The mobile gacha game XCOM Legends featured 51 recruitable heroes, divided into three classes of rarity: Epic, Rare, and Uncommon. Each hero was classified by faction, role, type, and class. Epic heroes had access to War Stories, personal missions that raised level caps and unlocked biographical lore and personal weapons. The game's data files stored the age of each hero but their ages weren't displayed in-game.
Classification[]
The five hero factions were:
- XCOM: XCOM is an international organization who fights against global domination by extra-terrestrial forces.
- Alien: Aliens are, or have been, part of the extraterrestrial enemy force which secretly invaded Earth.
- EXALT: EXALT is a secret human paramilitary society determined to seize power using recovered alien technology.
- Reaper: The Reaper's origins lie on the outskirts of ADVENT cities. To survive, they rely on stealth and trickery.
- Skirmisher: Skirmishers are former ADVENT soldiers who are free from the aliens' control and are looking to redeem themselves for the sins of their past.
- Templar: The Templars are zealous fighters who wield psionic energy to defeat their enemies on the battlefield.
The three hero roles were:
- Tank: Keeps the team alive by taking the brunt of the damage.
- Damage dealer: Specialized on dealing as much damage as possible.
- Support: Supports the team with healing and buffs.
The four hero types had a strength and vulnerability against opponents of other types:
- Cybernetic heroes were strong against psionic opponents and vulnerable to hybrid opponents.
- Psionic heroes were strong against natural opponents and vulnerable to cybernetic opponents.
- Natural heroes were strong against hybrid opponents and vulnerable to psionic opponents.
- Hybrid heroes were strong against cybernetic opponents and vulnerable to natural opponents.
There were five hero classes: Assassin, Heavy, Operative, Specialist, and Trooper. The player could unlock class bonuses via research tech trees but since every hero had unique skills, the hero classes were otherwise purely nominal.
Epic[]
Serena "Angel" Ricci[]
| Age | 18 | ||
| Faction | XCOM | ||
| Role | Support | ||
| Type | Natural | ||
| Class | Specialist | ||
| War Story | Homecoming |
When Earth surrendered to alien forces, the rich and powerful Ricci family threw its support behind ADVENT in an effort to preserve their privilege. As the eldest born, Serena was expected to carry on this legacy, but she refused and instead took up a position in Rome's premier gene clinic. Here she learned much about alien technology, and how it could be used for real good and not ADVENT propaganda.
When humanity rose up against their alien oppressors, Serena furthered the rift between herself and her family by leaving ADVENT-occupied Italy and joining the ranks of XCOM.
Jao "Azure Dragon" Liu[]
| Age | 30 | ||
| Faction | Templar | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Natural | ||
| Class | Assassin | ||
| War Story | Honoring the Past |
Liu was a childhood prodigy and excelled at school, graduating from university at the age of 9 and getting her doctorate in Chinese culture and history by 12. Her plans to become a professor at Peking University were put on hold when aliens laid waste to much of China with biological agents. Liu witnessed horror as a majority of Earth's most populous nation were transformed into the Lost or became hosts to Chryssalid eggs.
She managed to survive using her intelligence and burgeoning psionic powers, and eventually found her way into the Templars.
Anushka "Blade"[]
| Age | 24 | ||
| Faction | XCOM | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Cybernetic | ||
| Class | Assassin | ||
| War Story | Subterfuge |
Anushka does not remember much about her past. She was killed sometime during the First War, with her head being preserved and stored away in a cryogenic lab. Towards the end of ADVENT's reign, an XCOM team discovered her and brought back the head to Dr. Tygan and Lily Shen. Together they were able to revive Anushka using a prototype cybernetic body.
Grateful for this second chance at life, Anushka has committed herself wholeheartedly to XCOM's mission.
Keiko "Blossom" Sasaki[]
| Age | 26 | ||
| Faction | Reaper | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Psionic | ||
| Class | Assassin | ||
| War Story | Broken Mirror |
Keiko was a young girl when the aliens made Tokyo one of their first terror sites. She still has nightmares about the screams, the fires, the thin men who came into her home and stole her family.
She survived in the ruins by being the toughest, the bossiest, and the deadliest. The Reapers took notice of her skills and recruited her, despite her devil-may-care attitude. But when her psychic powers manifested during a fight with an Elder, that was enough for the Reapers to send her on her way.
