Siege Golem

Two players attack a siege golem.

Siege Golems are large asuran golems that act as mobile siege weapons in WvW. Siege golems move slowly and can be used as a battering ram, allowing the pilot to knock down doors and gates in addition to attacking enemies. The golem is the only siege weapon that is mobile. Their AoE target limit is 10. Unlike with other siege weapons, you cannot kick someone out of the golem you built.

Siege Golems glow in different colors when active depending on the type. All of them glow white when they are inactive.

Piloting a golem[edit]

A golem is controlled like a normal player character. When the golem's driver dodges it runs a bit more quickly for a short time. When a golem is destroyed, the driver is ejected and downed.

A golem takes massive falling damage because falling damage is calculated with percentages, the golem will lose a lot of health. If a golem takes enough falling damage that it is destroyed, the driver will be kicked out of the golem, and is defeated.

Golems can use Mesmer Portals. This allows them to move across short distances much faster.

Golems are also affected by boons (although Regeneration will not heal them) and Superspeed applied by allies.

Alpha Siege Golem[edit]

Alpha Siege Golems are the most common Siege Golems. They glow in team color when active. These golems are constructed from Alpha Siege Golem Blueprint. Once deployed, a build site appears, which requires 100 before the golem is built.

Upon entering, you gain the following attributes at level 80:

Power	+3,000
Precision	+1,000	Critical Chance	+48%
Toughness	+2,000	Armor	+2,000
Vitality	+11,000	Health	+110,000

Alpha Siege Golems have an effective range of 225 units and give access to the following 5 skills:

Skill			Description
Punch	1		Does extra damage to gates.
Whirling Assault	4	12	Spin your siege suit forward, knocking back foes.
Shield Bubble		30	Engage the suit's shield bubble to block projectiles.
Pull	10.25¼	30	Launch the Siege suit's fist to pull a foe to you.
Eject	1		Eject from the Siege Golem.

Note that Alpha Siege Golems have access to the first skill underwater - this is not the case with Omega Siege Golems, making Alpha Siege Golems a superior option if attempting to break through an underwater gate (such as on Green World Lowlands).

Omega Siege Golem[edit]

Omega Siege Golems are the upgraded form of an Alpha Siege Golem. They are bigger and move faster than Alpha Siege Golems, and always glow blue when active. These golems are constructed from Siege Golem Blueprint. Once deployed, a build site appears, which requires 150 before the golem is built.

Power	+3,000
Precision	+1,000	Critical Chance	+48%
Toughness	+2,000	Armor	+2,000
Vitality	+24,000	Health	+240,000

Omega Siege Golems have a much greater attack range than Alpha Siege Golems. They give access to the following 5 skills:

Skill			Description
Rocket Punch	1		Fire a rocket from each hand. Does extra damage to gates and walls.
Whirling Inferno	50.5½	12	Spin around releasing jets of flame to damage your foes.
Shield Bubble		30	Engage the suit's shield bubble to block projectiles.
Rocket Salvo	20.25¼	30	Launch a barrage of rockets that knock down foes.
Eject	1		Eject from the Siege Golem.

Unlike the Alpha Siege Golem, the Omega Siege Golem can deal damage to walls.

Guild Siege Suit[edit]

Guild Siege Suits are the guild variant of the Siege Golems. They glow in team color when active. Build sites are created from Siege Golem Blueprint. Once deployed, a build site appears, which requires only 75 before the golem is built.

Guild Siege Suits have identical combat abilities as Alpha Siege Golems, listed above.

Related world abilities[edit]

See also: Siege weapon#Related world abilities

Siege Golem Mastery

Upgrade	Rank	Ability	Cost
Siege Golem Mastery Total Cost: 60 Improve siege golem skills	1	Increase your piloted golem's movement speed for 15 seconds after destroying a gate or wall	3
	2	Increases your piloted golem's base power and precision by 10%	7
	3	The shield bubble skill now also heals nearby allies	10
	4	Increases your piloted golem's base vitality and toughness by 15%	15
	5	Your piloted golem will safely eject you once it's defeated	25

Rank 1 increases your piloted golem's movement speed for 15 seconds after destroying a gate or wall, by applying the superspeed effect. ^{[verification requested]}
Rank 2 grants you Siege Golem Mastery (rank 2 effect) while piloting a golem. It increases your piloted golem's base power and precision by 15%.
Rank 3 shield bubble skill now also heals nearby allies.
Rank 4 grants you Siege Golem Mastery (rank 4 Omega effect) if piloting an Omega Siege Golem or Siege Golem Mastery (rank 4 Alpha effect) if piloting an Alpha Siege Golem. It increases your piloted golem's base vitality and toughness by 15%.
Rank 5 enables your golem to safely eject you once it's defeated, providing a short duration Stealth effect and propelling the player a number of units away from the golem's location.

Gallery[edit]

Alpha Siege Golems

Inactive Alpha Siege Golem
Active Red Alpha Siege Golem
Active Green Alpha Siege Golem
Active Blue Alpha Siege Golem

Omega Siege Golems

Inactive Omega Siege Golem
Active Blue Omega Siege Golem

Trivia[edit]

Siege golems were first mentioned in a Guild Wars Insider post as a teaser to an interview that was released a week later.^[1] Their name was believed to be "siege suits" until more information was released in an ArenaNet blog post on 16 February 2012.
In the first Beta Weekend Event golems could be healed, which is no longer the case.
The Omega siege golem shares his model with Mr. Sparkles.
After the September 2014 Feature Pack, all boons are stripped from the controller of the golem upon entering it.
Siege Golem Mastery abilities do not affect asura racial skills such as Summon 7-Series Golem, Summon D-Series Golem and Summon Power Suit.