The most common XMP type is the Burster. Use them for general capturing and attacking.

Save Ultra Strikes for targets that require large amounts of damage. Although Ultra Strikes have a smaller blast range than Bursters, they do more damage.

Power Cubes are crystallized XM formations. They can be used any time to restore your XM supply. The level 1 version contain 1,000 XM.

Mods give bonus effects to your portals. Some of them are as follows. A single agent can only equip a specific portal with two mods. Another agent will have to fill the two remaining slots. Certain mods will have less of an effect if stacked with the same type.

Link Amplifier: Increases the portal's link range.

Multi-hack: Increases the amount of times an agent can hack the portal before it goes into cooldown.

Portal Shield: Increases the defense of your portal and its resonators (Common +30% damage mitigation, Rare +40%, Very Rare +60%). A portals damage mitigation also increases when linked to other portals, up to 95%. You can stack Portal Shield mods to increase their total effect.