Talk:Chroma/@comment-151.45.180.19-20161219101644/@comment-3475642-20161219193758

Shield-gating. Or rather, Warframe's 100% lack of shield-gating. Damage to your shields is not reduced by your armor. Damage above and beyond your current shields is applied directly to your health...unaffected by your armor.

With 720 HP and 6000 armor, you should be able to take 15000 damage. But if you are at 720 HP, have 1 shield, and take 500 damage, you'll now be at 221 HP, because you took 499 damage more than your shields.