This article is about the biotic power Pull in Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3. For the Pull skill in Mass Effect: Andromeda, see Pull (skill).

Pull is a biotic power in Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3's single-player and multiplayer modes.

Pull generates a mass-lowering field, which levitates enemies into the air. While aloft, enemies will slowly drift towards the player, allowing any allies or the player to finish them off effortlessly.

Note: When fired by Shepard, this power travels in the direction of the cross-hair, arcing towards the target. When fired by a squad member, this power will travel in a straight line, instantly hitting the target.

Mass Effect 2

Levitates enemies, rendering them helpless while they drift towards you.

Power Ranks

• Rank 1 - Generate a mass effect field that levitates a target.
  • Recharge Time: 3.00 seconds (Shepard); 9.00 seconds (others)
  • Duration: 5.00 seconds

• Rank 2
  • Recharge Time: 3.00 seconds (Shepard); 9.00 seconds (others)
  • Duration: 7.00 seconds

• Rank 3
  • Recharge Time: 3.00 seconds (Shepard); 9.00 seconds (others)
  • Duration: 9.00 seconds

Rank 4

Evolves Pull into one of the following options:

Heavy Pull

• Your levitational abilities keeps your target suspended for longer.
  • Recharge Time: 3.00 seconds (Shepard); 9.00 seconds (others)
  • Duration: 12.00 seconds

Pull Field

• Affects all nearby targets, suspending entire groups in the air.
  • Recharge Time: 3.00 seconds (Shepard); 9.00 seconds (others)
  • Duration: 9.00 seconds
  • Impact Radius: 3.00 meters

Player Notes

• Only one instance of an active Pull effect can be active per user—any enemies that were suspended by a previous cast of Pull will be released if a new cast of Pull suspends different targets. Enemies levitated by a previous cast of Pull will not be released if a subsequent cast fails to lift any new targets.
• If Pull is used again on a target that was already suspended by a previous cast of Pull, the duration of the lift effect will be refreshed.
• Any enemy lifted or ragdolled by biotics is unable to attack and takes double damage from normal weapons. Almost any basic unprotected enemy can be pulled into the air where they can be easily and safely eliminated. On Hardcore and Insanity difficulties, all enemies have an additional layer of protection that has to be removed before Pull can lift them.
• Lighter enemies affected by Pull will float towards Shepard, stopping if they hit any obstacle. Pull will not inflict collision damage on enemies, though suspended enemies can take minor fall damage after the effect ends. Be wary of a pulled enemy landing behind you where it can recover and attack you from behind your own cover. Medium-sized enemies such as krogan will not float as far or as high.
• Very large enemies such as Geth Primes and YMIR Mechs can be ragdolled by Pull when they are unprotected, but they will not become airborne.
• Unprotected Husks die instantly when lifted off the ground. As husks often rush you while crowded together, Pull Field can be effective against them. Be careful about pulling Abominations, as they will usually fly towards you and they explode on death.
• A target will be drawn in the direction Pull struck them, allowing Shepard to Pull enemies sideways or vertically depending on how the projectile is aimed. If an enemy is crouching behind a barricade and Shepard aims Pull so it arcs over the barricade and hits the target from above, then the enemy will be pulled almost straight up, rather than towards Shepard.
• Pull can be combined with a force-imparting power such as Throw or Charge to send enemies flying long distances.
• Warp can detonate targets affected by Pull for massive bonus damage to the target as well as additional damage in a large area around it.
• Warp Ammo deals additional damage against targets lifted by biotic fields.
• A suspended target may die instantly when the Pull effect ends and they fall into an invalid area, bottomless pit, or their recovery animation randomly fails. This can be used strategically in many areas. A short duration Pull can sometimes be more useful for dropping enemies down holes than a long duration, which can sometimes last long enough to carry an enemy safely across gaps.
• Pull slightly damages protected enemies and may stagger them.
• Pull can be somewhat glitchy, where enemies without any protection that should be lifted sometimes won't be affected. This is rare, but it does happen.

Availability

• Adept
• Vanguard
• Jack
• Jacob Taylor
• Samara
• Morinth

Mass Effect 3

Power Ranks (Single Player)

Rank 1: Pull

Yank an opponent helplessly off the ground.

• Recharge Speed: 4 sec
• Duration: 4.40 sec

Rank 2: Recharge Speed

Increases recharge speed by 25%.

• Recharge Speed: 3.20
• Duration: 4.40 sec

Rank 3: Duration

Increase duration by 40%.

