Krogan Gladiator Melee damage numbers Build Consideration Analysis

While you could do play her as a (poor mobility thus lackluster) shotgun user with the *1.4 debuff damage within annihilation range her melee skills deserve a closer look at.

Her melee attack (base 400 damage) conveniently IGNORES COVER and seems to have slighly higher AOE range than most other melee attacks. *1 Multipliers vs health, shields and armor.

Pull hold + melee applies a *3 multiplier to the damage applied on AOE (and provides extra "ghost" melee strikes to targets in AOE range at high FPS settings) and can apply the extra pull 5B expose 30% debuff BUT ONLY TO pulled targets (up to two). This 30% extra debuff is mostly irrelevant on a melee build since all redbars will die without it !!OVERKILL!! and might only be relevant if you like to SYNC KILL orbless Ascendants. (they have the Hitpoints to survive multiple whacks).

Do to the lack of multiplicative melee damage bonuses in Andromeda getting the basic melee attack to 1 hit mooks on gold difficulty is problematic ..

(NOTE a melee build will easily 1 shot kill all humanoids on gold with PULL HOLD + melee a redbar near them BUT pull is on a cooldown). Her game becomes much more dynamic/fluid when she gets to the point when she can 1 shot mooks with the basic melee attack WHICH IS SPAMMABLE, has decent AOE and as mentioned before ignores cover ..

Potential melee damage sources:

Permanent (always on):
0.25: hidden class bonus (side note Krogan Mercenary gets 0.5)
0.1: ruzad shotgun
0.33: shotgun melee mod X
0.7: rage (2: 0.2 ; 4b: 0.25 ; 6a: 0.25)
0.75: Juggernaut shield gear.
0.6: strength enhancer booster consumable IV (I:0.15; II: 0.3; III: 0.45; IV: 0.6)

Regular attack : 400 * (1 + 0.25 + 0.1 + 0.33 + 0.7 + 0.75 + 0.6) * 1.4 = 2088.8 (1 shot kill gold adhi)
Jump Melee AOE component: 385 * 0.667 * (1 + 0.25 + 0.1 + 0.33 + 0.7 + 0.75 + 0.6) * 1.4 = 1340.983 (land near target)
Jump Melee Direct impact 385 * (1 + 0.25 + 0.1 + 0.33 + 0.7 + 0.75 + 0.6) * 1.4 = 2010.47 (land on target)
Hold Pull + melee: 400 * 3 * (1 + 0.25 + 0.1 + 0.33 + 0.7 + 0.75 + 0.6) * 1.4 = 6266.4 (1 shot kill gold mooks wraith, agent/pariah, destined, anointed, etc..)

temporary:
0.3125: rage on adds tiny bit of melee damage (1:0.25 ; 4b: 0.0625 !!!)
0.5: 3 seconds after Nova, Iffy with pull, Offensive Biotics 6b biotic warrior (can "spam" nova with 6b shield powered)
0.65: 10 seconds Rage 5b martial artist [DURATION IS A BAD JOKE]

Maximal (damage numbers)
Regular attack : 400 * (1 + 0.25 + 0.1 + 0.33 + 0.7 + 0.75 + 0.6 + 0.3125 + 0.5 + 0.65) * 1.4 = 2907.8 (1 shot red bars)
Jump Melee AOE component: 385 * 0.667 * (1 + 0.25 + 0.1 + 0.33 + 0.7 + 0.75 + 0.6 + 0.3125 + 0.5 + 0.65) * 1.4 = 1866.771 (land near target)
Jump Melee Direct impact 385 * (1 + 0.25 + 0.1 + 0.33 + 0.7 + 0.75 + 0.6 + 0.3125 + 0.5 + 0.65) * 1.4 = 2798.757 (land on target)
Hold Pull + melee: 400 * 3 * (1 + 0.25 + 0.1 + 0.33 + 0.7 + 0.75 + 0.6 + 0.3125 + 0.5 + 0.65) * 1.4 = 8723.4 (AOE)
Hold Pull + melee: 400 * 3 * (1 + 0.25 + 0.1 + 0.33 + 0.7 + 0.75 + 0.6 + 0.3125 + 0.5 + 0.65) * 1.7 = 10592.7 (with pull debuff vs pulled)

A lot of mandatory perks for an ultrarare class..
rage: 6a
annihilation: 5a debuff, 6a draining field.
passive: 5a debuff, 6b temp melee buff
nice to have 6a shield powered nova
and pull debuff (for 2 hammer hit ascendent kill sync .. temp melee bonuses will not always be on)
Need to look a bit into annihilation 6a: draining filed (needs to be killed by anni DOT tick AKA shit) or needs to be within anni range when killed for cooldwonless nova I Frames.  EDIT I DID - it works on (melee)kills.


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