 || -
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|[[Image: Reflex Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Reflex Rifle''' || 7-11 (9) || 12% || 11-16 || 0 || 0 || 3+1 || 36 || {{Yes Icon}} || Short-range accuracy penalty +1.5 Crit Damage on exposed Enemies|| Scout, Sniper || 102 || Precision Plasma Weapons || 400 || 70 || 50 || 4 || 18 || 1x Alien Rifle
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|}

==='''SAWs'''===
SAW-type weapons are the closest equivalent to vanilla LMGs in Long War. They can only be used by the Gunner class. SAWs have larger magazines and higher damage than assault rifles but confer a mobility penalty and can't be steadied. They allow faster movement than LMGs, but have less ammo and deal less damage. Suppressing a target with a SAW grants the Opportunist perk for any reaction fire triggered by enemy movement
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" width="90%"
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!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! 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: SAW Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''SAW''' || 4-6 (5) || 0% || 6-9 || 0 || -1 || 6+2 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || - || Gunner || 0 ||None || colspan="6" | N/A
|-align=center
|[[Image: Autolaser Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Autolaser''' || 4-8 (6) || 0% || 8-11 || +6 || -1 || 6+2 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || - || Gunner || 18 || Beam Weapons || 60 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Gauss Autorifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Gauss Autorifle''' || 5-9 (7) || 0% || 9-12 || 0 || -1 || 7+2 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || Nullifies 0.34 enemy DR || Gunner || 38 || Gauss Weapons || 100 || 30 || 6 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Pulse Autoblaster Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Pulse Autoblaster''' || 6-10 (8) || 8% || 10-14 || 0 || -1 || 6+2 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || - || Gunner || 65 || Pulse Lasers || 230 || 40 || 40 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Plasma Novagun Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Plasma Novagun''' || 7-11 (9) || 0% || 11-16 || 0 || -1 || 6+2 || 30 || {{Yes Icon}}* || - || Gunner || 98 || Advanced Plasma Weapons || 450 || 80 || 60 || 3 || 20 || 1x Alien Rifle
|-
|}

==='''LMGs'''===
LMG-type weapons are larger versions of SAWs and are also only usable by the Gunner class. LMGs carry a mobility penalty and can only fire if the user has not moved, but in return they have even larger magazines and even higher damage than SAWs. LMGs also have a slightly longer range than most weapons and confer the Squadsight perk on the user so they can make use of the extra range. When an LMG is used to suppress, the reaction shot taken if the target moves suffers no aim penalty and can crit. LMGs can only overwatch fire up to visual range. 
LMGs are ideal for heavy defensive situations where the Gunner can situate themselves securely and guard a given area using normal and reaction fire.
{| class="wikitable" width="90%"
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!colspan="19" | Light Machine Guns
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!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! 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: LMG Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''LMG''' || 4-8 (6) || 0% || 8-11 || 0 || -2 || 8+1 || 36 (30) || {{No Icon}} || Cannot fire after any costly action Grants squadsight || Gunner || 0 || None || colspan="6" | N/A
|-align=center
|[[Image: Gatling Laser Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Gatling Laser''' || 5-9 (7) || 0% || 9-12 || +6 || -2 || 8+1 || 36 (30) || {{No Icon}} || Cannot fire after any costly action Grants squadsight || Gunner || 18 || Beam weapons || 70 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Gauss Machine Gun Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Gauss Machine Gun''' || 6-10 (8) || 0% || 10-14 || 0 || -2 || 9+1 || 36 (30) || {{No Icon}} || Cannot fire after any costly action Grants squadsight Nullifies 0.34 enemy DR || Gunner || 45 || Gauss Weapons || 140 || 32 || 10 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Gatling Pulser Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Gatling Pulser''' || 7-11 (9) || 8% || 11-16 || 0 || -2 || 8+1 || 36 (30) || {{No Icon}} || Cannot fire after any costly action Grants squadsight || Gunner || 70 || Pulse Lasers || 240 || 60 || 45 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Plasma Dragon Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Plasma Dragon''' || 7-13 (10) || 0% || 13-18 || 0 || -2 || 8+1 || 36 (30) || {{No Icon}} || Cannot fire after any costly action Grants squadsight +1 Damage against flying units || Gunner || 105 || Heavy Plasma Weapons || 450 || 80 || 64 || 4 || 20 || 1x Alien Heavy Weapon
|-
|}

==='''Rocket Launchers'''===
Sometimes you just have to make a good first-time impression. Sometimes you just happen to not have the right key for a door. Sometimes you just want to give those aliens a running start on their way back - do not fret, Xcom have some portable rocket launchers for you! 

Rockets are fairly simple to use - pick your ability, aim and fire. There is always some guaranteed scatter which is limited by the soldier's Aim and Abilities. While mostly used by Rocketeers, Engineers also have the ability at later stages of the game to carry a rocket launcher. Carrying one forfeits your sidearm. For more information regarding rockets read below.
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!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! 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: Rocket Launcher Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Rocket Launcher''' || 4-10 (7) || 0% || - || 0 || -1 || 1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || +1 mobility after firing rocket for rest of mission || Rocketeer|| 0 || None || colspan="6" | N/A
|-align=center
|[[Image: Recoilless Rifle Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Recoilless Rifle''' || 6-12 (9) || 0% || - || 0 || -1 || 1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || +1 mobility after firing rocket for rest of mission Nullifies 0.34 enemy DR || Rocketeer|| 45 || Advanced Gauss Weapons || 100 || 50 || 10 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Blaster Launcher Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Blaster Launcher''' || 8-16 (12) || 0% || - || 0 || -2 || 1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || +1 mobility after firing rocket for rest of mission || Rocketeer|| 110 || Fusion Weapons || 600 || 120 || 70 || 3 || 20 || 1x Fusion Core
|-
|}

==='''MEC Primary Weapons'''===
MEC weapons (unsurprisingly) can only be used by MECs. They are high damage and have extended range equal to marksman rifles and LMGs, but do not confer the squadsight perk, so only MEC classes that have squadsight can use the extra range. Even MECs with squadsight can only overwatch fire up to visual range.
{| class="wikitable" width="90%"
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!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! 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: Minigun Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Minigun''' || 5-9 (7) || 0% || 9-12 || 0 || 0 || 2+1 || 36 (30) || {{No Icon}} || - || MEC || 0 || None || colspan="6" | N/A
|-align=center
|[[Image: Laser Lance Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Laser Lance''' || 6-10 (8) || 0% || 10-14 || +6 || 0 || 3+1 || 36 (30) || {{No Icon}} || - || MEC || 20 || Advanced Beam Lasers MEC Warfare Systems || 75 || 10 || 0 || 10 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Railgun Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Railgun''' || 7-11 (9) || 0% || 11-16 || 0 || 0 || 4+1 || 36 (30) || {{No Icon}} || Nullifies 0.34 enemy DR, no suppression || MEC || 45 || Advanced Gauss Weapons MEC Warfare Systems || 120 || 50 || 10 || 20 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Pulse Lance Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Pulse Lance''' || 7-13 (10) || 8% || 13-18 || 0 || 0 || 3+1 || 36 (30) || {{No Icon}} || - || MEC || 65 || Advanced Pulse Lasers MEC Warfare Systems || 240 || 50 || 48 || 30 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Particle Cannon Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Particle Cannon''' || 8-14 (11) || 0% || 14-19 || 0 || 0 || 3+1 || 36 (30) || {{No Icon}} || No suppression +1 Damage against robotic Units || MEC || 105 || Heavy Plasma Weapons MEC Warfare Systems || 450 || 80 || 80 || 40 || 14 || 1x Alien Heavy Weapon
|-
|}

==='''MEC Secondary Weapons'''===

With each upgrade of the MEC suit the number secondary weapon slots increases. As such, they can play a vital role in area control, squad support or neutralizing targets. Be advised that unlike vanilla in Long War you have to build the systems yourself and they do cost a lot of meld.

