Bonus Talent for ME1:LE Hybrid Classes

If you want to use a tech power on Vanguard, then Encryption (Overload) and Decryption (Sabotage) are the only two that really matter since they allow you to unlock things. Liara has Encryption, so if you take Decryption and invest in it, then between you and Liara you can unlock everything and you can free up the third slot to take whomever you want.

AI Hacking provides tech cooldown bonuses, which is why it is a decent good tech choice for Sentinel and Infiltrator to improve their tech recharge times.

Damping is mid in my opinion. Using it will disable enemy tech and biotics for a short period. Basically, it will put enemy tech and biotic abilities into cooldown, and will increase the cooldowns the more you use it. This seems fine, except the initial duration is kind of short and they can still shoot at you. Immunity is also a combat power. Compare this to most biotics (Throw, Lift, Singularity, and Stasis) which will completely disable enemies for longer periods. With Damping, you essentially have to keep re-applying Damping to make it effective, or repeatedly use Damping and Sabotage to make most enemies harmless. Charging Krogan/Destroyers/Primes are not harmless.

Here is a video I did with the original ME1 about Damping:


Note that I kited the enemies into a choke point. Most of the time you will walk into a large room and enemies will move around a lot. Early game your cooldowns are so long (and durations so short) that Damping is rather useless most of the time. This is why I think Liara and Kaidan -- and just biotics in general (Kaidan also has Neural Shock) -- are so good; they can disable enemies in one step where tech takes two steps (Sabotage and Damping) and they may still be moving around.