For ME1 on insanity the name of the game is crowd control. Never leave home without Liara. Lift and singularity are your best friend on Liara. You can also get lift and throw. Between the two of you you will have a hard time getting pinched and you can also easy mode Saren at the end of the game. Then you just need to be cautious for the long long range situations because you'll take more damage than you think.
A pretty solid video I think. would be curious to know your thoughts on armor preferences for each class. vanguard is my favorite class in ME3, and I love the charge + nova combo. my build uses upgrades for shield strength, power damage and power cooldown reduction. I generally don't use the split nova, or the penetrating nova, as I find they do less damage overall, and it isn't that hard to strip protections like shields or barriers with energy drain as an extra power, or an ammo power from a squadmate.
Really appreciate the comment! I’ll see if I can do a video for the best armor for all the classes! Currently working on my Cyberpunk guides but this sounds like such a good idea, I can’t believe I left it out of my guides originally!
@@ShadowSmith14 honestly, I don't think I have seen anyone cover armor in any class guides. So it would be interesting to see a good breakdown of them. Good luck with your cyberpunk videos though! Have not played it, (got turned off by the launch issues), but I might in the future. Looks pretty fun. 👍 If they are anything like your ME videos they will be good.
Nova is super risky since it strips your shield. Leaning into the melee/shotgun damage boost immediately after Charging is a bit safer, I personally would never use Nova unless I knew exactly where my next Charge is immediately lined up.
Have Liara as a companion and cause constant biotic explosions. Will often make even the biggest enemies stagger. Do it enough and you'll even learn where to stand to keep mechs, Brutes, and Banshees from being able to grab you. Phantoms are a little different for them you just gotta move to the edge of the abilities range.
2:00 Yeah your entire argument here is undercut by the fact it's taking you forever to take out this armature. In ME1, assault rifles are king. Idc if you're the infiltrator and have maxed out sniper rifle, assault rifles do every gun's job better. A good assault rifle will melt this armature in seconds, even if your class can't level that talent
As an adept, I was able to destroy most if not all enemies with a Sniper. By taking Bastion which allowed me to use stasis offensively, Snipers were easily the most usable, esspecially with high explosive ammo. My point is that Snipers just handle so much and are very usable for Crowd Control classes like Adept, Vanguard, and Sentinal. At least in ME1. Besides, you'd need to select either as a bonus power.
My 2 cents on Vanguard Powers in ME 2 and 3 playing on Insanity... Bonus power: In ME 2 I'd say Barrier is a MUST. It saved my life hundreds of times. Also in ME3 I'd pick a passive but this time Fortification is the superior pick. 30% damage reduction and 30% extra power damage and force at the mere penalty of 20% slower power use? Yes please. I don't think another ammo power is worth it as a passive. Cryo and incendiary are good enough and theres the schredder mod on shotguns if you want armor piercing. I see a lot of people suggest energy drain as a good vanguard bonus power which is imho a terrible pick. Why do you want 2 active powers that both do the same thing sharing the same cooldown timer? You'll want to use charge to restore your barrier not energy drain. Half Blast Nova with pierce is also much better at destroying enemy shields. The Smart Choke mod for shotguns also make it much easier to one shot enemies with headshots, even shielded enemies like centurions and marauders. As for active powers, I think pull is the best pick in ME2 and shockwave easily beats pull in ME3 but maybe thats just personal preference. Shockwave is great because of the massive force bonusses you get as a vanguard and from fortification. And the lift upgrade you get at lvl6 allows it to basically function as a pull. The biggest reason I love Shockwave so much is its synergy with my secondary weapon: The Hurricane SMG equipped with incendiary ammo and explosive blast. It works well with any smg though. Youll be constantly setting up your own biotic detonations and its a nice break from nova/charge everything. I also recommend using cryo ammo for your shotgun and incendiary for your smg or assault rifle. Works better that way. If you really want an active bonus power because you don't want shockwave or pull , lash is probably the best pick.
In the original trilogy, Vanguards have the "charge" power. Closing in and dealing big damage, regenerate your shields and bonus damage to your powers and guns for a few seconds after the hit.
For ME1 on insanity the name of the game is crowd control. Never leave home without Liara. Lift and singularity are your best friend on Liara. You can also get lift and throw. Between the two of you you will have a hard time getting pinched and you can also easy mode Saren at the end of the game. Then you just need to be cautious for the long long range situations because you'll take more damage than you think.
In ME1 as an Adept with Liara having two Singularity’s makes the game boring hell it even bugs out the Saren fight
Thank you! I was worrying about the vanguard on ME3 insanity. Glad to also know my usual team of Liara and Garrus is good as well
Garrus is always my go to squad mate! Hope your playthrough goes well!
Thank you! This one was a pain in the butt! Very helpful video.
