However, some tend to be more useful than others.

During Samara’s loyalty mission in Mass Effect 2, Shepard needs to get and keep Morinth’s attention.

Players can easily fail if they aren’t careful.

Characters from Mass Effect 1 using biotics

For being so hard to acquire, Dominate is not that great.

It’s typically better to stick with something that deals with enemies directly.

When getting overwhelmed by waves of enemies, it’s great to be able to sneak away.

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Shadow Strike is likewise quite good, but it’s limited to players who have her DLC.

The Cloak is also great for setting up ambushes, sinceattacks while cloaked deal extra damage.

It’s a rather simple tech power thatdrains enemy shields while simultaneously repairing the user’s.

The Shadow Broker in Mass Effect 2

It sounds pretty useful, but it is outperformed by other powers that cover its individual purposes more effectively.

There’s not often much cause to use Energy Drain sincecharacters with access to it have better options.

It’s not awful, but there are more powerful abilities to focus on.

Sama using powers with adept Shepard using Singularity in ME2

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This makes sense, as it is exclusive toMass Effect’s Vanguard class, which specializes in front-line damage.

Much like the Cloak,Charge provides a nice mix of utility and combat performance.

In general,Mass Effectenemies are categorized as “organic” or “synthetic.”

Morinth chats with Shepard in a booth at Afterlife on Omega in Mass Effect 2

Robots and AI like the Geth are the latter, while anything human or alien is the former.

Out of all of them, the Incendiary Ammo is the best.

It also dealsextra damage to armor, one of the more annoying defense types to deal within the game.

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Biotics allow characters in Mass Effect to control gravity.

These are the essential facts about biotics in the franchise.

Reave is just the power to do so, a biotic ability with a complex set of functionalities.

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In Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker, Shepard and Liara fight the Shadow Broker.

They should do a few favors for Liara to unlock the mission.

This is one of the most versatile powers in the game, and it excels in nearly every mission.

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