Mass Effect Legendary Edition
127 Achievements
2915 XP
120-150h
Epic
Electronics Specialist
ME1: Use Shield Overload 25 times
10 XP
11.0%
How to unlock the Electronics Specialist achievement in Mass Effect Legendary Edition - Definitive Guide
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Overload is a skill that is unlockable by an Engineer, Infiltrator, or Sentinel Shepard as well as Garrus, Tali, Liara, and Kaiden. It can be unlocked in the skill tree as Electronics.
You NEED a target to unlock this achievement. During combat you can cast Overload against an enemy and then wait until it recharges.
Alternatively a quicker way to do this is to cast Overload on the Citadel Rapid Transport terminals. Once you reach the Citadel you'll find orange terminals that let you fast travel around the Citadel but they also count as targets for Overload. Simply save in front of one cast Overload and then reload your save to cut down on the time it takes for your ability to recharge.
When your team mates cast Overload it counts toward the 25.
You NEED a target to unlock this achievement. During combat you can cast Overload against an enemy and then wait until it recharges.
Alternatively a quicker way to do this is to cast Overload on the Citadel Rapid Transport terminals. Once you reach the Citadel you'll find orange terminals that let you fast travel around the Citadel but they also count as targets for Overload. Simply save in front of one cast Overload and then reload your save to cut down on the time it takes for your ability to recharge.
When your team mates cast Overload it counts toward the 25.
6 Comments
Have all of Liara's abilities unlocked and shield overload ISN'T one of them! She has throw, lift, warp, singularity, barrier and stasis but definitely no overload!
By darkrealmslord on 17 May 2021 22:19
Do these achievements count when the AI uses them off their own back, or do I always need to tell the AI to use the skill for it to count?
By Zeta Sigh on 18 May 2021 08:37
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Overload is a skill that can be used by the Engineer, Infiltrator, and Sentinel class, or by Liara, Garrus, Tali, and Kaiden. To use a skill, hold 
and choose it from the wheel for whoever has it unlocked (you may need to invest some skill points to unlock it). This achievement can easily be farmed by targeting a Citadel Rapid Transport terminal. For some reason, people find the most success doing this with the terminal in the C-Sec Atrium location. Otherwise, use it regularly during combat on enemies to unlock it naturally.
and choose it from the wheel for whoever has it unlocked (you may need to invest some skill points to unlock it). This achievement can easily be farmed by targeting a Citadel Rapid Transport terminal. For some reason, people find the most success doing this with the terminal in the C-Sec Atrium location. Otherwise, use it regularly during combat on enemies to unlock it naturally.You can combine this with a number of other skills that can be done on the terminals by saving in front of one with all your cooldowns up, using every skill possible, then reloading your save. Progress toward these achievements is saved at the profile level, not tied to the save file, so you can reload the same save 25 times and get any of the applicable achievements out of the way in just a few minutes.