Rak'Tahar "Charon"[]
| Age | 4 | ||
| Faction | Alien | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Hybrid | ||
| Class | Assassin | ||
| War Story | Thicker Than Water |
Rak'Tahar was created to be one of the Chosen. A hunter whose only purpose was to track down and kill the enemies of the Elders. But when their newly wrought creation proved to be too willful, the Elders threw him out in favor of a more heartless creature who could be more easily molded.
Rak'Tahar was rescued from his discarded tank by a gang of criminals and taught their ways on the streets of former New York. He rose through the ranks of the criminal underworld quickly. Upon being captured by XCOM, he was given a choice: Work with us to better humanity and aliens alike or spend the rest of his life in a cell. The choice to Rak'Tahar was an easy one.
Sigma "Cyclops" Five[]
| Age | 3 | ||
| Faction | Skirmisher | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Cybernetic | ||
| Class | Operative | ||
| War Story | Old Grudges |
A prototype of an ultra heavy ADVENT shock troop that was set to be destroyed due to its insubordination. XCOM operators within the city knocked out the power and inadvertently released S5 from its cell. S5's first impulse was to return months of experiments and torture back on its captors in the most brutal way possible. XCOM found S5 on a throne of ADVENT and alien corpses, greeting them happily. S5 was quickly referred to the Skirmishers.
Isabella "Dreamweaver" Thornfield[]
| Age | 31 | ||
| Faction | Templar | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Psionic | ||
| Class | Assassin | ||
| War Story | Open Contract |
Isabella spent her life as a deep-cover assassin, using her day job as a tattoo artist to gather underground information and executing her targets under the cover of night until the invasion changed everything. With the Earth under siege, she turned her infamous blades against the ADVENT hierarchy and honed the latent Psionic skills that allowed her to seamlessly blend into the night. Eventually, the Templar recruited her into their ranks, but Dreamweaver has never done well playing by other people's rules.
L.E.K.S.A. "Echo"[]
| Age | 40 | ||
| Faction | Alien | ||
| Role | Support | ||
| Type | Cybernetic | ||
| Class | Operative | ||
| War Story | Automatic Updates |
The Codices are a strange entity; part electrical data, part psychic construct. They exist only to protect alien data from unauthorized access. Using knowledge stolen from XCOM, an EXALT cell led by Needle were able to "liberate" a Codex from the ADVENT Network and reprogram it to do their bidding. And so L.E.K.S.A. was "born".
When Needle left EXALT behind to join XCOM, she took L.E.K.S.A. with her, freeing the Codex from their slave programming. Now free to do as they will, L.E.K.S.A. seeks to shed the useless human information they have acquired and return to their pure state of being.
Maria "Fiesta" Rios[]
| Age | 22 | ||
| Faction | EXALT | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Psionic | ||
| Class | Assassin | ||
| War Story | From COLOMBIA with Love |
Maria had a good childhood, raised in the peace and security of an ADVENT City Center. She grew more rebellious when she hit her teens, not because of ADVENT's dark side, she just hated the control they put on her life.
This rebellious streak got her into petty crime and onto EXALT's radar. When her latent psychic abilities were discovered, they recruited her to their cause.
Six Gamma "Galahad"[]
| Age | 5 | ||
| Faction | Skirmisher | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Hybrid | ||
| Class | Trooper | ||
| War Story | Tall Tales |
After breaking free of their bonds, many Skirmishers were lost. Trying to gain a better understanding of the world he found himself in, Galahad immersed himself in old earth histories and books. His favorites were fantasy novels, and he often views the world through this lens.
Yuri "Geist" Rasputin[]
- Main article: Geist
| Age | 48 | ||
| Faction | Templar | ||
| Role | Tank | ||
| Type | Psionic | ||
| Class | Trooper | ||
| War Story | Song of the Fates |
Little is known of Yuri Rasputin.
"Do not think that you can know me. My thoughts are closed to you, my ways mysterious. The only knowledge you need is that I am leader to the Templars and that it would be folly to stand in way of my purpose."
Lisa "Greyhound" Davis[]
| Age | 30 | ||
| Faction | Reaper | ||
| Role | Support | ||
| Type | Natural | ||
| Class | Specialist | ||
| War Story | Tying a loose end |
Nicknamed Greyhound for her tall, thin stature and natural speed. Lisa attended Yale University on a track and field scholarship only to ditch her Olympic dreams for medical school after discovering her true passion as a healer. When the ADVENT War erupted, she was working at a clinic secretly performing the Elder's experiments on humankind. A group of Reapers liberated the facility from ADVENT control and liberated Lisa from her life in the lab. Greyhound found a new purpose on the battlefield, infamous amongst the Reapers for her ability to keep others fighting through exhaustion and injury. Whatever is slowing you down, she has a solution to get you back into the battle. That knowledge of biology and anatomy also gives her a keen ability to take down her foes as well. The discoveries she's made about alien physiology in the field are only matched by Dr. Shen.
