The Predator: Shotgun Infiltrator - Mass Effect 2 Legendary Edition(Insanity) 

Glad you enjoy it! :)

Me3 is the beast and easiest to build not only cause of it's fairly straightforward design but also damn near every option is viable, just some options require better play/understanding

Engineer in ME3 is broken beyond belief lol. It’s essentially a summoner class. You can have a drone, a turret, a hacked synthetic or turret, your two squadmates, your squadmate’s drone, etc. Plus if you get Dominate from Morinth you get another fighter on your side. Basically you can have like 7 or 8 friendlies out on the field at once if you play your cards right, which is ridiculously OP. You can just casually command a small army into battle lol.

@@docproc144 yeah I main the Engineer so I know all about that

@@busanikingz3453 Yeah I don’t usually play Engineer, just pure tech was never my cup of tea. I typically play Infiltrator, Soldier, or Vanguard, but I gained a new respect for the Engineer class after seeing what it could do in ME3.

@@docproc144 nice to see engineer being appreciated

I have yet to make the build vid in ME3. Just so busy. But I will make some time and do a proper video about it.

@@AKisHercegYea i ran across this video looking for ME3 builds. Tried it in ME3 and it’s the most fun I’ve had since my adept run. You inspired me to restart legendary edition with a shotgun infiltrator lol. You’re the GOAT when it comes to builds

@@keithkells Glad you are having fun! :)

Thanks! Yes, I do have plans for an Engi. :)

Yup. :)

I might check it out, but I have the original BG and I haven’t had time to play with that yet either. Also bought Dragons Dogma and still haven’t touched it. Lots to do too little time…

This build is definitely not for beginners. You really have to know the game(or the enemies) a bit for this to be enjoyable. I recommend the standard Sniper Rifle Infiltrator if you want to make it though Insanity. Soldier with Adrenaline Rush is also a good choice.

@@AKisHerceg My first attempt was with engi and i got to the platform fight where you fight the w/e its called with only a tiny area to take cover. Might been collectors ship, only had 2 medi gels and most people seem to have gotten to that point with like 3-4x as many and still struggled lol

@@MrDoggson Engi is squishy but you can spam drones and Incinerate. You can also pick up Energy Drain as a special power which is fantastic for survivability. The Scion that appears there can’t even fire at you if you summon a drone on it. You can stay in cover and use Overload an Incinerate while dodging the Orbs that would kick you out of cover. It is definitely a tough mission for the first try, but once you know what is coming it is a cakewalk with the Engi. :)

Sounds good. I actually wanted to build this too, and make a build video about it, but I got too busy. Guessing AI hacking will be part of the build too if you are after full control: AI and organics. I would go after area overload and use an additional squad member to double it. Then use either area hacking or area dominate on them depending on what they are. This is for controlling groups of drones(geth drones, collector drones, low ranked mercs etc). If I go after controlling sturdier enemies to disrupt the pack(Collector Assassin, Mercenary Commanders, Geth Hunters, Geth Primes etc.), I would build it with Heavy Overload and Improved Hacking/Dominate in mind to extend the duration on the bosses). The Drone can stun everyone and deal damage when it gets destroyed so it work either way. :)

@@AKisHerceg Thanks for the ideas! Since I can max out 5 skills for Shepard by the end, I guess it will be dominate+AI hack+overload+passive+one extra (probably drone). Actually, this would be a lead into an ME3 engineer, which is super easy to build (attack drone, sentry turret, defense drone as bonus skill, engineer passive and fitness). I might be missing sabotage, but who knows... ME3 drones are not too hot alone, but if you have five of them (three from Shep+EDI+Tali) it should overload the AI with targets I think. It will be strange to play most of the game without a tech detonator, but at least it would be different than usual :D

@@istvangaluska Yeah, I actually love AI hacking in ME3 because unlike in ME2 you don't have to strip the shields first, just use it and cause instant confusion. Even on bosses like Primes. Definitely different than the usual, but I learned it a long time ago(basically Summon Necro from Diablo 2) that you don't need to constantly explode or hack down enemies yourself to have loads of fun in rpgs :)

Miranda, Grunt, Kasumi are all good with the Infi. Miri gives weapon damage boost, Grunt is a tank that can distract enemies. Kasumi can also distract but also has Flash Grenade which stuns and disorients enemies so you can take that perfect shot.

