Mass Effect Legendary Edition Build Guide: Soldier (Mass Effect 1)
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- Mass Effect Legendary Edition Build Guide: Soldier (Mass Effect 1)
In this Mass Effect Legendary Edition Build Guide I’m going to cover my Soldier Build for Mass Effect 1, which is a Soldier Build well-suited for any combat range. I’ll be sharing the best Talents to prioritize, what it means to choose the Commando Specialization for your Soldier, the optimal Weapons, Armor, and Mods to equip, and the Squadmates to take with you on Missions and Assignments. If you’ve been looking for a way to optimally play as a Soldier then this Guide is for you.
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0:00 - Mass Effect Build Intro
0:20 - Commando Soldier Build Guide
1:05 - Commando Soldier Talents and Abilities
5:30 - Commando Specialization
6:50 - Squadmates
8:42 - Commando Soldier Weapons and Mods
10:08 - Commando Soldier Armor and Mods
11:00 - Final Tips
The Soldier Class specializes in shooting enemies from any distance thanks to their proficiency with all Weapons. As a result, they have access to all Weapon Talents and Abilities, which are used as finishers for both protected and unprotected enemies. The versatility of Pistols and Assault Rifles allows this Class to deal powerful damage up close without the need to switch to a Shotgun. Meanwhile, they can easily shoot with an Assault or Sniper Rifle to target enemies from afar.
What makes the Soldier highly resilient is their capability to equip Heavy Armor, which is the only playable Class that can. Coupled with Shield Boost and Immunity, they can avoid death especially in difficult circumstances.
The Commando Soldier Build pushes the power of your Weapon even further by increasing its damage while allowing you to use corresponding Abilities in quick succession due to Adrenaline Burst. This allows you to efficiently kill enemies.
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Honestly, max out Charm/intimidate skill no matter what the class. Shepards most effective tool is sometimes his/her ability to talk to people. At least in the old ME game, character history and psychological profile added modifiers to paragon and renegade points.
Since you can now max level in one playthrough I'm maxing them too. Back in the day you would do 2 NG+ cycles for lvl 60 and max them out through the 4 free points you get for maxing the Paragon/Renegade meter each playthrough. At the end of the day you had too many skill points that weren't even needed.
@@Shvabicu Well, sicne they did say that there's no level cap now in me:LE that means we can just max out every single skill either way right?
@@sumireravenclaw8034 no, there is a cap at 30/60 depending on if you play legendary or classic mode. I'm level 18 on legendary mode and have already nearly maxed out all relevant skills including charm+intimidate.
@@Shvabicu Well he did say theres NO level cap So but the thing about that is depending on what mode your playing legendary or classic there is a trophy for a HARD level cap. which means most likely we can still level after 30 or 60 and still max out every skill. or else he lied about there being no level cap.
@@sumireravenclaw8034 he's wrong. There is a cap. He just didn't reach it as you can see in the video.
Playing through one as we speak and God fucking dam it's just great to be back in this incredible universe.
I don’t care what anyone tells me or says, Garrus and Wrex are the only companions allowed in any build.
Same
Great early game and soon as you give them stronger assault rifles with good mods and everything melts with minimum effort.
I actually love running Garrus and Liara. Laura’s singularity is so strong and Garrus and my sniper just destroys everything on insanity.
This is the correct answer
Garrus is about as fun as an enema...f'k all, he...never...stops...whining!!!! And when I realized he was going to soak up every drop of medi-gel I had every time I took him out, I benched him permanently. If I could send him with Assley to play hot potato with Kirrahe, I would. So glad Joker agrees with my assessment of Garrus as a drag and pain in the ass.
I noticed they nerfed shock trooper in the LE. Shock trooper used to allow you to spam immunity. It’s recharge would finish before the talent finished it’s effect. It was pretty broken given that it made you literally invincible.
The problem with this is that instead of balancing it in LE they made the immunity talent woefully short in its lasting. So Shock Trooper is now kind of useless.
