Viper (LWOTC)

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The Viper are Thin Men in their original form, that of a snake-like alien that acts as an assault unit.

The Viper serves as an assault unit for ADVENT, being mobile and generally engaging in close range. The Viper's powerful tongue allows them to do a Tongue Pull grabbing a soldier and pulling them to the Viper. When there is a soldier adjacent to the Viper, they can wrap around them and Bind them while slowly crushing them. While they are bound, they are also a vulnerable target allowing the Viper's allies to fire against them to ensure a kill. They are also capable of spitting poison, poisoning our soldiers while also leaving a poison cloud that will affect any targets that moves through it. Along with the ability to poison our troopers, they themselves are also immune and unaffected by poison.

Viper (Rank 1)

Difficulty	Health	Armor	Aim	Crit Chance	Flanking Crit Chance Bonus	Defense	Dodge	Mobility	Will	Detection Radius (tiles)
Rookie	7	0	75	0	33	0	10	12	55	8
Veteran	8	0	75	10	33	0	15	14	60	8
Commander	8	0	75	10	40	0	15	15	60	8
Legend	9	0	75	10	40	0	15	15	65	8

Weapon	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Other
Beam Rifle	4 - 6	2	3	-

Max Units in Pod = 4

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	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Follower Spawn Weight				0	0	0	1	1	2	3	5	5	5	5	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Abilities and Tactical Upgrades

Bind and Crush Bind and crush an adjacent humanoid target. 1-turn cooldown	Poison Spit Spit a deadly poison, that poisons any targets within the area and leaves a poison cloud that lasts 3-turns.	Tongue Pull Pull a humanoid target into melee range and binds the target. 1-turn cooldown	Poison Immunity Immune to poison
Hunter's Instincts Ranged attacks against flanked enemies deal +2 damage. 33% chance of applying after completion	Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns. 16% chance of applying after completion	Will To Survive Enemy damage is reduced by 1 when in cover and attacked through that cover. Also grants 5 will. 15% 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	Hard Target Gain 5 dodge per enemy you can see, up to a maximum of +30. 25% chance of applying after completion

Viper Serpens (Rank 2)

Difficulty	Health	Armor	Aim	Crit Chance	Flanking Crit Chance Bonus	Defense	Dodge	Mobility	Will	Detection Radius (tiles)
Rookie	9	0	75	0	33	10	15	14	72	9
Veteran	10	0	75	10	33	10	20	14	77	9
Commander	11	0	80	10	40	10	20	14	77	9
Legend	12	0	80	10	40	10	20	14	77	9

Weapon	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Other
Beam Pistol	4 - 7	3	3	-

Max Units in Pod = 4

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	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Follower Spawn Weight				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5

Abilities and Tactical Upgrades

Bind and Crush Bind and crush an adjacent humanoid target. 1-turn cooldown	Poison Spit Spit a deadly poison, that poisons any targets within the area and leaves a poison cloud that lasts 3-turns.	Tongue Pull Pull a humanoid target into melee range and binds the target. 1-turn cooldown	Poison Immunity Immune to poison
Hunter's Instincts Ranged attacks against flanked enemies deal +2 damage. 33% chance of applying after completion	Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns. 16% chance of applying after completion	Will To Survive Enemy damage is reduced by 1 when in cover and attacked through that cover. Also grants 5 will. 15% 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	Hard Target Gain 5 dodge per enemy you can see, up to a maximum of +30. 25% chance of applying after completion

Viper Elite (Rank 3)

Difficulty	Health	Armor	Aim	Crit Chance	Flanking Crit Chance Bonus	Defense	Dodge	Mobility	Will	Detection Radius (tiles)
Rookie	10	0	80	10	33	10	20	15	90	9
Veteran	16	0	85	10	33	10	25	15	95	9
Commander	18	0	85	15	40	10	25	15	95	9
Legend	20	0	85	15	40	10	25	15	100	9

Weapon	Damage	Crit Damage	Clip Size	Other
Beam Pistol	6 - 9	3	3	-

Max Units in Pod = 4

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	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Follower Spawn Weight				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	6	8	8	8	8

Abilities and Tactical Upgrades

Bind and Crush Bind and crush an adjacent humanoid target. 1-turn cooldown	Poison Spit Spit a deadly poison, that poisons any targets within the area and leaves a poison cloud that lasts 3-turns.	Tongue Pull Pull a humanoid target into melee range and binds the target. 1-turn cooldown	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
Hunter's Instincts Ranged attacks against flanked enemies deal +2 damage. 33% chance of applying after completion	Center Mass You do one additional point of base damage when using guns. 16% chance of applying after completion	Will To Survive Enemy damage is reduced by 1 when in cover and attacked through that cover. Also grants 5 will. 15% 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	Hard Target Gain 5 dodge per enemy you can see, up to a maximum of +30. 25% chance of applying after completion

Tips

• Like most flankable units, they will ideally try to find reasonable cover whenever flanked. This can be taken advantage of if you want to force enemies to move.
• Poison Spit can easily be negated by simply carrying a medikit which grants poison immunity. This immunity can also block the initial poison when spat at, wasting their turn. While Viper's can sometimes spit at a single target, if you group multiple units closeby with immunity it will encourage the viper to spit but is then wasted as you can't be affected.
• Bind can be an incredibly dangerous move as the viper effectively stuns your soldier, deals continuous damage while also making them an easy target for their allies. It is best to target their allies first so that they are unable to take advantage of this.
  • Being bound can in fact be advantageous as the viper does minimal damage with the initial bind dealing only 1 damage which is not enough to get through a soldier's plating and will not result in a wound. If you are able to defeat their allies and the Viper is the only enemy alive or active then you can ensure no wounds can be inflicted if you grant them a target to bind.
  • Vipers are incredibly likely to bind a target if there is already a unit adjacent to them.
  • Bind strangely does high environmental damage and can generally destroy the environment within 1 tile around them, this can result in making the soldier but also the Viper vulnerable to attacks. This can also explode vehicles so be cautious of this.