Great build but would been more op if u added scattershot with shield oscillator and plasma charge system. This let's u spam lance infinitely without relying on Cora and makes vanguard not needed. That's what I run with on insanity. Nonetheless, one of the most detailed build vids out there, good job
>There is no point to use guns if you go caster Bullshit. 24% defence debuff from AR passive line is MUCH stronger, than 20% power damage. Since 20% power is a subject of diminishing returns - i.e. 20% bonus on top of 100% bonus will result in 10% damage increase for only biotic powers (not for combos). While 24% defence debuff will result in 31% (1/0.76=1.31) *overall* damage increase. For powers, combos, weapons, consumables, squad damage et c.
AR skill requires constant hits, 2 sec, AOE / debuff on effect is 40% minimum (with correct choices) without any power rest and defence added in. Is most likely always on a caster. The weapon is an extra 20% damage. Shooting gun = not using a power. I call suspect on your math as it is unknown how the game deals with damage, e.g. power damage and debuff defence among many of things complex math formulas. It is considerable worse. My builds dominate due to this without ever having to fire a gun.
Most if not everyone here forgot, there's the possibility of using a biotic enhancer that inc by 35% your biotic powers while hovering in plus of al the passives. I dismissed it bc I thought it would be a waste, since it's while hovering. But not only does it work, you look soooooooo much cooler doing it.
This build is really good, what makes it stand out is the versatility and different ranges. Probably the famous "Piranha" build is stronger but not so good at crowd control and... boring.
For your single-target Hydra/Architect killer setup it seems to me that Sentinel profile may be a better choice than Adept. You get tech armor (30% damage reduction which you'll need for those fights especially). 40% combo damage, 35% tech recharge speed for your invasion, 45% power shield cost reduction so you can spam lance more frequently and 45% power restoration and defense. Adept's bonus don't really work on single target it seems - they're all about AOE. I tried them both on two separate adept runs and the sentinel version went much faster (was able to spam lance for more detonations/smoother (cuz I wasn't starved on shields as often). Just my two cents.
And here I was, thinking about how to play my next playthrough... "Oh, should I be a combo-centered Sentinel, or some form of Explorer?". Nope. I can't NOT be a biotic god. Thank you very much for your amazing build, I'm gonna copy the sh*t out of those loadouts, they're so good.
Sweet video. Based on this, I tried my own kind of hybrid "Warlock" and "Phasewalker" build, that I'm loving right now. I use Annihilation as my main primer ( and to debuff), Invasion to debuff as well, then Energy Drain to both detonate and prime. Equip an adrenaline mod and use either a shotgun or valkyrie with the beam attachment and you are rocking and rolling on any difficulty.
this is great and thank you for making the video but I'm not taking peebee and cora with me at the same time unless I think my blood pressure needs a big boost.
Fun!! Fun is what the goal is with this build, and a Bionic Vanguard with Ann, Lance and Charge is pure fun. Also filling up all your gear with reaction optimizers has bionic combo explosions going off everywhere.......great fun!! Do not agree with your Warlock though........as using the Adept profile with Invasion is not even a consideration as you can eat your lunch and take a nap waiting for Invasion to recharge. My killer build is to simply have two weapons that I rarely use.....most of the time I use powers only , but for those cases where a little help is needed Bioware gave us single players a gift in their last patch.......it is the Auto Fire System. Put that on the M-25 Hornet and enjoy!!! Now build yourself a Piranha shotgun with Seeking Plasma......No bio converters as you have no means to regenerate health as a pure Adept.......so use weight in the combat tree for the shotgun and extra ammo for the Hornet(pistol) Hey you have two weapons so if by some rare chance you do run out of ammo......switch to the other weapon and there will generally be ammo boxes around.........but bio converters do not play well with an pure Adept. At least not on Insanity. Yep........Bionic Vanguard is so much fun , and what is the most fun is once you do reach level X gear.......just go play the game and have fun without all that scanning and scrounging for materials. Oh you can scan a bit if you wish as if you use the Piranha and hornet you most likely had to use the Remnant Melee as research points become scarce building a full set of N7 and two weapons......not enough points for that sword. So I use the Remnant Melee with five Bionic Power Boosters........hey either is fine as you carry either one around just for the extra power slots......... Yep.......the Bionic Vanguard is the most fun possible in this game. Cheers!
I don't think anyone is really paying attention to these vids 3 years later, but for anyone passing by, do you think I need to wait til NG+ for this build? Trying to decide if I should use the previous Adept build if I am just playing through insanity the first time or go with this one.
