Talk:Arbitration Shield Drone/@comment-173.188.192.117-20181209042120

"Enemies enveloped by the arbitration shield will not enter Limbo's rift even if they enter Cataclysm."

While this is true, any enemy already in the rift also can't be enveloped by drones either (such as enemies in cataclysm). It works both ways essentially. If a drone moves out of range from enveloped enemies while in cataclysm, the rift takes those enemies and the drones can't get them back until cataclysm ends. And this actually happens quite reliably with enough range!

With a max/near max range limbo with some duration this can be great on small grineer or infested arbitration defense missions (like Hydron) as the drones won't be able to envelope any enemies as long as cataclysm is used right before the waves start. This can allow a frame like Saryn to nuke enemies like it's business as usual. Then just kill the drones at the end of the wave when there are no enemies left for the drones to envelope. On Akkad, nidus can kill as usual as well as long as limbo isn't using stasis specifcally to allow nidus larvae to pull enemies. (Limbo will need to hide while nidus does the killing though, because no stasis obviously).

A word of caution: This tactic can backfire in excavation since drone enemies seem to be able to hurt excavators even though excavators are technically in the rift. But if your team doesn't mind a max range cataclysm and rift surges (great with rift torrent) this can be prevented if the Limbo user is careful. Between rift surge keeping enemies back as cataclysm shrinks and the distance the drones (and its enveloped enemies) need to walk through cataclysm, there is a good chance the drones will move out of range of its enveloped enemies even just for an instant allowing cataclysm to steal the enemies. A Limbo can also walk around drone/enveloped enemies to distract them giving a better chance for cataclysm to steal enemies.