Shield Mastery is a passive class power in Mass Effect 3's multiplayer mode.
Power Ranks
Rank 1: Shield Mastery
Boost health, shields/barriers, melee damage, and durability.
- Health & Shield Bonus: 15%
- Melee Damage Bonus: 15%
- Omni-Shield Health: 3000
Rank 2: Durability
Increase health and shield bonuses by 10%.
- Health & Shield Bonus: 25%
- Melee Damage Bonus: 15%
- Omni-Shield Health: 3300
Rank 3: Melee Damage
Increase melee damage bonus by 20%.
- Health & Shield Bonus: 25%
- Melee Damage Bonus: 35%
- Omni-Shield Health: 3300
Rank 4: Melee Damage/Durability
Melee Damage Increase melee damage bonus by 30%.
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Durability Increase health and shield bonuses by 15%.
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Rank 5: Shield Durability/Shield Recharge
Shield Durability Increase the damage the omni-shield withstands before collapsing by 50%.
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Shield Recharge Decrease shield-recharge delay by 15%. |
Rank 6: Fire Shield/Cryo Shield
Fire Shield Add a flame effect to your omni-shield. Your shield melees will burn enemies and are highly effective against armor. Adds a fire effect to impacted targets that does 50% additional damage over 5 seconds. |
Cryo Shield Add a freezing effect to your omni-shield that can chill or freeze enemies. Snap freeze unprotected enemies. |
Player Notes
- The Rank 6 evolutions give your melee attacks burning/freeze attributes. This means that you can use your melee attacks to setup Tech Combos (Fire/Cryo Explosion), although the need to first melee an enemy to setup the combo and the need to follow this up with a lethal detonator greatly limit its usefulness. Note that your Fire/Cryo melee attacks cannot be used to detonate combos.
- In multiplayer, due to a recent update, Fire and Cryo Explosions do not require death of the unit to activate (Power Combos) greatly increasing the effectiveness of the N7 Paladin Sentinel.
- Note that, when the Rank 6 evolution of Shield Mastery (Cryo Shield) is combined with the Rank 6 evolution of Snap Freeze (Damage & Weakness) this leads to a 100% weakening of armored targets for 5 seconds. This can be especially useful on harder difficulties where boss level enemies like Geth Primes and Cerberus Atlases have much more armor and require more effort to be defeated.
Availability
- Single-player: N/A
- Multiplayer: N7 Paladin Sentinel