Reflex Denial

Effect and scaling

Reflex Denial is a Hound precept with Penjaga polarity and five ranks. At rank 0, the shield reflects 15% of damage taken in pulses over 5 seconds as Magnetic Damage in a 2 m radius. Rank 3 lists 60% over 8 seconds in an 8 m radius; rank 5 lists 90% over 10 seconds in a 12 m radius. These values describe the reflected portion, duration, damage type, and area; no further pulse timing or targeting behavior is specified.

Practical role

The effect is both retaliatory and area-based: it reflects damage taken by the Hound as Magnetic Damage in pulses around it. Consider it when that damage response suits the Hound setup. Its listed incompatibilities are Diversified Denial and Evasive Denial, and the available data does not list a source location for Reflex Denial.

Rank investment

The supplied fusion examples list 30 Endo and 1,449 credits for 0→1, 120 Endo and 5,796 credits for 2→3, and 480 Endo and 23,184 credits for 4→5. Rank 3 reaches an 8 m radius and 60% reflection over 8 seconds; the final two ranks raise those figures to the rank 5 values. Choose the investment based on how much extra duration, radius, and reflected percentage matter to your intended use.

Different Hound precept roles

Diversified Denial fabricates three Specters for 30 seconds; each deals 85% of the Hound's damage and cannot use abilities. Evasive Denial teleports the Hound a safe distance away and gives it a 75% chance to dodge enemy fire for 8 seconds. Aerial Prospectus instead calls an Orbital Strike on a target within 27 m, dealing 1,200 Blast Damage in a 7 m radius. These are distinct roles, and Reflex Denial is explicitly incompatible with the first two listed alternatives.

Limitations and tradeoffs

• The effect depends on the Hound taking damage and distributes reflected damage in pulses.
• Reflex Denial cannot be equipped alongside Diversified Denial or Evasive Denial.