Avenger Defense - XCOM 2 War of the Chosen Walkthrough Ep. 26 [Legend Ironman]

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  • @PeteComplete
    @PeteComplete  Год назад +20

    It's time for one of the most brutal missions in the game - the Avenger Defense! Enjoy :)
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  • @theoverseer4886
    @theoverseer4886 Год назад +117

    “A critical hit is not garunteed” It would appear that Pete forgot he was talking about Starfall in this scene

  • @Groffili
    @Groffili Год назад +155

    That was intense. In contrast of the flawless knife-through-butter missions that Pete so often pulls off, this one shows how easy it is for things to go very bad very fast.
    The quick clearing of the beacon situation and the conventient escape option to end the mission without having to fight through all these tough groups was a heaven-send.
    Well done, Commander!

  • @Nossral
    @Nossral Год назад +131

    Leaving a comment to thank Pete for his hard work, and to please the algorithm

    • @kraklakvakve
      @kraklakvakve Год назад +3

      All hail the logarithm

    • @User_Un_Friendly
      @User_Un_Friendly Год назад +4

      I for one welcome our Algorithmic Overlords. 🤣🫡

    • @Nossral
      @Nossral Год назад

      @@User_Un_Friendly if they show us wonderful Creators such as Pete, absolutely!

  • @shaneswart2230
    @shaneswart2230 Год назад +117

    Gotta say. Reaper Dragonova really deserves a MVP for taking care of that beacon so swiftly. I'm curious to know how you would tackle this mission without a reaper.

    • @didyoueatdinner5879
      @didyoueatdinner5879 Год назад +22

      Without a reaper, the best way I have found is with a ranger with all the concealment perks. They can get in, take out the spike, and reconceal to get out.

    • @paulzagieboylo7315
      @paulzagieboylo7315 Год назад +18

      Yeah either you take out the spike with stealth like this (a reaper or a high-level ranger with all the stealth perks), or it's an enormously long 15-turn slog as you battle your way through the absurd number of enemies here. I wouldn't want to bet that approach would work on Impossible Ironman though.

    • @PeteComplete
      @PeteComplete  Год назад +30

      The alternative would have been some combination of claymore, grenade and a shot. The reinforcement after Van Deik also would have been a squadsight sniper (the order is always fixed), so that would have been another option. Definitely a bit more risky, though.

    • @RoseSolane
      @RoseSolane Год назад +2

      @@PeteComplete Without a Reaper you don't have a claymore. So without a Reaper a concealed ranger (for the vision) with squadsight sniper is your best bet. Problem with that approach is that if you start with ranger and squadsight sniper you only have 5 soldiers for defence until you ranger can see the objective and only 4 soldiers for defence in the two or three turns it takes your sniper to kill the beacon. Unless you want to use your ranger to do also damage to the beacon but that is very risky. You can also not start with a squadsight sniper but then you have to survive until you get the reinforcement. That is not a great idea, the best approach to this mission is the one with the least turns. Even if the starting enemies aren't as nasty as in this episode enemy reinforcements can make this mission a real pain.

    • @siegetank8355
      @siegetank8355 10 месяцев назад +2

      on my normal playthrough I used a templar and hit it normally and had other units backing up the templar i was ready to run and sacrifice the templar but didnt need to as the enemies were focusing on other units and it was normal mode and the attack was very very late game so I had an OP team.

  • @korhol2065
    @korhol2065 Год назад +177

    Let missions like this be another reason to focus down the chosen, who by the way can take down your avenger if they max out their knowledge

    • @tombardsley3081
      @tombardsley3081 Год назад +44

      I think he’ll deliberately have one of them find the avenger so that he can get an achievement from it

    • @korhol2065
      @korhol2065 Год назад +4

      I don’t think I’ve heard of someone who killed the chosen before they went after the avenger anyway, but hey at least the rewards are goods

    • @tombardsley3081
      @tombardsley3081 Год назад +2

      @@korhol2065 I was able to on Normal mode for 2 of them (think cos I prioritised that over other covert actions) but not on legend difficulty.

    • @bruhder5854
      @bruhder5854 Год назад +4

      These missions are great so I never saw the reason in killing the chosen. I've never ever lost a single soldier to these missions nor has my campaign ended. It's just such a good mission to test out the person's strategic prowess and team synergies. Just a joy to experience every time.

