Ice Golem

"He's tough, targets buildings and explodes when destroyed, slowing nearby enemies. Wears a fashionable collar of coal to match his nose and nails."

Summary

 * The Ice Golem is unlocked from the Frozen Peak (Arena 8).
 * It is a building-targeting, melee-ranged troop with moderate hitpoints and low damage.
 * An Ice Golem card costs 2 Elixir to deploy.
 * The Ice Golem is a mini-tank that explodes when killed, dealing area death-damage like the Golem while also slowing down anything nearby for a few seconds.
 * This is similar to the Ice Wizard's attack that slows down troops and buildings.
 * The Ice Golem's death damage is less powerful than a single Golemite's death damage.
 * The slowing aura slows all enemy troops, crown towers, and buildings within a 4-tile radius. It applies the same percentage of slowdown as the ice wizard's attack does.
 * The slowing effect does not stack with effects such as the Ice Wizard's attack or Poison.

Strategy

 * A simple strategy is to put the Ice Golem in front of a Hog Rider as the Arena Towers and any other troops will target the Ice Golem, giving the Hog Rider more time to deal damage.
 * Once the Ice Golem is eliminated, the Ice Golem's slow of the supporting troops and buildings will give the Hog Rider 1-2 extra hits.
 * The Ice Golem can be used defensively as a slowing tank for any attacking troops and buildings.
 * It can be used with cheap fast troops such as Goblins and Fire Spirits to deal high damage to the Crown Tower.
 * The Ice Golem is useful for kiting all units, even slow units like P.E.K.K.A., to your opposite side Arena Tower due to his slow move speed.
 * The Ice Golem should not be used to attack on his own, as his damage is very small.
 * Skeletons are a low-cost way to eliminate the Ice Golem when he is alone as they can defeat him quickly and will not die to the very weak death damage.

History

 * The Ice Golem was added to the game on 14/10/16.

Trivia

 * The Ice Golem is the cheapest Rare card, costing only 2 Elixir.
 * It is also the cheapest building-targeting card.
 * The Ice Golem has the lowest hitpoints out of any building-targeting troop.
 * The Ice Golem is the only slow-speed Mini-Tank.
 * Ice Golem has the lowest DPS in the game, even less than Spear Goblins. This is true both when comparing them to every other card level by level (e.g. level 1 vs. level 1), and when making comparisons based on tournament standards (e.g. level-9 Spear Goblins vs. level-7 Ice Golem).
 * When compared to a single Golemite of equal level, the Ice Golem has slightly lower HP, equal DPS, but less death damage. However, when comparing at tournament levels, the Ice Golem has more life and does more DPS but still does less death damage.
 * Strangely, the Ice Golem's deploy sound is the same as the Knight's.

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