Shields

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Shielding is a secondary form of life that exists in unison with health. Shields will always take damage before your health unless they are full depleted. Damage that injures your shields, but does not break them, will not give your character Ailments and will not count as a hit taken. This is especially important if you have a high rating you wish to maintain, as hits will decrease your Rating. When depleted your shields will regenerate at a much quicker pace than your health, further encouraging you not to take damage beyond that of your Shields.

Ways to Lose Shields

• Take damage from any source
• Gain the Short Circuit ailment
• Be affected by a Black Ops's EMP

Ways to Regain Shields

• Passively Regenerate shielding
• Equip an Arc Reactor, increasing shield regeneration rate
• The Engineer's Repair Beam
• The Medic's Nano Shield
• The Recon's Drone's Protect ability
• The Recon's Refresher ability restores 30 shield points.
• Upgrading Demolition's Sadist while playing as a Demolition

Complete Shield Chart

Class	Base Shield	20 CP Bonus	XS-4 Armor	XS-4 & 20 CP	Nano-Shield*	Protect
Rifleman	35	55	52	72	132	342
Medic	30	50	45	65	125	325
Assault	50	70	75	95	155	355
Recon	40	60	60	80	140	340
Marksman	35	55	52	72	132	342
Demolition	100	120	150	170	230	430
Combat Engineer	35	55	52	72	132	342
Commando	30	50	45	65	125	325
Flamethrower	75	95	112	132	192	392
Forward Observer	20	40	30	50	110	310
Psi-Ops	25	45	37	57	117	317
Technician	1	21	2	22	82	282
Pathfinder	100	120	150	170	230	430
Chemical Expert	50	70	75	95	155	355

*Nano-Shield level 2

*Unless otherwise noted, assume a bonus is added on top of the previous one.