Golems are very fragile.
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Hi there!
I really liked the updated bonuses of the golems! And, it would seem, now there are more reasons and motivation to use them, right? True, but for the bonus they give (without investment), you will have to re-summon them every 5 seconds, because they die from each pack of mobs that you did not manage to kill earlier. Bossfights with AoE damage and degen? You have no golems, they died. Packs of monsters that have AoE skills? You have no golems, they died. Any silly source of damage that you tank? You have no golems, they died. I have long proposed the idea that golems can be like the Herald of Agony Crawler, immune to damage. Too much? Maybe. But the fact is that without the elementalist's ascendancy for automatic reviving it becomes uncomfortable to play (or it's easier to abandon golems altogether). Thanks! my hideouts - https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3228515 Last bumped on Jun 28, 2025, 8:26:59 AM
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Didn't you know? Golems are for Elementalist.
POE2 should be the ruthless vision experience and POE1 should be the zoom power fantasy sandbox to capture both audiences.
I petition to return all the fun stuff that was removed or nerfed over the years back into POE1. |
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You have to invest to keep a golem up. A 4-link and jewel socket will do it.
golem + minion life + minion resist + meat shield 1 Abyss jewel with minion leech or minion % life regen. This will keep them going in T1-T16. You won't have to resummon often. Harder content would require more investment - T-16.5 WILL require about 10 points of tree support, T-17 pretty much necessitates some dedicated summoner build. A work around is using a spell trigger - Crafted mod, Svalin, ect. CWDT is often used with a low level golem for tanky builds. Svalin cast on block will keep re-summoning the golem constantly. Another option is using a 2-hander or weapon + squire shield. Then you can dump 6 sockets into your golem - fortify + leech support on top of the above gems will keep it alive almost always - but in PoE, damage is king, sockets are rare, and most people would frown on doing that just to keep a golem buff up. |
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" Too much investment for a utility skill that gives no more than 10% damage or defense (equivalent to three good passives) If it weren't so, I wouldn't be here. Golems either need to become more durable, or get the default property of rebirth after 4 seconds. Otherwise, this option is exclusively for elementalists or rich witches (forbiddens 180+ div) my hideouts - https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3228515
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" A Socket on a Svalin, CWDT or a 4-link + jewel is not overly expensive to keep it up in most normal content. (Svalin and CWDT will keep it running pretty much always). It's a good boost for 2 gem sockets in a lot of instances. |
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