Weapon Shielding

What it does

The gun-damage mirror of Spirit Shielding: a barrier and temporary bullet resist after you take a burst of weapon damage.

Numbers: 300 Barrier for 8s and +18% Bullet Resist when you take 250 weapon damage within 4s; 35s cooldown; +2.5 out-of-combat regen

Gotchas

The mechanics people most often get wrong about this item.

• Melee damage also counts toward the trigger threshold

Problems it answers

• Burst damage — “I die before I can react.”
• Sustained gun damage — “Their gun grinds me down in a long fight.”

Heroes that make this worth a slot

Heroes whose kit creates the problems Weapon Shielding answers. This is derived from kit properties, not from measured build results.

• Drifter
• Apollo
• Bebop
• Billy
• Calico
• Haze
• Infernus
• McGinnis
• Vindicta
• Vyper
• Wraith
• Yamato