Makeda "Harrier" Onai[]
| Age | 20 | ||
| Faction | XCOM | ||
| Role | Tank | ||
| Type | Natural | ||
| Class | Trooper | ||
| War Story | Elysium Has Fallen |
Makeda grew up within a resistance cell based within the hidden wreckage of an alien ship. Her youth was spent exploring the ship, tinkering with alien tech, and listening to idealistic speeches from her father.
When XCOM won the second war and began its mission of restoring peace to the world, Makeda snuck away in the night to join the organization she had heard so much about.
Johanna "Headliner" Wagner[]
| Age | 38 | ||
| Faction | EXALT | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Psionic | ||
| Class | Heavy | ||
| War Story | Greatest Fan |
The daughter of a German ambassador, Johanna grew up learning ballet and opera, but in her teenage years, everything changed when she fell in love with modern music. She had an aptitude for any instrument she tried to learn, which came from her dormant Psionic abilities. Johanna quickly became one of Germany's biggest pop stars, and while her ambassador father began secretly against the ADVENT as an EXALT member, she was able to use her tours to hide her work undermining the Elder's regime, joining in when the full ADVENT War erupted.
Wish' Ta "Hex"[]
| Age | 10 | ||
| Faction | Alien | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Psionic | ||
| Class | Assassin | ||
| War Story | All for One |
A failed precursor to the Chosen known as Warlock, Wish'Ta was infused with the psychic fields of multiple humans in hopes that this would create a more powerful psychic entity. While it succeeded in the aspect of power, it left Wish'Ta unstable, with multiple personalities and conflicting memories fighting for dominance within their mind.
Zhao "Hyperion" Huiwen[]
| Age | 44 | ||
| Faction | XCOM | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Hybrid | ||
| Class | Specialist | ||
| War Story | Unexpected Mutations |
In the final moments before aliens destroyed the first XCOM base, Chief Scientist Dr. Moira Vahlen was able to escape along with her research and bodyguard, Lt. Zhao. For years Huiwen aided Dr. Vahlen in her research, until he was mortally wounded protecting her. In an effort to save his life, Dr. Vahlen performed a procedure that combined his DNA with that of a Chryssalid.
The experiment left Huiwen alive, but slowly his body transformed, taking on more and more alien characteristics. Dr. Vahlen eventually abandoned him to his fate, leaving a return to XCOM his only option.
P'ier "Hypnos" P'ort[]
| Age | 35 | ||
| Faction | XCOM | ||
| Role | Support | ||
| Type | Psionic | ||
| Class | Operative | ||
| War Story | Down Country Home |
P'ier P'ort was one of the Elders' most notorious interrogators, until he was assigned a captive XCOM team. Over the course of weeks, he slowly broke them down, but his bond with the squad grew to the point where he aided their escape. During the jail break, one soldier was fatally wounded, so P'ier P'ort used his Psi abilities to ease the man's pain and remained connected as he died. This left him with an imprint of the man's personality and a few of his "colorful" personality traits, including a love for alcohol and thick Kentucky accent.
Faheem "Jackal" Mashini[]
| Age | 37 | ||
| Faction | EXALT | ||
| Role | Tank | ||
| Type | Hybrid | ||
| Class | Heavy | ||
| War Story | Rescue Ops |
After witnessing the destruction of Tehran, Faheem's parents formed one of the first EXALT cells, secretly working with the ADVENT to destabilize XCOM in exchange for peace. At first, Faheem was dedicated to the cause, even undergoing gene enhancement to become a better agent, but he soon grew tired of espionage. He rose in the ranks until he became the leader of his own EXALT cell, slowly steering it away from the covert war and towards aiding humanity against the Elders. He was called "Mullah," meaning teacher, and turned the region into a stable and prosperous stonewall against the ADVENT.