Yes. First I made the male Shep and beat the trilogy with him. I even made a small teaser video(and captured some footage/boss fights)for ME 2. Then the EA app destroyed my save files. So later, because people kept asking about it, I decided to re-do the whole trilogy with a femshep this time, to be able to do the build video.

Cryo ammo gives excellent CC with squad Cryo ammo, which is something I prefer over Incinerate, since I really only use Cloak and Incinerate would just put it on cooldown. Taking cover and shooting Incinerate kinda messes up the whole disappear-reappear "predator vibe" for me. However if you want, you can incorporate Incinerate into the build. You would loose the CC with Cryo ammo, but you can blast them with fire. Pick the Geth Shotgun in this case since you can use Incinerate against armor.

@@AKisHerceg i had to think on this. And I might give cryo ammo a try in me2.

I own the first one, but never touched it. Life is just so busy. Based on your comment, I looked it up and saw the 9 minute deep dive video. It looks very cool!

@@AKisHerceg I get my vacation paid out on the 22 of December so I’ll be getting the deluxe edition I really hope on December 4 dragon age day BioWare has something good to show us I’m not expecting much just pictures and a small trailer but on December 7 I expect them to knock our socks 🧦 off with game play trailer and pre orders if not I’m just going to lose all hope for dragon age dread wolf 🐺 coming out next year

Because the Shuriken is better. Heavy pistols are slow. You need either one insta-kill hit damage(shotguns) or an overwhelming rof to drown the target in bullets while the Cloak lasts. Shuriken can rip apart a target with high shield in less than a second. Heavy Pistols are simply too slow(Carnifex or late game Phalanx) or too weak(Predator) to provide the punch you need.

Here is the calculation: This is without Cloak damage boost or any modifier! Shuriken full clip: 480 dmg in 2.1 sec. 24 bullets. Carnifex full clip: 510 dmg in 10 sec. 6 bullets. Phalanx is even slower than the Carnifex and the Predator deals less than half damage per shot. Still if you want to go for a Heavy, the Predator is still the best among them because of high rof compared to the others.

@@AKisHerceg thanks. If any of these stats showed in the game lol

I'm alive. :) Things are better now, gonna start putting up content soon too. Thanks for asking! :)

@@AKisHerceg pleasure. Good to hear man that you ok. It's not even about content. But you are a creator that speaks a lot with its audience. Wishing you all the best man and that you handle your troubles the best way you can :D

@@adrianblania5565 Thank you very much! I really appreciate it friend! :)

Well, the author states that this build is definitely not for people who are new to the game. He also states that the gameplay is very similar to the Vanguard, in which every bad move comes with the possibility of failure, therefore success is much more appreciated. More dangerous, more tactical, more exciting. There is no question about the fact that using long range weapons is safer - in fact, it makes the gameplay way too easy and there is no challenge or learning curve. Just sit in cover and use your massive advantages. This build is meant to provide a unique and arguably more exciting approach to people who are looking for a challenging but fun Infiltrator experience.

​@@AKisHerceg killed him😭

That certainly works too! I really wanted to focus on Cloak this time with proper positioning and Ammo switching, hence I don't use any other powers. Disruptor, Cryo and AP are all great actually. AP is especially great on Insanity since that is the first layer of many enemies(Husks, Scions, Vorcha, Krogan, Oculus, and even the Heavy Mech armor layer is incredibly strong so AP is definitely helpful taking it down), and the damage calculates based on the layer being hit, so I think it is an excellent power for a Cloak/Ammo focused Infi. :)

@@AKisHerceg actually damage formula kinda more complicate. It's somethig like base attack(weapon base damagexall modifier)+ammo power damage(n% of weapon base damagexpower damage modifier). So ammo power instead multiply attack just add some extra damage on top. And this damage based only on weapon base damage without any upgrades(research etc). And it's wired interact with different protection layers. Disruptor, cryo and incendiary better then warp and AP because they all have special sttus effect.

