Combat powers can be used to deal heavy area-of-effect damage and increase the effectiveness of your weapons. A few great defensive powers also help players using combat powers to maintain more of a tank role, putting out steady damage-per-second with short bursts of damage from grenades and other abilities. Many combat powers require power cells for use.
Powers
Barricade
| Prime: Requires Rank 6 Electric Defense | Detonate: No | Characters: Human Female Sentinel, Human Male Sentinel |
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Deploys a temporary energy barricade for cover from ranged attacks.Activation requires one power cell from Barricade’s limited power cell supply. |
Duration +40% Duration |
Weapon Feedback Increases weapon damage and accuracy by 15% for all allies (including the user) behind the barricade. |
Regeneration Negates broken shield regeneration delay for allies (including the user) behind the barricade. |
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Barricade Power Cell Capacity: 2 Duration (s): 12 |
Power Cells +1 Power Cell Capacity |
Duration +25% Duration |
Power Cells +1 Power Cell Capacity |
Power Feedback Increases power damage and force by 20% for all allies (including the user) behind the barricade. |
Electric Defense The barricade electrocutes nearby enemies with a chance to stun them. Especially damaging to shields and synthetic foes. Affected enemies are primed for combo detonations. DPS: 110 +100% Shield Damage Bonus +15% Synthetic Damage Bonus |
Tips
- The upgraded version provides combat bonuses to all allies behind the barricade.
- Once you’ve unlocked Rank 6 Electric Defense, enemies in close proximity take electric damage and have a chance to be stunned and primed for combo detonations. To make the most of this power, put the barricade inside a doorway or other area that will force enemies to come within a short distance of it.
Concussive Shot
| Prime: No | Detonate: Yes | Characters: Human Female Soldier, Human Male Soldier |
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Fires a target-seeking high-impact round that detonates combo powers and knocks down unarmored, unshielded, normal-sized enemies. |
Recharge Speed +30% Recharge Speed |
Radius Radius (m): 2 |
Anti-Armor +40% Damage vs. Armor |
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Concussive Shot Damage: 350 Force: 250 Recharge Time (s): 12 |
Force +25% Direct Force |
Damage +15% Direct Damage |
Repeat Concussion Concussive Shot has no recharge time but requires one power cell from a limited power cell supply to activate. The shot also inflicts bonus damage on knocked-down or floating enemies. Power Cell Capacity: 5 +100% Damage vs. Knocked-Down Enemies |
Damage and Force +25% Direct Damage +25% Direct Force |
Anti-Shield +40% Damage vs. Shields |
Tips
- Concussive Shot requires no power cells and is the only power in the combat skill tree that can detonate enemies without any upgrades, making it an extremely useful tool for the soldier who plays with a team.
- While the name may make Concussive Shot seem like a power used only for stunning enemies, it actually deals a high amount of damage.
- Enemies behind cover are not completely safe from the Concussive Shot. Aim a little bit above their cover to cause the shot to curve down and hit them.
Flak Cannon
| Prime: YNo | Detonate: No | Characters: Krogan Mercenary |
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Fires krogan-designed shells that burst into shrapnel upon impact. Shrapnel damage is reduced against armored enemies.Activation requires a power cell from Flak Cannon’s limited power cell supply. |
Damage and Force +20% Area Damage +20% Area Force |
Stunning Briefly stuns affected enemies. Duration (s): 2 |
Flak +50% Shrapnel Explosions |
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Flak Cannon Power Cell Capacity: 2 Initial Damage: 225 Shrapnel Damage: 90 -30% Shrapnel Damage vs. Armor |
Power Cells +1 Power Cell Capacity |
Damage and Force +15% Area Damage +15% Area Force |
Power Cells +2 Power Cell Capacity |
Anti-Armor Increases both initial and shrapnel damage against enemy armor. +40% Damage vs. Armor |
Shredder Shrapnel inflicts additional damage over time. DPS: 18.75 Damage Duration (s): 8 |
Tips
- The Flak Cannon starts as a single shot that travels a short distance before exploding into smaller projectiles, each of which carries its own area-of-effect blast.
- If the initial shot from the Flak Cannon hits an enemy, it deals damage on the hit in addition to any damage caused by the shrapnel.