    • @siegetank8355
      @siegetank8355 10 месяцев назад

      I killed all the chosen in normal mode and they never attacked the ship, only the UFO did once and very late in the game@@korhol2065

  • @evilbob840
    @evilbob840 Год назад +38

    The reason you thought you could do another action after firing with teamwork active is because you can, if things are done in a different order. If you fire your gun (ending your turn) and THEN activate teamwork from the teammate, you'll have one more action point. It wouldn't have mattered in this case though, you needed Twitchy to launch the grenade before Schwamenian fired, and that would have ended her turn without being able to use teamwork.

    • @PeteComplete
      @PeteComplete  Год назад +17

      Yeah, somehow I overlooked that fact. The mission was stressful enough, it happens... thankfully, it did not cause any longterm harm.

    • @evilbob840
      @evilbob840 Год назад +3

      @@PeteComplete Even with that mistake, you have been handling things exceptionally well.

  • @justinvinge9559
    @justinvinge9559 Год назад +21

    When Pete barley makes it out alive, then you know the mission is hard. Great Video!

  • @RecoveringNihilist
    @RecoveringNihilist Год назад +40

    I've never played this game, but it really seems like Pete got really lucky on this mission. There was an explosive close enough to the target to kill it in one blow.
    More importantly, that bonus effect removing the stun and panic really saved the day. I think it would have been a complete disaster without that.

    • @PeteComplete
      @PeteComplete  Год назад +17

      Surprisingly, an explosive near the disruptor beacon happens more often than you think. I had it happen several times in other playthroughs, but it is of course far from guaranteed.

    • @orangeboi3387
      @orangeboi3387 Год назад

      ​@@PeteCompletei think its mostyl because advent always places the artifact near a structure and those come with explosives more regularly than not

  • @LonarYolhala
    @LonarYolhala Год назад +15

    Wow, I don't remember a mission ever take such a disastrous turn on this channel. That's probably the closest to defeat you've landed in these videos, and you solved the problem with your usual masterful tactics. Excellent work, that was intense!

  • @droppedpasta
    @droppedpasta Год назад +27

    Frankly I’m in awe that you made it out without any dead comrades

    • @RCG3.
      @RCG3. 5 месяцев назад

      I think what really saved him was being able to destroy the interference pylon with only one person thanks to remote start being able to reach it. That is where we have to usually fight, getting to the thing to blow it up

  • @jackjenkins168
    @jackjenkins168 Год назад +8

    I remember the first time i faced this mission, several of my best men and women died destroying the EMP. One of my fondest memories in gaming. Great to see you take on this mission Pete.

  • @Lake_Filter
    @Lake_Filter Год назад +12

    This episode got plenty of trouser-dampening moments. Well done, Commander Pete!

  • @dmz985
    @dmz985 Год назад +7

    On my last legend run I delayed blacksite (and this mission) until I built the Defense Matrix, upgraded it, and staffed an engineer into it. The 4 turrets you get can shoot 3 times, they are actually really powerful. After the mission you can just dismantle them.

  • @chenzinc
    @chenzinc Год назад +7

    When that enemy turn ended, I realized I was holding my breath since Twitchy got knocked out. That was a scary mission indeed!

  • @mahatmatrumpsta7315
    @mahatmatrumpsta7315 Год назад +14

    This has to be the best series on yt rn while eating and chilling. Every 7 days i get the best meal in while the best entertainment is playing. Thank you.

  • @loryanos1964
    @loryanos1964 Год назад +8

    Always a pleasure to watch another Pete's video !

  • @TheFinius
    @TheFinius Год назад +2

    I always do the mission the same way with the addition of a sniper in the team to make sure the beacon goes down immediately. The mission completion picture was brilliant. 👍

  • @Chuckstein88
    @Chuckstein88 Год назад +2

    Thank you for this gift, Peter Completer

  • @OldKaz
    @OldKaz Год назад +5

    I remember doing this mission and going in blind. Did this mission without the DLC so I had to push through destroy the objective and head back. Just about everyone was injured in the end but I made it without a death.

    • @adityapatil325
      @adityapatil325 10 месяцев назад

      I used sniper with squadsight in base game, at a lower difficulty level.
      A concealed ranger would go close enough to see the target. Then the sniper destroyed it. No body else left the ramp and they had to hold on to it till the ranger returned. I also use a medic which most people seem to avoid. Medic's restoration is very useful in this mission. I essentially killed all the initial troops and some more reinforcements.

  • @TheClangSwordsman
    @TheClangSwordsman Год назад +3

    It’s nice to see you have some struggle in a mission for once

  • @brabrabarabra5027
    @brabrabarabra5027 Год назад +2

    Double panic, stun and unconsciousness. Looking at the time left on the video, I was totally expecting this playthrough to end right here in failure. Intense! That continent bonus.