Moise "Judge" Ilunga[]
| Age | 35 | ||
| Faction | EXALT | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Hybrid | ||
| Class | Operative | ||
| War Story | Judge, Jury, and Executioner |
Moise was raised in the Congo by a brutal warlord who used him as a soldier in civil conflicts. When aliens arrived, the warlord converted his small army into an EXALT cell, exposing young Moise to genetic experimentation.
When Earth lost the First War, much of EXALT was destroyed and Moise found some freedom as a resistance leader in the mountains and jungles of his homeland. When XCOM made the offer for him to join, he agreed, knowing that their resources would help bring prosperity to his people and vengeance to his enemies.
Three Delta "Legion"[]
| Age | 8 | ||
| Faction | Skirmisher | ||
| Role | Tank | ||
| Type | Cybernetic | ||
| Class | Heavy | ||
| War Story | The Grift |
Made to be a grunt soldier. Direct. Brutal. Amoral. Three Delta's primary purpose was to kill and he was bloody good at it. He was assigned to the rough streets of City 18, once known as London, to deal with the extreme unrest there under ADVENT rule.
Over time, he grew sympathetic to the locals, and in the Thames riots of 2031, he overcame his control chip and turned his weapons on ADVENT to save a group of rebels from death. From there, it didn't take long before he was part of the Skirmishers, doing what he did best. Only this time, it was ADVENT staring down the barrel of his guns.
Edward "Lionheart" Marshal[]
| Age | 53 | ||
| Faction | Templar | ||
| Role | Support | ||
| Type | Psionic | ||
| Class | Specialist | ||
| War Story | Nightmare Scenario |
Captain Marshal was serving as a personal guard to the British Royal Family when the aliens struck. He managed to escape London in the chaos with two young royal heirs, fleeing to a hidden site in Scotland to raise them in secret.
Towards the end of the Second War, the Templars found them, drawn by a confluence of psychic energy emanating from the lake in which the three had drank, swam, and bathed. All three possessed great psychic power, and Edward agreed to join the Templars as long as the children were kept safe and away from conflict.
Quetzalcoatl "Mamba"[]
| Age | 1400 | ||
| Faction | Skirmishers | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Natural | ||
| Class | Operative | ||
| War Story | Song of the Fates |
When the Elders stormed the Viper homeworld, they seized all the lesser-advanced civilization's leaders before integrating the rest into their alien war machine. Those not used for experimentation were stored for later use.
XCOM discovered one of these cryo-pods in central Mexico and freed its occupant. The Viper inside (taking on the name Quetzalcoatl) experienced hostility from many humans and aliens alike who faced losses from the Thin Man or Viper operatives, but after a chance meeting with Betos, she joined with the Skirmishers until she can return to her own world.
Gabriela "Medusa" Saldana[]
| Age | 33 | ||
| Faction | XCOM | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Cybernetic | ||
| Class | Trooper | ||
| War Story | Reprogramming |
A victim of collateral damage from an XCOM grenade in the First War, Gabriela became a true believer of the ADVENT cause when they replaced her injured arm with cybernetic enhancements. She rose in the ranks of human collaborators until becoming Mayor of São Paulo and then learned about the true evils of the occupation.
Using her position, she did everything she could to undermine ADVENT until her subversion was discovered. She fled into the Amazon, raised a cell of resistance fighters, and fought for years until a reformed XCOM made contact.
Bian "Minx" Nguyen[]
| Age | 21 | ||
| Faction | Reaper | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Hybrid | ||
| Class | Assassin | ||
| War Story | With a Vengeance |
Little is known about Bian's history, and when asked, she weaves a story that changes every time she tells it. The complexity of her cybernetic enhancements can only be from an ADVENT "cyborg laboratories," which are infamous for experimenting on runaways and orphans. For years, Minx worked as a high-tech thief-for-hire and occasional assassin until she was recruited into the Reapers and eventually a begrudging partnership with XCOM by promising her missions that constantly challenge her skills and expand her cybernetics, which has grown into almost an addiction for her.
Seara "Mortis" Samca[]
| Age | 18 | ||
| Faction | Reaper | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Hybrid | ||
| Class | Operative | ||
| War Story | Dark Secrets |
Reapers rescued Seara from a stasis pod hidden deep within an AVATAR Project blacksite. She claimed to have no memory of her past, her identity or family but proved to be capable beyond her years, having skills and abilities that rivaled even their most veteran assassins. She became one of the Reaper's youngest recruits.
What Seara told the Reapers was a lie though, she remembers everything about how she was raised and trained by a mysterious and sinister entity, but felt it was wise to not reveal the truth.
