Boss Buster - Phoenix Adept Build
There seems to be a lacking of builds for the Phoenix Adept, so I thought I'd contribute one I use regularly. Feel free to five advice/suggestions.
You're going to play this very aggressively. Basically running around smashing the shit out of everything. This works best if you have another biotic priming/detonating BE's, as you can ruin anything's day about twice as fast. Not to mention more AoE. Target bosses and be on a slope when possible, sync kills are the bane of this build. That's pretty much the strategy, if necessary you can play more defensively by falling back and hitting enemies through walls.
Singularity: 4 here. Do whatever you want. You'll us this on advancing husks etc. To give yourself some room to breathe. Occasionally you'll use this to prime a BE, but it's usually best to spam smash.
Smash: This is your key power, 6 here. Spec it out for damage and armour damage. This power will be used for knocking the shit out of any boss that looks at you funny. With someone else priming BE's for you it becomes even more devastating. When mooks get too close for comfort use smash to send them sky high.
Lash: 6 here as well, bottom row. When you've sent a mook flying with smash, there is nothing as satisfying as using lash to set off a BE and start up a space program. Lash will also be used to set off BE's on enemies floating from singularity. It can also be used to deal with an enemy that gets too close to you that you have to hit faster than smash's delay. Bringing problematic mooks closer to smash and whatnot can also be effective.
Passives: 4 here, power damage. Pretty simple reasoning there.
Fitness: 6 here. Why not passives you ask? You're going to be up in the face of some of the nastiest enemies there are, you need as much durability as you can get.
Weapon: Acolyte. Because duh. Strip the shields of bosses so you can use smash to it's fullest potential. Extended mags and high-cal barrel. Also because duh.
Equipment: Shield Booster or Power Cells. The 825 barrier of this class won't cut it when you're getting up close and personal with baddies. For ammo I'm unsure as I don't know what works with the acolyte. Pistol Rail Amp for weapon bonus if you feel you need it.
EDIT: Forgot build link, here it is: http://narida.pytalhost.com/me3/classes/#04EKRFRp9%400EEFLI4H4%400%400
Posted Oct 22, 2012, 12:47 AM UTC