Apex

Concept · Damage and defense

In short: Apex Barrier is a defense layer after standard and isolytic mitigation: it cuts the merged standard + isolytic remainder, and Infusion. The attacker’s Apex Shred weakens the barrier before it is turned into a percentage.

Apex Barrier acts after standard mitigation and Isolytic Defense, on what both left, and before critical mitigation and the shield split. It also cuts Infusion, which runs its own lane past standard mitigation and shields. It never touches Polaron, Burning or hyperthermic decay.

The barrier turns into a share through a soft cap: mit = 1 − 10,000 / (10,000 + barrier). 10,000 barrier takes off half, 30,000 three quarters; the share approaches but never reaches 100%.

The attacker’s Apex Shred divides the barrier before the soft cap: effective barrier = barrier / (1 + shred). So +100% shred halves the barrier.

The calculator below follows a fight through Apex Barrier, standard and isolytic damage merged, with Infusion beside them. Damage Flow has every other mechanic.