Chryssalid (LWOTC)

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The Chryssalid is a savage parasitic beast primarily used as terror units.

The Chryssalids are the terror units of the aliens that are built to strike fear. Their sharp Claws deal great damage and will infect the target with Chryssalid Poison. Chrryssalid Poison is terrifying as it eats away the target continuously if not treated and if the target dies while still infected then a cocoon is immediatley created on their corpse that rapidly produces more chryssalids. Their legs strength also allows them to Vault onto higher elevations or Burrow underground wainting to ambush any unsuspecting targets. The Chryssalids are also immune to poison.

Chryssalid (Rank 1)

Difficulty	Health	Armor	Aim	Crit Chance	Flanking Crit Chance Bonus	Defense	Dodge	Mobility	Will	Detection Radius (tiles)
Rookie	8	1	75	0	33	0	20	12	55	8
Veteran	9	1	75	10	33	0	20	13	60	8
Commander	10	1	75	15	33	10	20	15	60	8
Legend	13	1	75	15	33	10	20	15	65	8

Weapon	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Other
Chryssalid Claws	5 - 8	3	-	-
Chryssalid Poison	1 - 3	-	-	-

Max Units in Pod = 8

Force Level				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Leader Spawn Weight				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Follower Spawn Weight				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Abilities and Tactical Upgrades

Chryssalid Slash Dash to a target within movement range and slash at them, inflicting Chryssalid Poison	Chryssalid Poison Poison that continuously deals damage every turn and never fades. If the target dies while poisoned, a cocoon will spawn that periodically creates weaker chryssalids up to three times.	Vault Allows leaping up to higher elevations without the need to climb.	Burrow Burrow underground, becoming invisible and waiting for an enemy to approach nearby before emerging and striking at the target
Poison Immunity Immune to poison	Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns. 16% chance of applying after completion	Lethal You do 2 additional points of base damage and 1 additional point(s) of bonus critical damage with your primary weapon. 8% chance of applying after completion	Lightning Reflexes Reaction fire shots against you have a significantly decreased chance to hit. The bonus goes down with each additional reaction shot you face. 20% chance of applying after completion

Chryssalid Soldier (Rank 2)

Difficulty	Health	Armor	Aim	Crit Chance	Flanking Crit Chance Bonus	Defense	Dodge	Mobility	Will	Detection Radius (tiles)
Rookie	15	2	75	0	33	0	0	12	120	8
Veteran	20	2	75	0	33	10	0	12	120	8
Commander	24	3	75	0	40	20	0	12	120	8
Legend	25	3	75	0	40	20	0	12	120	8

Weapon	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Other
Chryssalid Claws	7 - 10	3	-	-
Chryssalid Poison	3 - 5	-	-	-

Max Units in Pod = 2

Force Level				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Leader Spawn Weight				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Follower Spawn Weight				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	5

Abilities and Tactical Upgrades

Chryssalid Slash Dash to a target within movement range and slash at them, inflicting Chryssalid Poison	Chryssalid Poison Poison that continuously deals damage every turn and never fades. If the target dies while poisoned, a cocoon will spawn that periodically creates weaker chryssalids up to three times.	Vault Allows leaping up to higher elevations without the need to climb.	Burrow Burrow underground, becoming invisible and waiting for an enemy to approach nearby before emerging and striking at the target
Lightning Reflexes Reaction fire shots against you have a significantly decreased chance to hit. The bonus goes down with each additional reaction shot you face.	Poison Immunity Immune to poison	Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns. 16% chance of applying after completion	Lethal You do 2 additional points of base damage and 1 additional point(s) of bonus critical damage with your primary weapon. 8% chance of applying after completion

Hive Queen (Rank 3)

Difficulty	Health	Armor	Aim	Crit Chance	Flanking Crit Chance Bonus	Defense	Dodge	Mobility	Will	Detection Radius (tiles)
Rookie	40	4	75	0	33	-10	0	12	150	9
Veteran	45	4	75	0	33	-10	0	12	150	9
Commander	50	5	75	0	40	10	0	12	150	9
Legend	60	5	75	0	40	10	0	12	150	9

Weapon	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Other
Chryssalid Claws	11 - 14	3	-	-
Chryssalid Poison	7 - 9	-	-	-

Max Units in Pod = 1

Force Level				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Leader Spawn Weight				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Follower Spawn Weight				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	3

Abilities and Tactical Upgrades

Chryssalid Slash Dash to a target within movement range and slash at them, inflicting Chryssalid Poison	Chryssalid Poison Poison that continuously deals damage every turn and never fades. If the target dies while poisoned, a cocoon will spawn that periodically creates weaker chryssalids up to three times.	Vault Allows leaping up to higher elevations without the need to climb.
Burrow Burrow underground, becoming invisible and waiting for an enemy to approach nearby before emerging and striking at the target	Poison Immunity Immune to poison	Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns. 16% chance of applying after completion	Lethal You do 2 additional points of base damage and 1 additional point(s) of bonus critical damage with your primary weapon. 8% chance of applying after completion

Tips

• As a melee unit, they have to be within close range in order to attack. Thus an easy way to deal with them is to split your team such that the chryssalid chases one soldier whereas the rest of the team can fire shots freely without risk. This may be a bit difficult to do as they can perform dash attacks granting an effective mobility boost that they may still perform an attack.
  • As a pure melee unit, they are also incredibly vulnerable to Combatives which can effectively stun lock them as they do not have any other attacks as long as they continue to graze.
• Chryssalid Poison can be very dangerous as it will continue to do damage until the affected unit dies. It is best to carry medkits to heal these off and/or have immunity to poison in order to negate the damage (being immune does not prevent from being infected).
• If a target inflicted with Chryssalid Poison dies, a cocoon is created which will spawn a weak chryssalid every turn up to 3-4 times. It is best to avoid dying to this but if they infest civilians then you need to prepare and watch out for their position to not be strike at. Killing the cocoon is also possible in order to stop its production.