Gene Mods (LWR)

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Gene Mods

Name	Slot	Prerequisite	Description	Cost
Neural Damping Neural Damping	Brain	Berserker Interrogation	Confers +20 will when defending against Psi attacks and immunity to all forms of panic. If the soldier is mind controlled, the control is cancelled and the soldier is stunned for 1 turn instead. Neural damped soldiers cannot learn psionic skills and psionic soldiers cannot be neural damped.	§110	14	7
Smart Macrophages Smart Macrophages	Brain	Berserker Interrogation	Medikits and Restorative Mist heal 2 HP more when used on the soldier. Confers complete immunity to acid.	§160	24	12
Depth Perception Depth Perception	Eyes	Xenogenetics	Height advantage grants an additional +20 crit.	§90	10	5
Hyper-Reactive Pupils Hyper-Reactive Pupils	Eyes	Xenogenetics	Grants +20 aim on any shot after a miss.	§140	20	10
Adrenal Neurosympathy Adrenal Neurosympathy	Chest	Muton Interrogation	Overloads the adrenal glands; when this soldier takes an action, there is a chance (10% per enemy in sight) that the soldier emits pheromones that grants 10 aim, 5 crit, 1.2 mob, and removes panic from all soldiers in LoS. The buff lasts for 2 turns. Can only occur once every 5 turns.	§150	22	11
Dual Heart Dual Heart	Chest	Muton Interrogation	Causes soldiers to bleed out instead of dying the first time they go to zero health in a mission. The bleed-out timer is extended by 2 turns.	§70	6	3
Adrenaline Surge Adrenaline Surge	Skin	Muton Elite Interrogation	Grants +6 mobility and +30 defense when below 50% HP.	§80	8	4
Iron Skin Iron Skin	Skin	Muton Elite Interrogation	All damage taken is reduced by 1.	§130	18	9
Muscle Fiber Density Muscle Fiber Density	Legs	Chryssalid Autopsy	Grants superhuman leg strength, enabling the soldier to reach high positions without the need for ladders or other climbing aids.	§120	16	8
Adaptive Bone Marrow Adaptive Bone Marrow	Legs	Chryssalid Autopsy	This soldier recovers from injuries 25% faster and regenerates 2 base (non-armor) HP each turn (amount can vary on certain aliens).	§100	12	6

Gene Mod Bundling

Gene mods, when being applied to a soldier, will only take as long as the longest mod, and will only cost as many credits as the most expensive mod. Thus, it may be most practical to apply multiple genetic modifications to a soldier at the same time. This can save credits and time away from battle. Unlike the time and credit costs, the meld costs do stack cumulatively.

Gene Mod Interactions

• Secondary Heart does not protect the Volunteer from mortal wounds. A fatal shot will kill him/her instead of triggering the perk. This behavior only pertains to the final mission, it is a vanilla mechanic.
• Neural Damping is unavailable to Psi-trained troops.
• It is also possible to "switch" between any of two GeneMod types within each slot categories for a cost.
• Gene modded troopers lose their gene modded benefits when becoming a MEC. MEC troopers cannot get gene mods.
• Firing a rocket always counts as a miss, activating the Hyper Reactive Pupils bonus. However the aim bonus does not reduce rocket scatter.

See also

Long War Rebalance: Soldiers
Soldiers	Soldiers Assault Infantry Rocketeer Gunner Sniper Scout Medic Engineer
MEC	MEC Troopers Marauder Goliath Jaeger Shogun
Sub-classes and abilities	Officers Psionics Gene Mods S.H.I.V.s