Phe'lan "Nebula" Krell[]
| Age | 382 | ||
| Faction | Alien | ||
| Role | Tank | ||
| Type | Cybernetic | ||
| Class | Heavy | ||
| War Story | Stomping Grounds |
Krell had conquered many worlds, commanded armies, and slaughtered millions for his Elder masters. But that changed with Earth.
After the invasion, Krell was given command of the Oceania region, tasked with subjecting the human populace there. Over the years, Krell became more sympathetic to the natives and mistrusting of his masters. When the war for liberation began, Krell sabotaged ADVENT operations from within and then welcomed the resistance with open arms.
Han "Needle" Seo-yun[]
| Age | 27 | ||
| Faction | EXALT | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Natural | ||
| Class | Operative | ||
| War Story | House of Knives |
Daughter of a highly placed EXALT operative within the ADVENT Administration, Seo-yun grew up under strict training as she prepared to take up her mother's mantle as the ultimate double agent. As she grew older, she began to doubt her path and ultimately rebelled against her purpose and joined XCOM.
When her mother was caught and executed by ADVENT towards the end of the war for liberation, Seo-yun swore that she would have her revenge, utilizing every deadly skill her mother had taught her.
Ariel "Nephilim" Blakewell[]
| Age | Unknown | ||
| Faction | EXALT | ||
| Role | Support | ||
| Type | Cybernetic | ||
| Class | Operative | ||
| War Story | Buried History |
Inspired by the Elders' CHOSEN experiments, EXALT scientists attempted to perfect human genetics and created advanced individuals using mythological references. Their first success was Ariel Blakewell, a.k.a. Nephilim. She was trained to hover over combat, supplying aid and inspiration to soldiers so they would push themselves to their very limits. When the ADVENT fell, Nephilm joined XCOM, saying her role is merely to advise others so they can find answers on their own, but she often presses her opinion so strongly that it cannot be ignored.
Øystein "Polestar" Saba-Fjellner[]
| Age | 35 | ||
| Faction | Reaper | ||
| Role | Tank | ||
| Type | Natural | ||
| Class | Trooper | ||
| War Story | Frozen North |
Øystein's father herded reindeer and strictly followed the traditions of the Sámi people. His mother was an environmental activist, fighting to protect the natural beauty of northern Norway. Øystein watched the home he loved destroyed by the ADVENT and took matters into his own hands. The ADVENT labeled Øystein a terrorist, but his fervor brought him to the attention of the Reapers, who recruited him into their ranks. When the war ended, Charles offered him a place within XCOM, and Øystein saw the opportunity to ensure that civilization was rebuilt in a way that protected the Earth.
Hator' con Ra "Prophet"[]
| Age | 11 | ||
| Faction | Alien | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Psionic | ||
| Class | Assassin | ||
| War Story | The Cult of Sirius |
There were many Chosen, each with a specific purpose. Hator's purpose was to manipulate humanity with the trappings of faith and religion. To cause division and discord within Earth's diverse groups should any try to band together against ADVENT hegemony.
Hator never got the chance to fulfill her role, as the war for liberation came swift and mighty. Now that she is free from her creator's control, she sees a world ripe with possibilities.
Alexander "Red" Dolvich[]
| Age | 43 | ||
| Faction | XCOM | ||
| Role | Tank | ||
| Type | Psionic | ||
| Class | Heavy | ||
| War Story | Out of Mind |
When XCOM began to falter during the initial invasion, Russia began its own organization. They syphoned tech and intel from XCOM, hoping to develop psychic powers within their soldiers. Alexander was an eager volunteer for an experimental procedure to transfer the powers of a Sectoid into a human mind.
The experiment was successful but at a terrible price. The minds of alien and human were swapped, leaving Alexander an alien mind within a human body, confused and forgetful of his true nature.
Prototype 159 "Tariff"[]
| Age | 10 | ||
| Faction | Alien | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Cybernetic | ||
| Class | Specialist | ||
| War Story | Horse of Another Color |
Originally a construct designed to monitor and control movement between the Elders' teleportation Archways, Tariff soon became something much more. After discovering her ability to control the Umbral energy between portals and transform it into living creatures (including copies of herself), she was rebuilt to utilize those powers. When XCOM defeated the ADVENT and forced the Elders to flee Earth, Tariff was abandoned in a stasis pod while the copy of herself left in Umbra continued to evolve.
