MEC Trooper (EU2012)

2013-11-20T09:28:17Z

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[[File:MEC Trooper Overview (EU2012).png|right|thumb|400px|A MEC Trooper]][[File: CLASS MECH.png|rigth|frame|64px|MEC Trooper]][[Image:Bellator (EU2012).png|right|100px|Translation: "Warrior in the Machine"]]

The MEC Trooper is a new class of [[Soldiers (EU2012)|soldier]] that is introduced by the [[XCOM: Enemy Within DLC (EU2012)|Enemy Within DLC]]. A MEC Trooper requires [[Meld (EU2012)|Meld]] and can be created from any of your existing soldiers (from any class) after building the [[Cybernetic Lab (EU2012)|Cybernetic Lab]]. The soldier will lose all of its existing abilities but see its HP increase and will have its own [[Abilities (EU2012)|abilities]] tree, starting with Collateral Damage.

MECs are walking tanks that are usually used for either Fire Support or Close Combat. Tactically they're a mixture of the [[Heavy (EU2012)|Heavy]] and [[Assault (EU2012)|Assault]] classes, being built for frontline roles. Since MECs can't use [[Cover (EU2012)|Cover]] like regular soldiers they're equipped with specialized [[Armor (EU2012)|armor]] to be deployed, in the form of the Mechanized Exoskeleton Cybersuit ([[MEC suit (EU2012)|MEC Suit]]). MECs can't carry regular items but the MEC Suit offers a choice of two different Tactical Subsystems at each tier level.

:'''Primary Weapon''': [[Minigun (EU2012)|Minigun]], [[Railgun (EU2012)|Railgun]] and [[Particle Cannon (EU2012)|Particle Cannon]].
:'''Tactical Subsystems:'''
::[[MEC-1 Warden (EU2012)|MEC-1 Warden]]: [[Kinetic Strike Module (EU2012)|Kinetic Strike Module]] or [[Flamethrower (EU2012)|Flamethrower]]
::[[MEC-2 Sentinel (EU2012)|MEC-2 Sentinel]]: [[Grenade Launcher (EU2012)|Grenade Launcher]] or [[Restorative Mist (EU2012)|Restorative Mist]]
::[[MEC-3 Paladin (EU2012)|MEC-3 Paladin]]: [[Proximity Mine Launcher (EU2012)|Proximity Mine Launcher]] or [[Electro Pulse (EU2012)|Electro Pulse]]

The MEC's Ability choices are mainly divided between Fire Support or Survivability stats/abilites on each tier, giving the player the choice of either going full defence, high damage or a trade of between both.
Stats gained through rank promotions will give the MEC Trooper a total of +10 Aim points upon reaching Colonel rank, together with a total of +4 HP and +14 Will.

====Abilities====
As part of the conversion process, each soldier turned into MEC will gain a bonus ability based on its former class and will retain its previous rank, replacing its previous abilities with MEC ones:
* [[File:MEC BODY SHIELD.png|32px]] - [[Heavy (EU2012)|Heavy]] - '''Body Shield''' - ''The nearest visible enemy suffers -20 Aim and cannot critically hit this unit.''
* [[File:MEC SHOCK ABSORBENT ARMOR.png|32px]] - [[Assault (EU2012)|Assault]]: '''Shock-Absorbent Armor''' - ''Damage received from enemies within 4 tiles is reduced by 33%.''
* [[File:MEC PLATFORM STABILITY.png|32px]] - [[Sniper (EU2012)|Sniper]]: '''Platform Stability''' - ''Any shots taken without moving have +10 Aim and +10% critical chance.''
* [[File:MEC DISTORTION FIELD.png|32px]] - [[Support (EU2012)|Support]]: '''Distortion Field''' - ''Nearby allies in cover receive +10 Defense.''

