Pseudo-SC building question

[LintMan]

Originally posted by tinkthank:
Siege golems get no hands? Bummer. What can I take instead? A normal golem isnt nearly as neat...

If you look at the Seige golem picture, you'll see they have hammers where their hands would be.

The two normal golems I have sitting at #2 and #3 in the HoF in my game, with 650+ kills each beg to differ! (My highest-ranked Bane and Wraith Lord SC's lag 200+ kills behind despite being around as long/longer.)

If you really don't like regular golems, some other ideas:
- some people really like Ice Devils: they have W3 magic, full slots and are pretty tough.
- If you can manage to get to Death-7, Tartarian Gate can produce some awesome SC material for a measly 10 death gems. But many have afflictions that need to be healed and/or they need to be Gift of Reasoned, to use as an SC. They're well worth the effort, IMHO.
- Bane Lords and Wraith Lords are always good SC choices. Banes are much cheaper, but Wraiths are ethereal and have Death-3 magic to cast Soul Vortex.
- In my SC thread, someone suggested Firbolgs. They are pretty tough, but their one extra ability ("Standard (+25)") doesn't really benefit them in the SC role, compared to the beneficial abilities that a golem or wraith lord has.
- I've been thinking about GoR'ing an Iron Dragon. They have full elemental immunities (IIRC), and kick some serious butt. I just don't know what slot they'll have though, to make it worthwhile.
- As Cheezeninja suggested, a Queen of Elemental Air could also work well.