Thorn Golem
Epic·Void·Shadowkin
Overall rank
B
Overall score
3.0/ 5
Early game
3.2Top 50% of Epic champions
Standing
Bottom 50%of 1,049 rated
Thorn Golem rates highest in Faction Wars (4.0/5), Clan Boss (3.5/5) and Fire Knight (3.5/5).
Thorn Golem ratings by content
Scored out of 5 across all 34 tracked areas.
Campaign
| Campaign | 3.0 |
|---|
Arena
| Arena | 2.0 |
|---|
Clan Boss
| Clan Boss | 3.5 |
|---|
Hydra
| Hydra | 3.0 |
|---|
Core Bosses
| Waves | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| Chimera | 3.0 |
| Amius | 2.0 |
Faction Wars
| Faction Wars | 4.0 |
|---|
Dungeons
| Minotaur | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| Spider | 3.0 |
| Fire Knight | 3.5 |
| Dragon | 3.0 |
| Ice Golem | 3.0 |
| Iron Twins | 2.0 |
| Sand Devil | 2.0 |
| Phantom Shogun | 3.0 |
Hard Mode Dungeons
| Hard Spider | 1.0 |
|---|---|
| Hard Fire Knight | 2.0 |
| Hard Dragon | 2.0 |
| Hard Ice Golem | 1.5 |
Doom Tower
| DT Floors | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| Magma Dragon | 2.5 |
| Nether Spider | 2.0 |
| Frost Spider | 3.0 |
| Scarab King | 3.0 |
| Celestial Griffin | 2.0 |
| Eternal Dragon | 3.0 |
| Dreadhorn | 1.0 |
| Dark Fae | 2.0 |
Potion Keeps
| Arcane Keep | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| Void Keep | 3.0 |
| Force Keep | 3.0 |
| Spirit Keep | 3.0 |
| Magic Keep | 3.0 |
How to build Thorn Golem
Gear
- DEF% chest and gloves; add C. RATE once DEF is solid.
- Speed boots, and SPD in every substat you can get — gear without SPD is not worth upgrading early.
Role: Defense · damage scales with DEF · heals and shields scale with DEF
Books and ascension
Takes 11 skill books to max. 3 of them cut a cooldown — book A2 and A3 first.
- Ascension 3★ Unlocks a new passive
Decrease ACCAoE damageCounterattackIncrease DEFFearHealingLeechIncrease RES
Thorn Golem skills
A1
no cooldown- Attacks 1 enemy 2 times (1.7 × DEF).
- Places a Leech debuff on the target for 2 turns.
Books: Damage +10% · Damage +10% · Buff/Debuff Chance +10% · Buff/Debuff Chance +15%
A2
cooldown 4 turns- Attacks all enemies (1.9 × DEF).
- Places a Fear debuff on the target for 1 turn.
- Places a Decrease ACC 50% debuff on the target for 2 turns.
Books: Damage +10% · Damage +10% · Buff/Debuff Chance +10% · Buff/Debuff Chance +15% · Cooldown -1
A3
cooldown 5 turns- Places an Increase DEF 60% buff on all allies for 2 turns.
- Places a Counterattack buff on this champion for 2 turns.
- Places an Increase RES 50% buff on this champion for 2 turns.
Books: Cooldown -1 · Cooldown -1
Passive
passive- Heals this champion.
Skill effects summarised from the champion's fully ascended kit; conditions and chances are simplified.
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