Mana Bulwark

“	Creates a shield that absorbs up to 50 lives (stacks with Mana Shield on Regular Tiles)	”
	^{~ In-game description}

Mana Bulwark is a Relic Knowledge exclusive to Contested Territory in Bloons TD 6. When active, it creates a shield that absorbs up to 50 lives. Like normal Mana Shield, losing no lives at the end of a round regenerates 5 shield lives. The shield benefits from Mana Bulwark can stack with Mana Shield if Monkey Knowledge is turned on and available, which increases to a total of 75 shield lives, and likewise can stack total shield regeneration to 10 per round. If multiple Mana Bulwarks are active, the number of extra lives and max lives stacks.

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Similarly to Mana Shield, Mana Bulwark is a strong point for tanking bloons in the early-game rounds. This tanking of lives allows for less punishment in the early-game, helping for easier headstarts to farming and saving up for expensive mid-game towers. In essence, it is a stronger version of Mana Shield that functions like a watered-down version of Restoration and Box of Chocolates as a single Relic, offering slower regeneration at the benefit of starting with a decent amount of starting life cushioning. However, unlike Restoration and Regeneration, Mana Bulwark acts as a secondary shield, protecting against smaller leaks while the main life functionality remains less affected (except Sacrificial Totem, which only affects lives themselves).