Most powerful Iron Golem?
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Ed from Russia
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Re: Most powerful Iron Golem?
I think an Iron Golem is good for one of the following:
- Provide a useful aura
- Have Crushing Blow
The most useful aura depends on the character you're playing. Since you IG may die, making him out of Infinity is only theoretical. The only item I'd like for IG is Insight for the mediation aura.
A IG can reach about 50% CB. But realistically, you would make him out of the Strength runeword, which is cheap and easily made. This gives 25% CB.
Overall IG is useful but never the main force in your army. He's more a support character.
I think an Iron Golem is good for one of the following:
- Provide a useful aura
- Have Crushing Blow
The most useful aura depends on the character you're playing. Since you IG may die, making him out of Infinity is only theoretical. The only item I'd like for IG is Insight for the mediation aura.
A IG can reach about 50% CB. But realistically, you would make him out of the Strength runeword, which is cheap and easily made. This gives 25% CB.
Overall IG is useful but never the main force in your army. He's more a support character.
illestkhmai
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Re: Most powerful Iron Golem?
IK mauls are also a popular choice for IG's. Drop a lot and are relatively useless in numbers.
IK mauls are also a popular choice for IG's. Drop a lot and are relatively useless in numbers.
LozHinge the Unhinged
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My experience with an IG, a merc and no summons is that Open Wounds on the IG worked better than CB. I used to alternate between Strength and Malice (or uniques like Crushflange and Soul Harvest). It was always OW that proved the quicker killer.
I'm guessing that this is because CB combined with low weapon damage suffers badly from diminishing returns - i.e. the CB element becomes negligible at some point and your damage tails off to almost nothing.
However, if you have a stack of skeles running around with your IG, I'd go for CB.
I'm guessing that this is because CB combined with low weapon damage suffers badly from diminishing returns - i.e. the CB element becomes negligible at some point and your damage tails off to almost nothing.
However, if you have a stack of skeles running around with your IG, I'd go for CB.