Another great video Sin Tee! Thanks for the hard work you put into these. With the Warlock build, would you recommend Invasion to have Outbreak instead of Recharge speed? Since if you're using singularity, all the enemies would be grouped up making it easy for Invasion to infect an additional 3, making your overall CC damage higher? Or was it better intended to deal with single Armored targets?
♦ yup , it was intended for single target. You can spec Peebee to do the aoe debuff for you , you have no control over her but most of the time i can see myself fighting debuffed enemies by her Invasion. ♦ But hey , feel free to mess around , Invasion duration itself are pretty long , the moment it wears off your Invasion should already be up even without the 25% recharge speed evolution.
I might give it a shot. But instead of using the Adept profile for the Warlock, I might try running Sentinel. Giving that reduced Tech Recharge and Power Shield Cost Reduction, allowing more biotic and tech combos from Lance (+35% All Combo Damage, Rank 5 Sentinel)
*I usually listed the tracks used in video description.* Shadowrun Returns OST - Return of the Sixth World & Blood Hounds Shadowrun Hong Kong OST - The Walled City Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon OST - Sloan's Assault [No Copyright Music] Philae - Olivaw Shadowrun Returns OST - Double Cross Supermoon - No Man Sky OST
♦ i was around lvl60ish to lvl75ish throughout the whole video. You may not get the same results as mine because our gears stop progressing pass 80+ while enemy still scales after each levels. ♦ Even though the build should still be viable , just take a little bit longer than usual , you have the abilities / stopping powers / Area Damage to power through any battles using the right loadouts for the right situation.
sin tee yeah I know it'll be an uphill battle, I've adapted a bit and started using energy drain as a side skill which has also helped quite a bit in spamming more lances, and the enemies still go down relatively quickly...the real test will be at 100+ though
Any suggestions for Tech 3 Profil Build NG+ (Engineer / Infiltrator?) 1. Aoe? 2. Single Target. -> Could be Tech constructs build. 3. Boss Killer -> Could be Like Ghost Warrior from is Soldier Build? Weapons. Maybe Pirhana Vakyrie and Black Widow? Armor Angaraan. Looks Preety Cool aswell. Anyone knows what Tech restoration and defense is? (Engineer passiv)
Awesome looking build. Question for you though. Why Combo Damage mods as opposed to the Biotic Damage mods? Is the resulting damage higher for the Combo Damage mods?
I usually go: Pure adep against shield; Pull/singularity/throw. Pure adept against armor; Backlash/annihilation field/shockwave. Pretty much use the same passives, I think. Fuck weapons, I prefer space-magic!
Would you consider this an evolution of the biotic bender or is the voidwalker standalone also wondering if a melee vanguard is capable of handling bosses or will it only be tedious ?
I'd say it is an evolution of my previous adept build because it also works well for a level45+ character. Melee vanguard like you mean vanguard loadout in this build or vanguard that cut things? The vanguard loadout for this adept build is capable of fighting bosses , and if you mean the melee one , it is limited and will need mixing with guns: *bosses which melee vanguard can cut down without relying on guns:* berserkers , behemoths , Destined boss dude and hydras ( it has a one shot grab but rather easy slow and easy to avoid - when it raises it hands , thats a grab. ) *bosses which are rather hard but somewhat viable , mixing with guns would make the fight go faster than doing pure melee instead:* Fiend (fast grab that also one shot , can be tedious if do melee only) , Ascendant (you still need to shoot down his ball with your guns , and even after that theres still good chance your melee might miss because he is still on the air) *bosess we cant melee at all:* Destroyer , all vulnerable parts are up high , not to mention his aoe nuke when you are too close , that is if you somehow could survive his galting guns & charged blasts in the open and same problems with Architect. p/s: incase this isnt what you meant , sorry.
The "slayer vanguard" with all the melee buffs with the shotgun synergy and battering fusion mod i've seen examples against normal enemies but wonder if one would choose a different setup to handle em or will melee vanguard be only able to kill em at range.
How does damage resistance even work in Andromeda? Is it actually DR with reduction % being calculated out of some hidden cap(275 out of 500. Enjoy your 55% damage reduction) or it's damage treshhold for this amount of damage(ie anything that deals less then said 75 I have will not damage me? It would have been too OP against high DPS guns with low damage so it's unlikely, but that's exactly how armor on enemies work and we get DR points only for a short time in some situations anyway).
did some research , heres the formula confirmed by Bioware gameplay designer: *FinalDmg = BaseDmg / (1 + DamageResist/100)* _source:_ www.reddit.com/r/masseffect/comments/61nwlj/no_spoilers_andromedas_precise_damage_resistance/
you need to use skill lasted as a prime at enemies first then use skill listed as detonator to trigger a combo. Ammo consumables also prime enmies after a few gunshots e.g: Singularity is a prime , Lance is a detonator , enemies who are caught inside Singularity is primed which will trigger a combo explosion if you throw Lance at them.
sin tee I got how power combos works. What I mean is that in 1:05 you mentioned Throw skill is "also a priming tool". I guess my question is if Throw primes and detonates, like a hidden property or something?
oh , rank 5 evolution of duration ( +400%) allows Throw to prime. Enemy got hit by Throw now floats around for 4sec in the air and vulnerable to detonator.
