Shield Drone
Shield Drone is a common Isaac card.
Description
Costs 1 energy. When played:
- 1. Launch a Shield Drone.
Upgrades
Shield Drone A
Costs 1 energy. When played:
- 1. Launch a Shield Drone with a Bubble Shield.
Shield Drone B
Costs 2 energy (+1). When played:
- 1. Launch a Shield Drone offset 1 left from your Missile Bay.
- 2. Launch a Shield Drone.
Strategy
Shield Drone provides a strong defense, both giving you Shield and blocking shots in one card. For builds looking to stay in place and tank hits, this can be very good value. You do need to stay in range of the Shield Drone's shield pulses for it to remain useful, or use Droneshift to help it follow you, but even in the worst case, gaining 1 Shield and launching a blocking midrow object is solid utility. It is rather easy to end up over-shielded with these drones, and they do tend to get in the way of offensive-minded drones, so a plan to turn your Shield into into offense, such as Dizzy's Payback or Shield Gun, or Peri's Inverter, are excellent companions.
Its A upgrade gives it a Bubble Shield, all the better for tanky, stay-in-place builds as it ensures they will live to tank 2 shots and give you shield twice most of the time.
Its B upgrade on the other hand launches 2 of them, covering 2 ship parts in one card and providing 2 Shield immediately provided both hit, making it comparable to a Big Shield, but also increasing the Energy cost.
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