Skeletal Shieldbearer

Skeletal Shieldbearers are the toughest skeleton family. Armed with a sword and shield, they deal low damage but are able to survive considerable punishment. Their shields block all damage throw at them but are flimsy so break after absorbing some damage. The shields of Elite variants cannot be broken but appear to block less effectively, if they can even block at all. Normal variants pose limited threat to parties as they are easily dispatched by using powerful skills such as Wave of Light that effortlessly destroy their shields and them. Due to their higher durability, Elite variants pose reasonable threat when combined with affixes like Arcane Enchanted or Frozen. Since their shields block a limited number of hits, damage over time skills are most effective.

A group of Skeletal Shieldbearer.

Abilites

• Shield
  • Uses a shield to block all incoming damage. Shield will block a limited amount of damage before breaking. No more damage is blocked once shield is broken. Effect is removed or different for Elite variants.

Variants

Normal

• Skeletal Shieldbearer
  • Cathedral Level 4
• Skeletal Raider
  • Eastern Channel
  • Western Channel
• Skeletal Sentry
  • Desolate Sands
  • The Forgotten Ruins
• Skeletal Marauder
  • Battlefield Stores Level 1
  • Battlefield Stores Level 2
  • The Keep Depths Level 1

Champion

• Skeletal Sentry
  • The Forgotten Ruins
• Skeletal Marauder
  • Battlefield Stores Level 1

Rare

• Skeletal Sentry
  • The Forgotten Ruins
• Skeletal Marauder
  • Battlefield Stores Level 1

Unique

Image	Name	Affixes	Variant	Location	Notes
	Brother Karel Ancient Nephalem Guardian		Returned Shieldman	Drowned Temple	Part of The Broken Blade quest.
	Captain Cage Commander of the Dead	Jailer Missile Dampening	Skeletal Shieldbearer	Cathedral Level 4	Required by A Unique Collection achievement series.
	Captain Dale Former Guard Captain	Electrified	Skeletal Marauder	The Keep Depths Level 1	Required by A Unique Collection achievement series.
	Enmerkar Ancient Hero	Illusionist Molten	Skeletal Shieldman	The Festering Woods	Part of the event Last Stand of the Ancients.