Imagine my surprise today when I saw that another website which no longer appears to be updated and is deleting character builds for this game
ME3 Multiplayer has made me want to preserve what I found are workable character builds that I absolutely love using.
Today we will cover what I call the "Geth Juggernaut Tank" which can soak up a
*LOT* of damage and can provide a support role for the rest of your team by not only using heavy melee (zapping everything in range which is oh so satisfying and never gets old) but also launching a turret at the right time near your teammates, such as when they are low on shields or have no shields all of a sudden, or are just brought back from near death and need a shield boost from your turret.
This same turret can also help you keep your shield's up when it's "crunch" time and you are keeping two banshee's, a brute, and what at times may seem like the rest of the entire reaper kitchen sink of tiny mobs busy wailing away on you while, hopefully, your teammates are also helping to kill the "boss" enemies faster, or if the other teammates are dead it just mean's they will have to wait while you heavy melee and zap and melt everything *grin*.
Kalence Character Builder is the site I use to showcase all my builds and this is the
Geth Juggernaut Tank Build to which I will be going into more depth below explaining each element of the build and how best to play this character against the Geth, Reapers, Cerberus, and Collectors.
Hex Shield:
I did not bother putting any point's into this because, more often then not, I've seen it used in random lobby games and it seems to me the majority of the time people will completely ignore the hex shield popped in front of the juggernaut and or teammates to block some of the heavy fire, or worse yet, the team will fire right into the shield and knock it down that much faster.
Siege Pulse:
This is the "bread and butter" of the tank build in that you are storing four siege pulse charges on your right arm, and you pop this right away at the start of a match. When you do you will have 40% reduced damage from all sources. Now keep in mind this comes in quite handy when you are playing at silver difficulty, essential at gold difficulty, and VERY MUCH needed at Platinum difficulty if you want to survive for any length of time while playing a Platinum round.
You can also fire off these pulses in an emergency if you need to such as to help out a teammate about to be "jumped and humped" by a husk, or a fallen teammate about to be stepped on by the enemy and killed for the remainder of the wave, etcetera. But for the most part keep these four pulses on your arm for that damage reduction.
Geth Turret:
The essential helper turret of the juggernaut. I find it helps quite a bit to keep popping this each time at the end of each heavy melee if you are taking on any what I call "boss" character's in a wave, such as an Atlas, Banshee, Brute, Geth Prime, Reaver, Scion, or Praetorian, or even multiples of any boss character's. Because this turret will not only help with damage, it will also help restore 700 shields to you quite often and help keep your shields up, even though the juggernaut already runs at 2300 health and 5000 shields (with Stronghold Package V equipped - more on this later) you can still lose a fair amount of shields in a fairly quick amount of time especially if you are taking on multiple boss characters and holding them to you while the team is helping to finish them off (hopefully) or you have a bunch of little troopers trying to jump, scratch, and beat you up in general and just shrugging it all off while keeping boss(s) busy.
This turret also helps your teammates out as well. Let's say you see them taking on a bunch of troopers and you figure the shields must be low or going down for each of them, pop the turret near them and you'll see the turret restore 700 shields to the person with the lowest, or no, shields, and it's also helpful to pop it near someone who was just revived in a wave, that way you've just given them close to, if not, full, shields and they will thank you for it.
Remember you are a tank and your role is a support character especially when you keep the big guys busy since you can not be killed by the big guys in the most gruesome ways, such as a banshee picking you up and shoving her entire arm out through your back, or a non boss character such as a Cerberus phantom trying to stab you with her sword, neither of them can do that to you, and in effect, the only way you CAN be killed is by destroying all of your shielding and health, period.
Geth Juggernaut:
Not much to say here other then this gives you 27.50% extra weapon damage, 45% extra weapon stability, 30% spare ammo, and 5% extra weapon damage with any geth weapons.
Hardened Platform:
Not much to say here either other then 130% of normal health and shields and 35% extra melee damage and you gain 925 shields per second restored when you aren't being attacked.
Now for the preferred weapons and bonuses!
Weapons:
I prefer the
Geth Plasma Shotgun for this build as it has a very long range for a shotgun, has a slight homing ability which is great if like me you aren't the greatest at aiming shotguns, and it can be used at higher weapon levels when fully charged up to take down non shielded enemies in one shot such as husks, cannibals, assault troopers, etcetera. As always this is a preferred shotgun but this build can pretty much be used with any shotgun you prefer but keep in mind you do get that 5% extra damage with the Geth Plasma Shotgun.
Weapon Mods:
Shotgun Spare Thermal Clip V and Shotgun Omni-Blade V which will definitely help out with more ammo so you don't spend nearly as much time walking to ammo boxes around the map and the omni-blade helps out with 50% increased melee damage (both light and heavy). If you don't have the omni-blade right away the Shotgun Blade Attachment will work as well but only at a 25% boost.
Ammo Bonus:
Pretty much anything you like using depending on which enemy you are fighting except Armor-Piercing Rounds (only if you using the Geth Plasma Shotgun).
Weapon Bonus:
Strength Enhancer III for an extra 30% melee damage or Shotgun Rail Amp III which would give you an extra 30% shotgun damage.
Armor Bonus:
I usually prefer Adrenaline Module III for an extra 25% boost in movement speed which helps if you want to keep up somewhat better with your teammates since the Geth Juggernaut can not run like most everyone else. Also Cyclonic Modulator III or IV is good especially in Gold and Platinum games for a 100% and 150% boost in shield strength respectively.
Shield Power Cells III is also a good choice if you want a 30% reduction in the time it takes for your shields to recharge but I would prefer the Cyclonic Modulator because the extra shields may just help keep you up longer to launch a turret to restore shields, or to launch a heavy melee attack and start restoring your own shields a lot quicker then Shield Power Cells III ever could.
Gear Bonus:
I usually prefer Stronghold Package V as it gives you a 20% boost in shields along with a 12% boost in shield regeneration speed which I have found helps when you are going from groups of mobs to start restoring your shields somewhat quicker. Other options if you like to play it more risky and or braver is Juggernaut Shield V which gives you 20% more shields and a 12% boost in Melee Damage, or the Shield Booster V which gives you a 30% boost in shields but no other benefits.
For both Juggernaut Shield V and Shield Booster V I would recommend using those with close friends that you play with often and that you know how they work with you together as a team so that a 12% boost in shield regeneration isn't needed as much because you know they will always be somewhat close by you helping you to take down those big mean nasty Praetorian's or Scion's or Banshee's or any other boss character's you are keeping busy with your heavy melee so they don't kill your teammates.
Whereas on a random game with stranger's I recommend using the Stronghold Package V as the rest of your teammates may end up running halfway across the map leaving you to tank and kill enemies alone by yourself, or they may end up getting themselves killed in which case you can either try going to your fallen teammates if they aren't too far away and taking advantage of walls and corners to regenerate your shields quicker, and popping turrets along the way to keep shields up and enemies behind you distracted.
Or you can let them watch you in spectator mode take everything down and hopefully not end up in a crunch situation such as two praetorians whacking away at you with those claws and then a scion or two rounding the corner to join in on the fun.
I believe that's all I have for this build and as always if you have any questions or comments please feel free to reply.