@@guruvedraI was talking about how the damage bonus is calculated when you use special ammo on certain layers of protection(your formula is indeed correct). Which is basically if you have AP ammo and you hit armor, if the shot is powerful enough to "bleed" through the armor layer, you will keep the damage bonus that was added to your weapon from AP ammo, even if the second layer is not Armor. Which is why AP is pretty much one shots everything with a headshot that has armor(except of course Heavy Mechs and Geth Prime). Same applies to enemies with Shield when it comes to the disruptor ammo. Because of this, even Krogans with high health only take two head- shots with AP ammo. At least that is my experience with AP ammo. I truly think that its the best ammo mod for damage along with Inferno ammo(naturally Disruptor against synthetics is also great). Cryo is great for crowd control, so I maxed with this build and picked the squad upgrade. They freeze everything with smgs or ARs(much higher freeze chance because of their rof) so I think it is much more effective that way than a slow firing shotgun. :)

Definitely. :)

Nope. It's vanilla PC Steam Legendary Edition. Not sure why you don't have it. I just thought about it. Did you check it with the AP ammo?

@@AKisHerceg I didn't. I had no reason to think that AP ammo would cause an extra blood effect. That could very well be the issue.

They can, you just have to pick that as a special weapon when you reach that part of the story. :)

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Definitely! :)

Yes, from what I remember you carry your unlocked weapon into your NG+ game.

@@AKisHerceg thank you once again, my friend! I'll keep this as the emergency plan, but will try to go on on my current Insanity playthrough (using your Engi guide as help!)

Sadly, no. You have to wait until you reach that part of the story. After you recruit Archangel and the other 3, you will have a mission, and after that mission you will be on a timer - 2 main or 4 small side quest(N7 missions) and you will trigger the quest, where you can get the training. So it's actually not that far into the story when you can get it. Basically 4 recruit mission, 1 main mission and after that just do 4 N7 mission(they are short and not story related), and you can get your hands on the Shotgun. I recommend 2 N7 missions from the 4 where you don't need to use your guns: one is at the planet Zanethu - just get the data, there are no enemies. The other is Sinmara, where you just have to complete 2 puzzles and that's it. It's done in 2 minutes. Also the planet Taitus basically has 2 varrens and nothing else in terms of enemies. Firewalker missions also count towards this trigger, so if you have not done them, you can do them to trigger the mission.

@@AKisHerceg thank you for the reply, I was afraid of that tbh... I'm trying to follow this build that seems awesome, but without the shotgun I'm having my butt handed to me on that blasted Archangel mission... I'll try to load a previous save then, before I've started this cursed mission, and will try to do all the other missions I can first before going for this one, to try to grab some extra levels, because Archangel is aways dying on me (I can't kill the enemies fast enough - that's why I was hoping to become this killing machine of your build before trying Archangel 😢)

@@fabiozonatto2554 Actually early game is much easier with the Sniper Rife. You can just camp upstairs and pick the eclipse soldiers down one by one(not to mention, you can sabotage the heavy mech). Then for the Blood Pack, you can just quickly shut the shutters by running close to them and using the Cloak. For the Blue Suns, you can sabotage the gunship so its gonna start with half health. Check out my Engineer no health damage playthrough! This section is much harder with the Engi(for example I did not sabotage the gunship), so you can just follow my tactics there. There is a timestamp for the archangel mission in the pinned comment.

@@AKisHerceg oh I'll watch your Eng. guide then! And that tip, that I can close the shutters wearing the cloak, seems absolutely brilliant! Thank you so much, my friend

@@AKisHerceg my friend, just a final quick question please: would be possible to make a run on a lower difficulty to unlock the shotgun, then do an Insanity run on a new game + starting with the shotgun from the beginning? Just really curious about this 🤔