ME2 Suicide Mission Guide

Here's a suggestion. Don't get the thannix cannon upgrade for the Normandy. Thane will be killed. If Samara and Miranda are not loyal, take both to fight the proto reaper. Both will die
Not quite. Just can't die as easily as the others
You can recruit Thane and not Samara. The same if doing it the other way around

Surprised you chose to have Grunt escort the crew back. I usually send Mordin back and have Grunt hold the line.
If the geth is given to Cerberus

If the geth is not activated

Jack can do both. If a squadmate is not loyal, he/she will always die when facing the proto reaper

So MIranda and Legion were casualties while the rest survived?

The N7 missions you mentioned can be done instead of recruiting more squadmates. Its up to you.

Any time a squadmate is not loyal, do not assign them a task for the suicide mission unless your intention is to have a squadmate die.

If a player wanted  to recruit all squadmates and have everyone survive, make sure to do everything before getting the IFF. After the IFF, activate Legion. It will reveal its loyalty mission. Complete that. The crew is taken. Head to the relay and start the suicide mission.

If the suicide mission has been completed, and there are a few squadmates that weren't recruited, they can be after the suicide mission.. Grunt, Zaeed, Kasumi, Legion, Tali, Samara and Thane can be recruited after the suicide mission, but at least 8 have to be on the squad to get the collector ship mission and to go through the omega 4 relay

Thank themikefest.  He was looking out for us.

I would make a save before getting the IFF. The reason why I post that is because you can only complete 2 missions before the crew is taken by the collectors. Before making that save, make sure all squadmates are recruited. Talk with them. They will mention needing help with whatever. Complete Garrus loyalty mission.
Do not get any upgrades for the ship. Make sure to activate the geth. You will be able to complete 2 missions before the collectors take the crew. You can choose to do whatever 2 missions you want. Head through the relay
Jack will die because no armor
take Kasumi and Tali to fight the oculus leaving Legion to be destroyed because no shields
Thane will be killed because of no weapon for the SR2
since Jacob volunteers for the vent, send him. he will die
send no one back with the crew. they will die
have Miranda maintains the barrier. Take Samara and Zaeed. Samara will be taken by the seeker swarms
have Zaeed/Grunt lead the second fireteam. they will die
Take Miranda and Garrus to fight proto reaper. Garrus will survive since he's loyal
Grunt/Zaeed, Tali, Kasumi and Mordin hold the line. Grunt/Zaeed most likely will survive, but the other 3 will not.
The only one's to survive will be Garrus, Grunt/Zaeed and Shepard
Now go back to your save before getting the IFF. Complete all loyalty missions. After getting the IFF, activate the geth. It will give you its loyalty mission. Complete it. Then head through the relay.
**NOTE** Make sure to get the upgrades for the ship. Armor(Jacob), Sheilds(Tali) and Thannix Cannon(Garrus)
Have Garrus or Miranda be fireteam leader both times.
Send Tali or Kasumi in the vent
Send Mordin to escort the crew back
Use Jack or Samara to maintain the barrier
Send Tali and Kasumi to fight the proto reaper leaving the rest to hold the line
Everyone survives

themikefest and RedCaesar97


So pretty much, I just need to save as the IFF mission becomes available? Then for the playthrough where everyone dies, just do the mission and continue on.

Then for the complete playthrough, go back to the save before the IFF and do all the loyalty missions and then IFF it?

Sounds good!

Also, thanks for the team comp advice for how to kill off different characters. Not sure if I will follow it exactly like that, but we'll see haha. (Side Note: I don't think I'll even have Kasumi as wasn't she DLC? Idk, I had all the dlc on my 360 as that's where I played the trilogy originally.)

I had her for my original run through all the games (and subsequent 15 runs lol) as I own all the dlc on my 360. But that console is no longer our, hooked up, and readily available to play. So I'm playing the games on my new PC, just to see how they look on ultra settings, and to get back into the mass effect groove for the new game. I just don't have all the DLC on PC. That means, as far as I remember, that I won't have Kasumi. 

As for her as a squadmate/character. I never really got all the hype for her. Just felt like a generic thief/rogue type character and she never really said much. She had the one cool thing with the greybox (or whatever it was called) but largely I didn't feel she made a big difference. 

For that to happen, Shepard has to die. Is that what you want? If so, what squadmates will you recruit for the playthrough?

Complete Jack's loyalty mission obviously. Get armor upgrade for ship
send Kasumi and Tali to fight oculus leaving Legion to be destroyed
Thane is killed because no cannon
send Garrus in vent
no escort for crew
Zaeed for 2nd fireteam leader
Jacob for barrier. Take Grunt and Miranda. Grunt is taken by seeker swarm
Jacob and Samara fight protoreaper
Jack, Miranda, Tali, Mordin and Kasumi hold the line. A good chance Miranda and Jack survive sine I've never been able to have 4 die while holding the line. That will work for your alternate below

To have Jack as the only survivor, don't activate the geth
send Kasumi and Tali fight oculus. Garrus killed with no shields
Thane killed no cannon
send Jacob in vent
no escort for crew
Zaeed as 2nd fireteam leader
Grunt taken by seeker swarm Use Samara for barrier and bring Miranda
Samara ans Miranda fight proto reaper
Jack, Tali, Kasumi, and Mordin hold line. Jack should survive.

You also have Mordin holding the line. Good chance Samara would survive.

Yes. That would work.
Yes.