Soldier-One (crossbow)


 * For more uses of the term "Soldier-One," see Soldier-One (disambiguation).

The Soldier-One They are a type of the Knights of the Underworld and a part of the Soldier-One variant. They wield crossbows which distinguish them from the other Soldier-One variants.

Appearance
The Soldier-Ones are humanoid creatures of the underworld. They are each clothed in gray full-body armor resembling those worn by medieval knights which has purple medieval markings on the arms, torso and helmet. Their helmet in particular resembles a hood with a mask covering most of the face. Behind the helmet, they have a single eye.

Powers and Abilities
The Soldier-Ones are able to teleport to different locations by emerging from black voids. As their specialty, they have the ability to generate yellow self-sustaining energy arrows which they can use as projectiles.

The Soldier-Ones are excellent archers as they can use bows with both efficiency and accuracy, and as well fire multiple arrows in succession. They also possess some skills in shieldmanship, being able to use shields for both offense and defense in battle.

Weapons
The Soldier-Ones each wield a spiky crossbow with a glowing yellow string which they use to generate and fire their arrows. In some cases, the Soldier-Ones also wield large shields, made from either wood or metal, which they use for both offense and defense.

Attack Patterns
The Soldier-Ones primarily attack by shooting a rain of arrows at the playable character for a couple of seconds. When not using their arrows, the Soldier-Ones charge into the player with their shoulder (their shields when they have them) which will knock the player backwards, but not damaging him/her.

Overview
The Soldier-Ones are one of the more common enemies in Sonic and the Black Knight, though they do not come in as many numbers as the sword-wielding Soldier-Ones. They are first encountered in Crystal Cave and can after that be encountered in many other areas. When targeted by their arrows, the player can block them with Guard. When these arrows hit the ground, they will be embedded in it for a couple of seconds before they disappear. However, touching the grounded arrows before they disappear will cause damage to the player.

In some cases, the Soldier-Ones are equipped with shields that can protect them from upcoming attacks, though these shields will eventually break down when hit with enough attacks (the shields of wood are the weakest while those of metal are the strongest).

The Soldier-One can easily be defeated by the player with a single sword slash, like most other Knights of the Underworld.