Turtling

Turtling
Release date	25 January 2016 (Update)
Gizmo type	Armour
Maximum rank
Standard	3
Ancient	4
In-game description
The Barricade ability's duration and cooldown are both increased by 10% per rank.
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Turtling is an Invention perk which increases the duration and cooldown of Barricade by 10% per rank. It can be created in armour gizmos.

Turtling's value can be determined by comparing Barricade's effective time per minute:

Effective up-time

Rank	Change	Length (ticks)			Cooldown (ticks)	Up-time per minute (ticks)
		No Farm totem effect	1 Malletops	2 Malletops		No Farm totem effect	1 Malletops	2 Malletops
N/A	±0%	10.2s (17)	12.0s (20)	13.8s (23)	60s (100)	10.2s (17)	12s (20)	13.8s (23)
1	+10%	10.8s (18)	12.6s (21)	14.4s (24)	66s (110)	9.82s (16)	11.45s (19)	13.09s (22)
2	+20%	12.0s (20)	13.8s (23)	15.6s (26)	72s (120)	10.0s (16)	11.5s (19)	13s (22)
3	+30%	13.2s (22)	15.0s (25)	16.8s (28)	78s (130)	10.15s (16)	11.54s (19)	12.92s (22)
4	+40%	13.8s (23)	15.6s (26)	17.4s (29)	84s (140)	9.86s (16)	11.14s (18)	12.43s (20)

Analysis

Turtling's effect on Barricade's up-time remains nearly unchanged. The set effect of Achto equipment and its inferior versions can be used for a net positive increase in Barricade's effective up-time however, as they nullify the additional cooldown times added by the perk. Additionally, in any situation where you are Barricading without Achto, you are benefiting by saving adreneline to use on thresholds and other ultimates.

Turtling on a high level shield is highly recommended for bomb tanking at Vorago, as the Barricade ability must nullify as many attacks as possible during the final phase. In this scenario, the increased cooldown is not an issue, as Barricade is used alternatingly and there is ample time before it is needed again.

Having an elder Malletops in each of your large pens with a Farm totem on the Ranch Out of Time significantly increases the uptime of Barricade. Because it is added on top of the time calculated by turtling, it makes total uptime worse. However, in situations like using Achto, if cooldown is not an issue it can lead to relatively long Barricade uptime.

Sources

Material		Rarity	Perk ranks with X materials
			Standard gizmo					Ancient gizmo
			1	2	3	4	5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Crystal parts	Common	0	1	1–2	1–2	1–3	0	1	1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–4	1–4
	Base parts	Common	0	1	1–2	1–2	1–3	0	1	1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–4	1–4
	Historic components	Ancient	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–4	1–4	1–4	1–4
	Evasive components	Uncommon	1	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–3	0	1	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–4	1–4	1–4	1–4

Suggested gizmos

Gizmo layout	Possible perks
	Turtling 1–3 (3 is rare) Venomblood Other possible perks: Cautious Open in calculator: Armour
	Turtling 4 (42.07%) Other possible perks: Venomblood Looting Cautious Genocidal Ultimatums Open in calculator: Ancient armour
	Turtling 4 (5.221% of getting both) Ultimatums 4 (5.221% of getting both) Other possible perks: Looting Genocidal Open in calculator: Ancient armour

Update history

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• patch 18 July 2016 (Update):
  • The Turtling perk now also scales with the equipped shield's level.

• update 25 January 2016 (Update):
  • Added to game.