My Favorite Mass Effect Characters

I was originally making a list of my favorite video game characters, but then realized that almost everyone there was from Mass Effect. So I figured I'd just make a list of ME characters to make it easier.

Please note that I have no DLC installed, so characters like Kasumi, Zaeed, & Javik won't be on here. I also couldn't find Wiki pages for Captain/Councillor/Admiral Anderson, Ambassador/Councillor Udina, or Canrad Verner, so they aren't on the list. Any other characters I don't find relevant enough to list (unless I forgot someone).

List items

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  1. Garrus Vakarian

  I still hoped he could have been romanced with a male Shepard. But the romance with him & Femshep was great.

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  2. Urdnot Wrex
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  3. Tali'Zorah nar Rayya
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  4. Thane Krios
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  5. Mordin Solus
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  6. Legion
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  7. Jack
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  8. Jeff Moreau
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  9. Grunt
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  10. Illusive Man

  Even though I never trusted him (who would?), I thought he was a great character.

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  11. Saren Arterius
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  12. EDI
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  13. Aria T'Loak
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  14. Miranda Lawson

  I know a lot of people like her, but I just find her boring (not as boring as Jacob, but still).

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  15. Kaidan Alenko
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  16. Samara
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  17. James Vega
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  18. Liara T'Soni
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  19. Jacob Taylor

  There's really nothing wrong with Jacob, he's just boring.

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  20. Ashley Williams

  I loved Ashley in ME1. I romanced her in my first playthrough. But she became so annoying in ME2 & 3 that I just wanted her to die. I was sad when I found out she could die in ME3 and I didn't kill her. At least she didn't come back on the Normandy.

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  21. Commander Shepard

  I'm not ranking Shepard at the bottom of the list, or anywhere, simply because of how much he/she can change.

  For anyone curious, my canon Shepard was a male vanguard. These were the choices he made throughout the trilogy:

  ME1:

  Saved Rachni Queen

  Kept Wrex alive

  Sacrificed Kaidan on Virmire

  Romanced Ashley

  Killed the Council

  Made Anderson Councillor

  ME2:

  Kept Maelon's Data

  Destroyed Heretics

  Tali was found guilty

  All Squadmates except Miranda loyal (sided with Jack in their argument)

  Romanced Tali

  On the suicide mission, lost Jack, Legion, Thane (didn't upgrade the ship) & Garrus (I was an idiot and sent him through the vents)

  Destroyed Collector Base (took me 15 minutes to decide what to do. Not that it mattered)

  ME3:

  Cured Genophage

  Saved Rachni Queen (again)

  Sided with Quarians

  Romanced Tali (again)

  Killed Illusive Man

  Chose Destroy (not that it mattered)