Armor (Long War)
Suits of armor now also provide new features, such as damage reduction or granting specific perks.
Damage reduction indicates the average amount of damage absorbed from incoming attacks. For example, a damage reduction of 0.3 has a 30% chance to absorb 1 point of damage. Multiple sources of damage reduction (such as perks, items and cover) stack.
Resistance to acid prevents soldiers from receiving mobility penalties from acid, and from taking damage when performing any move other than hunker down. The soldiers still take penalties to aim and damage reduction, and still suffer reduced range on rockets and thrown devices.
Armors and exoskeletons can be built in Engineering. They can also be built quickly, which increases the Credits, Alien Alloys, Elerium and Meld costs, but halves the build time. The values between parentheses indicate the costs and time when building these items quickly.
Armors have a chance to become damaged, based on the amount of health damage that a soldier took. If a soldier took no health damage, there is a 0% chance for the armor to become damaged. If a soldier was reduced to 0 health, there's a 95% chance for the armor to become damaged. The actual chance scales with the health damage taken. Armor damage does cause the armor to become damaged. Items in unlimited supply cannot become damaged. The Vortex Armor also cannot become damaged.
Soldier armor
Long War nearly doubles the amount of available suits of armor, using the Gene Mod (sleeveless) versions of the original suits of armor for the new suits of armor. Gene Mods no longer affect the looks of a soldier's armor.
Most technology levels provide access to two different suits of Armor, one tailored towards Mobility (Tac Vest, Kestrel, Banshee, Corsair, Seraph) and the other tailored towards Survival (Tac Armor, Carapace, Aegis, Titan, Archangel).
| title="Item name and image"|Name | title="Mobility bonus"| Mob |
title="Health bonus"| HP |
title="Damage reduction"| DR |
title="Defense bonus"| Def |
title="Will bonus"| Will |
title="Amount of small items that can be equipped"|Equipment slots |
rowspan="2" | rowspan="2"|title="Special properties"|Special properties |
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 Leather Jacket |
+5 | 2 (3) |
Restricted to covert operatives | XCOM starts with an unlimited supply | ||||||||||||
 Tac Vest |
+3 | +1 | 2 (3) |
XCOM starts with an unlimited supply | ||||||||||||
 Tac Armor |
+1 | +2 | 2 (3) |
XCOM starts with an unlimited supply | ||||||||||||
 Phalanx Armor |
+2 | +3 | 2 (3) |
Improved Body Armor | 15 | 35 (52) |
8 (12) |
0 (2) |
7 days (3.5 days) | |||||||
 Aurora Armor |
+2 | +4 | +8 | +10 | 2 (3) |
Restricted to psionic soldiers | Improved Body Armor Psi Warfare Systems |
25 | 125 (187) |
30 (45) |
30 (45) |
0 (5) |
1 Sectoid Corpse | 10 days (5.0 days) | ||
 Kestrel Armor |
+3 | +2 | +4 | 2 (3) |
Includes grappling hook | Advanced Body Armor | 22 | 50 (75) |
8 (12) |
0 (3) |
10 days (5.0 days) | |||||
 Carapace Armor |
+1 | +5 | 2 (3) |
Advanced Body Armor | 25 | 80 (120) |
18 (27) |
0 (4) |
10 days (5.0 days) | |||||||
| title="Item name and image"|Name | title="Mobility bonus"| Mob |
title="Health bonus"| HP |
title="Damage reduction"| DR |
title="Defense bonus"| Def |
title="Will bonus"| Will |
title="Amount of small items that can be equipped"|Equipment slots |
rowspan="2" | rowspan="2"|title="Special properties"|Special properties |
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 Banshee Armor |
+4 | +3 | +12 | 2 (3) |
Includes grappling hook | Mobile Power Armor | 40 | 140 (210) |
36 (54) |
20 (30) |
0 (5) |
14 days (7.0 days) | ||||
 Aegis Armor |
+2 | +7 | 2 (3) |
Mobile Power Armor | 35 | 140 (210) |
36 (54) |
18 (27) |
0 (5) |
14 days (7.0 days) | ||||||
 Corsair Armor |
+3 | +6 | +8 | 2 (3) |
Includes grappling hook | Advanced Power Armor | 65 | 250 (375) |
50 (75) |
40 (60) |
