Here is my personal strategy for tackling groups of enemies in Mass Effect 2, and this strategy is specifically aimed for Area of Effect damage. My team composition is a Sentinel class Shepard, Mordin Solus, and Zaeed Massani.

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Let's start off with Sentinel class Shepard.

TECH ARMOR

I max TECH ARMOR, and choose ASSAULT ARMOR when upgrading the skill at rank 4. This increases the armor's damage, force, and blast radius when the shield is detonated upon depletion, and it also regenerates half your shield after it is detonated.

With this skill, you are able to take a lot of damage and still survive, and when the armor is destroyed, it sends a shock wave that knocks down and damages nearby enemies.

On the side, I upgrade OVERLOAD and WARP, for those pesky Barrier and shielded enemies.

Now let's look at Mordin Solus and Zaeed Massani.

Mordin's INCINERATE

I'll max INCINERATE and choose INCINERATION BLAST at rank 4, which increases the blast radius of INCINERATE, scorching more targets in an area. This skill is very good for melting pesky armored enemies.

Zaeed's INFERNO GRENADE

I'll max out INFERNO GRENADE and choose HEAVY INFERNO GRENADE at rank 4. The reason I chose this over a wider blast radius is that his grenades spread out fairly wide as it is.

*NOTE: For Shepard's advanced training, I take INFERNO GRENADE as well and max it out to rank 4 HEAVY INFERNO GRENADE.

THE PLAN: Have Modin and Zaeed take cover behind, while you (Shepard) rush forward with TECH ARMOR activated. Warp and Overload as many Shields and Barriers as you can, until your TECH ARMOR is depleted and explodes.

Right when the shock wave emitted from your depleted armor knocks down the enemies around you, jump into the squad powers menu, and target 1 enemy for Mordin's INCINERATE and another target enemy for Zaeed's INFERNO GRENADE. Selecting two separate targets will widen the splash damage, as opposed to using both skills on one target. Provided that none of Shepard's skills are on cool down, unleash your own INFERNO GRENADE on a third target. Now you just sit back, and watch your enemies disintegrate in flames.

*NOTE: If you haven't taken out an enemy's SHIELD or BARRIER by the time your TECH ARMOR explodes, don't sweat it, the damage from INCINERATE and two INFERNO GRENADES will pick up the slack.

So there you have it, my personal strategy for melting groups of enemies, I hope this has helps you in your fight against the Collectors - Cheers!

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