Ultra rare characters in platinum

Most of them are viable in Platinum, especially the LolAvenger.

It's fucking stupid what Biower did but still, you can do quite well without the bonuses.

Also some characters really don't benefit at all from their ranks anyway (good job, BW) like the TSol and paired with a good weapon he destroys in Plat.

Players in platinum have that whole situation messed up, which is also why platinum is such a big issue. And for anyone else who reads this it seems I have to make it clear...

Platinum is not for players who have lvl 1 URs.
Platinum is not for players who have lvl 1 URs.
Platinum is not for players who have lvl 1 URs.
Platinum is not for players who have lvl 1 URs.

Platinum is for players who want the current challenge in platinum, and who have the means to beat that challenge. Not for players who see a bigger payout and want to get some of that ride to max out their manifest.

And actually UR characters are FUCKING FANTASTIC for platinum even at rank 1(maybe no so much asari duelist).
Angara Avenger with team boost/stealth- enemy debuff and stun, GRENADES...
Salarian Operator is like really 100% needed for any game... to much benefits...
Exemplar is CC and shield drop with baracade, a shyt power which now in platinum has become appreciated.
Gladiator with survivability, enemy debuff, still good melee vs zerkers and sabatuers
Cheeks with disruptor ammo and survivability is starting to grow on me as well. Observers are a pain in the fucking...ass... and she Tech Combos better than any other class, even Exemplar.


People just don't realize you don't play any character on platinum, with the strategy or mindset you played bronze/silver/gold.

Kineticist is just a huntress without her SG. No way you can keep ascension for longer than 10 seconds. If you do you don't play offensive enough. SG is almost mandatory on plat.

Seconded. My first 3 platinums I played mine. Started wondering why people said it was so hard.

As for other classes, I played Kroguard in one, and while I point whored my way to the top. I found myself having little to do at the ends of rounds against Destroyers and Progenitors. Mostly ran from observers unless 1v1. One game on HuSent against Outlaw on Aqua and I may never play him in platinum again. The combo of Berserkers and observers ruin Barricade and he can't live outside of cover.

Out of curiosity, how would you recommend to spec the huntress for platinum?

I've been running the following with great success on plat

Throw 6 bbb - Radius evolution allows detonating through cover, shortest possible recharge speed for more detonations + detonation damage
SG 6 aaa - power cells, duration and mobility so you can get to objectives/revives/sit in circles
Lance 1 - Too much useful stuff elsewhere
Biotics bbb - 4 once again fastest possible combo spamming, 5 is the whole point in speccing here.  6 is almost always on as you'll be chaining your gun + throw for constant combos. 
Barrier aab - more life, faster movement and the 'oh shit' saving barrier which will prevent you from getting scraped off the floor too often

Main source of damage is combo from weapon priming, so use hurricane and/or rozerad to prime, then detonate either with throw or lance.  Amazing mobility due to both SG 25% movement speed and barrier 15% movement speed.  4 power cells for SG allows to you relatively easily move around the entire map for revives and objective.  I've been having a blast with this build.  Excellent support, decent damage and generally fun once you get a hang of it.  Damage from the actual throw/lance is negligible, they are only used as detonators in this build.  So bring your ammo!

When my team dies faster than I can revive them, on platinum, dogs can be annoying, but they are not really the biggest problem.

The big problems are:

Berserkers: they can heal themselves, can stun you out of cover from range and love chasing you down.

Bosses: all too often they ignore stealth and shoot you out of the air from range.

So, anyways, you sort of have to wear things down while moving from cover to cover but any damage on berserkers gets wasted if you can't kill them outright right then.

The Avenger is indeed Boss, quite easy to Platinum with.

Question though: How do you guys spec the Operator? I haven't actually been able to find the "sweet spot" with him yet.

I spec him differently than I do in Gold. For Platinum, I’m currently using an Operator XI as follows:

Invasion: 4B (Outbreak) 5B (Weaken) 6B (Sabotage)
Shield Boost: 4B (Restoration) 5B (Shield Burst) 6B (Extended Duration)
Overload: 3 points
Offensive Tech: 4A (Duration and Damage) 5A (Anti-Shield)
Support Systems: 4B (Radius) 5A 6B (Sabotage)

Don’t know if this is optimal for Platinum, but it works for the matches I’ve been in thus far. I do run recharge mods for equipment and boosters so I can spam my powers more frequently. I figure it’s more important to weaken and sabotage targets with Overload/Tech Sabotage and Invasion. 

Happy to hear what other people are running and why.

Well he can just stay invisible forever and run around nuking things with grenades, it makes platinum a joke

I tried Huntress solo just to have some variety but her lack of DR when you eventually do take fire (and you will) really hurts. Feels like Angara Avenger is gonna be the solo spotlight for now.

I don't know. I have her at lvl 1 and 11, and find her too boring to lvl up.