Highlander

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TYPE : Attack

Difficulty : Easy

Highlanders are tough fighters who use two-handed swords. They make enemies collide against each other or against terrain, so they are great for handling multiple enemies.

In regional cultures

Highlander, a Gael or a person from the Scottish Highlands
- the Highlander statue on the monument at Glenfinnan
- the Highlander statue on the 51st (Highland) Division Monument at Beaumont-Hamel, in France
Montañés, lit. "Highlanders", a term sometimes used to denote the people of Cantabria in northern Spain
Gorals, lit. "Highlanders", a culture in southern Poland and northern Slovakia
Malësor or Malok, lit. "Highlander" is a term used for a person from Malësia (Highlands) in Albania
Highlanders (горцы), term for the people of the North Caucasus
Merina people, an ethnic group from the central plateau of Madagascar
Degar, or Montagnards, various ethnic groups in the highlands of Vietnam
Pahari people, various ethnic groups from the Himalayas.
Highlander, a term sometimes used by Ethiopian and Eritrean lowlanders for a person from the Ethiopian Highlands
Highlanders, or "Southern Highlanders," sometimes used to denote the mountain people of Southern Appalachia in the eastern United States

In schools

Highlander Research and Education Center, a leadership training school and cultural center located in Tennessee, known for its support of the labor and civil rights movements

In publications

The Highlander, a book written by James Macpherson
The Highlander (newspaper), a Gaelic language political newspaper based in Scotland
The Highlander, a newspaper based in Marble Falls, Texas
The Highlander, a newspaper based in Highlands, North Carolina
The Highlander, the student newspaper of the University of California, Riverside
The Highlander, the student newspaper of Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas

In the media

Highlander (franchise), a franchise of films, television series and other media, including:
- Films:
  - Highlander (film) the first film in the franchise, released in 1986
  - Highlander II: The Quickening, released in 1991
  - Highlander III: The Sorcerer, also known as "Highlander III: The Final Dimension", released in 1994
  - Highlander: Endgame, released in 2000 and set after the TV series
  - Highlander: The Source, released in 2007
  - Highlander: The Search for Vengeance, a 2007 spin-off animated film
- Television series:
  - Highlander: The Series (1992-1998), a spin-off television series based on the film
  - Highlander: The Raven (1998-1999), a spin-off television series based on the previous series
  - Highlander: The Animated Series
- Highlander novels and comic books
- Games:
  - Highlander (video game), a 1986 one-on-one sword fighting ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 game
  - Highlander: The Last of the MacLeods, a 1995 video game for the Atari Jaguar CD
  - Highlander: The Card Game, a collectible card game originally produced by Thunder Castle Games, reintroduced by Le Montagnard Inc
  - Highlander: The Game, a canceled video game based on the Highlander franchise
Highlander, a competitive format of Team Fortress 2
Highlander (Bakufu Slump album)

In the military

Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons), a regiment of the British Army's Scottish Division
The Highland regiments, a repertoire of regiments formed of or following Highlander Regiments tradition
HMS Highlander (H44), a Royal Navy H-Class Destroyer that served in World War II
Highlanders 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, a light armored United States Marine Corps Battalion based out of MCB Camp Pendleton, California.

In sports

Cairn University Highlanders, the sports teams of the college in Langhorne, Pennsylvania
Radford Highlanders, the sports teams (most of which compete at the NCAA Division 1 level), fans, students and alumni of Radford University, in southwest Virginia, US
Highland Football League one of three senior non-league football (soccer), leagues in Scotland
The Highlanders, a Scottish cricket franchise in the North Sea Pro Series
Highlanders (rugby union), a rugby union team in based in Dunedin, New Zealand that participates in the Super Rugby competition
The Highlanders (professional wrestling) (born 1976), tag team in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
Highlanders F.C., a Zimbabwean football (soccer) club
Mbabane Highlanders F.C., a Swazi football (soccer) club
NJIT Highlanders, the teams (NCAA Division 1 level), students, alumnae/alumni and fans of the New Jersey Institute of Technology
The New York Highlanders, a baseball team which would later become the New York Yankees
University of California, Riverside Highlanders, who sports teams compete in NCAA Division 1 (Big West Conference)
Houghton College Highlanders, whose teams compete in NCAA Division III (Empire 8 Conference)
The Highlander Mountain Marathon, an annual two-day orienteering event in Scotland
Cape Breton Highlanders, a NBL Canada team
High school, preparatory and other secondary schools
- Heathwood Hall Episcopal School
- Herricks High School
- Homestead High School (Mequon, Wisconsin)
- LHPS Highlanders, the athletics teams fielded by Lake Highland Preparatory School
- MacArthur High School (Lawton, Oklahoma)
- Thomas McKean High School, Wilmington, Delaware
- Northwestern Regional High School
- Oak Hills High School
- Rochester Adams High School
- West Morris Central High School
- Howell High School (Howell, Michigan)
- Doherty Memorial High School
- Glenvar High School
- Northern Highlands Regional High School

In vehicles

AirLony Highlander, a Czech ultralight biplane
Toyota Highlander, a sport utility vehicle
H1ghlander, an autonomous vehicle created by Carnegie Mellon University's Red Team for the DARPA Grand Challenge
Highlander (dinghy), a dinghy class sailboat manufactured by Allen Boat Company
MV Highlanders, Canadian ferry

Animals

Highlander cat, hybrid domestic cat.