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Notes: The list of hero abilities is a bit outdated after the March 6 2026 update

Barriers are a temporary pool of additional health that takes damage before Health is reduced. Barriers block all incoming damage from any source, with Damage Resistances applied.

Notes

Damage to barriers does get affected by Damage Reduction and Damage Amplification.
Any instance of excess damage dealt to completely destroy a barrier is then done to health. For example, a Dynamo with 100 barrier health and 0% Spirit Resist takes 168 spirit damage from Vindicta's Assassinate. 100 spirit damage will break Dynamo's barrier, the remaining 68 spirit damage is done to health.
Healing amplification and Healing Reduction effects have no effects on newly created barriers. The only thing that can affect value of a new barrier is Rem's Tag Along.

Sources of Barriers

Abilities

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Hero	Ability	Barrier
Celeste	Dazzling Trick	100 x0.8 → 170 x1.56 (T2)
Ivy	Air Drop	300 x0.7 (T1) → 300 x1.7 (T3)
Mirage	Traveler	400 x0.6 (T2)
Paige	Plot Armor	125 x1.5 → 225 x1.5 (T2) → 225 x2.0 (T3)
Paradox	Paradoxical Swap	200 x1.5 (T1)
The Doorman	Doorway	250 x1.5 (T2)
Vyper	Slither	180 x0.8 (T3)
Warden	Willpower	125 x0.8 → 125 x3.5 (T3)
Wraith	Project Mind	300 x1.7 (T2)

Items

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Name	Cost	Category	Stat change
Grit	800	Vitality	+200 HP Barrier
Guardian Ward	1,600	Vitality	+250 HP Barrier
Reactive Barrier	1,600	Vitality	+325 HP Barrier
Spirit Shielding	1,600	Vitality	+300 HP Barrier
Weapon Shielding	1,600	Vitality	+300 HP Barrier
Majestic Leap	3,200	Vitality	+200 HP Barrier
Divine Barrier	6,400	Vitality	+600 HP Barrier
Diviner's Kevlar	6,400	Vitality	+1000 HP Barrier
Indomitable	6,400	Vitality	+325 HP Barrier
Cloak of Opportunity	Legendary	Vitality	+500 HP Barrier

Update history

Update	Changes
May 8, 2025	Shields have been reworked and are now called Barriers. They are no longer multiple damage types. They also interact normally with resistances now. (Undocumented) All barriers are now temporary.
September 12, 2024	Shield regeneration time reduced from 60s to 50s