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[We Tigers]

So I too have discovered the glories of the Salarian engineer. I didn't think much of it at first, but it turned out great. I'm at level 17, but here's what I'm working towards:

Energy Drain - 6 (Damage/Shields/Damage)
Decoy - 5 (Shields/Shock)
Incinerate - 6 (Damage/Burning/+50% vs. armor)
Operative - 5 (Damage & Capacity/Power Damage)
Fitness - 4 (Shields and Health)

Decoy is the reason to play this class on silver or gold, but I refresh it fairly regularly, so I didn't think it was worth going to rank 6 when the trade-off was additional power damage for ED and incinerate. Because it has a lot of shields already, I could also see the argument for going duration at Rank 4. Similarly, either of the rank 6 evolutions for energy drain are great, but the decoy works so well that I haven't felt a need for the extra damage protection.

A few people have suggested leaving incinerate low, but I can't. With the power damage upgrades from Salarian Operative, the fully upgraded incinerate does 595 on impact, another 150 (I think--it's based off the original 300 base damage, right?) on armor, and inflicts another 120 DoT, more importantly stopping health regen the entire time and leaving enemies open to tech bursts/combos. Energy drain is awesome, but a maxed incinerate deals a lot more damage. Being able to launch that every 2.5 seconds is incredibly valuable against reapers. If I have the multipliers wrong, it's even more valuable.  You can also take the AOE specs for ED or incinerate, but I wanted to focus on single target damage.

For weapons, I use the Carnifex.  The Disciple or Phalanx also seem like good choices depending on playstyle, but I've yet to unlock either.

Modifié par We Tigers, 18 mars 2012 - 04:21 .

[Thresher Maw]

I feel almost obligated to play a Salarian Engineer at this point. Games are so much easier with decoy that things are noticeably more difficult when I play any other class. It's a blessing and a curse I suppose. I feel obscenely useful, but I also feel locked into the one class.

[jaec91]

Gonna try this build:

http://kalence.drupa...!53T52373!EB9B5

[JediHarbinger]

Ya got ballz son

[MetalDeggial]

ED: radius/drain/armor boost.
Decoy: durability.
Incinerate: damage/burning damage/armor damage.
Racial: power damage/power damage/weapon damage.
Fitness: durability.

Use a Scorpion with heavy barrel and thermal clip capacity and your SMG of choice as backup. Deploy decoy in front of a massive Platinum Geth spawn, and proceed to bomb them with your Scorpion as you laugh at them. Use Incendiary Ammo IV to cheese bosses with Incinerate (using a backup Hurricane or CSMG), or Disruptor in camping setups for mass tech bursts. Makes short work of Geth and Cerberus. Using additional ranks in Decoy is mostly useless since the shock evo is crappy and further durability is pointless since he can re-deploy the decoy and self detonate/cheese with Incinerate for big damage. For the Volus Sentinel it's a different story tho.

[GordianKnot42]

I've got mine specced specifically for easy-mode against Gold Geth:

http://narida.pytalh...saultRifleAmp5/

With Disruptor Ammo. Falcon let's you stunlock them before they can stunlock you. Pattern is ED->Falcon during codown->Incinerate for the TB. Constant ED spamming to keep the Armor Boost up. Decoy is great for an escape, to call out cheating Hunters, or to give stupid Primes something to shoot at while you're decimating their defenses and EDing their drones.

I don't pay attention to score, and I consider myself an above average player at best. But I usually top the scoreboard with this guy against Geth, just to give an idea of his damage output capabilities against that faction.

For Reapers, use Incendiary Ammo. Cerb is a little tougher because, even though the Falcon can stun Phantoms & 'goons, they move a lot more quickly than Geth.

[GordianKnot42]

Oh... and inb4lock... just realized it was necro'd. 

[Andr0idOS]

 Disclaimer - I didn't make this, another BSNer (don't remember) did and I took it because it's AWESOME. 