I am using your build insanity new game + I am stuck in the hunting the archon room now for 2 days over 150 trys still can beat this room any help would be gratefull
♦ the rooms in Hunting the Archon quest are confined so both Singularity and Annihilation will work well. in the open area when kett come in waves , hide behind a cover and use Singularity loadout. ♦ While fighting Behemoth , use Annihilation , keep using charge and jump around him while throwing Lances , once the reinforcements kett come , go kill them first until they stop coming then go back finishing Behemoth. _(Behemoth only strong with his melee so as long as you keep distance or flying above from him , you will be safe , his gunshots create a big bubble doing constant area damage on the ground so its easier to dodge , just dont stand in it )_
thanks my problem is when I get up to the last wave where you have to kill the boss with the orb she keeps warping to me and instant kill frustrating so many things to kill i am at level 132 and it still kills me
♦ You should kill every single ketts in her room first , the priority being Annointed _(gatling gun dude )_ then Kett then Destined _(shotgun dude)_ . Keep moving/dashing from covers to covers around the room so the Ascendant _( female kett with flying orb )_ cant keep up with you. ♦ When theres only her , switch to the third loadout ( Singularity with Invasion ) and keep distance from her. I personally would keep using the Annihilation loadout , keep lancing and if you shields are depleted , charge at her orb to restore shields. She has 1 shot power but easy to dodge once you get used to it , the moment you see her forming an big bubble under you , dash away immediately ♦ Seeing you already at lvl132 , thats quite high , you gears stop progressing pass 80+ so we are actually the underdog at lvl100ish and above , while enemies still get stronger at every levels becoming more and more bullet-sponge so you have to play it safe a little more than what i did in this video since i was still around level 70~80.
one of the merchants from your Nexus at Docking Bay , its the last merchant on the right (female), you can only buy one aug at a time, to buy great number of 'em: buy one > save > reload > shop will reset > buy another one > save > repeat.
♦ It is called *Invincible-frames* in which frames your character become invincible and will not take damage. Asari Sword has that kind of frames between it melee attacks where you blink into nothingness , the moment you dash out and slash your sword , thats when you become vulnerable to enemies attack again. ♦ Its pretty similar to how Charge works. I have a video showing how to use Asari i-frames here: ua-cam.com/video/r1Ltues0ufA/v-deo.html
*at Nexus-Docking Bay:* the female merchant on the right , she sells Augmentations. You can only buy 1 per visit , to fix this , buy one then save and reload the latest save , her shop will reset allow you to buy the augmentation one more , save and repeat.
Thanks. Do you find that extra biotic power damage scales better on insanity than reduced cooldowns via adrenaline or rapid deployment? Does it affect biotic combo damage? I initially thought it wouldn't be good due to diminishing returns from all the biotic damage buffs you get from the biotic tree. Unless of course it is a multiplicative buff. Unrelated question: in your first clip of the charge/annihilation/lance build it looked like you were using adept profile rather than vanguard as you recommended. Is that correct or was I mistaking the extra detonations.
♦ at the moment , there are some tests confirming biotic powers doesnt increase combo damage but lance can still benefits that +30% bio power as you can see ,when it comes to bosses , in order to deal constant dps i had to spam Lance alot against Ancient Fiends/Destroyers/Architects without triggering much combo because these three just have so many HP , going for combo after combo would take forever. ♦ As for adrenaline and rapid deployment , as said above about bio power dont affect combo power. These two are totally viable , and are really good for normal enemies when you can have Singularity up for other use alot faster. ♦ But expect for Architect , Destroyers and Fiends are thrown at you among other enemies rather often and you cant change Fushion on the fly , so it might take you a little longer when fighting against those big bad without having +30% bio on normal lances and they can shake off combo-damage like its nothing. So its better to have +30% bio fushion then bring overdrive packs with you , so in cases where enemies grouping together , you can use overdrive to get Singularity up and send it at them right away. ♦ Yes , some of the clips i was using adept profile on the second loatout , the explosions are no doubt better but most of the times i find my shields depleted so fast and usually leave me vulnerable when i didnt clear enemies out fast enough. Also +Radius from Adept profile doesnt affect Annihilation so Vanguard profile is alot more appreciated here , more lances to spam , more shields restoration , even if the combo detonation didnt finish them off , you can just throw another Lance without worrying too much about your shields.
