Dragon Rounds (XCOM 2)

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Dragon Rounds
Specifications(Values for Legend difficulty — parenthesized)
Type	Ammo
Effect	Against enemies not immune to fire: +1 damage. Inflicts Burning.
Acquisition	Experimental Ammo
Built in	Proving Ground

Dragon 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).

Notes

• Soldiers equipped with Dragon Rounds deal additional +1 damage with their firearms (primary and secondary) and additionally apply Burning status effect.
  • Only successful shots deal additional +1 damage and apply Burning status effect. (missed shots don't gain any bonus effects)
  • Burning caused by these rounds deals 1 fire damage (lasts 2 turns if the status effect is not removed).
  • The bonus damage (and the status effect) is not applied to fire-immune enemies.

Tips

• Burning status effect disables many actions/abilities and, thus, incapacitates some enemies (to a certain extent):
  • Chryssalid's melee attacks (in vanilla game only).
  • Viper's Tongue Pull and Bind abilities.
  • Psionic abilities, including that of The Warlock.

• Works well for:
  • Long Range Sharpshooters who can pick off targets from afar and set them aflame to nullify their ability usage.
  • Pistol-focused Sharpshooters or Skirmishers to apply Burning on multiple targets in one turn.

Quotes

“	Capped with a highly combustible mini-charge, Dragon Rounds do bonus damage to all targets and can even set some targets alight.	”
– Description

“	These rounds do extra damage and have a chance to set targets aflame.	”
– Tactical Information