Asari Adept specced for melee is very strong, even on gold
Mar 25, 2017 4:31:42 GMT
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Post by hobocommand3r on Mar 25, 2017 4:31:42 GMT
(Gold outlaws at least allthough I imagine you'd be fine vs the other factions as well)
Seriously, I did some gold runs earlier and they were the easiest ones I've done yet, probably easier than with an infiltrator and we got a couple of runs done in less than 15 minutes. That round I believe was me as adept, 2 duelists and 1 human infiltrator, and I had top score by a good margin. I was basically running around and shoot-punching all the things. You do a lot of damage with the melee but if you specc it right you are also extremely tanky and can play very aggressive with little fear.
The build is this: Run a shotgun or a pistol with a melee mod, like talon/scorpion/piranha/dhan/kesh/or the new krogan shotty. Use the juggernaut shield.
Max out annihilation field and both passives.
For annihilation field pick radius, then damage attractor, and draining field. This will debuff enemies around you by 20% and give you and allies 30% shields anytime something in your field dies, very good.
In offensive biotics the important 2 are rank 5 exposure, and rank 6 biotic warrior. Exposure adds another 20% debuff and biotic warrior enhances your melee by 50% + 15% weapon damage, again very good. Now you'll be debuffing enemies around you by 40%. That's a big deal.
For barrier take rank 4 unyielding barrier (important since we're all about restoring barriers so the more the better), rank 5 barrier drain and rank 6 saving barrier. This means you'll have the max possible amount of total barriers and you'll drain 20% barriers on melee hits. Rank 6 will restore your shields to full every 10 seconds if you take critical damage.
With all this you'll be debuffing enemies around you 40% for you and all allies, you'll be restoring 30% shields on kills, 20% on melee hits, and 100% every 10 seconds if you take a lot of damage. You'll have to play really reckless to die, and you can pretty much 1 shot + 1 punch every gold mook, shielded enemies like the sharpshooters go down fast and so do the armored smaller targets. You can 1v1 a berserker with melee only if you wish easily allthough I'd recommend shooting once between punches for time efficiency.
I put the rest of my points into throw because I don't feel like aiming lance, the biotic explosions are not what I built around since they seem less strong than maxing out the passives.
Fun and very strong playstyle, give it a try. I guess it plays a lot like a vanguard, you should be jumping and dashing and death from above meleeing liberally as well.
Seriously, I did some gold runs earlier and they were the easiest ones I've done yet, probably easier than with an infiltrator and we got a couple of runs done in less than 15 minutes. That round I believe was me as adept, 2 duelists and 1 human infiltrator, and I had top score by a good margin. I was basically running around and shoot-punching all the things. You do a lot of damage with the melee but if you specc it right you are also extremely tanky and can play very aggressive with little fear.
The build is this: Run a shotgun or a pistol with a melee mod, like talon/scorpion/piranha/dhan/kesh/or the new krogan shotty. Use the juggernaut shield.
Max out annihilation field and both passives.
For annihilation field pick radius, then damage attractor, and draining field. This will debuff enemies around you by 20% and give you and allies 30% shields anytime something in your field dies, very good.
In offensive biotics the important 2 are rank 5 exposure, and rank 6 biotic warrior. Exposure adds another 20% debuff and biotic warrior enhances your melee by 50% + 15% weapon damage, again very good. Now you'll be debuffing enemies around you by 40%. That's a big deal.
For barrier take rank 4 unyielding barrier (important since we're all about restoring barriers so the more the better), rank 5 barrier drain and rank 6 saving barrier. This means you'll have the max possible amount of total barriers and you'll drain 20% barriers on melee hits. Rank 6 will restore your shields to full every 10 seconds if you take critical damage.
With all this you'll be debuffing enemies around you 40% for you and all allies, you'll be restoring 30% shields on kills, 20% on melee hits, and 100% every 10 seconds if you take a lot of damage. You'll have to play really reckless to die, and you can pretty much 1 shot + 1 punch every gold mook, shielded enemies like the sharpshooters go down fast and so do the armored smaller targets. You can 1v1 a berserker with melee only if you wish easily allthough I'd recommend shooting once between punches for time efficiency.
I put the rest of my points into throw because I don't feel like aiming lance, the biotic explosions are not what I built around since they seem less strong than maxing out the passives.
Fun and very strong playstyle, give it a try. I guess it plays a lot like a vanguard, you should be jumping and dashing and death from above meleeing liberally as well.
