Chosen Hunter | Enemies XCOM 2: War of the Chosen Game Guide

The second of the three Chosen is the Hunter - the counterpart of a sniper. He is, however, much more efficient - his abilities and guns allow him to reach targets on the far end of the map just to fire a shot that has a great possibility if instakill in the next turn. As you can guess, this enemy fights at long distance and uses a hook rope to get around the map levels. All this makes him a formidable enemy, particularly if he's far away, behind a front of his own soldiers.

Chosen Hunter

You should keep the following rules in mind when facing the Hunter:

1. He can literally get you from the other end of the map, but not without preparation - it takes one full turn for him to get an aim; he fires in the following turn. The possible countermeasures are these: break the line of sight (by hiding behind a big object, for example) - in such case you're safe; or by increasing the soldier's defense, which increases the changes of avoiding getting hit. The latter can be done by ditching the soldier behind full cover, ordering them to crouch, using the Specialist's abilities or a smoke grenade. These are possible ways of preventing high casualties.
2. The enemy can also make a regular attack, without aiming. This requires the target to be closer and deals less damage, but you should try to be behind at least a half-cover anyway.
3. Remember that he has a hook rope - consider the possibility of getting outflanked.
4. Despite the Hunter being deadly at long distance, he also has no reservations from attacking at close distance, for which he uses his pistol (ignores up to 5 armor - this can mean losing even half HP).
5. Remember that as any Chose, the Hunter is also able to abduct your soldiers. First he stuns them, then he takes them (if you leave them unattended - you can use a Specialist, for example) and flees the battle.
6. If you own the Alien Hunters expansion, you can use the Frost Grenade/Frost Bomb) - it freezes the enemy for two turns, which lets you get rid of her easily.