Tech Talents in Mass Effect is an area of expertise that refers to abilities based around your Technical and healing skills, like the explosion radius of your tech mines, bypassing the security systems of some locked objects, and also increases the recharge speed of your tech proximity mines, and more. As you level up, you acquire Talent Points that you can spend to improve these aspects of your character. The talents available to you and your squad are determined by the Class selected in Character Creation.
Availability
In Mass Effect only Infiltrator, Engineer and Sentinel classes have Tech Talent at their disposal.
Take in mind that Decryption and Electronics Talents are very important as they are the only ways to access certain minitasks.
Tech Talents
Damping
Increases the explosion radius of your tech mines. It activates the Damping Field, which suppresses enemies’ tech and biotic abilities in combat.
Special Ability:
Decryption
Lets you spend omni-gel to override security systems to open doors or containers. Ultimately, it activates Sabotage, which quickly disables enemy weapons in combat.
Special Ability:
Hacking
Increases the recharge speed of your tech proximity mines. Ultimately, it activates AI Hacking abilities, which let you control the AI (artificial intelligence) of robotic enemies, so they attack everyone around them, including each other.
Special Ability:
Electronics
Increases shield strength and lets you bypass the security systems of some locked objects. It also activates use of Overload, which damages or disables enemy shields in combat.
Special Ability:
First Aid
Increases squad healing by improving the effectiveness of all Medi-Gel use.
Special Ability:
Medicine
Improves the recharge time on squad healing and grants the Neural Shock ability that devastates organic enemies.
Special Ability:
Mass Effect Tech Talents
Name |
Effect |
Ability |
Class |
| Damping | Increases the explosion radius of your tech mines. Depending on the talent level increases the radius of Sabotage, Overload and Damping from 10% to 30% |  Damping Ability |
For Infiltrator and Engineer classes it is unlocked at Electronics Talent level 4. |
| Decryption | Lets you spend omni-gel to override security systems to open doors or containers. Depending on the talent level increases the tech explosion damage from 14% to 30% |  Sabotage |
For Sentinel, Inflitrator and Engineer it is a starting talent. Quarian Machinist Turian Agent |
| Hacking | Increases the recharge speed of your tech proximity mines. Depending on the talent level lowers the recharge time of Sabotage, Overload and Damping from 6% to 30%. |  AI Hacking |
For Engineer class it is Unlocked at Decryption Talent Level 7. Quarian Machinist. |
| Electronics | Increases shield strength and lets you bypass the security systems of some locked objects. Depending on the talent level increases shield capacity by from 30 to 270. Restores from 400 to 2400 extra hull during vehicle repair. |  Overload |
For Engineers, Infiltrators, and the Quarian Machinist it is a starting Talent class. For Sentinel class it is unlocked at Decryption Talent Level 4 |
| First Aid | Increases squad healing by improving the effectiveness of all Medi-Gel use. Dependin on the level talent increases health restored upon activating First Aid from 40 to 180. |  Fist Aid Ability |
For Engineer, Sentinel, the Turian Agent, and the Asari Scientist, it is a starting Talent class. For Soldier class it is unlocked at Combat Armor Talent level 6. For Infiltrator class it is unlocked at Decryption talent level 7. Quarian Machinist. |
| Medicine | Improves the recharge time on squad healing. Depending on the talent level Reduces cooldown time on First Aid from 10% to 30%. |  Neural Shock |
For Engineer and Sentinel classes it is unlocked at First Aid Talent Level 5. |
