What's the difference between life, health, armour and shield?

Overwatch has many sources of health. What do all these terms mean?

Health
Life
Armour
Shield

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Best Answer

Overshield / Overheal / Bonus Health

In addition to the above, the game also has an "Overshield" mechanic, only obtainable from Lucio's "Sound Barrier" as of now.

Lúcio gives himself and all allies he has line of sight to within 30 meters a large amount of temporary health, which rapidly decays.

Details from the wiki: At the time of writing, Sound Barrier grants 500 bonus health which decays over 6 seconds, i.e. losing about 83 of that health every second.

Order of application

It's perfectly possible in game to have all 4 of these health types at the same time, so it's worth noting how they interact when you receive damage.

Damage is absorbed in the following order. Once each level is depleted, damage will be applied to the next etc:

Overshield
Shield
Armour
Life

If there is not sufficient of one to cover the whole damage for a single hit the remainder will be applied to the next level.

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What is difference between armor and shield?

As nouns the difference between armor and shield is that armor is (uncountable) a protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces while shield is a broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.

What is the difference between shield and health overwatch?

Represented by light blue increments, shield has the same characteristic as regular health. However, shield will regenerate at a rate of 20 per second after 3 seconds of taking no damage. Shield can be self healed, and it can also generate itself while being healed.

Is armor or shield better in Warframe?

To conclude, shields are better for low level missions, but armour and health are better for high level missions, but both are usable all the time, depending on how you mod your Warframes.

What are the different types of health in overwatch?

There are three types of health a character can have in Overwatch: Regular health, shields and armor.

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