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* [[Sword and Sorcerer|Shielding]] -- [[An Adventurer Is You|A teamwork strategy]]. Interposes himself between the enemy and an ally. By keeping the enemy occupied, he allows allies with greater attack strength but poorer defense to kill the enemy without getting killed. Characters who do this are called "Meat Shields" or "Party Tanks."
Distinguished from the [[Mighty Glacier]] in that the '''Stone Wall''' is even tougher to hurt, and not necessarily slow, clumsy, lacking in range, or whatever. The Mighty Glacier is much more balanced in his offense and defense. The Stone Wall is much stronger on defense than on offense, and in extreme cases, may only deal [[Scratch Damage]]. In works where they go against human opponents or reasonably intelligent (or, at least, very random) AI, a Stone Wall needs some method of forcing opponents to attack them over allies, such as a [[Practical Taunt]], or risk simply being ignored until all the allies they were protecting are dead while they sat there not doing much of anything significant.
If the '''Stone Wall''''s defense is evasion-based as opposed to toughness-based, the line between this archetype and a defensively played [[Fragile Speedster]] blurs, if it even exists. But toughness is the norm.
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* In [[Super Mario RPG]], the [[Infinity-1 Sword|Lazy Shell]] armor would turn ''any'' character into a Stone Wall, causing their Defense and Special Defense stats to skyrocket but dropping their Attack and Special Attack. Equipped on [[The Medic|Toadstool]], it could make a party nearly unstoppable.
* In [[Return to Krondor]], Solon is this combined with The Big Guy. Just put him between the enemy and your characters. This will allow your characters to pummel the enemy without too much damage.
* Beef Cloud in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'' is a miniboss who doesn't attack at all, has high defense and health and recovers health in real time by sleeping. It's nearly impossible to outdamage his constant healing without resorting to level grinding first, but hitting him many times rapidly will disrupt his sleep and temporarily stop his recovery.
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