Skeleton Soldier

Skeleton Soldier is one of the monster types.

General
The Skeleton Soldier is a tough formation-based monster who specializes in inflicting HP damage and providing defensive bonuses to his allies. Although Skeleton Soldier is more expensive to recruit and train than the average monster, he sports high motivation and a strong passive bonus, which makes him a useful addition to most teams.

At Level 1, the Skeleton Soldier is tied with the Skeleton Bull and Skeleton Executioner for the highest health of any monster his type.

Strategy
Any strategy involving the Skeleton Soldier usually involves him taking point at the front row. The damage reduction from his passive is multiplicative, which benefits Monsters with lower resistances more than it benefits Monsters with higher ones.

For pure tank purposes, the Skeleton Soldier pairs well with the Skeleton Dog, as the additional elemental resistance can significantly increase his survivability against magical attacks. Alternatively, Maman Brigitte's Bone grants the Skeleton Soldier ludicrous armour, allowing him to fend off Warriors for a significant amount of turns.

Although the Skeleton Soldier sports decent attack power, his damage output can be reduced significantly by a Warrior on the front ranks. To circumvent this, either place a Ballista trap before the room containing the Skeleton Soldier, or pair the Skeleton Soldier with a monster who has armour-breaking effects such as the Boarman. If neither of these are possible, it's generally recommended to use the Skeleton Soldier to stack bleeding effects on the Warrior as it will usually add up to more damage than Impalement would.

Level 5


Note: These screenshots are from an early-access build of this game. Information listed suffices as guidelines, but may be inaccurate.