Seeker (EU2012)

Seeker Autopsy

Source: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012) Research Archives

Stats

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1st Appearance	{{{appears}}}
HP	4/5/5/6
Aim	65/65/75
Defense	10/10/20/0
Will	0
Movement	12/14/14/14
Easy/Normal/Classic/Impossible

Armaments

Weapon	Damage	Critical Chance	Abilities
Seeker Plasma Pistol	3	0	Suppression
Tentacles	1 per turn?	0	Strangle

Abilities:

Notes

• Seekers have +10 Critical Chance on Impossible difficulty.
• They have a brand new AI that makes them have hit and run tactics, only attack one at a time and normally disappear before you can kill them.
  • Protect your Squadsight snipers, they will loop back around and attack them when you least expect it
• For your early encounters, your best means of protection is to have your soldiers within line of sight of one another, and have everyone on Overwatch. With luck, when they try to attack, enough hits will land that you can destroy them before they cause damage.
• If they're in a soldier's movement range, they'll still block movement to that square like any other enemy, even while 'Ghosting'. So, if there's an active one hunting you, check to see if there's any squares nearby that should be accessible, but you cannot have the soldier occupy. Using any AOE attack (except MEC flamethrowers) will damage it, and force it to drop it's stealth, leaving it open to attack!
  • It will often be right next to you, not unlike a Chryssalid that's used both Actions on approach.
• Although Seekers do not show Robotic in the Unit Analysis View, they are immune to stun!
• Soldiers with Bioelectric Skin can reveal Seekers; range is similar to radius of grenades.
• Not just Titan, but also Ghost and Archangel Armor are listed as having sealed systems in EW, providing immunity to poision, fire, and strangulation.
  • Thusly, Seekers become rare late-game, and the Rebreather is then useless.