Golem (Echoes of Time)

Golems are monsters that appear in Echoes of Time, as well as many other Crystal Chronicles games. However, Golems in Echoes of Time are different (as with most others).

They have the exploding ability of the Bombs: When their HP is low, they begin ticking. When they "finish" ticking, they explode, causing heavy damage, being thrown to the ground and being on fire. However, the explosion is just fire-based, unlike Bombs, whereas the explosion's element depends on the element of the Bomb (Fire,Ice,etc.).

Three types of Golems appear. Purple, red and green. Every time the hero traverses to a new area of the Library, a new type of Golem is found. First is red, as annoying minions to Larkeicus in the first battle. Then there is green, on the second visit to find a Crystal Core Fragment, and purple on the third visit, to find a book explaining how to get into a Mine.

Purple are the only Golems that use magic, but the magic's element is random, ranging from Fire to Ice to Thunder (at least). Golems can be very, very annoying, but the right magic and strong attacks do get rid of them easily. They can also be quite dumb, so why not set up a trap, and see if they charge right into (a) locked target ring(s), you press the button, and BAM! they're toast? Well, they may not exactly be toast, but at least you're done damage to them.

Note: The above is about Golems from Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time.