Viper (LW2)

The Viper is the true face of the thin man from the invasion. Mobile and evasive, they serve as difficult to pin down skirmishers and are a common sight in the early-mid game. Early on they typically can be seen leading ADVENT pods, while later on they travel in full snake-packs, until they finally serve as auxiliaries for more dangerous aliens as the force level rises.

Long War 2 vipers have about the same combat strength, and are about as common as in vanilla.

Vipers are FAR more likely to use Poison Spit in Long War 2 if presented with grouped up targets or lacking a good shot.

A major change is that a Bound victim is now a valid target for the Viper's allies to shoot at. When facing several enemies, you may want to ensure the Vipers are disoriented, else a successful Tongue Pull early in the alien turn can result in the grabbed soldier being gunned down by easy shots from the Viper's allies before you have a chance to react.

Viper Abilities

Ability	Rank Required
Tongue Pull Grab a target with your tongue and pull them to melee range. Only humanoid targets can be pulled.	Viper (Mk1)
Bind and Crush Bind and crush an adjacent humanoid enemy. Allied units can fire upon the immobilized target.	Viper (Mk1)
Poison Spit Spit deadly poison at an area.	Viper (Mk1)
Lightning Reflexes Reaction fire shots against you have a significantly decreased chance to hit. The bonus goes down with each additional reaction shot you face.	Viper Elite (Mk3)

• Tongue Pull, Bind, and Poison Spit are all single action skills, Vipers will always follow up a successful pull with a bind and can follow up a failed pull with another skill.
• Vipers will still poison spit at immune targets.

ADVENT Viper Potential Tactical Dark Events

Ability	Effected Ranks	Chance to Adopt While Active
Center Mass	All ranks	16%
Deadshot	All ranks	50%
Hard Target	All ranks	33%
Lethal	All ranks	8%
Will to Survive	All ranks	15%