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A Shield is the primary protection that both player ships and aliens can have along with their Hit Points (HP). When taking damage, the shield absorbs a percentage of the damage. When it reaches zero, it is no longer effective and HP takes full damage. Shield can automatically regenerate when out of fights. You can obtain shield by equipping one or more shield generators in one of your configurations.

There are three different indicators of how effective or "strong" a shield is. Briefly, these are:

  1. The shield Strength (or power): the total damage a shield can sustain.
  2. The shield Absorption: the portion of the received damage that a shield absorbs.
  3. The shield Regeneration: how quickly a shield regenerates.

Having some short of shield is an essential asset for survival, and there are many game elements that encourage the utilization of shields for this reason. For example, ships like the Sentinel have both passive and active abilities that boost your shield, while drone formations like the Heart can add an additional bonus to your total shield strength. There is also special ammunition like SAB-50 or SAR-02 that leech shield from an opponent and give it to you.

With a combination of these and even more, players can endure much longer in fights.

Shield Strength[]

Shield strength or sometimes shield power is the amount of damage a shield can sustain. Just like HP, it is represented by a fixed value. While this value is greater than zero (>0), the shield absorbs a portion of the damage received. When the shield reaches zero, it no longer has an effect and HP takes 100% of the damage.

A ship's shield strength can be increased in many ways. These are listed below:

Remember that shields in your drones will always be "stronger" from shields in your ships, because they receive a bonus from your drones' effectiveness, drone upgrade level and from a potential drone design.

Shield Absorption[]

Shield absorption is the ability of a shield to absorb a percentage of the total damage received. For player ships, this ranges from 40% to 80% depending on the shield generators equipped. Damage not absorbed by the shield is directed to HP, so in any case, damage is never reduced; It is only shared between HP and shields.

For example, having a shield that absorbs 80% of the damage means that HP will only receive 20% damage, as long as the shield remains active. Ultimately, however, the damage received is still 100%.

The main way to increase your shield absorption is by equipping better shield generators. The maximum absorption rate is offered by SG3N-B02, SG3N-B03 and FS-03 shields, and that is 80%. It can only be increased further with the skill Shield Mechanics and with certain drone formations. In particular, with the use of the Crab formation, you can reach 100% absorption. Do note however, that enemies using drone formations like the Moth can still ignore a portion of your shield.

Shield Regeneration[]

Shield regeneration refers to the process or the rate at which a shield regenerates.

When out of combat for at least 15 seconds, a shield will automatically begin to regenerate itself, at a default rate of 4% every second. This percentage is proportional to the maximum shield strength, and not the current. That means, it takes exactly 25 seconds to get a shield from 0% to 100%, but 1 second from 96% to 100%.

Note that "out of combat" translates to "not taking damage". That means that one can still deal damage and regenerate shield at the same time, as long as they do not receive any damage. There are of course active ways to replenish shield while taking damage, for example with the Backup Shields tech or by using SAB-50 ammunition.

There are some ways to increase shield regeneration. These are:

Tips & Trivia[]

  • Switching to a second configuration equipped with shields counts as having a completely different shield. Given that you have regenerated it in advance, switching into it will give you full shield. Utilizing the correct drone formations and drone designs can bring a great advantage in configuration switching.
  • All aliens in the game have a shield except the blacklight aliens.
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