After reading the majority of the posts on this forum, the majority believes that the Krogan Soldier is useless on Gold but ok to play with on Silver and or Bronze. After a week or two of alot of trial and error, I'm proud to say that I've came up with the Perfect Krogan for Gold. Since no one wrote any specific guide on this Beast, I'm going to take a whack at it.
Note: In order to fully maximize the potential of the Krogan Soldier, you must have a Reset Card.
The Perfect Build
Carnage - 6 / Damage, Incapacitate , Damage
Inferno Grenades - 6 / Damage, Max Grenades, Radius & Shrapnel or Armour Damage (Whatever floats your boat. The end result still makes the Inferno Grenades in my opinion the most potent tool of destruction.)
Krogan Berserker - 6 / Damage & Capacity, Power Damage, Shotguns
Rage - 6 / Durability, Shield Recharge, Fitness Expert
Weapon of Choice
Geth Plasma Shotgun or Grael Spike Thrower
Offensive / Defensive / Crowd Control
Basically, this is what the Krogan Soldier does. All three wrapped in one killing machine. The Perfect Krogan...
1.) First 2 waves, hit the enemy hard and fast. Run up to a group of enemies and chuck an inferno grenade their way. While they're immoblized, take a couple of semi charged/fully charged (Whatever floats the boat) GPS shots at the shielded enemies. When their shields are off, chuck the other inferno grenade, shoot then carnage just about when they're about to croak and you'll create a chain reaction with the Fireworks (Fire Explosion).
2.) Wave 3 and onwards, stick with your mates, but don't let the enemy gather momentum. While your team is workin on one group, take on another group yourself by repeating step number 1. They're bound to gather in 2's and 3's. Thus making your Inferno's more affective. This will prevent your comrades from screwing up your fire explosions as well since they're focused on their side.
3.) Remember to constantly replenish your Inferno count.I think like afer every 10-15 seconds, the ammo box will keep giving you grenades. There will always a brief period of time inbetween the rippin and a tearin where you can beat feet to an ammo crate. You just have to be on point with it. (I'll varify the time it takes to keep getting grenades from the ammo crate. If anyone else knows tis, please chime in.)
Remember, the Inferno's burning duration last's 8 Seconds. (So, add it up! Damage per Second is 271.88 for 8 Long... agonizing seconds. 271.88 x 8 =2,175.04 That's if you choose max damage output
4.) In a way, you're already CC'ing. You're the Heavy Hitter and don't you forget that!
5.) When a stray enemy gets to close to one of your teammates.. Remember to make sure the red reticule is highlighted around your enemy before you melee em to kingdom come! You'll never fail...
6.) When facing Geth Hunters, keep your distance and knock their shields down, then chuck an Inc. Grenade their way. I've proven many a people wrong when they say that Hunters always beat Krogans. If you go in with "the Hunter is going to **** me up" mind frame, then you're going to die. Be aggressive! Don't give em time to think!!!
Melee/GPS Trick
I realised this one awhile back but never gave much thought on posting it until now. You can add more bang to the buch when performing a heavy melee by....
A.) Charge your GPS
B.) Make sure the reticule is over the enemy.
C.) Perform the Heavy Melee. Right AFTER the HM connects, release your trigger so that the GPS can hit em as well. Like I said before... More Bang for the Boom.
4 Sweet Ass Grenades
For whatever reason, Bioware decided to add one more Grenade to the count. Those of you who know that Inferno Grenades are tough ass shiet, should be laughing. Prior to the buff, I never rocked 3 Grenades. I always preached that 2 Grenades were better than 3. Now that they added another one, the Krogan Soldier just became a walking Fire Bomb. You can literally take on a whole group of enemies by yourself more often. The huge bosses would be pretty stupid to take on by yourself, but the others are fair game.
I'm trying to come up with an effective way to use these 4 Grenades. I'm doing some test runs on different maps so that way I can come with a Universal Tactic for the Krogan Soldier. What I basically do is run around, collecting Grenades and hitting the biggest group of enemies I can find. You have to pick an choose your battles wisely. When Krogans fight alone, they need to be on point with their surroundings. My new #1 Rule is, Always maintain that Grenade Count.
Well, I've hoped you enjoyed the updated guide. Appreciate your feed back Ladies/Gents!!!!!!!!!
!Killacross's/ Guide for Gangsters!
[b] 8/24/2012
Fortification = 0 Points. I've tested and retested, the benefit isnt worth the points that comes with taking this power. 1) you want recharge as high as possible for carnage. 2) Meleeing isn't encouraged for the soldier on gold and should be used as a last resort when enemies get to close. 3) It's biggest benefit is the 30% dmg red and 15% shield rech which is nice, but if your careful enough with your high health and shields you should do fine without it.
Carnage = 6 points!!!! Take it and love it, the Incapacitate is an awesome upgrade which can save not only your own bacon but teammates as well. Using this power in conjunction with the grenades and/or incen ammo can create fire explosions which is quite devasitating. Dmg/Incapacitate/Dmg
Incendiary Grenades = 6 points! Here is what makes this class a beastly monster of hellfire and destruction. With the genade capacity gear it is possible to get this amazing power up to a wopping 9 grenades. Toss this in a group of enemies and support it with weapon dmg and carnage spam and you can take down groups of enemies including ravagers/brutes in seconds. This is awesome CC and great DoT. I go with Radius for maximum CC, Dmg and Armor Dmg.
Krogan Berserker = 6 Points. Here I go power/weight, power, and Shotguns. As much as I would love to weapon dmg for rank 4 and 6 after extensive testing my dps is better with the added cooldown redux from my current weight/shotgun upgrades. At rank 5 the headshots upgrade is a viable option if you are good at making headshots. I am fairly good at this but on gold I focus on protecting the team more than lining up headshots so the power evolution seems more viable for me.
Rage: Health and Shields all the way. As stated before, its just not smart to focus on melee for the krogan soldier on gold. Both the Vanguard and Sentinel are better melee fighters if you absolutely love Krogan melee.
Weapons: Graal X or GPS X w Acc/Barrel Mods. Shredder Mod is obsolete as the ammo upgrade is better, Not meleeing so dont need Bayonet and you'll make frequent trips to ammo crates for grenades plus u have thermal clips so dont worry about magazine upgrade.
Equipment: Incendiary or Disruptor Ammo work nicely for fire/tech bursts. AP speaks for itself. Use Grenade Capacity Gear V for 7 Grenades, (9 if you took +2 @ rank 5), Shotgun Amp III, and Cyclonic Mod 3/Adrenaline Mod 3.
Strategy: Know your limits and when to back off. You can venture off but don't go to far. Remember that even though you can manage alone, your not invinicible and your worth is far greater when sticking with and supporting your team. 2 things that you should familarize yourself with are ammo box location for ammo/grenades, and enemy spawn points. This character really shines when it comes to defending an area. Many teams have witnessed defend area's and hold choke points off single handedly and/or beat the odds when **** hits the fan. The soldier's best attribute is DPS.
Sidenote* - 1 thing i've noticed about people who say that inferno grenades are useless is that they usually have not gotten the hang of tossing them. These grenades are thrown differently then all the rest. Underhanded and IMO cannot be tossed as far as others. This is fine, practice it and invest in them, I promise once you have the hang of this you will never doubt them again. This build can top the score boards, but thats not your focus! Your focus is High dmg and team support. I hope this build helps.
[b]Edited: 8/24/12
Modifié par CNevarezN, 25 août 2012 - 01:55 .
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