0 (8) |
14 days (7.0 days) | ||||
 Titan Armor |
+12 | 0.5 | 2 (3) |
 Damage Control |
Negates the effects of fire Provides resistance to acid Prevents strangulation |
Advanced Power Armor | 65 | 300 (450) |
60 (90) |
40 (60) |
8 (17) |
14 days (7.0 days) | ||||
 Seraph Armor |
+3 | +5 | +8 | 2 (3) |
Supports flight mode (6 fuel) | Antigrav Systems | 65 | 300 (450) |
40 (60) |
80 (120) |
0 (9) |
14 days (7.0 days) | ||||
 Archangel Armor |
+1 | +8 | 0.3 | 2 (3) |
Negates the effects of fire Provides resistance to acid Prevents strangulation Supports flight mode (6 fuel) |
Antigrav Systems | 75 | 300 (450) |
40 (60) |
80 (120) |
0 (9) |
1 Titan Armor | 14 days (7.0 days) | |||
 Shadow Armor |
+2 | +4 | +16 | 2 (3) |
Includes grappling hook Supports ghost mode |
Stealth Systems | 90 | 300 (450) |
60 (90) |
70 (105) |
40 (49) |
14 days (7.0 days) | ||||
 Vortex Armor |
+2 | +8 | +20 | 2 (3) |
Restricted to psionic soldiers Eliminates post-mission fatigue Can't become damaged Required to activate the Gollop Chamber |
Mind and Machine | 100 | 1000 (1500) |
80 (120) |
100 (150) |
0 (27) |
14 days (7.0 days) | ||||
MEC exoskeletons
Long War provides multiple options of exoskeletons per tier, splitting upgrades into Survivability and Mobility. The MEC-1 Paladin can be upgraded to either the MEC-2 Defender for a focus on more Survivability, or the MEC-3 Valiant, for a focus on more Mobility. Both of these armors have two different options for the final tier, as well.
| title="Item name and image"|Name | title="Mobility bonus"| Mob |
title="Health bonus"| HP |
title="Damage reduction"| DR |
title="Defense bonus"| Def |
title="Will bonus"| Will |
rowspan="2" | rowspan="2"|title="Amount of small items that can be equipped"|Equipment slots |
rowspan="2" | rowspan="2"|title="Special properties"|Special properties |
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 Base Augments |
Cannot be used during missions | XCOM starts with an unlimited supply | |||||||||||||||
 MEC-1 Paladin |
+3 | +8 | 1.0 | +8 | 1 | 2 |  Body Shield |
Negates the effects of fire Provides resistance to acid Prevents strangulation |
Alien Biocybernetics | 25 | 150 (225) |
30 (45) |
30 (45) |
30 (35) |
14 days (7.0 days) | ||
 MEC-2 Defender |
+4 | +12 | 1.5 | +8 | 2 | 2 | Body Shield |
Negates the effects of fire Provides resistance to acid Prevents strangulation |
Improved Combat Exoskeletons | 50 | 400 (600) |
80 (120) |
60 (90) |
60 (72) |
1 MEC-1 Paladin | 14 days (7.0 days) | |
 MEC-3 Valiant |
+6 | +10 | 1.0 | +12 | 2 | 2 |  Jetboot Module |
Negates the effects of fire Provides resistance to acid Prevents strangulation |
Improved Combat Exoskeletons | 50 | 400 (600) |
60 (90) |
80 (120) |
60 (72) |
1 MEC-1 Paladin | 14 days (7.0 days) | |
 MEC-4 Dauntless |
+5 | +20 | 2.0 | +12 | +5 | 3 | 3 | Body Shield |
Negates the effects of fire Provides resistance to acid Prevents strangulation |
Heavy Combat Exoskeletons | 75 | 600 (900) |
120 (180) |
80 (120) |
90 (107) |
1 MEC-2 Defender 1 UFO Power Source |
14 days (7.0 days) |
 MEC-5 Devastator |
+2 | +24 | 2.5 | +8 | +5 | 2 | 3 | Body Shield |
Negates the effects of fire Provides resistance to acid Prevents strangulation |
Heavy Combat Exoskeletons | 75 | 600 (900) |
120 (180) |
80 (120) |
90 (107) |
1 MEC-2 Defender 1 UFO Power Source |
14 days (7.0 days) |
 MEC-6 Vanguard |
+10 | +12 | 1.0 | +20 | +5 | 2 | 3 | Jetboot Module |
Negates the effects of fire Provides resistance to acid Prevents strangulation |
Mobile Combat Exoskeletons | 75 | 600 (900) |
80 (120) |
120 (180) |
90 (107) |
1 MEC-3 Valiant 1 UFO Power Source |
14 days (7.0 days) |
 MEC-7 Vindicator |
+8 | +16 | 1.5 | +16 | +5 | 3 | 3 | Jetboot Module |
Negates the effects of fire Provides resistance to acid Prevents strangulation |
Mobile Combat Exoskeletons | 75 | 600 (900) |
80 (120) |
120 (180) |
90 (107) |
1 MEC-3 Valiant 1 UFO Power Source |
14 days (7.0 days) |
