戈仑冰人

“He's tough, targets buildings and explodes when destroyed, slowing nearby enemies. Made entirely out of ice... or is he?! Yes.”

The Ice Golem card is unlocked from the Frozen Peak (Arena 8). It is a building targeting, melee troop with moderate hitpoints and very low damage. The Ice Golem is a cheap mini-tank that explodes when defeated, dealing slight area death damage similar to the Golem, while additionally slowing down anything nearby for 1 second. An Ice Golem card costs 2 Elixir to deploy.

Strategy[]

The Ice Golem's death damage is enough to one-shot Skeletons and Bats. When combined with a Zap or Giant Snowball, it can fully defeat Goblins, Spear Goblins, Minions or Rascal Girls.
A simple strategy is to deploy the Ice Golem in front of a Hog Rider, Battle Ram or Ram Rider as the Princess Towers and any other troops or defensive buildings will target the Ice Golem, giving the other troop more time to deal damage, and opposing units will be slowed upon the Ice Golem's death.
- Once the Ice Golem is eliminated, the Ice Golem's slowing effect of the supporting troops and buildings will give the Hog Rider 1-2 extra hits. This can also help manage a common counter to the Hog Rider, the Skeleton Army, which the Ice Golem will take care of due to his death damage taking out most if not all of the Skeletons.
- The Ice Golem can be placed in front of leftover low health defenders to start a mini counter-push or to force a response from the opponent.
The Ice Golem can be placed at the bridge along with a unit behind it. This will allow the Ice Golem to tank for the unit, and then slow nearby troops upon death.
The Ice Golem can be used defensively as a slowing tank for any attacking troops and buildings. When the Ice Golem is played 2 tiles from the river but in the opposite lane, melee troops will chase the Ice Golem to the other lane giving the player and their Crown Towers more time to defeat it. This is called 'kiting'. It is especially effective against Slow-moving troops like the P.E.K.K.A., as they will take a long time to catch up to the Ice Golem and be pulled into the other lane, all while being chipped down by the Princess Towers.
- This tactic also works against dual-lane attacks. Placing the Ice Golem on the center can force the troops on one lane to unite with the troops in the other lane, making it easier for area attackers like the Mega Knight to counter them.
To counter ranged troops like the Musketeer, placing the Ice Golem directly on top of the troop is more beneficial, as it slows down the troop after it dies, allowing the tower to finish it off.
The Ice Golem can be paired with ground troops such as the Prince and Mini P.E.K.K.A. to defeat swarms that were deployed to execute the troop. If the opponent uses Minions, the Ice Golem's Death Damage and a Zap can defeat the Minions.
It can be used with cheap, fast troops such as Goblins to deal high damage to a Crown Tower.
The Ice Golem is a good counter to the Clone as he can both distract the clones and one-shot them with his large area damage upon death.
The Ice Golem can be a decent counter against the Skeleton Barrel if the player does not want to use small spells or does not have one in hand. The Ice Golem should be played right as the barrel drops, so that the most Skeletons possible target the Ice Golem and trigger its death damage.
The Ice Golem should generally not be used to attack solo, as his damage is very low. He is much more effectively used to tank for other troops, especially glass cannons.
As it is the cheapest mini-tank, it can be an addition to cycle decks, which usually lack high hitpoint units.
Due to its low cost, it is disposable. While defending, its death explosion can slow down surrounding troops. During attacks, it can tank for a while and slow down surrounding troops. In addition, it can be used as a Lightning rod due to its high hitpoints, and possibly saving another more valuable troop such as a Musketeer or Wizard.
The Ice Golem is not a replacement for a Golem in any deck, and their playstyles are very different. Ice Golem costs much less Elixir, has much fewer hitpoints, does less death damage, has no Golemites, and slows troops. Golem serves the role of being a huge tank for a large, tower-taking push, while the Ice Golem is a cheap, reactive mini-tank that is useful on both offense and defense.
The Ice Golem can be used to absorb one strike from Lightning. Paired with another card like Goblin Cage, it can completely block Lightning, saving a more potent target from it.
The Ice Golem is a cheap absorb for spirit cards like the Fire Spirit. Place the Ice Golem further away from the intended target so that the spirit card does not hit both the Ice Golem and its original target.

History[]

The Ice Golem was added to the game on 14/10/16.
On 20/10/16, a Balance Update allowed its death damage to affect flying troops.
On 1/11/16, a Balance Update increased the Ice Golem's death damage by 74%. The update also changed the description. It used to read "He's tough, targets buildings and explodes when destroyed, slowing nearby enemies. Wears a fashionable collar of coal to match his ears and nails."
On 23/1/17, a Balance Update decreased his hitpoints by 5%, his death damage radius to 2 tiles (from 3 tiles), and death damage slow duration to 2 seconds (from 3).
On 12/12/17, a Balance Update decreased the Ice Golem‘s slow effect duration to 1 second (from 2)
On 4/6/18, a Balance Update decreased the Ice Golem's hitpoints by 5%.
On 27/10/21, the 2021 Quarter 3 Update added the level 14 Ice Golem.

Trivia[]

The Ice Golem's slowing effect does not stack with the Ice Wizard attack's slowing effect.
Along with the Wall Breakers, the Ice Golem is the cheapest building-targeting card, costing only 2 Elixir.
Unlike the Golem, the Ice Golem attacks with both hands, whereas the Golem only punches with one hand. The Elixir Golem attacks with both hands, but the Golemites use one hand and the Blobs appear to bite.
The Ice Golem is one of the nine troop cards that inspired a troop in Clash of Clans, along with the Miner, the Baby Dragon, the Ice Wizard, the Bomber, the Night Witch, the Giant Skeleton, the Battle Ram, and the Skeleton Barrel.
- Unlike his counterpart in Clash of Clans. he merely slows down enemies upon death, rather than freezing them completely and it will slow enemies only after death instead of slowing them even when it attacks them.
- He has a slightly different appearance in Clash Royale, gaining black stones.
- He walks with only his legs instead with also both of his hands like the Golem, which is unlike its Clash of Clans counterpart.
The Ice Golem has the lowest damage per second out of any troop in the game, dealing only 40 damage per second at Level 13 and 16 damage per second at Level 3.