Under Cover

Under Cover is the first of Zane's four skill trees. His other skill trees are Doubled Agent, Hitman, and The Professional.

Focuses: Barrier, shield improvements, survivability.

Starting Skill

Skill	Type	Effect
Barrier	Action Skill	Deploys a stationary Barrier that blocks enemy projectiles. Zane and allies deal increased damage when shooting through the Barrier. Activating the skill again lets Zane pick up and hold the Barrier, but its size and bonuses are decreased. Duration: 14 seconds Cooldown: 24 seconds Damage Bonus: +25%

Tier 1

Skill	Type	Ranks	Effect
Adrenaline	Passive	5	Increases cooldown rate of Action Skills based on remaining shields. The lower the shields, the greater the bonus. Cooldown Rate: up to +7% / +14% / +21% / +28% / +35%
Hearty Stock	Passive	3	Increases maximum shield capacity. Max Shields: +10% / +20% / +30%
Ready for Action	Passive	5	Improves shield recharge rate and shield recharge delay. Shield Recharge Rate: +6% / +12% / +18% / +24% / +30% Shield Recharge Delay: -7% / -14% / -21% / -28% / -35%

Tier 2

Skill	Type	Ranks	Effect
Charged Relay	Augment	-	Zane and allies gain increased movement speed and reload speed after touching the Barrier. Requires Barrier. Reload Speed: +20% Movement Speed: +11% Duration: 8 seconds
Brain Freeze	Passive	5	Zane's critical hits have a chance to slow the target. This effect stacks until target is frozen. Slow Chance: +4% / +8% / +12% / +16% / +20%
Stiff Upper Lip	Passive	3	Whenever Zane takes damage, he gains resistance to further damage of the same type. Damage Resistance: +6% / +12% / +16%
Rise to the Occasion	Passive	5	Grants health regeneration. Increases as shields diminish. Health Regeneration: up to +1% / +2% / +3% / +4% / +5% of Max Health per second

Tier 3

Skill	Type	Ranks	Effect
Nanites or Some Shite	Augment	-	Grants Zane and allies health regeneration, increased reload speed, and decreased shield recharge delay when they are near the Barrier. The lower their health, the stronger the regeneration. Requires Barrier. Health Regeneration: up to +4% of Max Health per second Shield Recharge Delay: -33% Reload Speed: +11%
Confident Competence	Passive	1	Increases gun damage and accuracy when shields are active. The lower the shields, the greater the bonuses. Gun Damage: up to +35% Accuracy: up to +33%
All-Rounder	Augment	-	Upgrades the Barrier into a dome. Increases Barrier's cooldown. Requires Barrier.

Tier 4

Skill	Type	Ranks	Effect
Retaliation	Augment	-	Zane and allies near the Barrier gain increased gun damage whenever the Barrier takes damage. Requires Barrier. Gun Damage: +10% Duration: 3 seconds
Really Expensive Jacket	Passive	1	Reduces duration of elemental status effects applied to Zane. Status Effect Duration: -50%
Best Served Cold	Passive	5	Kill Skill. Killing an enemy triggers a cryo nova at its location. Damage: 2 Cooldown: 3 seconds
Futility Belt	Passive	1	Increases resistance to non-elemental damage. Kill Skill. After killing an enemy, all incoming elemental damage is converted to non-elemental. Damage Reduction: +15% Duration: 8 seconds
Deterrence Field	Augment	-	Allows the Barrier to shock and stagger enemies who touch it. Requires Barrier. Shock Damage: 27

Tier 5

Skill	Type	Ranks	Effect
Refreshment	Passive	3	Grants life steal when damaging frozen enemies. Life Steal: 8% / 16% / 24% of damage dealt
Calm, Cool, Collected	Passive	1	Whenever Zane freezes an enemy, his shield instantly begins recharging. Grants health regeneration if shield is already full. Resets cooldown and duration of Action Skills if health is already full. Health Regeneration: up to +3% of Max Health per second Regeneration Duration: 3 seconds
Nerves of Steel	Passive	3	Increases accuracy and handling every second when shield is full. Accuracy (per stack): +2% / +4% / +6% Handling (per stack): +2.4% / +4.8% / +7% Max Stacks: 15

Tier 6

Skill	Type	Ranks	Effect
Distributed Denial	Passive	1	Allows the Barrier to gain all effects of equipped shield mod. Also applies these effects to allies near the Barrier.