Flamethrower
| Prime: Yes | Detonate: No | Characters: Krogan Mercenary |
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Unleashes a short-range jet of flame that causes bonus damage to armor, plus ongoing burn damage. Unshielded enemies held in the jet catch fire, priming them for combo detonations. |
Damage +25% Damage |
Reach Increases the flamethrower’s range. +50% Damage Radiuss |
Anti-Armor +50% Damage vs. Armor |
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Flamethrower Sustained DPS: 210 Burn DPS: 110 Burning Duration (s): 5 Recharge Time (s): 12 Armor Damage Bonus: 25% |
Recharge Speed +10% Recharge Speed |
Damage +15% Damage |
Recharge Speed +20% Recharge Speed |
Lingering Burn Increases burning damage and duration. +25% Damage Over Time +50% Duration |
Blinding Heat Damage output from enemies on fire is reduced by 50%. |
Tips
- Shielded enemies cannot be primed by the flamethrower until their shields are taken down. The flamethrower still does damage to the shield but at a much slower rate than a standard weapon.
- Enemies hit by the flamethrower are not immediately primed. Prime a single enemy before moving on to another when facing multiple foes.
- Releasing the Flamethrower button early shortens the recharge time proportionately.
Fortify
| Prime: Requires Rank 6 Explosive Purge | Detonate: No | Characters: Krogan Mercenary, Krogan Vanguard |
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Improves protection at the cost of mobility and speed. |
Protection +10 Protection Bonus |
Shield Feedback +25% Shield Regen Bonus +40% Regen Speed Bonus |
Unmoving Defense Increases protection as long as you remain motionless with active Fortify. Damage Protection Accumulated per Second: 5 Max Accumulated Damage Protection: 15 |
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Fortify Recharge Time (s): 8 Protection Bonus: 40 +40% Movement Speed Penalty +18% Sprint Speed Penalty |
Recharge Speed +20% Recharge Speed |
Protection +5 Protection Bonus |
Mobility Movement speed penalty is reduced to 25%. Sprint speed penalty reduced to 0%. |
Power Armor +30% Melee Damage Bonus +20% Gun Accuracy Bonus +20% Gun Stability Bonus |
Explosive Purge Manually deactivating Fortify triggers an electric explosion, stunning nearby enemies and priming them for combo detonations. Explosion Damage: 360 Explosion Radius (m): 4 +60% Explosion Damage vs. Shields |
Tips
- Fortify is an extremely useful power for players who like to go toe-to-toe with enemies in a last-man-standing style of combat. Spending additional points on this skill tree drastically increases your survivability in every match when Fortify is activated.
- Save Fortify for moments when you’re coming under heavy fire or need to dodge an unavoidable attack.
- With Rank 6 Explosive Purge, manually deactivating Fortify shocks surrounding enemies with electric damage, dealing heavy damage to shields and priming any unshielded enemies.
Frag Grenade
| Prime: No | Detonate: No | Characters: Human Female Soldier, Human Male Soldier, Turian Soldier |
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A grenade deals massive damage to enemies within a small area. Grenades require one power cell per use. |
Damage +20% Direct Damage |
Grenade Capacity +2 Power Cell Capacity |
Anti-Armor +50% Damage vs. Armor |
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Frag Grenade Power Cell Capacity: 1 Area Damage: 875 Damage Radius (m) 5m |
Grenade Capacity +1 Power Cell Capacity |
Damage +15% Direct Damage |
Radius +25% Damage Radius |
Shrapnel Affected enemies take additional damage over time. DPS: 45 Damage Duration (s): 4 |
Anti-Shield +50% Damage vs. Shields |
Tips
- Tap Button: Throw a grenade to deliver massive area damage on a two-second timer.
- Hold Button: Cook the grenade, shortening its timer. Be careful—the grenade explodes in your hand if held too long. Use this technique to cut down the fuse time, making it harder for enemies to evade the blast.
Sticky Grenade
| Prime: No | Detonate: No | Characters: Angara Avenger, Human Female Infiltrator, Human Male Infiltrator, Salarian Infiltrator |
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The Sticky Grenade adheres to any surface or enemy on impact, dealing area-of-effect damage to nearby targets. Sticky Grenades require one power cell per use. |
Damage +20% Direct Damage |
Grenade Capacity +2 Power Cell Capacity |
Anti-Armor +50% Damage vs. Armor |
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Sticky Grenade Power Cell Capacity: 1 Damage Radius (m): 3.5 Area Damage: 800 |
Grenade Capacity +1 Power Cell Capacity |
Damage +15% Direct Damage |
Radius +40% Damage Radius |
Shrapnel Affected enemies take additional damage over time. DPS: 45 Damage Duration (s): 4 |
Anti-Shield +50% Damage vs. Shields |
Tips
- Tap Button: Throw and stick the grenade to an enemy or surface. It explodes on a two-second timer. Damage decreases over distance.
- Hold Button: Aim the grenade. This grenade does not “cook” or explode in your hand.
