Personally I don't mind having my battles last a minute longer which is why I focus my vanguard on accurate strikes and defence. The 60 second lvl 4 barrier (if I remember it right) has a cooldown of only 12 seconds allowing you to use offensive powers a lot while you're being protected by the barrier.īut obviously there are many other ways to build your vanguard. I prefer barrier over geth shield boost and fortification because only barrier is improved by biotic upgrades (Fortification and geth shield boost can't be upgraded). Otherwise, they can choose Vanguard for Biotics and Combat, Sentinel for Tech and Biotics. Double up and bring Garrus for squad AP ammo so you can do +50 damage to armor and health. Shotguns tear through shields and armor like they weren't there. I'm using charge and shockwave extensively so another offensive power is useless (can only use one at a time). Heres how to unlock and use a Bonus Power in Mass Effect 2. As a Vanguard, you can kill anything that is down to just health. I only recently started a ME2 vanguard and I chose Barrier as a bonus power.

Again with shockwave and charge you have more than enough offensive powers.

SMG (I prefer the locust smg) is great against shields and will destroy just about everything when coupled with incendiary ammo. Combined with incendiary ammo you have enough of a damage output. As a vanguard you already have the Heavy Pistol, SMG and the Shotgun.

Mass effect 2 bonus powers vanguard