Ahoy hoy everyone! For those uninitiated, CW Cap's cover splits the damage an an ally would receive 50/50 between the ally and himself. What I've found out, is there is a major perk to this that isn't super obvious, so I'll break it down.

Situation A: CW Cap is covering Ant-Man. Ant-man gets attacked with an attack that would take 100 damage. Ant-man takes 50 of the damage and CW Cap takes 50 of the damage. CW Cap also gains 1 point of retaliation, and if he's level 20 or above, 100% of the time counter attacks with a 3 hit attack.

Situation B: CW Cap is covering Ant-Man. Ant-Man has a shield with 1,000 capacity. Ant-Man gets attacked by an attack that does 100 points of damage. Ant-Man's shield absorbs 50 points of the damage, CW Cap takes no damage at all. This is because no actual health damage was done to Ant-Man. CW Cap once again gains 1 point of retaliation and if he is level 20 or above, 100% of the time counter attacks with a 3 hit attack.

Situation C: CW Cap is covering Ant-Man. Both CW Cap and Ant-Man have shields with 1,000 capacity. Ant-Man gets attacked by an attack that does 100 points of damage. Ant-Man's shield absorbs 50 points of the damage. CW Cap takes no damage, and his shield's capacity is not reduced at all. As above, CW Cap gains 1 point of retaliation and if he is level 20 or above, 100% of the time counter attacks with a 3 hit attack.

What this means is that if the covered ally is shielded, CW Cap is essentially a flat reduction of all damage by 50%, and does not affect CW Cap at all in any negative way, only positive!

Edit: Further Developments. It appears to not split the damage from a shielded ally getting attacked. It still triggers the retaliation point and counter attack though. More testing definitely needs to be done. It gets weirder though. If CW Cap is covering a shielded Ally, who has a shield of 1,000, and CW Cap has a shield of 1,000, and said ally is hit for 1,200 damage. The ally will lose the shield and take 100 damage. CW Cap will also take 100 damage to his health, but his shield will be unaffected. Even with these new developments, the fact that CW cap can not take damage nor shield damage while covering an ally who is shielded (as long as their shield remains) and still gets the retaliation point and counter attack is great!