It's just my impression or some weapons, even the DLCs ones, are better than others for certain squad mates? Jacob is really good with the Eviscerator, but medium with the new shotgun (Tali seems to be better). User:Implodinggoat This I was wondering, what squadmates are good with particular weapons? Garrus, for example, is superb with the Mantis, but Zaeed and Thane not Jack's kick a** huge with the Phalanx, but Miranda sucks it (but shines with the Carnifex) Zaeed and Grunt are really good with the Mattock and I noted that Zaeed fires more shots than Grunt (Garrus is very good with the Collector AR). The only weapon I've seen a squadmate do more damage with is the Revenant and that requires some modding. I just did Grunt's loyalty mission with Grunt and Zaeed packing Mattocks and they made short work of the Varren and Klixen. I'd say it ranks up with the Incisor as one of the best weapons in the hands of a squadmate. They lay down a lot of supressing fire like they would with a Viper Sniper Rifle but they fire more often and end up doing more damage. Lancer1289 20:00, Aug(UTC) - Squadmates seem to be pretty damn brutal wielding the Mattock. So this may be good for Shepard, but my opinion, less so for squadmates. Don't forget also that squadmates do less damage than the player does, and they usually fire less often. I have found that weapons and armor components complely depend on personal playstyle and I have found that in just a few missions, that the Vindicator is better because squadmates seem to hit more often, and do more damage, then with the Mattock. Athenau 13:53, Aug(UTC) But would it make the Vindicator redundant for squadmates? Tali's no.1 fan 19:50, Aug(UTC) You can easily exceed the Vindicator's peak fire rate of 6 rounds/sec, which makes the dps _hugely_ superior. You can empty the clip faster but it also seems to pick up a lot more rounds from each thermal clip (I've noticed around 20 rounds per clip) - User:Implodinggoat, 19:20 August 5th, 2010 The Mattock fires as fast as you can press the trigger (up to the hard cap of 750 RPM). The biggest advantage the Mattock has in my opinion is that so long as you strive for accuracy it's less ammo hungry than the Vindicator. Against Krogan the Mattock is freaking incredible, even on Insanity I can bring one down in the course of a single Heightened Adrenaline Rush. However when you want to bring down a higher level enemy the Mattock is vastly superior since it can lay down so much damage so quickly. For a soldier using adrenaline rush, its still superior for picking off low level enemies, since the Vindicator can bring them down with two quick headshots.

70.65.11.89 05:35, Aug(UTC) The Vindicator is more accurate, which makes it better at picking off enemies from cover when you're under very heavy fire.

The Mattock is more like a sniper rifle without a scope. Due to the burst-fire mode and higher ROF, the Vindicator will still let you do more damage in a shorter amount of time (assuming each shot in the burst connects), but also chews up ammo faster. Lancer1289 01:04, Aug(UTC) It's definitely situational. Personally I can see myself still using the M-15 and the M-96. Well I think that will come down to personal playstyle and what mission or assignment you are doing. Depending on ShepardвЂ™s class you may receive this weapon automatically at the beginning of the quest or youвЂ™ll be forced to find it later on during the Mars main quest.Does the Mattock effectively render the Vindicator useless? I can't see myself ever using the Vindicator again. You can also buy this weapon at the Batarian State Arms store. You can find this weapon in the corridor to the left of the area where the first large battle with Cerberus units takes place during the Grissom Academy: Emergency Evacuation side quest. It can be bought from the Spectre Requisitions store for 250,000 currency. You can also buy this weapon from the Cipritine Armory store. You can find this weapon on the ground near the destroyed part of the road during the Tuchanka main quest. You can find this weapon on a shelf inside the observation point during the Rannoch main quest. You can find this weapon on the ground near the Great Hall area during the Kallini: Ardat-Yakshi Monastery side quest.

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