Trip Mine
| Prime: Requires Rank 6 EMP | Detonate: Requires Rank 6 Detonator | Characters: Angara Insurgent, Turian Agent |
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An explosive mine detonates when an enemy crosses its sensor laser. Activation requires one power cell from Trip Mine’s limited power cell supply. |
Sensor Range Increases proximity trigger radius and laser sensor distance. +100% Proximity Radius +60% Laser Range |
Damage and Force +30% Damage +30% Force |
Detonator Mines act as combo detonators for all affected enemies. +30% Combo Detonation Damage |
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Trip Mine Power Cell Capacity: 2 Trigger Radius (m): 0.5 Laser Range (m): 5 Maximum Damage: 1350 |
Power Cells +1 Power Cell Capacity |
Damage and Force +15% Damage +15% Force |
Power Cells +1 Power Cell Capacity |
Blast Radius +30% Damage Radius |
EMP Mines deliver an electromagnetic pulse, stunning enemies and causing added damage to shields. Electrified enemies are briefly primed for combo detonations. Stun Duration (s): 2 +35% Damage vs. Shields |
Tips
- The Trip Mine is thrown and immediately sticks to the surface it hits. Use this on doorways and other areas that will force the enemy into close range when the mine explodes.
- Enemies suffer more damage the closer they are to the mine, with minimum damage of 33% at the edge of the area of effect.
- The Rank 6 EMP upgrade doesn’t only make the Trip Mine much more effective against shielded enemies—it primes and stuns unshielded enemies as well!
Turbocharge
| Prime: No | Detonate: No | Characters: Human Female Soldier, Human Male Soldier, Turian Soldier |
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Activation temporarily vents weapons through your suit, improving thermal clip efficiency and overclocking weapon firing rates. |
Recharge Speed +20% Recharge Speed |
Damage and Force +15% Damage +15% Gun Force Bonus |
Super Charge Increases weapon rate of fire and thermal clip size while Turbocharge is active. +20% Rate of Fire Bonus +20% Clip Size Bonus |
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Turbo Charge Duration (s): 8 Recharge Time (s): 20 +10% Gun Damage Bonus +20% Rate Of Fire Bonus +20% Clip Size Bonus |
Recharge Speed +10% Recharge Speed |
Damage +10% Gun Damage Bonus |
Duration +50% Duration |
Accuracy and Stability Increases weapon stability and accuracy while Turbocharge is active. +40% Gun Accuracy Bonus +40% Gun Stability Bonus |
Dump Heat Vastly increases thermal clip size while Turbocharge is active. +80% Clip Size Bonus |
Tips
- Activating this power applies a buff that expands the clip size and immediately reloads equipped weapons for the duration of the Turbocharge.
- Weapons in use during Turbocharge lose their buff once Turbocharge ends.
- Use this power at the end of your weapon’s clip or magazine to instantly reload, skipping your reload timer!
Skills
APEX Training
| Prime: No | Detonate: No | Characters: Human Female Vanguard, Human Male Vanguard, Krogan Vanguard |
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Balanced offensive training available to combat-oriented APEX classes. |
Weapon Training +8% Weapon Damage |
Ammo and Targeting +20% Weapon Headshot/Weak Point Bonus Damage +25% Spare Weapon Ammo |
Weapon Specialist +10% Weapon Damage +15% Weapon Accuracy +15% Weapon Stability |
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Weapon Training +5% Weapon Damage |
Power Augmentation +10% Power Damage |
Weapons and Powers +5% Weapon Damage -10% Weapon Weight |
Power Augmentation +10% Power Damage +20% Power Force -20% weapon Weight |
Aerial Combat Training Improves combat abilities while hovering. +50% Hover Duration +100% Weapon Accuracy While Airborne |
Power Specialist +15% Power Damage +30% Power Force +20% All Power Recharge Speeds |
Tips
- When leveling this skill, focus on either weapon damage or strengthening your powers. Doing so maximizes your damage output and allows you to play a more specialized role.
blood Rage
| Prime: No | Detonate: No | Characters: Krogan Engineer, Krogan Gladiator, Krogan Mercenary, Krogan Vanguard |
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Enter a blood rage after performing multiple melee kills within 30 seconds. |
Resilience +20% Max Health +20% Max Shields |
Regeneration While enraged, you can completely regenerate your health. +50% health regen +25% Health & Shield Regen Delay Reduction |
Berserker Rage automatically triggers when your health is low. Rage triggers when health drops below 33%. -1 Melee Kills Required +30% Melee Damage +50% Rage Duration |
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Blood Rage Melee Kills Required: 3 Rage Duration (s): 30 Damage Protection While Enraged: 20 +35% Melee Bonus While Enraged |
Strength +30% Melee Damage -20% Weapon Weight |
Resilience +20% Max Health +20% Max Shields +5 Damage Protection While Enraged |
Melee Increases melee damage and melee damage bonus while enraged. +35% Melee Damage +25% Melee Bonus While Enraged |
Martial Arts Grants a ramping melee damage bonus with each melee hit or melee kill, provided it’s been less that 10s since the last melee kill. Melee Bonus per Hit: 5% Melee Bonus per Kill: 20% Max Melee Bonus: 65% |
Inspirational While enraged, nearby players receive damage protection. Entering Rage triggers Rage for other nearby krogan. |
Tips
- Blood Rage is a krogan-specific skill that benefits players who prefer melee attacks. Investing in this skill tree only aids players who plan to accumulate melee kills rapidly. If you prefer powers or weapons over melee attacks, invest your skill points in a different area of the skill tree.