Thanks for the detailed response. I may try using Scattershot to replenish shields for the charge/annihilation/lance setup with adept. Provided you can maintain shields it should be a significant DPS boost. For me at level 110 with a maxed out biotics tree I have 55% biotic power damage (plus an additional 30% after using a biotic power) , 40% biotic recharge speed, and 65% biotic detonator damage bonus just from offensive biotics. I have an additional 25% power damage bonus from charge and from Heleus icon helmet. plus 37% biotic power damage from N7 chest, arms and legs. I have 20% power damage from power booster augment. That makes a total of 162% bonus biotic damage. Adding an additional 30% biotic power damage is just an 18% damage increase. Compared to 50% recharge speeed from rapid deployment on top of just 40% from offensive biotics, rapid deployment seems more effective. Higher uptime of singularity/throw seems like a better tradeoff.
The ultimate build is vanguard W/ Annihilation, AOE, defence debuff and shield regen Charge, Damage, power dmg, recharge speed Lance, damage, shield damage, cost shields no cooldown passives, recharge speed, aoe, shield damage/detonation *Most important increase shield with active biotic effect and increased defence debuff by 20%. On Biotic kill 10% shields.* Power damage when used biotic power. COMBAT TREE 200 damage resist low health Melee skill N7 durr Buff stick weapon: power damage full clip, pref an ultra rare shotgun due to the high heavy melee damage mod. The 4 other slots can be Biotic power damage. You never FIRE you gun. Chest: Shielding mod, on kill regen 25% shields Asari sword; power recharge x5 Charge in to get shields (Note there are plenty of Shield restoration and defence buffs),Namely in the tech tree, they are untyped bonuses, so you NEVER need to pick them in the biotic tree. Spam lance in the face with your AOE Annihil priming and doting all. While it debuffs the defence of all near. When anyone dies you gain massive shields back. Game starts to play itself. Melee when desired. Funny thing happened with this build was a destroyer put me to low health and activated the 200 DR, then I was face tanking him once I charged back into him. Tier 6 profile (all combat passives and weapon trees) Team Cora and PB Core gets the +20% team shield. PB and cora biotic master race team.
Great build but would been more op if u added scattershot with shield oscillator and plasma charge system. This let's u spam lance infinitely without relying on Cora and makes vanguard not needed. That's what I run with on insanity. Nonetheless, one of the most detailed build vids out there, good job
thats really nice to know! I'll pin this so everybody can see , thx :)
There is no point to use guns if you go caster. You just put power damage + 20% W/ full clip and not bother pressing fire button ever again.
>There is no point to use guns if you go caster
Bullshit. 24% defence debuff from AR passive line is MUCH stronger, than 20% power damage. Since 20% power is a subject of diminishing returns - i.e. 20% bonus on top of 100% bonus will result in 10% damage increase for only biotic powers (not for combos). While 24% defence debuff will result in 31% (1/0.76=1.31) *overall* damage increase. For powers, combos, weapons, consumables, squad damage et c.
AR skill requires constant hits, 2 sec, AOE / debuff on effect is 40% minimum (with correct choices) without any power rest and defence added in. Is most likely always on a caster. The weapon is an extra 20% damage. Shooting gun = not using a power.
I call suspect on your math as it is unknown how the game deals with damage, e.g. power damage and debuff defence among many of things complex math formulas.
It is considerable worse. My builds dominate due to this without ever having to fire a gun.
Most if not everyone here forgot, there's the possibility of using a biotic enhancer that inc by 35% your biotic powers while hovering in plus of al the passives. I dismissed it bc I thought it would be a waste, since it's while hovering. But not only does it work, you look soooooooo much cooler doing it.
Best Adept Build I've seen at that level. Thanks for the detailed build descriptions.
Shadowrun music
Excellent build my friend, I hope you have more class build videos coming soon. I will watch your Insanity playthrough in the meantime. Subscribed!
This build is really good, what makes it stand out is the versatility and different ranges. Probably the famous "Piranha" build is stronger but not so good at crowd control and... boring.
Popping off a singularity underneath an enemy dropship is borderline genius to be honest.
