How to Prevent the Avatar Project in XCOM 2

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To prevent the Avatar Project in XCOM 2, you need to reduce the project’s progress by completing story missions and destroying alien facilities, or by taking out Avatar facilities, which can significantly hinder the aliens’ progress towards completing the project, ultimately saving XCOM from destruction. The key to success lies in strategically managing resources, prioritizing missions, and effectively using your soldiers’ abilities to disrupt the aliens’ plans and prevent the Avatar Project from reaching its culmination.

Understanding the Avatar Project

The Avatar Project is a critical component of the alien’s strategy in XCOM 2, and understanding its significance and how it progresses is essential for devising an effective counterstrategy. The project’s progress can be monitored on the Geoscape, where the number of red dots below an alien facility indicates the facility’s contribution to the project. By targeting these facilities and reducing their contribution, you can slow down the project’s progress.

Frequently Asked Questions

FAQs about Preventing the Avatar Project and Related Topics

1. How do I stop the Avatar Project in the base game? The only way to stop the Avatar Project in the base game is by doing story missions or by taking out an Avatar facility, which directly contributes to the project’s progress.
2. How do I reduce my Avatar Project progress? Successfully finishing a generic Alien Facility mission reduces the Avatar Project Progress by a value equal to the progress that facility has contributed, which is visible as the number of red dots below the facility on the Geoscape.
3. What happens if the Avatar Project completes in XCOM 2? If the Avatar Project is completed, it means the end for XCOM, as the aliens will achieve their objective, leading to the destruction of XCOM.
4. How do you beat Avatar in XCOM 2? To beat an Avatar, it’s crucial to deal with it in a single turn, as Avatars regenerate 5 HP every turn and can teleport after receiving damage, making it advisable to spread units out to attack it from any position it teleports to.
5. Can you mind control an Avatar in XCOM 2? Enemy Avatars are immune to mind control, except in the Alien Fortress Assault mission where the Commander can control an Avatar via the psionic network using a stasis suit.
6. What is the fastest way to reduce the Avatar Project in XCOM 2? The fastest way to reduce the Avatar Project is by targeting and destroying alien facilities that contribute to the project, especially those with high contributions indicated by more red dots on the Geoscape.
7. What is the best enemy to mind control in XCOM 2? Mutons, Heavy Floaters, and Muton Elites make good targets for mind control due to their low Will and potential to do considerable damage against their comrades.
8. What is the Avatar’s weakness in XCOM 2? As of the Alien Hunters DLC, Avatars are vulnerable to being frozen via Frost Bomb or the Serpent Suit’s Frostbite ability, which prevents them from teleporting after being damaged.
9. How do I get rid of mind control in XCOM 2? The safest method to get rid of mind control is to kill or stun the Mind Controller, or use abilities like Disabling Shot, Suppression, or Rifle Suppression to give extra time to deal with the threat.
10. Who is the hardest Alien Ruler in XCOM 2? The Archon King, or Subject Alpha, is the most powerful and hardest to kill among the alien rulers, requiring a well-prepared and strategized approach to defeat.
11. How do you permanently become an Avatar? Although Avatars are controlled remotely by humans, with the help of the Na’vi and their connection to Eywa through the Tree of Souls, it’s possible for a human to transfer their consciousness permanently into an Avatar body.
12. What is the final mission in XCOM 2? The Alien Fortress Assault, codenamed Operation Leviathan, is the final storyline mission where the Commander must defeat the 3 Avatars controlled by the Elders and keep the Commander’s Avatar alive to complete the mission.
13. What does the Shadow Chamber do in XCOM 2? The Shadow Chamber is a special research lab for high-priority subjects, including plot-advancing research like analyzing the Blacksite Vial and the Codex Brain.
14. Can you play XCOM 2 endlessly? Yes, you can play XCOM 2 for as long as you like, but the opposition will get tougher, and enemy encounters will happen more frequently, similar to the original game but with improvements for endless play.
15. Does XCOM 2 have a time limit? XCOM 2 is less time-restrictive than EU, but it still has a theoretical “time limit” triggered by the aliens’ doomsday meter that ticks up when they build certain structures or when those structures are left standing for a certain time.