Havoc Strike might be the most underrated power in the game. Apparently a significant amount of people skip it or don't invest 6 points in it, when IMO, it is much better than biotic charge. It has a shorter cooldown, gives invulnerability frames and since stim packs are what gives you your shields back you can easily afford to equip ...
A Claymore
What makes the Claymore so freaking awesome, besides its brutal effectiveness and overall sexiness, is the fact that you can hide its reload with basically every single power in the game.
For some powers (Havoc Strike, Biotic Charge, grenades, shadow strike ...) it's really easy. Just use the power immediately after a shot and the weapon will reload itself during the animation. For other powers (Cryo Blast, Stim Packs, Incinerate, Reave, Warp, Shield Boost ...), it's a bit trickier, there's got to be a small delay before you use your power. Here I use stim pack right after the Claymore shot, reload trick doesn't work. Here I wait a little bit and it does.
So, if you have incendiary ammo and you're looking at a group of mooks, use a stim pack, shoot your Claymore once without killing your target (easier said than done sometimes), immediately use havoc strike for the fire explosion and kill whatever survived with your reloaded Claymore.
Example : 0m18s and 4m23s
Be careful though, if your incendiary ammo kills the target before you get there, nearby enemies will not be staggered by Havoc Strike.
If they're not close to one another, you can shoot one enemy and immediately havoc strike another.
Example : 0m26s, 0m47s and 2m45s
Havoc Strike is also useful because it grants immunity frames. The best part : A Banshee's warp has the exact same cooldown as Havoc Strike, which means the Havoc doesn't give a **** about them when they're 1vs1. Stim packs have the same effect, so you can casually reload your gun right in front of a Cerberus Turret before destroying it.
Also, another Claymore tip. When you're aiming, don't just rely on your mouse or right analog stick. You can see here against those two phantoms, I barely use my mouse. I anticipate where the phantom's head going to be, then i don't move it at all and I use my lateral movement. When the head gets there, BOOM
My build is : http://narida.pytalh...rooperUpgrade5/
And IMO, it's the only build that makes sense. Havoc Strike is awesome, you obviously want as many points as possible in the passives, you rely on stim packs all the time and Cryo Blast is useful for debuffing bosses and freezing mooks, or as a crowd control tool. It's also the only offensive power you can use during Hacks/Escorts. Fitness is not needed at all since you'll be using stim packs quite often.
Gear is pretty obvious. Grenade Capacity. I prefer Shock Trooper against Reapers though. Any armor equipment besides Shields Power Cell and Stabilizition Modules is fine.
Obviously, the Havoc is no GI or anything, but he can be really effective and most importantly, he's really fun to play. Although I gotta honest, you do get a lot of BS with Havoc Strike. Like phantoms stabbing you without any warning or Havoc Striking right into a sync kill. At least now I know, do not, under any circumstance, havoc strike a praetorian
Modifié par Feneckus, 31 janvier 2013 - 04:50 .
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