For your single-target Hydra/Architect killer setup it seems to me that Sentinel profile may be a better choice than Adept. You get tech armor (30% damage reduction which you'll need for those fights especially). 40% combo damage, 35% tech recharge speed for your invasion, 45% power shield cost reduction so you can spam lance more frequently and 45% power restoration and defense. Adept's bonus don't really work on single target it seems - they're all about AOE. I tried them both on two separate adept runs and the sentinel version went much faster (was able to spam lance for more detonations/smoother (cuz I wasn't starved on shields as often). Just my two cents.
Your Ryder is the best looking I've seen so far
this looks so much more fun than the sniper build ive been using.... =/
And here I was, thinking about how to play my next playthrough... "Oh, should I be a combo-centered Sentinel, or some form of Explorer?". Nope. I can't NOT be a biotic god. Thank you very much for your amazing build, I'm gonna copy the sh*t out of those loadouts, they're so good.
Sweet video. Based on this, I tried my own kind of hybrid "Warlock" and "Phasewalker" build, that I'm loving right now. I use Annihilation as my main primer ( and to debuff), Invasion to debuff as well, then Energy Drain to both detonate and prime. Equip an adrenaline mod and use either a shotgun or valkyrie with the beam attachment and you are rocking and rolling on any difficulty.
Love the Shadowrun music.
Making me re-spec yet again... Just spent a few hours on your N7 Soldier build. Please send credits.
this is great and thank you for making the video
but I'm not taking peebee and cora with me at the same time unless I think my blood pressure needs a big boost.
Will be interested to see what you can come up with for tech builds.
GREAT BUILDS! AMAZING VIDEO!! THANKS FOR POSTING!
Love the SR music brah :)
Watching this makes me want to load the game and play again…..
Fun!! Fun is what the goal is with this build, and a Bionic Vanguard with Ann, Lance and Charge is pure fun. Also filling up all your gear with reaction optimizers has bionic combo explosions going off everywhere.......great fun!!
Do not agree with your Warlock though........as using the Adept profile with Invasion is not even a consideration as you can eat your lunch and take a nap waiting for Invasion to recharge.
My killer build is to simply have two weapons that I rarely use.....most of the time I use powers only , but for those cases where a little help is needed Bioware gave us single players a gift in their last patch.......it is the Auto Fire System. Put that on the M-25 Hornet and enjoy!!! Now build yourself a Piranha shotgun with Seeking Plasma......No bio converters as you have no means to regenerate health as a pure Adept.......so use weight in the combat tree for the shotgun and extra ammo for the Hornet(pistol) Hey you have two weapons so if by some rare chance you do run out of ammo......switch to the other weapon and there will generally be ammo boxes around.........but bio converters do not play well with an pure Adept. At least not on Insanity.
Yep........Bionic Vanguard is so much fun , and what is the most fun is once you do reach level X gear.......just go play the game and have fun without all that scanning and scrounging for materials. Oh you can scan a bit if you wish as if you use the Piranha and hornet you most likely had to use the Remnant Melee as research points become scarce building a full set of N7 and two weapons......not enough points for that sword. So I use the Remnant Melee with five Bionic Power Boosters........hey either is fine as you carry either one around just for the extra power slots.........
Yep.......the Bionic Vanguard is the most fun possible in this game.
Cheers!
This build is just awesome 🤩
Nice, truely.
excellent. any chance of a tech based set of builds next?
I don't think anyone is really paying attention to these vids 3 years later, but for anyone passing by, do you think I need to wait til NG+ for this build? Trying to decide if I should use the previous Adept build if I am just playing through insanity the first time or go with this one.
Another awesome build.
Still waiting for tech build :)
I didn't realize how powerful the maxed lance is
nice character builds I'm playing with one of your builds and it's fun .You should show how to make your charater😀😃
Another great video Sin Tee! Thanks for the hard work you put into these. With the Warlock build, would you recommend Invasion to have Outbreak instead of Recharge speed? Since if you're using singularity, all the enemies would be grouped up making it easy for Invasion to infect an additional 3, making your overall CC damage higher? Or was it better intended to deal with single Armored targets?
♦ yup , it was intended for single target. You can spec Peebee to do the aoe debuff for you , you have no control over her but most of the time i can see myself fighting debuffed enemies by her Invasion.
♦ But hey , feel free to mess around , Invasion duration itself are pretty long , the moment it wears off your Invasion should already be up even without the 25% recharge speed evolution.
I might give it a shot. But instead of using the Adept profile for the Warlock, I might try running Sentinel. Giving that reduced Tech Recharge and Power Shield Cost Reduction, allowing more biotic and tech combos from Lance (+35% All Combo Damage, Rank 5 Sentinel)
very nice vid dude!
Seems pretty damn fun! Have you thought about doing a similar build but with tech?
