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Mass Effect 3 Legendary Edition

Fortification

By
Shane Williams

Fortification is a Power which can only be used by James Vega, Grunt and Commander Shepard as a Bonus Power in Mass Effect 3. This massively increases your shield’s capacity for short amount of time.

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1 Reinforce armor using protective Foucault currents. Purge the current and send its charge to your gauntlets for increased melee damage. Recharge Speed: 2.38 seconds, Damage Reduction: 25%, Melee Damage: 50%, Melee Damage Duration: 20 seconds.
2 Increase recharge speed by 25% when armor is purged. Recharge Speed: 2.13 seconds, Damage Reduction: 25%, Melee Damage: 50%, Melee Damage Duration: 20 seconds.
3 Increase melee damage bonus by 20% when armor is purged. Recharge Speed: 2.13 seconds, Damage Reduction: 25%, Melee Damage: 70%, Melee Damage Duration: 20 seconds.
4 Durability: Increase damage protection by 5% or Melee Damage: Increase melee damage bonus by 30% when armor is purged. Recharge Speed: 2.13 seconds, Damage Reduction: 30%, Melee Damage: 100%, Melee Damage Duration: 20 seconds.
5 Recharge Speed: Increase shield recharge rate by 15% or Power Synergy: Increase power damage and force by 30% while Fortification is active Recharge Speed: 2.13 seconds, Damage Reduction: 30%, Melee Damage: 100%, Melee Damage Duration: 20 seconds.
6 Power Recharge: Reduce power speed penalty by 30% or Durability: Increase damage protection by 10%. Recharge Speed: 2.13 seconds, Damage Reduction: 35/40%, Melee Damage: 100%, **Melee Damage Duration: **20 seconds.
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Guide Information
  • Publisher
    Electronic Arts
  • Platforms,
    PC, PS3, Wii U, XB 360
  • Genre
    Action RPG, Third-person shooter
  • Guide Release
    14 May 2021
  • Last Updated
    15 June 2022
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  • Guide Author
    Andrew Mills, Claire Farnworth

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For years, a lone soldier has told tales of the Reapers, of their return, of these sentient machines reaching out across the vastness of space, to harvest all sentient life. But the warnings were all for nothing. Until now. The Reapers have at last come to Earth and these warnings can no longer be ignored. You are Commander Shepard, the first human spectre and elite soldier of the Alliance, tasked with uniting the galaxy in the fight to stop the Reapers destroying everything you hold dear. In your hands lies the fate of the entire Milky Way but luckily, this time, you are no longer alone.

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