{| class="wikitable" width="90%"
!colspan="19" | MEC Secondary Weapons
|-
!rowspan="2" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! 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: Flamethrower Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Flamethrower''' || 3-5 || 0% || 5-7 || - || -1 || 2 || Cone || {{No Icon}} || Incendiary area attack causing panic: Will test against 50, 80 with Jellied Elerium upgrade. || MEC || 35 || MEC Warfare Systems || 150 || 0 || 0 || 30 || 7 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Restorative Mist Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Restorative Mist''' || - || 0% || - || - || -1 || 1 || 17 || {{No Icon}} || Heals allies in an area || MEC || 28 || Thin Man Autopsy MEC Warfare Systems || 120 || 0 || 0 || 30 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Kinetic Strike Module Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Kinetic Strike Module''' || 9-15 || 0% || 15-21 || - || -1 || 8 || Melee || {{No Icon}} || Close combat weapon || MEC || 30 || Floater Autopsy MEC Warfare Systems || 200 || 30 || 25 || 30 || 10 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Grenade Launcher Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Grenade Launcher''' || 2-6 || 0% || 3-7 || - || -1 || 2 || 17 || {{No Icon}} || Indirect-fire Grenade Launcher || MEC || 30 || Gauss Weapons MEC Warfare Systems || 150 || 25 || 0 || 30 || 10 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Proximity Mine Launcher Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Proximity Mine Launcher''' || 6-14 || 0% || - || - || -1 || 3 || 17 || {{No Icon}} || Fires Proximity Mines || MEC || 55 || Advanced Gauss Weapons MEC Warfare Systems || 180 || 25 || 40 || 40 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Electro Pulse Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Electropulse''' || 3-9 (6) || 0% || - || - || -1 || 8 || 17 || {{No Icon}} || Stuns robots. 3 turn cooldown || MEC || 85 || EMP Weapons MEC Warfare Systems || 180 || 30 || 50 || 50 || 14 || 1x Arc Thrower
|}

==='''SHIV Turrets'''===
Similar to the SAW but considerably more powerful, these heavy and expensive guns are the only weapons that the SHIV can use. While they suffer from the low base aim of all SHIV units, they can shred through enemies at close range, restrict enemy movement options when in overwatch mode thanks to certain equipment, and can deal massive damage to mechanized forces when equipped with HEAT ammo.
{| class="wikitable" width="90%"
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!rowspan="2" width="12%" | Name !! rowspan="2" | {{Damage Icon}} '''Dm''' !! rowspan="2" |{{ Crit Hit Chance Icon}} ''' Crt %''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Crit Hit Damage Icon}} ''' DmC'''!! rowspan="2" | {{Aim (Long War)}}'''Aim''' !! rowspan="2" | {{Mobility (Long War)}} '''Mob'''!! rowspan="2" | Ammo !! rowspan="2" | Range !! rowspan="2" | Steady? !! rowspan="2" | Special !! rowspan="2" | Classes !! 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: Autocannon Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Autocannon''' || 5-9 (7) || 0% || 9-12 || 0 || 0 || 3+1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || - || SHIV || 0 || None || colspan="6" | N/A
|-align=center
|[[Image: Superheavy Laser Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Superheavy Laser''' || 6-10 (8) || 0% || 10-14 || +6 || 0 || 3+1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || - || SHIV || 20 || Advanced Beam Lasers || 75 || 10 || 0 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Sentry Gun Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Sentry Gun''' || 7-11 (9) || 0% || 11-16 || 0 || 0 || 4+1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || Nullifies 0.34 enemy DR || SHIV || 40 || Gauss Weapons || 100 || 30 || 10 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Superheavy Pulser Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Superheavy Pulser''' || 7-13 (10) || 8% || 13-18 || 0 || 0 || 3+1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || - || SHIV || 65 || Pulse Lasers || 300 || 50 || 50 || 0 || 14 || -
|-align=center
|[[Image: Superheavy Plasma Long War.png|center|128x64px]]'''Superheavy Plasma''' || 8-14 (11) || 4%* || 14-19 || +8* || 0 || 3+1 || 30 || {{No Icon}} || - || SHIV || 100 || Vehicular Plasma Weapons|| 450 || 80 || 70 || 4 || 21 || 1x Alien Heavy Weapon
|-
|}

== Steadying ==
Many weapons have an extra action available: Steady Weapon. This is a standard action, which will end the turn when used, which grants +20 aim for the next shot. The bonus is discarded if the soldier moves or switches weapon. This essentially allows a soldier to fire a carefully aimed shot over two turns. The use of perks such as '''Light 'Em Up''' and '''Double Tap''' only apply the bonus to the first shot taken. Note that sniper rifles can be steadied after moving, even if the operator cannot fire them. Steady Weapon's Aim bonus also applies to fired rockets, reducing rocket scatter.

== Explosives ==
In Long War explosives no longer do fixed damage to all targets in their radius. The further a target is from the center of the blast, the less damage it will take. This also applies to cover and cover in general is a little tougher than in vanilla.

== Rockets ==
Long War uses a revamped system for rocket accuracy. Aim is used when firing rockets to determine the chance of them landing on target, rather than the fixed 90% chance in vanilla. Rather than the vanilla behavior of a missed rocket veering wildly off course, Long War rockets never "miss" but will veer off course a random amount based on the soldier's Aim, with higher Aim giving less scatter. Lower range means less scatter, and the soldier achieving 120 Aim yields no scatter at any range. Rockets can also be fired after moving, but with increased scatter and reduced range. Rockets can not change height through scatter.

The hit chance shown while aiming is not a literal % hit chance, nor is it the maximum scatter distance. "Scatter" instead indicates the standard deviation on the X and Y axis. You can expect 68% of your rockets to hit within the standard deviation, 95% to hit within 2 times the standard deviation, and 99.7% to hit within 3 times the standard deviation. Rockets can exceed even this degree of deviation, but the chance is negligible.

Unblocked (no "Shot is Blocked" warning) rockets that veer off course will travel through most destructible terrain to their destination, destroying it in the process. If they encounter an allied or enemy pawn, they will detonate immediately.

