ADVENT Unit Deployments (LW2)

Each pod (or group of alien units) can be composed of up to 8 units, consisting of a Leader (the pod's boss) and Followers. The type of units that can appear in a pod is dependent on the type of missions, which include specific inclusion/exclusion lists to determine what ADVENT units can be present on the pod, and it is also dependent on the campaign/mission's Force Level.

The Force Level will advance periodically after a number of days (dependent on the game's difficulty level) and it can also be increased/decreased for certain missions, and as it progresses obsolete units will be removed and more advanced ones will be added for possible deployment. Force levels start at 0 and can reach 20+.

The following table lists the appearance ingame of ADVENT's units, which is dependent of the campaign/mission's current Force Level.

ADVENT Deployment/Force Level Table

Unit	Force Level (Leader)	Force Level (Follower)	Max Pod
ADVENT Trooper	0-4	0-13	8
Advanced Trooper	NA	6-20	8
Elite Trooper	NA	12-20	8
ADVENT Officer	0-8	NA	1
Advanced Officer	7-14	NA	1
Elite Officer	13-20	NA	1
ADVENT Stun Lancer	NA	3-14	2
Heavy Lancer	NA	9-20	2
Elite Lancer	NA	15-20	2
ADVENT Shieldbearer	NA	7-14	1
Elite Shieldbearer	NA	15-20	1
ADVENT Gunner	2-6	1-15	2
ADVENT Heavy Gunner	7-13	7-20	2
ADVENT Elite Gunner	14-20	16-20	2
ADVENT Sentry	0-5	0-12	4
ADVENT Guardian	6-11	7-20	4
ADVENT Sentinel	12-20	13-20	4
ADVENT Engineer	0-6	0-20	2
ADVENT Grenadier	7-12	8-20	2
ADVENT Heavy Grenadier	13-20	14-20	2
ADVENT Rocketeer	4-7	4-14	2
ADVENT Heavy Rocketeer	8-14	8-20	2
ADVENT Elite Rocketeer	15-20	15-20	2
ADVENT Sergeant	6-12	6-12	1
ADVENT First Sergeant	13-20	13-20	1
ADVENT General	1-10?	1-10?	1
ADVENT General	11-20?	11-20?	1
ADVENT Commando	12-20	12-20	1
ADVENT Scout	5-11	5-13	1
ADVENT Vanguard	14-20	16-20	1
ADVENT Shock Trooper	14-20	14-20	1
ADVENT Surveillance Drone	NA	0-20	2
ADVENT Hunter Drone	NA	9-20	2
ADVENT MEC	4-8	5-20	2
Heavy MEC	9-15	10-20	2
Superheavy MEC	16-20	19-20	2
MEC Archer	8-11	9-20	2
MEC Longbow	12-20	13-20	2
Sectoid	0-11	4-20	4
Sectoid Commander	12-20	15-20	3
Faceless	3-10	7-20	8
Viper	3-7	4-13	4
Viper Serpens	7-12	9-20	4
Viper Elite	12-20	14-20	4
Naja	5-10	7-17	3
Naja Serpens	10-16	12-20	3
Naja Elite	16-20	18-20	3
Sidewinder	4-9	6-15	4
Sidewinder Serpens	9-14	11-20	4
Sidewinder Elite	14-20	16-20	4
Muton	5-16	8-20	4
Muton Centurion	9-20	11-20	2
Muton Elite	13-20	15-20	2
Berserker	8-20	15-20	3
Chryssalid	12-20	11-20	8
Chryssalid Soldier	14-20	16-20	2
Hive Queen	17-20	NA	1
Codex	8-20	13-20	3
Archon	12-20	15-20	3
Great Archon	15-20	19-20	2
Andromedon	14-20	18-20	3
Gatekeeper	18-20	NA	2
Sectopod	16-20	NA	2
Avatar	20	NA	1

Notes

• Each unit has a specific weight for each Force Level, indicating its probability of being chosen for an alien pod. The individual values aren't listed on the table but can be consulted in LW2's XComGameData_CharacterStats.ini file.
• Some units can only appear either as Leaders or Followers
• Faceless can only appear as part of pods in Rendezvous missions (verify)
• Turrets also have weights but there aren't listed above because LW2 lists 2 versions for each turret and it is unclear when each version is used
• Generals appearance is determined instead by the XComMissions.ini file

Sources

• LW2's XComGameData_CharacterStats.ini file