So yeah, to anyone reading this, ignore shock trooper specialisation in LE when playing Soldier. I just learnt this the hard way.
Love all of your guides. Always so helpful. Thank you
I absolutely love how badass the thumbnail looks!
Yessir, build ups and guides!
Weapon guides and armor
So I would say that instead of Urdnot Wrex bring Liara, you are supposed to be the tank/dps of the group so durability does not matter much on them (plus Colossus armor provides astounding amounts of damage protection (65% for rank 10 light armor all the way up to 79% rank 10 heavy armor). For weapon upgrades use the frictionless materials upgrade on your weapons to almost completely get rid of heat generation at with high level weapons.
Bro just bring whoever you want. Shocktrooper with 12 in fitness, assault training, and combat armor will never die in insanity, if you don't suck. And invest in Assault Rifles, not pistols, pistols is hella boring. I'd say wait till you've got 12 in Assault Rifles, Assault Training, Fitness, and Combat Armor until you invest in any other gun. It's not smart to use more than 1 gun at the start of the game, you need to focus on getting strong first. But Shotguns and Sniper Rifles are way more fun than pistols. Assault Rifles are the most versatile weapon and best for the soldier imo, and it fits the lore to use it a lot, because canon Shepard would. That's why Shepard never uses biotics or tech in cutscenes, because he's a soldier. I don't like using the same squad on every mission, I just choose who would be best story wise.
But here's my build by the end (all 102 points):
* Pistols: 4
* Shotguns: 8
* Assault Rifles: 12
* Sniper Rifles: 8
* Combat Armor: 12
* First Aid: 1
* Assault Training: 12
* Fitness: 12
* Electronics: 1 (just the bonus talent I picked)
* Shock Trooper: 12
* Charm/Intimidate: 8 (12)
* Spectre Training: 12
You had me at "bring Tali".
Very great guide my friend!
Soldier class, simple shoot everything 'til it dies!. Well done, Shepard. You have saved the galaxy!
Cannot wait for a build guide for Adept and Infiltrator. Still deciding which way to go. Finished original trilogy as vanguard!
Infiltrator is already on!
Yeah im looking forward to adept as well
Adept, guide is easy, take Wrex and Garrus everywhere you go, build them to be tanky. Select Bastion specialty, laugh at every enemy on insanity difficulty as you crowd control entire maps with your low cooldowns, damaging stasis, and 100% uptime barrier.
@@crouchingmonkeys yeah adept is easily the most powerful class next to the soldier
@@crouchingmonkeys Sounds like a plan!
Great video, thanks!
I'd argue that Shock Trooper better fits. You get cooldown reduction for Adrenaline Rush and Shield Immunity, which are core abilities imo.
Also you start with 3 points so my recommendation is to put them all in charm/intimidate depending on how you play. Max out your Charm/intimidate asap so that you can better get the results from dialogue that you want.
Naw. This is a shooter. The few speech checks in this game don't warrant maxing out those two talents too early. In most cases the rewards for fighting are better anyway.
Also, items locked behind speech checks, are not any more special than those you acquire by just spraying your way through the game.
Shock Trooper got pretty nerfed in LE. The specialisation used to be insanely broken in the original since recharge for immunity was finished before the power duration. It was basically invincibility.
They didn’t really balance it out in the LE. Instead, Immunity is very limited and any benefit provided by Shock Trooper for the fitness talent, probably the most important talent of the Soldier class, feels gone.
Good stuff, thank you.
Wrex is my favourite, I always usually pair him with a shotgun as it knocks most enemies on their ass which is super useful, gives you a breather
Yeah same. I usually run a gun-centric tech build myself (engineer, infiltrator, Sentinel) and pair myself up with the strongest soldiers I got. Usually Wrex and Ashley. Get their regen maxed, and decent armor, and the game becomes a breeze.
This the 2nd video I've watched where you said there is no lvl cap in ME1, and there is one. If you do classic level scaling, it is 60, or 30 in legendary mode.
