Strike Shield

“	The Strike Shield is designed for hit-and-fade combat. It takes reduced damage from Explosive weapons and recharges to full strength over time.	”
	— In-Game Description

Stats[ | ]

Strike Shield	I	II	III
SPECIFICATIONS
Mass	120 t	360 t	720 t
Energy	480	1,440	2,880
Defense	90%
Resists	50%
Shield Recharge	48 energy/s	144 energy/s	288 energy/s
Recharge Delay	5 s
Hull XP	919 XP	1,213 XP	1,493 XP
Restricted to	Cutters
BLUEPRINT
Tech Lab Required	VI	VIII	X
EQUIP
Time	2m 30s	12m 30s	1h 07m 30s
Helium-3	20,530	448,443	1,760,873
Antimatter	0	49,827	586,958
REPAIR
Time	8m 00s	24m 00s	48m 00s

General[ | ]

The Strike Shield is a powerful Explosive ship shield that has massive shield capacity and can start replenishing its energy reserves after several seconds without interruption. It can only be equipped on cutters.

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

Strategy and Setup[ | ]

Advantages[ | ]

Strike Shields are incredibly mass efficient and have the same shield energy as Metaphase Shields - insane for a regenerating shield. Even if you do not plan on utilizing its recharge ability, you should still use them if your fleet is intended to fight against Explosive-type weapons.

Disadvantages[ | ]

Strike Shields only resist Explosive Damage; they are easily depleted by battleships that have Energy weaponry such as Aurora Rays. They are also weak to short-range ships that deal Energy Damage, e.g. cruisers equipped with Reverb Rays. Kinetic weapons pose less of a threat since cutters can enter their minimum range in a matter of seconds.

Considering that cutters often charge head-on towards their targets, it is rather difficult to find an opportunity to recharge this shield.

Trivia[ | ]

Hulls with active Strike Shields glow orange, similar to the Shockwave Shield.
The Strike Shield incorrectly had an Energy icon during its appearance in the event trailer, causing some to believe that it was an Energy shield.

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Miner Rebellion Defenses
Ship Armor	Plasteel • Tritanium • Iridium • Zynthium • Spectral Armor • Shockwave Armor • Deflector Armor
Ship Shields	Spectral Shield • Shockwave Shield • Deflector Shield
Base Armor	Plasteel Plates • Tritanium Plates • Iridium Plates • Zynthium Plates
Base Shields	Spectral Field • Shockwave Field • Deflector Field

VEGA Mining Defenses
Ship Shields	Diffuser Shield • Blast Shield • Repulsor Shield • Metaphase Shield
Base Armor	Capacitive Plates
Base Shields	Metaphase Field

Iron Star Company Defenses
Ship Armor	Skirmish Armor

Demon Corps Defenses
Ship Armor	Antimatter Scoop
Ship Shields	Strike Shield

Xeno Division Defenses
Ship Armor	Talonite Armor • Heavy Talonite Armor • EN Heavy Talonite Armor • ENAL Heavy Talonite Armor • EX Heavy Talonite Armor • EXAL Heavy Talonite Armor • KI Heavy Talonite Armor • KIAL Heavy Talonite Armor
Base Armor	Talonite Plates • Heavy Talonite Plates • EN Heavy Talonite Plates • ENAL Heavy Talonite Plates • EX Heavy Talonite Plates • EXAL Heavy Talonite Plates • KI Heavy Talonite Plates • KIAL Heavy Talonite Plates

A.X.I.S. Defenses
Ship Armor	Tungsten Armor • EN Tungsten Armor • ENAL Tungsten Armor • EX Tungsten Armor • EXAL Tungsten Armor • KI Tungsten Armor • KIAL Tungsten Armor
Ship Shields	Harmonic Exophase Shield
Base Armor	Tungsten Plates • EN Tungsten Plates • ENAL Tungsten Plates • EX Tungsten Plates • EXAL Tungsten Plates • KI Tungsten Plates • KIAL Tungsten Plates
Base Shields	Exophase Field

Tier 6 Marauder Defenses
Ship Armor	Fused Armor • VO Fused Armor
Ship Shields	Circuit Shield

Tier 7 Altairian Defenses
Ship Armor	Resonant Armor • Spectral Resonant Armor • Shockwave Resonant Armor • Deflector Resonant Armor • Xeno Resonant Armor • Plasma Resonant Armor
Ship Shields	Spectral Shell • Shockwave Shell • Deflector Shell • Xeno Shell • Plasma Shell
Base Armor	Resonant Plates
Base Shields	Xeno Field • Plasma Field • Blight Field

Tier 7 Umbra Defenses
Ship Armor	Thonian Armor • Spectral Thonian Armor • Shockwave Thonian Armor • Deflector Thonian Armor • Xeno Thonian Armor • Blight Thonian Armor
Ship Ablation	Ablative Tungsten Armor • EN Ablative Tungsten Armor • EX Ablative Tungsten Armor • KI Ablative Tungsten Armor • BL Ablative Tungsten Armor

Tier 7 Pharmakon Defenses
Ship Armor	Node Armor • Spectral Node Armor • Shockwave Node Armor • Deflector Node Armor
Ship Screens	Spectral Screen • Shockwave Screen • Deflector Screen • Blight Screen • Plasma Screen

Tier 7 Marauder Defenses
Ship Armor	Void Resonant Armor • Void Thonian Armor • Void Node Armor
Ship Shields	Void Shell
Ship Ablation	Ablative Leech Armor
Ship Screens	Void Screen

Tier 8 Defenses
Ship Armor	Scale Armor • Plasma Scale Armor • Xeno Scale Armor • Parasitic Armor • Xeno Parasitic Armor • Blight Parasitic Armor • Vertex Armor • Plasma Vertex Armor • Blight Vertex Armor
Ship Shields	Resolute Shield • Xeno Resolute Shield • Plasma Resolute Shield
Ship Ablation	Ablative Carapace • Blight Ablative Carapace
Ship Screens	Mesh Screen • Plasma Mesh Screen • Blight Mesh Screen

Tier 9 Spectre Division Defenses
Ship Armor	Graphene Armor • Segmentata Armor
Ship Shields	Spectral Barricade Shield • Shockwave Barricade Shield • Deflector Barricade Shield • Caetra Shield

Tier 10 Spectre Division Defenses
Ship Armor	Borophene Armor • Carbyne Armor
Ship Shields	Spectral Nano Shield • Shockwave Nano Shield • Deflector Nano Shield • Ternary Shield
Base Armor	Borophene Plates

Retrocitor Defenses
Ship Armor	Reclaimed Armor
Ship Shields	Spectral Reclaimed Shield • Shockwave Reclaimed Shield • Deflector Reclaimed Shield • Acclimated Shield
Base Armor	Reclaimed Plates
Base Shields	Absorption Field • Ignition Field • Obdurate Field

RetroSyn Consortium Defenses
Ship Armor	Itinerant Armor • Torpid Armor
Ship Shields	Paired Shield • Synchro Shield
Base Armor	Advanced Plates
Base Shields	Advanced Field

VEGA Alliance Defenses
Ship Armor	Sanguine Armor
Ship Shields	Ichor Shield • Spectral Heavy Ichor Shield • Shockwave Heavy Ichor Shield • Deflector Heavy Ichor Shield • Blood Heavy Ichor Shield