Battlefield 3 Soldier

Battlefield 3 Soldier
Class	Soldier
Race	Human
Rarity	Rare
Availability	Initially unlockable
Abilities	Combat Roll Omni-Blade

Humans joined the galactic community after discovering a Prothean data cache on Mars in 2148. Their devotion to understanding and adapting to modern warfare left the staid Council races stunned. Humanity's persistence and unflappable spirit has taken them further than anyone in the galaxy could have imagined.

Alliance soldiers are renowned for their impressive fire support, flexibility, and speed. Humans have quickly integrated new technology into their combat gear and can unleash VIs, drones, and artillery on the battlefield.

Powers

Shield: 500 / Health: 500 Class: Alliance Training  Adrenaline Rush  Carnage  Frag Grenade  Fitness

Melee and movement

	Regular Melee – Punch Melee Sequence: The Battlefield 3 Soldier executes a series of up to three punches. Heavy Melee (Omni-Blade) – The Battlefield 3 Soldier produces an omni-blade to stab enemies. Grab (Omni-Blade Stab) – The Battlefield 3 Soldier drags an enemy over cover and then executes them by stabbing with an omni-blade.
	Dodge (Combat Roll) – The Battlefield 3 Soldier rolls to quickly evade incoming attacks. The Battlefield 3 Soldier can take cover, and can roll from cover to cover.

Player Notes

General Notes

• The Battlefield 3 Soldier is very similar to standard Human Soldiers, the only real difference is that Carnage replaces Concussive Shot.
• Considering the lack of immediate damage Carnage typically has, it is best to not depend on it as a key damage dealer. Considering that, a heavy loadout is viable since Adrenaline Rush is the only cooldown-based power that will be in consistent use and its re-use time only partially depends on the loadout weight.
• Despite Carnage's shortcomings, it can be used as a powerful detonator power for fire, tech and cryo combos. In addition, with its rank 5 Incapacitate evolution, Carnage can gain a strong knockback effect against a single target. Carnage can also be arced over cover to damage otherwise-protected enemies without using grenades.
• Carnage can potentially have a very quick reload time, and it can be the setup power for a Fire Explosion. Cooperating with a squad mate using a detonator power or using large quantities of Frag Grenades makes for repeated high-damage Fire Explosions. It is also possible to chain explosions using disruptor rounds, Carnage and Frag Grenades, quickly producing a Tech Burst followed by a Fire Explosion.
• A Frag Grenade specced for damage can outright kill most trooper/infantry enemies on Bronze and Silver difficulties.
• Play to your strengths and use grenades to get rid of any lesser enemies before helping your allies bring down the big enemies. Learn the location of ammo boxes so you can top up your grenades and ammo, as the Soldier uses large amounts of both.
• Picking a good weapon is essential. The Battlefield 3 Soldier has powers that benefit from a low recharge time, but he will spend most of the time shooting. Damage and ammo capacity are preferable over low weight.
• As Carnage does massive damage against armor and health but considerably less against shields and barriers, the Rank 6 Shield Overload evolution of Frag Grenade may be a good idea (although do note that it does not inflict extra damage to barriers). Alternatively, equipping disruptor rounds or taking an anti-shield/barrier weapon such as the Reegar Carbine, M-358 Talon, or Acolyte will compensate for Carnage's shortcomings.
• With Adrenaline Rush evolved defensively (the Rank 4 Hardening and Rank 6 Shield Boost evolutions), the Battlefield 3 Soldier can survive a substantial amount of damage while Adrenaline Rush is active. It may be worthwhile to skip Fitness so all powers can be maxed out (as the Rank 4 Hardening evolution alone allows the Soldier to take more damage under Adrenaline Rush than without Adrenaline Rush and maxed-durability Fitness) or to evolve Fitness for durability, allowing the Soldier to take an extreme amount of damage for brief periods.

Cerberus

• The Battlefield soldier's powers have some advantage over Cerberus. Carnage can be used to knock down Phantoms, rendering them temporarily harmless. Frag Grenades can be used to thin the ranks of Cerberus Troopers and some of the more fragile shielded varieties, such as Engineers and Nemeses, but the Soldier will still spend lots of time pulling a trigger. Be wary of guardians; outside of landing a grenade just behind them, or shooting through their shield by some means, the Soldier doesn't have any special way to handle them.

Collectors

• Much like the Reapers, the Soldier fares well against the Collectors. Grenades will kill or severely weaken Collector troopers and captains, and Carnage helps soften up Scions and Praetorians, and sets up Fire Explosions for teammates to trigger.
• Both Praetorians and Scions, while tough, have the disadvantage of being large enemies and hard to miss. Turn on Adrenaline Rush and shoot them as much as you can while retreating and maneuvering around cover and try to whittle them to death.

Geth

• All Geth units but the basic trooper have shields, so the Soldier lacks any innate advantage against them. The best way to go is to keep using Adrenaline Rush and try to gun them down. Drop a grenade at your feet when they're in close to give you some breathing room and be wary of being flanked by pyros or hunters.
• The Rank 6 Shield Overload evolution of Frag Grenade will significantly enhance your ability to deal with geth, as it will tear through their shields and no geth have biotic barriers (which the Shield Overload evolution does not deal extra damage to).
• Equipping disruptor rounds makes the Battlefield 3 Soldier well-prepared should this enemy appear.

Reapers

• Carnage fares better here. Most enemies have either armor or health, so the burn DoT effect is more useful. Frag grenades are good against Cannibals and Husks. Grenades are good against Ravagers, as they can hit an unlimited amount of targets, allowing them to kill the resulting Swarmers.

Trivia

• A Battlefield 3 Infiltrator class is present in the game files, but it was cut from the game and is not unlockable for play.