Gondor Tower Guard

Gondor Tower Guards are the special Gondor Soldiers that guard the Beacon Towers of Gondor and the White Mountains.

They can be distinguished by their winged Gondorian helmets and blue capes. They use Gondorian spears as their weapon of choice.

Behaviour
Gondor Tower Guards defend their Beacon Tower at all costs. When seeing a mob that they dislike, they will throw their spear at it, and then follow up with melee attacks from another spear if they're close enough. If they're too far away to execute a melee attack, they'll throw another spear – these soldiers seem to have an infinite supply of spears.

Spawning
Gondor Tower Guards only spawn naturally within a Beacon Tower and will always spawn in pairs. They always carry spears. Unlike normal soldiers, these guards never spawn riding a horse.

Hiring
A Gondor Tower Guard can be hired at an alignment of +300 from a Gondorian Captain, and they cost 25 Silver Coins.

Advantages

 * Currently the only Gondorian unit that features both a ranged and a melee attack
 * Good at taking on both ranged and melee units
 * Higher health than Gondor Soldiers
 * Combined with protection from armour, this means that a Gondor Tower Guard needs to be dealt 38.5 HP in order to be slain.
 * Stronger against Olog-hai than a normal Gondor Soldier

Disadvantages

 * Does not have a mounted variant.
 * Not particularily good against Warg riders
 * Significantly more expensive than Gondor Soldiers

Drops
Like the normal soldiers, Gondor Tower Guards commonly drop bones. They have a rare chance of dropping the Gondorian armour or weapons that they are carrying upon their death.