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Can I beat XCOM 2 WOTC using only Necromancers?

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Episode 19 of my XCOM challenge run series. My attempt at an XCOM 2 WOTC challenge run, using only the modded Necromancer class in combat.

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Music
Messiah by Handel: Händel Messiah - Hallelujah Chorus
Ride of the Valkyries by Wagner: Act III: Ride of the Valkyries
Dark Fantasy Studio tracks can be found at http://darkfantasystudio.com/albums/
Other tracks can be found at https://mixkit.co/

Download the XCOM 2 TDB Community Character Pool: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SGBb...

XCOM 2 Challenge Run Playlist: Can I beat XCOM 2 WOTC using only SPARKs???

Regular Mod List:
[WotC] Revival Protocol Fixes
[WOTC] New Promotion Screen by Default
Evac All - WotC
X2WOTCCommunityHighlander v1.24.0
Defense Matrix Sabotage Fix
[WOTC] Cost-Based Ability Colors
[WotC] Instant Loot
[WOTC] SPARK Repair Fix
Dont Unequip
[WOTC] Commander Avatar Restoration
Stop Wasting My Time - WotC
Reward Decks Refresher
[WotC] Mod Config Menu
Missing Packages Fix + Resource
[WotC] Gotcha Again
[WotC] Numeric Health Display
[WOTC] Detailed Soldier Lists
[WOTC] Less Overwatch Lock Ups!
[WOTC] Extended Personnel Info
Insider Knowledge Fix
(WOTC) Starting Soldiers
[WOTC] Alien Hunters Community Highlander v1.24.0
[WOTC] Faster Reload Animations
(WOTC) Zip Mode Combat Protocol Camera Fix
[WOTC] No Enemy Intro
Immersive Strategy Layer
Hush Little Chosen
Narrative Control
Missing Packages Fix - Parcels and Maps Edition

20 Comments

@quaternarytetrad4039 3 years ago Pinned

Drifter: "Oh, this gimmick run will be easy!"
XCOM2: "Fool! I am XCOM, the derailer of plans, the killer of runs, beloved recruits, and hardened veterans! I am the inevitable chaos, Murphy's Law incarnate! There is no ease of runs found within me! Your disrespect has come before me, and you shall suffer!"

@chevairelame 3 years ago

A squad of necromancers being pushed back by an army of the dead was not what I had expected in this run, but this game surprises all of us.

@peterkershaw11 3 years ago

"No respite for the dead, our soldiers have found a way to mind control them now...."

@awesomesauce980 3 years ago

"Now some people might say taking all three abilities is cheesing and to that I say, yes! So let's take all three."
This is the way.

@kylebridson6780 3 years ago

“Artorias literally sacrificed himself to save the world…”

It wouldn’t be the first time 😭😭😭

@randorookie8587 3 years ago (edited)

“There will come a day when you will pray for death on that day your prayers will be answered”-the flavor text of “Zombie Apocalypse” from Magic the Gathering

Also Bismarck was the best soldier you had at the start and he killed the final Avatar

@henriquemontalvao8492 3 years ago

You know what's even scarier? A rookies-only run

@eternal8559 3 years ago

1:04:26 Ah yes finally you can explain to Bradford that this time killing those civs wasn't petty revenge but an actual strategic decision

@evilbob840 3 years ago

Those invisible purifier zombies are from them having blown up and thus leaving behind no (visible) body. I run with World War L, which has humanoids killed by lost come back as lost zombies, and I get the same thing. Even better, the Warlock's spectral zombies come back as just a pair of glowing eyes....

@TheCouchEffect 3 years ago

Of all the people I expected a Halloween themed video from, this was not it. And yet it's made my day so much more entertaining already. Keep up the great work!

@adamsteele23 3 years ago

That really is the case with the Chosen. The first one always feels like a train wreck waiting to happen and the other two, while not necessarily cakewalks, always feel underwhelming.

@barretoxiaroleplay2099 3 years ago

Hey Drifter, with the mission around 1:20:00 ish, the reason it wasn’t displaying a dark event wasn’t a graphical bug, it’s because there was only one guerrilla related dark event to counter. The Minor Breakthrough was being spearheaded by a Chosen, hence the icon below it. To counter it you would have needed to roll lucky on Covert Ops for the relevant Chosen.

@zylowolfzan3345 3 years ago

This was a fun time! The slog seemed pretty rough, but the class itself seemed very solid. Strong early game but difficult mid-game before becoming a lategame powerhouse. Felt like a decent progression, and I could see this class working well as a support character for normal runs with other classes.

@PugiGG 3 years ago

A Wonderful feeling everytime Drifter uploads😁

@mobgabriel1767 3 years ago

"no respite for the dead,the aliens have found a way to mind controll them now"
the commander: who is going tô Tell him?

@lanxcapo7496 3 years ago

i find the idea of advent deploying an avatar just for a guy to teleport in front of it, steal it's soul and teleport out before anyone could stop him hilarious

@marcelovinicius3386 3 years ago (edited)

a modded run ? this is what i've been waiting for

@derricksteward4483 3 years ago

You know every time you killed a Gate Keeper with death touch I thought, you know what would be useful on those troops, Blast Padding. ; )

@SaltyRocksPew 3 years ago

I really want to see an all advent run. Like, advent squad. An officer, a shieldbearer, a stun lancer, purifier and priest and trooper. shove varying amounts of them into the barracks and then use varying amounts in missions. Always gotta take one single officer though, but the rest of the squad is interchangeable.