• Recharge Speed: 3.20
• Duration: 6 sec

Rank 4: Duration/Radius

Duration Increase duration by 50%. Recharge Speed: 3.20 Duration: 8 sec

Radius Increase impact radius by 2 meters.

Rank 5: Lift Damage/Expose

Lift Damage Inflict 34 damage per second to lifted targets.

Expose Increase all damage to targets lifted by Pull by 25%.

Rank 6: Double Pull/Recharge Speed

Double Pull Launch two Pull projectiles to seek two targets instead of one.

Recharge Speed Increase recharge speed by 60%. Recharge Speed: 2.16 Duration: 8 sec (Duration), 6 sec (Radius)

Power Ranks (Multiplayer)

Rank 1: Pull

Yank an opponent helplessly off the ground.

• Recharge Speed: 4 sec
• Duration: 4 sec

Rank 2: Recharge Speed

Increases recharge speed by 25%.

• Recharge Speed: 3.20
• Duration: 4 sec

Rank 3: Duration

Increase duration by 50%.

• Recharge Speed: 3.20
• Duration: 6 sec

Rank 4: Duration/Radius

Duration Increase duration by 100%. Recharge Speed: 3.20 Duration: 10 sec

Radius Increase impact radius by 2.50 meters.

Rank 5: Lift Damage/Expose

Lift Damage Inflict 75 damage per second to lifted targets.

Expose Increase all damage to targets lifted by Pull by 30%.

Rank 6: Duration & Combo/Recharge Speed

Duration & Combo Increase duration by 50%, and increase the force and damage of biotic detonations on affected targets by 75%. Recharge Speed: 3.20 Duration: 12 sec (Duration), 8 sec (Radius)

Recharge Speed Increase recharge speed by 150%. Recharge Speed: 1.45 sec Duration: 10 sec (Duration), 6 sec (Radius)

Player Notes

Mechanics

• Only one instance of an active Pull effect can be active per user—any enemies that were suspended by a previous cast of Pull will be released if a new cast of Pull suspends different targets. Enemies levitated by a previous cast of Pull will not be released if a subsequent cast fails to lift any new targets.
• If Pull is used again on a target that was already suspended by a previous cast of Pull, the duration of the lift effect will be refreshed.
• The stated value for the Lift Damage evolution is affected by power damage bonuses; 20 (or 75 in multiplayer) is the base damage.
• While Pull may not lift armored or shielded enemies off their feet, it will often stun them briefly.
• Against Cerberus Guardians or CAT6 Heavies, Pull will yank the shields from their hands and force them to stumble forward, leaving them vulnerable. Hitting Guardians (not Heavies) from behind has the same effect as Singularity: it will lift them, resulting in them permanently dropping their shields.
• Pull, like all biotics that travel, will arc towards the target enemy which is highlighted. Therefore, you can use it aiming slightly away from a target, affecting the trajectory of the resulting pull. The side of the enemy, on which it hits, will be the direction the enemy goes, with mildly unpredictable results from the rank 4 Radius evolution.
• Pull has a very fast cooldown, and the fastest base recharge time of all multiplayer powers. Compared to Throw, Pull can be reduced to as little as 0.77 seconds of recharge time, 21% faster than its closest competitor at 0.93 seconds.
• Pull can prime targets it lifts for Biotic Explosions, though as with most force-based biotics, this only works against totally unprotected (red bar) infantry targets. It likewise will not affect Seeker Swarms though they are technically unprotected.
• In single-player, using Double Pull on an orange-colored Cerberus energy wall will overload it and electrocute anyone using it as cover.
• Against a single infantry opponent, the second projectile of Double Pull will often land even if the first is dodged, provided there are no other enemy targets nearby. The Radius evolution also makes Pull more difficult to dodge.
• In multiplayer only, Pull deals 100 damage when it hits an enemy.
• Care should be taken when using Pull on Abominations and especially Possessed Abominations as these enemies violently detonate. Pull may bring these enemies directly into the proximity of the player or allies.

Strategies

• Pull is invaluable for dislodging unprotected enemies from cover.
• Pull's extremely fast cooldown can make it easy to spam as often as needed even when carrying very heavy weapon loadouts.

Availability

• Single-Player: Adept, Vanguard, Javik, Samara, Jack, Jacob Taylor
• Multiplayer: Asari Justicar Adept, Drell Adept, Drell Vanguard

Trivia

• In the mobile game Mass Effect: Infiltrator, Randall Ezno can use a variant of this biotic power.