Betos "Uno"[]
- Main article: Betos
| Age | 20 | ||
| Faction | Skirmisher | ||
| Role | Support | ||
| Type | Hybrid | ||
| Class | Specialist | ||
| War Story | Freedom's Promise |
The first of her kind, Betos was an ADVENT officer who overcame her control implant through an act of pure will. She defied her false gods and lived, helping others break free from ADVENT control. This movement eventually became The Skirmishers, a resistance group made up mostly of former ADVENT soldiers dedicated to ending the psionic enslavement of their people. While the war is now over, Betos will never stop fighting for her people and their rights of an independent existence.
Specimen "Void" ZERO[]
| Age | 2 | ||
| Faction | Alien | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Psionic | ||
| Class | Trooper | ||
| War Story | Mind Games |
The first real attempt of the AVATAR Project was considered a failure when the latent will within was able to fight and ultimately vanquish the Elder mind that tried to inhabit the body. This clash triggered a spontaneous consciousness, a personality, thoughts and feelings. The Elders were afraid of this development and locked away Specimen Zero for years until they were recently released by a group of scavengers looking for ADVENT tech. None survived.
Charles "Wendigo" Cardinal[]
| Age | 37 | ||
| Faction | Reaper | ||
| Role | Support | ||
| Type | Natural | ||
| Class | Operative | ||
| War Story | Frozen in Time |
The pride of his northern Nunavut town, Charles went to the university in Toronto at an early age in hopes of becoming a geologist. After the alien invasion ended, he acted as a mediator between the isolated Inuit communities and the ADVENT government, thinking it was the best way to help his people.
Continuous ADVENT betrayals made Charles take a less diplomatic approach, ambushing collaborator politicians and soldiers. Wendigo - as he called himself - and his small band inflicted considerable losses on ADVENT before the Reapers took notice and inducted Charles into their ranks.
Edson "White Eagle" Fidencio[]
| Age | 28 | ||
| Faction | Templar | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Natural | ||
| Class | Heavy | ||
| War Story | The Escort |
Raised in an orphanage outside Mexico City, Edson turned eighteen right as the ADVENT WAR erupted, but he stayed to protect the other children and nuns running the facility. His personal motto became "the best offense is a good defense... that does damage back." He had an uncanny ability to draw the attention of enemies, which Geist recognized as innate Psi powers and recruited Edson into the Templar. Under his armor, Edson has a tattoo for every fallen comrade or innocent he failed to protect. They are constant reminders, fueling his ruthlessness on the battlefield.
Rare[]
Juan "Blaze" Peron[]
| Age | 36 | ||
| Faction | XCOM | ||
| Role | Tank | ||
| Type | Cybernetic | ||
| Class | Heavy |
When Juan was 16, a small alien craft landed near his village in Cuba and began abducting people. The whole village rose up and attacked the ship. Many were killed, but the ship was taken. That victory was the best moment in Juan's life.
Soon after, humanity lost the war, and Juan lost hope. He kept his head down, worked in an ADVENT mech factory, met his future wife and had kids. But when XCOM rose again and overthrew the Elders, Juan's spark of hope kindled again. With his family's blessing, he enlisted to serve, equipped with a mech exoskeleton of his own design.
Julio "Bonesaw" Sanchez[]
| Age | 37 | ||
| Faction | XCOM | ||
| Role | Support | ||
| Type | Psionic | ||
| Class | Specialist |
After the First War left Europe in ruins, Julio joined a resistance group that provided supplies and medical care to the survivors. When the group was captured by ADVENT, he volunteered his skills as a medic in hopes of making the lives of his compatriots better. Instead, he was forced to help perform horrific genetic experiments on prisoners.
Now freed from that hell, Julio masks his guilt with a pessimistic facade, hoping to one day make up for the horrors he abetted.
Elisabeth "Duchess" Wallenstein[]
| Age | 31 | ||
| Faction | XCOM | ||
| Role | Tank | ||
| Type | Natural | ||
| Class | Trooper |
A competent gang boss and smuggler, Elisa terrorized ADVENT operations in Australia for years before getting tossed into prison. There her gang rotted until ADVENT began to crumble under resistance assaults and desperately needed auxiliary soldiers.
Elisa volunteered in exchange for a reduced sentence and was sent to lead a squad against XCOM, but the war ended before they arrived, so they turned themselves in, claiming to be the city's head of security. XCOM was happy to recruit a trained professional, and Elisa took the opportunity for a second chance.
