Skeleton Shambler

The Skeleton Shambler is an undead enemy found in the Desert and The Infinite chapters. It is a dangerous melee attacker with 12 shield points (no regular HP), meaning it cannot be bled out normally — only shield-damage attacks or piercing effects will reduce it. Its most dangerous trait is its resurrection ability: when the Shambler's shield is destroyed, it collapses into a corpse, then revives the following turn with full shield restored unless the corpse is destroyed first.

Beyond its resilience, the Shambler throws any unit it can reach, making it a positioning hazard in crowded rooms. It also lunges in a random direction at the end of its turn, which can bring it into contact with cats that thought they were safely out of range. With 28 shield in champion form, champion Shamblers can be extremely grueling to permanently kill without dedicated corpse-destruction tools.

Bleed effects and piercing attacks bypass the shield entirely and can kill a Shambler instantly, skipping both the shield drain and corpse phase. If you lack those tools, use abilities that destroy corpses immediately after the Shambler falls to prevent the resurrection. Knockback can help manage the erratic lunge behavior but won't solve the core problem — permanent removal requires either guaranteed-kill effects or corpse destruction.