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

Talk:Alien Life Forms (Long War)

2015-03-27T14:23:21Z

GamerChris9:

Seen on Elite Mutions: Bullet swarm, hyper-reactive pupils, adaptive bone marrow (~4hp/round). Seen on Etherials: Adaptive Bone Marrow (+10hp/round), Muscle Fiber density (apparently). Berserkers: Neural Dapaning, adaptive bone marrow. --[[User:Xuncu|Xuncu]] ([[User talk:Xuncu|talk]]) 07:19, 14 July 2014 (EDT)
:Adaptive Bone Marrow or Repair Servos seems to be common to everything after a while, I'd just lump it in with HP increase if you want to document it. I've even seen Thin Men with it. [[User:Binkyuk|Binkyuk]] ([[User talk:Binkyuk|talk]]) 08:10, 14 July 2014 (EDT)
::Sectoids, too. Complete with nightmare-fuel body warping to accommodate the animation.--[[User:Xuncu|Xuncu]] ([[User talk:Xuncu|talk]]) 14:25, 15 July 2014 (EDT)
Motherfucking Berserkers can jump now. --[[User:Xuncu|Xuncu]] ([[User talk:Xuncu|talk]]) 05:49, 8 December 2014 (EST)

== Formatting for Stat Tables ==

I'm creating this in the interest of ideas on formatting the stat tables. Currently, they seem clear if you've looked through the ini files and know what the various stats and percentages mean and you know how to read this chart, but to the common user, it appears messy and disorganized. My roommate is an avid player of LW and I'm an avid peruser of ini files for LW. I showed him this page and the various stat tables and he says that he's unsure what a lot of the information means. What are the red highlighted areas? What about the yellow? He says that he dislikes having to open the information panels for the progression, as he's often looking at it quickly as a reference, and prefers the information to be there from the start, not hidden behind extra clicks. The collapsible menus certainly keep things cleaner, but they hide the information behind a low wall that we both feel is unneeded.

On that same vein, we see why it is in a collapsible menu and that brings us to our next point. We think there's too much information in the table. The old b13 tables were clean, concise, had everything organized, but were incomplete. We all here are completing them, but by doing so are losing some of that form.
We both think it's a better idea to break the leader perks away from the progression table. Since Alien Leaders aren't directly tied to the progression, and theoretically any leader could be rolled at any time, we would think it would help with the information overload if we separated it back out, like the old format had.
The Navigator information can stay as it is, since those are directly tied to research, it's useful to see what kind of stats the base form has at the time the Navigator appears, and as such, is good to have incorporated with the remaining progression.

In addition to all of this: I believe the base perks and abilities of an Alien is best suited tied to their Base Stats in some way, instead of being located in the Progression tab. This helps clean up the progression tab by removing some of the information from it, and also helps to convey that they're starting abilities, especially at a glance.
I think the formatting with the Sectoid portion is on the right track, but I believe that it could use some reorganization; some regrouping if you will.

I welcome the thoughts of others on this, on their ideas of how it should be set up, and their feedback on the ideas I've proposed.

--[[User:IceMaverick|IceMaverick]] ([[User talk:IceMaverick|talk]]) 12:50, 24 March 2015 (EST)

:Thanks for the feedback - just unfortunate that you happened to post it while I was in the process of updating the entire page. :P
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:The b13 tables were clean yes, but also were incredibly vague. It made no mention of what navigators even were, and it was extremely unclear when aliens would get said perks. Plus, it was not very "update friendly" - everything was manually entered rather than using the LW perk templates. Also, on the background colors - yes they were not explained when you posted this comment. I removed the "legend" table that went with it temporarily, but it's now at the top giving a brief explanation of navigator and leader upgrades. A more detailed explanation should probably be featured on a separate page.
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:With that in mind, the alien upgrades are just a ton of information - I just don't see a good way to make it anymore clean/concise without sacrificing information at the same time. Really, the only reason I made the stat/perk progression tables collapsible was so that scrolling the page wasn't a huge pain. Easiest example of this is probably the muton elite progression - they get a ''ton'' of upgrades. Alien leaders do have correlation to alien research, by the way, so ''any level'' leader can't be rolled at ''any'' time. Though sure, it probably could be separated without too much trouble.
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:Two problems with including the "base perks" of an alien with the base stats table are many perks have stat upgrades tied to them, and how to define a "base perk". Some of them are there from the start without any upgrades (mindfray and psi panic on the sectoid), while others are day 0/1 99% navigator upgrades. This may just make the "base" table more cluttered as well.
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:Those are my thoughts on some of your points. One option that I've considered is to make this page a "landing page" and split all of the sections for each alien into their own pages. In that case, I'd be absolutely fine with removing the collapsible property of the stat/perk progression tables. This doesn't help with the "extra clicks problem" though.
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:--[[User:Hawkeye2777|Hawkeye2777]] ([[User talk:Hawkeye2777|talk]]) 18:48, 25 March 2015 (EDT)

::Sorry about that, I've been trying to individually contact all of the various editors of the page so that we could all agree on a single template to use, and a single style of displaying the information, get it all organized correctly AND THEN export it to every other Alien type... And then I realized that this whole discussion page exists, and has been mostly unused. Seeing as this is one of the THE MOST information-rich pages in the Long War section, I figured some community discussion would be in order. By the time I figured it all out, I saw in the logs that you had updated everything already. Apologies for not striking sooner.
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::I think your idea of breaking it down into split sections for the various races is a good way to solve the clutter problem, but it does seem more of an inconvenience for the sake of some cleanliness. As such, I think keeping it in one section is probably still the better plan, at least at this point. I do see the merits of a base-offshoot system for the Aliens, as many players rarely look for more than 1 Alien Type at a time while playing, but unless we want to expand the stubs on the various Aliens to make them worthy of an entire page (via better descriptions, tactical advice, etc.) I think it would be better to leave it as is for the time being.
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::I personally knew what the colors had meant (my friend didn't as I was asking for his opinion on page layout and he didn't see earlier builds), because I've been watching this page closely, as I was one of the first b15 edits on here, but was unsure that the current tables under the Sectoid (Which was most detailed at the time) would transfer well to every other Alien, especially with missing columns and such. I saw others remedy this quickly by adding the respective columns, and the information that belongs to it, and trying to incorporate other, good ideas into the table designs. But as the table grew with all of the information available to us, it started feeling overwhelming. It felt like there was ''too much'' information to digest. Apparently others felt the same way because the single huge table started breaking down into a couple smaller tables.
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::In this I think lies the solution: Some of the relevant information can be separated into other, smaller tables to assist users in finding relevant information faster, without having to confront a wall of data. There's most definitely a limit to what we can pull out: The difficulty modifiers are already out of there and I think that limit is simply reached once we pull out Alien Leaders. They may have their own stat gains and their own ties to research, but for a large portion of those leaders, the information as to what research level the Aliens need to spawn those Leaders is simply missing for us (Unless you know of a way to source that information?). As such, I think it wouldn't be too egregious to give the Leaders their own table - Since their exact timing is unknown - while leaving the Navigators in the primary table, since we can readily predict their appearance.
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::This not only relieves a little of the information overload for the progression table, but it also lets users quickly find the relevant information on possible Leader Perks, and what to look out for, especially since Leaders are easily identifiable by their HP during play and those are often the Aliens players truly want to know more about, quickly.
:: 
::On the note of base perks: As you said, many have stat upgrades tied to them, but they fall on Day 0/1 as gaining the upgrade. If the perk applies to ALL Aliens of that species, but simply doesn't come around until "Day 0", I think moving those abilities and perks to the base table wouldn't be too bad. The Stat gains can be simply reflected in the base-stats, considering that it's always present. It may require a little reworking of the base stats table to create a place to store all of the abilities/perks that doesn't conflict with the information already present (Perhaps simple a space at the bottom that just denotes their standard abilities?), but it shouldn't really affect the base stat tables needing extra columns or anything. If it's an upgrade that applies to all Navigators, as you said, then that can remain in there. It's much easier to read 2-3 moderately sized tables than to read 1 tiny table and 1 ''massive'' table. Distributing the information across our space would improve the readability in my opinion.
:: 
::No matter what we do, I feel like the system in place is doing well enough to get us by: certainly having the information in the first place is better than not having it at all. I just think we should look for possible ways to streamline it and make it easier to digest. If you think creating individual Alien pages and using this as a staging point is the best course of action, I'd be happy to help make that transition and fluff it out a little, after a little discussion on what information to include and such for each page.
::--[[User:IceMaverick|IceMaverick]] ([[User talk:IceMaverick|talk]]) 12:50, 24 March 2015 (EST)