Wow! This is a really good video. I like the way you explained
Thank you glad you enjoyed the video!
Great guide through, I thought that it was very informative, and helped me through it myself 👏 I hope to see more content in the future!
Glad it was helpful!
A pretty solid video I think. would be curious to know your thoughts on armor preferences for each class.
vanguard is my favorite class in ME3, and I love the charge + nova combo. my build uses upgrades for shield strength, power damage and power cooldown reduction. I generally don't use the split nova, or the penetrating nova, as I find they do less damage overall, and it isn't that hard to strip protections like shields or barriers with energy drain as an extra power, or an ammo power from a squadmate.
Really appreciate the comment! I’ll see if I can do a video for the best armor for all the classes! Currently working on my Cyberpunk guides but this sounds like such a good idea, I can’t believe I left it out of my guides originally!
@@ShadowSmith14 honestly, I don't think I have seen anyone cover armor in any class guides. So it would be interesting to see a good breakdown of them. Good luck with your cyberpunk videos though! Have not played it, (got turned off by the launch issues), but I might in the future. Looks pretty fun. 👍 If they are anything like your ME videos they will be good.
Nova is super risky since it strips your shield. Leaning into the melee/shotgun damage boost immediately after Charging is a bit safer, I personally would never use Nova unless I knew exactly where my next Charge is immediately lined up.
Definitely agree with not using Nova until the next charge is planned!
Have Liara as a companion and cause constant biotic explosions. Will often make even the biggest enemies stagger. Do it enough and you'll even learn where to stand to keep mechs, Brutes, and Banshees from being able to grab you. Phantoms are a little different for them you just gotta move to the edge of the abilities range.
2:00 Yeah your entire argument here is undercut by the fact it's taking you forever to take out this armature. In ME1, assault rifles are king. Idc if you're the infiltrator and have maxed out sniper rifle, assault rifles do every gun's job better. A good assault rifle will melt this armature in seconds, even if your class can't level that talent
As an adept, I was able to destroy most if not all enemies with a Sniper. By taking Bastion which allowed me to use stasis offensively, Snipers were easily the most usable, esspecially with high explosive ammo.
My point is that Snipers just handle so much and are very usable for Crowd Control classes like Adept, Vanguard, and Sentinal. At least in ME1. Besides, you'd need to select either as a bonus power.
My 2 cents on Vanguard Powers in ME 2 and 3 playing on Insanity...
Bonus power:
In ME 2 I'd say Barrier is a MUST.
It saved my life hundreds of times.
Also in ME3 I'd pick a passive but this time Fortification is the superior pick.
30% damage reduction and 30% extra power damage and force at the mere penalty of 20% slower power use? Yes please.
I don't think another ammo power is worth it as a passive. Cryo and incendiary are good enough and theres the schredder mod on shotguns if you want armor piercing.
I see a lot of people suggest energy drain as a good vanguard bonus power which is imho a terrible pick. Why do you want 2 active powers that both do the same thing sharing the same cooldown timer? You'll want to use charge to restore your barrier not energy drain.
Half Blast Nova with pierce is also much better at destroying enemy shields. The Smart Choke mod for shotguns also make it much easier to one shot enemies with headshots, even shielded enemies like centurions and marauders.
As for active powers, I think pull is the best pick in ME2 and shockwave easily beats pull in ME3 but maybe thats just personal preference.
Shockwave is great because of the massive force bonusses you get as a vanguard and from fortification.
And the lift upgrade you get at lvl6 allows it to basically function as a pull.
The biggest reason I love Shockwave so much is its synergy with my secondary weapon: The Hurricane SMG equipped with incendiary ammo and explosive blast. It works well with any smg though.
Youll be constantly setting up your own biotic detonations and its a nice break from nova/charge everything.
I also recommend using cryo ammo for your shotgun and incendiary for your smg or assault rifle. Works better that way.
If you really want an active bonus power because you don't want shockwave or pull , lash is probably the best pick.
Last of the 6 classes! Lets go!
Yesssss it’s finally finished! I had a blast making this video, Vanguard is probably my second favorite class!
You're welcome anytime for you ❤️ dog fun video's hippie thank you for those fun video's man.
I kinda want to see if I can do a heavy berserker vanguard. Charge + melee attacks with the shotgun. Idk how well it will work on insanity though
That’s an exciting build! I would recommend trying to do it in either 1 or 3 because they give boosts to Melee damage from certain skills! Good luck!
Vanguard female was my favorite class to I when I playing that class to me fun to me when I flipped that game for I fun 😅 to me.
In the original trilogy, Vanguards have the "charge" power. Closing in and dealing big damage, regenerate your shields and bonus damage to your powers and guns for a few seconds after the hit.
great video. and Great game
Thanks for the feedback! Really glad you enjoyed it!
Keep shining as brightly as you do! Do not waste your time - 'promosm'!!!