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In standard abduction missions, they will rush for cover when discovered. Their great mobility can be quite annoying as they will often be able to run right up to your troops before firing. Their overall accuracy is quite poor though and their health is nothing remarkable. Beware of their poison spit though, this will decrease your soldier's aim and steadily remove health by one point each turn. Keep a medkit handy where you can as this will remove the poison. Also beware of their leap ability. Keep snipers supported by other XCOM troops so they are not caught with no action points when a Thin Man leaps up to them. | In standard abduction missions, they will rush for cover when discovered. Their great mobility can be quite annoying as they will often be able to run right up to your troops before firing. Their overall accuracy is quite poor though and their health is nothing remarkable. Beware of their poison spit though, this will decrease your soldier's aim and steadily remove health by one point each turn. Keep a medkit handy where you can as this will remove the poison. Also beware of their leap ability. Keep snipers supported by other XCOM troops so they are not caught with no action points when a Thin Man leaps up to them. | ||
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| + | In special CFN missions Thin Men may act very differently. | ||
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| + | In V.I.P. escort missions Thin Men will aim for the target you are trying to extract, regardless of wether or not there is an XCOM escort soldier at their side. They will often drop out of the sky (presumably from the top of taller, inaccessible structures) and provide overwatch. Be sure to kill them with other soldiers before moving the V.I.P. back to the Skyranger, the entire mission will be a bust if he/she dies. | ||
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| + | In bomb disposal operations, it is not rare to see an entire alien force consisting of purely Thin Men. Some thin men will venture away from the main bomb and protect it's power sources but you will find the highest concentration of Thin Men protecting the bomb in a large group. Heavies can blast a huge group of them away with their rockets for a very satisfying effect, just be sure to quickly dispatch the Thin Men before the bomb goes off and deactivate it. More Thin Men will usually drop down from the sky trying to rearm the bomb but as long as you have a sufficient force protecting the bomb the Thin Men usually won't get very far. | ||
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Revision as of 16:49, 20 October 2012
The Thin Men are agile, quick, and elusive alien creatures. Designed to look human so that they can successfully infiltrate society, Thin Men are responsible for handling the more secrative operations of the alien invasion. (Though some aren't exactly subtle, such as planting huge alien bombs in the middle of urban centres.)
XCOM commanders won't have much trouble finding them however, as they are usually caught in the act of whatever their mission may be.
In standard abduction missions, they will rush for cover when discovered. Their great mobility can be quite annoying as they will often be able to run right up to your troops before firing. Their overall accuracy is quite poor though and their health is nothing remarkable. Beware of their poison spit though, this will decrease your soldier's aim and steadily remove health by one point each turn. Keep a medkit handy where you can as this will remove the poison. Also beware of their leap ability. Keep snipers supported by other XCOM troops so they are not caught with no action points when a Thin Man leaps up to them.
In special CFN missions Thin Men may act very differently.
In V.I.P. escort missions Thin Men will aim for the target you are trying to extract, regardless of wether or not there is an XCOM escort soldier at their side. They will often drop out of the sky (presumably from the top of taller, inaccessible structures) and provide overwatch. Be sure to kill them with other soldiers before moving the V.I.P. back to the Skyranger, the entire mission will be a bust if he/she dies.
In bomb disposal operations, it is not rare to see an entire alien force consisting of purely Thin Men. Some thin men will venture away from the main bomb and protect it's power sources but you will find the highest concentration of Thin Men protecting the bomb in a large group. Heavies can blast a huge group of them away with their rockets for a very satisfying effect, just be sure to quickly dispatch the Thin Men before the bomb goes off and deactivate it. More Thin Men will usually drop down from the sky trying to rearm the bomb but as long as you have a sufficient force protecting the bomb the Thin Men usually won't get very far.