Boy howdy this shield has some stats on it, it sure does. Okay in all honesty the defensive stats of a shield really don't matter much, it's the word tags and traits/EX Skills that are the juicy bits. I will note that this shield does seem to have high Shot DEF though. So let's look at this one. Transformer and Protag word tags, and a trait that boosts Sp Shot Crit Chance by 21% when you're a Middle-Shooter...what? That's such a heavily restricted and insane trait to have on a mostly Melee suit. Especially since Crit is so garbage, that trait basically reads "+2.1% Sp Shot damage", which is incredibly low value and weak even if it wasn't tied to Middle-Shooters only and tied to Sp Shots only. The best thing that can be said about this shield, and the only thing saving it from an F, is that it has Protag on it. Hard pass.

Well, there you have it, all the Age-2 Normal parts reviewed. This is a weird one. It has some really odd standout things about the parts, and then really weird restrictions and combos on others, all coupled with bad word tags. I love the looks of this suit but I can't really get behind the functions of it. Hopefully next week's suit brings us something more spicy.