Mass Effect 2
62 Achievements
1,355
55-70h
Overload Specialist
Disrupt the shields of 25 enemies
15
How to unlock the Overload Specialist achievement in Mass Effect 2 - Definitive Guide
You can get your 1st one as you enter the initial area of the base. After that you will have 2 cannons you can hack and use on enemies and one of the enemies coming out the door has a shield. Use your ability on that one after a quick time slowdown and a shot or 2 with a gun. You will then enter a room with 2 more you can do. Slow down time, a few shots to take out part of the shield, use miranda for the overload and then hit the other one towards the door at the other end of the room.
You now have 4 total and then you just reload the autosave and get another 3. Takes maybe 10 minutes to get all 25 done. Get your 3 and keep reloading the autosave until the 25 are done.
I find it helps to order your squad mates somewhere out of the way as they tend to tear through the Geth shields with ease. (This was the second to last person I recruited)
When you go through the first room you're attacked in, there are two laptops and a Quarian log there in the back righthand corner. Take care of those and continue to the left into the hallway. Go right and take the second left after you find the Geth technology in the first room on the left. There is another Quarian log in the hallway. Go ahead and read it. You can save right here, or use the Autosave the game gives you before you open the next door. When you open that door, a Hunter will come into the room. You can use Overload on him there to knock down his shields when he comes down the stairs. Right there, there is another log, and a Wall Safe. Go up the stairs to trigger the Geth. One of them is another Hunter. Back down the stairs and wait for him to come around the corner to come down after you and Overload him. Basically, repeat this process of going up the stairs to make sure they know you're there, then go back down and let your Overload take care of them when they come around the corner. Be careful in "weakening" them before Overloading them - by this time in the game, you weapons may be too powerful. As soon as you see them - just hit them - the Overload should take the shields down even if they're full. If you DO get the shields down without Overload, you can use Tali's AI Hacking to have the Geth regenerate their shields. One bonus to doing this is that the Geth will just stand still right there for about 10 seconds.
Never go into the room at the top of the stairs (I didn't because of fear of an Autosave). You can get a good 5-6 Geth with shields this way. Once you've gotten them all, just reload your save.
It took me maybe 15 minutes to get the achievement here.
When you encounter them, make sure that your squad power usage is set to "Disabled." This way they cannot use any powers unless you order them to, since you cannot get the achievement unless you specifically ordered them to use Overload. Just save before an encounter with tripod drones (or any shielded enemy) and keep reloading the save until you have it.
The DLC mission "Overlord" had at least 2 groups of drones for you to destroy in Vulcan station, which comes up later in the mission. They are also encountered in the main game, the earliest time being in the second mission "Freedom's Progress". For best results, take two allies with Overload (Miranda and Garrus have it).
Shields are one of the most common forms of protection on protected enemies, especially on Hardcore and Insanity
If you instruct a Squadmate who has Overload to disrupt the shield manually via the power wheel or D-pad shortcut it will count for the trophy, if a Squadmate disrupts a shield with Overload on their own accord it will not count.
Overload is Available to Engineer and Sentinel Shepards.
Squadmates with Overload are Miranda, Garrus and Kasumi
Guest Squadmates Wilson, and Dr. Amanda Kenson form the "Arival" DLC also have the power available
Overload is a tech power that is available to engineers and sentinels. If you are not one of those two classes, then Garrus, Miranda, and Kasumi all have this power. Shields are denoted by a blue bar. You have to completely deplete the shield bar for this to count. Your companions wiping out a shield in one hit will count for the trophy, but you have to trigger it using . Unless you’re playing on Casual or have an evolved form of Overload, knock the enemy’s shields down about halfway and then fire Overload.
You will find plenty of enemies throughout the game that have shields. Garrus’ loyalty mission and Jack’s recruitment mission have plenty of engineers.
When you encounter a large group of enemies with shields, disrupt their shields with Overload and reload the checkpoint. Your progress will save.
Shields are a type of protection often used by mechanical enemies and engineers. You, or a squad member, must deal the finishing blow to the shield bar with the Overload power 25 times to earn the achievement. Blue Suns mercenaries have the most engineers with shields, and YMIR mechs also have shields. I found a good amount of Blue Suns engineers on Garrus’ loyalty mission.
Note: Find a group of enemies with shields and destroy them all using overload. Then reload your checkpoint. It will keep your progress and you can repeat the process until you get the achievement.
You will find plenty of enemies throughout the game that have shields. Garrus’ loyalty mission and Jack’s recruitment mission have plenty of engineers.
When you encounter a large group of enemies with shields, disrupt their shields with Overload and reload the checkpoint. Your progress will save.
Shields are a type of protection often used by mechanical enemies and engineers. You, or a squad member, must deal the finishing blow to the shield bar with the Overload power 25 times to earn the achievement. Blue Suns mercenaries have the most engineers with shields, and YMIR mechs also have shields. I found a good amount of Blue Suns engineers on Garrus’ loyalty mission.
Note: Find a group of enemies with shields and destroy them all using overload. Then reload your checkpoint. It will keep your progress and you can repeat the process until you get the achievement.
It is not necessary to have the overload skill yourself; the skills and actions of the entire squad count.