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An M-100 Grenade Launcher

Heavy Weapons are a class of weapon designed to deal destruction greater than conventional means. These weapons typically damage through all types of protection but suffer from high power consumption, making their usage situational but devastating given the right conditions.

Heavy Weapons are available to all player classes in Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3.

Mass Effect 2

Rather than the universal thermal clips utilized by smaller weapons, heavy weapons consume power cells that can be found on missions. The ML-77 Missile Launcher, M-622 Avalanche, and M-920 Cain are researched within the Normandy SR-2's tech lab upon acquisition of enough Heavy Weapons ammunition upgrades; the others can be found during missions.

Heavy Weapon Models

Below is a list of heavy weapon models and their base stats:

ML-77 Missile Launcher

ML-77 Missile Launcher
  • Manufacturer: Armax Arsenal
  • Base Damage: 350
  • Damage Multipliers (Armor / Barriers / Shields): x1.25 / x1.25 / x1.25
  • Power Cells: 15
  • Acquisition: Research Project

M-100 Grenade Launcher

M-100 Grenade Launcher

M-451 Firestorm

M-451 Firestorm

M-490 Blackstorm

M-490 Blackstorm Projector
  • Manufacturer: Wegner Arms
  • Base Damage: 500
  • Damage Multipliers (Armor / Barriers / Shields): x3.00 / x3.00 / x3.00
  • Power Cells: 5
  • Acquisition: Terminus Weapon and Armor DLC


M-622 Avalanche

M-622 Avalanche
  • Manufacturer: Unknown
  • Base Damage: 50
  • Damage Multipliers (Armor / Barriers / Shields): x8.00 / x8.00 / x8.00
  • Power Cells: 20
  • Acquisition: Research Project

M-920 Cain

M-920 Cain
  • Manufacturer: Unknown
  • Base Damage: 10,000
  • Damage Multipliers (Armor / Barriers / Shields): x1.00 / x1.00 / x1.00
  • Power Cells: 100%
  • Acquisition: Research Project

Arc Projector

Arc Projector
  • Manufacturer: Cerberus
  • Base Damage: 400
  • Damage Multipliers (Armor / Barriers / Shields): Unknown / Unknown / Unknown
  • Power Cells: 10
  • Acquisition: Cerberus Network

Collector Particle Beam

Collector Particle Beam
  • Manufacturer: Collectors
  • Base Damage: 20
  • Damage Multipliers (Armor / Barriers / Shields): x1.00 / x1.5 / x1.5
  • Power Cells: 500
  • Acquisition: Horizon (mission)

Upgrades

See also: Upgrade Guide, Research
  • Heavy Weapon Ammo 1 - 7 (Microfusion Array)
+15% heavy weapon ammo capacity

Mass Effect 3

In Mass Effect 3, heavy weapons are no longer available to be equipped at the armory. Instead, they are picked up on the battlefield and thrown away after their limited ammo has been depleted. Despite the scarcity of heavy weapons, however, they remain exceedingly powerful, with some capable of destroying the toughest enemies instantly or eliminating whole enemy squads at once.

In the single-player campaign, switching weapons will cause the heavy weapon to drop in front of you. It can be picked up at a later time (provided it still has ammunition). In multiplayer, the weapon will be replaced on the player's back.

Heavy Weapon Models

Below is a list of the types of heavy weapons in Mass Effect 3. Note that WCFDA stands for weight, capacity, fire rate, damage, and accuracy. The relevant values for those statistics are presented in that order.

Cobra Missile Launcher

Cobra Missile Launcher
  • Manufacturer: Unknown
  • Base WCFDA: 0 / 1 / 50 / 100 / 100
  • Fire Mode: Single shot
  • Default ammo: 1 / 2
  • Acquisition: Multiplayer

Geth Combat Software

Geth Combat Software

Geth Spitfire

Geth Spitfire

M-451 Firestorm

M-451 Firestorm

M-560 Hydra

M-560 Hydra

M-597 Ladon

M-597 Ladon

M-920 Cain

M-920 Cain
  • Manufacturer: Unknown
  • Base WCFDA: 0 / 1 / 1 / 100 / 100
  • Fire Mode: Single Shot
  • Default ammo: 100% / 0
  • Acquisition: Priority: Earth

Reaper Blackstar

Reaper Blackstar

Sync Laser

Sync Laser
  • Manufacturer: Quarians
  • Base WCFDA: 0 / 0 / 10 / 100 / 100
  • Fire Mode: Target Lock
  • Default ammo: NA / NA
  • Acquisition: Priority: Rannoch

1 Categorized as a heavy weapon in single-player; is an assault rifle in multiplayer

Mass Effect: Infiltrator

Heavy Weapon Models

Below the exclusive heavy weapon available in the mobile game Mass Effect: Infiltrator. This heavy weapon can be acquired and upgraded via the ingame store in exchange of credits.

M-333 Particle Beam

M-333 Particle Beam

The M-333 Particle Beam is an experimental focused radiation weapon of Cerberus manufacture, based on Collector technology reverse-engineered in covert offworld labs. Precise and lethal, the M-333 is effective against shields and barriers but less effective against armor.

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