Shields take additional damage from Disruptor ammo. Vulnerable to tech attacks like Overload and Sabotage.Ĭommon to Geth, Cerberus, and certain Reaper forces.įast firing weapons like SMGs and Assault Rifles do better damage to Shields.

Vulnerable to damaging biotic attacks like Warp and Reave, and by Concussive Shot.įast firing weapons like SMGs and Assault Rifles do better damage to barriers.īarriers also take additional damage from Warp or Disruptor ammo. Incendiary Ammo, Warp Ammo or Armor Piercing Ammo, will all do additional damage to armor. Slow firing weapons like Sniper Rifles, Heavy Pistols, and Shotguns tend to do better damage to armor.įinally, Armor can be 'weakened' by freeze effects and 'penetrated' by weapon mods, or Armor Piercing Ammo. Vulnerable to fire attacks, like Incinerate, and damaging biotic attacks like Warp and Reave.Ĭommon to Cerberus Robots, Environmental obstacles, and reaper forces. Shepard cannot get armor at all the Fortification power, despite claiming to be armor, is really a damage reduction, like Tech Armor (which, despite the name, is actually advanced shield tech).įor enemies, it matters a little more. blue), as any armor piece that improves shields will likewise improve barriers. Due to the wide variance in body mechanics between species, combat hardsuit models are marketed to a specific species.

Also termed a combat hardsuit (or combat hard-suit), armor generally consists of a flexible ballistic-fiber body suit reinforced with ceramic or composite plating on non-flexible parts of the body. For Shepard, Barriers and Shields differ only in color (purple vs. Armor is a protective body covering intended to prevent injury in combat.

Only two of the six possible Shepards have barriers (Vanguard / Adept), and none of the six have armor. Armor, Shields, and Barriers are all 'Defenses' that protect enemy (or Shepard's) healthbars from harm.įor Shepard personally, its largely irrelevant.

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