Suppression vs demolition

[Slippery Williams]

I personally find both pretty useless when I get to that choice when training up a grenadier as demolition seems too situational to be of use and I'd rather just take a shot and have a low chance of hitting or destroying cover than suppressing, but I always take suppression as I find it does have a use of cancelling an enemy's overwatch out.

Just curious what people choose and if I'm missing something obvious here or if there are some interesting things I could try with those skills

[Eggy]

i think like most things in xcom2 this choice depends on play style and personal preference.
I attempt to finish my turn with no enemies on the board. Cover removal is essential to this and you never have enough nades when your saving them for the "big enemy" so demo works great.

using suppresion alot means your leaving enemies alive often which is opening yourself up to losses.

[gimmethegepgun]

Demolition, always.
I might actually conceivably use Demolition. I will never use Suppression because it's far more useful and safer to kill the enemy, and Suppression doesn't help with that, and due to the debuff being cancelled if the enemy activates the reaction shot it's a bad option for disabling the enemy. Also it takes way too much ammo.

[Commander Gorda]

They are both basicly useless, i have enough grenades to not needing demolition and suppression maybe i use once every 20th campaign.

[Narrowmind]

Using training, is it possible to skip an entire level and save ability points for something more useful?

[gimmethegepgun]

Originally posted by Ratlegion:

Using training, is it possible to skip an entire level and save ability points for something more useful?

No. You get 1 of the 2 for free at every rank. It doesn't cost anything so you don't get to apply those points elsewhere, unlike with the hero classes.

[Narrowmind]

Got it.

[psychotron666]

They both suck and both drain ammo. I usually grab suppression cus I always used it in the first but I don't think I ever use it in this game. I guess demolition would be more useful for blowing cover without attracting the lost in those missions

[Shodan's husband]

Demolition is quite good. Id always take it over suppression. Demolition actually helps you to preserve your explosives. All those scenarios where one weak enemy is left after an engagement and you wanne deal with it quickly. You have lets say 2 or even 4 soldiers worth of shots left. Sure, you could just frag his cover and make sure he dies. Frags are valuable though. You need them when ♥♥♥♥ hits the fan.

The other optoin would be to spam shots with not that great to hit chances. Also not the best option. You might even miss multiple shots. On top of that you wanne deal with this one enemy as efficiently as possible so you can leave the rest of the soldiers with actions on overwatch. Maximizing your firepowre inbetween turns. Potentially weakening other pods that might run into your position.

Demolition is fantastic for those scenarios and I use it all the time. It lets you preserve your actions and your frags. Thus it is an excellent little skill. Mostly underrated by players.