Egg Fighter: Shield (Electric shield)

"A high-voltage current courses through the shields these units carry, dealing massive damage to anything they touch. Thankfully, the high cost of manufacturing shields made of sufficiently strong and conductive alloys meant that only a few were ever produced."

- 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: Shield. As their name implies, the Egg Fighter: Shields wield large shields that they use to both protect themselves with and to attack foes with electrical surges.

Overview
Not may units of this line of Egg Fighter: Shields have been produced. This is due to their signatures shields being made of sufficiently strong and conductive alloys which cost much to manufactured en mass. As such, these enemies are not encountered on many occasions in the game. However, the harder the Action Stages/Stages become, the more often they will appear.

In gameplay, the Egg Fighter: Shields' shields periodically discharge electricity. Whenever the player touches these shields while they are discharging, even when performing an attack on Egg Fighter: Shield in question, the player takes damage and becomes paralyzed and unable to move until it either wears off on its own, or until the player completes the real-time interaction shown on the screen. The same applies in the PS3/Xbox 360 version of Sonic Unleashed whenever Sonic the Werehog is hit by their shields. Additionally, on the PS3/Xbox 360 version of Sonic Unleashed, the Egg Fighter: Shields' shields can be used to minimize the damage they receive from Sonic the Werehog's Skills and can bypass Sonic the Werehog's Guard.

Despite their apparent imperviousness, there are ways to bypass the Egg Fighter: Shields' shields. In the daytime Action Stages/Stages, after their shields are finished discharging, they need some time to recharge. It is at this point the Egg Fighter: Shields can be attacked directly. Also, the shields do not protect the Egg Fighter: Shields from attacks from the rear. Additionally, in the nighttime Action Stages on the PS3/Xbox 360 version of Sonic Unleashed, the shields can be broken if hit with strong combo attacks.

Physical Appearances
The Egg Fighter: Shields 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 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 and their shields as maces.

Weapons
Each of the Egg Fighter: Shields carry a single large shield, which are mostly in the shape of a kite shield and are glowing cyan. 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 made from strong and conductive alloys that not only makes them highly durable, but also lets the Egg Fighter: Shields run high-voltage currents through them, effectively allowing them to electrify opponents that touch these shields.

Attack Patterns
In battle, the Egg Fighter: Shields will use their shields to defend themselves from the player's attacks. When attacking themselves in the PS3/Xbox 360 version of Sonic Unleashed, the Egg Fighter: Shields use their shields as melee weapons, where they will either knock the player with them or charge right into the player with their shields first. When they lose their shield on the PS3/Xbox 360 version of Sonic Unleashed, they will attack in the same manner as a regular Egg Fighter.