XCOM 2/Tactical



XCOM operatives combat extraterrestrial life wherever they may be encountered. Whether in the city centers, at their secret bases, or at a stopped convoy on a remote stretch of road, you navigate these battles in the tactical layer.

Speed, planning, proper risk management, and understanding of all units' capabilities (your own and the enemies') is key to success in the tactical layer. Mistakes caused by misunderstanding and failure to think ahead can result in immediate and cascading consequences. Soldiers can die or be captured, and failure to complete the mission objective completely forfeits any of the rewards you would have picked up.

Unit Statistics
All units are endowed with a few key statistics that determine their capabilities in combat

Health
Also known as "hit points", a soldier's health represents how many points of damage you can take before dying. When a soldier takes damage, they lose health. If they reach zero, they die.

Sometimes, when a soldier reaches zero hp, they will instead bleed out. When a soldier is bleeding out, they become unconscious, and will die in 3 turns if not healed by a medkit or a specialist with medical protocol or restoration. If they are healed with the "stabilize" action, they cease to bleed out, but will still be unconscious.

Units who take damage during a mission will become wounded, and will be unavailable for deployment for a random period of time. The recovery time is based on the percentage of health lost during the mission. Healing applied during a mission, such as from a medkit, does not reduce the amount of time required to heal. Medkits only give additional health, but the soldier still lost the health during the mission and so must still recover