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[Sakanade]

 Honestly I've read some threads totally slamming this class, but the thing is.


Just go 6/0/6/6/6.

Don't get blade armor, stack it in Ballistic blades, max damage + reduced cooldown + max bleed (not the explosion)
And get the inferno grenade on max damage + max damage + max damage vs armor.

I AoE the living **** out of everything that moves on gold.

Combine it with the N7 Crusader and it's a powerhouse.

Just sit back in cover, enemies swarm you on gold, pow pow pow.

Modifié par Sakanade, 12 avril 2012 - 07:58 .

[quack123]

Blade armor is decent and the explosion can be good the problem is the delay it takes.

[Sakanade]

quack123 wrote...

Blade armor is decent and the explosion can be good the problem is the delay it takes.

No you should just not take blade armor, don't put any points in it, spend those points in the inferno grenade.

[Warden130]

After the Justicar, this is the class I want most atm. All I have so far is the Krogan Vanguard. Its a great class, but it has nothing new. I have played Krogan before.

[Uchimura]

Got a question about non-explosive blades: Can you stack new shots on top of the current DoT?

[Sakanade]

Warden130 wrote...

After the Justicar, this is the class I want most atm. All I have so far is the Krogan Vanguard. Its a great class, but it has nothing new. I have played Krogan before.

I 1 hit Phantoms on gold with the specc I provided.

The Batarian Soldier was the class I was looking most forward to since the DLC got announced and I got it on my first spectre pack, been fiddling around with it ever since.

Most people go for Blade armor, but you should avoid it, and go for max AoE damage.

Literally, with Ballistic Blades on 2 secs cooldown, nothing even has the chance to shoot at me from close range as everything staggers when I fire, EVERYTHING.

Uchimura wrote...

Got a question about non-explosive blades: Can you stack new shots on top of the current DoT?

 


I've tried this and I assume it does, they go down SUPER fast when you start stacking.

Modifié par Sakanade, 12 avril 2012 - 07:10 .

[Uchimura]

Interesting. Might have to try that.

[Sakanade]

Uchimura wrote...

Interesting. Might have to try that.

Throw Inferno grenade + Ballistic blades into a stack of 5 enemies, dead in 1 shot or 2 seconds.

rise and repeat. 

The Bleed and Damage over time is the trump card of this class and nobody even seems to notice it.
Everybody is so hyped up on that stupid blade amor, it's completely useless for a Soldier if you want to do DPS.

Modifié par Sakanade, 12 avril 2012 - 07:14 .

[Mabari Owns High Dragon The 2nd]

Hmm, I have a Soldier so I might have to try this... The only problem is I can barely damage cannibals on Bronze at point blank range with Ballistic Blades even though I have it fully upgraded.... They also seem to miss frequently and sometimes when I fire I see no spikes at all... Perhaps they're just bugged...?

Regardless, I'm one of the people that dismissed this character as crap. I really wanted to like it, and maybe now I'll have a chance to!

Modifié par Mabari Owns High Dragon The 2nd, 12 avril 2012 - 07:17 .

[cursedpanther]

Honestly, I'm still trying to figure out how to effectively use the blades. On the other hand, I've managed to counter-melee a few brutes to death with the armor already.

[Eterna]

When I decide to screw around on bronze on my Batarian soldier I leave my team mates in the dust when it comes to points. I have so much damage is unbelievable. I'm like a one man army.

[Sakanade]

Mabari Owns High Dragon The 2nd wrote...

Hmm, I have a Soldier so I might have to try this... The only problem is I can barely damage cannibals on Bronze at point blank range with Ballistic Blades even though I have it fully upgraded.... They also seem to miss frequently and sometimes when I fire I see no spikes at all... Perhaps they're just bugged...?

All you need to do is aim at their general direction when you are close to them.
I never see my spikes fly out, stuff just dies when I shoot them and that's all I need to know.

butcher 4 Geth Hunters at once with 2 shots of my blades on gold.

if I throw down an Inferno Grenade as well before they get to me, they are dead in 1 shot.

cursedpanther wrote...

Honestly, I'm still trying to figure out how to effectively use the blades. On the other hand, I've managed to counter-melee a few brutes to death with the armor already.

 

This is a good tactic, for the Batarian Sentinel

Modifié par Sakanade, 12 avril 2012 - 07:20 .

[Mabari Owns High Dragon The 2nd]

Thats the thing, I was aiming DIRECTLY at them and I did maybe a sliver of health when they were only a few feet away.

