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[NuclearTech76]

Allow me to shamelessly self promote my stupidity.

 

http://forum.bioware...+beyond +stupid

[The NightMan Cometh]

Full Melee Spec'd AIU...Light Melee only...why?

 

 

^^

...I have NO problem going down while Kickboxing a Brute.

[Terminator Force]

I can't help it.  I have to bite.

 

After the discussion about the Shadow's Cloak, I'm slightly puzzled as to your thinking about taking duration cloak on a GI.  The rest of your build is close to the reason I started my first alt a/c - to unlock another GI, as one essential Sniper build isn't enough.  

 

The problem is, I still only have that original GI on my main account, and he cannot and will not be parted from his Javelin, so everything else I say here is purely speculative.

 

I would regard picking the Disciple as gimping yourself.  I get the logic of two Proxy Mines under one Cloak, I think, but you can get away with heavier Shotguns, even within a damage Cloak timeframe - I would have thought the GPS is the very least he deserves. Focusing on Shield-recharge speed, which is obviously the right thing to do, also makes more sense to me with a damage Cloak - you want to be out of Cloak as fast as possible to benefit.  As I say, though, I'm not speaking from personal experience.  Yet. 

 

All my Krogans and most of my Human Females are specced for full melee. Vorcha Soldier, Batarian Brawler, Volus Vanguard, Shadow, Paladin, BF3 Soldier too, but I have to say EDI's melee is the best non-Krogan melee of the lot.  I like the Cabal too, but I'm trying something different with her just now - I just can't remember what that is!

 

The ones that are top of my list to try when the respec cards are flowing freely are GI, QFI, Destroyer, Huntress, and after Lucky Starr's intervention in the TSent thread I'm thinking I'll have to try a full-melee Shotgun build on him too. I don't really like the Armiger Turians' melees, even though it makes great sense to spec two of them for it.

 

I was thinking Desciple to maintain short tac-cloak times due to duration & bonus power evolutions. This way I don't have to worry about breaking cloak sooner to maintain minimum cooldown, and can just go around meleeing things like a ninja under cloak most of the time. Sounds fun on paper, so I'm going to promote Inf class to make this change and go dmg/bonus power on Huntress too, to see how that goes as well.

 

Yeah, dmg cloak does seem much better due to his melee eating shields, but I want to try to see this scenario first hand. Even with the feeling that I'm for sure going to go with dmg in the end (thus the search for making duration evo work continues, lol). But thanks for biting and sharing your thoughts on this. As this is just speculation on my part so far until I try them out.

 

 

PS - share me that Cabal build once you remember it. I'm promoting Vanguards next to switch some in that class for melee as well (Batguard, Cabal, & Slayer are what I have in mind right now... maybe Volus too?)

[Shampoohorn]

I was thinking Desciple to maintain short tac-cloak times due to duration & bonus power evolutions. This way I don't have to worry about breaking cloak sooner to maintain minimum cooldown, and can just go around meleeing things like a ninja under cloak most of the time. Sounds fun on paper, so I'm going to promote Inf class to make this change and go dmg/bonus power on Huntress too, to see how that goes as well.

 

Yeah, dmg cloak does seem much better due to his melee eating shields, but I want to try to see this scenario first hand. Even with the feeling that I'm for sure going to go with dmg in the end (thus the search for making duration evo work continues, lol). But thanks for biting and sharing your thoughts on this. As this is just speculation on my part so far until I try them out.

 

 

PS - share me that Cabal build once you remember it. I'm promoting Vanguards next to switch some in that class for melee as well (Batguard, Cabal, & Slayer are what I have in mind right now... maybe Volus too?)

 

 

Summarizing what gruntkitten said, your Cloak choices are sub-optimal, as is your choice of weapons and gear.  Damage is the way to go, skip bonus power, and bring a weapon like the Graal or Geth shotgun.  I would recommend an adrenaline mod or cyclonic instead of the shield power cells.  The power cells won't be very effective on a melee GI (though they can be on a melee Geth Soldier).

 

Here's what you do:

1) Find an enemy or small group of enemies

2) Break line of sight with soft cover

3) Charge your graal.GPSG, venom, etc

d) Cloak

5) Run up to enemies  (should take about 2 seconds, which is why duration is not necessary)

vi) Shoot proxi-mine at their feet (breaking cloak)

7) Commence heavy melee attack*

8) Release trigger to shoot whatever's left.  Venom is probably the most effective for this tactic.  With disruptor ammo.

9) Repeat

 

 

* You can fast pulse the heavy melee attack holding and releasing the melee button.  You just need to figure out the timing, which is easy enough to do in a solo bronze game.

[bonesbro]

Shadow's heavy melee is a lot of fun.  Shadow strike + flaming sword makes a big mess.  And yes, the phantoms will die from the SS dot, but this way you get to cut off their heads.  And it's a really satisfying schwing noise.

[Terminator Force]

I had some great fun playing max melee dmg + Geth Scanner Cabal 2 days ago. And here is the kicker. Focus was on light melee in that one match. That's what made her so much fun.

 

Then I remembered Vorcha have a similar very quick light melee, so went to switch my Vorcha Engineer back to melee again (which sadly lead to some of my most boring matches ever while going through the promotion challenge). With Bloodlust focusing on speed this time, as advised by a BSNer a bit back. So evo's b,a,a. Because the best way to get the most effectiveness and fun out of a melee kit is to have as much speed under your feet as possible. With that note, this topic should have it's answer for best melee kits.

[Tecnotronics]

You remembered a Vorcha?  Aren't they like that race, that just dies on the planet.  Not even accepted into the citadel, and shunned even by anyone in acquantance with N7.  Do they even have a reaper force, like they are turned into some kinda ETERNITY.  Banshees are asari WAH!!!!

[peddroelm]

You remembered a Vorcha?  Aren't they like that race, that just dies on the planet.  Not even accepted into the citadel, and shunned even by anyone in acquantance with N7.  Do they even have a reaper force, like they are turned into some kinda ETERNITY.  Banshees are asari WAH!!!!

[Deerber]

Peddro! Hi there, man!