Forms transparent protective bubble around player

Temporary protection

Enemies can come inside and hurt you

6

Blows up chasing land vehicles

Pedestrian vs. vehicle battles

Too easy to avoid

4

Gives you temporary protection

all battles

Vulnerable from assassinations and sticky grenades. Overshield was gimped from Halo 2.

5

Makes you temporarily very hard to see

Bomb/Flag gametypes, and overall sneakiness

You become visible once you take damage.

9

Casts a green glow which gives anyone it touches full shields.

Camping the sniper towers in The Pit, and Protecting your team on Isolation.

Takes a few seconds to activate, so you must make a decision to throw it down early. Works on enemy shieds.

7

Casts a blue glow which removes shields from anyone it touches.

Quickly readying a crowd for a batch of frag grenades, scaring a chasing opponent.

Can take down your (and your teammates) shields as well.

7

Creates lots of fake red dots on everyone in range's radar.

Keeping the element of surprise when entering enemy territory.

Can be confusing to you and your team as well.

7

A transportable lift to help you get to high places.

Getting to high places quickly

Hard to hit correctly to receive full height effect.

5