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
|-
! width="10%" align="center" | Rank
! width="60%" align="center" colspan="4"| Ability
|- align="center"
![[File:RANK SQUADDIE.png|32px]] '''Squaddie'''
| colspan="2" | [[File:MEC COLLATERAL DAMAGE.png|32px|center]]'''Collateral Damage''' ''Area of effect attack that destroys most cover and hits all eligible targets for 34% damage. This attack cannot cause critical hits.''
|- align="center"
! [[File:RANK CORPORAL.png|32px]] '''Corporal'''
| [[File:MEC ADVANCED FIRE CONTROL.png|32px|center]]'''Advanced Fire Control''' ''Shots from Overwatch no longer suffer any Aim penalty.''
| [[File:MEC AUTOMATED THREAT ASSESSMENT.png|32px|center]]'''Automated Threat Assessment''' ''Confers +15 Defense when in Overwatch.''
|- align="center"
![[File:RANK SERGEANT.png|32px]] '''Sergeant'''
| [[File:MEC VITAL POINT TARGETING.png|32px|center]]'''Vital-Point Targeting''' ''Confers 2 bonus damage against targets that have been autopsied.''
| [[File:MEC DAMAGE CONTROL.png|32px|center]]'''Damage Control''' ''When the MEC takes damage, all further damage will be reduced by 2 on the following 2 turns''.
|- align="center"
! [[File:RANK LIEUTENANT.png|32px]] '''Lieutenant'''
| [[File:MEC JET BOOT MODULE.png|32px|center]]'''Jet Boot Module''' ''When activated, confers the ability to jump to normally inaccessible heights for the rest of the turn.''
| [[File:MEC ONE FOR ALL.png|32px|center]]'''One For All''' ''When activated, the MEC becomes a high cover element. Moving or using an arm-based weapon will return the MEC to standard posture.''
|- align="center"
! rowspan="1" | [[File:RANK CAPTAIN.png|32px]] '''Captain'''
| [[File:MEC REPAIR SERVOS.png|32px|center]]'''Repair Servos''' ''Confers 2 health recovery at the start of each turn. A total of 6 health can be regenerated per battle.''
| [[File:MEC EXPANDED STORAGE.png|32px|center]]'''Expanded Storage''' ''Allows additional uses of Restorative Mist, Grenade Launcher and Proximity Mine Launcher in each mission, and increases primary weapon base ammo by 50%.''
|- align="center"
| [[File:RANK MAJOR.png|32px]] '''Major'''
| colspan="2" | [[File:MEC OVERDRIVE.png|32px|center]]'''Overdrive''' ''Firing the MEC's primary weapon as the first action no longer ends the turn.''
|- align="center"
! rowspan="1" | [[File:RANK COLONEL.png|32px]] '''Colonel'''
| [[File:MEC ABSORTION FIELDS.png|32px|center]]'''Absortion Fields''' ''Any hit that makes 33% more damage to the MEC's maximum health is reduced to that number.''
| [[File:MEC REACTIVE TARGETING SENSORS.png|32px|center]]'''Reactive Targeting Sensors''' ''MEC gets a free shot back at the first enemy who attacks the MEC each turn, providing there's enough ammo do to so.''
|}

====Tips & Trix====
* MECs require building first the [[Cybernetics Lab (EU2012)|Cybernetics Lab]] before they can be created.
* [[MEC Trooper (EU2012)|MEC Troopers]] can be created from any [[Soldiers (EU2012)|soldier]] above rookie rank, but they'll lose all [[Abilities (EU2012)|abilities]] they previously had. For example, if player sacrifices a sergeant-ranked soldier, he/she would get sergeant-ranked MEC, along with the ability to choose skills from the first three ranks.
* MEC Troopers have the Mechanized Exoskeleton Cybersuit or [[MEC Suit (EU2012)|MEC Suit]] which acts like the armor on normal soldiers. If this layer of defence is breached then the unit will have to endure wound recovery time. Similarily, a MEC suit will survive the death of a MEC unit, just as a Titan Armor will survive the death of its wearer.
* MEC Suits came with the Minigun as its default Primary Weapon: more advanced primary weapons need to be manufactured in Engineering before being deployed.
* There are 2 new options on [[Engineering (EU2012)|Engineering]]: Build/Upgrade MEC (for the suits) and Augment Soldiers (to transform soldiers into MEC Troopers).
* The Cybernetics Lab can augment 3 soldiers at a time and it costs §10 and 10 [[Meld (EU2012)|Meld]] units. The process takes 3 days and soldiers will lose all [[Gene Mods (EU2012)|Gene Mods]] when augmented. The process is irreversible. Take note that wounded soldiers can also be augmented.
* MECs are very expensive to purchase, costing up to 200 Meld to create a MEC and equip it with the most advanced MEC Suit.
* MECs can't use [[Cover (EU2012)|Cover]] (and they can't be flanked). This mean that they have '''Hardened''' ability present on [[S.H.I.V. (EU2012)|S.H.I.V.s]] and alien robotic units that gives increased protection against critical hits.
* MEC Troopers get monotone, Robocop-esque voice.
*The Kinetic Punch Module offers custom kill animations on Mechtoids, Berserkers, and Sectopods.
**Caution when doing so on Sectopods: their death explosion will do 5 damage to the area nearby.
**Anything else gets sent flying about 5 squares, often causing collateral damage to any structure it hits.
**Be careful not to accidentally punch a Cyberdisc at an ally.
*Immune to fire, strangulation, and poison but can still be psi attacked (and mind controlled) by Psionic units.
*Any soldiers tested positive with Psionic ability are automatically excluded from MEC conversion, and MEC soldiers can not be tested whether or not they are gifted.
*Any soldiers with [[Gene Mods (EU2012)|Gene Mods]] will lose all mods if converted.
*Any [[Medals (EU2012)|medals]] given will remain after conversion, and MEC soldiers can still be awarded medals (remember that a MEC can't go into cover, so giving it the DEF-bonus-while-in-cover bonus is pointless).
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==Tactical Advice==
==See Also==
{{XCOM Units (EU2012)}}

[[Category: Enemy Unknown (2012)]]
[[Category: Soldiers (EU2012)]]
[[Category: Enemy Within DLC (EU2012)]]
[[Category: Mechs (EU2012)]]
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