Party Members

Kaiden Alenko

Kaiden is one of the primary love interests for female player-characters. A solid soldier with a mysterious past, Kaiden is a Sentinel, marrying technical know-how with biotic abilities that have been honed by years of tough training.

Skills

As a Sentinel, Kaiden won't be killing too many enemies with gunfire; he probably won't be killing too many enemies at all, in fact, unless he gets lucky with a Sabotage or Overload. He's a utility character through and through, allowing you to bring along someone capable of Decryption, Electronics, and First Aid while still being able to Throw or Lift enemies to help you incapacitate them.

• Throw
• (u)Lift
• Barrier
• (u)Stasis
• Decryption
• (u)Electronics
• First Aid
• (u)Medicine
• Sentinel

Ashley Williams

Ashley's a soldier, and a rather caustic one at that. As one of the few survivors of Eden Prime, she's driven by a desire to prove herself in combat. This can cause her to butt heads with your character at times, especially if you're playing as a paragon that's attempting to ingratiate humanity into the wider array of species in the galaxy. Still, as a pureblood soldier, Ashley will bring a number of desirable skills into combat, especially if your own character isn't much of a fighter.

Skills

Your main choice here will regard which weapon you wish Ashley to wield. Assault rifles are the logical choice, as it doesn't require an unlock and will let Ashley put a lot of fire in the air, while retaining the ability to be useful at short or long ranges.

Williams is tough as nails and unafraid to let you know it.

After the weapon skills, points in Combat Armor will be required to unlock the ability to wear heavy armor. Another party member should have the ability to use First Aid, so you'll often be able to skip that. Assault training is probably less useful than the activated ability of Fitness. All in all, if you skip Pistols, Shotguns, and First Aid, you should have enough points to maximize almost every other skill by the late 30's or so.

The special ability here is Soldier, which increases overall health and allows for health regeneration. The first point is the most important, but if you run out of places to put your skill points, feel free to max it out.

• Pistols
• (u)Shotguns
• Assault Rifles
• (u)Sniper Rifles
• Combat Armor
• (u)First Aid
• Assault Training
• (u)Fitness
• Soldier

Garrus Vakarian

Garrus Vakarian is a Turian Agent, a special class designed just for him. When you first encounter him, he'll be a Citadel Security agent, intent on tracking down evidence of Saren's corruption. He's not an idealist by any stretch; he seems to welcome the opportunity to join you mostly because it'll free him from the rules and regulations of C-Sec and will let him continue his pursuit of Saren without as much red tape. Still, he's a valuable party member.

Garrus is a no-nonsense investigator and will be a big help in tracking down Saren.

Skills

As a Turian Agent, Garrus is split between weapon/armor skills and tech skills. He's especially handy if your main character has no tech abilities, in which case you'll almost certainly be taking either Garrus or Tali along for the ride. If you're looking for a more offensive, combat-oriented party, Garrus is probably the better choice, as he'll be capable of wearing medium armor and training with assault rifles and sniper rifles.

Garrus's special skill is Turian Agent. It increases his accuracy with all weapons and damage with sniper rifles and assault rifles with each point placed into it.

• Assault Rifles
• (u)Sniper Rifles
• Tactical Armor
• (u)Assault Training
• Decryption
• (u)Damping
• First Aid
• (u)Electronics
• Turian Agent

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