Sentinel

Sentinels are Tier 2 Guardian enemies. They are animated stone warriors that are considerably more difficult enemies and first appear in Level 17.

Appearance
Sentinels are made out of rock and magically assemble themselves when approached. They have glowing orange eyes and are armed with a sword and shield. Armored sentinels wear a vest, headgear and greaves, in addition to what they usually wear. The greaves can be destroyed when the player gets under the sentinel's shield. The headgear and vest can be removed when the sentinel is rendered defenseless by typical means.

Attacks

 * Sword Swinging: Sentinels will either spin around and swing their sword to the player's right side, or jab the sword forward at the player's left side. Both attacks can be parried (the sentinel's first attack is always the sword swing to the right).
 * Magic Shield Bash: Sentinels can charge up their shields with magic and bash them against the player. This move must be dodged.

Advice
While Sentinels have few attacks, they can be difficult to predict, especially when they gives no telletale sign of which attacks they are going for. They also tend to bait and confuse the player with fake moves : if they nudge forward and raise their sword up, they will do the shield bash ; if they nudge forward and swing their shield up, then they will either sword attacks. Sometimes, when the Sentinel swings its sword to its right, there may be an opportunity to stun and deal more damage to the Sentinel with an up-right power strike. Also, there is a rare chance that you can land a left power strike on the Sentinel while it is attempting a shield attack.