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Command Golem

Command Golem

Active Skill · Necromancer

  • 5 Runes
  • From level 13

Effect

Cooldown: 45 seconds

Active: Command the Golem to the targeted location where it collapses into a pile of 5 corpses.

Passive: Raise a Flesh Golem to fight for you. Flesh Golem deals 450% weapon damage as Physical per attack.

Runes

5 Runes

  • Flesh Golem

    from level 18 · Physical damage

    Active: Command the Golem to the targeted location where it collapses into a pile of 8 corpses.

  • Ice Golem

    from level 24 · Cold damage

    Active: Command the Golem to launch an icy blast at the targeted location, freezing enemies for 3 seconds and increasing their chance to be critically struck by 10% for 10 seconds.

    Command Golem's damage turns into Cold.

  • Bone Golem

    from level 36 · Physical damage

    Active: The Golem becomes a tornado of bone carrying all nearby enemies to the targeted location, stuns them for 2 seconds and deals 2000% weapon damage as Physical over the duration.

  • Decay Golem

    from level 41 · Poison damage

    Active: The Golem consumes corpses at the targeted location increasing its damage by 30% per corpse.

    Command Golem's damage turns into Poison.

  • Blood Golem

    from level 51 · Physical damage

    Active: The Golem sacrifices itself healing you for 25% of your health and reconstructs at the targeted location. As the Golem reconstructs, veiny tendrils damage nearby enemies for 450% weapon damage as Physical.

The proc coefficient scales the chance of on-hit effects (e.g. legendary powers, gems, Life per Hit) for each hit of the skill. Game files, version 2.8.0.

Command Golem

Command Golem passively summons a loyal companion that fights for you continuously, and gives you a second, often more decisive effect via an active command. By default the golem dissolves on command into a pile of corpses, which is worth its weight in gold for corpse-based builds, since skills like Corpse Explosion or Corpse Lance need a constant supply of corpses.

Flesh Golem reinforces exactly this role by having the command produce even more corpses, ideal as a reliable corpse source for your spenders. If you need crowd control instead, the Bone Golem gathers enemies at one point and stuns them, lining packs up perfectly for bundling and striking down. If you want survivability, the Blood Golem sacrifices itself and heals you substantially. Which golem fits your build depends entirely on whether corpses, control or healing take priority.

Decay Golem and Ice Golem

Two runes have not come up above yet:

  • Ice Golem (level 24): the Golem launches an icy blast at the target location that Freezes enemies for 3 seconds and raises their chance to be critically hit by 10% for 10 seconds. The damage becomes Cold.
  • Decay Golem (level 41): the Golem consumes corpses at the target location, each raising its damage by 30%. The damage becomes Poison.

While levelling, Flesh Golem arrives at level 18 with 8 instead of 5 corpses, Bone Golem follows at level 36, and Blood Golem at level 51 with a heal of 25% of your health.

Passive and active part

Even without a command, the Flesh Golem fights for you permanently and deals 450% weapon damage per attack. The active command has a 45-second cooldown. The base version yields exactly 5 corpses – as many as Corpse Explosion can detonate in one cast. Corpse Lance and Devour draw on that pile as well.

Golemskin Breeches

The leg armor Golemskin Breeches cuts the command's cooldown by 20–25 seconds and reduces your damage taken by 30% while the Golem is alive. With a 45-second base, a high roll is noticeable: the command is then ready far more often.

by eRnstl