Ivonne "Freyja" Köhler[]
| Age | 41 | ||
| Faction | XCOM | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Psioni | ||
| Class | Operative |
Ivonne and her sister, Jana, were early XCOM recruits that proved masterful on the battlefield. After XCOM fell, they continued the fight leading a resistance group out of the Black Forest until they were betrayed by one of their own.
ADVENT studied the sisters and found a subtle psychic link between the two that was the secret behind their great successes. In an effort to break the bond they ignited even greater powers between the sisters, but also created a great feeling of hatred between them. Jana stayed with ADVENT while Ivonne fled back to the remnants of XCOM.
Crothal "Gator"[]
| Age | 24 | ||
| Faction | Alien | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Hybrid | ||
| Class | Trooper |
During the initial invasion of Earth, Crothal's ship crash landed in the swampland of Southern US. Half drowned, he was saved by the reclusive Dr. Williams. The doctor tended to the muton's injuries, and showed him compassion. Already reported as deceased, Crothal abandoned the Elders and lived in peace.
The pair continued to hide out from XCOM and ADVENT in the swamps and wilds, until the doctor passed away. Having no reason to stay, Gator returned to the world at large to see if he could find a place for himself.
Decima "Hera"[]
| Age | ? | ||
| Faction | Alien | ||
| Role | Support | ||
| Type | Hybrid | ||
| Class | Specialist |
Not willing to trust their troops completely to the captive mind of the Commander, the Elders seeded the ADVENT ranks with some of their own, genetically altered to take on a more human shape. Decima underwent the procedure, taking on a support role within ADVENT even as she helped to test the burgeoning psychic network. For years, she did her duty, but when the Commander was rescued, the network shattered.
Decima begged the Elders to restore her true form, but they refused and eventually fled Earth altogether. Seeing no other choice, Decima now sides with XCOM, hoping to one day return home to the stars.
Jozef "Lynx" Bathory[]
| Age | 42 | ||
| Faction | Reaper | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Cybernetic | ||
| Class | Operative |
Jozef and Marek were both soldiers in the Polish army when the invasion first began. Marek was recruited to XCOM while Jozef defended their home and neighbors. When XCOM fell, the both of them hid in the wilds, avoiding ADVENT patrols and trying to make a life for themselves. They were finally discovered and Marek sacrificed himself so that Jozef could escape.
Jozef has dedicated himself to destroying ADVENT utterly. To aid him in his task, he began to replace his failing body with cybernetic implants.
Kazuto "Oni" Makise[]
| Age | 74 | ||
| Faction | Templar | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Hybrid | ||
| Class | Operative |
Kazuto Makise was the Japanese Minister of Defense when evidence of aliens was first discovered. He pushed for the formation of XCOM, but when XCOM began to fail its primary mission, Kazuto reluctantly withdrew support, putting that funding to defend Japan. Most promising was the "Oni Project", a suit of power armor capable of utilizing psionic energies.
When aliens took Tokyo, Kazuto managed to escape with the armor prototype. He has acted as a good ADVENT citizen by day and a vigilante at night. Using the Oni armor along with genetic enhancements to hinder ADVENT control of Japan.
Jane "Quiet" Kelly[]
- Main article: Jane Kelly
| Age | 32 | ||
| Faction | XCOM | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Natural | ||
| Class | Assassin |
A capable leader of the resistance group Children of Earth, Jane Kelly gave that up to join XCOM at the dawn of the Second War and was there when the Commander was freed from ADVENT control. Since then, she has served as one of XCOM's most capable officers and is often given command over the most challenging missions when success is absolutely necessary.
Judith "Samson" Ackerman[]
| Age | 29 | ||
| Faction | XCOM | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Natural | ||
| Class | Trooper |
Raised by her wild aunts in the heartland of America, Judith grew up loving off-roading, rodeos, country music, and apple pie. Then the invasion came like a whirlwind and destroyed her idyllic life.
When her aunts were killed fighting against the aliens, Judith was taken to a camp for orphans. Forced to survive, she became tough, strong, and independent and when finally old enough to be released, she immediately sought out the resistance to join the fight against the true oppressors of American freedom.
Helen "Tyche" Diamandis[]
| Age | 25 | ||
| Faction | Reaper | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Cybernetic | ||
| Class | Assassin |
Helen grew up as just another citizen of ADVENT, living a comfortable but controlled life.