Would also like to see tech^^
i'm not working on a tech build anytime soon , i'll think about it.
It's hard doing any serious damage with tech combos and constructs on insanity, but it's still fun being able to chain the combos in quick succession
Great build, I've something more to add to my favorites now
Also, what are the tracks you've used?
*I usually listed the tracks used in video description.*
Shadowrun Returns OST - Return of the Sixth World & Blood Hounds
Shadowrun Hong Kong OST - The Walled City
Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon OST - Sloan's Assault
[No Copyright Music] Philae - Olivaw
Shadowrun Returns OST - Double Cross
Supermoon - No Man Sky OST
sin tee ah I was getting too antsy to watch the vid to check the description 😅 thanks!
sin tee what level were you in this vid? This would be awesome working at max level 132 (I'm currently level 92)
♦ i was around lvl60ish to lvl75ish throughout the whole video. You may not get the same results as mine because our gears stop progressing pass 80+ while enemy still scales after each levels.
♦ Even though the build should still be viable , just take a little bit longer than usual , you have the abilities / stopping powers / Area Damage to power through any battles using the right loadouts for the right situation.
sin tee yeah I know it'll be an uphill battle, I've adapted a bit and started using energy drain as a side skill which has also helped quite a bit in spamming more lances, and the enemies still go down relatively quickly...the real test will be at 100+ though
Wow that's great! I'll try this out ^^
How’d you get 3 augs on legs and arms and 5 on chest ? I only get 2 and 4
hey chum, you run the shadows?
Would like to see the other Profiles too
This game is amazing. i still play 2024
Love The Crew music
How do yo ualways get your shield back so quickly ?
I tried to use a spartan-like play style using charge, lance, and backlash while using the vanguard profile but i kept getting my ass kicked :(
Any suggestions for Tech 3 Profil Build NG+ (Engineer / Infiltrator?)
1. Aoe?
2. Single Target. -> Could be Tech constructs build.
3. Boss Killer -> Could be Like Ghost Warrior from is Soldier Build?
Weapons. Maybe Pirhana Vakyrie and Black Widow?
Armor Angaraan. Looks Preety Cool aswell. Anyone knows what Tech restoration and defense is? (Engineer passiv)
Awesome looking build. Question for you though. Why Combo Damage mods as opposed to the Biotic Damage mods? Is the resulting damage higher for the Combo Damage mods?
Combo are scaled seperately to powers - Biotic damage won't change combo damage, even for "biotic" combos.
outbreak over recharge on invasion to maximize damage debuff or focusing single targets?
I usually go: Pure adep against shield; Pull/singularity/throw. Pure adept against armor; Backlash/annihilation field/shockwave. Pretty much use the same passives, I think. Fuck weapons, I prefer space-magic!
wish to see such a playtrough.
Darn! Where is this music from?? It sounds so familiar!
Would you consider this an evolution of the biotic bender or is the voidwalker standalone also wondering if a melee vanguard is capable of handling bosses or will it only be tedious ?
I'd say it is an evolution of my previous adept build because it also works well for a level45+ character. Melee vanguard like you mean vanguard loadout in this build or vanguard that cut things? The vanguard loadout for this adept build is capable of fighting bosses , and if you mean the melee one , it is limited and will need mixing with guns:
*bosses which melee vanguard can cut down without relying on guns:* berserkers , behemoths , Destined boss dude and hydras ( it has a one shot grab but rather easy slow and easy to avoid - when it raises it hands , thats a grab. )
*bosses which are rather hard but somewhat viable , mixing with guns would make the fight go faster than doing pure melee instead:* Fiend (fast grab that also one shot , can be tedious if do melee only) , Ascendant (you still need to shoot down his ball with your guns , and even after that theres still good chance your melee might miss because he is still on the air)
*bosess we cant melee at all:* Destroyer , all vulnerable parts are up high , not to mention his aoe nuke when you are too close , that is if you somehow could survive his galting guns & charged blasts in the open and same problems with Architect.
p/s: incase this isnt what you meant , sorry.
The "slayer vanguard" with all the melee buffs with the shotgun synergy and battering fusion mod i've seen examples against normal enemies but wonder if one would choose a different setup to handle em or will melee vanguard be only able to kill em at range.
How does damage resistance even work in Andromeda? Is it actually DR with reduction % being calculated out of some hidden cap(275 out of 500. Enjoy your 55% damage reduction) or it's damage treshhold for this amount of damage(ie anything that deals less then said 75 I have will not damage me? It would have been too OP against high DPS guns with low damage so it's unlikely, but that's exactly how armor on enemies work and we get DR points only for a short time in some situations anyway).
did some research , heres the formula confirmed by Bioware gameplay designer:
*FinalDmg = BaseDmg / (1 + DamageResist/100)*
_source:_ www.reddit.com/r/masseffect/comments/61nwlj/no_spoilers_andromedas_precise_damage_resistance/
sin tee
thank you so much. Well, now I will finally be at peace with it:D
Hmm, no way to block something completly, but reduction is quite good.