:::Yeah, the discussion for this page actually started happening on the nexus forums. After making some changes, I waited about a week for feedback but didn't get any so I went ahead with updating the rest (except for EXALT - that page could still use a similar overhaul).
::: 
:::As far as I know, the 99% nav. upgrades are basically 100%; I haven't seen any reports of a sectoid not having gunslinger in normal circumstances, for example. I could probably find a way to include those into the "base" table - would just have to see which stats are tied to those upgrades to make any appropriate changes. I agree that it would probably be a bit cleaner that way.
::: 
:::Right now I'm about 80% certain about how leaders are tied to alien research; I'm just unsure of any possible edge cases right now when it comes to normal (<= Level 7) leaders. Even with the AR limitations, the spawning is still random, so yeah, they should probably be split. That also eliminates the accessibility concerns I had about the BG color usage in the first place (notably for those who are color-blind). Pulling out the leader table would also make it less complex, as leader upgrades have a more limited pool of stat gains. I would still probably make it collapsible though, so the muton elite table doesn't take up the entire page. :P
:::--[[User:Hawkeye2777|Hawkeye2777]] ([[User talk:Hawkeye2777|talk]]) 19:23, 26 March 2015 (EDT)

::::Okay so we seem to be in agreement. The "99"% is indeed 100%. JohnnyLump confirmed that those upgrades are guaranteed since the percentage is a scale of 100 from 0-99 (as opposed to 1-100) simply by the limits of how the system reads in that variable. If any "base perks" affect stats, I think it'll be easier to simply reflect those changes in the starting stats. So if... Regeneration on Outsiders grants +10 Will, simply change their base stat to +10 whatever it is now, and denote that they start with Regeneration, as an example.
:::: 
::::At this point, I feel that keeping the collapsible pages is really the only option we have for the large progression table... I was hoping that the Leader Table might be able to stay unpacked by default, since it's one that provides information that people are most curious about very often. But after looking at many of the Leader lists, especially the Muton Elite, I think we may have to keep those collapsible as well... I was really hoping we could keep that information readily available, as all of the other Alien Leaders have fairly small entries. But that Muton Elite list is massive. Either way, even if we can't present all of the information in a minimal number of clicks to find it, the new organization should allow people to at least find the correct sections faster, so I think it's an improvement. After moving the Base Perks out of the collapsible information, I think it will provide the most relevant information immediately. Much like a quick briefing on the Alien, then allowing those who need it to find even more detailed information.
:::: 
::::Breaking the info down to two collapsible tables and one always open table is the best course of action in my opinion. If you are in agreement, then I think it is the best way to proceed.
::::--[[User:IceMaverick|IceMaverick]] ([[User talk:IceMaverick|talk]]) 03:27, 27 March 2015 (EST)

:::::I agree with the propasal, as far as i understand it. There is a little thing though... You noted Bombard twice, on both Heavy Floaters and Muton Elites. Do you know if they get it from the start or from a upgrade? Either way, i would appreciate it if you clear that, because Bombard triggers "Heavy Floater Bomber" and "Muton Elite Grenadier." And if they have it from the start, i would have to somehow note it in the base briefing.
:::::--GamerChris9 10:23, 27 March 2015 [EST]

Should we maybe mark the Level 8 and 9 Leaders in purple or something similar, as those are templeship enemies and monsters?

--GamerChris9 18:12, 25 March 2015 (EST)

Marking the Temple Ship Aliens to denote that they don't spawn normally might be a good idea, but I don't think Monsters need the same denotation because there's a chance that they can spawn as leaders on any mission once the game gets late enough.

I still worry about the organization of the page as a whole.

Also I'm curious as to how you replied at 6:12PM EST today, considering it's only 3:30PM :P

--[[User:IceMaverick|IceMaverick]] ([[User talk:IceMaverick|talk]]) 15:34, 25 March 2015 (EST)

:I might have noted the wrong time acccidentally ^^ It was 19:12 over here in germany, when i wrote that.

:--GamerChris 10:16 (EST) [If i am calculating correctly] 27 March 2015

Talk:Alien Life Forms (Long War)

2015-03-25T18:12:53Z

GamerChris9:

Alien Life Forms (Long War)

