125Shield Guy
Abilities
125
127s125Balance history
May 2025 to Sep 2026
Buffs31in 15 patches
Nerfs19in 10 patches
Other changes14
Patches featuring changes23of 254 published patches
Changes per month
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Full recorded history23 patches, 64 changes
19 nerfs31 buffs7 reworks1 change3 new3 removed
Most changed abilities
ability_shieldguy_ability012 patches2changes2 buffs, 0 nerfs, 0 other changes- ability_shieldguy_ability022 patches2changes2 buffs, 0 nerfs, 0 other changes
- ability_shieldguy_ability032 patches2changes2 buffs, 0 nerfs, 0 other changes
ability_shieldguy_ult2 patches2changes2 buffs, 0 nerfs, 0 other changes
Changelog
19 nerfs31 buffs7 reworks1 change3 new3 removed
Urn moves to the bridgeMay 23, 2026
- Base Health reduced from 790 to 780
- Health per boon reduced from 69 to 66
- Weapon Investment Bonus now has a 6.4k line, changed from 4.8k/7.2k/9.6k/16k to 4.8k/6.4k/8k/11.2k/16k with bonuses from 46/55/70/85 to 46/54/62/74/86
- Vitality Investment Bonus now has a 6.4k line, changed from 4.8k/7.2k/9.6k/16k to 4.8k/6.4k/8k/11.2k/16k with bonuses from 38/42/46/50 to 38/42/46/50 (final two tiers shifted up by +4)
- Spirit Investment Bonus now has a 6.4k line, changed from 4.8k/7.2k/9.6k/16k to 4.8k/6.4k/8k/11.2k/16k with bonuses from 38/48/57/66 to 38/45/52/59/66
Boon costs drop, Indomitable arrivesMay 1, 2026
- Souls required for boons rescaled: the second boon costs 14500 instead of 15000, later boons now increase by +1.5k each, and the final boon costs 40000 instead of 49000.
- Base Health per boon reduced from 76 to 69.
- Weapon Investments bonus rescaled from 7/9/13/20/49/60/80/95/115/135% to 9/12/15/18/46/55/70/85/100/115%.
- Vitality Investment bonus increased from 8/10/13/17/34/39/44/48/52/56% to 9/12/15/20/38/42/46/50/56/62%.
Headshots nerfed, souls hit the groundNov 22, 2025
- Stamina regen reduced from 0.2 to 0.19 per second
- Added two new levels at 47000 and 49000 souls
- Base bullet damage growth per level increased from 0.07 to 0.077
- Headshot damage multiplier reduced from 1.8x to 1.65x
- Weapon Investment Bonuses now grant an additional +20% Weapon Damage at 4800 souls spent, with the final tiers increased from 29/40/60/75/95/115 to 49/60/80/95/115/135
- Vitality Investment Bonuses now grant an additional +12% Bonus Health at 4800 souls spent, with the final tiers increased from 22/27/32/36/40/44 to 34/39/44/48/52/56
- Spirit Investment Bonuses now grant an additional +20 Spirit Power at 4800 souls spent, with the final tiers increased from 25/32/44/56/69/81 to 45/52/64/76/89/101
Cooldowns split, bosses take full damageJul 4, 2025
- Spirit Power gained per level reduced from 1.25 to 1.1
- Bonus Spirit Power from Spirit item slots increased from 6/9/12/15/20/25/35/45/55/65 to 7/11/15/19/25/32/44/56/69/81
- Damage scale against bosses increased from 0.7 to 1
- Damage scale against bosses increased from 0.7 to 1
- Damage scale against bosses increased from 0.7 to 1
- Damage scale against bosses increased from 0.7 to 1
Level curves rebuilt, crits dulledJun 17, 2025
- Soul cost of early levels reduced: level 2 from 400 to 300, level 3 from 800 to 600, level 4 from 1200 to 900
- Bonus Weapon Damage per level reduced from 0.112436 to 0.07
- Bonus Melee Damage per level reduced from 2.53 to 1.58
- Bonus Health per level reduced from 97 to 61
- Bonus Spirit Power per level reduced from 2 to 1.25
- Weapon crit bonus reduced from 1.9 to 1.8
- Boss damage scale on all four abilities increased from 0.6 to 0.7
- Shield Guy: soul costs increased across a large portion of the level table, ranging from 3500 to 3800 at the low end up to 43000 to 45000 at the high end.
- Shield Guy: the top entries of the soul cost table were removed, previously requiring 44000, 45000, 46000 and 47000 souls.