Combat Mastery

This article is about the power in Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3. For other abilities or articles with the term "combat" in the name, see Combat (disambiguation).

Combat Mastery is a passive class power for the Soldier in Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3's single-player mode.

Mass Effect 2

Makes you tougher, stronger, faster, and more charismatic.

Power Ranks

• Rank 1 - Your superior training improves your health, weapon damage, storm speed, and Paragon/Renegade scores.
  • Health: +10.00%
  • Weapon Damage: +3.00%
  • Storm Speed: +20.00%
  • Paragon/Renegade: +20.00%

• Rank 2 - Your superior training improves your health, weapon damage, storm speed, and Paragon/Renegade scores.
  • Health: +20.00%
  • Weapon Damage: +6.00%
  • Storm Speed: +30.00%
  • Paragon/Renegade: +40.00%

• Rank 3 - Your superior training improves your health, weapon damage, storm speed, and Paragon/Renegade scores.
  • Health: +30.00%
  • Weapon Damage: +9.00%
  • Storm Speed: +40.00%
  • Paragon/Renegade: +70.00%

Rank 4

Evolves Combat Mastery into one of the following:

Commando

• Your killing intent is ever-present, increasing weapon damage and storm speed, and giving a damage bonus to powers.
  • Health: +30.00%
  • Weapon Damage: +15.00%
  • Storm Speed: +50.00%
  • Paragon/Renegade: +70.00%
  • Power Damage: +15.00%

Shock Trooper

• Your survival instinct grants you an intense concentration that further increases health and storm speed, and gives a duration bonus to powers.
  • Health: +40.00%
  • Weapon Damage: +9.00%
  • Storm Speed: +40.00%
  • Paragon/Renegade: +100.00%
  • Power Duration: +15.00%

Player Notes

• Combat Mastery is the only one of the six player class powers in Mass Effect 2 that improves storm speed, and the only one that does not improve power recharge time.
• During combat situations with enemies active in the area, the improvement to storm speed manifests as a time dilation effect similar to that of Adrenaline Rush. The two time-dilation effects do not stack, meaning that the movement speed bonus is not providing any additional benefit to Shepard when storming during Adrenaline Rush.

Availability

• Soldier

Mass Effect 3

Power Ranks

Rank 1: Combat Mastery

Be an expert tactician on and off the battlefield.
More speed.
More strength.
More charisma.

• Reputation Bonus: 4%
• Weapon Damage Bonus: 5%
• Weight Capacity Bonus: 20

Rank 2: Influence & Mastery

Increase weapon damage bonus by 5%.
Increase reputation bonus by 4%.

• Reputation Bonus: 8%
• Weapon Damage Bonus: 10%
• Weight Capacity Bonus: 20

Rank 3: Influence & Capacity

Increase weight capacity bonus by 30 points.
Increase reputation bonus by 4%.

• Reputation Bonus: 12%
• Weapon Damage Bonus: 10%
• Weight Capacity Bonus: 50

Rank 4: Damage/Influence & Duration

Damage Increase weapon damage bonus by 5%. Increase power damage bonus by 10%. Reputation Bonus: 12% Weapon Damage Bonus: 15% Weight Capacity Bonus: 50

Influence & Duration Increase reputation bonus by 8%. Increase power duration by 25%. Reputation Bonus: 20% Weapon Damage Bonus: 10% Weight Capacity Bonus: 50

Rank 5: Squad Bonus/Headshots

Squad Bonus Increase squadmate weapon damage by 20%.

Headshots Increase headshot damage by 20%.

Rank 6: Weight Capacity/Weapon Master

Weight Capacity Increase weight capacity bonus by 50 points. Reputation Bonus: 12% (Damage), 20% (Influence & Duration) Weapon Damage Bonus: 15% (Damage), 10% (Influence & Duration) Weight Capacity Bonus: 100

Weapon Master Increase weapon damage bonus by 10%. Increase damage of all ammo powers by 40%. Reputation Bonus: 12% (Damage), 20% (Influence & Duration) Weapon Damage Bonus: 25% (Damage), 20% (Influence & Duration) Weight Capacity Bonus: 50

Player Notes

• The Rank 5 Squad Bonus evolution applies only to NPC squad members and not to Shepard. There is possibility for confusion, as the similarly named "Squad Bonus" evolutions of squadmates' class powers apply to the entire party including Shepard and also the owner of the power.

Availability

• Single-player: Soldier
• Multiplayer: N/A