2015-03-25T15:00:25Z

GamerChris9: Perk-dependent Names added

{{CheckOutdated (Long War)|b13}}
<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 || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Connected Name
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Gunslinger (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Suppression (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mindfray (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mind Merge (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Psi Panic (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 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Low Profile (Long War) }} || Level 1 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || +4 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || Level 2 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || Level 3 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Executioner (Long War) }} || Level 4 || Sectoid Leader
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Rapid Reaction (Long War) }} || Level 5 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || Level 6 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || - || +4 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || Level 7 || Sectoid Master
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || Level 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +2 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || Level 9 || Reticulan
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Connected Name
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Evasion (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Flight (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Hardened (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Overload (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Repair (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || +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 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Holo-Targeting (Long War) }} || 1 || Tracker Drone
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 3 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +3 || +15 || +15 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Absorption Fields (Long War) }} || 8 || Battle Drone
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +3 || +30 || +10 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 9 || Atlas Drone
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Connected Name
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Muscle Fiber Density (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Suppression (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 || - || +1 || +4 || - || - || +2 || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|600 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Neural Damping (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|750 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || +2 || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|900 || +1 || +3 || +10 || +10 || +1 || - || +1 || +5 || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 1 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Opportunist (Long War) }} || 2 || Outsider Engineer
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Lightning Reflexes (Long War) }} || 3 || Outsider Navigator
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Ready For Anything (Long War) }} || 4 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +10 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Close Combat Specialist (Long War) }} || 5 || Outsider Captain
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Sentinel (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Damage Control (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +20 || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Outsider Overlord
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Connected Name
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Acid Spit (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Leap (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Suppression (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|90 || - || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || -
|- 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" style="background-color:#FFB"
|90 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 15% || -
|- 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 || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Executioner (Long War) }} || 1 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Sharpshooter (Long War) }} || 2 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 4 || Thin Man Sniper
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Rapid Reaction (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || +10 || - || - || - || - || +6 || - || {{ Lightning Reflexes (Long War) }} || 7 || Sidewinder
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +7 || - || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Typhon
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Connected Name
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Evasion (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Flight (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Launch (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Suppression (Long War) }} || - || -
|- 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 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 1 || Floater Sentry
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Close Combat Specialist (Long War) }} || 2 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Danger Zone (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 4 || Floater Raider
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Damn Good Ground (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Mayhem (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +8 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Ready For Anything (Long War) }} || 7 || Floater Reaver
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 8 || Great Reaver
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Reaver Lord
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Connected Name
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Hardened (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Implant (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Leap (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Venomous Claws (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 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 20% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || - || 20% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 25% || -
|- align="center"
|150 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || +1 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|180 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|180 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || - || -
|- 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 || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || 1 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Lightning Reflexes (Long War) }} || 2 || Chryssalid Warrior
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 4 || Chryssalid Charger
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || 5 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Shock Absorbent Armor (Long War) }} || 6 || Hive Queen
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +10 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +20 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Resilience (Long War) }} || 9 || Greater Hive Queen
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Connected Name
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- 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 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Connected Name
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Evasion (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Flight (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Gunslinger (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Stealth (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Strangle (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Unlimited Stealth (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 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Unlimited Stealth (Long War) }} || 1 || Stalker
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +3 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Holo-Targeting (Long War) }} || 2 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +3 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Rapid Reaction (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 4 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +5 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Platform Stability (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +5 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Damage Control (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +10 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Close Encounters (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +10 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Hydra
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Connected Name
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Blood Call (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Intimidate (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Suppression (Long War) }} || - || -
|- 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"
|90 || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 15% || Muton Sentry
|- 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 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 1 || Muton Sentry
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Opportunist (Long War) }} || 2 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ HEAT Warheads (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 4 || Muton Grenadier
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Will To Survive (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Fortiores Una (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Sentinel (Long War) }} || 6 || Muton Sentinel
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 7 || Muton Centurion
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Tandem Warheads (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Sargon
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Connected Name
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Death Blossom (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Evasion (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Flight (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Hardened (Long War) }} || - || -
|- 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 || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 1 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 2 || Cyberdisc Bomber
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Damage Control (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }} || 4 || Cyberdisc Destroyer
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 4 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|300 || - || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Rapid Reaction (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +3 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 7 || Gunstar
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +15 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Dreadnought
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Warheads (Long War) }} || 9 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Tandem Warheads (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Stat/Perk Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="8%" | {{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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Connected Name
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Psi Shield (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 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Executioner (Long War) }} || 1 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Platform Stability (Long War) }} || 2 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Advanced Fire Control (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Shock Absorbent Armor (Long War) }} || 4 || Vulcan Mechtoid
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +2 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Rapid Reaction (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Absorption Fields (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +2 || +10 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Reactive Targeting Sensors (Long War) }} || 7 || Leviathan Mechtoid
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }} || 9 || Colossus
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 9 || -
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="8%" | {{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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Connected Name
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Bloodlust (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Bull Rush (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Hardened (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Intimidate (Long War) }} || - || -
|- 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 || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || 1 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Shock Absorbent Armor (Long War) }} || 2 || Behemoth
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || 4 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || 5 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 6 || Juggernaut
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Lightning Reflexes (Long War) }} || 9 || Mongo
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +15 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 9 || -
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Connected Name
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Greater Mind Merge (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Gunslinger (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mindfray (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mind Control (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Psi Panic (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Suppression (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || 25% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 50% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|0 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || 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 || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Distortion Field (Long War) }} || 1 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Low Profile (Long War) }} || 2 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || - || 3 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || - || 4 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|300 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|330 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Close Combat Specialist (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|360 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Regen Biofield (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +5 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Great Reticulan
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Connected Name
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || - || Heavy Floater Bomber
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Evasion (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Flight (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Launch (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Suppression (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|0 || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 25% || Heavy Floater Sentry
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 25% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 25% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Sapper (Long War) }} || 15% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|270 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Danger Zone (Long War) }} || 20% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|300 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +1 || - || {{ Depth Perception (Long War) }} || 50% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|300 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mayhem (Long War) }} || 20% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|300 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Shredder Ammo (Long War) }} || 10% || -
|- align="center"
|360 || - || +3 || - || - || +1 || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|360 || - || +1 || +3 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 25% || -
|- 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 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 1 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }} || 2 || Heavy Floater Destroyer
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Close Encounters (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 4 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 5 || Warmaster
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|360 || +1 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Damn Good Ground (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|420 || +1 || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Will To Survive (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +3 || +3 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Mayhem (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || +500 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Archon
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +3 || +3 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Danger Zone (Long War) }} || 9 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Tandem Warheads (Long War) }} || 9 || -
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Connected Name
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || - || Muton Elite Grenadier
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Suppression (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 33% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|1 || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 33% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 33% || Muton Elite Grenadier
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 33% || Muton Elite Sentry
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Grenadier (Long War) }} || 15% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Warheads (Long War) }} || 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 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || 33% || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|600 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Neural Damping (Long War) }} || 15% || -
|- align="center"
|700 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || +5 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|700 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Lock N Load (Long War) }} || - || -
|- 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 || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 1 || Muton Elite Grenadier
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Fortiores Una (Long War) }} || 1 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 1 || Muton Elite Legionary
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Opportunist (Long War) }} || 2 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Bring Em On (Long War) }} || 4 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 4 || Muton Elite Commando
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Sentinel (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Will To Survive (Long War) }} || 6 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|450 || +1 || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Reactive Targeting Sensors (Long War) }} || 7 || Muton Elite Praetorian
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +10 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +30 || - || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|660 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Neural Damping (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Neural Damping (Long War) }} || 9 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Shredder Ammo (Long War) }} || 9 || Bashar
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Connected Name
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Cluster Bomb (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Hardened (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Hit And Run (Long War) }} || - || -
|- 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 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|360 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 3 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|420 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }} || 4 || Sectopod Destroyer
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|660 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Sentinel (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|720 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Reactive Targeting Sensors (Long War) }} || 6 || Reaper
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|999 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Absorption Fields (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +35 || +30 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Reactive Targeting Sensors (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Sentinel (Long War) }} || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Titan
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }} || 9 || -
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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, 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="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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Connected Name
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Hardened (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mindfray (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mind Control (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Psi Drain (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Psi Lance (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Rift (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|1 || +3 || - || - || - || - || - || - || +15 || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || - || -
|- 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 || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|360 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Distortion Field (Long War) }} || 1 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|390 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Shock Absorbent Armor (Long War) }} || 2 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|420 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || - || 3 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|450 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 4 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|480 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Executioner (Long War) }} || 5 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|510 || +3 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || 6 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|540 || +3 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +15 || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +3 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +15 || - || - || 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +3 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +15 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9 || Ethereal Overmind
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Hardened (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mindfray (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mind Control (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Psi Drain (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Psi Lance (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Rift (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Absorption Fields (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (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 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ 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 || - || - || -
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

= See also =
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[[Category: Aliens (Long War)]]
[[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.

