If a Chosen shows up on a mission, your primary objective changes to "survive and extract." Do not try to kill them unless you have overwhelming firepower. They drain your cooldowns and wound your soldiers. Abort the mission if needed.

: High priority early on to detect missions with enough time to fully infiltrate.

| | Why It Happens | Fix | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | The Infiltration Trap | You launch a mission at 70% infiltration. "Light" becomes "Moderate" (18 enemies). | Never launch below 100%. Ever. | | The Rookie Horde | You ignored training and now only have 12 soldiers for 3 missions. | Keep the GTS "Vulture" and "Wet Work" upgrades rolling. Buy recruits. | | The Chosen Snowball | You killed the Chosen but didn't raid their stronghold. They return stronger. | After killing a Chosen, immediately start the Stronghold Covert Action. | | Avatar Project Overwhelm | You ignored it for 2 months. | Do the Sabotage Covert Action every 20 days. Liberate a region to reduce it by 3-4 pips. | | The Supply Glut | You have 4,000 supplies but no alloys. | Sell nothing. Convert supplies to alloys at the Black Market. |

: Initially, assign all rebels to Intel . This is the only way to detect missions with enough time to infiltrate.

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If a Chosen shows up on a mission, your primary objective changes to "survive and extract." Do not try to kill them unless you have overwhelming firepower. They drain your cooldowns and wound your soldiers. Abort the mission if needed.

: High priority early on to detect missions with enough time to fully infiltrate. xcom 2 long war guide

| | Why It Happens | Fix | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | The Infiltration Trap | You launch a mission at 70% infiltration. "Light" becomes "Moderate" (18 enemies). | Never launch below 100%. Ever. | | The Rookie Horde | You ignored training and now only have 12 soldiers for 3 missions. | Keep the GTS "Vulture" and "Wet Work" upgrades rolling. Buy recruits. | | The Chosen Snowball | You killed the Chosen but didn't raid their stronghold. They return stronger. | After killing a Chosen, immediately start the Stronghold Covert Action. | | Avatar Project Overwhelm | You ignored it for 2 months. | Do the Sabotage Covert Action every 20 days. Liberate a region to reduce it by 3-4 pips. | | The Supply Glut | You have 4,000 supplies but no alloys. | Sell nothing. Convert supplies to alloys at the Black Market. | If a Chosen shows up on a mission,

: Initially, assign all rebels to Intel . This is the only way to detect missions with enough time to infiltrate. : High priority early on to detect missions