Golem

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"The mighty Golem loves to soak up damage! When destroyed, it explodes and splits into Golemites. The resulting Golemites have one-fifth the Golem's strength and hitpoints."

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Summary

• The Golem is the fourth Dark Elixir Troop unlocked once the Dark Barracks is upgraded to level 4. It is a slow defense-targeting ground troop with low damage but massive hitpoints.
  • When a Golem is defeated, it spawns two, three, or four Golemites (depending on the Golem's level) which keep fighting, each carrying 1/5th of the Golem's stats. These Golemites inflict area damage when they are destroyed just like their parent troop.
• Golems prioritize defensive structures above all other targets, and will bypass all other types of enemy buildings and troops while any defenses remain on the battlefield. This is true even if they are under attack by enemy Clan Castle troops, heroes or Skeleton Trap skeletons. Note that like all troops that prioritize defenses, Golems do not consider the Clan Castle to be a defense regardless of whether or not it contains enemy troops, but do consider the defending Grand Warden and the activated Town Hall weapon (if any) to be defensive buildings.
  Once all defenses are destroyed, Golems become like any other troop with no preferred target; they will attack the nearest building to them regardless of type, and will turn and attack enemy units if they become aware of any nearby and can fight back against them. However, they will not switch targets to enemy units until their previous target was destroyed.

Strategy

Offensive Strategy

• A good strategy is to release Golems and wait until all splash damage defenses like Mortars and Wizard Towers fire on them and then release units like Archers, Barbarians, or Wizards.
• Since Golems do little amounts of damage themselves, it is important that they are backed up by high damage-dealing troops and ranged troops, like Wizards or Witches.
• Golems are not affected by Spring Traps since they take over 18 housing spaces. However, the Golemites are, since they technically take 6.
• It is good to level the Golem to either 8 or 14(Max level), since they will gain an extra golemite, which will be a massive tanking boost for your army because of the extra health of the golemites.
• If possible, destroy any single target Inferno Towers as quickly as possible. Otherwise, they will wipe out your Golems. However, this is usually preferable to the Inferno Tower targeting a P.E.K.K.A, Barbarian King, or Archer Queen, as they tend to be much more important to the attack. A Freeze Spell can be used to temporarily disable an Inferno Tower and "reset" its damage. If the Inferno Tower is set to multiple target mode, it will be less of a threat to the Golem, but may be a nuisance to the troops protected behind it.
• Golems are fundamental as the tanks of the GoWiPe, GoWiWi, and GoHo attack strategies, amongst others, whether it be for the army or the kill squad.
• An attack strategy is called the Avalanche, where 4 or more Golems are paired with Wizards or Super Wizards, and the golems can act as a good tank and distracting things such as the Eagle Artillery, while the Wizards deal all the damage.
  • However, some Lightning Spells and Freeze Spells will still be needed to prevent the Golems from dying.

Defensive Strategy

• Golems are very high-health units, similar to Ice Hounds and Lava Hounds, that can be used to soak up heavy fire. Make sure that the Golem is in the middle or in range of most of your defenses, as it can distract attacking defenses very effectively for a considerable amount of time.
• Golems are typically not found in defensive Clan Castles. They take up too much space and can do very little against enemy troops due to their low damage. However, they make potentially good distractions, especially against low health troops. Their death damage can destroy any smaller melee units attacking it, and its Golemites can do the same on a smaller scale.
  • If a Golem has been defeated on a defense, itwill not be returned to the Clan Castle even if a Golemite survives.

Upgrade Differences

The Golem undergoes significant visual changes at all levels except levels 2 and 4.