After her online friends began passing around pirated videos of the AVATAR Project, they began to vanish one by one. Helen fled, narrowly avoiding the ADVENT gunship which reduced her home to rubble. She sought out the resistance, and was found by a Reaper who recognized her raw potential and was willing to teach her.
Uncommon[]
Rashon "Champion" Winters[]
| Age | 40 | ||
| Faction | XCOM | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Cybernetic | ||
| Class | Heavy |
A police officer in Chicago when the aliens first attacked, Rashon saw his city crumble and fall under UFO weaponry despite his best efforts. With his home in rubble, he joined XCOM in an effort to take the fight to the aliens.
He volunteered to be augmented with alien cybernetics, but XCOM fell before the process was complete. He spent the next 20 years hiding his former allegiances while working for the mercenary group Shrike. Now that XCOM is back, Rashon is overjoyed to return to its ranks.
Noah "Enigma" Saetang[]
| Age | 31 | ||
| Faction | Templar | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Psionic | ||
| Class | Assassin |
Born of an English mother and a Thai father, Noah grew up between two worlds. When the occupation of Earth began, he adapted again, living the life of a normal ADVENT citizen. He became a psychologist, specializing in psionic trauma at a secure mental institution. One of his patients was a captured Templar who came to show Noah that ADVENT wasn't the peaceful organization he thought it was. Noah started helping his patients escape, and when Yuri Rasputin came to rescue his fellow Templar, all it took was a look and a word for Noah to drop everything and follow the enigmatic leader.
Sophie "Genesis" Durand[]
| Age | 22 | ||
| Faction | XCOM | ||
| Role | Support | ||
| Type | Natural | ||
| Class | Specialist |
Living the life of a standard ADVENT citizen, Sophie knew little else beyond her work as a nurse in a gene therapy center. She thought she was helping people, which left her shocked when the truth of the ADVENT Administration was revealed to the world. She immediately volunteered to join the ranks of XCOM and assist in their new mission of rebuilding the world.
Omega-Seven "Mantis"[]
| Age | 10 | ||
| Faction | Skirmisher | ||
| Role | Damage dealer | ||
| Type | Hybrid | ||
| Class | Trooper |
The Omegas were ADVENT's most merciless and deadly kill team, sent in to eliminate civilian targets in brutal fashion as a lesson to anyone who dared resist alien rule. Omega-Seven was the best of them. Taking on missions that would be suicide for anyone else.
Then in a firefight with a group of Skirmishers, Seven was severely injured and captured. When he woke up, he had emotions for the first time, felt guilt and sorrow. His control chip removed, he now seeks to find redemption for the evil acts he has committed, knowing he will likely never balance the ledger.
Unreleased[]
The following planned Epic rarity heroes are present in XCOM Legends data files but were not released before the game shut down.
Kappa Nine "Hulk"[]
| Age | Unknown | ||
| Faction | Skirmisher | ||
| Role | Unknown | ||
| Type | Unknown | ||
| Class | Unknown | ||
| War Story | Critical Damage |
At the height of the ADVENT War, Elder scientists unleashed their newest creation: a massive Muton pushed to the limits of genetic manipulation. Designated "Kappa Nine," the creature existed in a constant state of blood rage, and it eventually turned on its Sectoid handlers during battle, nearly destroying an entire ADVENT platoon before it was taken down. One of the Sectoid that was paralyzed in the fight managed to form a psychic link with Kappa Nine. The ADVENT forces left them both for dead, but Templar agents found their bodies. Geist used his Psi abilities to communicate with the Sectoid and taught it to control the Muton's body. Together, they act as one, fighting joining the Skirmishers against their Elder creators. The paralyzed Sectoid stays strapped to the Muton's back, but its control is tenuous, and at times, the creature's blood rage seeps through.
Mila "Guile" Leclercq[]
| Age | 37 | ||
| Faction | Templar | ||
| Role | Unknown | ||
| Type | Unknown | ||
| Class | Unknown | ||
| War Story | Unknown |
Born into a powerful family with a shipping empire, Mila's life took a dark turn when ADVENT seized power and usurped global commerce. Fueled by rage, she joined EXALT, a shadowy resistance force, but her capture during a mission inadvertently unlocked her latent Psi-abilities under brutal interrogation. After a daring escape, she was trained by Geist, gaining control over her newfound powers. Mila now stands as an unstoppable force, working closely with the Templar to recruit and empower others with Psi-abilities while leading XCOM's diplomatic initiatives.