Mass Effect 2: Reaver - A Biotic Assassin (Infiltrator with Reave guide by ScroguBlitzen)
Oct 22, 2016 21:46:07 GMT
Post by RedCaesar97 on Oct 22, 2016 21:46:07 GMT
ATTENTION: This guide was originally created by ScroguBlitzen on the old BioWare Social Network (BSN) forums. I am recreating it here so it does not disappear when the old BSN shuts down.
This build and playstyle is based off of Tony Gunslingers "Agent" build with an emphasis on using a Viper and Cryo ammo to lock down your opponents. See his thread here: The Agent - A Guide to the 'Other' Infiltrator.
The basic idea is to use Reave to strip enemies defenses and keep your own health topped off while you freeze them with Cryo on the Viper. One of the major weaknesses of a traditional Infiltrator is waiting for your health to replenish before you can pop out and shoot some more enemies. Reave nicely fixes that weakness. If you keep some enemies handy without defenses then you can tap them with a Reave to top your health off. You can think of them as "blood pets" if you like.
I know many people will object to the idea of Reave on an Infiltrator, but since I don't take any tech powers with her, I basically consider this build a Biotic Assassin similar to Thane. I actually built her with an Sniper+Adept imported from ME1 so it's not a stretch. Besides... it's getting harder to come up with novel builds... we have to be creative.
Build:
4 Squad Disruptor Ammo: As per Tony's Agent
4 Improved Cryo Ammo: As per Tony's Agent
4 Enhanced Cloak: Extra time since I use cloak for maneuverability and not so much for the extra damage.
4 Agent: Power Duration adds to cloak time, enemy freeze time, reave time AND damage.
4 Area Reave: This strips enemies defenses, incapacitates them and tops off your health to keep you shooting.
Alternative build: If you don't want to use Reave then you can take Energy Drain and use a similar style topping your shields off instead of your health.
Armor:
Take all +Health pieces of armor. You live with your shields down alot with this playstyle, and since you use Reave to top off your health, you want as big a health pool as you can get.
Preferred Weapon:
Viper with Cryo Ammo. Use it to quickly freeze mobs that have been stripped by Reave and teammate attacks.
Bonus Weapon:
Shotguns (Scimitar): You can take whatever you want, but the shotgun makes this build extremely versatile. You can use the Viper to lockdown enemies, or you can whip out the Shotgun and stealth around for some CQC kills.
Squad:
Samara with Area Reave + Thane with Unstable Warp for the Biotic Assassin Trifecta.
If you're going up against geth then use Samara + Garrus with Area Overload.
You can go with Samara + Mordin with Incineration Blast for 3 AOE attacks (which is sick) but I prefer the style of the pure biotic team.
Videos:
1. First video mostly shows usage of Viper+Cryo+Dilation to take out close groups now:
Reaver Infiltrator: Azure Landing.
2. Second Video demonstrates a lot more shotgun CQC:
Reaver Infiltrator: Baria Frontiers.
3. Third Video mixing up Scimitar and Viper with Reave some Hacking. Technically, this would be easier with an Energy Drain respec.
Reaver Infiltrator: Haestrom.
This build and playstyle is based off of Tony Gunslingers "Agent" build with an emphasis on using a Viper and Cryo ammo to lock down your opponents. See his thread here: The Agent - A Guide to the 'Other' Infiltrator.
The basic idea is to use Reave to strip enemies defenses and keep your own health topped off while you freeze them with Cryo on the Viper. One of the major weaknesses of a traditional Infiltrator is waiting for your health to replenish before you can pop out and shoot some more enemies. Reave nicely fixes that weakness. If you keep some enemies handy without defenses then you can tap them with a Reave to top your health off. You can think of them as "blood pets" if you like.
I know many people will object to the idea of Reave on an Infiltrator, but since I don't take any tech powers with her, I basically consider this build a Biotic Assassin similar to Thane. I actually built her with an Sniper+Adept imported from ME1 so it's not a stretch. Besides... it's getting harder to come up with novel builds... we have to be creative.
Build:
4 Squad Disruptor Ammo: As per Tony's Agent
4 Improved Cryo Ammo: As per Tony's Agent
4 Enhanced Cloak: Extra time since I use cloak for maneuverability and not so much for the extra damage.
4 Agent: Power Duration adds to cloak time, enemy freeze time, reave time AND damage.
4 Area Reave: This strips enemies defenses, incapacitates them and tops off your health to keep you shooting.
Alternative build: If you don't want to use Reave then you can take Energy Drain and use a similar style topping your shields off instead of your health.
Armor:
Take all +Health pieces of armor. You live with your shields down alot with this playstyle, and since you use Reave to top off your health, you want as big a health pool as you can get.
Preferred Weapon:
Viper with Cryo Ammo. Use it to quickly freeze mobs that have been stripped by Reave and teammate attacks.
Bonus Weapon:
Shotguns (Scimitar): You can take whatever you want, but the shotgun makes this build extremely versatile. You can use the Viper to lockdown enemies, or you can whip out the Shotgun and stealth around for some CQC kills.
Squad:
Samara with Area Reave + Thane with Unstable Warp for the Biotic Assassin Trifecta.
If you're going up against geth then use Samara + Garrus with Area Overload.
You can go with Samara + Mordin with Incineration Blast for 3 AOE attacks (which is sick) but I prefer the style of the pure biotic team.
Videos:
1. First video mostly shows usage of Viper+Cryo+Dilation to take out close groups now:
Reaver Infiltrator: Azure Landing.
2. Second Video demonstrates a lot more shotgun CQC:
Reaver Infiltrator: Baria Frontiers.
3. Third Video mixing up Scimitar and Viper with Reave some Hacking. Technically, this would be easier with an Energy Drain respec.
Reaver Infiltrator: Haestrom.