• Initially, the Golem is a large light gray shaded rock creature. It has bright, Elixir-colored eyes with a slight glow.
  • At level 3, the Golem's rocky exterior changes to a slightly darker gray.
  • At level 5, the Golem gains purple, crystal-like spikes on its back, similar to those on the level 7 Wall. Its entire body also gains a grayish purple color.
  • At level 6, some of the Golem's spikes change color to grayish pink. More crystal spikes appear on its shoulders and head.
  • At level 7, the Golem's spikes become lavender and much larger and jagged.
  • At level 8, the Golem's spikes change color to a sky blue while its body becomes grayer in color.
  • At level 9, the Golem's spikes change color to dark purple, and its body also changes to a light grayish purple color.
  • At level 10, the Golem's spikes change to a sky-royal blue mix, and its body is now a slightly blueish gray.
  • At level 11, the Golem's spikes change to a greenish mix and its body is also now a greenish color to match the level 14 Town Hall's jungle theme. Its eyes also turn yellowish white.
  • At level 12, some of the Golem's spikes change to a darker, purple color while others glow white. Its body changes to a more cyan color to match the level 15 Town Hall's magical theme. Its eyes become dark purple.
  • At level 13, the Golem's purple spikes turn dark red while its white ones now give off an orange glow. Its body changes to a grayish red color while its eyes become yellow.

Statistics

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Preferred Target	Attack Type	Housing Space	Movement Speed	Attack Speed	Dark Barracks Level Required	Range	Death Damage Radius
Defenses	Melee (Ground Only)	30	12	2.4s	4	1 tile	1.5 tiles

Training Time of Golems
Dark Barracks available	Dark Barracks upgrading
5m	10m

Level	Damage per Second	Damage per Hit	Damage Upon Death	Golemites spawned Upon Death	Hitpoints	Research Cost	Research Time	Laboratory Level Required
1	35	84	350	2	5,100	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	40	96	400	2	5,400	8,000	1d 6h	6
3	45	108	450	2	5,700	12,000	2d 12h	7
4	50	120	500	2	6,000	20,000	3d	7
5	55	132	550	2	6,300	37,000	3d 18h	8
6	60	144	600	2	6,600	53,000	4d 6h	9
7	65	156	650	2	7,000	77,000	5d	9
8	70	168	700	3	7,500	100,000	5d 12h	10
9	75	180	750	3	7,900	125,000	6d 12h	10
10	80	192	800	3	8,200	160,000	7d	11
11	85	204	850	3	8,500	210,000	9d	12
12	90	216	900	3	8,800	245,000	10d	13
13	95	228	950	4	9,200	350,000	15d	14

History

November 16, 2012	tiffosco suggested adding Golem.
Patch	Description
April 17, 2013	Added Golem with 4 levels.
May 23, 2013	Added the level 5 Golem. Decreased training time at level 2 to 4.
January 26,2016	Golem and Golemites received 3x damage from the Eagle Artillery.
May 4, 2016	Reduced training time of Golem from 45 minutes to 15 minutes.
October 12, 2016	Reduced the Golem's training time from 15 minutes to 10 minutes.
December 19, 2016	Added the level 6 Golem. Decreased upgrade times at level 2 to 5. Gave the Golem a new artwork in the icon and info.
October 11, 2017	Added the level 7 Golem.
December 18, 2017	Increased hitpoints at level 1 to 3.
June 11, 2018	Added the level 8 Golem. The Eagle Artillery no longer deals 3x damage to Golems and Golemites.
June 26, 2018	Reduced research times for Golem: Level 2 upgrade time reduced from 6d to 4d. Level 3 upgrade time reduced from 8d to 5d 12h. Level 4 upgrade time reduced from 10d to 6d 12h. Level 5 upgrade time reduced from 12d to 8d. Level 6 upgrade time reduced from 14d to 9d 12h. Level 7 upgrade time reduced from 14d to 11d 12h.
October 23, 2018	Reduced training cost for Golem. Reduced gem donation cost for the Golem from 30 to 20 Gems.
April 2, 2019	Reduced training cost for Golem at all levels.
June 18, 2019	Added the level 9 Golem. Increased Golem and Golemite's death damage at levels 5 to 8. Increased death damage radius at all levels.
September 11, 2019	Gave the Golem and Golemites three balance changes: DPS adjusted across all levels to be consistent with DPS of Golemites (new DPS is now exactly five times the DPS of the Golemites). Golemite levels 1 to 3 HP increased. Level 8 and 9 Golems spawn 3 Golemites instead of 2.
March 30, 2020	Reduced upgrade costs at levels 2 to 7. Healer AI made less likely to target Golemites.
June 22, 2020	Added the level 10 Golem. Reduced the level 7-9 Golem training cost: Level 7: 600 -> 575 Level 8: 700 -> 650 Level 9: 800 -> 725
October 12, 2020	Reduced research costs and times at levels 2 to 8.
April 12, 2021	Further reduced research costs and times at levels 2 to 9.
September 27, 2021	Added the level 11 Golem.
December 9, 2021	Reduced research times at levels 2 to 4.
October 10, 2022	Added the level 12 Golem.
June 12, 2023	Reduced research costs and times at levels 8 to 10.
December 6, 2023	Added the level 13 Golem. Healer AI made less likely to target Golems and Golemites.
December 12, 2023	Healer AI made even less likely to target Golems and Golemites.
June 3, 2024	Increased Golem's hitpoints at level 7 to 11. Level 7: 6,900 → 7,000 Level 8: 7,200 → 7,500 Level 9: 7,500 → 7,900 Level 10: 8,000 → 8,200 Level 11: 8,400 → 8,500

