basically anybody except Reapers and maybe Skirmishers. Oops.Īnyway, less obvious is that Lost Headshot mechanics reduce the dominance of Rangers, as melee attacks do not trigger Headshots, and therefore Rangers tend to be less helpful against Lost than. the Lost will activate first and absorb the fire you'd intended to go toward the ADVENT pod. If Lost and ADVENT forces are both visible to your units, and you set up an Overwatch ambush and fire on an ADVENT pod.

In fact, Overwatch ambushes are also an iffy idea if you're in a mission with mixed ADVENT/Lost forces: normally when you attack a pod from Concealment, whatever pod you dealt damage to will be the very first to activate and move, and thus the one to absorb your Overwatch ambush's fire. You're just costing yourself action potential by trying. This, notably, means you should never try to set up an Overwatch ambush on Lost, as Overwatch shots do not get an equivalent benefit against Lost. and, interestingly, even ADVENT/Alien troops benefit from the Headshot mechanic! (But only on standard shots, just like you) Not even getting into the possibility of free reloads.

In fact, if they don't need to move, they can kill twice their ammo in Lost, since reloading only eats one action simply kill until out of bullets, reload, and keep killing. Headshot means a lone soldier can potentially kill as many Lost as they have ammo without needing a special skill.

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