Aegis

The Aegis is an item in Risk of Rain 2.

If the holder receives healing while their health is is full, they gain barriers equal to 50% (+50% per stack) of the healed amount.

Tips

 * This item can be used to remove the downside that comes with the and, which normally make all healing items entirely worthless by changing the player's health into shields.
 * This does not work with percentage-based healing like, since the Transcendence and Shared Design reduce the Fungus's healing to almost nothing.


 * A critical-oriented healing build with can allow for easy barrier accumulation.
 * For optimal barrier gain in conjunction with, the amount of Aegis and Rejuvenation Racks should be equal, with Aegis taking priority. Optionally, the amount of Aegis can be two higher (but not three) than the amount of Rejuvenation Racks, instead of equal.

This table shows the first steps: