Shield Bearer
The Shield Bearer is a melee unit from the Ancient faction. They are equipped with the Ancient Shield. |
Characteristics
The Shield Bearer's main purpose is to block enemy projectiles and attacks, and help its army charge to the frontline, helping the ones behind. If the unit gets close enough to its enemy it also has the ability to attack by shield-bashing the enemy. They are however vulnerable from the behind, and distractions may reveal their Achilles heel to ranged units.
Appearance
The Shield Bearer is a Wobbler wearing a roman legionnaire helmet and a lorica segmentata (Roman segmented armor). With both hands, it holds an Scutum with a small steel boss (Dome for hand protection) in the center.
Clothes
HEAD
TORSO
FEET
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Unit Voice
Usage
The main objective of the Shield Bearer is to block enemy hits (mainly projectiles) and help your army charge on the front line. The Shield Bearer can also attack, but it deals little damage per hit, but the tabbed units follow the physical and collateral damage, so if 2 shields crush a unit against each other or crush a unit against a wall, they can cause devastating damage.
The Shield Bearer can also knock units back when it attacks, and doing so deals some damage at the same time. Shield Bearers do a great job defending your army from the enemy. Shield Bearers can block arrows, spears, shurikens, various crossbow bolts and even some bullets. Shields are however, vulnerable to artillery.
It is also important to know that sometimes projectiles can pass through the shield and end up killing the unit itself. Shield Bearers are totally useless against big or powerful projectiles like the ones of Ballista, Musket and Deadeye.
Trivia
Blue Shields were first shown in a tweet by Wilhelm Nylund.
Historically, people that carried large shields would use them primarily in sieges to protect themselves from arrows. The most iconic version of this was the Pavise, which had a built-in stand and provided cover for crossbowmen.
The Unit itself has a Pugio (a type of dagger) strapped onto their belt, but surprisingly, they don't use the knife to fight at all.
It is the second heaviest unit in the Ancient Faction, after the Minotaur.
Gallery
A Shield sticker made by Landfall.
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