Skeleton

The Skeleton is an undead archer fought in the Frozen Highlands, with a mere 7 health and a single ranged attack worth 5 physical damage. Found in 6 regions, it is one of the frailest mobs in the game — a single arrow ends it. Its 28 poise and 400 movement speed are unremarkable, and it drops 4 souls on death.

Skeletons are dangerous only in groups, where their volleys of 5-damage arrows add up while Zombies and tougher undead hold the line. Blast damage is the hard counter: Skeletons take +50% extra blast damage, so explosive enchanted weapons and blast artifacts shatter whole lines of them. They have no melee attack, so a melee hero who reaches them can cut them down with impunity.

Look for Skeletons across the Frozen Highlands, from Archie's Ruins to the Ice Caves, often backing up their frozen cousins the Stray and the Bogged. Clear them early in a fight — an ignored Skeleton line will bleed your health dry on higher difficulties. Because they die to nearly any hit, splash weapons and chaining elemental effects are the fastest way to delete whole archer lines at once.