What's the difference between a Defense Drone and a Combat Drone

Question

I was reading through the wiki and saw that Tali now has a Defense Drone in addition to her Combat Drone that she's had forever. Unfortunately, the wiki is so vague as to be completely useless as to what's special about the Defense Drone.

What differentiates a Defense Drone from a Combat Drone?

Asked by MBraedley

Answer

The difference is largely what it sounds like, the Combat Drone does more damage than the Defense Drone, but it offers less utility and survivability, and is less effective at drawing fire away from you.

The Combat Drone is focused on dealing damage to the enemy, and it's upgrades reinforce this by improving it's damage output directly. By contrast, the Defense Drones damage output is very low, but it's attacks will stun opponents, and upgrades will increase its range and utility, allowing it to stun more targets, more often, at longer ranges, and adding the potential for a knockdown.

Use a Combat Drone to kill things. Use a Defense Drone to keep them busy so you can kill them.

Answered by LessPop_MoreFizz

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