Preserving Shell

	2 50	Preserving Shell Citrine guards herself and nearby allies with a crystalline shell that gradually decays. Kills and assists increase the defensive power of the shell. Introduced in Update 32.3 (2023-02-15)	Strength:10 / 20 / 30 / 40 % initial damage reduction +3% damage reduction per kill +1% damage reduction per assist
			Duration:18 / 20 / 22 / 25 s
			Range:N/A
			Misc: 50 m Affinity Range 8 m  Stagger radius 2 m  Knockback distance 1 s initial decay delay 10 / 20 / 25 / 25 % minimum damage reduction -1%/s decay rate at 25%-75% -3%/s decay rate at 75%-90% 2 s kill/assist decay delay 90% max damage reduction

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• Citrine expends 50 Energy to align a protective pentagonal array of five orbitting crystals that reduces incoming enemy damage, surrounding herself and all allied Warframes within her Affinity Range with personal arrays. On cast, Citrine also inflicts  Stagger on enemies within a radius of 8 meters and  Knockback by 2 meters.
  • Allies gain or lose Preserving Shell whenever they enter or leave Citrine's Affinity Range.
    • Affinity Range is not affected by  Ability Range but is affected by Fosfor and  Vazarin's  Mending Unity.
  • Companions and other allied NPCs do not receive Preserving Shell.
• Preserving Shell lasts for 18 / 20 / 22 / 25 seconds, during which Damage Reduction begins at 10% / 20% / 30% / 40%, then after a 1 second delay it continuously decays per second until pausing at 10% / 20% / 25% / 25% minimum damage reduction and resuming decay when above the threshold. Decay rate changes when total damage reduction reaches its thresholds, alternating from -1% per second when between 25% to 75% damage reduction, to -3% per second when between 75% to 90% damage reduction.
  • Modded initial damage reduction percentage is rounded down to the nearest whole number.
  • While active, the lower half of the diamond-shaped UI indicator above the ability icons appears, tracking the current damage reduction value and this ability's remaining duration via a countdown curve.
  • Damage reduction value is displayed in real-time as a buff icon beside Citrine and her squadmates' hitpoints indicators.
  • Multiple Citrines in the squad can stack Preserving Shell's damage reduction multiplicatively.
• While active, kills and assists made by Citrine will pause the decay for 2 seconds and increase total damage reduction by 3% per kill and 1% per assist. Damage reduction is capped at a maximum value of 90%, whether earned via kills and assists, or modded with at least 225%  Ability Strength at ability rank 3.
  • Modded damage reduction per kill percentage in decimals is rounded down to the nearest whole number, whereas per assist is rounded up.
• Ability Synergy:
  • Damage, status effects, and crowd control inflicted by  Fractured Blast,  Prismatic Gem, and  Crystallize can contribute as kills and assists to increase Preserving Shell's damage reduction.
• Can be recast while active to preserve the current damage reduction value if above the minimum threshold, or return to initial damage reduction if the current value is lower, while also refreshing to full duration.
• Casting Preserving Shell is a full-body animation that displaces Citrine into the air and allows slowed directional movement, but interrupts other actions.

See Also

•  Citrine