Shield Belt

The Shield Belt is an item that generates a shield around the player, making him invulnerable to most attacks. However, the Shield Belt needs batteries to operate properly and has to recharge after a certain amount of deflected damage, consuming battery charges.

A Survival Metalfaces will occasionally be equipped with a Shield Belt, making them characteristically dangerous.

Obtainment
In Survival Mode, the Shield Belt can be bought of Vending Machines for 250 Volts, each battery costs 10 Volts and each upgrade cost 200 (800 to max all upgrades). In other gamemodes such as Capture the Plug and Deathmatch, the player is usually already in possession of the belt and only needs to pick up the batteries.

The Beam Gun is one of the few weapons able to penetrate the shield belt, making it useful for combating other Metalfaces in survival.

Usage
After picking up a battery, the shield belt will become active after about 7 seconds.

Upgrades

 * Discharger (Levels:3)
 * Create a shockwave damaging enemies when the shield is nullified.
 * Deflector (Levels:1)
 * Deflect explosives (like grenades and missiles) when the shield is active, but will consume it