Mass Effect 2 Adept Guide: Bastion or Nemesis? (part 7 or 8 in the series)

Sagequeen continues her adept class guide with the final consideration for adept builds: whether you want to take Bastion or Nemesis as your Biotic Mastery.

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• duration

[MrBulgess]

Nice guide. I just have one question... Reave has a duration on health. Shouldn't it be affected by Bastion's duration bonus as well?

[gametourists]

@MrBulgess - You know, I hadn't even thought of that. Silly of me, but there it is. In a quick look around the intarwebs, it looks like there's some discussion about reasons for Nemesis vs. Bastion for Reave and some number crunching about which is better. YouTube isn't letting me link my findings but it seems that damage/duration bonuses are similar, with duration coming out SLIGHTLY ahead. This WILL depend on difficulty level, though, and enemy type. I'd ask on Power of the Adept thread on BSN

[HagobSaldadianSmeik]

Actually Warp-Ammo is considered as ammo power and does not get any bonus damage out of the Nemesis specialisation.

Also barrier does not end after the use of a power, only the animation disappears. Anyways I really enjoyed your guide and you might want to put that guide on the bioware forums since most adept guides advertise a far more agressive playstyle.

[gametourists]

@HagobSaldadianSmeik - thanks for the clarification on Barrier's ending. Do you know of the official word on that? so far I can only find user observation, nothing from the devs.

That would mean Bastion adds 9 seconds of duration for a total of 69 seconds of Barrier when fully evolved.

In my experience, Barrier is still more likely to get shot out than fade out, so Bastion helps, but not as much as Heavy Barrier.

Thanks again for the clarification.

[SkaLover257]

Ellen DeGeneres?

[Falagar517]

Thanks again! This helped alot, I went Bastion :P

[indigothecat]

Cryo-Blast plus Slam or Throw is a lot of fun.

[xwilxL]

how are you using an assult weapon other then the collector version as an adept? 1:20

[SuperGate1]

@HagobSaldadianSmeik Actually Warp-Ammo is affected by Nemesis, as Nemesis increases general power damage not just biotic damage. It is not however affected by the biotic damage upgrades that can be found or bought.

[purplewolfking]

awesome guide! i look forward to another adept guide when ME3 comes out :)

[GenesisRider117]

This video is incredibly detailed. Nice job.