Mass Effect 2 Powers
Ammo	Armor-Piercing Ammo • Cryo Ammo • Disruptor Ammo • Incendiary Ammo • Shredder Ammo • Warp Ammo
Biotic	Barrier • Charge • Dominate • Pull • Reave • Shockwave • Singularity • Slam • Stasis • Throw • Warp
Combat	Adrenaline Rush • Concussive Shot • Flashbang Grenade • Fortification • Inferno Grenade • Shadow Strike
Tech	AI Hacking • Combat Drone • Cryo Blast • Energy Drain • Geth Shield Boost • Incinerate • Neural Shock • Overload • Tactical Cloak • Tech Armor
Player only	Assault Mastery • Biotic Mastery • Combat Mastery • Defender • Operative • Tech Mastery • Unity
Squadmate Class	Ardat Yakshi • Asari Justicar • Asari Scientist • Cerberus Officer • Cerberus Operative • Turian Rebel • Drell Assassin • Geth Infiltrator • Krogan Berserker • Master Thief • Mercenary Veteran • Quarian Machinist • Salarian Scientist • Subject Zero

Mass Effect 3 Powers
Ammo	Armor-Piercing Ammo • Cryo Ammo • Disruptor Ammo • Incendiary Ammo • Warp Ammo
Biotic	Annihilation Field • Barrier • Biotic Focus • Biotic Hammer • Biotic Orbs • Biotic Protector • Biotic Slash • Biotic Sphere • Charge • Cluster Grenade • Dark Channel • Dark Sphere • Dominate • Flare • Lash • Lift Grenade • Nova • Poison Strike • Pull • Reave • Seeker Swarm • Shockwave • Singularity • Slam • Smash • Stasis • Throw • Warp • Warp Ammo
Combat	Adrenaline Rush • Arc Grenade • Ballistic Blades • Blade Armor • Bloodlust • Cain Trip Mine • Carnage • Concussive Shot • Devastator Mode • Fortification • Frag Grenade • Hawk Missile Launcher • Inferno Grenade • Marksman • Multi-Frag Grenade • Nightshade Blades • Phase Disruptor • Proximity Mine • Recon Mine • Repair Matrix • Sticky Grenade • Stimulant Pack
Tech	Armor-Piercing Arrows • Combat Drone • Concussive Arrows • Cryo Blast • Decoy • Defense Drone • Defense Matrix • Electric Slash • Electrical Hammer • Energy Drain • Flamer • Geth Turret • Havoc Strike • Hex Shield • Homing Grenade • Hunter Mode • Incinerate • Overload • Sabotage • Sentry Turret • Shadow Strike • Shield Boost • Siege Pulse • Snap Freeze • Submission Net • Supply Pylon • Tactical Cloak • Tactical Scan • Tech Armor
Fitness	Fitness (Adept) • Fitness (Engineer) • Fitness (Infiltrator) • Fitness (Sentinel) • Fitness (Soldier) • Fitness (Vanguard)
Fitness (multiplayer)	Advanced Hardware • Ancient Warrior • Fitness Module • Hardened Platform • Omni-Bow Mastery • Rage • Shield Mastery • Sword Mastery • T5-V Internal Systems • Venom Gauntlets • Warlord Rage
Player Class	Assault Mastery • Biotic Mastery • Combat Mastery • Offensive Mastery • Operational Mastery • Tech Mastery
Player Class (multiplayer)	Alliance Training • Armiger Legion • Asari Huntress • Asari Justicar • Asari Valkyrie • Batarian Enforcer • Drell Assassin • Elite Mercenary • Geth Juggernaut • Krogan Battlemaster • Krogan Berserker • Krogan Warlord • N7 Demolisher • N7 Fury • N7 Paladin • N7 Shadow • N7 Slayer • Networked AI • Phoenix Training • Quarian Defender • Salarian Operative • T5-V Battlesuit • Turian Veteran • Unshackled AI • Vengeful Ancient • Volus Training • Vorcha Resilience
Squadmate Class	Alliance Admiral • Alliance Officer • Arms Master • Asari Justicar • Biotic Boss • Cerberus Officer • Cerberus Operative • Krogan Battlemaster • Krogan Berserker • Master Thief • Mercenary Veteran • Pure Biotic • Quarian Machinist • Subject Zero • Turian Huntress • Turian Rebel • Unshackled AI • Vengeful Ancient