Equips a portable Ballistic Shield that absorbs damage. The user can only use their sidearm while the shield is active.
Modifications
Base
Attributes
Type
Base
Total
Health
5.625 HP
1962.209 HP
Damage Increase
5.0 %
5.0 %
Damage Resistance
10.0 %
10.0 %
Cooldown
40.0 s
9.09 s
Equips a stronger and lighter shield that pulses hostiles who shoot at it.
Modifications
Base
Attributes
Type
Base
Total
Health
2.812 HP
980.930 HP
Damage Increase
20.0 %
20.0 %
Damage Resistance
10.0 %
10.0 %
Cooldown
40.0 s
9.09 s
Equips a shield that grants the user's weapon increased damage, knockback, increased accuracy, and faster reload speed.
Modifications
Base
Attributes
Type
Base
Total
Health
3.750 HP
1308.140 HP
Damage Increase
10.0 %
10.0 %
Damage Resistance
10.0 %
10.0 %
Cooldown
40.0 s
9.09 s
Grants the user a small portion of incoming damage as healing.
Modifications
Base
Attributes
Type
Base
Total
Health
3.750 HP
1308.140 HP
Damage Increase
10.0 %
10.0 %
Damage Resistance
10.0 %
10.0 %
Cooldown
40.0 s
9.09 s
After a short time without taking any damage, the shield slowly repairs itself to full health.
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 Resourceful Talent (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 D3-FNC gear-set can allow you to use a Submachine Gun with the shield, at the cost of having only the Master Mod bonuses active.
In Update 1.8, the cap for Ballistic Shield health is 500,000 HP.
The only way to increase it is to use the D3-FNC gear-set with a focus into Stamina.
Gallery[]
The Base Ballistic Shield
Reactive Targeting Shield
Assault Shield
Kinetic Breaker Shield
The attachment to the backpack when the skill is equipped
skill appearing in Tom Clancy's The Division.
