Why Elixir Golem Can't Work in Clash Royale

Elixir Golem has never really been a balanced card. It's had surges in the meta, but always seems to fizzle out or get nerfed. The elixir golem has only been in Clash Royale for a few years, but it's had an INSANE journey!
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:59 Pre-Release
06:43 Elixir Golem is Added to Clash Royale
11:06 Top Elixir Golem Decks October 2019
13:38 What The Elixir Golem's INTENDED Purpose Was
16:20 November 2019
18:16 December 2019
24:39 2020
28:59 2021 + 2022
33:10 Elixir Golem Dominates the Meta Once Again
36:45 Outro - What is the Future For Elixir Golem?
40:08 Final Montage
Music List:
The Olmakhan - Guild Wars 2
Greenpath - Hollow Knight
The Frostlands - Octopath Traveler
Peril - Halo 2
Tomb of Raithwall - Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age
Dreiton - C418
German Dances No 5 for Orchestra in F Major - Mozart
German Dances No 10 for Orchestra in A Major - Mozart
Unity - Radiarc
Taswell - C418
Aria Math - C418
Alpha - C418

[@IHadz]

When you look at the list of cards that supercell said they would never add, its crazy how much of thoose were eventually added

[@Box_man__]

especially "card that multiplies" and then evo skellies

[@willowsmaple]

Bro I know right, I'm reading the list now and I'm pretty sure they've added all the ones on my screen except flying building

[@szymonrozanski6938]

@@willowsmaple Yet...

[@BL-vs4cd]

​@willowsmaple flying building, haste, teleporter, builder, moving building TECHNICALLY since cannon cart isn't a building until the cart breaks

[@willowsmaple]

@@BL-vs4cd ah true, I was definitely being loose with some of my definitions such as cannon cart, and rage as haste (even tho they are pretty different) but yeah u right

[@hombrenan]

Supercell's "ruled out" ideas that are in the game: Evo bats (life steal) Phoenix (troop that returns after dying) Cannon cart and Goblin drill (moving building) Evo skeletons (troop that multiplies) Monk (card that blocks spells) Battle healer (troop with health regen) Mighty miner (teleporter ?) Royal hogs (hog swarm)

[@kylezdancewicz7346]

Goblin drill certainly isn’t a moving building and neither is cannon cart

[@13thKingMu]

​​@@kylezdancewicz7346cannon cart is a troop that drop a building upon death like you know A moving building

[@magicalkillerz9130]

yes but it's different, it doesn't classify as a building when moving so troops like giant wouldnt attack it @@13thKingMu

[@yannickjanssen4307]

@@13thKingMu yup its a troop that moves and a building that sits in one spot you know like a stationary building

[@amirulhamizan3440]

Battle healer is more like troop with aura and have lifesteal.. since she only heal after attacking

[@blenderrender793]

"How is more elixir tomorrow going to help me today?"

[@igga_hd]

Cuz if today won't kill you tomorrow will make you stronger

[@samueln.rnascimentodosreis6918]

​​@@igga_hdthe issue is that you won't live to see tomorrow on the first place. By the time you get the elixir, you may heve already lost one or two towers.

[@planteruines5619]

​​@@samueln.rnascimentodosreis6918only for those who don't know how to defend the card

[@magis1234]

3:05 funny how a bunch of those "ruled out" ideas made it into the game

[@nickbob2003]

Yeah quite of lot of them. Battle healer alone breaks two of the rules

[@tomwanders6022]

@@nickbob2003what where the rules? I genuinely don’t know, because I rarely play these games. I like the troop a lot because it reminds me a lot of taric from league of legends, even though taric is more of a stand your ground champion, where the healer is more of an offensive assistant.

[@iAnonymous877]

1. "Life steal": evo bats 2. "Return": Phoenix 3. "Blocks spells": monk (except it's reflect) 4. "Multiplication": Evo skeletons 5. "Earthquake": earthquake 6. "Recovers health over time": battle healer

[@TheReelMrBerastongFRTRUSTME]

@@iAnonymous877 I think Teleport can apply to mighty miner

[@Memeist69]

@@iAnonymous877 doesn't life steal applied to Skelly King?

[@iAnonymous877]

3:15 they left a small part in between 💀

[@itsxtrababe]

L, not even that long

[@Gnonne]

I can take him

[@Darian124]

He got that spiky

[@frustationoverloaded5976]

😮

[@wet0wl]

@@itsxtrababeYou’re forgetting how big the elixir golem is

[@Kyouno]

It’s really satisfying to see Guardienne coming to take down the elixir golemites when they are at least half health, then immediately takes down the blobs at the same time, practically getting back the elixir after using the ability for her

[@SirChecken]

Wait guardian is female- ????

