[Guide] ISIC. Bring it on :D I f***ing dare you :D

Welcome Meat Shields! You're in for a real treat today, I'm gonna teach you all about the biggest, the brutalist, most badassed war machine there is .... ISIC! :D

Before we begin, i must stress, I rarely play PVP and haven't tackled it yet with ISIC. This is mainly a guide for PVE.

Chapters: 1.Helix 2. Gear 3. how to play (PVE)

1. Helix

ISIC's helix is full of goodies for both attack and defense, but in order to maximize your tanking ability, the best options are usually the defensive ones.

Rank 1 [Watchful Wards! :)] Ain't nothing wrong with the shield regenerating faster! Also the other two are virtually useless. The plasma dash I used only for the lore challenge. And I don't see any real benefit of dropping rotating wards :D

Rank 2 [You Dropped These! ;)] Reflecting enemy fire :O hell yes! Rotating Wards is pretty much gonna be up as much as possible when you're not in full retard mode (more on that at rank 5 ;)). The enegery balls were interesting, but they don't provide ISIC with the protection he needs when he's getting shot at by 3/4 brutes.

Rank 3 [Not Dyin' Today! :)] +240 shield brings my ISIC up to around 540+. Which is a pretty nice amount. 2000+ health with that makes ISIC literally, a walking tank. Charging on the go is another option as well, but most of our time is gonna be spent in Omega Strike so it's not useful after rank 5.

Rank 4 [Hold it right there! >:O] Plasma Dash can now be utilized! My favorite thing to do is plasma dash a boss, stun them and then active Omega Strike and viola. Maybe get a charged shot in there to add +2 seconds of slow.

Rank 5 (FULL RETARD MODE ACTIVE) Well, now the fun begins. Now that we are rank 5, we've unlocked the best part about ISIC. Now, tanks, in little experience I have with WoW were high healthed characters who can dish out mediocre damage. ISIC, is a literal tank, meaning he can do both. I've had 1 or 2 games where someone out scored me on damage given when using ISIC. More on how to play later!

[I'm Concentrating! :|] or [Stopping Power! ;)] or [In a Big Rush! O_o] All of these are fantastic options. I love Stopping Power the most, and since the Charged cannon deals area damage it slows a whole group. Couple that with a temporal drone and everything is pretty much staying put.

Rank 6 [Burlier Wards! :D] More ward strength means less damage taken! The cool down time reduction for plasma dash is meh, again I only used that one for the challenge.

Rank 7 [Bring It On! :)] Ah, my favorite and the superstar of the whole build. 100% damage blocking with Energy Aegis. Just wait, you'll see!

Rank 8 [Hard Workin' Wards! :)] More time up, more damage blocked, more safe! The cool down is cool, in theory. But when your wards go down all the way 75% of the time, the skill is virtually useless.

Rank 9 [Can't Run From Me! 0.0] Because ISIC is a tank, he moves slower than my dead grandfather. But, that's okay. Since we can toggle it, that allows us to use our plasma dash as an escape option. +50% range helps extend that distance so you can find health or recover shields.

Rank 10 [Shields Up! :D] Congratulations! You're never going to die :D. Remember rank 7 when we took that +100%? Well, here's where that comes in. Normally Energy Aegis blocks only 1000. With the rank 8 skill you get that up to a WHOPPING 2000. Add that to your shield of 500+. And your health you pretty much never die. The other two, are only really useful in mission where the defense aspect isn't so important. The Algorithm comes to mind mostly.

2. Gear

Now because we're in PVE, shards are in HUGE abundance. So I usually go with 3 legendary peices. One of them is very important and actually not that hard to get!

1. Defensive Reasoner. https://imgur.com/a/un33y Now, the special ISIC skill is pretty crappy. Considering when you're in omega strike you can't activate rotating wards. I'm hoping that they fix this, and make it reduce the active deployment of the Energy Aegis by 1 or 2 seconds. But, more shields and the -.53 shield recharge delay is great.

2. Shield Web Interdictor https://imgur.com/a/x5SvP Ah Geoff. I mean Arachnis. Whatever. Skill Damage and Shield Penetration is always nice (and in omega mode skill damage effects the plasma charge shot!) the cool part is the skill. Since the Omega Mode's cannon is technically skill damage, it prevents the shield of the opponent from pretty much ever going back up. :D

3. "Bloody Mess" Burst Kit https://imgur.com/a/7Q4Cf Attack Damage, Movement Speed and when you're about to die another attack damage boost. (You'll be close to death a LOT more often than not).

Now I know not everyone has these, but you can always sub epics in with Attack and Skill damage in place of the non character Legendaries!

3. HOW TO PLAY ISIC! Now, I have no idea why ISIC is complex, cause all you're gonna do is the following.

Step one: When not in omega strike always have rotating wards up!

Step two: don't be afraid to run away or plasma dash away from enemies. They're scary sometimes >.<

Step three: OMEGA MODE

Step three A: While in Omega Mode don't let go of those triggers!

Step four: while in omega mode, don't be afraid to quickly toggle back into normal mode in order to escape.

Step five: even out of omega mode ISIC can dish out and take damage! Don't be afraid to go on the offensive (just make sure you got those Wards up!)

Step six: ABUSE THE SHIELD IN BASE FORM. The left trigger brings up ISICS other shield.

So basically here's the pattern. Rotating wards, shoot and kill things, wards goes down, keep shooting things until your shield is down, throw up plasma shield, activate wards when it's recharged! Rinse and repeat.

ISIC is the first character I mastered and I wanted to share my particular play style that seems to give me the best results. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated as well as any tips!

I wrote this on mobile so sorry if there's anything wrong with it.