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Fire and Reload
To fire a weapon, left-click. To reload, press R.
Switch Weapons
Switch to the previous weapon held by pressing X.
Weapon Menu
To bring up the Weapon Menu, press and hold left SHIFT. Use this interface, which appears at the
bottom of the screen below the Power Menu, to choose a weapon from Shepard’s inventory.
The game pauses while the Weapon Menu is open.
Powers
For instructions on how to use powers, please see Powers in the single-player section.
Melee
To perform a basic melee attack, press F while standing close to an enemy.
To perform a heavy melee attack, press and hold F while standing close to an enemy. Each character
class has a unique heavy melee.
To do melee combos, press F repeatedly while standing close to an enemy.
Storm
To run, press and hold SPACEBAR while moving forward.
Evade
To dodge attacks and projectiles or to get out of cover quickly, move and press SPACEBAR.
Cover Use
Use cover objects to hold out against tough enemies. Using cover is essential when playing on harder
difficulty levels.
Accuracy is improved when leaning out of cover to fire. Heavy recoil is also reduced.
Taking Cover
There are three ways to enter cover.
X Move against cover and press SPACEBAR.
X Roll forward into cover by pressing SPACEBAR while moving.
X Storm/run into cover by holding SPACEBAR.
Zoom Fire
Pop out of cover to fire accurately by pressing and holding right-click to zoom and then left-click
to fire.
While zoomed, a superior targeting reticle appears on-screen.
Peek Fire
Fire over cover without standing up by left-clicking.
Swat Turn
Move from one cover spot to adjacent cover on the left or right by holding A or D and
pressing SPACEBAR.
