User blog comment:Mich, Michele & Kuhla/Future Units Preview/@comment-26336535-20160101011327/@comment-68.46.107.10-20160101185407

But they do only block damage from a specific type unlike tridons which usaully gets destroyed by multi nukes so in away it can help block damage from a specific type(could be useful when dealing with multiple enemies, one which has singular and more dangerous buffs then it's comrades)