This skill increases the amount of weapon damage that penetrates your enemies' shields.
By default. most enemy starship shields will prevent 90% of the energy damage dealt by your weapons from hitting the hull. For each point of Shield Penetration skill, an additional 0.05% of your damage will pierce their shields and apply directly to their hull.
Total
- +50 Shield Penetration Additional Bleedthrough = +2.5%
- +35 = 85 Shield Penetration Additional Bleedthrough = +4.25% (Improved)
- +15 = 100 Shield Penetration Additional Bleedthrough = +5% (Advanced)
Overview[ | ]
Shield Penetration is a Captain Tactical skill that is available to all Captains. There are three total skills in this chain, each costing 1 Space Point to purchase.
Note[ | ]
Prior to Season Thirteen: Escalation, this skill was previously known as "Shield Weakening" and provided a shield resistance rating debuff. It was changed to a direct shield penetration buff to be more in line with the Hull Penetration skill.
Abilities Affected[ | ]
Modifiers[ | ]
- [Elite Fleet Intervention Protomatter Deflector Array Mk XII]
[Console - Universal - Hyper-focusing Trinary Arrays] 47.5 (+2%) Shield Penetration
[Console - Tactical - Lorca's Custom Fire Controls] 150 (7.5%) Shield Penetration
Endothermic Inhibitor Beam 20%-30% Increased Shield Damage for 20 sec.
Sensor Probe Swarm 15% Increased Shield Damage for 15 sec.
Shield Inversion 15% Increased Shield Damage for 15 sec
Destabilized Tachyon Emitters Scaling direct shield damage
Trait: Overwhelming Force Scaling direct shield damage
