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I have collected a few different types of shields, with different colours and of differing rarity.

I assume the rarer shield types are more powerful in some way but I can't find any information on it.

Question : What different types of shield are available and what are the differences between them?

More detail, I currently have three shield types:

  • Green (Common)
  • Purple (Rare)
  • Pink (Very Rare)
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  • Thanks for the edit @fbueckert but as the second tag specifically mentioned portal shields, are you sure it's extraneous? I would have kept it and removed the more general 'ingress' tag if anything... please advise.
    – agryson
    Nov 30, 2012 at 23:37
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    Usually we use just game tags; if we get enough questions for a game, we start breaking it up into specific sections, such as the one you made. If it turns out that Ingress gets a ton (ie. 200/300) of questions, sure, put it back! Until then, though, we just finished a massive tag cleanup effort, so we try to limit the number of tags. :)
    – Frank
    Nov 30, 2012 at 23:44
  • OK, that makes sense, thanks for the explanation. :)
    – agryson
    Nov 30, 2012 at 23:48
  • Happy to help. :) This is a good question, so here's hoping you get a great answer to go with it.
    – Frank
    Nov 30, 2012 at 23:53
  • Good question, do you know what shields do?
    – BanditoBunny
    Dec 1, 2012 at 15:56

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When you select a shield to deploy in the Upgrade-menu, it actually shows you their different parameters (just like for resonators it shows how much the range would increase iff deployed).

The values for the shields are:

  • Common - MITIGATION 22(+6)
  • Rare - MITIGATION 22(+8)
  • Very Rare - MITIGATION 22(+10)

Of course it's a different matter to figure out how those values relate to burst-absorption.

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  • Can you find a portal and make note of the data?
    – Daenyth
    Dec 3, 2012 at 14:50
  • Will do, just need to get near a portal and will update the question. Thanks for this answer, seems we're close!
    – agryson
    Dec 3, 2012 at 15:26
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    @Daenyth the values are 6, 8 and 10 of something I don't understand :)
    – BanditoBunny
    Dec 3, 2012 at 18:51
  • I've edited this answer (awaiting peer review) to show more info I've gathered - I'm not marking it answered yet as I don't know what exactly MITIGATION means... adding that info to this answer will qualify it (for me) as the correct answer.
    – agryson
    Dec 6, 2012 at 22:53
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    So the three characteristics for a shield appear to be: * Mitigation * Absorption * Reflection Has anyone seen a portal shield which provides other than "Mitigation"? I've only seen the three "Mitigation" ones.
    – karora
    Dec 17, 2012 at 8:42
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New Shield mitigation (again)

*Was 6,8,10 at first, later changed to 10,20,30, then to 20,30,50.

1 shield mitigation is 1% of reduced damage. The reduction is hard capped at 95%, though the mitigation can be higher than that.

*When the shield mitigation changed the first time, it was necessary to 'refresh' your inventory by dropping shields on ground and collecting them again. It is not necessary any more and all old shields should have the new values. For more informations read the following link.

What is the formula for damage mitigation in Ingress?

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