Combat Fitness
| Prime: No | Detonate: No | Characters: Human Female Infiltrator, Human Female Soldier, Human Male Infiltrator, Human Male Soldier, Turian Soldier |
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Survival training for Initiative combat forces. |
Health and Shields +25% Max Health +25% Max Shields |
Defensive Positioning Regen Delay Reduction in Cover: 50% Damage Protection in Cover: 50 |
Hold the Line Greatly reduces damage taken when below 30% health. Low Health Damage Protection: 200 |
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Health and Shields +10% Max Health +10% Max Shields |
Melee +30% Melee Damage |
Health and Shields +15% Max Health +15% Max Shields |
Melee +50% Melee Damage |
Aerial Evasion Reduces damage taken while hovering and evading. +50 Damage Protection While Airborne +100 Damage Protection While Evading |
Close-Quarters Momentum Grants a ramping melee damage bonus with each melee hit or melee kill, provided it’s been less that 10s since the last melee kill. Melee Bonus per Hit: 5% Melee Bonus per Kill: 20% Max Melee Bonus: 65% |
Tips
- Rank 6 upgrade Hold the Line increases your defense when at low health. This could mean the difference between life and death when you’re running from enemies. Any damage taken is immediately decreased when you drop below 30% health.
Munitions Training
| Prime: No | Detonate: No | Characters: Human Female Infiltrator, Human Female Soldier, Human Male Infiltrator, Human Male Soldier, Krogan Mercenary, Turian Soldier |
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Weapon-focused combat training. |
Weapon Training +8% Weapon Damage |
Melee Synergy Melee hits briefly boost weapon damage. Weapon hits briefly boost melee damage. Duration per Buff (s): 3 +20% Gun Damage Boost +30% Melee Damage Boost |
Sustained Fire Focusing fire on enemy targets causes them to take more damage from all sources. Defense Debuff per Projectile: 2% Max Defense Debuff: 24% |
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Weapon Training +5% Weapon Damage |
Power Augmentation +10% Power Damage |
Weapons and Powers +5% Weapon Damage -10% Weapon Weight |
Power Augmentation +10% Power Damage +1 to All Power Cell Capacities -20% Weapon Weight |
Weapon Efficiency +15% Weapon Reload Speed +25% Weapon Clip Size +20% Weapon Spare Ammo |
Precision +20% Weapon Headshot/Weak Point Bonus Damage +25% Accuracy +25% Weapon Stability +25% Shotgun Pellet Spread Reduction |
Tips
- Investing skill points into Rank 6 Sustained Fire not only increases your damage to a target, it also increases your teammates’ damage against that same target. This stacking defense debuff helps take down large armored units quickly.
Weapon Training
| Prime: No | Detonate: No | Characters: Angara Avenger, Human Female Sentinel, Human Male Sentinel, Turian Agent |
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Balanced offensive training available to combat-oriented APEX classes. |
Weapon Training +8% Weapon Damage |
Ammo and Targeting +20% Weapon Headshot/Weak Point Bonus Damage +25% Spare Weapon Ammo |
Weapon Specialist +10% Weapon Damage +15% Weapon Accuracy +15% Weapon Stability |
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Weapon Training +5% Weapon Damage |
Power Augmentation +10% Power Damage |
Weapons and Powers +5% Weapon Damage -10% Weapon Weight |
Power Augmentation +10% Power Damage +20% Power Force -20% Weapon Weight |
Aerial Combat Training Improves combat abilities while hovering. +50% Hover Duration +100% Weapon Accuracy While Airborne |
Power Specialist +15% Power Damage +15% All Power Recharge Speeds +1 to All Power Cell Capacity |
Tips
- Weapon Training offers a well-rounded buff to your weapons and powers.
- Rank 5 Ammo Targeting adds damage to weak points and spare ammo. This addition to the skill helps players who prefer sniper rifles, thanks to increased critical damage and the additional ammo. This allows you to go longer without visiting an ammo box.