Shield

Shield is a temporary extra health layer that absorbs damage before HP is affected.

Shield is visible as an orange overlay on top of your health

The same health and shield bar is visible above all ships in game

How to gain Shield

You can gain Shield in several ways:

• Some abilities grant Shield.
• If you use Repair and the healing exceeds your total HP, the excess is converted into Shield.
• The Barrier Dynamo weapon generates Shield when it triggers its special.

Shield can never exceed your ship’s max HP, but you can have more Shield than your current HP.

Shield Decay

If you don't gain any new Shield for 7 seconds, Shield Decay begins. This rapidly drains your existing Shield over a few seconds.

Any time you gain new Shield, the decay timer resets. Some enemy abilities can also trigger decay immediately.

Notable ships that use shield

• Prism manipulates Shield in multiple ways: it steals Shield from enemies, gains Shield when pulling with Polarity Bond, and can grant Shield to allies. Prism can also convert Shield into damage with Prismatic Shield.
• Stingray gains Shield from all of its abilities and relies on maintaining high Shield through aggressive play. Don’t underestimate a low HP Stingray — it can turn a fight around by rapidly stacking Shield.
• Mosaic gains shield from its abilities and uses shield to scale its healing capabilities
• Sampan can gain Shield using the Striker augment on Wind in a Bottle, granting Shield for each nearby enemy.