Favorite Plasmid(s)?

[Ente]

What is everyones' favorite plasmid(s) in the game and why? Curious.

I pretty much stuck with Freezing my enemies or using Telekinesis in bizarre ways to cause madness.

Other than that I used the other plasmids only when I wanted to mix it up. I think I just enjoy play defensive so the first thing I thought of was freezing enemies in place to give me a moment to think up ways to kill them.

[Xenolithium]

What is everyones' favorite plasmid(s) in the game and why? Curious.

I pretty much stuck with Freezing my enemies or using Telekinesis in bizarre ways to cause madness.

Other than that I used the other plasmids only when I wanted to mix it up. I think I just enjoy play defensive so the first thing I thought of was freezing enemies in place to give me a moment to think up ways to kill them.

Insect Swarm, it's just so amazing, not only does it distract enemies, but if they get caught in it too long, they die so easily. Plus, this was literally the first plasmid we saw, and it's the reason I got Bioshock. The Debut trailer, is what sold me. =D

[Monual]

For me it was Incinerate. Being a mild pyromaniac in real life, I loved watching things burn. What was great was launching it from a great distance, and watching the splicers run screaming towards then fall dead at your feet.

-Richard

[Vornesoul]

Security Bullseye.

Seriously, it's overpowered. Nothing will kill a camera so you can kill BDs scott free.

If you have two turrets in a room, throw it on one turret and they will kill each other or a camera will send bots in to deal with it.

[Escaliot]

Cyclone trap ftw!

[Inserti0n]

Electro Bolt is king. Nothing is more satisfying to me than stunning some poor bastard and casually walking up and putting an anti-personnel round into his/her cranium at point blank range.

[Xiayohen]

Electro Bolt is king. Nothing is more satisfying to me than stunning some poor bastard and casually walking up and putting an anti-personnel round into his/her cranium at point blank range.

That I'd have to agree, except with a crossbow or shotgun to put. =p

I used to like the insect one, but it attacks EVERYTHING, including lone-standing Big Daddies. Then the fire one is fun, but takes too long and they run into water pretty fast.

[Svits]

Cyclon trap :D
I love thoes ragdoll effects. Like making them jump up and hit the roof, and then landing on a stair and see them fall all the way down, or just make them fall from high places :cool:

[James Lame]

Lightning Bolt ftw.

[New To Plasmids]

Hypnotize the Big Daddy for me,love the fact that he protects you and stays by your side the whole time (well until the effects wear off lol)

[Bioshock_FTW!]

*bump*

If you guys haven't researched Houdini splicers to get the natural camouflage tonic, DO IT. You won't regret it.

When you stand still for a second, you disappear. It makes being a tourist in Rapture more possible and it's a savior when hounded by security bots and you can't find the shutdown panel.

[akratch]

elec bolt3 and cyclone trap are the ones i use most.

[gunr]

I think the camouflage. Incinerate 3 was pretty powerful. Then again as posted earlier, electricution followed by a good ole wack on the noggin was a bit satisfying.

[Tan]

I like incinerate3, teleceneisis and elec bolt.

[ShatteredFox]

telekinesis and Cyclone Trap

[Grimhound]

Incinerate, a fully loaded bar, and a lot of splicers. Molotov bartender.

[Grimhound]

Incinerate & Telekinesis, even. Damn lack of an Edit button.

[Vatras]

The deep freeze is my favorite over all...it holds enemies, cameras and bots, makes hacking easier, and I like to shatter my enemies into smithereens. The only downside is that you get no loot from shattered foes, but I can live with that :)

In Apollo Plaza I got to experiment with all plasmids at level 3 while still being unstable, and I like most of them. The ones I have little use for are Target Dummy, Charm Big Daddy and the Security Tag...the first isnt doing much for me, the second requires a Daddy to be around when you need it (its good, if one is around, but often there is none), and the last is a waste of mana...the splicers make short work of my hacked bots and cameras (and I have to hack them to avoid them myself; since they are friendly then, there isnt even a need to use the plasmid on a splicer).

[x_rast_x]

Security Bullseye. Nothing like watching Big Daddies get wtfpwned by their own security system while I just stand back and laugh.