He means there is no cap at 50 like the original had. To reach level 60 you use to have play through a second time on a game plus. In legendary version they removed that level 50 cap and you can go all the way to 60 in a single play-through.
Fex gonna have his hands full with this one keep up the good work as we love these builds
Question for the community what class are you guys planning on playing for all 3 games and the big question Paragon or Renegade?
I always play full paragon, but I take the renegade interrupts that let me start fights with some kind of advantage.
Whichever class I'm playing, I bring Tali and Wrex.
Right? Tali and Garrus for me though
Same!! Wrex as meatsheild ftw
Shepard.
If I'm a soldier or vanguard I'm bringing either Tali, Garrus or Kaidan for every mission so that I get all the loot :)
IMO, the firepower of Ashley, soldier Shep, and Wrex is unstoppable. You can either sprinkle in some points into Sniper on yourself, or Ash for those scenarios where you need range. AI doesn't stand a chance.
Nice. Thanks.
Love to see it. Is the current plan to do every me1 class guide before doing me2 and me3 guides?
Looks like it.
Do they really need to do guides for 2 and 3? It's all very straightforward
@@Obregon- might not be that straight forward to newcomers 🤷♀️
That's best way to do for newcomers. For story lore and get the hang of ME controls!. Best guides
fix for spectre wep, found on steam dis
If you are a spectre they have prob bugged out. You got a save before you became a spectre?
If so reload that save, become a spectre again and then load your most recent save again. They should appear in the shop again.
I think it also works if you do it on another character profile.
Alternatively for the armor choice, do the Bring down the Sky DLC late into the game (after Virmire), and at the end, choose the armor as reward. It'll give you the other best armor in the game, the Colossus. A bit lower shield and tech protecttion than the Predator, but more damage protection. Also looks cooler :)
Can we have a separate play list for ME builds?
"...assault rifle...since the soldier is the only class, that is fully equiped to wield it", me playing infiltrator on insanity with assault rifle, still really good with right accuracy and decent damage, also I recommend using high explosive ammo for sniper rifles
God bless the EA Publisher Sale I got the legendary edition for 90% off. This will be my first time playing any Mass Effect game
Thank you - this is my first time playing ME1 (played ME2 and 3 only on PS3 & Andromeda but never ME1) and having tonnes of fun. Like ME2, 3 and Andromeda - is it possible to respec talent points in ME1?
There is definitely a level cap in Mass Effect.
Weapons will always beat out skills and class talents in this game. This is why a properly built commando/soldier is unstoppable.
Also, real Shepard isn't a biotic, so there's that.
The level cap is 60 or 30. What do you mean there is no level cap?
hi thanks so much for the build i play with this build on normal and insanity mass effect 1 now im continuing on mass effect 2 do you have a build similar in mass effect 2 and 3 thanks in advance love soldier so much
Great video, thanks. I had to watch it on 0.75 speed though, as you were talking so fast I couldn't catch everything!
We have a written version so you can use that too if the voiceover is too fast fextralife.com/mass-effect-legendary-edition-soldier-build-guide-mass-effect-1/
@@Fextralife that's really helpful - thanks!
I have a similar build to this. Makes Insanity a joke haha nice vid
1:17 what exactly do you mean THERE IS NO LEVEL CAP IN MASS EFFECT 1 LEGENDARY EDITION? Are you saying it was removed so I can keep leveling up after hitting level 60? Please elaborate.
Is the rich achievement still there in legendary? I don't see it on the achievements list, and I've heard chatter that it was removed, whic caused bugs with the specter gears.
It's not there. I did the money exploit with the doctor on the Citadel to get the Spectre weapons early and it doesn't pop and can't be found in the trophy list.
In fact you don't need to invest at all into first aid as you can put that on your team mates instead as it's shared with you anyway
Unless you want neural shock
@@jamesestrella5911 You get neural shock through the medicine skill, which the Soldier doesn't have access to unless it's selected as a bonus talent when creating a new character.