[Sakanade]

Mabari Owns High Dragon The 2nd wrote...

Thats the thing, I was aiming DIRECTLY at them and I did maybe a sliver of health when they were only a few feet away.

Did you put points in the damage or the 20 degrees cone spread?

the cone spread is not reccomended.

[Tangster]

That's all well and good...except for Ballistic Blade is buggy as fok.

[Sakanade]

Tangster wrote...

That's all well and good...except for Ballistic Blade is buggy as fok.

So far I have played, It's never bugged on me once.

[Taritu]

Remember, the blades apply a dot. I've held off large groups coming down corridors. Just sit against the wall, lean out and shoot blades, pump a couple shotgrun rounds into them, and then back into cover. The stagger works wonders. And that's with Blade Armor, with the level 6 reduction in cooldown penalty.

(By large groups I mean 3 pyros, 2 primes, 2 hunters - by myself.  Took a while, but I killed them and I was never in danger.)

I found, at least on silver, the Batarians (both soldier and sentinel) entirely viable. Didn't get the top score, but I was 2nd or 3rd and contributed solidly. I also had the level 6 blades with the improved damage and dot rather than the explosion everyone's taking, and it worked well.

Modifié par Taritu, 12 avril 2012 - 07:28 .

[Uchimura]

It's a different firing mechanic than most things in the game. If you get used to how it operates it's very reliable.

[Ryuji2]

@OP

I'm assuming you went with reduced weight and power damage mainly. What's the cooldown % for you?

Modifié par Ryuji2, 12 avril 2012 - 07:27 .

[Jeffro0050]

I was able to run around with blade armor and a revenant and simply wreck with this guy using the exploding blades on silver... No real strategy just testing out his toughness/ damage potential. Even specced as a mid/ close range brawler I was nigh unstoppable- so I can imagine speccing into recharge speed and using a heavy shotgun as was intended would be quite destructive

[ChefTastyTreats]

Sakanade wrote...

Tangster wrote...

That's all well and good...except for Ballistic Blade is buggy as fok.

So far I have played, It's never bugged on me once.

sare you the host?

[Sakanade]

Taritu wrote...

Remember, the blades apply a dot. I've held off large groups coming down corridors. Just sit against the wall, lean out and shoot blades, pump a couple shotgrun rounds into them, and then back into cover. The stagger works wonders. And that's with Blade Armor, with the level 6 reduction in cooldown penalty.

I found, at least on silver, the Batarians (both soldier and sentinel) entirely viable. Didn't get the top score, but I was 2nd or 3rd and contributed solidly. I also had the level 6 blades with the improved damage and dot rather than the explosion everyone's taking, and it worked well.

Yep they do, and that DoT is what mows down enemy packs like a lawnmower.
I held the entire corridor down at firebase white inside the building sitting at the lower stairs with the ammo pack taking on entire waves on my own.
the Stagger is what is best about it, nothing gets through.

Shoot --> stagger --> shoot --> dead.

Not dead? --> inferno grenade.

I only have the soldier and using the Dot's has been one of the best tactics ever,
I don't even get why people take the exploding blades, they are almost useless.

Uchimura wrote...

It's a different firing mechanic than most things in the game. If you get used to how it operates it's very reliable.

It's never failed on me once, already got used to using it + inferno grenade.

Highly reccomended

[Sakanade]

ChefTastyTreats wrote...

Sakanade wrote...

Tangster wrote...

That's all well and good...except for Ballistic Blade is buggy as fok.

So far I have played, It's never bugged on me once.

sare you the host?

Nope, not even once.

Ryuji2 wrote...

@OP

I'm assuming you went with reduced weight and power damage mainly. What's the cooldown % for you?

 

Yeah I went with increase in weigh capacity + reduced weight for shotguns,
+ power dmg

My cooldown % is 43% give or take, and thats more than enough for ballistic blades.

Inferno grenade has no cooldown.

Modifié par Sakanade, 12 avril 2012 - 07:32 .

[Jamsxo]

Have you tried increased cone or range on Ballistic Blades?

[Sakanade]

jmsylol wrote...

Have you tried increased cone or range on Ballistic Blades?

Yes I have tried these and they are horrible, I would not reccomend.

Remember, the closer you are, the more damage you do.

Ballistic blades is not like some tech power you shoot from across the map like incinerate.

Modifié par Sakanade, 12 avril 2012 - 07:33 .