Shield Power

Most Shield Powers absorb incoming damage until a Shield Cap is reached.

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Damage Prevention Powers
Power Set	Powers
Acrobatics	Perfect Poise
Atomic	Density, Mass Density
Celestial	Blessing, Consecrated Ground, Sacrifice
Earth	Envelop, Gemstone Shield
Electricity	Group Transducer, Flux
Fire	Immolation
Flight	Dustoff
Gadgets	Battle Drone, Distract, Holographic Decoy, Neural Neutralizer
Ice	Hibernation, Reflection, Shatter Restraints, Winter Ward
Iconic	Amazonium Deflection, Clown Box, Hard Light Shield
Light	Group Shielding, Light Barrier
Mental	Bastion, Grandeur, Telekinetic Shield
Munitions	Active Protection System, Mounted Turret, Rocket Jump, Rocket Retreat, Survival
Nature	Swarm Shield
Rage	Redirected Rage
Quantum	Closed Loop, Event Horizon, Oblivion, Quantum Tunneling, Time Bubble
Skimming	Dustoff
Sorcery	Boon of Souls, Transcendence
Super Speed	Dash Attack, Phase Dodge
Water	Bubble, Flood of Power, Tempest Guard

Previously, while Shield Powers visually negate damage (with a grey hitsplat), most were actually healing effects that apply immediately after taking damage. They are counted as healing in combat messages, and if you take a single hit that is equal or greater than your remaining health, you will be KO'ed even if the hit would be lesser than your health plus your shield. This is no longer the case and you can survive on a sliver of health as long as you have remaining Shield Powers active.; However, Shield Powers are still considered to be Healing in Chat Options in Settings and would be filtered as such.