Gallery

Golem's icon

Golem's old look

Trivia

• You can have a maximum of 10 Golems at one time in a complete set of fully upgraded Army Camps. This number increases to 11 if you include 1 that can fit into a level 5 or higher Clan Castle. On the battlefield, you can clone an additional 4 Golems with four level 5 or higher Clone Spells (three from the regular spell inventory and one from a level 10 or higher Clan Castle), for a total of 15 Golems.
  • However, this is inadvisable, since at higher Town Hall levels, they deal too low damage, causing the attacker to time fail.
• The word "Golem" occurs once in the Bible in Psalm 139:16, which uses the word "golmi", that means "my light form", "raw" material, connoting the unfinished human being. A golem is an animated, anthropomorphic being in Jewish folklore, which is entirely created from inanimate matter, usually clay or mud. The most famous golem narrative involves Judah Loew ben Bezalel, the late 16th-century rabbi of Prague.
• A Golem event lasted from UTC 8:00 14 January, 2017 through UTC 8:00 16 February, 2017, which functioned like a mini-achievement with a limited time period. Golems cost only 10% of the normal cost during these two days. Players needed to win three multiplayer battles, each with at least two Golems (Town Hall 10-11) or one Golem (Town Hall 8-9) to claim 300 Experience and 30 Gems. Players also got a chance to gain some Dark Elixir (up to 11,872 if they had level 6 Golems) by queuing just before the end of the event and un-queuing after the event ended.
• The Golem was likely inspired by the Promethean from Age of Mythology, as both units are stone creatures that split in two, smaller versions of themselves once defeated.
• The Golem in Clash Royale resembles the level 6 Golem in Clash of Clans.
  • In Clash Royale, a Loading Screen Hint suggests that the Golem's heart is made of stone.
• The Golem is 1 of 9 troops to be featured as a monster in the game Squad Busters. The others are the Wall Breaker, P.E.K.K.A, Minion, Skeleton, Lava Hound, Bowler, Baby Dragon, Ice Golem, and Yeti.
  • The Golem in Squad Busters resembles the level 1 Golem in Clash of Clans.
  • There is also a variant of Golem called the Gem Golem, which resembles the Golem in Clash of Clans, but has Gems growing on its body and has glowing green eyes.
• The Golem is featured as a Hero Skin for the Barbarian King. It is 1 of 5 troops that is featured as a Hero skin, the others being the Goblin, P.E.K.K.A, Miner, and Valkyrie.

Comparisons

• The level 11 Golem has the highest hitpoints among all regular troops.
• The Golem, Balloon and Lava Hound are the only troops that deliver splash damage upon dying. This is in contrast to the Wall Breaker, who dies as it delivers splash damage.
• The Golem, along with the Healer, Electro Dragon, Yeti, Dragon Rider, Ice Golem, Headhunter, Root Rider and Druid, are the only troops that do not have a Builder Base or Super Troop or Clan Capital counterpart.
• The level 13 Golem is the troop with most hitpoints in the Home Village, if both the Golem itself and its four Golemites are accounted for, as they have a total of 16,560 hitpoints (Golem: 9,200 + Golemites: 4 x 1,840 = 7,360).
  • The Mountain Golem in the Clan Capital has a higher overall hitpoints in total (with 44,000 at max level).