Can Golem Master complete with Beast Master?

so, the old type of MM we know and love is pretty much finished now. my first thought was that this might be replaceable by a necro who focuses on just his Golem, since having 3 or less minions gets you around that new awful VS recharge.

but considering it further, the lack of buffs that you can apply to a flesh golem seems to make this little more than a toned down Beast Master. Dont forget, while the pet may be lower level, there are ALOT of spells designed to boost its damage output, protect it, and do other fun things like cripple and interupt.

the only conclusion I can come to is that you wont see any more minion masters, just folks who might use a few minion related spells to boost whatever else they're set up to do.

Just a question. I don't know anything about the GW golem, does it get summoned out of thin air like Diablo 2? Or do you need a corpse? If you don't need a corpse, can we all say DEATH NOVA??!!!. Summon, cast DN, resummon and poof, instant poison & damage.

Plus since its a death, regain energy via soul reaping.

If someone builds around a golem, then there maybe skills for the golem or it becomes a meat shield that can squish a pet to death. Pets seem to act on their own for a bit, before obeying their master. Undead don't seem to have that problem. Same token, does the Golem die if the caster dies? Or does it become a masterless monster that will attack those in its way?

Time will tell.

bah...one level 24 golem? or 10 level 19 fiends?

I'll choose the fiends

Quote: Originally Posted by lightblade

Quote: Originally Posted by Pick Me

veratas sacrifice is still usable, the recharge is a non issue if you use it with glyph of renewal as i always did, it will be up most of the time

Quote: Originally Posted by Cowboy Nastyman

Just take fiends only, Flesh Golem isnt any good i say. Well you choose but i stick on Non-elite summons.

When a Flesh Golem dies, he leaves a fresh corpse, which means you can summon another Minion or Golem out of it.

If you mix it with Bone Minions you can have 1 Flesh Golem tank, 2 minion bombs, and an instantly recharged VS always to keep the big guy up. And you still have some space to do something else with the build like adding some of the new direct damage spells, etc.

The whole point of this nerf is to get people into using more varied builds insted of just thinking about how many minions you can pump out. While I miss my 30+ minions a lot, it'll do no good and get you nowhere if you just keep trying to get old builds to work.

In a way, the golem works well with minon bombing since Death Nova dont affect allies minons anymore. I see the MM nerf as a marketing trick to push MM lovers to buy Factions to use the Elite or maybe its just me and i need more sleep :X

Quote: Originally Posted by Poison Ivy

Has anyone have any info on which Boss has the Flesh Golem elite and his location and from which city to get there? I have seen some info on this,but it was lacking in detail.