Skeletal Shieldman

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Skeletal Shieldmen are Undead. These foot soldier skeletons spawn with large, round, glowing blue shields from which they derive their names.

They carry a sword as well as their glowing blue shield, but use it only sporadically, and not with very great effect. Their chief purpose is as a defensive unit, and a phalanx of these skeletons can usually be found in front of Skeleton Archers or a Skeletal Summoner. They block very effectively, thwarting most attacks launched straight at them, but are very slow to turn and can be flanked or simply run past without much difficulty.

They have slow foot speed and attack speed, and very low hit points, so will usually die in just one or two hits, once their shields are bypassed.

Diablo III Bestiary
Bosses	Mistress of Pain • Siegebreaker Assault Beast • Thousand Pounder • Skeleton King
Demons	Activated Vessel • Dark Berserker • Dark Cultist • Dark Demon • Dark Vessel • Triune Cultist • Triune Leader • Triune Leader Blood Guard • Triune Leader Death Guard • Triune Vessel • The Fallen Ones
Undead	Crawling Torso • Ghoul • Grotesque • Skeletal Executioner • Skeletal Shieldman • Skeletal Summoner • Skeleton • Skeleton Archer • Unburied • Walking Corpse • Wraith • Wretched Dead • Zombie
Animals	Beast • Dune Thresher • Lamprey • Scavenger • Goatman • Goatman Shaman
Uncategorizable	Horned Ground Sloth • Ghostly Orb • Gnarled Walker • Pit Flayer Spawner