{| 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 || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance !! width="9%" | Connected Name
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Gunslinger (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Suppression (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mindfray (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mind Merge (Long War) }} || - || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Psi Panic (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) }} || - || Sectoid Leader
|- 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 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Low Profile (Long War) }} || Level 1 || Sectoid Leader
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || +4 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || Level 2 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || Level 3 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Executioner (Long War) }} || Level 4 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Rapid Reaction (Long War) }} || Level 5 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || Level 6 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || - || +4 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || Level 7 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || Level 8 || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +2 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || Level 9 || -
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Evasion (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Flight (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Hardened (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Overload (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Repair (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || +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%
|- 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 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Holo-Targeting (Long War) }} || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +3 || +15 || +15 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Absorption Fields (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +3 || +30 || +10 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Muscle Fiber Density (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Suppression (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 || - || +1 || +4 || - || - || +2 || - || +5 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|600 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Neural Damping (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|750 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || +2 || - || +5 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|900 || +1 || +3 || +10 || +10 || +1 || - || +1 || +5 || +1 || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Opportunist (Long War) }} || 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Lightning Reflexes (Long War) }} || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Ready For Anything (Long War) }} || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +10 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Close Combat Specialist (Long War) }} || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Sentinel (Long War) }} || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Damage Control (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +20 || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Acid Spit (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Leap (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Suppression (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|90 || - || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || -
|- 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" style="background-color:#FFB"
|90 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 15%
|- align="center"
|120 || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|180 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Lightning Reflexes (Long War) }} || 15%
|- 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%
|- 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 || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Executioner (Long War) }} || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Sharpshooter (Long War) }} || 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Rapid Reaction (Long War) }} || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || +10 || - || - || - || - || +6 || - || {{ Lightning Reflexes (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +7 || - || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Evasion (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Flight (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Launch (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Suppression (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|60 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 15%
|- 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 || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Close Combat Specialist (Long War) }} || 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Danger Zone (Long War) }} || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Damn Good Ground (Long War) }} || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Mayhem (Long War) }} || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +8 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Ready For Anything (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Hardened (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Implant (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Leap (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Venomous Claws (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 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 20%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || - || 20%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 25%
|- align="center"
|150 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || +1 || - || -
|- align="center"
|180 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|180 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || -
|- 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 || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Lightning Reflexes (Long War) }} || 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Shock Absorbent Armor (Long War) }} || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +10 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +20 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Resilience (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- 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 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Evasion (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Flight (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Gunslinger (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Stealth (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Strangle (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Unlimited Stealth (Long War) }} || 67%
|- 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 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Unlimited Stealth (Long War) }} || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +3 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Holo-Targeting (Long War) }} || 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +3 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Rapid Reaction (Long War) }} || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +5 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Platform Stability (Long War) }} || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +5 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Damage Control (Long War) }} || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +10 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Close Encounters (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +10 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Blood Call (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Intimidate (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Suppression (Long War) }} || -
|- 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"
|90 || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 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%
|- 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 || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Opportunist (Long War) }} || 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ HEAT Warheads (Long War) }} || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Will To Survive (Long War) }} || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Fortiores Una (Long War) }} || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Sentinel (Long War) }} || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Tandem Warheads (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Death Blossom (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Evasion (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Flight (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Hardened (Long War) }} || -
|- 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 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Damage Control (Long War) }} || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }} || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|300 || - || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Rapid Reaction (Long War) }} || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +3 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +15 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Warheads (Long War) }} || 9
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Tandem Warheads (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Stat/Perk Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="8%" | {{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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Psi Shield (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 || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Executioner (Long War) }} || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Platform Stability (Long War) }} || 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Advanced Fire Control (Long War) }} || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Shock Absorbent Armor (Long War) }} || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +2 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Rapid Reaction (Long War) }} || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Absorption Fields (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +2 || +10 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Reactive Targeting Sensors (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }} || 9
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 9
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="8%" | {{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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Bloodlust (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Bull Rush (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Hardened (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Intimidate (Long War) }} || -
|- 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 || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Shock Absorbent Armor (Long War) }} || 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Lightning Reflexes (Long War) }} || 9
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +15 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Greater Mind Merge (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Gunslinger (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mindfray (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mind Control (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Psi Panic (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Suppression (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || 25%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 50%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|0 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || 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 || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Distortion Field (Long War) }} || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Low Profile (Long War) }} || 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || - || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || - || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|300 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|330 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Close Combat Specialist (Long War) }} || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|360 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Regen Biofield (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +5 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Evasion (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Flight (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Launch (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Suppression (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|0 || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 25%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 25%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 25%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Sapper (Long War) }} || 15%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|270 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Danger Zone (Long War) }} || 20%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|300 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +1 || - || {{ Depth Perception (Long War) }} || 50%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|300 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mayhem (Long War) }} || 20%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|300 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Shredder Ammo (Long War) }} || 10%
|- align="center"
|360 || - || +3 || - || - || +1 || - || - || +2 || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|360 || - || +1 || +3 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 25%
|- 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 || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }} || 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Close Encounters (Long War) }} || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|360 || +1 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Damn Good Ground (Long War) }} || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|420 || +1 || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Will To Survive (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +3 || +3 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Mayhem (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || +500 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +3 || +3 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Danger Zone (Long War) }} || 9
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Tandem Warheads (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Suppression (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 33%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|1 || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 33%
|- 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%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Grenadier (Long War) }} || 15%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Warheads (Long War) }} || 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%
|- 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 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || 33%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|600 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Neural Damping (Long War) }} || 15%
|- align="center"
|700 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || +5 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|700 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Lock N Load (Long War) }} || -
|- 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 || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Fortiores Una (Long War) }} || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Opportunist (Long War) }} || 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Bring Em On (Long War) }} || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Sentinel (Long War) }} || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Will To Survive (Long War) }} || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|450 || +1 || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Reactive Targeting Sensors (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +10 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +30 || - || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|660 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Neural Damping (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Neural Damping (Long War) }} || 9
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Shredder Ammo (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Cluster Bomb (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Hardened (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Hit And Run (Long War) }} || -
|- 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 || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|360 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|420 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }} || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|660 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Sentinel (Long War) }} || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|720 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Reactive Targeting Sensors (Long War) }} || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|999 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Absorption Fields (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +35 || +30 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Reactive Targeting Sensors (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Sentinel (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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, 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="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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Hardened (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mindfray (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mind Control (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Psi Drain (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Psi Lance (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Rift (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || -
|- align="center"
|1 || +3 || - || - || - || - || - || - || +15 || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || -
|- 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 || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|360 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Distortion Field (Long War) }} || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|390 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Shock Absorbent Armor (Long War) }} || 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|420 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || - || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|450 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|480 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Executioner (Long War) }} || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|510 || +3 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|540 || +3 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +15 || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +3 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +15 || - || - || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +3 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +15 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Hardened (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mindfray (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mind Control (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Psi Drain (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Psi Lance (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Rift (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Absorption Fields (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (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 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ 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 || - || - || -
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

= See also =
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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.