  • @chandler3570
    @chandler3570 Год назад +7

    Love the series. Convinced me to play it myself

  • @OresteGamba
    @OresteGamba Год назад +1

    So intense mission! Congratulations for the results! Thanks for the video.

  • @reina4969
    @reina4969 Год назад +5

    NO WAY! Another so soon?! I'm in heaven!

  • @i.setyawan
    @i.setyawan Год назад

    I didn't know about the alien boarding avenger mechanic! Of course, I've only been playing on lower difficulties and so was always able to keep the enemies clear of the ramp. Another nice episode! Keep 'em comin'!

  • @leppy1563
    @leppy1563 Год назад +11

    How does he make it look so easy?
    Also "I think its time to die for the muton in the back" may be on of Pete's most aggressive lines? Excluding one specific case the comes to mind
    Great work as always king!

  • @CallhimZombie
    @CallhimZombie Год назад

    I just want to say thank you for the "Thank you" postcard :) It was a nice surprise, finding it in my mailbox.

  • @balrogrpg2914
    @balrogrpg2914 Месяц назад

    This series has taught me so much already

  • @LiamDennehy
    @LiamDennehy Год назад +12

    @14:00 If a missed overwatch shot can destroy a tree, why can't I aim for a tree to destroy it?

  • @brandonlyon730
    @brandonlyon730 Год назад +2

    I remember on my first play though of this game when I got to this mission even after I destroyed the beacon I decided to start around and just kill as many aliens as possible and see if there was an actual end to them until I eventually got bored and they never stopped coming.

  • @dethkruzer
    @dethkruzer Год назад +2

    Man, that situation sure escalated quickly. For a second i was thinking you might lose a soldier.

  • @AdamD540
    @AdamD540 Год назад +1

    Another excellent video. You're the best Pete!

  • @robinjac4322
    @robinjac4322 Год назад +2

    I got lucky and received this mission quite late in the game with an almost fully equipped team, plus I was on normal difficulty. To see your situation compared to mine was staggering, well done with a terrible situation Pete.
    I am very concerned with the retaliation strike hitting you while everyone is still out though, because that one was imminent...

  • @condad503
    @condad503 Год назад +2

    STARFALL IS AN ABSOLUTE GOD AMONG MEN. Dragunova is obviously amazing, but STARFALL is dropping crits like bad habits.

  • @nickm104
    @nickm104 Год назад

    Just started playing a week ago... as a veteran of the first game I was hoping for more info here to help me out on some missions. I have to say you are a great story teller... you've got me hooked although I didn't learn as many new things as hoped I am happy

  • @serathaevistille995
    @serathaevistille995 Год назад

    That final turn was so rough... Thank God for that continent bonus.

  • @durral9500
    @durral9500 Год назад +7

    This mission and Chosen Avenger sabotage are almost always best handled via Reaper as you did. I've actually modded XCOM where you get 2 full squads for this mission and Reaper solution doesn't work. However these are definitely more unique missions in the game.

  • @christopherg2347
    @christopherg2347 Год назад +2

    That was a close one.
    If wonder if it might be a good idea to redistribute the Engineers - more to the power coil excavation.
    After all, the other slots bring you nothing without power. And I think that a place for a more powerful generator?

  • @Stolens87
    @Stolens87 Год назад +1

    Thank you, loved this mission!

  • @doesitdefyphysics4109
    @doesitdefyphysics4109 Год назад +1

    Yes indeed fantastic! Love your xcom gameplay Pete 😌

  • @angusblackmore4035
    @angusblackmore4035 Год назад

    The anxiety of seeing the enemies on this one and yet somehow it all turns out ... OK!! Love it

  • @superliogaming
    @superliogaming Год назад +2

    I forgot how good the animations in X-com 2 are

  • @corwinparker8548
    @corwinparker8548 Год назад

    That was a very spicy recovery there. Well-played Mr. Complete!

  • @markmongan
    @markmongan Год назад +1

    You rocked the heck out of this mission!

  • @cipherstormwolf14
    @cipherstormwolf14 Год назад

    Commander Pete: These extra enemies are just extra XP!
    Your soldiers: *start sweating*

  • @AnEvilEel
    @AnEvilEel Год назад

    That was a nail biting finish!

  • @frogman1286
    @frogman1286 Год назад

    Thank you, Pete!

  • @Maggerama
    @Maggerama Год назад

    Ah, that Remote Start! Genius.

  • @tomisabum
    @tomisabum Год назад

    Rough stuff, that continent bonus was the real VIP this time!

  • @Digimastertwo
    @Digimastertwo Год назад

    "a blast from the shart gun"
    Sounds like me last night.

