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The Andromedon is an alien[other 1] enemy encountered in XCOM 2. It serves as a heavy fighter, with significant hit points, melee damage, and some armor points.

Andromedons are deployed only as pod leaders, followed by ADVENT soldiers or weaker aliens.

They first appear in mid-July (mid-September on Legend).

Andromedon[]

Encased in an environment-sealed Battlesuit, the Andromedon is a tough enemy that is immune to fire, poison and acid status effects. The Battlesuit allows it to crash through walls and deliver devastating, albeit inaccurate, melee attacks. Otherwise it wields a heavy plasma cannon, and can launch its deadly suit coolant at grouped targets.

Capabilities[]

  • The Andromedon can use cover.
  • Like the Gatekeepers and Sectopods, Andromedons walk directly through structural terrain, destroying it in the process. This may include mission objectives.[gameplay 1]

Abilities[]

The Andromedon is able to devastate enemies in melee range with a Andromedon's Fist Strike, a melee attack that, while inaccurate, deals more damage than any other melee attack in the game, and destroys cover.

The Andromedon is a heavily armed and armored unit, having a massive health pool and heavy armored plating, and wielding a deadly Andromedon Cannon that can deal 9-11 damage and shreds 2 Armor Points of targets hit. This allows it to be an effective frontline combat unit.

The Andromedon is able to shoot an explosive shot of acid at enemies in the form of the Acid Bomb, which deals 5-7 acid damage, shreds 3 Armor Points in an area and causing Acid Burn, along with leaving a pool of acid which can cause Acid Burn against units that walk through it. The Acid Bomb has unlimited uses but ends its turn and has a 3 turn cooldown. The Andromedon can still use its Acid Bomb even when disoriented.

When the Andromedon's Hit Points drops to 0, the Andromedon will die, but its suit will re-activate and become a mechanical unit, the Andromedon's Battlesuit.

Behavior[]

  • Andromedons will usually try to flank or go for high ground for the aim advantage.

Notes[]

Andromedon's Battlesuit[]

When the pilot is killed, the Andromedon's Battlesuit[other 1] (or Andromedon Shell[other 2][other 3][other 4]) reactivates itself and begins autonomously charging into melee, laying a trail of deadly coolant in its wake.

The Andromedon's Battlesuit is considered a mechanical unit.

Mechanical units are immune to most status effects, including: Burning, Poisoned, Bleeding, Disoriented, Panicking, Mind Controlled, and Bleeding out/Unconscious. [explanation needed]

Mechanical units are vulnerable to Haywire Protocol, Bluescreen Rounds, EMP Grenades, and EMP Bombs.

Mechanical units take extra damage from: Combat Protocol, Capacitor Discharge, and Whiplash.

Capabilities[]

  • The Andromedon's Battlesuit can't use cover.
  • Like Gatekeepers and Sectopods, Andromedon's Battlesuits can walk directly through structural terrain, destroying it in the process and additionally will leave behind acid on tiles it walks past.

Abilities[]

The Andromedon's Battlesuit is able to devastate enemies in melee range with a Andromedon's Battlesuit's Fist Strike, a melee attack that with -15 Aim penalty, deals 7-10 damage (which is more than any other melee attack in the game) and destroys cover in a radius up to three tiles from the user, including flooring even if the attack misses.[explanation needed] This means that, if it is on top of a building, it can destroy the floor it is standing on, and potentially fall to its death in doing so. The attack requires line of sight (cannot hit through walls).

Behavior[]

  • Andromedon's Battlesuit will charge in towards the nearest unit trying to hit them with Andromedon's Battlesuit's Fist Strike.
  • Andromedon's Battlesuit will never try to surround XCOM's units in it's acid pool or do anything intelligent like block certain pathways with acid or hit multiple soldiers with it's acid trail.

Notes[]

  • The Andromedon's Battlesuit is considered a separate unit from the Andromedon. This results in at least the following side effects:
    • Any excess damage beyond what is needed to kill the Andromedon's Battlesuit will not carry over to the Andromedon's Battlesuit.
    • Any status effects inflicted on the Andromedon will be removed when it becomes an Andromedon's Battlesuit.
    • An Andromedon destroyed during its turn, whether through overwatch or falling damage from its own attack (see below), will allow the Andromedon's Battlesuit to have its normal set of actions.[explanation needed]
    • Abilities such as Rapid Fire don't provide the extra attack on the Andromedon's Battlesuit.
    • Destroying the Andromedon counts as a 'kill' for the purposes of skills like Serial.
    • Killing either form grants unit experience.[gameplay 2]
  • Andromedon's Battlesuit won't drop loot.
  • If the Andromedon's Battlesuit is by itself and can't hurt you this turn, it may run away to join another pod. This has the unusual effect of inflicting Acid Burn on its own pod while patrolling, damaging or killing the entire pod if left alone.

Notes[]

  • While the Andromedon is immune to acid damage, Acid Grenades/Bombs will still shred its armor on the initial hit.

Tips[]

  • If XCOM managed to kill an Andromedon and do not have the firepower to destroy the Andromedon's Battlesuit, consider backing off and focusing on more important targets. The Battlesuit on its own is slow (on easier difficulties) and is restricted to melee attacks.

Trivia[]

  • The Andromedon's autopsy project Andromedon Cannon is “Levine”, a probable nod to Ken Levine, a Creative Director behind Bioshock. Bioshock'sBig Daddy” denizens were likely an inspiration for the Andromedon's design.
  • The Andromedon's Battlesuit's Fist Strike is called "BigAssPunch" within the game's files.

Gallery[]

Quotes[]

This thing looks ready to smash something.

Central Officer Bradford upon discovering the first Andromedon

Is that an environment suit...Maybe something that can't handle our atmosphere?

Shen

Those emissions could be toxic. I advise caution, Commander.

Richard Tygan

We all saw that thing go down...now what the hell is it doing?!

Central Officer Bradford upon discovering the Andromedon's Battlesuit reactivating itself

References[]

Gameplay[]

  1. ChrisOatley, “Andromedon Oopsie”, December 26, 2022. https://www.reddit.com/r/Xcom/comments/zvp1ny/andromedon_oopsie
  2. Seeker22 Gaming, “Andromedon First Phase EXP”, March 10, 2021. https://youtu.be/aWLVFlIXHmo

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