What's the maximum number of squadmates I can lose on a successful ME playthrough?
Ok, I know everybody hates losing mates, but just for fun...
The playthrough must be from Eden Prime to the final mission (so failing the suicide mission in ME2 doesn't count.)
The squadmates "kill" counts even in the following cases:
- The squadmate is not in the squad anymore (e.g., losing Mordin in ME3)
- The squadmate is discarded (e.g., never awaking Grunt in ME2)
Best Answer
ME1 - You can kill Wrex and either Ashley or Kaidan will die. That's 2 kills.
ME2 - It's easy to kill off nearly everyone in the suicide mission. As long as you don't do their loyalty mission death is a very likely outcome. You just need to make sure two squadmembers survive so Shepard survives as well. Best options for those two are squad members who will or can die in ME3, i.e. Miranda, Mordin, Thane, Morinth (Morinth and Thane WILL die in ME3 no matter what, so they are the best choices; Studoku lists a few more options and what exactly to do to kill them in ME3). That's 11 kills (13 squad members total, 2 must survive)
ME3 - Kaidan/Ashley can die during the Coup, if you fail to talk them down (Thanks @Studoku, didn't remember this could happen). You can choose to never awaken Javik. This leaves you with Liara, EDI and James, i.e. three people as the minimum number of squadmates possible. That's 4 kills (Kaidan/Ashley, Javik + the two survivors from ME2)
This leaves a total of 17 dead squadmates before the final push. For this answer I discounted everything happening after you start the final push, as this is the games ending, not the final mission. Technically EDI dies in the destroy ending and your 2 squadmates die during the final push with low warscore.
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