Siege Golem

Siege Golem

Location

World versus World

Type

Siege weapon

Interact

Yes

Destructible

Yes

Siege Golems are large asuran golems that act as mobile siege weapons in WvW. Siege golems move slowly and can be used as a battering ram, allowing the pilot to knock down doors and gates in addition to attacking enemies. The golem is the only siege weapon that is mobile. Their AoE target limit is 10. Unlike with other siege weapons, you cannot kick someone out of the golem you built.

Siege Golems glow in different colors when active depending on the type. All of them glow white when they are inactive.

Usage

See also: Blueprint

A golem is controlled like a normal player character. When the golem's driver dodges it runs a bit more quickly for a short time. When a golem is destroyed, the driver is ejected and downed.

A golem takes massive falling damage because falling damage is calculated with percentages, the golem will lose a lot of health. If a golem takes enough falling damage that it is destroyed, the driver will be kicked out of the golem, and is defeated.

Golems can use Mesmer Portals. This allows them to move across short distances much faster.

Golems are also affected by Swiftness and Superspeed applied by allies.

Building a siege golem requires a Siege Golem Blueprint or an Infinite Siege Golem Blueprint and consumes 125  to complete.

Skills

Upon entering, you gain the following attributes at level 80:

Power	+3,000
Precision	+1,000	Critical Chance	+48%
Toughness	+2,000	Armor	+2,000
Vitality	+16,500	Health	+165,000

Skill				Description
Punch		1		Does extra damage to gates.
Rocket Punch		1		Fire a rocket from each hand. Does extra damage to gates and walls.
Whirling Inferno		50.5½	12	Spin around releasing jets of flame to damage your foes.
Shield Bubble			30	Engage the suit's shield bubble to block projectiles.
Healing Shield Bubble			30	Activate your golem's shield bubble to block projectiles. Also heals nearby allies.
Golem Rewiring			30	...
Eject		1		Eject from the Siege Golem.

• Golem Rewiring is for swap between ranged rocket autoattacks and melee fist autoattacks.

Related world abilities

See also: Siege weapon#Related world abilities

Siege Golem Mastery

Upgrade	Rank	Ability	Cost
Siege Golem Mastery Total Cost: 60  Improve siege golem skills	1	Increase your piloted golem's movement speed for 15 seconds after destroying a gate or wall	3
	2	Increases your piloted golem's base power and precision by 10%	7
	3	The shield bubble skill now also heals nearby allies	10
	4	Increases your piloted golem's base vitality and toughness by 15%	15
	5	Your piloted golem will safely eject you once it's defeated	25

• Rank 1 increases your piloted golem's movement speed for 15 seconds after destroying a gate or wall, by applying the superspeed effect.
• Rank 2 grants you Siege Golem Mastery (rank 2 effect) while piloting a golem. It increases your piloted golem's base power and precision by 15%.
• Rank 3 shield bubble skill now also heals nearby allies.
• Rank 4 grants you Siege Golem Mastery (rank 4 Omega effect) if piloting a Siege Golem.
• Rank 5 enables your golem to safely eject you once it's defeated, providing a short duration Stealth effect and propelling the player a number of units away from the golem's location.

Gallery

Siege Golems

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  Two players attack a siege golem

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  Active Blue Siege Golem

Alpha Siege Golems (retired)

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  Inactive Alpha Siege Golem

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  Active Red Alpha Siege Golem

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  Active Green Alpha Siege Golem

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  Active Blue Alpha Siege Golem

Version history

Patch	Changes
November 19, 2024	The siege equipment blueprint system has been simplified. Guild siege blueprints have been renamed to siege blueprints. Basic and superior siege blueprints are no longer usable. Omega golems became Siege golems; Alpha golems and Guild golems have been retired. Siege golems (formerly omega golems) can now swap between ranged rocket autoattacks and melee fist autoattacks. Siege golem health has been reduced by 25%, and the cost of building them has been reduced to 125 supply.
July 16, 2024	Boons other than swiftness can no longer be applied to siege golems. Guild siege golem supply cost has increased from 50 to 75.
April 16, 2024	Siege golems no longer cause capture objectives to be contested in WvW.
November 28, 2023	Players will now be ejected on to the ground instead of being launched into the air when piloting golems after attaining Siege Golem Mastery rank 5.
September 09, 2014	New WvW Ability Line: Siege Golem Mastery. Gain increased offensive and defensive golem stats, a temporary speed boost, a healing shield, and an ejection seat. All boons are stripped from the controller of the golem upon entering it.

Trivia

• Siege golems were first mentioned in a Guild Wars Insider post as a teaser to an interview that was released a week later. Their name was believed to be "siege suits" until more information was released in an ArenaNet blog post on 16 February 2012.
• In the first Beta Weekend Event golems could be healed, which is no longer the case.
• The siege golem shares his model with Mr. Sparkles.
• Siege Golem Mastery abilities do not affect asura racial skills such as Summon 7-Series Golem, Summon D-Series Golem and Summon Power Suit.
• Historical information up to the November 19, 2024 update:
  • Alpha Siege Golems were the most common type of Siege Golems and were for use in melee against gates. They glowed in the team color when active. Once the blueprints were deployed, a build site appeared, which required 100  before the golem was built.
  • Omega Siege Golems were the upgraded form of an Alpha Siege Golem and were for use in range against walls or gates. They were bigger and moved faster than Alpha Siege Golems and always glowed blue when active. Once deployed, the build site required 150 .
  • Guild Siege Golems were the guild variant, for use in melee against gates, and therefore closer in functionality to Alpha Golems than Omega. They glowed in the team color when active. Once deployed, the build site required only 75 .

See also

Associated items

• Mini Blue Siege Golem
• Mini Green Siege Golem
• Mini Red Siege Golem

References

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Siege weapons, traps, and tricks