[@shadow.aa1]

@@SirCheckenYes, Guardian is her

[@drugsrbad475]

@@SirChecken makes sense that it would be the weaker of the two. Little prince is far more powerful and broken than the guardian itself and that’s because he is a male.

[@eou0]

@@drugsrbad475its only a game chill bro 💀

[@_Giorgio_]

@@drugsrbad475bro is sexist in clash royale

[@Slimerror]

The main reason it's so toxic is if played correctly it counters its own weaknesses. The problem with elixir golem is the fact you have to counter it to get the reward. It's essentially the pigs mixed with a giant for 7 less elixir.

[@firehazardfox159]

Yea your right back when i used to play the card i would always make sure the blobs always survives bc they would always do the most damage to the tower

[@erratas8909]

Egolem is a double edged blade, it destroys anything on a very specific deck but trash if you put it somewhere else. That's why it sucks in draft cause it's just giving your opponent free elixir, it only works if you build a deck surrounding the egolem.

[@that_one_guy7037]

Bro I think elixir golem is one of the worst cards in the game, you can defend it with air swarm, ground swarm, mk, valk, mini and normal pekka, buildings. And after you do that, you can spam your opponent with the extra elixir you got.

[@eplatamx2017]

@@that_one_guy7037 Yeah, good luck if none of your favorite decks use any of those things, or if the opponent has arrows

[@jaden_kys]

I like how they used to actually care about how the card they are gonna add is balanced, now they just add whatever card or feature that makes them as much money as possible

[@lmaobox4068]

How dare developers get money!

[@Bubbble_Bear]

​@@lmaobox4068 Theres a fine line between giving money to support the devs and having to pay money to even compete in their game

[@WatermelonGaming129]

@@lmaobox4068 dude have you even played the game?

[@firehazardfox159]

​@@Bubbble_Bear For example the battle pass and how so many people would buy it back then bc it was so good

[@TheRedRobber]

I guess elixir golem's evolution would be either "You get all the elixir after golem dies, and not your opponent", or it would explode after death and cards that got damage from the explosion would get "elixified" or something. Elixified cards would give elixir to you, just like elixir golem gave elixir to your enemy.

[@hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-_-_-]

35:38 I love the wording of this so much "This purple blob would fall back to being borderline useless because a bird died to electricity"

[@sparkilingcap7939]

Bro being a hollow knight player and hearing the green path music is so nice

[@brgrachek]

I knew I recognized the music . That whole soundtrack is amazing

[@nightwitchsimp]

3:07 Evo Skeletons moment

[@rumamoitra3822]

I think the ruled out page should be renamed to "Ideas we definitely want in the game"

[@Lee_Kin_Bum]

@@rumamoitra3822its crazy how almost every idea on that list is now in the game 💀

[@infinitememegod]

Life steal: evo bats Aura Troops: Battle Healer Buildings with shield:??? Card that blocks spells: monk Troop that multiplies: E-Golem, Evo Skeletons Earthquake & Haste: Earthquake & Rage Troop that heals over time: battle healer

[@cheesecake1255]

Troops that return after dying the first time: phoenix

[@cheesecake1255]

Moving buildings : goblin drill (I'm just kidding)

[@justapotato7366]

‏‪3:05‬‏ yah "ruled out ideas" Waiting for the flying building

[@bub3124]

that would just be a worse flying machine and only the air targeting troops would target it

[@MaskedMazter]

​@@bub3124 so why not add it😊

[@DarthVaderOfficial]

what the hell is a flying building

[@dampesthydra7422]

@@DarthVaderOfficial you might wanna sit down for this one. It's a building that flies

[@MrFloresja1]

@@dampesthydra7422dear god

[@flzrian3623]

3:05 I like how like half the "ruled out ideas" list is in the game now

[@nellyi4558]

​@CapitalismSucks_420 don't forget battle healer, cannon cart, and literal earthquake xD

[@dizzy6334]

same with evo bats and evo skeletons

[@SkeleXon]

Seth: "The Elixir Golem was planned to be used with Balloon, Graveyard, and Three Musketeers." Nearly everyone: *plays Elixir Golem in beatdown* Seth: Wait, that's illegal.

[@erratas8909]

I genuinely believe supercell doesn't know how to play their own game, I mean their promotional video back in 2016 about 2 card combos like mini pekka skarmy was memed on, even in 2016 people thinks the combo is dumb and 2016 was the year where people had no idea how to play the game like how we play the game currently.

