Quarian Male Engineer
Arc Grenade: 4-damage, 5-electrical damage, 6-shield overload
Incinerate: 4-radius, 5-burning damage, 6-armor damage
Tactical Scan: 4-weapon damage
Quarian Defender: 4-damage & capacity, 5-power damage, 6-weapon damage
Fitness: 4-durability
So let's go over the weapons first. I recommend Incendiary rounds on this build. You definitely want a weapon that can reliably apply your ammo effects. Cooldown isn't much of an issue, since Arc Grenades don't have a cooldown and Tactical Scan recharges quickly. You will be using Incinerate a lot, however, so keep that in mind. Personally, I find the Lancer and Collector SMG to be very effective as both are great caster weapons. The Wraith and Harrier also work, that goes without saying.
I realize that not everyone has all these fancy ultra-rare guns, so let's dip into the non-pay-to-win pool. The Falcon is a good alternative as it staggers enemies and applies ammo effects well. The Collector assault rifle is a decent all-around assault rifle. The Adas is a Quarian weapon, does good shield damage, and staggers. The Arc Pistol, also a Quarian weapon, can be used effectively. Finally, the Graal, GPSG, and Claymore are great choices as always. The Mattock is nice, the Tempest is good, and if you have none of those you can always use the Avenger and pretend it's a Lancer.
Your main strategy is to create as many fire explosions as possible. Arc Grenade is a great trigger since it doesn't have a cooldown, and it's also great for crowd control and breaking shields.
Incinerate is a primer and a trigger. Also good for staggering lesser enemies. Normally I take damage, but I chose radius for alternative crowd control for mooks like Swarmers or in case I run out of grenades. You don't need recharge speed, burning damage is obviously better. Then go for armor damage because you don't have a freezing power.
For Tactical Scan go for weapon damage. You don't really need the other ranks. Mostly use this on bosses since mooks die fast enough.
Passive: go for power damage and finally weapon damage. You're left with enough points for four ranks in Fitness.
Elaboration on the fire explosion strategy: let's go over what combos to use and what enemies to use them on. On your average joe unshielded mooks, shoot with Incendiary rounds then use Incinerate. Boom, fire explosion. Marauders, Centurions, and other shielded lieutenants just take a little bit more gunfire to shoot down their shields, then use the same combo as the mooks. On groups of shielded guys, use an Arc Grenade to soften them up, Incinerate for a tech burst, then shoot at the rest.
Phantoms are tricky because they block your powers. Fake her out by not highlighting her when you throw your Arc Grenade -- the radius is large enough that you'll still hit her. Now that her shields are stripped and she's playing hard to get, make her lay down with Incinerate. Ooh dat's hawt.
For Dragoons, use the same strategy as for mooks: shoot and Incinerate. For groups of them, or in a panic situation, give 'em the one-two combo -- Incinerate and Arc Grenade -- to get rid of them quick.
For other armored enemies like Ravagers and Brutes, you can use Incinerate-shoot-Incinerate or if you're feeling generous, shoot-Incinerate-Arc Grenade.
For shield-armor captains like Geth Bombers and Pyros, use an Arc Grenade to soften them up and follow with Incinerate for the tech burst. Shoot if necessary.
And when facing bosses, debuff them with Tactical Scan and whittle them down with what you have: Arc Grenades for shields, fire explosions for armor. Highlighting bosses with Tac Scan will hopefully draw support from your teammates as well. This will make life much easier for you and your teammates.
Don't be stingy! Use your Thermal Clip packs to instantly refill your ammo, including your grenade pool, as well as to get a 100% weapon damage bonus for 10 seconds.
Thanks for reading everyone. Stay classy.
-Grun7mas7er
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