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Lesser Shielding (Melee Trait)
ArmorASA

Lesser Shielding (Melee Trait)

Hits against non-allied living targets grants you shield for 2.5% of you max HP, stacking up to 5 times. Trait must be applied in a Makeshift Megalab

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Details

Category
Armor
Games
ASA
Expansion
Wasteland
Loot crates
23 crates

Engram

How you unlock it

Required level
None
Engram points
0
How to unlock
DLC Variant (Non-Base)

Maps

Found on 3 maps

ExtinctionLost ColonyAstraeos

How to get Lesser Shielding (Melee Trait)

Lesser Shielding (Melee Trait) is found in 23 loot crates.

Loot crates

23 crates

  • Armadoggo CrateExtinction and Astraeos · ASA
  • Astraeos Orbital EasyAstraeos · ASA
  • Astraeos Orbital HardAstraeos · ASA
  • Astraeos Orbital MediumAstraeos · ASA
  • Extinction Orbital EasyExtinction · ASA
  • Extinction Orbital HardExtinction · ASA
  • Extinction Orbital LegendaryExtinction · ASA
  • Extinction Orbital MediumExtinction · ASA
  • Outpost: Breeding Pits EasyLost Colony · ASA
  • Outpost: Breeding Pits HardLost Colony · ASA
  • Outpost: Breeding Pits MediumLost Colony · ASA
  • Outpost: Gladiator's Keep EasyLost Colony · ASA
Show all 23 crates
  • Outpost: Gladiator's Keep HardLost Colony · ASA
  • Outpost: Gladiator's Keep MediumLost Colony · ASA
  • Outpost: Lost Resource Cache EasyLost Colony · ASA
  • Outpost: Lost Resource Cache HardLost Colony · ASA
  • Outpost: Lost Resource Cache MediumLost Colony · ASA
  • Outpost: Marksman's Hold EasyLost Colony · ASA
  • Outpost: Marksman's Hold HardLost Colony · ASA
  • Outpost: Marksman's Hold MediumLost Colony · ASA
  • Outpost: Outpost Defense EasyLost Colony · ASA
  • Outpost: Outpost Defense HardLost Colony · ASA
  • Outpost: Outpost Defense MediumLost Colony · ASA

Lesser Shielding (Melee Trait) — Detailed Guide

Lesser Shielding is a melee trait from the Wasteland content in ASA. Each hit on a non-allied living target gives you a shield worth 2.5% of your maximum health, stacking up to 5 times. At full stacks that is an extra 12.5% of your health absorbed before real damage lands.

How to get it

It only comes from loot: Lost Colony outposts (Breeding Pits, Marksman's Hold, Outpost Defense and Lost Resource Cache), Extinction Orbital drops (Easy and Legendary), Hard Astraeos Orbital drops and the Armadoggo Crate on Extinction and Astraeos.

What it is used for

  • Applying it: traits are fitted at a Makeshift Megalab.
  • Upgrading: the Moderate Shielding trait costs 10 of these.

Tips

Only living targets count, so hitting structures will not build the shield.

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