[@Lazekillerwhale]

​@@erratas8909 This isn't something unique to Supercell but an universal problem. No matter how game developers try their hardest to design the game so it'll be played like they expected, the players will also find unorthodox ways to play it and mold the meta.

[@TwistedFireX]

@@Lazekillerwhale modern devs arent gamers anymore, remember halo 1? those guys were real gamers who designed the game around having fun.

[@Pressftopayrespect]

I waited 1000 years for this.Thank you

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

Same lmao. He's been hinting at October 2019 for years now.

[@thorveim1174]

why its such an issue in beatdown decks is because it's so cheap for the hitpoints it has, which allow for far more support troops than say a normal golem (and is LESS vulnerable to infernos to boot). Used well, it allows for pushes that have far more value than they cost, and sure your opponent gets 4 elixic, but that's only AFER downing the golem, and at that point it may already be too late for the tower

[@Mcgoolio]

I’ve slowly stopped playing CR over the past couple months, but you make some of the most entertaining videos on KZbin period. I’ve watched every video you’ve ever posted and I watch every new release. Keep up the amazing work!

[@biguzivertt]

that’s crazy i never knew it wasn’t intended to be a golem competitor. clash royale balance team is totally lost

[@smayu4432]

3:05 “Troop that multiplies over time” How foreshadowing are evo skeletons

[@nylasartchannel2594]

I think the reason the elixir golem is considered low skill and hated is because of the splitting mechanic equally distributing the stats of the elixir golem when the regular golem does not. the splitting mechanic is just a roundabout way of saying "kill a building targeting knight 3 times" or "kill a golem, but the golem is 3 elixir"

[@angelnousername4767]

basically an ice golem wich you can spam whatever behind it and it'll likely work if your opponent isnt smart

[@erratas8909]

It's low skill because of how cheap it is, unlike golem, egolem takes sooo long to kill, enough for your opponent to put support troops in the back but since it's already cheap, they can place 12 elixir worth of support and ram over you to 3 crown.

[@matzemumpsie5292]

I think a huge part of egolem being low skill is it being at it's best when played at the bridge. No skill required for that. Low skilled players can just as well play it "optimally" as others.

[@altabalder]

Interesting seeing you not mentioning Battle Healer's changes. I was 100% sure you were gonna put both of them in the same video, but I guess I can expect a BH video in the future at least. These are my favourite cards btw

[@korexann]

great video!! see you guys in 2-3 months!

[@prism2451]

It's been 1 minute since this was uploaded

[@ChillGuy2854]

@@prism2451bruh

[@nopout]

Shut up bot

[@keizermaatje1304]

1:30 Love the hollow knight music. My guy is cultured

[@itsxtrababe]

ok?

[@mustafakaynak5684]

Yeah, I was about to comment until I had seen your comment.

[@chaseb.4811]

Yeah I noticed that lol

[@DeadIndiqn]

I waited soo long for this, thank you, now please dont disappear again and plz post frequently

[@Star-um9cz]

Mega knight is definitely one of these cards, adding a tank with high health and splash damage is a ridiculously hard balancing task

[@philipppavlinovic4596]

And 800 Spawn Damage

[@NotKnafo]

the less health than a balloon is a half truth because the golemites and blobs give it additional tankiness

[@user-gs9cs6lp6z]

i dont even wanna know how long it took to make a video like that. So I just wanna say that I really enjoy watching your videos because its really relaxing and interresting to listen to you. You got my respect for spending so much time on a vido like that and hope god plesses you. THANK YOU

[@fri2k]

the guy who predicted the name is a legend lol

[@ChrizzyD]

My king! Hope you’re doing well Gratz! Thanks for another banger!

[@MetallicMonkey]

The thumbnail takes me back to the days. It’s the artwork for when the Elixir Golem released.

[@opie4859]

Another Gratz video essay about Clash Royale set to the chill vibes of Hollow Knight and Minecraft. Thank you Gratz❤️

[@Tuh_qh90]

To me the best part of the video was the FINAL MONTAGE. You pretty much summerized the journey of the card with the clips one by one, and the bgm was cherry on top

[@yousefalawadh1834]

3:38 that mega knight 2 😂😂😂, your videos are really fun to watch, keep it up 👍🏼

[@divoltious]

Never tried this game but your videos about it are really well made. Good stuff

[@LuisRivera-xz6iy]

Elixer golem relays on other cards that synergies with golem but golem is a skilled version of it as it is expensive but never gives elixer to the opponent while the elixer golem does which if you mess up it will cause you to lose the game entirely as the elixer you’ve spent left you vulnerable after failing to finish them(that is how you play elixer golem just create a push that is a game killer and finish off your opponent) as you are now going up against their counter push

[@chicknlittl3348]

These videos are amazing, I hope you'll keep on making these🔥

[@MaximumBloop]

why does the egolem have toes

[@Balfe46tm]

How do you think he gets paid off the clock?

