Old Asari Adept vs 1.06 Asari Adept

I truly suck with her using the Shield Powered Lance. I decided to try that version as I'm L2P (only played her for one night so far from Level 1, to level 16), and she went from really good - easy to survive and helpful in Gold at very low-level - to Wave 1 wipes and much fearfusion for me as I repeatedly embarrassed myself trying to figure out how to spam Lance without constantly dying in early waves.

Anyone, wanna detail how to play her with shield powered Lance, please feel free as my L2P needs some serious help, or I need to change my build.  Admittedly, I got better or I never would have made it from Level 1 to Level 16 in one night, but holy shit she is made from paper with that SP Lance.

How u people deal with SP Lance build?

Fwiw, I'm one of those that prefers casters to shooters.

Lance is not hitscan. It just travels so fast that it seems like it. The only times you see that difference is if your target moves sideways from your pov, at enough distance. The increased moving speed since 1.06 was also a great improvement.

To the stuff I highlighted. Two ways to play her: vortex and throw for BEs or shield powered lance for BEs with no points in throw or skip offensive biotic 6 for 3 ranks of throw. Melee build can still work but why when its now inferior and you are using a biotic goddess?

MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT. Shield powered lance is better than throw vortex. I'm not even sure this is even a debatable issue.. Vortex/throw is just a bit easier to play and still does tons of damage. Also, SPL is very difficult to play unless your character is ranked up. So if you will be prestiging her go throw/vortex. But if you are keeping her at 20, take the training wheels off...

I just got her back to 20 so I am considering a glass cannon shield powered lance with throw maxed as well. Basically taking everything to 6 but offensive biotics and putting 3 ranks in health. Will run that with a cyclonic and see how it goes, I feel it will be too squishy without biotic link (more so against observers and raiders) and saving barrier but its worth a shot for even more insane DPS.

Lance build isn't superior if you're dead. And honestly I've seen plenty talk shit about how vortex is playing her wrong and honestly I've yet to see anyone just do fantastically better than me playing her with shield powered lance. Generally I still top score because I can play more aggressively without dying. If you try that play style with shield powered lance generally you end up dead. No doubt lance allows you to generate more BEs and thus maximize output as long as your shields don't break. I've just yet to see too many people that could use that play style and be completely aggressive a whole game. That's not even taking into account that vortex is extremely valuable on four point objectives.

I throw  up in my mouth when people who credit glitch post in attempt to be superior 

Another Asari Adept thread. Yay~

...Just wanted to mention few things since this kit went from the single most popular character pre-patch 1.06 to fairly not popular character post-patch 1.06.
It might be just that more people are trying new characters thanks to the patch.

There are notable differences between old and current version AA.

1. Annihilation field
We had nerf on AF radius & power cool down penalty.. but they both are really insignificant. 
Last evo of Draining field vs Vortex.
I much more preferred draining field pre-patch... but 1.06 seems to make Vortex far better choice.
Mainly because BE kill throws enemy away too far. Many of them don`t die within your field.
For the usefulness of Vortex... I cannot even describe how useful it is here using word. lol

2. Throw vs Lance
Lance 0 Cool down feels like an awesome choice... but considering BE combo damage, number of enemies you encounter at a time, easy of use and her survivability..
I think cool down + combo damage maximized throw is still better. Lance is still a great detonator at rank 1 while Throw cools down.

3. Offensive Biotics
I know we all used to choose 20% debuff pre-patch.
...but the Combo damage & Radius feel vastly superior now. Debuff doesn`t work on the enemies that are already dead. lol
If you use Biotic damage booster & equipment... AF actually alone is good enough to kill most of the things. In such case.. debuff could be deadly.

4. Barrier
I think this tree has most significant difference since Patch 1.06.
Before patch 1.06, melee Asari Adept was totally viable.. mainly because
Melee hit healed 20%, Saving Barrier triggered more often and most importantly Biotic Combo did low damage while barely stagger enemy lightly leaving them widely open for your AF & melee.
Since patch 1.06... you can`t melee any health mooks properly. They get to be flown away 20 feet from you by combo and die shortly after by throw damage or shooting.

Max shield vs Recharge rate can be arguable... but I think recharge rate can be better because the blind fire using guns are extremely useful now. Max shield is good too.
The most notable power that needs the attention is Biotic Link.
Every 5 seconds it seems like healing your shield by 40% if you constantly keep enemy off and on of your biotic power. Mix this with Vortex.. and you can laugh through out the game.
.....This is so far better than any current way of healing her. Far better than Biotic punch and Annihilation draining.
Nerfed Saving Barrier is still a great insurance even now.


She is much unpopular now compare to pre-patch 1.06 time.
I barely see her in the lobby anymore... but I know in the end at least 75% of people who play this game prefer shooting over using powers.

Just wanted to say that... how Asari Adept is amazingly better and more fun since patch 1.06 despite losing her popularity. Biotic damage gear complements her awesomeness even further.
Patch 1.05 version was still great but compare to patch 1.06 version old AA is just a boring and dumb kit.  :sure:
She is both daring and fun. ...She still is not an easiest kit and require very good sense of situational awareness and game play sense. 
The term higher risk higher return.. fits her perfect. 

I am gonna use her a lot more now. She feels amazing...but why do all good kits have Health Regeneration Cap as bonus stat? Intended trolling by BW.....  :srs:

I've played both builds. Both destroy enemies and are equally viable.

Lance build isn't superior if you're dead. And honestly I've seen plenty talk shit about how vortex is playing her wrong and honestly I've yet to see anyone just do fantastically better than me playing her with shield powered lance. Generally I still top score because I can play more aggressively without dying. If you try that play style with shield powered lance generally you end up dead. No doubt lance allows you to generate more BEs and thus maximize output as long as your shields don't break. I've just yet to see too many people that could use that play style and be completely aggressive a whole game. That's not even taking into account that vortex is extremely valuable on four point objectives.

You can't just run in and spam lance until your shields are gone. You toss one, maybe two, and let your AF regen your shields when they die. Your shields are your main resource and you need to manage it very carefully while staying on the move. I think of it like a gun that only has 3 bullets, but you get 1 bullet back whenever you kill something.

I never commented on his skill level, only said that SPL is better but harder to play. You can read into that and imagine whatever you want it to be but it's nothing more than that. Throw/vortex is easy mode and SPL has more risk and greater rewards. If you are good you reap the benefits of the rewards.

It's literally stupid how quick you can combo enemies when you get SPL going... ...