Squamate Tier List

Hmm...

I'd have to say for my "hard" canon (Male Paragon Vanguard), Garrus gets the top spot.
He's the Batman to my Superman.

Miranda is my other favorite.
I like how she is direct in what she says, does, and wants.
I don't feel like she's being vague or double-crossing.
She's also incredibly useful as a squadmate.
Plus, she's my romance.

I like Ashley too; she brings up a lot of valid points that frankly, end up being right on the money.
She was my first romance in the trilogy, even though Miranda makes "more sense" from my RP perspective.

EDI is fascinating and powerful, Tali is very sweet and I get why so many romance her.

I think Cora is great; she's a Vanguard, so brownie points for that.
I like how she's strong without being obtuse.
She's straightforward and polite, but doesn't shy away from speaking her mind.
Reminds me of Cassandra in many regards; (my absolute favorite romance from any Dragon Age, bar none).

I like Vetra. Her voice is something else.
If I'm not romancing Cora, I'm romancing her.

It would seem there is a pattern on what I find attractive in women...

I'm not a fan of Kasumi.
I don't hate her or anything, it's more that she's mostly motivated by money/theft.
The fact that I have to mention "all that Cerberus tech, just lying around" to convince her to help against the Reapers leaves a slightly bitter taste in my mouth.

Zaeed is at least straight up with why he's there, so points for honesty.

I like Kaidan, we're brothers-in-arms.

I think James is cool, since ME3 was my first introduction to the series, his perspective was refreshing.
That, and he synergizes SO well with my Sentinel.

Jacob, Thane, Jack, Samara, and Grunt all have interesting stories, but their powersets just don't do much for me.
Either I can do it better or I don't really need it.

Wrex is awesome, he really gives me hope for the krogan.

I think Liam has good character development, and his skillset fits with any group.

Peebee I'm not a fan of, she's way too flippant for me.
Jaal is very open, so I can appreciate that.
Drack is like the cool grandpa.

Legion is fascinating.

Thanks. I appreciate it. And yeah, I think the only Asari I like are those two Asari pilots when you go to Thessia in ME3. Not a fan of Bioware's constant Asari bias. 

I can't get mine to load properly, so mine's just text, unfortunately.

My closest...and deadliest
Mordin
Garrus
Legion
Samara

You're my crew, and I trust you
Tali
Kaidan
EDI
Zaeed
Kasumi
Thane
Miranda

You're good, but mostly you're just there
Ashley
Grunt
Javik
Jack
Vetra

Just...do your job and try not to talk
James
Morinth
Cora
Peebee

I'll pass, thanks
Jaal
Jacob
Liam
Wrex
Drack
Liara

Top to bottom, most favorite to least favorite





I try to cut those from Andromeda a few slacks, because unlike the others, they don't have up to 3 games plus all the DLCs to measure up. It is very easy to dismiss them as "blend", when it could simply be their time on stage being too short to make fair judgements.

Generally, characters that remain consistent with their core values (Garrus, Thane) or those that see developed mentality and maturity overtime tend to go high on my list (Liara, Kaidan)

There are not many characters I don't like. Just to get the idea in my case:

Tier list based on combat ability, per game, on the highest difficulty... only doing the highest tier cause I'm lazy as fuck.

ME1: Liara.

Biotics are extremely overpowered in ME1, and that's the reason biotics don't work on shielded enemies anymore in later games of the trilogy. Liara is the only squadmate capable of juggling enemies indefinitely, leaving them defenseless, unable to move and unable to shoot. (Shepard is the only other character that can do this, as a Biotic without the need for bonus powers, and as either a Sentinel or Vanguard with Singularity as bonus power)

ME2: Miranda.

Can take down shields (pretty much required on the highest difficulty to be useful) and set up biotic combos, but not detonate. Only squadmate that can do this. Only other character in the game that can do this is Sentinel Shepard, I think.

Special mention, as it annoys the living daylight out of me: Jack is incredibly powerful in cutscenes, but virtually worthless in actual combat. F tier.

ME3: No obvious winner, as the combat has finally evolved to the point where everything is powerful, instead of one thing being ridiculously more powerful than anything else (Biotics in ME1, Tech in ME2). Personal favorite is Liara, but I suppose either Edi or Kaidan are the most powerful because they can strip any defense.

There you go:

It's kinda funny that, in a combat focused list, you put garrus in the wrong spot. He can literally carry you through all of ME3 to the point you never have to fire a shot.