Blast Shield

“	The Blast Shield is a ship shield that takes reduced damage from Explosive weapons and recharges to full strength over time.	”
	— In-Game Description

Stats[]

Blast Shield	I	II	III
SPECIFICATIONS
Mass	50 t	300 t	900 t
Energy	100	600	1,800
Defense	90%
Resists	50%
Shield Recharge	10 energy/s	60 energy/s	180 energy/s
Recharge Delay	3 s
Hull XP	391 XP	2,683 XP	9,056 XP
BLUEPRINT
Farming Tier	VEGA Tier I	VEGA Tier I	VEGA Tier III
Pieces	4	5	6
Prerequisites	Shockwave Shield III	Shockwave Shield IV	Shockwave Shield V
EQUIP
Time	1m 30s	8m 30s	1h 36m
Helium-3	1,540	270,954	2,376,045
Antimatter	0	30,106	792,015
REPAIR
Time	1m 40s	10m 00s	30m 00s

General[]

The Blast Shield is an advanced Explosive ship shield that can start replenishing its energy reserves after several seconds without interruption.

Note that once fully depleted, the shield is useless for the remainder of the battle and cannot recharge.

Strategy and Setup[]

Advantages[]

Blast Shields can potentially block massive amounts of damage, provided that they get the chance to regenerate after each volley.

Regenerating shields are excellent for shield-switching tactics, where a healthy ship protects a damaged ship (most commonly through ship blocking), buying time for the damaged ship to fully regain its shields. They are also good for intermittent combat such as sniper attacks and battleship fights, where shields often get the chance to regenerate between each round.

Disadvantages[]

Blast Shields have poor mass efficiency compared to the Shockwave Shield without the chance to recharge. Therefore, if your fleet is designed to blitz enemy ships or otherwise engage them in close combat, it is not recommended to use this shield as the enemy can easily overwhelm them in a single volley.

Trivia[]

Hulls with active Blast Shields glow orange, similar to the Shockwave Shield.