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It is deceptively easy to underestimate the humble ADVENT Trooper. Serving as the unremarkable baseline of ADVENT's forces, they are distinguished by their lack of training or special features that elevate their brethren. Despite this, Commanders would do well to remember the famous statistic and maxim from the vanilla game: More XCOM operatives have fallen to ADVENT Troopers than any other enemy type.

While initially as threatening as the XCOM rookies they will face in the early stages of the campaign--that is to say, not very--this will not be the case forever. As the campaign progresses and ADVENT's Force Level rises, the basic Troopers will be phased out, and Advanced and Elite Troopers will appear, possessing better equipment, training, and perhaps most notably, fragmentation grenades.

ADVENT Trooper (Rank 1)

Difficulty	Health	Aim	Flanking Crit Chance Bonus	Mobility	Will	Hack Defense	Detection Radius (Tiles)
Rookie	3	65	33	12	40	125	8
Veteran	3	65	33	12	45	125	8
Commander	4	65	40	12	45	125	8
Legend	4	65	40	12	45	125	8

Weapon	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size
ADVENT Mag Rifle	2-4	1	3

Max Units in Pod = 8
Force Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Leader Spawn Weight	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Follower Spawn Weight	6	6	6	8	10	10	8	6	4	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Abilities and Tactical Upgrades
Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns. 16% chance of applying after completion

Advanced Trooper (Rank 2)

Difficulty	Health	Aim	Flanking Crit Chance Bonus	Defense	Mobility	Will	Hack Defense	Detection Radius
Rookie	6	65	33	5	12	60	125	8
Veteran	7	70	33	5	12	65	125	8
Commander	8	70	40	5	12	65	125	8
Legend	9	70	40	5	12	65	125	8

Weapon	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Other
ADVENT Mag Rifle	4-6	2	3	-
ADVENT Grenade	2-5	-	1	Range: 10 Radius: 4 Shred: 1 Env Dmg: 9

Max Units in Pod = 8
Force Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Leader Spawn Weight	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Follower Spawn Weight	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	5	7	12	13	12	7	5	4	3	2	1	1	1

Abilities and Tactical Upgrades
Throw Grenade Throw a grenade at the target area.	Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns. 16% chance of applying after completion

Elite Trooper (Rank 3)

Difficulty	Health	Aim	Crit Chance	Flanking Crit Chance Bonus	Defense	Mobility	Will	Hack Defense	Detection Radius
Rookie	8	70	0	33	5	12	80	125	8
Veteran	11	75	0	33	10	12	85	125	8
Commander	12	75	10	40	10	12	85	125	8
Legend	14	75	10	40	10	12	85	125	8

Weapon	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Other
ADVENT Mag Rifle	5-9	3	3	-
ADVENT Grenade	2-7	-	1	Range: 10 Radius: 4 Shred: 1 Env Dmg: 9

Max Units in Pod = 8
Force Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Leader Spawn Weight	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Follower Spawn Weight	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	8	10	12	13	14	16	16	16

Abilities and Tactical Upgrades
Throw Grenade Throw a grenade at the target area.	Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns. 16% chance of applying after completion

Tips

Troopers are the lowest level of enemy units ADVENT can deploy, having generally lower aim and damage than their allies, so they are generally safe to deprioritize in favor of other targets--but do not forget about them.
Like most flankable units, they will ideally try to find reasonable cover whenever flanked. This can be taken advantage of if you want to force enemies to move.
Like most units with AOE moves, you ideally want to spread your soldiers out in order to greatly dissuade them from ever using them.

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-[[Long_War_of_the_Chosen|Back To Main Page]]     [[ADVENT_(LWOTC)|Back To Units Page]]
+[[Long_War_of_the_Chosen|Back To Main Page]]    |     [[ADVENT_(LWOTC)|Back To Units Page]]
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-The '''ADVENT Trooper''' serves as the baseline of ADVENT forces. Unremarkable in every way, the trooper is distinguishable by their lack of training or features that elevate the rest of the ADVENT forces.
+It is deceptively easy to underestimate the humble '''ADVENT Trooper'''. Serving as the unremarkable baseline of ADVENT's forces, they are distinguished by their lack of training or special features that elevate their brethren. Despite this, Commanders would do well to remember the famous statistic and maxim from the vanilla game: More XCOM operatives have fallen to ADVENT Troopers than any other enemy type.
-Initially ADVENT troopers are as threatening as the XCOM rookies they are thrown up against, not very. As the campaign progresses and ADVENT's Force Level rises, the basic Troopers will be phased out, and '''Advanced''' and '''Elite Troopers''' will appear, possessing better equipment, training, and perhaps most notably, fragmentation grenades.
+While initially as threatening as the XCOM rookies they will face in the early stages of the campaign--that is to say, not very--this will not be the case forever. As the campaign progresses and ADVENT's Force Level rises, the basic Troopers will be phased out, and '''Advanced''' and '''Elite Troopers''' will appear, possessing better equipment, training, and perhaps most notably, fragmentation grenades.
 ==ADVENT Trooper (Rank 1)==
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-| colspan="4" |'''Follower Spawn Weight''' || 6|| 6|| 6|| 8|| 10|| 10|| 8|| 6|| 4|| 2|| 1|| 1|| 1|| -|| -|| -|| -|| -|| -|| -
+| colspan="4" |'''Follower Spawn Weight''' || 6|| 6|| 6|| 8|| 10|| 10|| 8|| 6|| 4|| 2|| 1|| -|| -|| -|| -|| -|| -|| -|| -|| -
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 | {{Center Mass (LWOTC)| b_name = 1 | b_descr = 1 | b_info = 0}}<br>[[Dark_Events_(LWOTC)#Military_R.26D|16% chance of applying after completion]]
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 ==Advanced Trooper (Rank 2) ==
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 | '''ADVENT Mag Rifle''' || 4-6 || 2 || 3 || -
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-| '''ADVENT Grenade''' || 2-5 || - || 1 || Range: 10<br>Radius: 3<br>Shred: 1<br>Env Dmg: 9
+| '''ADVENT Grenade''' || 2-5 || - || 1 || Range: 10<br>Radius: 4<br>Shred: 1<br>Env Dmg: 9
 |}
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 | '''ADVENT Mag Rifle''' || 5-9 || 3 || 3 || -
 |- align="center"
-| '''ADVENT Grenade''' || 2-7 || - || 1 || Range: 10<br>Radius: 3<br>Shred: 1<br>Env Dmg: 9
+| '''ADVENT Grenade''' || 2-7 || - || 1 || Range: 10<br>Radius: 4<br>Shred: 1<br>Env Dmg: 9
 |}
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 == Tips ==
-* Troopers are the lowest level of enemy units ADVENT can deploy, having generally lower aim and damage than their allies, so they should be a low priority target
+* Troopers are the lowest level of enemy units ADVENT can deploy, having generally lower aim and damage than their allies, so they are generally safe to deprioritize in favor of other targets--but do not forget about them.
 * Like most flankable units, they will ideally try to find reasonable cover whenever flanked. This can be taken advantage of if you want to force enemies to move.
 * Like most units with AOE moves, you ideally want to spread your soldiers out in order to greatly dissuade them from ever using them.
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