[Inserti0n]

I'm falling in love with Hypnotise Big Daddy. It's so much fun having a huge brute to do your bidding. Especially in that nightmare of a level Fort Frolic. Having an Elite Bouncer guarding me made me feel so much safer. Stupid scary Spider Slicers. That's a lot of S's. LULZ.

[BaVoBa]

Cyclone Trap 2! Weeeeeeeee, and you're airborne! Other than that, lightning bold and Hypnotize Big Daddy seal the deal.

On a side note, i found the tonics to be much more interesting and fun to experiment (combination) with than the plasmids.

[animeglobo]

Insect Swarm 1,2,3


hands down

[gurugeorge]

That I'd have to agree, except with a crossbow or shotgun to put. =p

I used to like the insect one, but it attacks EVERYTHING, including lone-standing Big Daddies. Then the fire one is fun, but takes too long and they run into water pretty fast.

Seconded on that. The bees are awesome when there are no Big Daddies around, but if there are you're in real trouble - and the trouble is the big b******s have a tendency to lumber into range just as you're in a firefight using that plasmid. If I were paranoid I might think it was a deliberate bit of fun on the programmers' part :)

My favourite is Hypnotise Big Daddy, he makes a great pet to have by your side when you wander into a new area if you fancy a bit of run-and-gun, very powerful and effective, especially useful in clearing those rooms where there's more than one security turret. With the improved version he sticks around for quite a while. You've got to be careful in fights not to hit him though, because if you attack him it overrides the hypnosis.

I love playing with Cyclone traps and occasionally using the decoy too when I think something suspicious might be around a corner, or to lure enemies into a trap. I also love Enrage for those really big firefights. Nothing beats setting a roomful of Splicers at each others' throats and sticking a bunch of Cyclones in their midst to cap it all. Chaos! Wonderful!

The others are more like standard magic blasts so they're just okay for me, as is telekinesis, which is close enough to the Gravity Gun in HL2. to be a bit over-familiar (still fun and useful on occasion though). Freeze and shoot is a very satisfying tactic, but I like to gather loot so I tend to use Electro for that purpose, although annoyingly some Splicers have a high resistance to it.

[ZOSE]

I just recently got Insect Swarm 3, and I love it b/c it seems to be the most useful. It lasts the longest, and if another splicer gets in the general vascinity then they'll get the bees too, so it's useful in that respect, sort of like Incinerate as well, but the bees are awesome.

[bunnywich]

Incinerate 3 was my weapon of choice, hit a splicer twice with incinerate then a steel tip bolt to the head just to end it faster. I liked Hypnotize Big Daddy too, but after a few minutes of the 360 controller vibrating to every step, I was ready for him to go away. :rolleyes:

[darkstar6874]

Electro Bolt is definitely one of the more useful ones. Its like the Swiss Army knife of plasmids.

[Drac]

TK hands down.
Favorite TK projectile. Cash Registers
Second Fav TK - Burning Corpses of Big Daddies.

[fidel998]

Come on! Target DUmmy is better than electro shock on security, it distracts them longer (not postive on Electro 3, but for 1 and 2 i am pretty sure) and plus you can get yourself set up for a BD attack better if you use target dummy with another plasmid

Target dummy is the best complimetary plasmid, by far.

[Drac]

This thread pretty much proves about 1/2 the reason this game is a huge success.

[Hod the Reborn]

I'd say enrage, because you can use it to weaken a big daddy or other splicers.

[fidel998]

This thread pretty much proves about 1/2 the reason this game is a huge success.

second that, good call. keep it up 2k

[gurugeorge]

This thread pretty much proves about 1/2 the reason this game is a huge success.

Yeah exactly, there's something for everyone :)

[The UK Lad]

im gonna hav to say either security bullseye to help kill off the big daddies when infront of a turret or enrage when there are 2 big daddies, always fun

[Toguro]

where can i find hypnotize big daddy, i just got it once after i drinked probe 192, (the thing where you switch plasmids every 20 seconds)

mine is bee,s and cyclone trap so far:)

[The UK Lad]

the only way i know how to get the hypnotize is that if you save all the little sisters from the 1st one to the 3 in neptunes bounty, tennabaum will give you a present by a gatherers garden containing the hypnotise. enjoy!

