History Main / ShieldBearingMook

* ''VideoGame/{{Commando}}'': Shield Soldiers are bulletproof from all directions and must be taken out with grenades.

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* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'' have some mooks with riot shields in most areas.

* ''VideoGame/ShadowGuardian'' have Jason facing enemy mooks armed with riot shields, which provides slightly better defenses than unshielded enemies. But they can still be taken out using the RPG or shotgun.
* ''VideoGame/ShrekTheThird'' had elite pirates with tridents and lobster-engraved silver shields, as well as knights with axes and heavy round shields. Both are immune to regular attacks and can only be defeated with the use of special abilities or if their shield is broken by the ChargedAttack first.

* ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheForceUnleashedII'': The Wardroids carry a giant shield that blocks all attacks until the player enters an ActionCommand sequence where Starkiller rips off the shield and throws it.

** ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron'' has the Brute, a low-level heavy mook that blocks fire with an energy shield until it gets close enough to DropTheHammer. If you try to play keep away with a flyer, they whip out a missile launcher to swat you from the air and bring you back within reach.

* ''VideoGame/{{Unworthy}}'': Each Sentinel is a GiantMook {{Golem}} with a man-sized sword, and correspondingly high health and damage, partly compensated for by their slow speed. Now, the shielded Sentinels are the same thing, except that they are protected from frontal damage with a tower shield. Thankfully, a single GroundPound from the [[DropTheHammer Hammer of Unmaking]] is enough to destroy the shield. Interestingly, [[MonsterCompendium Grimoire]] description states they created the shield on their own after gaining glimmers of sentience over time.

* The ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse [=RPGs=] feature enemies with shields, reducing your attacks to ScratchDamage. Their shields can be broken using shield-breaking moves. ''VideoGame/SaveTheLight'' repositions your party so that they can hit shielded mooks from behind for more damage, while VideoGame/UnleashTheLight'' adds new enemies that give ''their'' allies shields. Some of them provide [[SingleUseShield Single-Use Shields]] while others provide Armor Packs, which absorb all your attacks until they break. [[ShootTheMedicFirst They should be the ones taken out first]], while those with Armor Packs are [[AntiArmor weak to armor-breaking moves.]]

** The first game has Newspaper Zombies (weak shield, gets ''[[TurnsRed pissed]]'' when you destroy it), Screen Door Zombies (strong shield), and Ladder Zombies (medium-strength shield that can be placed on your defensive unit to bypass it). All three can block frontal shots, but are vulnerable to arced shots, fumes (produced by the Fume-Shroom), and spikes.
** ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTime' has the Excavator Zombie, whose shield (a golden, non-magnetic shovel) has infinite health, and can also throw plants to the front rows with it. It's vulnerable to piercing attacks like the Laser Bean, as well as lobbed shots. Then there's the Parasol Zombie who holds a parasol that bounces an indefinite amount of lobbed shots off, but is vulnerable to frontal attacks. And unfortunately, both of them appear in the same worlds and levels...

* The ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse [=RPGs=] feature enemies with shields, reducing your attacks to ScratchDamage. Their shields can be broken using shield-breaking moves. ''VideoGame/SaveTheLight'' repositions your party so that they can hit shielded mooks from behind for more damage, while VideoGame/UnleashTheLight'' adds new enemies that give ''their'' allies shields. Some of them provide [[SingleUseShield Single-Use Shields]] while others provide Armor Packs, which reduce your attacks to ScratchDamage until they break. [[ShootTheMedicFirst They should be the ones taken out first]], while those with Armor Packs are [[AntiArmor weak to armor-breaking moves.]]

* The ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse [=RPGs=] feature enemies with shields, reducing your attacks to ScratchDamage. Their shields can be broken using shield-breaking moves. ''VideoGame/SaveTheLight'' repositions your party so that they can hit shielded mooks from behind for more damage, while VideoGame/UnleashTheLight'' adds new enemies that give ''their'' allies shields.

* ''VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsCreatureFromTheKrustyKrab'' has an enemy type that carries a shield. [=SpongeBob=] must use his Dash Attack to stun the foe and then attack it by using his Sand Slap move to defeat them. This shielded enemy comes in two aesthetics; a thuggish fish (encountered in the ''Dieseling Dreaming'' level) and a lobster-like creature (found in ''Alaskan Belly Trouble'').

* ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'': Some Octotrooper variants have a large shield protecting their front; while outright impervious to most attacks in [[VideoGame/Splatoon1 the first game]], subsequent entries allow them to eventually destroyed by any weapon (though they're still resilient enough that this should only be done as a last resort).

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' has squads of EliteMooks with riot shields who show up in certain areas if you're suspected of being nearby. Explosives and shots from behind the shield both work, but there's a special sense of accomplishment reserved for those who [[AttackItsWeakPoint headshot them right through the eye slot.]]

* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfValour'' have shield-carrying soldiers in ''all'' the games, all their shields having a scary demonic face painted at the front to intimidate their foes.