Shield Penetration

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Shield Penetration is an item stat that allow a % of your damage to by pass shield and be dealt directly to target's health points.

For example, if your target as 8 health and 20 shield, and you have exactly 40% shield penetration and deal 10 damage, the following will occur:

• Your first hit have 40% of it go directly to health and the rest be dealt to shield.
• Your target will lose 10 * 0.4 = 4 health, and 6 shield, leaving him with 4 health and 14 shield.
• Your second hit will also be split by 40%, and your target will lose 4 health and 6 shield again, leaving him with 0 health and 8 shield, rendering him dead despite the fact that he still has shield points left.

When penetration is combined with shield overload, the percentage of damage that bypasses the shield will not be affected and only the remainder of damage will be enhanced. Generally speaking, it is better to stack penetration than to mix overload with penetration.