Aegis

Aegis
Healing past full grants you a temporary barrier.
Healing past full grants you a temporary barrier for 50% (+50% per stack) of the amount you healed.
Rarity	Legendary
Category	Utility Healing
ID	80
Stats
Stat	Value	Stack	Add
Healing Converted	50%	Linear	+50%

The Aegis is an item introduced in the Scorched Acres Update.

If the holder receives healing while their health is full, they gain barriers equal to 50% (+50% per stack) of the healed amount.

Tips

• This item can be used to remove the downside that comes with the TranscendenceTranscendence
  Convert all your health into shield. Increase maximum health.
  Convert all but 1 health into regenerating shields. Gain 50% (+25% per stack) maximum health. and Shared DesignShared Design
  Become an aspect of perfection., which normally make all healing items entirely worthless by changing the player's health into shields.
  • This does not work with percentage-based healing like Bustling FungusBustling Fungus
    Heal all nearby allies after standing still for 1 second.
    After standing still for 1 second, create a zone that heals for 4.5% (+2.25% per stack) of your health every second to all allies within 3m (+1.5m per stack)., since the Transcendence and Shared Design reduce the Fungus's healing to almost nothing.

• A critical-oriented healing build with Harvester's ScytheHarvester's Scythe
  'Critical Strikes' heal you.
  Gain 5% critical chance. Critical strikes heal for 8 (+4 per stack) health. can allow for easy barrier accumulation.
• Once the player has accumulated enough proc items to cause a chain reaction, including on-hit healing items like Harvester's Scythe and Leeching Seed, one single hit can yield a massive burst of incoming healing, thereby making the barrier uptime trivial.
• Because of how frequently Bustling FungusBustling Fungus
  Heal all nearby allies after standing still for 1 second.
  After standing still for 1 second, create a zone that heals for 4.5% (+2.25% per stack) of your health every second to all allies within 3m (+1.5m per stack). ticks, it is barely not enough to counteract the barrier decay with 2 stacks. But with 3+ stacks, there will be a positive accumulation of barrier.Similarly, 4 or more stacks of Survivors of the Void - DLC Content
  Weeping Fungus is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
  Click for more info. Weeping FungusSurvivors of the Void - DLC Content
  This content is part of the Survivors of the Void DLC. It is only available if the DLC is enabled when starting a run.
  Click for more info.Weeping Fungus
  Heal while sprinting. Corrupts all Bustling Fungi.
  Heals for 2% (+2% per stack) of your health every second while sprinting. Corrupts all Bustling Fungi. also has the same positive effect.
• For optimal barrier gain in conjunction with Rejuvenation RackRejuvenation Rack
  Double the strength of healing.
  Heal +100% (+100% per stack) more., the amount of Aegis and Rejuvenation Racks should be equal, with Aegis taking priority. Optionally, the amount of Aegis can be two higher (but not three) than the amount of Rejuvenation Racks, instead of equal.

This table shows the first steps:

# of reds	Aegis	Racks
1	1	0
2	1 or 2	1 or 0
3	2	1
4	2 or 3	2 or 1
5	3	2

Lore

Order: Artifact E-8EE572
Tracking Number: 490******
Estimated Delivery: 08/10/2056
Shipping Method: Priority
Shipping Address: Titan Museum of History and Culture, Titan

Sorry about the delay, we've had a flood of orders come in from this site. But it was exactly where you said we should look - there was a sealed off room where you marked the excavation diagram. I finished translating the engraving too, so consider that a bonus for the time we took to get to it:

"I am the will to survive made manifest. To those who never lose hope, to they who try in the face of impossible odds, I offer not 
protection, but the means to bring one's unconquerable spirit forth as the defender of their mortal lives."

It’s so lightweight, we figure it must've been entirely decorative. That seems to line up with the text. In any case, I hope it makes a good exhibit! I'm a big fan of the museum, so it wouldn't hurt to give me a partner's discount next time I visit, right?

Version History

Early Access Content Update 5

• Major Content
  • Added New Item Lore Entry: Aegis

Early Access 'Skills 2.0' Content Update

• Gameplay Changes
  • 🌧︎Has been reworked in functionality
    • Barrier gain from overheal is no longer capped
    • Now grants barrier for 50% (+50% per stack) of the amount you overheal

Early Access Scorched Acres Content Update

• Major Content and Changes
  • Added New Item: Aegis