Talk:Shield/@comment-27.96.67.130-20170226211323/@comment-24186339-20171030055316

Health are better because unlike shielding, they have damage reduction. The reason for why your health deplets faster then your shield is perhaps because the damage you recieved could've been puncture or corrosive damage, which does increase damage to your warframe's health (since they are using ferrite armour). Then again, the reason why your shield last longer is because it itself has a high damage reduction against imapct, cold and magnetic damage.

This really depends on many factors, but here are the 2 prime ones.