Egg Fighter: Shield

"The powerful steel shields these Egg Fighters carry can easily deflect most attacks. It would take a supersonic blast to knock away their defenses, or someone quick and clever enough to attack them from the rear."

- Description, Sonic Unleashed

The Egg Fighter: Shield is an enemy that appears in both the PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2/Wii version of Sonic Unleashed. It is a model of Dr. Eggman's robots and a variant of the Egg Fighter. As their name implies, the Egg Fighter: Shields wield large shields to protect themselves from attacks.

Overview
The Egg Fighter: Shields are not one of the most common enemies that can be encountered in Sonic Unleashed, such as the standard Egg Fighter. However, they can still be encountered fairly often in each Action Stage/Stage.

The Egg Fighter: Shields' shield allows them to automatically negate and/or minimize the player's attacks. In daytime Action Stages/Stages, the Egg Fighter: Shields' shields can deflect a Homing Attack and in the nighttime Action Stages on the PS3/Xbox version, their shields can be used to minimize the damage they receive from Sonic the Werehog's Skills.

Despite their apparent imperviousness, the Egg Fighter: Shields' shields can be bypassed in several way. In the daytime Action Stages/Stages, their shields cannot block a Sonic Boost or an attack from the rear, and in the Nighttime Action Stages on the PS3/Xbox 360 version, the shields can be broken if hit with strong combo attacks. Also, on the PS2/Wii version of Sonic Unleashed, the Egg Fighter: Shields can be destroyed by a frontal Homing Attack if they are hit by second Homing Attack right after blocking a previous Homing Attack.

Physical Appearances
The Egg Fighter: Swords are identical to the standard Egg Fighter model. They have a torso in the shape of a little more than a hemisphere, with four flashlights arranged in a rectangle on their front and a flat rounded head on top of it. They also have relatively shot legs, with flat feet and circular ankles, and arms that extend almost down to the ground with four-fingered hands. They are all colored steel blue and silver, and have purple eyes.

Powers and Abilities
As an Egg Fighter model, the Egg Fighter: Shields possess above average physical strength, enough to let them move barrels at least three times their own size and easily carry large steel shields.

The Egg Fighter: Shields are shown to possess a degree of hand-to-hand combat skills, being capable of engaging in close combat with others by using their bare fists.

Weapons
Each of the Egg Fighter: Shields carry a single large and powerful shield made of steel. These shields are mostly in the shape of a kite shield and are primarily colored yellow. They have a "T" shaped steel blue plating on the front surface, and have a steel blue-colored lower edge and silver-colored sides. They also have grey spikes on their two upper corners. These shields are highly durable, capable of withstanding a direct Homing Attack without a scratch.

Attack Patterns
In battle, the Egg Fighter: Shields primarily uses their shields to defend themselves from the player's attacks. When attacking themselves, the Egg Fighter: Shields uses their free hand to punch the player. When losing their shield, they will attack in the same manner as a regular Egg Fighter.

Egg Fighter: Shield (Electric Shield)
The Egg Fighter: Shield with eletrical shield is a variant of the regular Egg Fighter: Shield. This model comes equipped with a shield that has electrical currents running through it, allowing it to use the shield for both offense and defense.

Egg Fighter: Shield (Spring Shield)
The Egg Fighter: Shield with spring shield is a variant of the regular Egg Fighter: Shield. This model comes equipped with a shield which has a Spring on the front, allowing it to send the player flying backwards when he/she makes contact with it.

Trivia

 * In the PS3/Xbox 360 version of Sonic Unleashed, Critical Attacks, regardless if they succeed or fail, will remove the shield from a Egg Fighter: Shield.