The Tech Elite is a 3rd-tier class introduced in Valkyria Chronicles 2. They can be promoted from Tech Veterans as part of the Armored Tech Class Tree. Tech elites can place anti-armor mines on battlefields. Their mines are even stronger than those carried by Tech Veterans, capable of damaging enemy tanks and killing enemy infantry (except Lancers and Mortarer as they wear blast-resistant suit). Tech Elites are also unquestionably the most heavily armored infantryman in the game, surpassing even their melee specialist opposites, the Elite Fencer and Mauler.