{| 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 || +1 || - || - || - || - || -
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Gunslinger (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Suppression (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mindfray (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mind Merge (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Psi Panic (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 || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Low Profile (Long War) }} || Level 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || +4 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || Level 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || Level 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Executioner (Long War) }} || Level 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Rapid Reaction (Long War) }} || Level 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || Level 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || - || +4 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || Level 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || Level 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +2 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || Level 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Evasion (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Flight (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Hardened (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Overload (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Repair (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || +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%
|- 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 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Holo-Targeting (Long War) }} || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +3 || +15 || +15 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Absorption Fields (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +3 || +30 || +10 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Muscle Fiber Density (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Suppression (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 || - || +1 || +4 || - || - || +2 || - || +5 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|600 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Neural Damping (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|750 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || +2 || - || +5 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|900 || +1 || +3 || +10 || +10 || +1 || - || +1 || +5 || +1 || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Opportunist (Long War) }} || 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Lightning Reflexes (Long War) }} || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Ready For Anything (Long War) }} || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +10 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Close Combat Specialist (Long War) }} || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Sentinel (Long War) }} || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Damage Control (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +20 || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Acid Spit (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Leap (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Suppression (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|90 || - || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || -
|- 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" style="background-color:#FFB"
|90 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 15%
|- align="center"
|120 || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|180 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Lightning Reflexes (Long War) }} || 15%
|- 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%
|- 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 || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Executioner (Long War) }} || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Sharpshooter (Long War) }} || 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Rapid Reaction (Long War) }} || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || +10 || - || - || - || - || +6 || - || {{ Lightning Reflexes (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +7 || - || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Evasion (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Flight (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Launch (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Suppression (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|60 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 15%
|- 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 || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Close Combat Specialist (Long War) }} || 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Danger Zone (Long War) }} || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Damn Good Ground (Long War) }} || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +4 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Mayhem (Long War) }} || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +8 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Ready For Anything (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Hardened (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Implant (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Leap (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Venomous Claws (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 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 20%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || - || 20%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 25%
|- align="center"
|150 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || +1 || - || -
|- align="center"
|180 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|180 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || -
|- 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 || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Lightning Reflexes (Long War) }} || 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Shock Absorbent Armor (Long War) }} || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +10 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +20 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Resilience (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- 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 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Evasion (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Flight (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Gunslinger (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Stealth (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Strangle (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Unlimited Stealth (Long War) }} || 67%
|- 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 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Unlimited Stealth (Long War) }} || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +3 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Holo-Targeting (Long War) }} || 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +3 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Rapid Reaction (Long War) }} || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +5 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Platform Stability (Long War) }} || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +5 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Damage Control (Long War) }} || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +10 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Close Encounters (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +10 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Blood Call (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Intimidate (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Suppression (Long War) }} || -
|- 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"
|90 || - || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 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%
|- 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 || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Opportunist (Long War) }} || 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ HEAT Warheads (Long War) }} || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Will To Survive (Long War) }} || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Fortiores Una (Long War) }} || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Sentinel (Long War) }} || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Tandem Warheads (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Death Blossom (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Evasion (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Flight (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Hardened (Long War) }} || -
|- 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 || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Damage Control (Long War) }} || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }} || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|300 || - || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Rapid Reaction (Long War) }} || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +3 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +15 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Warheads (Long War) }} || 9
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Tandem Warheads (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="13" | '''Stat/Perk Progression'''
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="8%" | {{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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Psi Shield (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 || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Executioner (Long War) }} || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Platform Stability (Long War) }} || 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Advanced Fire Control (Long War) }} || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Shock Absorbent Armor (Long War) }} || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +2 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Rapid Reaction (Long War) }} || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Absorption Fields (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +2 || +10 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Reactive Targeting Sensors (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }} || 9
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 9
|- align="center"
! width="6%" | [[Alien Research (Long War)| Alien Research]] !! width="9%" | {{Damage Icon}} Base Damage !! width="5%" |{{Health (Long War)}} HP !! width="8%" | {{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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Bloodlust (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Bull Rush (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Hardened (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Intimidate (Long War) }} || -
|- 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 || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Shock Absorbent Armor (Long War) }} || 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || - || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Lightning Reflexes (Long War) }} || 9
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +15 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Greater Mind Merge (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Gunslinger (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mindfray (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mind Control (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Psi Panic (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Suppression (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || - || 25%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 50%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|0 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || 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 || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Distortion Field (Long War) }} || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Low Profile (Long War) }} || 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || - || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || - || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|300 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|330 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Close Combat Specialist (Long War) }} || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|360 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Regen Biofield (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +5 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +10 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Evasion (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Flight (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Launch (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Suppression (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|0 || - || - || +3 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 25%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 25%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 25%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Sapper (Long War) }} || 15%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|270 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Danger Zone (Long War) }} || 20%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|300 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +1 || - || {{ Depth Perception (Long War) }} || 50%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|300 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mayhem (Long War) }} || 20%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|300 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Shredder Ammo (Long War) }} || 10%
|- align="center"
|360 || - || +3 || - || - || +1 || - || - || +2 || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|360 || - || +1 || +3 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 25%
|- 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 || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }} || 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Close Encounters (Long War) }} || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|360 || +1 || +1 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Damn Good Ground (Long War) }} || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|420 || +1 || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +2 || - || {{ Will To Survive (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +3 || +3 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Mayhem (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || +500 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +3 || +3 || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Danger Zone (Long War) }} || 9
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Tandem Warheads (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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
|}

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Suppression (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 33%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|1 || - || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 33%
|- 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%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Grenadier (Long War) }} || 15%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|1 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Warheads (Long War) }} || 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%
|- 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 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || 33%
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FFB"
|600 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Neural Damping (Long War) }} || 15%
|- align="center"
|700 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || +5 || - || - || -
|- align="center"
|700 || - || +1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Lock N Load (Long War) }} || -
|- 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 || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Bombard (Long War) }} || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Fortiores Una (Long War) }} || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Opportunist (Long War) }} || 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Tactical Sense (Long War) }} || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Bring Em On (Long War) }} || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Sentinel (Long War) }} || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +1 || +1 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Will To Survive (Long War) }} || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Covering Fire (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|450 || +1 || +2 || +2 || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Reactive Targeting Sensors (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +1 || +10 || +5 || - || - || - || - || +30 || - || {{ Aggression (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|660 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Neural Damping (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Neural Damping (Long War) }} || 9
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Shredder Ammo (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Cluster Bomb (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Hardened (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Hit And Run (Long War) }} || -
|- 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 || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|360 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|420 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }} || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|660 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Sentinel (Long War) }} || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|720 || - || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Reactive Targeting Sensors (Long War) }} || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|999 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Absorption Fields (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || +35 || +30 || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Light Em Up (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Reactive Targeting Sensors (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Repair Servos (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Sentinel (Long War) }} || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ HEAT Ammo (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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, 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="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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Hardened (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mindfray (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mind Control (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Psi Drain (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Psi Lance (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Rift (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|1 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || -
|- align="center"
|1 || +3 || - || - || - || - || - || - || +15 || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) }} || -
|- 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 || - || -
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|360 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +3 || - || {{ Distortion Field (Long War) }} || 1
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|390 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Shock Absorbent Armor (Long War) }} || 2
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|420 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || - || 3
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|450 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +4 || - || {{ Sprinter (Long War) }} || 4
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|480 || - || +2 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || {{ Executioner (Long War) }} || 5
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|510 || +3 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +5 || - || - || 6
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|540 || +3 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +15 || - || {{ Squadsight (Long War) }} || 7
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +3 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +15 || - || - || 8
|- align="center" style="background-color:#FBB"
|0 || +3 || +5 || - || - || - || - || - || +15 || - || {{ Combined Arms (Long War) }} || 9
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

=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="75%"
|-
|+
|- align="center"
! colspan="12" | '''Stat/Perk 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Hardened (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mindfray (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Mind Control (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Psi Drain (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Psi Lance (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Rift (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Absorption Fields (Long War) }} || -
|- align="center"
|0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ Adaptive Bone Marrow (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 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || {{ 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 || - || - || -
|- 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%" | Leader Level / Navigator Chance
|}

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

Alien Life Forms (Long War)

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Alien Life Forms (Long War)

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Abilities List (Long War)

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GamerChris9: Simple resorting of Abilities into their groups; see Officer,Psionic and Genetic.

