Tactical Scan

Tactical Scan is a power in Mass Effect 3. It is available only to the male quarian Infiltrator and Engineer DLC characters in the multiplayer mode.

Rank 1: Tactical Scan
Reveal weaknesses in defenses, increasing all damage done to the target and slowing its movement speed. Provide the entire squad with a tactical readout. Only one scan can be active on a target.


 * Recharge Speed: 4 Sec
 * Duration: 20 sec
 * Movement Speed Penalty: 15%
 * Damage Taken Bonus: 15%

Rank 2: Recharge Speed

 * '''Increase Recharge speed by 50%
 * Recharge Speed: 2.67 Sec

Rank 3: Duration
Increase Duration by 30%
 * '''Duration: 26 Sec

Rank 4: Weapon Damage/Power Damage
Weapon Damage

Increase all weapon damage done to the target by 7.5%

Power Damage

Increase all power damage done to the target by 7.5%

Rank 5: Headshots/Movement Speed
Headshots

Increase all Headshot damage by 25%.

Movement Speed

Increase the target's movement speed penalty by 15%.
 * Movement Speed Penalty: 30%
 * Recharge Speed: 2.28 Sec

Rank 6: Damage/Area Scan
Damage

Increase all damage done to the target by 10%
 * Damage Taken Bonus: 25%

Area Scan

Increase scan duration by 100%. Momentarily reveal enemies within 20 meters of the target with an initial scanning pulse
 * Duration: 46 sec

Player Notes

 * The power takes a few seconds to be activated.
 * Through correct evolution, the tactical scan can increase weapon damage dealt to a target by 32.5%. When combined with the massive damage bonus that the Javelin gets from the geth Infiltrators Hunter Mode, Tactical Cloak and Networked AI, it is possible for a geth infiltrator paired with a male quarian infiltrator to take out Atlases and Geth Primes in two shots on silver.
 * Like tactical cloak, this power's cool down time is dependent on how long it was in use for - i.e, if an enemy is quickly killed after being scanned, it will be available for use faster than if he had take a long time to die.
 * However, if it is not used on a target (missed or accidentally used), it will take the full time to cool down, which can be crippling on higher difficulties, as it stops you from using your tactical cloak.
 * A recommended tactic for the male quarian infiltrator is to choose the rank six evolution of tactical cloak that allows the use of an offensive power without breaking cloak. This way, the maximum damage can be done to the target whilst in cloak.
 * For added lethality, this can be combined with the ability to charge a weapon before cloaking, which makes it possible to fire one shot without breaking the cloak, that several weapons have, most notably the Geth Plasma Shotgun.
 * The rank 5 Movement Speed evolution also reduces the recharge speed by 25%.

Availability

 * Multiplayer:
 * Male quarian Engineer
 * Male quarian Infiltrator