Shock trooper

The Imperial shock trooper has the highest health of any Imperial soldier and is designed to absorb and inflict large amounts of damage. Wearing reinforced stormtrooper armor to allow for better survivability, shock troopers can pose a large threat at close and medium range with their DLT-19 heavy blaster.

Appearances
Shock troopers appear in the following Missions and Skirmish maps:
 * All Battles - yeilds a token upon defeat equivalent to five points
 * All Survival missions
 * All Skirmish maps

Overview
"Be careful! Those shock troopers have heavy blasters!"

- Admiral Ackbar

Shock troopers wear reinforced stormtrooper armor emblazoned with red markings. They carry a survival backpack similar to those worn by sandtroopers and are equipped with only a DLT-19 heavy blaster.

Shock troopers are most often deployed alongside fragile allies, such as jumptroopers or biker scouts, with the goal to divert blaster fire away from them. Their DLT-19 can pack a punch at close range, but it loses its power at further distances. That is why it is best to keep distance from these troopers and target them when they are far away and are trying to catch up to you.

If you are given no choice and are caught with these troopers in close proximity, throwing a thermal detonator or other explosive grenade in their direction momentarily causes them to flinch, allowing a narrow escape or an opportunity to take them out. Like all enemies, shock troopers can quickly be dispatched by firing at their head.

Shock troopers appear in Battles, Survival, and Skirmish. Their spawn frequency, accuracy, damage, and health increase as the difficulty level is raised. In both normal and hero Battles, enemy shock troopers begin spawning once the player gains 26 points. If the player is allied with the Galactic Empire and has friendly AI toggled on, friendly shock troopers spawn once the Rebel team gains 26 points.

Stats
The spawn frequency, accuracy, damage, and health of shock troopers are increased as the difficulty level is raised.

Weapons: DLT-19

Star Cards: None

Health: High

Speed: Slow

Range: Medium