A.P. Rounds (XCOM 2)

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A.P. Rounds
Specifications(Values for Legend difficulty — parenthesized)
Type	Ammo
Effect	Firearms ignore 5 Armor Points.
Acquisition	Experimental Ammo
Built in	Proving Ground

A.P. Rounds are an Ammo Utility Item in XCOM 2.

• Only one Ammo item can be equipped onto a soldier at a time.

• Only Primary and Secondary (Pistols and Autopistols) firearms receive the ammo effect.

• Only successful shots benefit from the ammo effect (missed shots with Stock weapon upgrade do not apply the debuffs or status effects and the damage is not increased).

• The Munitions Experts Resistance Order can complete this item instantly from the Experimental Ammo pool.

• The Convoy Ambush Resistance Rumor can randomly reward this item from the Experimental Ammo pool (alongside a random Experimental Grenade).

Tips

• More effective on higher difficulty levels as enemies will gain higher armor values. It's less effective on Rookie/Veteran, as enemy armor is lower.

• Combines well with the Grenadier's Holo Targeting and Shredder abilities. The Grenadier can perform squad opening shots to apply these effects for others, while using the rounds to pierce before the armor is stripped for additional damage.

• Sniper Sharpshooters are easily able to destroy mechanical units from long range. They are generally less punishing to equip since snipers do not need protection vests in most cases. Can also feed kill streaks off Death From Above/Serial abilities.

• Since most units that have large armor values are Robotic or are counted as such (e.g. the Gatekeeper), it may be a better option to use Bluescreen Rounds for +5 damage instead of these, and use other ways to remove armor such as grenades or Heavy Weapons.

Trivia

• "A.P." stands for "Armor Piercing".

Quotes

“	Hand machined from ultra strong, ultra light alien alloys, these deadly rounds will effectively bypass all enemy armor to deal unmitigated damage.	”
– Description

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Armor Piercing Rounds ignore 5 points of armor.

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