User blog comment:Legionwrex/Best and worst sqaud mates of Mass effect 2/@comment-743796-20110216001108/@comment-743796-20110216115621

That's to compensate for his high-powered tech abilities, and the fact that he's the only squad character who can use Incinerate (Zaeed's the closest after that with his Inferno Grenade, and Incendiary Rounds don't count).