[Toguro]

the only way i know how to get the hypnotize is that if you save all the little sisters from the 1st one to the 3 in neptunes bounty, tennabaum will give you a present by a gatherers garden containing the hypnotise. enjoy!

thanks for the quick answer, i will try to get the good ending now^^

[The UK Lad]

i prefer the good ending. sweeet :p

[some guy who like]

did nybody get the in between ending

[The UK Lad]

i thought there were only 2?

[cantoi]

Target dummy, when used properly is awesome. I use it to scout a splicer that I can hear but can't see. Also good for turrets you want to hack. Not to mention Big Daddies. Telekineses is right up there with it too. Lobing bodies in Olympic Heights for distance is a kick.

Oh, and whoever said cameras can't be killed is incorrect. I've seen them destroyed by splicers, and I have taken a few high ones out myself.

[Toguro]

a magazine mentioned a 3rd ending..if you save half of the lil sisters or something, but it,s the same ending like the "bad" one with a calmer voice or something...^^

i was sooo greedy to get adam that i harvested all the lil sisters...does that makes me a bad person or someone like fontaine? is this the answer in the gameXD?

[coolcobra77]

electric bolt and freeze

freeze + wrench powerups = instant death!!!

[BioShockWins]

Insect Swarm, it's just so amazing, not only does it distract enemies, but if they get caught in it too long, they die so easily. Plus, this was literally the first plasmid we saw, and it's the reason I got Bioshock. The Debut trailer, is what sold me. =D

Same.

Also Winter Blast. Dunno why everyone hates it so much. It's incredibly useful for hacking turrets! :D

[HotFudgeMonday]

Incinerate 3 and telekinesis.

Theres nothing like a flaming corpse bomb to clear a crowded room.

[Evilmonkee]

I'm getting towards the end of the game(just completed the BD suit) and I have the following plasmids loaded:

Target Dummy
Inferno 3
Winter Blast 2
Telekinesis
Electric Bolt 3
Enrage
Hypnotize Big Daddy

I used Insect Swarm for a little bit but kept setting off the BDs. Cyclone Trap was cool and funny at first but didn't really find it that useful. Same goes for the Security one. Just my taste in play style. The choices are so great. I didn't much care for Target Dummy at first but learned to get some great use out of it. Inferno 3 just kicks ass with multiple hits. TK is great against rocket turrets. You can either play a deadly game of catch or use the projectiles to take out other targets in the vicinity. Also good against other projectile throwing splicers, picking up hard to reach items, etc. Electric Bolt was really great in the earlier levels but seemed to become less effective against many targets, even when upgraded to 3. If water is around then it is a no brainer. Enrage can be very useful for big brawls, especially if there is a BD around. I only recently got Hypnotize Big Daddy as I have been playing the first round harvesting all the ADAM I could get. I managed to save 3 LS and got the HBD reward.

But of course, it is not just the plasmids themselves that make this game so kick ass. And even if it was, that's about as many options you normally get from your typical FPS. No, it's the combination of weapons, ammo, and tonics that add so much more.

Seriously I don't want this game to end, and I know I'm close. I'll definitely play through again and save the LS. I know this game will be one that I'll play through again from time to time like HL2, etc. I guess I should knock on wood that I haven't really had any problems with the game(PC) that others have. I've had it crash once after playing for a stretch of several hours. Also encountered a strange bug that will cause the game to lose my option settings. That's happened only a few times though. Been using Racer_S's widescreen patch too.

Anyway, so much fun and no wrong way to play.

[LovesBubbles]

I'm really into utility when it comes to my combinations. I don't equip something in a slot (for plasmids) unless it has more than one use. So for me I use:

Incinerate
Winter Blast
Electro Bolt
Telekinesis
Enrage

I have a 6th slot but I use it to experiment with something like security bullseye.

My uses are as follows:
INCINERATE for anything flesh and for melting ice. If it's flesh burn it. If it runs into the water then

ELECTRO BOLT. also used for cameras and turrets to stun them and occasionally used on people or Big Daddies.

WINTER BLAST. Use on enemies and on machines for help with hacking.

ENRAGE, when you just have to clear a room.

Finally: TELEKINESIS. I actually use this one a lot in non-combat to get hard to reach items. I also use them on any big projectile enemy (RPG Turrets or Nitro Splicers) and chuck bombs back at them.

So I use plasmids that have more than one use and I didn't vary them much in the game except for specific sequences.

