What's the most recent build/set up that you've discovered?

Claymore is only for style points.

Generally Female Quarians and Claymore are made for each other. But in this special case with a melee FQI I would actually not use the Claymore because of how Sticky nades work. They are able to apply ammo effects on a direct hit and can detonate the Tech Explosion themself. Therefore I use disruptor or incendiary ammo on any kit with Sticky nades and I just don't like the idea of loosing Punchthrough or the Smart Choke on a Claymore.

And since the Crusader comes with inate punchthrough and doesn't need a Smart Choke it's a good choice here. But in the end it's up to you and what you like the most.

One of the best things about this games is that it still can surprise even after years. And sometimes it doesn't take a lot to do so:


Here is my Cryo Soldier Build. It is unchanged for years now and was originaly intended for the use with weapons that are "deadly on Full Auto". The 2 Ranks in AR are there to help with Lancer or the CSMG, two weapons I tend to run into overheat too often, while ceeping the downtime on CS as short as possible (Btw thanks to Alfonsedode for pointing this out in a now gone forum).

This build served me well for a long time but a few days ago I equipped the Executioner just for the fun of it. The result took me by total suprise. The Fire and reload cancel cycle of the Executioner lines up near perfect with the CS Cooldown. For every Executioner shot is a CS ready to go and than dealing with enemies like Banshees or Pretorians in a power imune state there is the option the AR double shot.

The only negative thing about this set up I can think of is that the strong recoil of the Executioner can, mostly on aimed longer range shots, lead to CS just hitting the scenery. But this can be worked around with some care and recoil managment.

I was no lifing the Fury tonight, and for the lulz I used Fury and Falcon. It was fun, but it seems to suck against bosses and feels like a bad version of the Venom. Does this gun suit any character? It seems bad.

That's because it IS bad. The Venom is better in every way. The damage is stupidly low, so all it has going for it is the stagger effect, which ends pretty quickly due to low overall ammo count. Scorpion and Venom both do that, and more, better, Acolyte is a godgun for those willing to put up with the charge up. And the most important part: Nothing launches enemies quite like the Venom, so no reason to use the Falcon (which sounds stupid) over the Venom, which is fun, and not stupid in any way.

Venom launches them into the air better, which is enough reason alone for me to like it more

That seemed to be the only thing it had going for it. Its stagger effect. I even had Assault Rifle damage mod on and it seemed like it was doing nothing in terms of damage. It made fighting tankier bosses like the Atlas and Prime with the Fury not so fun. And the Scorpion also has the added bonus or blowing Phantoms into bloody chunks which is always satisfying. On top of constantly keeping them in stun lock so they can do anything. 

I don't mind the Acolyte, but I find the gun very boring. I noticed I had it on so many classes just to quickly deal with Phantoms/Geth Primes/Atlases. But I am trying to get away from this gun. Its especially good since people told me about the Venom, and I discovered how awesome the scorpion is. I also messed around with Fury Crusader, and I can handle nearly everything with this setup. 

I was also using Destroyer with Typhoon/Venom last night. I was fighting two phantoms, and both of them almost simultaneously flew into the stratosphere together. Was awesome yo.

This^. Other than on the Geth Engineer, I can't think of another character with which I regularly use the Falcon -- load Incendiary Ammo and you'll detonate oodles of Fire Explosions with this chap's Overload. The Falcon, on the GE, benefits greatly (it's still a tad slow to my mind, though) from Hunter Mode's increased ROF, but be sure to take advantage of his Turret's Shield Restore evolution because Hunter Mode reduces his base Shields by 50%. I carry the Hurricane to deal with Big armour because it's light (and therefore  doesn't interfere with my spamming of Overload) and it packs a punch.

By the by,  I took my GE to a Geth/Platinum/Reactor match once -- never again (cos he got absolutely mullered )

No I get that. I feel that way about the Acolyte. Its not really a gun, just a tool. But what's not to appreciate about the Venom and Scorpion? One sends enemies flying in the sky and stun locks everything but bosses. This is satisfying in itself. And blowing enemies to chunks and stun locking them for days with the Scorpion is also fun. Though I do get what you mean because they don't sound very powerful and charge weapons aren't for everyone.

I know I saw DistigiousForest using the Geth Engineer with the Falcon in one of my games. It looked fun, but I'm not a huge fan of Geth because of eye strain mode. But I will give this a shot next time. I also like the sound of Vorcha Engineer build as well. And it seems like he can handle bosses pretty well too. I think I will try Falcon/Hurricane with the Vorcha Engineer and the Fury next time I get on.

That's funny because I love the GE in plat. There's a lot of tech users in plat on Xbox so his overload is great there. Though I drop the Falcon and take either the Saber, GPS, or Venom most often on him. Occasionally I'll take the Wraith and the Javelin is fun on him too.

Well Falcon shoot almost straight and faster than all other stagger sticks, and its really light and can be equipped with omniblade. That makes it unique and the weapon of choice in many cases !
Well, dont ask, i have just one in mind atm