The new big volus guy, how to play him right?

I'm at about the same level as you. Here's what stands out to me so far:

He doesn't have a standard targetting type power which means he's going to rely on his weapon if there's a specific target he needs to hit quick. Despite that, he doesn't have much boost weapon damage. I've been using my Sidewinder I with him so far but I think a bigger single shot weapon might be better.

Trip mines hit pretty hard. I'd be tempted to crank them up to six ranks as soon as possible and give them a combo option. Probably detonate since it will detonate all combos within its radius.  A double trip mine surprise might be one of the better ways to hurt an Assendent.

I've used the turret, but haven't paid much attention to it so far. I can easily imaging builds skipping it altogether or stopping at 3 ranks. Rank four is meh.

The shield boost is pretty cool. It's been a huge bonus to the team during hacks/uploads. If he ends up being a solid melee kit, the shield boosts will be a big reason for it, especially when combined with the evade DR in his fitness tree.

Some nice stuff in the passives. The capacity/stability evolution might make him one of the more awesome Sonad wielders. Armor bonus to power damage on trip mines will be a real boss killer.


So basically, make sure you've got a big gun, spam cain mines.

Probably take some heat for saying this but I reset him and didn't put any points in the Turret, for the way I play the points were better elsewhere. I have him at 20 but only 3 cards so he is not max'd out but holy smokes he rocks, a welcome teammate on hacks with the trip mines. I like using the jet packs to get air and plant a mine behind the enemy behind cover, its super fun to watch them fly... Have the Tonkin at 4 and the Eagle at 3, that is what I run on him at the moment.