As for my tonics I used mostly passive ones like:

Natural Camoflauge
Static Discharge
Armored Shell
Photographer's Eye
Extra Nutrition

And several of the hacking tonics

This is pretty close to the recommended set up in the bradygames guide, but I felt that it fit the way I like to play. I liked having powers with multiple uses.

[Techercizer]

Im all about the Security Bullseye when I can use it, and I love Electro Bolt as a way to hold enemies still so I could bolt-em. Natural Camo saved my butt a few times with Rapture's security system, and quite frankly few things say "you're dead" like a combo of Incinerate 3 and your Big Daddy 2 sidekick.

[Final Remix]

Long story short, Telekinesis. It seems to take the least EVE, and NO EVE if all you're doing is grabbing/setting something down. Also, everything becomes a weapon, and the more people you kill, the more heavy ammo you have. One of the funniest moments for me was killing a Rosie in the Farmer's Market with bodies, shipping skips, and a full bar of liquor bottles.

[Andreus Scorpio XIII]

Long story short, Telekinesis. It seems to take the least EVE, and NO EVE if all you're doing is grabbing/setting something down. Also, everything becomes a weapon, and the more people you kill, the more heavy ammo you have. One of the funniest moments for me was killing a Rosie in the Farmer's Market with bodies, shipping skips, and a full bar of liquor bottles.

Yeah... TK is one of the most fun Plasmids. Nothing says have a nice day like Returning that Molotov Cocktail that Nitro Splicer just tossed at you, or Killing an RPG turret with its own rocket. I think I actually killed a Splicer with one of those New Years rabbit Masks once. O_o

I also like Incenerate! 3, but thats just because I'm a bit of a Pyro.

[Evilmonkee]

One of the least used weapons in my inventory has been the trap bolts. I started to use them more towards the end to setup BD kills just to change it up a bit. My typical way of taking down BDs is to set down at least 3 proximity mines, load up frag grenades and Winter Blast. I'll get the BD's attention by lobbing a FG making sure to keep the PMs between me and him. Usually that is enough to kill it dead. If not, freeze and lob. Works better on Rosies than the other BD with the rail gun and grenades as he tends to stay at a distance.

[EatinMcRib]

Electro bolt for opening certain doors. Telekenesis grabbing items. Everything else is fluff or non-critical to me except Incinerate, since you need that un-jam frozen doors in a few places. I tend to think of plasmids as keys to obstacles rather than weapons. I got weapons for weapons. I got jazz hands for jazzing up whatever is blocking me.

[tedlogan]

*bump*

If you guys haven't researched Houdini splicers to get the natural camouflage tonic, DO IT. You won't regret it.

When you stand still for a second, you disappear. It makes being a tourist in Rapture more possible and it's a savior when hounded by security bots and you can't find the shutdown panel.

Yeah, natural camo is my favourite thing in the game, combined with taking photographs. Even if splicers bump into you they just walk on by, and I get 'A' photos whilst relaxing and observing their behaviour. A great place to just stand still and observe is in Fort Frolic, in the long double story hall after the freezing tunnel. Spider splicers constantly respawn here, and sometimes the spotlights follow them instead of you. They look amazing walking upside down on the ceiling with the light casting long shadows in front of them. I could watch them for quite some time.

My other favourite is Insect Swarm 3. Not necessarily the most effective decoy tool, but it certainly is the coolest.

Lightning bolt is also very satisfying when the splicers make those stuttering sounds, and I finish them off with a gunshot to the back of the head (obviously this happens just after I emerge from natural camo hiding, thus the back of the head).

Hmm...actually I love most of the tonics/plasmids....I could go on and on, but I'll stop.

[Matty101]

I thought Telekenesis was a waste of time. I barely used it once. Its all about the Electro Shock becuase its the first one you use in the game and it works great in stunning and gunning the splicers. One two punch! One two punch!

[dark_reaper]

Enrage would be my favorite one. It is easy to clear out the room and weaken big daddies when they are in there. But it is fun watching a room full of splicers to kill each other.

My other favorite plasmid is electroshock, I do not know how many spicers I have killed with it by clearing them out when they are in the water or by stunning them and bumping them in the knoggin, saves ammo in my opinion.

[HiViH]

What happens when you freeze and incinerate ? ;[

The game didnt get to Israel yet :{

[conantheking]

I find that security bullseye really good now. I used to think it was pointless but I just let myself get caught by a camera then run up to a Big Daddy, hit him with the plasmid and all the security cameras keep going for him.

