Only powerful enemies have a defense bar, weaker enemies are always vulnerable.
Once the defense bar is gone, he is vulnerable to all your powers. As long as the bar is visible, your target is resistant to powers, but all powers deplete his defense bar. These defenses are displayed in a bar over the enemy’s health bar.
More importantly, if your enemy was resisting your powers, there was nothing you could do about it.įor Mass Effect 2 we’ve combined enemy resists with defensive shields, armor, and barriers. In ME1 enemies would sometimes resist your powers, but it wasn’t clear when they would, or why. One area we wanted to improve in Mass Effect 2 was enemy power resists.
