Human Soldier Build for Platinum

Human Soldier Plat Build

Of all of the classes that I've played in Platinum, I have found the common Human Soldier to be one of the best in terms of raw sustained DPS against all factions. While the kit offers little in terms of utility, when teamed up with a Stealth class for objectives, and/or a Debuffing class like the Operator or Batarian Scrapper, the Human Soldier can demolish entire waves with his combination of weapon and power damage. While he is often unfavorably compared to his Turian counterpart, the Human Soldier has one massive advantage in having a power cell based armor nuke and stagger.

Weapons

This build can use any high DPS weapon (being a primarily weapons platform build), but works particularly well with a full auto Siphon weapon. However, with the current version of the game not allowing most weapon variants to prime normally, Siphon Assault Rifles are the only weapons that currently work, e.g. Revenant (Siphon), Cyclone (Siphon). Once the weapon variant priming bug is fixed on BW's end, weapons like the Hurricane (Siphon) will become the top choice.

I also like to equip a Reegar Carbine for my second weapon for taking down Destroyer shields.

Equipment
I like the Warfighter package for this build (10% gun damage and 20% combat power damage) because your total damage output will be a pretty even split between your weapon and concussive shot. Assault Rifle Amp (or whatever weapon Amp) and Enhanced Munitions are also really good choices.

Boosters
Ammo Powers aren't required, but they drastically improve your performance in Platinum games. Disruptor Ammo is the safest and most versatile choice. Its stun will eliminate the need for a stagger, and allow you to save Concussive Shots for detonations, while also allowing you to prime any target regardless of Shields and Armor. Plus, it's bugged with the Reegar Carbine and makes you a Destroyer killing machine. Incendiary Ammo makes you an even better armor killer (fire explosions + Concussive Shot makes short work of Berserkers). Cryo Ammo is my least favorite, but it does allow you to take advantage of Repeat Concussion's knockdown damage bonus (which really isn't useful because they'll die to the Concussive Shot damage anyway).

For the second booster, I would take an Assault Rifle or Combat Power booster (I haven't done the math, so I don't know which one will be more damage overall).

Build

I leave frag grenades at one point, and go 6 into everything else.

Turbocharge

Turbocharge is an interesting ability where there isn't one clear upgrade path. The spec should always change based on what weapon you are using. Personally, I use a Revenant (Siphon) so I spec it as follows: Recharge / Accuracy / Supercharge.

Why Recharge over Duration? If you were to pop TC immediately every time it is off cooldown, Duration would provide a higher average uptime. However, my reasoning for Recharge combines 2 things: Revenant's extremely high clip size (with magazine mod you carry ~105 bullets in a magazine) and its relatively slow reload.

Why Accuracy over Damage and Force. Even after the bloom and accuracy buffs to full auto weapons, Revenant's effective range (without any accuracy buffs) is limited to ~20-25 meters. That's fine for most engagements, but when you're up against a group of 3 observers across the map, you need some kind of accuracy bump to take them all down in 1 clip + 1 TC reload. However, I only take Accuracy in Turbocharge if I go Sustained Fire in Munitions Training, whereas I would use Damage and Force if I went Precision.

With Platinum, Supercharge should always be the default choice for rank 6 with the exception of certain weapons (like Thokin).

Concussive Shot

With 40% more power damage and combo damage from veteran ranks, Concussive Shot becomes a monstrously powerful nuke. The EVOs should go Repeat Concussion / Damage and Force / Anti-Armor. I don't think I need to justify any of those choices. Combined with the power damage bonuses from Munitions training and Warfighter package, each Concussive Shot deals 2k+ damage BY ITSELF.

Munitions Training

EVOs should go Powers and Melee / Weapon Efficiency / Sustained Fire. I decided to go with Powers and Melee because 20% more Concussive Shot damage and another power cell seemed better than 8% more weapon damage, but that comes down to personal preference. Weapon efficiency is an obvious choice for a weapon platform build. Sustained Fire is an amazing skill for teamplay, and obviously synergizes well with the full-auto weapons that this build uses. Going with Precision would also work (especially for Headshot modifier Apex missions), and would allow you to take Damage and Force for Turbocharge Rank 5.

Combat Fitness

All defensive options here.

I'll try to upload a video later tonight, but the gameplay is extremely straightforward. Shoot things with your gun, detonate all the things with Concussive shot, use Turbocharge whenever you need a quick weapon reload (with Revenant's 105 round clip, you'll find yourself being able to TC almost every time you empty your clip mid-combat).