Ballistic Shield

The Ballistic Shield is a Security skill appearing in Tom Clancy's The Division.

The skill focuses on protecting the agent from harm while still allowing them to fire back at hostiles.

The Ballistic Shield is unlocked after completing the Lincoln Tunnel Checkpoint mission and activating the Security Wing. Once the Dark Zone Ops is built, the mods are unlocked.

Tips

 * When good cover is sparse, deploying the Ballistic Shield can save you from being crippled by a lethal sniper shot or heavy automatic fire.
 * The Shield offers protection from bullets at the cost of both movement speed and firepower which means NPCs, as well as enemy players, can flank the user easily.
 * It's highly recommended having a good sidearm or unlock the master mod in order to use the Ballistic Shield to its full potential.
 * Using the Ballistic Shield increases threat to the user, making enemies focusing their attention on the user. This is a viable build for tanks to draw fire for other team members.
 * Players can still use other skills while the Ballistic Shield is active.
 * Using a Backpack with the (Healing applied to you is applied to skills) can help keep your skill active for longer.
 * If the Shield is about to break, you can hide the shield from enemies and have it regain its health.

Trivia

 * It should be noted that the Cleaner's flamethrower will not burn the player if it is blocked by the Shield.
 * You still must be facing the Cleaner for protection against their flamethrower.
 * The gear-set can allow you to use a Submachine Gun with the shield, at the cost of having only the Master Mod bonuses active.
 * Before Update 1.4, the Ballistic Shield had bugs causing users to not be able to fire their weapon, or still take damage to their health when the shield is out.
 * In Update 1.8, the cap for Ballistic Shield health is 500,000 HP.
 * The only way to increase it is to use the gear-set with a focus into Stamina.

Appearances

 * Tom Clancy's The Division