The armguard is indeed the magitech guard, which is a sort of shield.
"Argh !"
Nikoleis can't see anything ! He immediately raise a kinetic barier to weaken any physical damage, while trying to use his other sense to predict the next attack ! He say to himself "Good thing I'm not epileptic !"
(ok then, is that a IW shield, just curious... Schneider isn't a break weapon anyway, its a slicer)
Oorta: you've gotta love the flash Bombs...and Shock traps as well
* a small cylinder rise up from the ground between Nik's legs, about the size of a dinner plate*
...you should move...
*the sound of Reving echoes around the battlefield*