Elixir Golem

“Splits into two Elixir Golemites when destroyed, which split into two sentient Blobs when defeated. A Blob gives your opponent 1 Elixir when destroyed!”

The Elixir Golem card is a Rare card unlocked from Electro Valley (Arena 11). It is a building-targeting melee troop with moderate hitpoints and damage. An Elixir Golem card costs 3 Elixir to deploy. It is a massive Golem-resembling beast made of Elixir wearing spiked chains, with its Golemites resembling smaller versions of itself. The Elixir Blobs are amorphous masses of Elixir that each award their destroyer (the player's opponent) 1 Elixir for a total of 4.

Strategy

Counting its divisions, the Elixir Golem has the highest health-to-cost ratio in the game of a whopping 1267 health per Elixir point. This along with its low cost of 3 Elixir enables it to be the centre point in many strategies.
- The Elixir Golem also opens up unique strategies only possible due to this, such as a double tank or a cycle deck with a big tank.
The Elixir Golem must be used with great care and planning, as it gives the enemy 4 Elixir when fully destroyed.
- This can be offset in numerous ways - protecting the Blobs means that the opponent cannot destroy them and gain Elixir, to begin with. If the opponent's Elixir is near-full or full, any destroyed Blobs will grant Elixir immediately but will not go past 10, meaning that some Elixir can be lost if a Blob is destroyed at 10 Elixir. Ensuring that the opponent's Elixir Golem counter is out of rotation also means that it'll take a long time to destroy.
The Elixir Golem's sub-units each have half the health of their previous form, meaning that for 3 Elixir, a player gets three Elixir Golems' worth of health if every unit summoned by the card is counted.
As it divides, the Elixir Golem gets weaker but faster, turning from tank to glass cannon swarm over time. This means it can be used in tandem with troops like the Miner to tank for them and then be tanked for once it divides.
If an Elixir Golem or Elixir Golemite dies, the troop(s) targeting it will immediately swap to a different target (if there is one) rather than going for the newly-spawned Elixir Golemites or Blobs.
The Elixir Golem is capable of doing devastating damage to buildings unlike the other two golem cards, especially as it divides and hits faster and faster. This makes it a good chip damage card, boasting high health, sub-units, and good damage for 3 Elixir.
If an opponent deploys an Elixir Golem, don't be afraid to spend more Elixir than usual to counter something of its cost - the Elixir provided by the Elixir Blobs will make up for that. If a cheap tank buster such as an Inferno Dragon or Mini P.E.K.K.A. is used, it may even be possible to make a profit in Elixir from the opponent's play.
It is not a good idea to Clone or Mirror the Elixir Golem. Doing so will cause more Blobs to enter the battle, giving your opponent a chance to collect more Elixir.
In general, when using the Elixir Golem in a deck, it is advised to have a strong defence to defend the counter push from the extra Elixir that you're giving your opponent.
With an Elixir Golem deck, you'll generally want to play passively, use your troops to defend, and use the Elixir Golem to counter push with your surviving defensive troops.

History

The Elixir Golem card was released on November 4th 2019.
On October 11th 2019, a Tournament/Special Event Challenges allowed players to unlock the Elixir Golem early.
On 4/11/19, a Balance Update decreased the hitpoints of all of Elixir Golem's forms by 10%. It also moved the Arena to unlock the Elixir Golem from Spooky Town (Arena 12) to Electro Valley (Arena 11).
On 2/12/19, a Balance Update normalized the hit speed of all Elixir Golem forms to 1.3 seconds. Being beneficial to the Golem and Golemites, but hurting the blob damage per second significantly.
On 7/1/20, a Balance Update reduced the hitpoints of all Elixir Golem forms by 6%.

Trivia

The Elixir Golem is likely inspired by a long-unused conceptual card that was scrapped, the Elixir Monster.
Unlike its other two Golem counterparts, the Golem and the Ice Golem, none of the Elixir Golem's forms deal death damage.
The Elixir Golem currently has the largest amount of forms and divisions of any card - it has 3 forms and divides 3 times into 6 units total. It is tied with the Lava Hound for the most units summoned via division, at 6 each.

Statistics

Elixir Golem Attributes

Cost	Hit Speed	Speed	Deploy Time	Range	Target	Count	Transport	Type	Rarity
3	1.3 sec	Slow (45)	1 sec	Melee: Short	Buildings	x1	Ground	Troop	Rare

Elixir Golemite Attributes

Hit Speed	Speed	Range	Target	Count	Transport
1.3 sec	Medium (60)	Melee: Short	Buildings	x2	Ground

Elixir Blob Attributes

Hit Speed	Speed	Range	Target	Count	Transport
1.3 sec	Fast (90)	Melee: Short	Buildings	x4	Ground

Card Statistics

Level	Elixir Golem Hitpoints	Elixir Golem Damage	Elixir Golem Damage per second	Elixir Golemite Hitpoints	Elixir Golemite Damage	Elixir Golemite Damage per second	Elixir Blob Hitpoints	Elixir Blob Damage	Elixir Blob Damage per second
3	680	120	92	340	60	46	170	30	23
4	748	132	101	374	66	50	187	33	25
5	822	145	111	411	72	55	205	36	27
6	905	159	122	452	79	60	226	39	30
7	992	175	134	496	87	66	248	43	33
8	1,088	192	147	544	96	73	272	48	36
9	1,196	211	162	598	105	80	299	52	40
10	1,312	231	177	656	115	88	328	57	43
11	1,441	254	195	720	127	97	360	63	48
12	1,584	279	214	792	139	106	396	69	53
13	1,740	307	236	870	153	117	435	76	58