This is a great tactic if you don't have explosives and find bullets to be weak. Because it allows you to attack the Big Daddy without him getting angry and attacking you.

[Tan]

My fave has to be telekinesis. Used correctly, it's more powerfull than most of the weapons.

I do like Inferno also though.

[Tan]

pff no edit. but this is usually my plasmid loadout:

Telekinesis
Incinerate 3
Electro Bolt 3
Target Dummy
Insect Swarm 3
Enrage - but I swap this one a lot.

[Gragar]

i liked winter blast bc it was so useful.
also telekenisis is super fun just to screw around with :p

[Xeritic]

Insect Swarm has got to be the most awesome weapon ever. It was totally useless and uneffective, and I never upgraded it past level 1, but its just so badass to shoot bees from your arms.

[Goldie7]

I found electro bolt most usefull and effective. I always used that one. I also liked using insect swarm on Big Daddies

[raptor2005]

idk why i thought of this before but throwing ammo with telekinisis, for example, throwing a steel tip bolt at an enemy, cool eh?

[Blue Lightning]

Favorites? Electro-bolt, and that Insect swarm, espicially on 3, is good stuff. Yes the swarm can attack your foe PLUS any foe that wanders near-by. I had one swarm equally attacking 2 or 3 splicers at the same time! And the best thing is after the splicers die, the swarm floats around looking for another victim. Of course, the swarm doesn't always attack the foe your aiming at, if the foe is moving fast. But, even if they miss your intended foe, they usually find a foe or come back and attack your original foe. But if A Big D wanders by...

Another tactic is planting a cyclone trap down and then planting a proximity mine in the ceiling just above it. Lure your foe into the cyclone trap, and watch the action!

There are so many way's to use these Plasmids and interact one plasmid with another...great gameplay in BioShock.

[foamfollower]

target dummy is my favorite, its just so versitile. use it to hack multiple turrets and cameras for less eve than doing one with electro bolt all the while keeping splicers off your back. you can use it to get turrets to fire on whatever you want them to. use it to lure anything that mellees to wherever you want them to go. it also keeps big dadies busy for long enuf to reload even the chemical sprayer or grenade launcher. use it with cameras and a bot shutdown to summon bots to hack. use it to cluster a group of splicers together for a grenade. all in all a lot of fun for very little eve.

[SliderFury]

target dummy is my favorite, its just so versitile. use it to hack multiple turrets and cameras for less eve than doing one with electro bolt all the while keeping splicers off your back. you can use it to get turrets to fire on whatever you want them to. use it to lure anything that mellees to wherever you want them to go. it also keeps big dadies busy for long enuf to reload even the chemical sprayer or grenade launcher. use it with cameras and a bot shutdown to summon bots to hack. use it to cluster a group of splicers together for a grenade. all in all a lot of fun for very little eve.

YES! Target Dummy is AMAZING, once I got it, I never unequipped it. My personal fav however would have to be insect swarm, it really levels the playing field. Close runner up would be incinerate, especially level 3, the textures on your hand look bad ass. I didn't realize until many hours in how much damage it can actually do over time. I also had a preference for Cyclone (believe it or not lol) I did some pretty cool, pretty effective stuff with it, especially in combination with other "traps" (trap bolts, proximity mines).

Hypnotize Big Daddy can really be hilarious, I used to it hunt down one of the marks Cohen asks you to find and snapshot their dead body (can't remember which guy), it was wicked awesome to run down the halls and corridors after the BD, who was chasing after this dude, thinking he could escape. He was sorely mistaken lol.

[brndon1988]

Enrage has saved me many times. Use it on a big daddy with a full room and then run.

Oh also cyclone, it's a blast in fort frolic to plant um so that when spiders charge boom, splat.




And have you ever slipped the trigger with your electro shock in a puddle, while running from splicers, dodging obstacles on fire, and being chased by big daddy? Killed me, I went out with a fight though, I was hopping and using whatever I could get my hands on. Enrage worked,here comes a big daddy, so I trip over the little sis, the big daddy grabs my head and twists it, good thing I have my forever faithful vita chamber! Pshaw, poor kerosene, tickle me, and kick me in the nuts all at the same time! I NEVER die! hahahah