Modifié par Andr0idOS, 16 octobre 2013 - 02:25 .

[spockjedi]

No decoy, max the other four, play against geth. One of the few builds that allow me to play on Gold.

[jaec91]

I know ED+I will create TB but will I+ED create FE? Or is ED primer only?

[cato potato]

jaec91 wrote...

I know ED+I will create TB but will I+ED create FE? Or is ED primer only?

Incinerate primes all enemy defences for a fire explosion but Energy Drain can only detonate on shields, barriers or any synthetic enemy (eg. all Geth, Cerberus Atlas and Turret).

[palmof40sorrows]

spockjedi wrote...

No decoy, max the other four, play against geth. One of the few builds that allow me to play on Gold.

That makes no sense. Spec out of decoy against the one faction that it works best against? 

[Brannigans 1ove]

http://kalence.drupa...!53M54364!E3EBG

This is the build I use. Primarily built for soloing geth, but works well in most situations. The weapons used aren't particularly important, although I try and keep cooldown low. I'm mostly applying ammo and setting off fire explosions.

[Salarian Jesus]

"Use the Venom, Luke."

Also skip Decoy. There's no need for it.

[cato potato]

This is what I use most of the time. Venom is excellent on the Salarian Engineer and role-play friendly too.

Edit: Kaxas just beat me to it. Although I think Decoy is worth at least a few ranks, it's still brilliant against the Geth and a couple of enemies from the other factions.

Modifié par cato_84, 16 octobre 2013 - 06:36 .

[mybudgee]

Incinerate: radius all day

[sabreracer]

JediHarbinger wrote...

Ya got ballz son

Wahooo!  The Ballz master is back 

Venom is wicked on the SE 

cato_84 wrote...

This is what I use most of the time. Venom is excellent on the Salarian Engineer and role-play friendly too.

Edit: Kaxas just beat me to it. Although I think Decoy is worth at least a few ranks, it's still brilliant against the Geth and a couple of enemies from the other factions.

Exactly the build I use as well

[NuclearTech76]

cato_84 wrote...

This is what I use most of the time. Venom is excellent on the Salarian Engineer and role-play friendly too.

Edit: Kaxas just beat me to it. Although I think Decoy is worth at least a few ranks, it's still brilliant against the Geth and a couple of enemies from the other factions.

Same build but with incendiary rounds cause I'm a glitch happy scrub.

[spockjedi]

palmof40sorrows wrote...
That makes no sense. Spec out of decoy against the one faction that it works best against?

Tech bursts and fire explosions.

[NuclearTech76]

spockjedi wrote...

palmof40sorrows wrote...
That makes no sense. Spec out of decoy against the one faction that it works best against?

Tech bursts and fire explosions.

Still not a bad idea to put a few points in decoy. Every Geth enemy except cloaked Hunters aggro to it

[palmof40sorrows]

spockjedi wrote...

palmof40sorrows wrote...
That makes no sense. Spec out of decoy against the one faction that it works best against?

Tech bursts and fire explosions.

Which you can do if you put just 3 (if any) ranks of fitness. 

Specifically against geth, he is BETTER with decoy than without.

[Almurat89]

Aeduz wrote...

Herp.

Лол.

[RZIBARA]

http://kalence.drupa...!33T54313!839EC

my fav build on him, use the lancer II with a heavy barrel and extended clip sometimes as well

Modifié par RZIBARA, 16 octobre 2013 - 10:19 .

[spockjedi]

palmof40sorrows wrote...

Which you can do if you put just 3 (if any) ranks of fitness. 

Specifically against geth, he is BETTER with decoy than without.

I will try it once then. Thanks for the tip.

[Sailears]

But if skipping decoy, why not just play a paladin with 6 incinerate and 6 ED? Better dodge and melee too.

I know decoy isn't great against certain factions anymore, but skipping it kind of ruins the uniqueness of the character.