stun grenades

[Ashleyfish]

what is up with them

why are they the most powerful weapon in the galaxy

I can be ambushed by 20 people with snipers and they will bounce off my squad

one of them throws a stun grenade, it immediately incapacitates most of my people without a save

what is the counterplay when you're ambushed by enemies on entering a planet, and they stun grenade you before you get a turn? I can win the battle, it just feels so stupid to me that you get no save to just losing an entire turn to what seems to just be a flashbang

[Sandremo]

YES THIS I AGREE WITH. REMOVE THESE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ THINGS FROM THE GAME! RIGHT NOW! A fight that's not supposed to be that difficult turns into a wipe because half of the enemy team spams stun grenades and i cant do any attacks because EVERYONE IS ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ STUNNED

[REhorror]

IIRC Grand Strategist has a perk that makes you are immune to stun and even being knocked down.

[Ash]

Umm... do they live long enough to lob grenades at you?
I mean yeah, that could be a thing for a first 15 or 20 levels, but after that (and even before) you have Officers with Seize the Initiative and Grand Strategists so you can focus most dangerous or inconvenient enemies.
Also that's where snipers shine: check enemy properties, find one or two with the abilities/gear you dislike the most, KABLAM!

[Martialis]

Well...you can throw your own stun grenades. And Cassia has the officer ability which will remove stun as well. She should be far enough back that she is not in the line of fire, at least of the initial volley.

[Outlaw]

If you go first, you simply kill all enemies before their turn. If the enemies go first, they kill your entire team. This makes the game look incredibly lame.

[Aranador]

IIRC, there is a save roll against stun, although you can wind up staggered, which is almost as bad too - it takes a very focused build to shrug them off reliably. Still, the basic advice is sound, use your strategist and their zones and stratagems to set yourself up, and take the enemies down.