Reave is a biotic power in Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3. The power employs mass effect fields to biotically attack the target's nervous or synthetic systems and prevent healing. It restores health and gives a temporary health bonus when the power is used against unprotected organics. Reave also does double damage to armor and barriers.

Reave has a disabling effect when used to leech health from most sapient organics, who will double over momentarily before being forced to a standing position as the leech effect continues. This can be used to set up victims for the killing shot as they are helpless and largely immobile.

Note: This power travels in a straight line from the user to the target, hitting instantly. It is also worth noting that this power can hit an enemy Collector standing behind a guardian shield, though this "bypassing" doesn't work with normal cover.

Contents 1 Mass Effect 2 1.1 Power Ranks 1.1.1 Heavy Reave 1.1.2 Area Reave 1.2 Player Notes 1.3 Availability 2 Mass Effect 3 2.1 Power Ranks 2.1.1 Rank 1: Reave 2.1.2 Rank 2: Recharge Speed 2.1.3 Rank 3: Duration 2.1.4 Rank 4: Duration/Radius 2.1.5 Rank 5: Damage Reduction/Recharge Speed 2.1.6 Rank 6: Barriers & Armor/Damage & Duration 2.2 Player Notes 2.3 Availability

Mass Effect 2

Power Ranks

• Rank 1
  • Recharge Time: 6.00s (Shepard); 12.00s (Others)
  • Damage: 40.00 points per second for 3.00 seconds

• Rank 2
  • Recharge Time: 6.00s (Shepard); 12.00s (Others)
  • Damage: 40.00 points per second for 3.50 seconds

• Rank 3
  • Recharge Time: 6.00s (Shepard); 12.00s (Others)
  • Damage: 40.00 points per second for 4.00 seconds

Rank 4

Choose to evolve the power into one of the following,

Heavy Reave

• The biotic focuses on snuffing out a single target's life, increasing the Reave's strength, duration, and damage.
  • Recharge Time: 6.00s (Shepard); 12.00s (Others)
  • Damage: 40.00 points per second for 5.50 seconds

Area Reave

• The biotic becomes a vortex of life, increasing the Reave's radius to affect multiple targets.
  • Recharge Time: 6.00s (Shepard); 12.00s (Others)
  • Damage: 40.00 points per second for 4.00 seconds
  • Impact Radius: 3.00 meters

Player Notes

• Reave cannot auto-target an enemy unless its cursor info is available, limiting its usefulness at range. This can be mitigated by using a sniper rifle, then triggering the power while targeting an enemy with the rifle's scope.
• Reave cannot be detonated by Warp.
• Damage against protection (armor/barriers/shields) is instant.
• Enemies under the effect of Reave are rag-dolled and take double damage from weapons.
• The damage is scaled by duration. Thus:
  • It will do less damage on Insanity (power duration scaled by 0.8).
  • Power duration upgrades/abilities will increase damage.
  • Power duration and thus damage is scaled down for large enemies (e.g. 70% damage is done against krogan, 60% against heavy mechs).
• Reave will go through the shields created by Collector Guardians.

Availability

• Shepard via Advanced Training
• Samara (Loyalty Power)

Mass Effect 3

Power Ranks

Rank 1: Reave

Drain target's health and disrupt their resistances, receiving increased damage protection while this power is in effect.

Effective against barriers and armor.

• Recharge Time: 8 sec
• Damage Per Second: 70; 100 (Asari Justicar)
• Duration: 4 seconds
• Damage Reduction: 15%

Rank 2: Recharge Speed

Increase recharge speed by 25%.

• Recharge Time: 6.40 sec

Rank 3: Duration

Increase power duration by 35%.

• Duration: 5.40 sec

Rank 4: Duration/Radius

Duration Increase power duration by 40%. Duration: 7 sec

Radius Increase impact radius by 3 meters.

Rank 5: Damage Reduction/Recharge Speed

Damage Reduction Increase damage protection by 10%. Damage Reduction: 25%

Recharge Speed Increase recharge speed by 35%. Recharge Time: 5 sec

Rank 6: Barriers & Armor/Damage & Duration

Barriers & Armor Increase effectiveness against armor and barriers by 75%.

Damage & Duration Increase damage by 30%. Increase duration by 30%. Increase damage protection bonus by 15%. Damage Per Second: 91; 130 (Asari Justicar) Duration: 8.20 sec (Rank 4 Duration), 6.60 sec (Rank 4 Radius) Damage Reduction: 40% (Rank 5 DR), 30% (Rank 5 Recharge)

Player Notes

• Reave will detonate Biotic Explosions on enemies afflicted with biotic abilities such as Pull in the same fashion that Warp will.
• Reave can also setup Biotic Explosions. Drell Adepts can detonate Reave with Cluster Grenades--this is a powerful and more versatile combination than the Pull and Reave, since not all enemies can be lifted using Pull.
• Reave will not provide the damage protection effect if used on synthetics like the geth.
• Reave will stack with multiple uses, draining an enemy even faster. With the Radius evolution one can rapidly take multiple threats out of the fight.
• Reave will go through a Guardian's shield.
• As noted above the effect of Reave is instantaneous (similar to Overload). This makes it a very efficient power for setting up/detonating biotic explosion as there is no need to wait for any "power projectile" to hit the target.
• In contrast to Mass Effect 2, Reave no longer restores health or stuns enemies, but does grant a temporary damage reduction bonus when used.

Availability

• Single Player: Kaidan Alenko, Commander Shepard (Bonus Power)
• Multiplayer: Asari Justicar, Drell Adept