

You can receive a chryssalid poison effect with any attack. Every time they strike you, the tips of their claws have a poison on them.

They can't just poison you with the Chryssalid Kiss as they did with Enemy Unknown. Design said, "How can we make this crazier?" What they did in Enemy Unknown, is they implanted XCOM with something that would then breed another chryssalid out of them, if you remember. Now, the chryssalid, they're a little bit too crazy of a species to integrate human DNA into them, but they have evolved. A couple of decades have taken place since you lost in Enemy Unknown. They've been a staple of XCOM, harkening back to the original UFO defense. They will never become a part of your army. GAMESPOT: So the chryssalid returns, but outside of multiplayer, there's no chance of somehow recruiting one to join the XCOM forces, I presume?ĭEANGELIS: The chryssalid is very much still one of the alien occupiers of Earth. Developer Firaxis hopes to make this gruesome unit an even more intimidating force in the upcoming strategy sequel, and lead producer Garth DeAngelis recently divulged how the team is doing just that. In XCOM 2's multiplayer, you will get the chance to command one of these extraterrestrial meanies for yourself, but most of the time, you will face a chryssalid as an opponent. If you’ve played an XCOM game in the past, then you know the chryssalid, the most frightening-looking alien the games depict.
