Aegis

Stat
 Healing Converted

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  and , 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 since the Transcendence and Shared Design reduce the Fungus's healing to almost nothing.
	+ Engineer’s stationary turrets benefit from a combo of this item and Bustling Fungus, 3+ stacks of Bustling Fungus can increase the turret’s health exponentially (so long as they are placed next to each other), and can provide the player with that same healing gain. Since the turrets will be constantly healing each other, they can become next to unkillable.

* A critical-oriented healing build with  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  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  also has the same positive effect.
* For optimal barrier gain in conjunction with , 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.

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## 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