Great build, but there is something that I don't understand, throw primes for combos???
you need to use skill lasted as a prime at enemies first then use skill listed as detonator to trigger a combo. Ammo consumables also prime enmies after a few gunshots
e.g: Singularity is a prime , Lance is a detonator , enemies who are caught inside Singularity is primed which will trigger a combo explosion if you throw Lance at them.
sin tee I got how power combos works. What I mean is that in 1:05 you mentioned Throw skill is "also a priming tool".
I guess my question is if Throw primes and detonates, like a hidden property or something?
oh , rank 5 evolution of duration ( +400%) allows Throw to prime. Enemy got hit by Throw now floats around for 4sec in the air and vulnerable to detonator.
why you didnt put skill pull ?
cuz it is useless skill ?
can you make one with pull build or not worth anymore ?
Why the sweeper over the paw?
Bruh annihilation field and lance together is absolutely broken
how are you getting combos off annihalation? I thought it was bugged so it wouldn't prime. Are they off of the squadmates?
His gun he has incineary ammo active all time.
I am using your build insanity new game + I am stuck in the hunting the archon room now for 2 days over 150 trys still can beat this room any help would be gratefull
♦ the rooms in Hunting the Archon quest are confined so both Singularity and Annihilation will work well. in the open area when kett come in waves , hide behind a cover and use Singularity loadout.
♦ While fighting Behemoth , use Annihilation , keep using charge and jump around him while throwing Lances , once the reinforcements kett come , go kill them first until they stop coming then go back finishing Behemoth.
_(Behemoth only strong with his melee so as long as you keep distance or flying above from him , you will be safe , his gunshots create a big bubble doing constant area damage on the ground so its easier to dodge , just dont stand in it )_
thanks my problem is when I get up to the last wave where you have to kill the boss with the orb she keeps warping to me and instant kill frustrating so many things to kill i am at level 132 and it still kills me
♦ You should kill every single ketts in her room first , the priority being Annointed _(gatling gun dude )_ then Kett then Destined _(shotgun dude)_ . Keep moving/dashing from covers to covers around the room so the Ascendant _( female kett with flying orb )_ cant keep up with you.
♦ When theres only her , switch to the third loadout ( Singularity with Invasion ) and keep distance from her. I personally would keep using the Annihilation loadout , keep lancing and if you shields are depleted , charge at her orb to restore shields. She has 1 shot power but easy to dodge once you get used to it , the moment you see her forming an big bubble under you , dash away immediately
♦ Seeing you already at lvl132 , thats quite high , you gears stop progressing pass 80+ so we are actually the underdog at lvl100ish and above , while enemies still get stronger at every levels becoming more and more bullet-sponge so you have to play it safe a little more than what i did in this video since i was still around level 70~80.
thanks for all your help I will keep trying this is insane maybe I should just start over and not go over level 80
I don't get how you have no cooldown on Lance for the phasewalker build ? I tried your setup but I still have about 5 sec cooldown on it.
to have no cooldown on Lance. you have to level up "Shield Powered" evolution on lance at rank 6.
Hello! Where to find Reaction Optimizer augumentation?
Found in Nexus, thanks!
Whit sniper build you can kill any enemy by one shot, but this looks more fun :0
Why Sweeper AR instead of the P.A.W. AR?
Range probably, beam weapons are good but can't shoot as far as projectile weapons...
Where can you get the reaction optimizers?
one of the merchants from your Nexus at Docking Bay , its the last merchant on the right (female), you can only buy one aug at a time, to buy great number of 'em: buy one > save > reload > shop will reset > buy another one > save > repeat.
5:28 ... what is I-FRAMES?
♦ It is called *Invincible-frames* in which frames your character become invincible and will not take damage. Asari Sword has that kind of frames between it melee attacks where you blink into nothingness , the moment you dash out and slash your sword , thats when you become vulnerable to enemies attack again.
♦ Its pretty similar to how Charge works. I have a video showing how to use Asari i-frames here: ua-cam.com/video/r1Ltues0ufA/v-deo.html
that's what I figured. I just never heard it called that before. thanks
How did you get all those combo augments?
