Eliminator

The Eliminator is an Emblem Heartless that is found in Kingdom Hearts Re:coded.

Design
The Eliminator resembles a knight clad in purple and red armor with white trim and yellow buttons; it also has the tell-tale Heartless zig-zag jawline, with a purple head and a silver jaw. The arms and torso are also proportioned much larger than the head and legs, the arm not holding the Eliminator's main weapon actually rests ape-like on the ground.

In battle, the portion of a Eliminator that tends to be seen most is the massive and fearsome shield. The barrier portion of the shield is a simple red and purple-red pattern with white trim, but far more prominent is the very large and very dangerous red-black dog head, complete with sharp fangs and spiked collar. The dog also has three glowing eyes arranged in a triangle formation, two yellow eyes on the bottom and one red eye on the top.

The Eliminator is a palette swap of the Defender.

Strategy
An Eliminator will, like Gold Tricholomas, appear randomly when you enter a new System Sector while a terminal is opened. It will shoot three orbs of energy that when hit, will inflict a random status effect and effectively decrease your HP, but if you are close enough, it will hit you with its shield. While both attacks can be blocked, they deal a great amount of damage. It also teleports when it is far from the player, encountering one may cause death and loss of a large amount of SP to the player if the player isn't well-equipped. It is also immune to all status effects and it will guard against frontal attacks.

If you don't want to fight it, run to a door that leads to a terminal. By doing this, the Eliminator will not follow you to the other room, but it may cause another to spawn in the other System Sector.

Oathkeeper is recommended as a weapon to use since its ability protects you from any status effects. Utilizing well-timed blocks, striking the Eliminator from behind and healing when needed, will cause you to take down the Eliminator in no time.