# Can someone explain the following, and what it means exactly?

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**Author:** ![Spacetramp\_Drago](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/spacetramp_drago/32/480922_2.png) [@Spacetramp\_Drago](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Spacetramp_Drago)\
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Tactical Shield Manipulation. (skill)

Skill at preventing damage from penetrating the shield, including the use of shield hardeners and other advanced shield modules. \*\*

## Reduces the chance of damage penetrating the shield when it falls below 25% by 5% per skill level, with 0% chance at level 5.

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**Author:** ![Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/uriel_the_flame/32/490165_2.png) [@Uriel\_the\_Flame](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Uriel_the_Flame)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-following-and-what-it-means-exactly/494509/2 "2025-07-29T15:19:56Z")

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> **[Tanking - EVE University Wiki](https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Tanking)**

> Note also that damage can bypass shields, and that the amount bypassed increases as shield levels fall.

Edit: In more detail…

[https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Skills:Shields#Tactical\_Shield\_Manipulation](https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Skills:Shields#Tactical_Shield_Manipulation)

> **Notes:** When your shields fall below 25% hitpoints damage begins to leak through to armor. This skill stops that happening. The exact mechanism of the ‘leaking’, and the consequent use or uselessness of Tactical Shield Manipulation, are subject to pedantic and rather irrelevant arguments; you need this skill trained to IV to use T2 active shield hardeners, so train it to IV and then forget about it.

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**Author:** ![Spacetramp\_Drago](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/spacetramp_drago/32/480922_2.png) [@Spacetramp\_Drago](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Spacetramp_Drago)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-following-and-what-it-means-exactly/494509/3 "2025-07-29T17:58:14Z")

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Cheers.

That makes more sense than the skill description does, which I couldn’t get my head around.

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