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The Panzer - Krogan Sentinel Build (WARNING - lack of grenades)

I know what you're going to say; Who forgoes grenades? They're one of the best damage dealers in the game!

First off you don't know my life, I'll do what I want and have fun doing it. With that, lets get moving on The Panzer a Krogan Sentinel Tanking Build.

The build is a 6/6/0/6/6 omitting Lift Grenades in favor of incendiary damage, weapon damage, and durability.

  • Intro

This is a build based on me hating Krogan Melee builds. I find them to be a little too repetetive, and no longer have fun using them to get easy points. I want a challenge dammit! And so upon resetting him I decided to try and make the most durable character possible and use the Kishock and its wonderful bleed effect to wreck me some bad guys.

  • Tech Armor

This is fairly basic, taking perks that promote DR and power damage instead of melee or explosion bonuses, though if you use TA as a panic button you can probably swap out the lvl 4 bonus for radius. This is meant to be up at all times.

  • Incinerate

This is the primary DOT dealer, taking damage/recharge/armor damage allows you to spam it at your enemies (I use it as a panic button when enemies get a bit too close, since the Krogan Heavy Melee takes you across the map). Cast Incinerate on unshielded bosses, and smaller mooks to prime fire explosions and whittle down their health.

  • Passives

Taking passives that permit greater durability and weapon damage put you in the position to be a walking, grunting death toad.

  • Weapons

Kishock Harpoon Gun - with it's full damage to armor and bleed damage, this gun is perfect for this build to become an Fire and Forget platform.

Acolyte - for use on barriers and shields, pop this off until you see red or yellow, then incinterate, and switch to the Kishock to fill the enemy with mini-spears.

  • Gear

I fell in love with Explosive Rounds on the Kishock, which already staggers. The resulting explosion from the harpoon staggers many enemies again, allowing you time to reload incinerate and line up another shot.

Operative Package to supplement sniper and tech power damage, as well as tech armor effectiveness.

  • Playstyle

Like any other kit you need to play this one smart, no charging into crowds, resist your normal Krogan urges! Your job here is to deal as much damage as possible to a target before switching to another one. Focus fire on one enemy until one or two bars of health/armor are left, then switch to the next target. Use the Kishock, Acolyte, and Incinerate to stagger your opponents giving you time to reload, recharge, and fire again. Use the acolyte to take down barriers and shields quickly before switching back to the Kishock, and use Incinerate to keep shields from recharging. Head shots are hilarious but not necessary. Explosive rounds aren't really necessary, but provide a little extra stagger and therefore more time to line up your shots.
TL;DR; Be careful, take cover, take your time, and sink your shots.

So there you have it, The Panzer Krogan Tank. Tested on Silver and Gold, and found to be fairly effective in a team, not so much in Solo for me, but I'm not the best solo player.

Suggestions and critique are welcome!

Posted Nov 19, 2012, 9:30 PM UTC

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