Mass-effect – How to enter combat in Mass Effect

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I am playing Mass Effect as an Infiltrator with the Sole Survivor background.

It seems every time I try to enter combat I get killed, instantly. I managed to make it past the railway station (where you disarm the bombs) and to get to Fist, but in both cases it was bordering on frustrating rather than fun.

At the moment I have resorted to sending my squad in while I hide or snipe as they can respawn when killed.

How can I enter the fray myself without being killed almost instantly?

Best Answer

You are an infiltrator, you aren't supposed to be able to tank enemies. I don't know exactly what skills you've allocated, but here are some things that may help you out:

  1. Put some points into electronics, each point gives you a boost to shield strength.
  2. You can try assigning more points into tactical armor until you can wear medium armor.
  3. Your weapons are pistols and sniper rifles. Stay in hiding, and pop out to shoot a single shot against an enemy (try to go for a headshot), before going back into hiding.
  4. If you have enough points into electronics, you'll unlock damping which can stun enemies for a short duration. Also, try starting out fights by using overload to quickly take out enemy shields.
  5. If your shields are down, stay under cover until it recharges, or you will die very fast.
  6. Try to use tankish followers, such as Ashley.

Now, against the Fist fight, he will never wander out of his room, so you can just use the side of the doors for cover and pop out, shoot 1 turret, and then retreat until your shields come back up.

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