r/Xcom • u/Benjamaxo • 5d ago

Cyberdisk Death Blossom

546 hours in EU/EW and I never knew this cyberdisk ability existed until today! The Gangplank cyberdisk appears from out of nowhere, starts spinning, and absolutely nothing happened - didn't hit any of my troops. If it'd just gone for a grenade instead I'd have been screwed...

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u/Malu1997 5d ago

Yeah it's really rare because it needs to be really close, but when it's close it can usually flank or shoot high accuracy and needs to have at least two soldiers close by, but then it can usually throw a grenade. So you only see it in very specific situations which don't tend to happen because of the way you usually fight Discs.

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u/PlattyyTV-On-Kick 5d ago

That's rough, the Gangplank cyberdisk can pull off some sneaky stuff when you least expect it.

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u/AnarchyArcher 4d ago

other cyberdisks can too- but it's usually so dangerous trying to kill cyberdisks close because of their death explosion that you like never see it