@@Wintd1 sentinel
@@jamesestrella5911 Shepard is a soldier, not a biotic.
Engineer and Adept next! : )
Do a Vanguard build next pls
They probably already have their list of builds and what order
I didn’t see an option to choose vanguard in mass 1
@@Xfactor84 it’s the same classes in all games
Edit spelling
Did they not include friction-less materials in ME-LE?
I think the only thing that ever botherd me with play through 1 with mass effect was the fact as standard soldiers are the only class that can use assault riffles optimally i love assault riffles abd it would of been nice to be able to sellect something on all the other classes thats automatic ( sentinel dosnt count )
I know u can use the guns now which is nice however u get no boosts in dmg heat sync or accuracy abd that sucks
Playthrough 2 is fine because u just transfer over the assault riffle talent and away u go but in all its kind of iratating
Question if your playing on legendary mode what level to you have to be to get specter master gear?
I read that the specter gears are bugged and disappear form the shops if they refresh. There's a work around where you load a save point prior to becoming a specter, then rush to c-sec once you become one, opening the shop, then saving. You then load your actual save file, and they should be there. Downside is you're going to be stuck with the VII versions till a patch for it comes, if at all.
@@sephylon2499 actually that could be the glitch but to get the level 10 spectre gear you have to get to level 26 on legendary mode and complete the vernier mission or whatever one where an Allie dies
I only play as a Soldier, since Shepard is NOT a biotic, and once I get Liara, I exclusively take Liara and Tali, unless it is a specialty mission (armor or Saleon). Insanity is a breeze...just finished recording a No Death run--only had to use about 3 medi-gel packs for my character the whole game.
Wow. You should go online and brag about how you click buttons better than some people.🙄
And yeah, soldier is the best class by far.
I only use onyx IV just for shepard keep looks good
Please do an Adept guide soon
When are you going to do a me2 soilder build
Small note about background and psych profile: They DO affect your Paragon/Renegade points, so if you care about that, you should look into that.
At least it's just 2 bonus paragon/renegade points at the start for each half of the background. The colonist and sole survivor backgrounds each provide 1 point in each category.
solider build guide: see weapon, grab weapon, shoot weapon
Why are you saying there is no level cap?
Aye he said fitness!
YEP
Assault weapon with 2 weapon sink = no overheat.
Thank U very well.
Stupid question: does the solider class get nerfed in ME3? ME2 the class was kind of op.
There are broken builds in all games. You can autopilot ME3 anyway as there's a build for Garrus that lets him solo Insanity lmao.
@@Shvabicu it's been awhile since I played ME3. Right now, I'm using the soldier in ME2 and the class itself is a tank.
How do i use the diferent ammo? Like cryo and flame rounds.
Those would be weapon upgrades in ME1. In MEs 2 and 3 they are abilities that can be activated at any time.
Commando Soldier with Garrus and Wrex does the latter consistently.
Can sombody answer, why masterkill is locked??
I've never played any of the ME games before, and I'm trying to figure out what class to play. Anyone got any recommendations for a first run?
I’d probably go with soldier for your first run as it’s the most straightforward.
@@Jake-nd4gx Alright, Thanks for the advice
I'm currently playing through insanity difficulty as a soldier. I went shock trooper and straight up can't die :p. Honestly with the changes to weapon sway they did just go assault rifle for the weapon skill and max out the talking skill (one of them) and then boost the tanking skills. Just put one point in soldier if you plan on maxing something else first for the free hp regeneration.
Shock Trooper Soldier is autopilot on Insanity. You can spam Immunity and are invincible even to the point where you can melee Thresher Maws. ME1 Soldier is so broken. Also Adept Bastion with maxed Barrier was op easy mode as well back in the day.
I wish there was another class that could use Assault rifles in ME1.
