Warlock

The Warlock is one of the Chosen in the XCOM 2: War of the Chosen expansion.

The Warlock is a powerful, psionic specialist warrior that uses tricks and psionic powers to manipulate the battlefield as he wishes. Although all Chosen can and will use psionics, the Warlock uses more diverse powers like doing a chain stun, teleport allies at will, mind control, teleport anywhere on the map or summon Spectral Zombies, which will run at player characters and explode. If the Warlock is unable to use psionics, then he can still fight effectively with his assault rifle.

The best way to counter the Warlock is to use Mind Shields as this will prevent the warlock from using his more offensive psionic powers against you to devastating effect. As with all chosen, strong focus-fire perks like holo-targetting, fan fire, chain shot, dual strike and rapid fire will help whittle down the Warlock. Players are encouraged to use the Warlock's adversary (Reapers, Skirmishers or Templars) against them; they will deal additional damage.

All Chosen are immune to mental impairment effects (Disoriented, Panicked, Stunned, Mind Controlled, etc). This is particularly relevant to Warlock because it's not possible to restrict his Psionic abilities by using a Flashbang Grenade