Mountain Golem

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"This monstrous mountain may move as slow as molasses, but do not underestimate his mineralized mitts. Mountain Golem mauls his enemies with the might of...well...a mountain. Literally."

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Level 1-5

Summary

• The Mountain Golem is a troop unlocked in the Golem Quarry in the Clan Capital. He is trained through the Mountain Golem Quarry, a barracks constructed automatically when the Golem Quarry is rebuilt (unlocked at Capital Hall level 7).
• The Mountain Golem has extremely high hitpoints, but is very slow and has a very large housing space requirement. His Crush ability allows him to instantly destroy any Walls that he passes through. The Mountain Golem can also cross small rivers (2 tiles or less) and vines in the Skeleton Park district without the need of a Jump Spell, due to his sheer size.
• Mountain Golems have no preferred target when attacking; they will simply attack the closest building. However, if they become aware of enemy defending troops stationed in defense posts (either by being attacked themselves or by being near another friendly troop under attack), they will leave their previously targeted building and instead engage the enemy troops. Once all of the nearby enemy troops are defeated, the Mountain Golem(s) will proceed to attack the nearest structure.

Strategies

Offensive Strategy

• The Mountain Golem has extremely high hitpoints; therefore, the Mountain Golem should be used as a tank with clean-up troops behind him.
  • Because of this, the only lethal target is Inferno Towers. Use Lightning Spells to stun the Inferno Tower and use Sneaky Archers or Super Barbarians to distract it.
• Barbarians and Archers as well as Hog Raider squads are a good choice as a combination with the Mountain Golem. Hog Raiders are able to stun the Inferno Tower if deployed with good timing, allowing them all to survive longer.
• A major disadvantage to the Mountain Golem is his low movement speed, being 6. Thus, he will take a very long time to cross large distances, and troops that he is intended to cover for will overtake him, limiting his tanking ability.
  • Capital Rage Spells are effective at speeding him up. If Endless Haste Spells are available, using one will more than double his speed for the entire attack.
• The Mountain Golem walks through walls as his "Crush" ability. The Golem's AI thus makes him behave as a troop that can bypass walls, similarly to Miners in the Home Village and Hog Riders in the Clan Capital.
  • Destroying Walls is essential to reach new parts of the base to attack. Funnel the Mountain Golem towards walls to enlarge the placement area and help clean up troops.
• His ability to ignore Walls as well as break them on contact makes him a viable choice for attacking certain layouts if the Walls are set up in a way to make Battle Rams ineffective. The most popular use case of this arises in a certain layout archetype seen in high-level Capital Peak districts, distinguished by three-layer-thick wall buffers and walls shaped like an "M" on either side of the starting area.
• The Mountain Golem is an extremely safe clean-up troop for heavily damaged districts, as long as the threat of Inferno Towers can be suppressed. This allows attackers to maximise the Capital Gold earned from finishing off the district.
• Against defensive troops, the Mountain Golem generally performs adequately, due to his high splash damage allowing him to quickly destroy groups. A potential weakness is his relatively slow attack speed, which could stall the Mountain Golem considerably if the defenders appear in waves, such as with Goblin Throwers.
  • You can use Lightning Spells to damage or destroy defenses if you don't want the Mountain Golem to waste time, but they are generally better reserved for Inferno Towers if they exist. Support troops, such as Super Wizards, may be better for clearing swarms, while troops such as the Power P.E.K.K.A can destroy tankier ones.

Defensive Strategy

• The Mountain Golem's high hitpoints make him nearly indestructible to normal defenses. The exception is the Capital Inferno Towers, which should be split and spread apart across the base.
  • If there is more than one Inferno Tower, they should not be placed too close to each other as this would get a lot of value from Capital Lightning Spells and Frost Spells.
• If Inferno Towers are unavailable, the highest-damage defenses should be protected at all costs. This generally comprises the Rocket Artillery, Blast Bow and Mini-Minion Hive, all of which can unleash considerable DPS at long range, but the Multi Cannon is also effective on a smaller scale. Keep in mind that the Mountain Golem behaves as if he is permanently affected by a Capital Jump Spell, so impassable cliff terrain should be used whenever possible to keep these defenses away from him.
• Non-defensive buildings such as Houses can be used to distract the Mountain Golem, since unlike other Golems, the Mountain Golem does not prioritise defenses. Defending guard posts such as Super Giant Posts can also supply defending troops to further distract him; the Super Dragon Post is particularly effective with its Super Dragon, since the Mountain Golem cannot fight back.

Statistics

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Preferred Target	Attack Type	Housing Space	Movement Speed	Attack Speed	Range	Special Ability
Any	Melee (Ground Only) Splash Damage	160	6	3.0s	2 tiles	Crush

Level	Damage per Second	Damage per Hit	Damage Upon Death	Hitpoints
1	800	2,400	300	30,000
2	900	2,700	350	33,500
3	1,000	3,000	400	37,000
4	1,100	3,300	450	40,500
5	1,200	3,600	500	44,000

History

April 26, 2022		Teased the Mountain Golem.
Patch	Type	Description
May 2, 2022	Update	Added Mountain Golem, with 5 levels.
June 30, 2022	Maintenance Break	Increased hitpoints at level 1-4. Level 1: 28,000 -> 30,000 Level 2: 32,000 -> 33,500 Level 3: 36,000 -> 37,000 Level 4: 40,000 -> 40,500
September 14, 2023	Balance Changes	Increased the Mountain Golem's movement speed to 0.8 tiles per second, from 0.6 (in-game, this is displayed as having a movement speed of 6, up from 4). Increased the Mountain Golem's damage radius to 0.9 tiles, from 0.75.

Gallery

New Mountain Golem Troop Explained - Clan Capital Update!

The MOUNTAIN GOLEM! Clash of Clans Capital UPDATE!

Trivia

• You can have a maximum of 1 Mountain Golem at one time in a complete set of fully upgraded Army Camps.
• The Mountain Golem is one of two troops to use 3D models, the other being the Flying Fortress. He is one of three troops whose barracks does not contain the word "Barracks", alongside the Flying Fortress and the Mega Sparky (whose Barracks are respectively called Flying Fortress Yard and Mega Sparky Workshop).
• The Mountain Golem is the only Golem variant that does not prioritize defenses, instead he has no preferred target.
• He is the only troop in the game to take more than 100 housing space.
• Before the September 14, 2023 update, he was the slowest troop in the game (not counting the Siege Barracks).