Elmo McLendon
Blog entry by Elmo McLendon
For many casual players, seeing the opponent casually drop a massive, 8-elixir Golem in the absolute back of the arena induces a feeling of sheer, paralyzing dread.
However, the strategy has massive, glaring weaknesses in its early stages that can be brutally exploited.
The Golden Rule: Punish the Investment
You must instantly launch a fast, highly threatening attack (like a Hog Rider, Battle Ram, or Elite Barbarians) in the OPPOSITE lane.
Because they only have 2 elixir, they cannot defend your opposite-lane push effectively.
- You must play a card that threatens to take the tower.
- If you successfully take their opposite tower during the punish, you can often afford to completely sacrifice your own tower to the Golem to reset the board state.
- Beatdown players expect the punish.
Dismantling the Deathball
The biggest mistake players make is trying to kill the Golem first; the Golem is just a meat shield, the actual damage comes from the Night Witch and Electro Dragon behind it.
The Golem will walk toward the building in the center, creating a massive physical gap between it and the support troops following it.
| The Problem | Your Defense |
|---|---|
| Night Witch (Spawns infinite bats behind the Golem) | Use a perfectly timed Poison spell; it damages the Witch and instantly kills every wave of bats she spawns |
| Lightning Spell (Destroys your Inferno Tower instantly) | Use the 'Anti-Lightning' placement; space your defensive building and your anti-air troops so far apart that one Lightning cannot hit both |
Breaking the Behemoth
You must fight smart, not hard.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
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