Golem: Difference between revisions

|kanji=ゴーレム

|romanji={{tt|Gōremu|Golem}}

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==Characteristics==

==Appearances==

The Golem guards at the outskirts of the town of [[Cantlin]], and must be defeated before that town may be entered. It can be put to sleep with the [[Faerie Flute]] to make the battle easier, though casting [[Snooze]] will never work.

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The first reappearance of the golem since it was introduced in the original game. Though they possess no notability in the game's story, they are among the easiest monsters to recruit and far and away one of the most powerful as well.

{{DQ5Enemy

The golem is encountered as a boss before entering [[The Tower]]. Later in the game, the [[Collum o' golem]] look-a-likes can be encountered as common enemies.

{{DQ7Enemy

|skills=None

|locations=[[The Tower]]

|evasion=0%

|frizz-resist=0%

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{{DQ8Enemy

|name=Golem

|spells=None

|skills=[[Critical Hit|Brutal hit]]<br>[[Psyche Up]]

|evasion={{fraction|0|64}}

|attack-resist=0%

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While normal golems do not appear until later on in the story, the player can find a wandering one in the [[Maella Region]]  that they can recruit for their monster team.

{{Enemy

|float = left

|name = Golem

|image = [[image:nopic.png]]

|console = DS

|experience = 1700

|agility=99

|skills=[[Psych Up]]<br>Critical strike

|bestiaryNumber = 161

|description=Though weak against wind, these stony souls will weather a storm of blows before unleashing a cataclysmic critical attack.<br><br>If you ask them which monster has the most mates, they won't hesitate to suggest their own big-headed, bricky selves.}}

{{DQMEnemy

|name=Golem

|family= [[Material family]]

|in-game-description=A stack of rock bricks that came to life

|frizz-resist=None

|sizz-resist=None

|curse-resist=None

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{{DQM2Enemy

|name=Golem

|family= [[Material]]

|in-game-description=

|habitat=

|frizz-resist=None

|sizz-resist=None

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The golem is a three-star members of the [[Material family]] with a weight of 3. It naturally learns [[Save Power]], [[United Soul]] and [[Body Slam]]. Its in-game description reads "A giant formed out of the soil in order to protect people."

Golems are rank A members of the material family, but not the top A monster of that group. A golem acts as the sentinel of the Xeroph Isle shrine and must be defeated in order to help the [[Incarnus]] reach its goal.

|description = ''Hardened goliaths possessing extraordinary power which they use to crush foes.''

|weapons = Swords, Hammers, Claws, Staves

|resistances = Whackproof, Vulnerable to Sleep

|skill = [[Materialist]]

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Golems do not appear until near the end of the game, acting as mechs piloted by [[platypunk]] members of the Plob within the Flying Clawtress and can also be piloted by the player once unmanned. They are potent monsters, capable of delivering charging punches and hitting their fists together to ward off opponents that are too close for comfort. If one is already being manned by a platypunk, it must be struck with three Elasto Blasts before the pilot will be forced to disembark. These 'liberated' golems, and ones left unattended, can only suffer another three attacks before they go inoperable and explode, regardless of whether the player is piloting them or they are unmanned. Since they are too big and heavy to be knocked into the air and carried around, a [[chimaera wing]] must be thrown at them in order to send them back to town.

Golems can also be used in tank battles, though they act the same way as they do outside of these battles, meaning they do nothing more than stand idle until the player jumps in to command one, being somewhat disadvantageous since only two other crew members will be left free and even more disadvantageous if these remaining crew members are poor at handling the cannons. This aside, golems can be incredibly useful when it comes to sabotaging an enemy tank since their fist-clapping move can quickly break open the entryway of an enemy tank, and their charging punches can wreck a whole wall of machinery when positioned right and easily enable one to reach the enemy's engine when the time arrives, but they can still only deal with three attacks before being defeated. An exploding golem can damage the player both inside and outside of tank battles, so it is recommended to gain some distance when a golem has taken as much as it can.

A golem named [[Briquet]] is the boss of [[Galantyne Glades]].

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Like in the original ''[[Dragon Quest]]'', the Golem is the first boss fought in the game. At the end of Chapter 1, the Golem attacks [[Cantlin]] and must be defeated. Regular enemy golems after this point drop chunks of '''Golemite'''.

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==Gallery==

<center><gallery>

Image:Golem_Battle.png|The [[Hero (Dragon Quest)|Hero]] battling the Golem.

Image:DQV Golem.png|Super Famicom art.

Image:Golem_sofubi.jpg|A golem from the [[Sofubi Monster]] merchandise series.

Image:Golem 3DS.jpg|Battling a Golem in ''Dragon Quest XI''.

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