  • @spookylight3249
    @spookylight3249 Год назад

    I remember that this mission came extremely late in my playthrough. I think i finished it in around 4-5 turns with a psyonic and a mind control , using mc'ed enemy to kill the disruptor, and then leaving almost immediatly after that.

  • @bruhder5854
    @bruhder5854 Год назад

    32:25 channel is what I usually go for simply because it means any enemy death by any soldier has a chance to drop focus. This means you can drastically speed up the time needed to max out their focus for both the damage buff on rend and their very powerful abilities like ionic storm.
    Deflect is nice but it's rng dependence I am not a fan of as you can't depend on it unlike with parry.

  • @bdk336
    @bdk336 Год назад

    One time I got an avenger defense mission in which the spike was a long way away and there was cliff between me and the beacon. Meanwhile most of the enemies were coming in to the side of the cliff not directly between me and the beacon (which also meant that I couldn't fight them and progress towards the beacon at the same time without wading through every single enemy). To make matters worse I was pretty much forced to push well past the ramp to prevent the enemy approaching with concealment/high cover and rushing the ramp at once. I ended up pushing most of my troops quite a ways just to get good positions and take advantage of explosives on the map while a ranger, reaper and sniper pushed over the cliff to take out the relay. took quite a few turns, enough that they reinforced heavily (the one saving grace was that the reinforcements also dropped in far away but they were on top of me when I left).

  • @johnd0e25
    @johnd0e25 Год назад

    We were really close to disaster here, something very unusual for you! Luckily everyone made it out

  • @nkatomg2
    @nkatomg2 Год назад

    Nice work Pete Complete.

  • @FairyRat
    @FairyRat Год назад

    Pete keeps the thrills coming.

  • @Uvosanguine
    @Uvosanguine Год назад

    This mission is so cool, I can't wait to see you cutting through it :)

  • @arongan8938
    @arongan8938 Год назад

    Grenadier with an upgraded grenade launcher and a frost bomb can do wonders here. Squadsight sniüer can start picking targets from afar when someone like Reaper scouts ahead

  • @alexandredevert4935
    @alexandredevert4935 Год назад

    That was very much touch and go at the end :D

  • @markmongan
    @markmongan Год назад +2

    Oh you do not shoot that green shite at me! - Will Smith (when he was cool)

  • @commissarkai1791
    @commissarkai1791 11 месяцев назад

    I remember the one time a disruptor was visible to my snipers just a short distance from the ramp. They destroyed it, went back onto the ramp and the mission was finished in under 5 minutes

  • @haroldsandahl6408
    @haroldsandahl6408 Год назад +1

    Huh i thought we would still be a ways off from this. Looking forward to you activating the kings after dealing with the chosen

  • @MrErizid
    @MrErizid Год назад

    I delayed the blacksite mission so long in my last playthrough that I had the Defense Matrix for this mission. With all 4 turrets having squadsight, all I had to do was get the reaper in range and the turrets killed the Spike from across the map.

  • @twenty_characters_2015
    @twenty_characters_2015 Год назад

    Can’t wait to watch the video!

  • @williams.n.9443
    @williams.n.9443 Год назад +1

    In my first time on this misson i don't read the objective and moved everyone to destroy the thing then come back, but somehow we did no losr

  • @WickedPlaysChannel
    @WickedPlaysChannel Год назад

    Amazing crisis management

  • @jordansorenson698
    @jordansorenson698 Год назад

    "Face puckering, butt clenching" is an understatement for this episode.

  • @Gracosef
    @Gracosef Год назад

    Pete gets his soldiers so rarely wounded, seeing 4 soldiers get hurt in a single turn looked like the end of the world

  • @bobsmith6768
    @bobsmith6768 Год назад

    Great work!

  • @eezaak21
    @eezaak21 Год назад

    I recall Reaper with 2 sharpshooters being very effective on this mission. But that was on normal difficulty.

  • @badcrumble1
    @badcrumble1 Год назад

    I usually do this mission in a similar fashion by sending out a stealth unit to get visual, but then using squadsight to take out the spike. That said I've never played it on this difficulty level!

  • @AdelarLerigon
    @AdelarLerigon Год назад +1

    Holy f-ing shit. Wow. And not a single death. Ok, now this game won't be able to stop you at all. (I think, I actually never played the game or watched a different playthrough.)

  • @SteveRowe
    @SteveRowe Год назад

    At this level, any mistake will be punished. If you had realized that you wouldn't get an extra action, you would have played differently. You are supremely careful, and it shows.

