Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 2

Samara/Morinth Companion Guide

Choose wisely: Samara or Morinth in Mass Effect 2. Learn their Asari biotic powers, loyalty missions, and build for devastating biotic combat.

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Samara/Morinth Companion Guide

Samara is an ancient Asari Justicar, a warrior bound by a strict code of honor and dedicated to hunting down those who break the law. Her daughter, Morinth, is an Ardat-Yakshi, a dangerous Asari with a lethal psychic embrace. Shepard must choose between siding with Samara or Morinth, each path leading to a unique companion with distinct abilities and loyalty missions.

Samara is a powerful biotic adept, specializing in crowd control and raw biotic damage. Morinth, while also a biotic, offers a more aggressive and potentially unstable playstyle. Their abilities are focused on manipulating mass effect fields to devastating effect.

Samara's Abilities and Strengths

  • Class: Samara is an Adept, focusing purely on biotic powers.
  • Sature Ability: Samara's signature ability is Throw, a fundamental biotic power that can stagger or launch enemies.
  • Biotic Mastery: She possesses a wide array of potent biotic abilities, including Warp for stripping defenses and Reave, a channeled biotic attack that deals damage over time and can weaken enemies.
  • Loyalty Mission: Samara's loyalty mission, "The Ardat-Yakshi," involves hunting down her daughter Morinth. Depending on Shepard's choices, Samara will either remain loyal or be lost, and Morinth may become a temporary squadmate. If Samara remains loyal, her ultimate ability, Samara's Throw, offers enhanced range and damage.

Morinth's Abilities and Strengths

  • Class: Morinth is also an Adept, with a focus on offensive biotic powers.
  • Sature Ability: Morinth's signature ability is Reave, which she uses with greater ferocity than Samara.
  • Aggressive Biotics: She possesses powerful biotic abilities geared towards direct damage and crowd control, often with a more volatile edge than Samara's.
  • Loyalty Mission: If Morinth joins Shepard, her loyalty is tied to her survival and her ability to adapt to Shepard's crew. Her ultimate ability is also a more potent version of Reave.

Recommended Build (Samara)

When upgrading Samara, prioritize:

  1. Reave Upgrades: Focus on increasing Reave's damage, duration, and area of effect.
  2. Warp Upgrades: Enhance Warp's effectiveness against armored targets and its biotic explosion potential.
  3. Adept Specializations: Invest in abilities that boost her biotic recharge rate and power damage.

Combat Tactics with Samara/Morinth

Both Samara and Morinth excel at controlling the battlefield with biotic powers. Use Throw to stagger enemies, Warp to weaken them, and Reave to deal sustained damage and trigger biotic explosions. They are best deployed in mid-range engagements where their biotic powers can be most effective. Their lack of heavy weapon proficiency means they rely heavily on their biotic abilities.

The choice between Samara and Morinth is a significant one, impacting the narrative and the available companion for the Suicide Mission. Ensure you understand the implications of your decision.