Arkeyan Duelist

Arkeyan Duelist
Species:	Arkeyan
Role:	Enemy
World:	Autogyro Adventure Lost City of Arkus Bringing Order to Kaos!
Attacks:	Sword attack Invincibility
Appears in:	Skylanders: Giants (Console) Skylanders: Battlegrounds

“10,000 years of training has paid off.”

– Description of Arkeyan Duelist

Arkeyan Duelistsare Arkeyan swordsmen enemies introduced in Skylanders: Giants, first appearing in Autogyro Adventure. They wield large swords and attack by either thrusting them forward or swinging them wildly. They also have the ability to drive their swords into the ground and generate a yellow aura that shields them from most incoming damage, effectively blocking a single attack. However, this charging process can be interrupted by attacking them.

In Battlegrounds there is an particular Arkeyan Duelist with the name John Smith, who helps the Skylander to defeat Vengar the Mage.

Gallery

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  Idle Arkeyan Duelist
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  Arkeyan Duelist attacking
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  Arkeyan Duelist charging it's invicibility
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  Arkeyan Duelist with his invincibility aura
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  Early versions of the Arkeyan Duelist reusing the Arkeyan Jouster model
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  Screenshots taken from the alpha of the game

Trivia

• Their armor and swords resemble early concepts for the Golden Queen.
  • Their swords to an extent look similar to Krypt King's earlier sword renditions
• In the alpha version of Giants, Arkeyan Duelists reuse the models of Arkeyan Jousters. Unlike most alpha enemies with reused models, they have unique attack animations, which still appear in the Arkeyan Jouster's final Skystone animation. Their early description was "Master of slice and dice," a possible tribute to Chop Chop.
• If an Arkeyan Duelist is hit with a stun attack while it's glowing with invincibility, the Duelist will remain invincible until the daze effect wears off.
• The Arkeyan Jousters that fend off the Bark Demon in Secret Vault of Secrets use the same animations as the Arkeyan Duelists' alpha version.