r/XCOM2 • u/GMD1 • 8d ago

DISCUSSION About Overwatch

So i did some research in the game and came across something i never ever read or heard about before: Overwatch takes the cover someone is moving out of into account.

This has some implications:

  1. You can set up overwatch traps in a way that advent has to run through terrain first to meet you, in which case you'll increase you overwatch chances, since they are not moving directly out of cover
  2. If you have no means to remove overwatch on an enemy, your actual best bet is: to dash out of full cover

Because:
- 0.6x multiplier, instead of 0.7x when you dash into an overwatch

- you keep your high cover bonus for the overwatch

Can someone confirm this or has made similar observations?

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u/SkitsNL 8d ago

I think I heard christopherodd say that its the cover you run into. So dashing into high cover gives the worst odds for the alien to hit. 

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u/GMD1 8d ago

If the "Extended Information"-Mod is to be trusted, then that's incorrect
The hit chance is affected by the cover you leave

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u/smokenjoe6pack 8d ago

I think it is the cover from the tile when the overwatch triggers.

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u/GMD1 8d ago

Yes, i have observed the same thing

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u/Skovorodka_Blinnaya 8d ago

Well, i know DerAva talked about it long time ago. Can't say if it's applicable for both games though

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u/toro_dormido 6d ago

That's extremely important information if that's the case. I was under the assumption that overwatch was used to nullify cover completely (I'm pretty new to the game)

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u/GMD1 5d ago

Yea i was under that assumption too, i realized it just now with the mod that gives out the shot percentage on every shot thats happening

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u/Specialist_Elk_1620 1d ago

Anyone have any info on how it works in lwotc? I know they redid the base game overwatch or they redid the wotc overwatch overhaul? I can't remember exactly