Overwhelming Shield

Overwhelming Shield is an Occult Scroll.

Your Shield^? recharge will not be interrupted once it has begun, but the recharge rate is reduced by 50%.

Additionally, while not shown in the description, it will also reduce Shield recharge delay by -50%, lowering the amount of time to start recharging.

This will prevent constant interruptions when enemies keep hitting you, however the slower recharge makes it take longer to fully recover when you aren't taking hits.

Compared to normal Shield recovery, if you often take hits while the shield is recharging the scroll can prove useful. However if you take infrequent hits, the longer time to fully recover can leave you with less Shield than you should have at that time, which may prove problematic in the long run. It is generally more effective on heroes who have a long shield recharge delay, as they are more affected by getting interrupted.

Enhanced: Shield recharge rate penalty is reduced from 50% to 25%.

Synergies[]

Positive[]

Abnormal Speed increases Movement Speed the higher Shields are.
Abundant Vitality increases weapon damage while Shields are recovering. Additionally it lasts longer due to recovery speed being lowered.
Bloody Ammo, Capacity Overdraft and Cautious Shot will no longer interrupt Shield recovery.
Reinforced Eggshell decreases damage taken when Shields are above 0.
Gold Medal recovers Shields by 15% when Dashing or using the primary skill, which bypasses the reduced recovery speed.
Phantom Skin recovers Shields by 30% when hit, which bypasses the reduced recovery speed.
Backup Shield recovers Shields by 40% when it breaks, which bypasses the reduced recovery speed.

Reduced Positive[]

Silver Medal starting Shield recovery will occur less often, because the Shield can be interrupted less often.

Mixed[]

Paranormality increases max Shields, doubling the amount that benefits from no interruption. However Shields recovering at half speed may become problematic due to having no Health to fall back on.

Nullified[]

Qing Yan uses Armor^? instead of Shields, making this scroll useless.
Flesh and Bones converts all Shield into Health^?, making this scroll useless.

Update History[]

06/24/2022 update:
- Normal effect changed from "shield recharge cannot be interrupted when below 50%" to "shield recharge cannot be interrupted, but recharge rate is reduced by 50%".
- Enhanced effect changed from "shield recharge cannot be interrupted when below 50%, and recharge rate is increased by 50%" to "shield recharge cannot be interrupted, but recharge rate is reduced by 25%".
03/26/2022 update: Enhanced version added.