I don't know about Legendary Edition, but in the original, if you finished the game as a Soldier, you could use Assault rifles on say Infiltrators.
if your not dealing with robots just swap Tali out 4 Garrus who basically switches weapons from pistol/shotguns to assault rifles/sniper rifles while just loosing hacking 4 durability. on the biotic side who needs durability from a mage when u have a better mage with even more OP crowd control so just use Liara. it's all up 2 u and whatever u find fun but so i'm just offering alternatives
4 armor mods the health regen mod combined with the soldier skill that does something similar u r basically immortal so that's an option 2 if u want 2 play more in the classic ME1 run and gun playstile while ignoring cover completely and ust using it 2 protect squadmates since back in the day cover was a bit of a pain. if u ever envy those Krogan or large geth that just run at u making voer dangerous while they take a lot mroe 2 kill than most enemies this is 4 u lol
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Is there Dodge ability in this game ?
Dodge roll is in ME3
Pistols have higher dps than ARs and should be maxed out. I prefer the Shock Trooper as it makes you invincible even on Insanity difficulty. You can fight Thresher Maws on foot with your melee attack.
Well, that sounds...boring af.
Hang on, did you say there is no level cap? Where is this information? I googled and googled and everything says level cap of 60 is still there
No clue why he says that either...
It’s cuz on classic you can’t reach it in one play through and they didn’t do enough research
@@conradkorbol In Legendary Edition, Classic and Legendary have the same progression, it's just you rank up half as fast on Legendary
@@prich0382 no they don’t. Legendary is designed to level you up faster and you can reach max rank in one play through. Classic you can’t.
@@conradkorbol Dude it's literally in the description of the difficulties, they are the same, it's just you get half the levels on Legendary but get twice the talent points kind of deal to make it equal, Classic is more granular. They in the end are the same... Please stop spreading misinformation
I maxed charm on my build, your build barely have any points in that, is that a bad perk?
There will just be a few dialogue options you don't have if you don't max it, it's up to you how important those are but you can easily max out both charm and intimidate and still have a strong solider a couple years ago I beat the game that way on Insanity difficulty.
If you do 3 playthroughs on new game+, you get points for free in charm and intimidate, so if you want the ultimate Shepard, never put points into them and play 3 times, if you don't care too much, don't worry
@@prich0382 that's a waste of time in the LE. It was cool back in the day since you had to do NG+ anyway to max level, but now you can max level in one playthrough and have enough skill points anyway for all relevant skills to be maxed.
No level cap in ME1? Since when?
Wrex over Liara in combat? Fucking whaaaaaaaaaaaat? Ahem, singularity, ahem…
Not that i like Soldier but i absolutely want to have Tali and Wrex without overlaping skills.
Right! I feel like doing soldier now just for this combo!
why does no one talk about explosive ammo? It's low key broken on snipers with assassin
Just finished recording a No Death Insanity run packing an explosive sniper rig...rarely needed to pull out the AR. Tbh, why shouldn't a sniper shot be osok? Loved that it turned rachni into flipped turtles. I flipped them and let Liara and Tali finish them off.
First ever play through of this game what build is best for a beginner
Colossus X > Predator X
Exactly
Make sure you bring two biotic characters (1 character if ur Shepard has biotics) to Theorum. Otherwise that krogan will literally kill u
Nah. Wrex+Garrus makes easy work of him. Soldier is pretty much invincible in ME1. Haven't died a single time on Insanity as Immunity is op af.
Damn, I had no idea just how involved the skill and tactics system was in this game. I bought it without realizing I couldn't just wing it and unthinkingly brute force my way through every situation like I do in most games. Guess I'll actually have to start using my brain now. lol.
Nothing on bonus talents?
I'd go with either Singularity for lifting groups or Electronics for increasing shield strength and Overload to take down enemy shields
My only hope is that we get to have the Spector weapons and Predator armour (along with others we choose) carried over into 2 and 3.
