Safeguard

Safeguard is a Tier One talent in Brick's's Tank tree. Investing skill points in this skill increases the strength of your shield, up to a maximum of 40% at rank five.

Effects

 * One Skill Point - Shield strength is increased by 8%
 * Two Skill Points - Shield strength is increased by 16%
 * Three Skill Points - Shield strength is increased by 24%
 * Three Skill Points - Shield strength is increased by 32%
 * Three Skill Points - Shield strength is increased by 40%

Strategy
While at first glance this talent may look less efficient than Hardened because it only gives 8% boost to shield per skill point (Hardened gives a 12% boost to HP per point), in reality your shields generally take damage much more often than your hitpoints, making this skill more useful than the numbers alone imply.