User blog comment:Legionwrex/Did the Leviathan DLC really add a new twist to the endings?/@comment-5287758-20120901035748/@comment-4721065-20120901092031

@Legionwrex Yes you did, but you also said that "victory would surely come at a major cost, and the galaxy would probably be in the same position that people thought they where (sic!) in in the original Mass Effect 3 endings."

With all the Reapers under your control, there no way they would be a major threat. Like I said, send Reapers to every world with enough water to plausibly harbour the Leviathans (even if we assume 18,000 capital ships, there should still be enough to have a couple of dozen per world), get locals' support where possible and purge them. At worst, they might have time to cause Eden Prime-like devastation on a couple of worlds, but the outcome would be predetermined, with Reapers' speed being the most significant variable.