This means they don’t block as much, meanwhile, “the basic Taken Phalanx have their normal, full-size shield” which completely obscures their head as well as “most of their body” now ...

Following this discovery, another D2 player on Reddit has shared that “The new Taken Phalanx shield AI also affects the first boss of Prophecy”. Per the OP, XxXc00l_dud3XxX, “Taken Phalanxes ...