[krpeters]

Finalgenesis, I think you've hit on the right solution with the protection. I thought the clockwork critters had AP but they don't, so simply giving the golem some armor made a big difference.

BTW, I have no interest in killing the critters... no need, they wind down pretty quickly. I just need to be able to stand and survive long enough for them to turn off.

And of course, this would never work against a human opponent, but then again, a human opponent would never have thousands of starving spearmen to attack me with either!