Armor (LW2)

In Long War 2 the available armor is similar to vanilla, with a few differences:

• Medium Armor no longer provides an extra slot (all soliders have 3 gear slots by default now), instead it offers the best protection and all Medium armors provide one extra point of Armor over the vanilla counterparts. Each Medium Armor item has to be built separately as well.
• Light Armor provides significantly less HP and dodge, but still provides the same mobility bonus, the grappling hook, and for the Wraith Suit, the Phase ability.
• Heavy Armor provides less health and armor than medium armor of the same tier, but still provides the Heavy Weapon Slot and for the W.A.R. Suit, the Shieldwall ability. A Technical equipping a Heavy Armor suit cannot equip a heavy weapon, but instead can equip an extra Rocket or two extra Flamethrower charges.

Soldier Armor

Name	Health Bonus	Armor	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost				Black Market Value
					Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores
Kevlar Armor	0	0	-	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Predator Armor	+3	1	-	Combat Armor	30	5	0	0	20
Spider Suit	+1	0	+1 Mobility, +5 Dodge Grappling Hook	Mobile Armor	70	5	1	0	20
E.X.O. Suit	+2	0	Heavy Weapon Slot	Battle Armor	60	6	1	0	20
Warden Armor	+8	2	-	Powered Armor	80	10	10	0	30
Wraith Suit	+3	0	+2 Mobility, +15 Dodge Grappling Hook Phase	Shadow Armor	120	9	15	1	40
W.A.R. Suit	+5	1	Heavy Weapon Slot Shieldwall	Battlesuits	100	10	10	1	30

Alien Hunter Armor

If the Alien Hunters DLC is installed, the unique Ruler armors will also be available with appropriate stat adjustments. The acquisition rules are the same: only one each is obtained once their Proving Ground project is complete, and upgrading them consumes the original.

Name	Health Bonus	Armor	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost
					Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals
Serpent Suit	+4	0	+1 Mobility, +20 Dodge Grappling Hook Frostbite 10% chance to panic Vipers	Serpent Suit	Granted on project completion
Serpent Armor	+5	0	+2 Mobility, +20 Dodge Grappling Hook Frostbite 10% chance to panic Vipers	Serpent Suit Powered Armor	75	10	10
R.A.G.E. Suit	+6	1	Heavy Weapon Slot Slam 10% chance to panic Mutons and Berserkers	R.A.G.E. Suit	Granted on project completion
R.A.G.E. Armor	+7	2	Heavy Weapon Slot Slam 10% chance to panic Mutons and Berserkers	R.A.G.E. Suit Powered Armor	75	15	5
Icarus Armor	+5	1	+1 Mobility Vault Icarus Jump x2 10% chance to panic Archons	Icarus Armor	Granted on project completion

SPARK Armor

SPARKs get their own version of armor, needing the same research as Heavy Armor, such that only 3 are available.

Name	Health Bonus	Armor	Special properties	Prerequisites	Cost				Black Market Value
					Supplies	Alloys	Elerium Crystals	Elerium Cores
SPARK Armor	0	0	+5 Ablative HP	XCOM starts with an unlimited supply
Reinforced Frame	+3	1	+5 Ablative HP +1 Mobility	Battle Armor	40	5	0	0	20
Anodized Chassis	+8	2	+5 Ablative HP +2 Mobility	Battlesuits	80	10	10	2	25

Armor Utility

In addition to armor, soldiers can equip protective equipment in their utility slots to improve their survivability.