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[nukembaby]

I've always been a big fan(boi) of TA detonation and try to use it as much as possible (always speccing into 5a damage/radius), but I rarely see anyone else use it, let alone kill anything with it. While I admit there are many downsides (underpowered, long animation compared to barrier, does not detonate combos), I think there are some situations in which it is the best thing to do.

 

1) In hard cover and under fire from ravager/scion/prime/etc. and with husks closing in? TA det will not make you pop your head out of cover unlike most other powers.

2) Surrounded and need an AoE stagger for a quick getaway? TA det can stagger everything up to bosses. Unfortunately not as good as it could be due to long animation length (can be somewhat reduced by canceling with light melee).

3) Can release teammates from banshee grab--provided you supplement it with a little weapon fire immediately before detonation. The damage threshold to release is just a bit more than TA det alone. You also have to be pretty close.

4) Wallhax of course. Detonation pretty much ignores obstacles and walls.

 

So how do you use it (if at all)?

 

[Teh_Ocelot]

I use it in a pinch to stagger, but not @ all usually.

 

My Tech Armor is for DR, nothing else

[Cyonan]

I don't

 

I feel like one of the evolutions should have given you a free explosion at reduced effectiveness whenever you hit shield gate.

 

Or at least make it so that the detonation doesn't have an animation tied to it that prevents you from running away while your enemy is staggered.

[Vastator]

I detonate sometimes, using the help of Geth scanner, to enemies behind walls/objects in order to damage or stagger them for finish them off (bye bye Phantoms)

[SlimJim0725]

Like this:

 

Asari Tech Armor

[xelander]

Swarmers cleanup. Once in a blue moon to stagger if I had let myself be surrounded.

[NuclearTech76]

More than worth purging occasionally for swarmers. Those damn things will kill you on Platinum. You can also blow an enemy back from cover or escape an instakill. For spamming it, learn to light melee cancel the arming animation to get a bit more stagger/damage out of it. I'll purge it at the end of a wave on the last enemy and HM it for lulz as well. It has ended poorly a few times when I was last man standing and a phantom was the last enemy. 

[Tokenusername]

Mostly as a panic button. Sometimes to hit things behind me or to locate cloaked phantoms.

 

And my stupid TA Detonation build.

[nukembaby]

Little blast from the past...

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=HdIEA-PZKEY

[cronshaw]

To kill phantoms

[EXTRACT10NP01NT]

lol...I so remember that room.  Wish they would put it back.

[TheShadyEngineer]

I don't

 

I feel like one of the evolutions should have given you a free explosion at reduced effectiveness whenever you hit shield gate.

 

Or at least make it so that the detonation doesn't have an animation tied to it that prevents you from running away while your enemy is staggered.

This. Pretty much make the detonation of TA work like it did in ME2.

 

Right now I rarely use the TA detonation but when I do I use it as an "oh sh*t" button when being swarmed by goons, phantoms, pyros, hunters and swarmers.

[didacuscarr]

To stagger, kill Swarmers and for the lols. Always cancel with melee.

[OniGanon]

On the rare occasion that I remember it exists, I use it to stagger Phantoms and Aboms.

[HeroicMass]

Like this:

 

Asari Tech Armor

[Heldarion]

I don't use Tech Armor

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[Shinobu]

Rarely. In panic situations, but I usually die immediately afterward.

 

If I'm behind cover hoping for a grab and the berserk last few mooks belly up to the wall too close to grab I'll sometimes blast them back into grab distance w/ it.

[BurningBlood]

Accidentally.

 

Most of the time, at least: trying to cast and hit the wrong hotkey.  I'll use it deliberately as a panic button, but the accidental detonation is much, much more common.

[Argent Xero]

[DragonRacer]

For DR, mostly.

 

Will blow it if I felt a Phantom sword on me, since I won't be able to run away fast enough/dodge away at all from the sync kill otherwise. Usually can be a lifesaver if pulled quickly enough to stagger her back.

 

Otherwise, I'll just explode on my friends between waves because they excite me so much.

[SlimJim0725]

For DR, mostly.

 

Will blow it if I felt a Phantom sword on me, since I won't be able to run away fast enough/dodge away at all from the sync kill otherwise. Usually can be a lifesaver if pulled quickly enough to stagger her back.

 

Otherwise, I'll just explode on my friends between waves because they excite me so much.

 

Not a true Turian! 

[K_O_513]

There's no such thing as a situation that doesn't warrant detonating Tech Armor.

[K_O_513]

For DR, mostly.

Yes, Tech Armor is for DragonRacer.

[JPN17]

The only time I detonate TA is if a phantom sneaks up on me or if I'm surrounded by the goon squad. Otherwise I use it strictly for DR.