The Ruzad has innate melee damage bonus, can even be buffed with a melee mod

That's not listed in the stats sheet nor hinted in the "details" of the gun.

I guess it's "listed" in the gun's design, since it has a blade at the end by default.

In any case it's the best gun to have for a character heavily built around melee.

To give you an idea (tutorial mission; I used a Human Adept level 1 (0 points except 1 in each power, so no melee bonus whatsoever)

- Ruzad X with Melee mod X (after 2 hits)


- Katana X with Melee mod X (after 2 hits)


- Ruzad X without Melee mod (after 2 hits)


- Katana X without Melee mod (after 2 hits)


It looks like a 5/10% buff. The Ruzad might be useful as a melee tool only. As it is, without a working smartchoke and a better RoF, it's useless as a shotgun per se.

While we're at it, Black Widow doesn't have innate piercing, unlike ME3MP. 

I tested it because of the blade at the end of the gun. It's a pretty good hint that the weapon has melee bonus to me. Of course I would have liked a line of text somewhere.

No weapon has innate piercing, sadly.

Interesting, I tried to use the Ruzad but its pure shit. I want the old shotgun crosshair back. Currently shotguns feel like they do 5 % damage if you want to shoot more than 20 centimeters and even then you don't hit and do zero damage. What happened to my beloved Disciple... And I want my Graal spike thrower back!

I'm curious if Quarians might be introduced in an MP DLC, if they take Geth along with their lovely Javelins...