Barrier

Engineer skill · Plating Line · tier 1

Beta 0.7.2

A barrier of light shields spins around her, ready for the blow.

It is only used in combat once it is placed on the hero's active bar, and its 12 s cooldown is before cooldown reduction.

Values by rank

Barrier scales with Absorption. Its value at each rank is 2 + 1.5 × rank:

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Value	3.5	5	6.5	8	9.5	11	12.5	14	15.5	17

The value is the game's internal number for this skill.

in combat = round(value × skill power × 5 × max(0.35, hero damage ÷ 600))
hero damage = Attack + all elemental damage
skill power = 1 + 1% per point in the other Plating Line skills + 2% per rank of each skill that boosts it

The damage factor has a minimum of 0.35 and no maximum. A hero with 600 damage and no line mastery or synergies gets the listed value × 5; how it becomes damage or healing per hit depends on the skill's type and timing.

How to unlock it

1
Always openTier 1 skills need no other skill first.
2
Hero level 2A hero's first skill point can go straight into it.
3
One skill point per rankUp to rank 10.

Rank 5 in Barrier opens Steel Plating and Energy Shield.

Mastery and synergies

Line mastery: every point in the other Plating Line skills makes Barrier 1% stronger, up to +40% with all of them at rank 10. Its own points do the same for the rest of the line.

Barrier has no synergies: no skill boosts it and it boosts no other skill.

Plating Line

Skill	Tier	Type	Cooldown	Scales with
Barrier	1	Shield	12 s	Absorption
Steel Plating	2	Buff	14 s	Defense
Energy Shield	3	Shield	12 s	Absorption
Auto-Repair	4	Heal over time	10 s	Regen
Mobile Fortress	5	Ultimate	16 s	Health