Mass Effect Legendary Edition

Mass Effect Legendary Edition

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Warp Specialist

Warp Specialist

ME2: Warp the barriers of 25 enemies

10 XP

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How to unlock the Warp Specialist achievement in Mass Effect Legendary Edition - Definitive Guide

To get this you need to destroy the barriers of 25 enemies using the Warp ability. Basically you (or a squadmate) needs to cast Warp on a enemy with barriers (purple bar over their health indicator) and successfully destroy the barriers (deplete that bar) - it does not count if you merely damage the barriers but do not fully deplete them. On easier difficulties a Warp will destroy most enemy barrier defences in one hit, but if you're playing on Insanity you will want to whittle the barriers down to about 25% through other means before casting Warp.

You don't need to do it with your own character, you can direct a squadmate to do it - in this case the easiest squadmate to use is Miranda, as she has Warp and is available from the start. Other characters who can learn Warp are Thane and Liara (Jack's Warp AMMO power does not count). Shepard can learn Warp if they are made an Adept or a Sentinel.

The enemies that most often have barriers are enemy Vanguards - either Eclipse or Blue Suns mercenaries, or Collector troops on higher difficulties (Hardcore and Insanity).

There are more than enough enemies with Barriers throughout the game so that you don't have to resort to any workarounds, but if for some reason you don't want to keep bringing along a squadmate with Warp, you can also find a group of enemies that have Barriers (e.g. the Collectors the first time you encounter them, if playing on higher difficulties), destroy the barriers using Warp, reload the save, and repeat until you have 25.
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17 May 2021 05:03

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"N7: Lost Operative" definitely a great place to grind this one, thanks for the tip snake42069
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By Ronkeli on 05 Jun 2021 22:01
I didn't start working on this soon enough and I have literally nothing left but the Suicide Mission so unless there's a shit load of warpable Collectors, I think this is technically missable...
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By 緑眼のイアン on 12 Jun 2021 06:37
Any other good places to grind this? I finished Lost Operative before I realized that enemies with a barrier were not very common.
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By Darauk on 12 Jun 2021 17:33
In addition to the above I just popped it on my insane run, Horizon at the “boss”. Was at 8 going in and a lot were not counting on first play through, but Miranda popping that barrier, die and reload (unintentionally lol), achievement popped
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By RFarha on 25 Jan 2022 23:04
I got it at the beginning of Horizon. All 25 with reloading.
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By Apostle92627 on 04 Apr 2022 07:12
Its kind of difficult even on insanity to find a barrier enemy in the beginning of the game, but the quickest way to find one close to a save point is on Lorek for the "N7: Lost Operative" assignment. After the first wave of 3 goons, another 3 comes out with 1 being a barrier enemy, Once you use warp to down it the first time, ignore the enemy and focus on the other 2. When you are done with them, the barrier will be recast and can be downed again to save time. Once you down it the second time, reload the autosave.
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By snake42069 on 20 May 2021 02:21
You actually have a chance at getting 3 barrier warps in the spot snake mentions. First, I only had 2 "goons" to deal with when I first opened the door (playing on Insanity), one of them was a human marked as a vangard (but much weaker than the asari that comes with the next group). He doesn't start with a barrier, but if you wreck the other guy then back away so the door closes he'll move around & make a comment (if he doesn't glitch). Once he does that, he should put up a barrier. You should be able to aim at him through the closed door & see his health & newly applied barrier. Again, he's pretty weak, don't shoot him or let your squad him. As soon as you or Miranda are ready to cast warp, open the door & bring up the power wheel as soon as he's in the open.
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By Naberios on 22 Jun 2021 04:55
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Went back and tried Necromancer2k8's old solution,
Mass Effect 2Warp SpecialistThe Warp Specialist achievement in Mass Effect 2 worth 26 pointsWarp the barriers of 25 enemies
and still works like a charm:

The best place to farm these kills is at :
Crescent Nebula to the Zelene system and then scan the planet on the 2nd ring (Helyme) from the middle for hidden mission.

Once on this mission you will need to have miranda in your squad (or anyone who has the warp ability).

You should encounter at least 1, if not 2 barriers you can remove before getting to the computer to hack it. Once you hack it, set you squad to take cover towards the back of the platform the computer is on and then you will have 3 sets of enemies come out. There should be at least 3 vanguards you can warp the barriers on.

Once the computer is done hacking (don't go back to check the computer or the mission will end) and all the enemies are dead, just reload your autosave (you don't need to restart the mission) so that you start at the computer and need to re-kill all the enemies again. You can get 3 or more barrier removals per reload so in about 10 minutes you can have all 25 done.
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19 May 2021 21:13

Archangel mission, lowest difficulty, use adept as Shepard with Miranda, both lvl 3 warp.
Right after closing those 3 doors in basement you will encounter Blood Pack leader Garn, double shot him with warps, load autosave, rinse and repeat.
I bought Blood Dragon Armor for +15% power dmg.
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21 Aug 2021 07:02

Barriers are purple bars above an enemy's health. Most Asari enemies will have barriers. You must remove the last portion of a barrier bar using the Warp ability for credit toward this achievement. Warp can be learned by Miranda, Thane, and Liara if your created character does not have it. If you save prior to a fight some a few biotic enemies, you can warp their shields, then reload and farm them this way until the achievement unlocks.
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