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Long War includes numerous changes to existing perks, as well as introducing new ones. This page provides a quick-reference on all perks currently relevant to gameplay, as well as a repository for wiki contributors. If for any reason you would like to edit or create a new perk on the wiki, please continue reading [[:Category:Perks_(Long_War)|here]].

==Dev commentary==
From Amineri, regarding Mayhem (Oct 11, 2014):

Mayhem is sort of a funny perk that does a few different things under different circumstances. This is basically derived from vanilla because of the vanilla Heavy having rockets, LMGs, and Suppression, and Mayhem affecting each differently.

Mayhem + Suppression : currently hard-coded to deal base 2 damage, regardless of equipped weapon. The only perks that can modify this damage is shredding effects on target and HEAT ammo (because that bonus damage is applied in a different code location). HEAT Ammo adds +75% of the weapon's base damage. So an 8 base damage weapon adds +6 to the base damage, so Suppression + Mayhem deals 2 + 6 = 8 damage against robotic enemies with HEAT. A SAW has base 5 damage, so should be dealing 5 * 0.75 = +3 additional damage for a total of 5 damage.

Mayhem + eWP_Sniper/eWP_Support weapons : This is sniper/strike/SAW/LMG weapons. Mayhem adds a flat, fixed +2 damage to these weapons, which does not vary with tech-level.

Mayhem + direct damage grenades : this is HE/AP/Alien/MecGrenade/ProximityMind weapons. Mayhem adds +1 damage to most, and +2 damage for alien grenades.

Mayhem + rockets : this is both HE and Shredder rockets. Damage increased is based on tech level in this case (basically follow

==Normal Perks==

===Absorption Fields===
{{Absorption Fields (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Adrenaline Surge ===
{{Adrenaline Surge (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Advanced Fire Control ===
{{Advanced Fire Control (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Aggression ===
{{Aggression (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Automated Threat Assessment ===
{{Automated Threat Assessment (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Battle Scanner ===
{{Battle Scanner (Long War)|align=left |text=1}}
===Body Shield ===
{{Body Shield (Long War)|align=left |text=1}}
===Bombard ===
{{Bombard (Long War)|align=left |text=1}}
===Bring Em On ===
{{Bring Em On (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Close Combat Specialist ===
{{Close Combat Specialist (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Close Encounters ===
{{Close Encounters (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Collateral Damage ===
{{Collateral Damage (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Combat Drugs ===
{{Combat Drugs (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Covering Fire ===
{{Covering Fire (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Damage Control ===
{{Damage Control (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Damn Good Ground ===
{{Damn Good Ground (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Danger Zone ===
{{Danger Zone (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Dense Smoke ===
{{Dense Smoke (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Disabling Shot ===
{{Disabling Shot (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Double Tap ===
{{Double Tap (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Executioner ===
{{Executioner (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Extra Conditioning ===
{{Extra Conditioning (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Field Medic ===
{{Field Medic (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Field Surgeon ===
{{Field Surgeon (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Fire In The Hole ===
{{Fire In The Hole (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Fire Rocket ===
{{Fire Rocket (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Flush ===
{{Flush (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Grenadier ===
{{Grenadier (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Gunslinger ===
{{Gunslinger (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===HEAT Ammo ===
{{HEAT Ammo (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===HEAT Warheads ===
{{HEAT Warheads (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Hit And Run ===
{{Hit And Run (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Holo-Targeting ===
{{Holo-Targeting (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===In The Zone ===
{{In The Zone (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Javelin Rockets ===
{{Javelin Rockets (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Jetboot Module ===
{{Jetboot Module (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Killer Instinct ===
{{Killer Instinct (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Light Em Up ===
{{Light Em Up (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Lightning Reflexes ===
{{Lightning Reflexes (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Lock N Load ===
{{Lock N Load (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Lone Wolf ===
{{Lone Wolf (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Low Profile ===
{{Low Profile (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Mayhem ===
{{Mayhem (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===One For All ===
{{One For All (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Opportunist ===
{{Opportunist (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Packmaster ===
{{Packmaster (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Paramedic ===
{{Paramedic (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Platform Stability ===
{{Platform Stability (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Precision Shot ===
{{Precision Shot (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Ranger ===
{{Ranger (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Rapid Fire ===
{{Rapid Fire (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Rapid Reaction ===
{{Rapid Reaction (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Reactive Targeting Sensors ===
{{Reactive Targeting Sensors (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Ready For Anything ===
{{Ready For Anything (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Repair ===
{{Repair (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Repair Servos ===
{{Repair Servos (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Resilience ===
{{Resilience (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Revive ===
{{Revive (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Run and Gun ===
{{Run and Gun (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Sapper ===
{{Sapper (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Savior ===
{{Savior (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Sentinel ===
{{Sentinel (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Sentinel Module ===
{{Sentinel Module (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Sharpshooter ===
{{Sharpshooter (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Shock Absorbent Armor ===
{{Shock Absorbent Armor (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Shock And Awe ===
{{Shock And Awe (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Shredder Ammo ===
{{Shredder Ammo (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Smoke And Mirrors ===
{{Smoke And Mirrors (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Smoke Grenade ===
{{Smoke Grenade (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Snapshot ===
{{Snapshot (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Sprinter ===
{{Sprinter (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Squadsight ===
{{Squadsight (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Steadfast ===
{{Steadfast (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Suppression ===
{{Suppression (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Tactical Sense ===
{{Tactical Sense (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Vital Point Targeting ===
{{Vital Point Targeting (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Will To Survive ===
{{Will To Survive (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}

==Gene Mods==

''(see also: [http://http://ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=Gene_Mods_%28Long_War%29 Gene Mods])''

===Adaptive Bone Marrow===
{{Adaptive Bone Marrow (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Adrenal Neurosympathy===
{{Adrenal Neurosympathy (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Bioelectric Skin ===
{{Bioelectric Skin (Long War)|align=left |text=1}}
===Depth Perception ===
{{Depth Perception (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Hyper-Reactive Pupils ===
{{Hyper-Reactive Pupils (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Iron Skin ===
{{Iron Skin (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Muscle Fiber Density ===
{{Muscle Fiber Density (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Neural Damping ===
{{Neural Damping (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Secondary Heart ===
{{Secondary Heart (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Smart Macrophages ===
{{Smart Macrophages (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}

==Officer Training==

''(See also: [http://http://ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=Officers_%28Long_War%29 Officers])''

===Band Of Warriors ===
{{Band Of Warriors (Long War)|align=left |text=1}}
===Esprit De Corps ===
{{Esprit De Corps (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Fortiores Una ===
{{Fortiores Una (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Into The Breach ===
{{Into The Breach (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Lead By Example ===
{{Lead By Example (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Legio Patria Nostra ===
{{Legio Patria Nostra (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===So Others May Live ===
{{So Others May Live (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===So Shall You Fight ===
{{So Shall You FIght (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Semper Vigilans ===
{{Semper Vigilans (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Stay Frosty ===
{{Stay Frosty (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Combined Arms ===
{{Combined Arms (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}

==Psionic Abilities==

''(See also: [http://http://ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=Psionic_%28Long_War%29 Psionics])''

===Distortion Field ===
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===Telekinetic Field ===
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===Mind Control ===
{{Mind Control (Long War) |align=left |text=1}}
===Mind Merge ===
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===Mindfray ===
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===Neural Feedback ===
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===Psi Inspiration ===
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===Psi Panic ===
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===Psi Shadow ===
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===Psychokinetic Strike ===
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===Regen Biofield ===
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===Rift ===
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[[Category: Long War]]