Weapon Shielding
passive Documented When to buy Weapon Shielding Weapon Shielding +35s Cooldown +4s Time Frame +250 Damage Threshold +2.5 Out of Combat Regen +8s Barrier Duration +18% Bullet Resist Builds from Grit
Buy against a gun carry whose opening burst kills you before you can respond.
When to skip Weapon Shielding
Does not respond to ability damage.
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.