[@mactiger98]

You know what? Screw it! It's almost 2 AM and i WILL click the random balance video about a mobile game i never played in my life

[@oreocookiegaming9698]

Hey man, I just want you to know that I like your videos and grind watching them a lot even though I don’t play CR. Who knows, maybe you’re the reason I’ll play this game in the future. Thanks for the videos!

[@diablox16]

One of my favorite cards, I hope you will get a buff or a rework soon, but you could also write about the batlle healer, which is a set that is unnecessary, it is only useful with elixir golem and batlle healer❤

[@kratosmystro8804]

I am a new subscriber and I really appreciate your hard work, my favorite card in clash royale is the royal delivery so are you planning to make a video about it in the future?

[@lettuce7378]

Good to see you back, Gratz.

[@witherkichian4867]

Elixir Golem: Have similar stats, and even similar ability to the Golem. Except it costs 5 less. Supercell: Sounds like Ice Golem competitor to me.

[@dr.guenther4448]

oh! that would be such a cool evolution, like percentage based decline of elixir gained by the opponent the more it splits and gets destroyed. so it now being similar to the golem would make it be similar to evo skeletos as an evolution, only that youd want to just sometimes protect it, when it is growing.

[@cjleehaze]

I love seeing new videos with this channel, always fills me with so much joy. And no it definitely does not need a fucking buff, thats insane. Better get that Wizard buff before anything.

[@daconsti7531]

Great video as always, please make a video about the e giant next

[@Conno422]

I haven’t played this game since launch but watching these analysis videos are fun. Keep at it!

[@user-ho5yf3ok1l]

Best content creator out there keep the video essays up!!

[@zombathinlostleghackercat5233]

Thank you for posting the song names, I appreciate it.

[@djinnspalace2119]

i always think of this meme when seeing the egolem: !!!TRADE OFFER!!! I receive: your tower. you receive: 4 elixir.

[@Blitz8566]

It's really simple to understand why cards like this are annoying, pretty much suffers the same problem as mega knight and e-giant, it's extremely hard to defend, the opponent needs to play really well to defend It while the guy that is using the card pretty much doesn't need to do anything just place the card, also when being overleved it's just impossible to defend so it makes it even more toxic I don't know why supercell release these kind of cards....

[@Maele0204]

I haven't touched Clash Royale for a really long time, but your videos are so well made and have such a great narrative that I always stay alert on whenever you upload some content. Your style reminds me a lot to SalC1, and I say that in the best way possible. So whether the CR devs kill the game or not, you keep on rocking dude!

[@kotebibilauri98]

I just love the hollow knight songs in your videos man love your videos as whole too❤❤

[@sird4vy501]

Best part was the bomber tower getting some time to shine, nowadays I find it very useful.

[@AlessandroPioltelli]

Nice video Gratz! Any word on your next projects/videos?

[@MattRob1c]

When using e golem and it pops up "-1" and "-0.5" I thought it would've drained your elixir and gave elixir to the enemy, once I payed attention to my bar I noticed that it doesn't do that

[@emptytincan528]

Loved the music choice bro

[@Faiqy]

It's always a good day when gratz uploads

[@BoulingStars]

I like how calm these videos are

[@sergtheconciergeable]

I love the content. I am a Golem player and have a soft spot for the cousin E-Golem. It's a great change up and I love running E-Golem for clan war. I love the channel

[@pikfan4823]

Love the Queens Garden music! :)

[@KrollTheBigSquid]

It's crazy the decks they thought egolem would be good in. Shows how little they understand the game imo

[@b-jaguar6578]

I subscribe and you post a video inmediatly? Nice

[@ansonprydejr.1432]

Could you do a video on the PEEKA? I really want to see what kinds of decks it works well in, especially since like the Wizard, i dont think anyone thinks that its good

[@nitrix.8206]

great video, can you make one talking about prince or double prince?

[@justinmcmullen3328]

As a Mega Knight + Wallbreaker player I hate this card and this archetype with every fiber of my being. The Electro Dragon + Tornado just synergizes so well in this deck and I never seem to get it to work when I try it. I feel as though I need to pack a heavier hitting spell just for this matchup.

[@revolution._]

i love how most of the ruled out ideas of cards are at the game atm lol

[@Mizuraka4437]

This one video got me to sub. Great video.

