friend told me hardlight shield was op.

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I’m not going to argue whether it is or not but in his case it definitely was not.

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He was definitely using the Hardlight Shield wrong. It’s good for getting assists/distraction medals if you stick with teammates that will kill the preoccupied opponent. Or you could use it right before the enemy starts shooting you. Assuming that you are decent shot, he will waste his ammo and when he goes to reload you can easily pick him off with your full magazine. Also on big maps when you are unexpectedly shot by a sniper (assuming you weren’t shot in the head), you can throw up your shield and backup into cover. The shield can also deflect most rounds so it could be used as an offensive ability if you practice.

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the hard light shield is op as balls

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It can deflect tank shots back at the tank. Gg lol

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I don’t play at the most competitive levels, by any means, but I’ve never seen HLS save anyone’s life. Delay their death by a few seconds, and shift the kill from one player to another, yes. But save? Nope. It’s just a delaying tactic. True of all AAs in general. They just delay the inevitable.

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At least it’s not Armor Lock.

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> At least it’s not Armor Lock.

Haha, yes. A pretty nifty replacement though isn’t it?

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The hardlight shield can deflect non bullet/nongrenade/non rocket/non wraith tank shots. So, it can effectively deflect many things, including an incineration cannon shot back at it’s sender. Such an example can be seen here. It is extremely effective in Lightning Flag if you can get one in an Ordnance and not just because Lighting Flag is a one shot kill gametype. You can deflect Lightrifle shots back at the sender and sometimes get points for killing them that way (Doesn’t always work as sometimes the game counts it as a suicide for the enemy). Such an example can be seen here.

However, it cannot stop assassinations, splatters, rockets, and wraith tank projectiles. I wouldn’t say the Hardlight shield is Overpowered, it is useful however. If it was overpowered, more players would be using that instead of Promethian Vision or Jetpack.

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> Haha, yes. A pretty nifty replacement though isn’t it?

I think it is. I like Hard Light Shield much better than Armor Lock because it doesn’t render the player invincible (from all angles).

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The way he was using it made me angry…

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I don’t really think any of the armor abilities are that useful, mostly because I’m bad with them, but I think hard light shield is a better form of armor lock. You gain mobility with an extra shield but now the shield is in only one direction.