Skeleton Lord

Skeleton Lord is one of the monster types.

General
The Skeleton Lord is a flexible and well-rounded Monster of the Skeleton type who specializes in inflicting HP damage. The Skeleton Lord can be used to excellent effect in a variety of strategies, however he belongs to the rare tier and therefore is very expensive to acquire and train.

The Skeleton Lord is tied with the Skeleton Majorette for the 5th highest health of any unit of his type, behind the Skeleton Magus at 90.

Strategy
The Skeleton Lord works well as a true on-the-fly unit. He can work well with most builds by virtue of having a passive that is useful in all situations, and his high motivation promotes frequent use. When faced against a group of heroes with attacks focusing backline units, the Skeleton Lord can be useful for soaking up damage, resurrecting, and soaking more damage while front and center units open the heroes up.

However, to truly make use of the Skeleton Lord's abilities, he should be placed in the front row. The Skeleton Lord's attacks are fairly mediocre, but his passive allows his attacks to ricochet when he is placed in the front ranks. This allows for impressive damage output, and can stack up DoT effects quickly. Durability is a concern though, as the Skeleton Lord has a negative armor score. The Skeleton Lord is not recommended to be placed in the front when a Warrior is present. Otherwise, the Skeleton Lord can sustain a significant of attacks from Monks, Paladins, and Elementalists as a frontline unit when paired with the Skeleton Dog.

The Skeleton Lord benefits immensely from Maman Brigitte's Bone, as the resistances it offers makes him a viable frontline unit in more situations.