Heavy Protective Matrix (Rev. 17)

Heavy Protective Matrix Standard issue armor for Commander Calbrik’s fleet. It stores energy to power a defensive shield when its wearer needs it most.

Sprite Credits: Aurum

Tier UT
On Equip +21 DEF
Reactive Proc Taking damage when below 20% HP: Gain Mithril Shield Invulnerable for 2 seconds and Yellow Swirl Dazed for 5 seconds.
Cooldown: 240 seconds
XP Bonus 6%
Soulbound Soulbound
Feed Power 750
Dismantling Value 30 Rare Material / 40 Common Material

Loot Bag Assigned to White Bag
Drops From Alien UFO
Alien Biff
Alien Leprechaun

Notes
This is an Alien Gear item.

When put at critically low health, you’ll be rendered invulnerable for a short time. It’s not the most practical effect, but this armor giving you more reaction time to back off or escape to the Nexus can still be a godsend in extremely tight situations. This proc is typically outclassed by the Royal Guard’s Cuirass. Not only can you activate the Cuirass even outside of true danger, but it has a dramatically lower cooldown. However, this item’s automatic activation is more useful at saving you.

However, the armor’s most important benefit is being a part of the Alien Gear sets. When worn with any Alien Core, the resulting set bonus will provide a significant stat boost, depending on the core worn. With an Alien Weapon and/or stronger cores added in, the set bonus will get even more powerful. So, if you have the rest of a compatible Alien Set available, the completion of the set bonus usually outweighs this armor’s middling stats

History
Before Exalt Version 2.3.0.0 (Mar 2022), all Alien Armor’s reactive procs would trigger when taking damage below 75 HP.