  • @lefterismplanas4977
    @lefterismplanas4977 Год назад +1

    Awsome episode

  • @goffe2282
    @goffe2282 Год назад

    I saw BeagleRush do this mission with blaster launchers and just incinerating the beacon from the ramp in the first round..... and then stay and just mop up all alien forces for XP.

  • @ravenclaw9122
    @ravenclaw9122 Год назад +1

    Love this series

  • @mikaojala8966
    @mikaojala8966 Год назад

    Goodly done. 🙂

  • @rmolenaar5942
    @rmolenaar5942 Год назад

    Hi Pete, really interested in your walkthrough. Always nice to get some explaining on why you make some moves. Ever tried Gears Tactics? I really like it!

  • @ladymorgana2313
    @ladymorgana2313 Год назад

    exciting episode!

  • @samueltrusik3251
    @samueltrusik3251 Год назад +5

    At long last, the enemy is offering themselves to Peter Finished!
    GLORY TO XCOM! GLORY TO PETE COMPLETE!

  • @orestesbastos
    @orestesbastos Год назад +4

    Wow, this mission was hard, nesides the teamwork third action I don't think there was a lot you could change in this mission, it could've been worse if the berserkers attacked more instead of going for the ramp. But you managed to do it more or less smoothly thanks to the reaper and some more of that Starfall crit juice.

  • @denniskrige4904
    @denniskrige4904 Год назад +1

    Best RUclipsr

  • @raskov75
    @raskov75 Год назад

    Pete and Dragunova. Name a more iconic duo. I dare you.

  • @gring8879
    @gring8879 Год назад

    Starfall doesn't mess around, it's crit or nothing. Beast.

  • @Alex-yv5do
    @Alex-yv5do Год назад

    that was so intense

  • @Bentlej
    @Bentlej Год назад

    This looks more like legend ironman. I am really suprised that the campaign did not end here.

  • @DoktorSchaedel
    @DoktorSchaedel Год назад

    Very cool mate

  • @jean-simonlamontagne2194
    @jean-simonlamontagne2194 Год назад

    The Ultimate Kaboom ❤

  • @tarot3078
    @tarot3078 Год назад +1

    Comment for the almighty algorithme

  • @DennisM168
    @DennisM168 Год назад

    Oh my god. I really thought that one turn killed half your squad. It's insane how fast things can turn really, really bad in XCOM.

  • @jppauley9969
    @jppauley9969 Год назад

    Algo pleasing

  • @BowTie8Bit
    @BowTie8Bit Год назад +2

    I'm only 4 minutes into the video, but if rapid excavation will give a free room, does that mean you need to stop excavating and wasting the time of those engineers, or start an excavation right before the research finishes so you get the most from the breakthrough?

    • @KJGrenadier
      @KJGrenadier Год назад

      I imagine it would affect the very next excavation you start after you complete the research - not any of the ones you are currently doing.

    • @ratchet1freak
      @ratchet1freak Год назад

      given that by the time the research completes the excavations will have 10 days remaining at most it's better to use it on a bottom row spot that hasn't been touched yet

  • @superliogaming
    @superliogaming Год назад

    Can’t wait until you get a mech ;)

  • @auricanmajere6236
    @auricanmajere6236 Год назад

    well, teamwork lets you fire again if you fired already at the moment of give the extra action, so you should have fired first and then give the extra action to the soldier who fired

  • @mossblomma
    @mossblomma Год назад

    For me it's always a hair-thin margin between a great success, a costly victory, and a complete defeat, I have yet to lose to one of these but it's always like 1 turn away, or some kind of advantage saves me, or the RNG saves me. I feel like you were in the same position, without that continent bonus you would have been fairly screwed, it might not have been a full loss but you would have lost 1-2 units I think.
    My usual solution to these is 2-3 sharpshooters and a scouting ranger/reaper.

  • @siegetank8355
    @siegetank8355 10 месяцев назад

    Dont think its linked to the black site but more like linked to the chosen activities. I did my blacksite very early in the game (normal difficulty) and I had killed all three chosen and the UFO only showed up just a few missions before the final mission.

  • @rcblazer
    @rcblazer Год назад

    This one was a real nail biter. Hopefully you can find and take out the Chosen before they kickoff another Avenger Defense mission!

  • @Isaac-ph5co
    @Isaac-ph5co Год назад

    i would just like seeing you hacking some enemy robots when you have the chance

  • @timdenommee4305
    @timdenommee4305 3 месяца назад

    Realize it is harder to get on this difficulty but I wonder how much better it would have gone with the base defense room in place with the extra firepower.