Halberd Noble (Timeless)

The Halberd Noble is an enemy from Timeless fought solely in the levels of Renaissance Era. Unlike regular zombies, he bears a protective helmet and a large venetian halberd, which he can use to poke, stab and attempt to slash players with a wide array of moves.
==Appearance and origins==
Apart from his red/brown noble clothes, he also has a fauld, a very weathered and pierced breastplate along a morion on his head. His halberd is quite peculiar, 2.2 meters long, with a small hook, a slender spearhead and a strangely thin axe blade bearing small spines, allowing us to identify it as a venetian halberd.
He is based on a typical venetian soldier, as evidenced by for example the design of his weapon
==Attack Patterns==
Unlike the similar Ji Zombie, this zombie is much more technical, and for example will try to parry after a stab, to create chains of multiple attacks mainly consisting of sending a direct strike, then blocking the player's weapon with his to finish with another attack. Sometimes, he may use the spaces between the spearhead and the hook/blade to deflect your weapon, finishing generally with a straightforward stab. It is also important to notice that he wields his halberd by putting his hands approximatively at the middle of the shaft, and since it is light, he is his able to handle his halberd with an exceptionnal ease.
==Strategies==
Whatever the case you are in, this zombie is very threatening, since he has exceptionnal skills with his polearm and can easily defeat a normal player with a regular sword if left in good conditions. While the ability to deliver ranged attacks is itself very dangerous due to how it can fend off a single player, he is even more annoying due to the weapon's swiftness, that allows him to easily attack, retreat and swing it around to hurt his targets while blocking and parrying incoming attacks. Combined with his great skills, it turns him into one of the deadliest enemies of the game, since he will not only attack from a long range and block attacks quickly, but can also retaliate at lightning speed. To counter him, you'll have no choice but to either shot him down with a Musket which will penetrate their armor, or you can carry on to lead a frontal assault with another polearm ; to achieve so, a regular Halberd is a good choice, since its weight can be used to counter to the zombie's swiftness, but a Venetian Halberd is still kind of a possibility due to its lighter weight and higher chance to thus be able to exploit any openings. Poleaxes are too slow, Spontoons & Pikes are too easy to deflect while Glaives lack any sort of way to hook up the shaft in order to have an opening. Bills and Fauchards, with their hooks, can be used to penetrate their guard, while Ranseurs, Spetums and sometimes Corseques are less useful but still bear more value than a classic spear.
==Gallery==
25.135.19_001feb2015.jpg|Example of a venetian halberd. It is important to notice that the long spearhead here is broken in-game
main-image (2).jpeg|Second example, showing here the small spike set on the axe blade
main-image (3).jpeg|Unusually heavy example, showing small barbs on the blade's sides that are visible on the in-game weapon
==Trivia==
*He was originally supposed to carry a classical european halberd but it was decided to give him instead a venetian model, which is lighter but quicker
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