Skill: Shield Hardness

Shield Hardness

Commander

This skill increases the amount of incoming damage negated by your shields.

By default, each point of Shields Subsystem Power negates 0.2% the damage that your shields take. Every point of Shield Hardness skill will negate an additional 0.2% regardless of your current Shields Subsystem Power.

+50 Shield Hardness

Total Additional Shield Damage Negation = +10%

Improved Shield Hardness

+35 Shield Hardness

Total Skill Bonus = +85

Total Additional Shield Damage Negation = +17%

Advanced Shield Hardness

+15 Shield Hardness

Total Skill Bonus = +100

Total Additional Shield Damage Negation = +20%

Overview

Shield Hardness is a Commander Science skill that is available to all Commanders. There are three total skills in this chain, each costing 1 Space Point to purchase.

This skill does not affect damage that bleeds through your shields and reaches your hull.

Abilities Affected

Ship Shields

Modifiers

• Shield Frequency Modulation

Console

• Console - Universal - Metaphasic Solar Capacitor
• Console - Universal - Resonant Dissipation Matrix
• Console – Universal – Assault Mode Relays - When Equipped on a Manasa
• Console - Engineering - Conductive RCS Accelerator
• Console - Universal - Fleet Support Platform
• Console - Universal - Tachyon Pulse Platform
• Console – Universal – Polaric Chromoelectric Modulator
• Console - Universal - Ablative Hazard Shielding
• Console - Universal - Singularity Inverter

Traits

• Frontal Assault
• Subsystem Redundancies
• Exotic Absorption
• Nanoprobe Field Generator
• Pattern Recognition

Set Bonus

• Solanae Synergy
• Disruptor Shell

Note

The direct counter to shield hardening is Skill: Shield Weakening or weapon Procs such as those found on Vaadwaur Polaron Weapons