*at Nexus-Docking Bay:* the female merchant on the right , she sells Augmentations. You can only buy 1 per visit , to fix this , buy one then save and reload the latest save , her shop will reset allow you to buy the augmentation one more , save and repeat.
sin tee you genius!! Thanks a lot this should help tuns :)
Knew I'd heard these songs on a game. 😂
What fusion mod did you run with?
I was using Fushion Mod of Biotic Mastery ( +30% biotic power )
Thanks. Do you find that extra biotic power damage scales better on insanity than reduced cooldowns via adrenaline or rapid deployment? Does it affect biotic combo damage? I initially thought it wouldn't be good due to diminishing returns from all the biotic damage buffs you get from the biotic tree. Unless of course it is a multiplicative buff.
Unrelated question: in your first clip of the charge/annihilation/lance build it looked like you were using adept profile rather than vanguard as you recommended. Is that correct or was I mistaking the extra detonations.
♦ at the moment , there are some tests confirming biotic powers doesnt increase combo damage but lance can still benefits that +30% bio power as you can see ,when it comes to bosses , in order to deal constant dps i had to spam Lance alot against Ancient Fiends/Destroyers/Architects without triggering much combo because these three just have so many HP , going for combo after combo would take forever.
♦ As for adrenaline and rapid deployment , as said above about bio power dont affect combo power. These two are totally viable , and are really good for normal enemies when you can have Singularity up for other use alot faster.
♦ But expect for Architect , Destroyers and Fiends are thrown at you among other enemies rather often and you cant change Fushion on the fly , so it might take you a little longer when fighting against those big bad without having +30% bio on normal lances and they can shake off combo-damage like its nothing. So its better to have +30% bio fushion then bring overdrive packs with you , so in cases where enemies grouping together , you can use overdrive to get Singularity up and send it at them right away.
♦ Yes , some of the clips i was using adept profile on the second loatout , the explosions are no doubt better but most of the times i find my shields depleted so fast and usually leave me vulnerable when i didnt clear enemies out fast enough. Also +Radius from Adept profile doesnt affect Annihilation so Vanguard profile is alot more appreciated here , more lances to spam , more shields restoration , even if the combo detonation didnt finish them off , you can just throw another Lance without worrying too much about your shields.
Thanks for the detailed response. I may try using Scattershot to replenish shields for the charge/annihilation/lance setup with adept. Provided you can maintain shields it should be a significant DPS boost.
For me at level 110 with a maxed out biotics tree I have 55% biotic power damage (plus an additional 30% after using a biotic power) , 40% biotic recharge speed, and 65% biotic detonator damage bonus just from offensive biotics. I have an additional 25% power damage bonus from charge and from Heleus icon helmet. plus 37% biotic power damage from N7 chest, arms and legs. I have 20% power damage from power booster augment. That makes a total of 162% bonus biotic damage. Adding an additional 30% biotic power damage is just an 18% damage increase. Compared to 50% recharge speeed from rapid deployment on top of just 40% from offensive biotics, rapid deployment seems more effective. Higher uptime of singularity/throw seems like a better tradeoff.
Destiny references? :D
Also Borderlands!
The ultimate build is vanguard W/
Annihilation, AOE, defence debuff and shield regen
Charge, Damage, power dmg, recharge speed
Lance, damage, shield damage, cost shields no cooldown
passives, recharge speed, aoe, shield damage/detonation *Most important increase shield with active biotic effect and increased defence debuff by 20%. On Biotic kill 10% shields.* Power damage when used biotic power.
COMBAT TREE
200 damage resist low health
Melee skill
N7 durr
Buff stick weapon: power damage full clip, pref an ultra rare shotgun due to the high heavy melee damage mod. The 4 other slots can be Biotic power damage. You never FIRE you gun.
Chest: Shielding mod, on kill regen 25% shields
Asari sword; power recharge x5
Charge in to get shields (Note there are plenty of Shield restoration and defence buffs),Namely in the tech tree, they are untyped bonuses, so you NEVER need to pick them in the biotic tree. Spam lance in the face with your AOE Annihil priming and doting all. While it debuffs the defence of all near. When anyone dies you gain massive shields back. Game starts to play itself. Melee when desired. Funny thing happened with this build was a destroyer put me to low health and activated the 200 DR, then I was face tanking him once I charged back into him.
Tier 6 profile (all combat passives and weapon trees)
Team
Cora and PB
Core gets the +20% team shield. PB and cora biotic master race team.
acetraker1988 also do peebee's loyalty as soon as possible so you can get another +30% to biotic power damage from one of her level 6 passives
No Vanguard build is "the ultimate build", it's a worthless noobtrap profile.
sow weak against syntethics....you need to pump those numbers up bro
How do you make the lance explode?