Absorption Shield: Difference between revisions

'''Absorption Shields''' are a form of defensive barrier employed by various enemies during combat.<ref name="Destiny News">[http://www.bungie.net/7_New-Beginnings/en-us/News/News?aid=10308 '''Bungie News : New Beginnings''']</ref>

 

An Absorption Shield manifests as a translucent bubble that surrounds the wielder.<ref name="E3 2013 Trailer">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2Jx5__c1lY '''E3 2013 Destiny Gameplay Trailer''']</ref> Damaging the shield will make it deteriorate, until it is removed. [[Elemental damage]] of the appropriate type, identifiable by the shield's color, drains it faster. If a shielded enemy doesn't receive damage for some time, its barrier will recharge quickly. Every race has at least one type of enemy shielded by default but will also have another type of enemy that's shielded whenever the Epic modifier is active (or during certain [[public event]]s). <ref name = "Alpha">'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard.''</ref>

Shields gain a new appearance that varies between the enemy races: [[Fallen]] are unchanged, [[Hive]] gain more oblong and refined shields, [[Cabal]] shields are spherical with glowing angular patterns, [[Vex]] shields are cylindrical grids similar to the [[Hydra]]'s, and [[Taken]] shields are blackened and "corrupted". Deactivating a shield with a weapon of its corresponding elemental type now triggers an area-of-effect explosion that damages nearby enemies. <ref name ="Destiny 2">'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref> Also, during Nightfall strikes and certain other difficult activities, the presence of elemental shields has switched between certain enemy types. For example, [[Psion]]s no longer have Void shields during the Nightfall strike, but [[Colossus|Colossi]] have Arc shields now.

{| class="wikitable"

| Fallen || [[Shank]]¥, [[Heavy Shank]]¥, [[Scorch Captain]], [[Brutal Shank, Kell's Scourge]]† || [[Captain]], [[Shock Captain]], [[Brutal Shank, Kell's Scourge]]† || [[Splicer Captain]], [[Servitor]]¥ (Only in [[Destiny 2]]), [[Null Captain]], [[Brutal Shank, Kell's Scourge]]†, [[Dark Council Guard]]

| Vex || || [[Harpy]]¥ || [[Minotaur]]

| Cabal || [[Centurion]]|| [[Blood Guard Legionary]], [[Colossus]]¥ (Only in [[Destiny 2]])|| [[Blood Guard Incendior]], [[Interceptor Pilot]]¥, [[Incendior]]¥

| Taken || [[Taken Captain]], [[Taken Knight]]¥ || [[Taken Centurion]] || [[Taken Wizard]], [[Taken Acolyte]]¥

| Scorn|| [[Chieftain]]† || [[Chieftain]]† || [[Chieftain]]†, [[Raider]]¥

| Bosses || [[Kolar, Psion Flayer]], [[Navôta, Eir Spawn]], [[Skiffiks, Privateer]]†, [[Valus Trau'ug]]† || [[Omnigul, Will of Crota]], [[Skiffiks, Privateer]]†, [[Vatch, Psion Flayer]], [[Valus Trau'ug]]† || [[Numoc, Psion Flayer]], [[Skiffiks, Privateer]]†, [[Valus Trau'ug]]†

¥ Indicates that the enemy gains shields in high difficulty activities or in otherwise special circumstances.

In addition to this list, [[Nightmare Hunts]] will also frequently spawn large groups of enemies (typically the lowest classes associated with the Nightmare's original race) with Solar shields that are unusually resistant to even matching elemental damage. Nightmare Breaker mods, obtained from the gamemode, are required to effectively penetrate these shields.