Temple Guardian

Temple Guardian
General information
Type	Living statue
Affiliation	Mental's Horde
Individual information
Attacks / weapons	Cannon
Size	8 ft
Game information
Point value	750

The Temple Guardian is an enemy that appears in Serious Sam: Next Encounter.

Overview

Temple Guardians are statues that have been brought to life by magic. Armed with cannons, they were meant to protect areas such as temples and castles from intruders. However, when Mental arrived in ancient China, he gained control of them and made them a part of his army.

Behavior and skills

The Guardian has only one attack, which is to fire a cannonball at the player. This cannonball can deal a lot of damage to an unsuspecting player, but is easy to dodge. Their health is similar to that of a Kleer Skeleton, thus they can be easily destroyed from a close-range blast from the Double-Barrel Shotgun or a rocket fired from the XPML4000 Rocket Launcher.

Tactics

• The Guardian's cannonballs can be dodged simply by strafing in one direction.
• While it is easy to dodge their attacks, the Guardian should not be underestimated. Their cannonballs are quite powerful and can do a good amount of damage to the player if they hit the player.
• The double-barrel shotgun will destroy a close-range Guardian in one shot, making it very useful if any Guardians are nearby.
• Groups of Guardians can be wiped out in no time with the XM4000 Minigun. Its high rate of fire will quickly destroy groups of Guardians, as their health is somewhat low.
• Another strong weapon to use on Guardians is the rocket launcher. The rocket launcher may seem unusual for eliminating a long-range Guardian, but Guardians rarely move, making them easy prey for the slow rockets fired by the rocket launcher.

List of appearances

• Serious Sam: Next Encounter (First appearance) (non-canonical appearance)