User blog:Linathan/Mechanic Spotlight: The Shield

The Shield buff is a buff first introduced in Hellborn Nightmare. Dilias used a random elemental shield at random intervals. This buff later became available to the Soul Bound Saga unit, Tridon. Tridon is currently the only unit that utilizes this effect.

The Shield buff adds a purple HP bar over the unit's normal HP bar, granting units under this effect more HP. The Shield cannot recover HP and will wear off after a given amount of turns or when its HP reaches 0. It also has its own Def and damage calculated accordingly.

Adorned Egg is an item that also utilizes a shield effect to all allies.

One huge drawback with the shield is the Def of the shield is retained until the enemy's attack animation finishes. This serves a huge problem, especially during Trial EX001 - The Green Menace.

When Gravion casts Heavy Gravion, Gravion will deal massive amounts of damage. Guarding is advised to survive this attack.

After doing recent tests (done after the June 9 Maintenance), it is confirmed that Tridon's shield's Def still carries once the shield is destroyed until the end of the enemy's attack animation. It is strange to see that all of the units shown are dead even when they guarded with the shield active. What about without the shield? Def matters in this situation as low Def will lead to the downfall of your units. With Tridon's shield having low Def and the fact that the shield's Def carries on until the end of the enemy's attack animation, units will be taking more damage compared to units without the shield.

However, it is also important to note that when taking fixed percentage attacks, the lower the unit's max HP, the more effective the shield becomes under this situation.

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