Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 Elemental Ammo

Consumable and Augment are two doors to the same chart

Launch-window beginner footage calls out Augments that change a weapon’s elemental type after the gun is fully upgraded — even replacing the default. That is not a second resist table. It is how a Pulse Rifle becomes a thermal hose without you inventing a hidden fifth slot. Attachments still tweak numbers; the Augment is the language swap. Slot counts stay TBA.

The briefing is the loadout screen

Campaign missions preview which factions appear. Horde can rotate Xenomorph / Pathogen / Synth on the same map. If you only packed Incendiary because “Aliens hate fire,” a Synth wave will tax you. Read the card, then pick the type. The next section is what each name actually does.

Incendiary is the Xenomorph rule, not a global S-tier

Public copy is blunt: Xenomorphs are fire-sensitive. Facehugger rooms in the Steam dossier point at flamethrowers. OCAP-91 Volcan and Incendiary rounds are the same language. On Extreme / Insane, that language also cooks crouched Marines — difficulty owns friendly fire. Do not dump a thermal Signature into a teammate’s back because the briefing said “Xenos.”

Cryo is new; Electric is not a clone of it

Cryo is the sequel add in previews: freeze for crowd control. Hunter kits can upgrade Particle Pulse toward a Cryo Pulse; Rain’s Jackson’s Star pack adds a pulse rifle with a cryo underbarrel as a store SKU, not a default unlock. Electric is the returning stun. A launch-window guide reports Xenomorphs resist Electric while Synths are vulnerable to it — the inverse of thermal. If you only packed Electric because “control is always good,” a Xeno corridor will disagree.

Piercing is the plate answer. The next section is which language to bring when the briefing names a faction.

One Marine does not have to cover all four

A four-stack can split the chart: Marauder thermal / Volcan on Xenos, Hunter piercing railgun on plates, someone on Cryo hold. Solo with AI bots still needs a first mag that matches the briefing — Alpha / Beta / Gamma will not swap your ammo for you. Class jobs: classes.

Control is not damage

Cryo and Electric buy time. They do not replace Incendiary on a Xeno hold or Piercing on a Bulwark. If the pack is frozen and nobody is shooting the Siren, you bought a screenshot, not a clear.

Once the matchup is named, the remaining skill is when to swap instead of emptying the wrong mag.

Day-1 patch: stacking is a restock, not a new type

Patch notes describe elemental ammo stacking and refilling the matching element weapon (example given for Incendiary: a first pickup adds thermal ammo, a same-type pickup adds more). Treat the exact +20 / +40 line as patch-reported, not a wiki formula until the live crate UI is captured. The habit is: pick up the type you are actually shooting. Hoarding three languages in the bag while the mag is empty is how a hold dies.

Crates and the radio wheel

Launch-window footage puts elementally enhanced bullets on the same consumable wheel as grenades and stims. That is why this page lives next to weapons instead of inside a fake “items wiki.” Spend the wheel on the faction in front of you. Ammo-crate discipline sits on tips.

The last name on the chart is the one you should not plan around.

Related control that is not ammo

Hunter Cryo Pulse, Machinist turrets that slow, Marauder thermal cannons, and the Stun Baton are class / melee tools. They rhyme with this chart; they do not replace a mag. Mix them on builds once Specialist parts exist.

What to read after the chart

The chart only pays if you can name the body. Next is the roster: Siren first, then Warden, Exploder, Harbinger, Bulwark. That page is enemies.