How were you able to get the specter gear to show up? It's still bugged for me
The workarounds that I've seen is to create a new character and rush to the point where you become a spectre. Once you finish the visit with the council immediately go to the C-Sec vendor and save your game, this unlocks across all playthroughs. There's some kind of bug that doesn't register the Rich achievement "now a hidden requirement" unless you go to the vendor right away.
@@pharismo9 that works, but I only get spectre gear lvl 7, and my character is level 26 in legendary scale (52 at classic). Did you get spectre gear at higher lvl than 7?
The max level in Mass effect legendary edition isn't unlimited, its 60
Commando? No shotgun?
Both in legendary edition and The original, my soldier used Shotgun and pistol, Shotgun for close to medium range, pistol for either long range or fast attacks. Going shock tropper and immunity, a thresher maw is childs play on insanity.
Male soldier Shepherd is literally bald man with gun
male shepherd isnt bald though lol
Solider (commando) with Rex (biotic + close-mid) and Garrus (tech + mid-long)
Not much stands in our way
Same, except I take Liara and Tali...Garrus is an insufferable whiny ass and squishy af. Insanity is a breeze.
You don't like inferno and explosive ammo that much eh?
I'll be using Inferno quite a bit! I also like using it on Wreck's weapons to make him seem like a fire breathing dragon. I've used explosive ammo on Garrus's sniper rifle with damage mods, and sometimes on my commando soldier Assault Rifle with 2 frictionless materials and using master overkill. Just started Legendary Edition, so I'm interested in high explosive rounds in a pistol to see if it's like Cyberpunk's Comrade's Hammer. 😃
Dumb question but is this build also for ps4 lol i know is a stupid question but just asking im a soldier too so i wanna know thanks in advance
I've noticed you don't put much points in charm and intimidate. Any reason why?
Real interesting to see these guides pop up again for a game that just got a facelift and nothing else.
A lot of people never played the first game, it was exclusive and drastically different than the other two. So a guide makes sense with the remaster
@@KaliFortuna I mean it doesn't, and Mass Effect wasn't a console exclusive. I never said I had a problem with it. Just found it interesting was all.
Honestly for me2+3 I WISH THEY HAD BETTER POWER SYNERGY! Like you have THREE ammo types in the sequels
And Carnage + Fortification/Immunity are somehow lost to you?!
Like it makes the soldier class so much less fun to play after me1
Adept next please
Just finished 1 and now just starting 2! The first one I did every single thing you could do and maxed out everything almost! The only thing I didn't get was max level 30 I got to 27😢.
Since when there no level cap.. there so much wrong in this video..
Wth you sound exactly like male Shepard
how do you unlock commando for soldier class
Complete the "Rogue VI" mission on Luna. Doing that will let you unlock the specialization.
I thought the level cap was 30.
You can have it both ways. 30 is the new level cap but the original ME1 had a higher level cap of 60, which they kept in legendary edition for people who wanted the vanilla experience. You can change it at any time in the options menu. I prefer the new 30 level cap, personally.
Downvoting for not even mentioning Kaidan who has both biotic and tech abilities, who can strip shields, overheat enemy weapons, stun organics, use stasis and throw/float enemies in the air, not to mention having both decryption and electronics. His only downside is that he lacks combat ability...good thing a SOLDIER Shepard would make that a non-issue. Sheesh
Oh yeah so playing Mass Effect LE on ps4 and not on my PC really sucks i am by far a better keyboard warrior then ps4 controller for FPS. Always plaid the original Trilogy on my PC and now the inventory on console is limited not to mention abilities so massive downgrade compared to PC. Running Windows7 is why i cannot play it on PC.
The console UI is so bad. I also played the original on PC and MELE now on PS5.
Why is there no cooldown timer outside the wheel and why can't I save a 2nd skill to L1 tap instead of weapon switch? The inventory is atrocious. They should have put in more work on the console UI and menus.
You should always go for charm and intimidate first everything else can wait.
why both, you can only choose 1 of those dialogue options in conversations
Imagine actually using Tali lol
Soldier = booooring.
Wanna have fun, play vanguard!