Forcefield

Forcefield
Safety.
Description	Temporarily shield yourself from all forms of damage!
Skill Type	Defensive
Skill Statistics
Ability	Protects the user from damage temporarily.
Recharge Time	Level 1: 24.0 seconds (Quick Charge: 17.0 seconds) Level 2: 24.0 seconds (Quick Charge: 17.0 seconds) Level 3: 20.0 seconds (Quick Charge: 14.0 seconds) Supercharged: 15.0 seconds (Quick Charge: 10.5 seconds)
Skill Bonus Points	N/A
Price	Randomly achieved from purchasing a Defensive Skill.
Added in	v1.0.0

Forcefield is a Defensive Skill. Upon activation, a temporary forcefield is summoned that protects the player from taking any kind of damage, except from Grimbells. The forcefield lasts longer the higher the skill's level is, while shortening the skill's cooldown. At Level 3, the cooldown is 20 seconds.

The supercharged version makes the skill turn into a Magic Shield when activated, and cuts the cooldown to 15 seconds.

The duration of the forcefield lasts for 3 seconds for Level 1, 6 seconds for Level 2 and 3, and 16 seconds for supercharged.

Tips and Tricks

• This is a must-have in Hardcore mode with your low HP.
  • As most bombs can easily one or two-shot you, make sure you have one ready if you can't get away from danger.
  • Activate your forcefield in the final 6 seconds of the round to ensure victory if available.
  • Still, watch out for Grimbells, which completely ignore the forcefield's effects.
• You can detonate Homing Rockets and Nitro Bombs, etc. without taking any damage. This can be useful to completely rid them and ensure they don't catch you once your forcefield disappears.
  • If you are feeling courageous, you can even do this with Nukes.
    • Don't try to do this with Glitch Nukes, as they can sometimes release Grimbell explosions.
• The forcefield does not protect you from knockback nor status effects such as freezing or stun.
  • Be careful not to lose your footing as your forcefield is running out, as you may be knocked into lava or other dangerous areas as it wears off.
  • This also allows you to Bomb Jump safely around the map using a strong explosion.
• You can use this skill to briefly cross lava to navigate quicker or collect any coins or any other collectibles which have fallen in the lava.
• This does not protect you from the Grimbell, though attempting to do so with award you with the badge It Tolls, Nonetheless.
  • It is the most consistent and therefore recommended way of getting the badge.
• When the skill is supercharged, the active cooldown ends ~2 seconds before the Magic Shield actually runs out. That means you can let the Magic Shield run out, collect a charge soda, and stack the effects.
  • This is extremely easy to do during the "It's raining Charge Soda!" event.

Gallery

The R6 animation for Forcefield.

The R15 animation for Forcefield.

Trivia

• This skill used to have a sound from Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES), which plays when Tanooki Mario or Luigi turn into either their statue form or normal form.
• Strangely, Bombheads can still get the Meddler badge by hitting someone with an active forcefield, even if they take no damage.
• Collecting a Charge Soda whilst the supercharged ability would active instantly refreshes the cooldown, allowing you to activate it again before the original timer expires, stacking it as if you had collected multiple Magic Shields. This was patched out of the game due to it being too overpowered.