User blog comment:Kallenovsky/Listmania! Ranking Your Squad/@comment-4085370-20120625071556

I think I'll actually answer the question at hand.

1.) Garrus. I started with ME2, and because I chose to talk about him first, I chose to recruit him first. When I first met him, I thought he just looked like a bad-ass. When I thought he died I was like "NO! WHAT DID I DO WRONG?!" (because my friend who intro'd me to the series said your decisions affect who lives/dies.) So when he was still alive I was all happy inside. After that he just has an awesome sense of humor, and is always my go-to guy for missions. Very flexible and powerful. He's an awesome friend to Shepard (and I did romance him as a FemShep :3 ) Garrus #1 for combat, humor, and his character development that I won't begin because of time's sake.

2.) Thane. I was pleased to find out that I could recruit a bad-ass assassin. However, I was even more surprised when I started talking to him. He is such a deep character, and I love his analogies and logic. I could see myself having many philosophical discussions with him. Safe to say I was glad to see him in ME3, and I physically felt sad standing beside his deathbed and praying for him. Only to feel a little choked up when his prayer was for me. I felt justice was served when I took that Renegade option out of instinct, and immediately thought "Now say something about Thane, Shepard..." and then Shepard says "That was for Thane, you SoB." and I was all like, "Kai Leng, go to the sea."

3.) Mordin. Funny guy, interesting backstory. Reminds me A LOT of my friend (who's favorite character is, coincidentally. Mordin). I like his character development throughout ME2 and 3. He has such an impact on the story and who doesn't love his theme song?

4.) Samara. I love playing Adept, and I must say having a squad with just me, Samara, and Jack is way too stupidly fun. Besides her being an awesome Justicar, she, like Thane, captures me because of her deep nature. A somber character, but with age comes wisdom, and I wish I could have talked to her more. Not as deep as Thane IMO, but still almost as awesome.

5.) Legion. He's Legion. I like Legion a lot, but I put him down here because I never really get to see much with him. (I always recruited him last because the Suicide Mission is launched two missions later, and I hate not being able to save Kelly.) However, I do like the few conversations I have with him, especially how he takes my N7 armor to cover a hole that he never quite explains...but his sacrifice to give the entire Geth race cannot be forgotten. The first Geth to have a soul, and who was a unit that saw the greater picture.

6.) Grunt. Ha...my tank. I like him for much different reasons. He is just that classic meat head. He has some great lines that I find myself laughing at, and I was like "NOOOO" when he took on the Rachni to let me go. I was sad (again) when I thought he died, but was like :DDDDDD when I saw him. Then his one line "Anybody...got something...to eat?" was just classic.

7.) Liara. I place her here because I never really got a chance to truly know her. I'm purchasing ME1 off of eBay fairly soon, and I definitely plan to romance her. However, getting to know her in ME3 much more made me only want to romance her more, (but I wanted to stay faithful to Tali). Other than her complimenting any Shepard I make, I like how she's an extremely supportive friend and at times needs support herself. I felt for her when Thessia was falling, and when Priority: Thessia fails, I felt like I had let Liara down as well.

8.) Tali. My waifu. I romanced her in ME2 because she was just extremely quirky and cute. Like that really cute awesome nerdy girl that is always overlooked for Miranda (dat ass). Though she isn't my ideal squadmate, I still enjoy watching her stumble over her words and calling out her blushes.

9.) Javik. I didn't download the DLC, but I watched a few videos on YouTube with him in it, and this guy is effing hilarious. Hands down the only reason I like him is because of his dark humor, and remarks about other species during his cycles. "Did you know that Salarians used to lick their eyeballs?" That line alone made me laugh louder than I was supposed to at 12 am.

10.) Jack. She's one crazy chick...if Mass Effect was a game in virtual reality, I would like to see her (as well as Samara) be programmed without as many restraints so she could achieve her full potential. Besides that, I like seeing how she could do a character change just by Shepard taking a Paragon path with her. I watched all the videos, and I must say. I feel sorry for her. Her loyalty mission opened up a lot about her character, and I was glad to help her get closure. Plus her romance in ME3 is pretty funny. Wish they could have written more for her in that regard though.