A question about weapon requisites

Say I have a shield, that's 16 armor protection, and has +15 health, and maybe +5 energy or something, (Just using an example here) but has a tactics requirement of 11, and I only have like 6, I noticed that I still get the health benefit and the energy benefit, same thing with weapons, however does it just protect less? Have been really curious about this for awhile.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

yes it will not do the full protection until the 11 tactics is meet. same with weapons

Thanks, I thought that was pretty much it, but I couldn't get a straight answer really. I appreciate the help :-)