[@flpe7111]

Even thought i don't play this game anymore, i still love watching your videos❤

[@dmgeno]

Great video, I'd like to hear more about Wallbreakers

[@davincirulez9162]

I think you should do zap next because it was one of the most powerful cards in clash royale and had a long history. It recently got an evolution too so I guess you can cover that too

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

I love this. Thanks!

[@sebastian_288]

I love that you used the greenpath theme for this video

[@ali-ascousin6529]

if they decide to rework elixer golem i hope they make it a five or six elixer card but its weak kinda like a 3-4 ish elixer card with death damage that gives you elixer so it kinda is used to stuff pushes and soften them and start a large counter push

[@originalgamer3412]

If you look at 3:06, you’ll see that most of these ideas were actually added to the game. “Moving buildings” cannon cart “Support/Aura Troops” battle healer “Troops that return after dying” phoenix “Troop that recovers health overtime” battle healer “Lifesteal troops” evolution bats “Card that blocks spells” monk (technically) Then there’s the idea of an earthquake or haste card. Earthquake got added apparently.

[@johannulloa5991]

Love the hollow knight background music ❤

[@zurilowe936]

It's a great day when you see a Gratz upload!

[@aquabard6095]

I think the huge miss here is that they didn’t balance or rework elixir golem to be used like they originally intended. They instead continued to balance it like a beat down card. I am not sure how they could change it so that it fits as a mini tank because i don’t get payed to balance cards.

[@freziaplanet4198]

when I thought about the elixer Golem I used to think it would be made into a card that took all your elixer but got improved stats the more elixer you had before playing it.

[@jacobrosenstein9125]

the hollow knight music is insane, absolute W

[@Phosfit]

Spawners should only spawn units when an enemy troop is within it's radius OR when receiving damage. They should NOT be offensive.

[@LloydTheZephyrian]

So you'd be making them way more defensive... which is not what anyone wants?

[@angelnousername4767]

basically asking for spawners to become 100% useless

[@meltrix4319]

I like your ideas for the rework. I would like to see it as new route for the card.

[@buddy-da-yorkie]

LEZZ GO NEW GRATS VID

[@badopinionssquid1735]

I've been seeing the basic Cannon popping up in a lotta important decks but it's never actually brought up I'm curious what its place in the game's history is, especially since it's strictly defensive and Supercell is so focused on offense

[@awsfelemban3466]

amazing video man

[@apoc3]

at 3:07 its crazy how they have "card that blocks spells" and they added monk, life steal with skeleton king and phoenix that returns after dying. I guess supercell was never really good at keeping promises.

[@radquwhack]

I like that with each form destroyed, elixir is given to the enemy but what if this was undone and the elixir blobs gave 1 elixir to the enemy like before. But now all forms do way less damage. I think that this could make it like a gambit card where if you build up a good enough push you'll be rewarded. But now that I typed this out it sounds like It'll just be paired with the battle healer

[@fonkeymonkey1048]

Just finished a mossbag hollow knight video and got a bit of whiplash when I finally (3 minutes in) noticed the game music still playing here

[@michaelminervini1908]

I used to only use it in 7x battle since the elixir to my opponent wouldnt matter. I like the elixr golem followed by the Rascals and a rage spell (depending on what state its in when it gets to the towner)

[@Charles-CR]

1:01 love the hollow night music favorite game ever love your conent ❤❤❤

[@rudidaud289]

The hollow kmight music in the background, very sympathetic

[@mrhalfsaid1389]

I think the main issue of E golem is that it just gives you an absurd initial increase in momentum and that is a stupidly fundamental flaw in the design of any resource based game if it isn't balanced around having a very distinctly fair drawback, why do you think pot of greed like cards in yu gi oh have to have elaborate drawbacks such as removing multiple cards from your extra deck or removing ten cards off your deck before drawing. Its because instant +1 advantage is actually so broken that these cards which cripple your own deck so much are used excessively

[@derekgardner1861]

The hollow knight back music always gets me

[@jjthan8772]

Eyy, The Riverlands music at 6:43 from Octopath, nice

[@bloodmoon5744]

I don't play clash royale and I don't understand the balancing finesse but I love listening to people talk about something they care about

[@Saea987]

The background music in the elixer golem is added to clash royale is the octopath cotc background music (i thought i accidentally ended up opening the game while the video was playing in the background lol)

[@davidgarza311]

I desagree with you in the end, the problem of G elixir is defend it, so I think the best is release 2 elixir when big golem dies, 0.5 when each medium dies, and 0.25 when each blobs dies.

[@EpicTheDude]

Happy that another video is out.

[@BladeRabbit]

My most anticipated card video