[Guide] Turian Soldier DPS/Tank sniper build. Insane burst DPS.

This build allows for insane amounts of burst DPS and is extremely tanky as well.

Demo: Outlaw Gold solo wave 1 and 2. Note how quickly I can take down Krogan Berserkers.


Speccing Turbocharge with 40% ROF is unnecessary if you are running a sniper build. I have tested this. Getting the 80% extra ammo is a much better evolution for this sort of build. 20% ROF is fine and you have that many more shots.

Tree:

Tank aspect

To use this build to its full potential, you will need to stay still AND behind cover as much as you can because of Unmoving defense (Fortify Rank 6) and Defensive Positioning (Combat Fitness Rank 5). As long as you can stick behind cover, you will be granted 145 damage resistance. When below 30% health, this amount will spike to 345 damage resistance due to Hold the Line (Combat Fitness Rank 6). Fortify also grants +25% Shield Regen and -40% Shield/Health Regen Delay at all times, as weapon accuracy/stability is useless for bolt-shot snipers.

DPS aspect

This is where Turbocharge comes into play. This ability is OP, as it grants +40% Rate Of Fire, +35% Gun damage, +40% Clip Size and a free full clip of ammo on use. It allows, specifically for the Vanquisher, insane amounts of burst DPS. As your ammo reaches 0, activate Turbocharge to immediately skip weapon reload and get 7 ammo that you can burst into any enemy. With low recharge speed, this theoretically allows for infinite amounts of Ammo.

Notes: Because this is a sniper build, your only weapon should be a good sniper. Therefore, you don't care about weapon weight capacity and can spec fully into the pure DPS alternative ranks of Munition Training. If your recharge speed suffers because of the current weight of your sniper, I recommend putting on the "SR Ultra-Light Materials" attachment to lower the weight, and putting on the "Thermal Clip storage" armor if you need more ammo.

certainly have more dps than the gun

Oh, I have little doubt about that especially if you are hosting and can actually shoot something and even in the head and it registers and does damage.

Actually, with power cell III, you can have 7 grenades, you have also 4 thermal clips, and all the rest comes off the ammo boxes. You have to move around anyhow, so just pick up a few grenades here and there.

Speccing Turbocharge with 40% ROF is unnecessary if you are running a sniper build. I have tested this. Getting the 80% extra ammo is a much better evolution for this sort of build. 20% ROF is fine and you have that many more shots.

The only reason I don't like the vanquisher is because I cannot aim with it at all. My accuracy with it is literally zero.

I wish i could. Unfortunately I'm a worthless console peasant, i play on a piece of trash console capped at 6 frames per second. Six frames!!

Don't worry, tomorrows free basic pack will compensate all your losses!