Summon Lightning Golem

The Lightning Golem's primary spell is a ranged lightning projectile, so it won't get as close as other Golems, making it easier to keep alive. It will occasionally place orbs of lightning near enemies, zapping them repeatedly. It will also use its own temporary aura skill, adding a small amount of extra lightning damage to nearby allies' attacks and spells. While you have a Lightning Golem summoned, it'll grant you increased attack and cast speed.

The Lightning Golem's aura makes it great for characters with other minions as it'll boost your whole army's power when the aura is active, in addition to laying down more reliable damage than other golems (especially to single targets). The Golem also lets a Lightning Elementalist make full use of the Liege of the Primordial skill to increase Lightning damage.

Description on the official Path of Exile website

Summon Lightning Golem is a minion spell, summoning a Golem that grants the player increased attack and cast speed while active. It can use a long range lightning projectile attack, place orbs of lightning that attacks nearby enemies rapidly, and a temporary aura that adds a small amount of lightning damage to attacks and spells.

Abilities

• Galvanic Bolt - Projectile spell, 100% lightning, supported with spell/projectile supports.
• Orb of Sparks - Stationary spell similar to Orb of Storms, 100% lightning, hits only one enemy per zap and is unable to chain, supported by spell/AoE supports but unaffected by AoE damage.
• Storm Nimbus - Temporary aura that adds lightning damage to attacks and spells, lasts 4 seconds, uses default aura radius.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Golem Character Size	Minion Life	Cast & Attack Speed	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	34	35	50	30	N/A	30%	6%	0	0
2	36	36	52	32	1%	32%	6%	252595	252595
3	38	38	55	34	2%	34%	6%	314394	566989
4	40	40	58	36	3%	36%	6%	388734	955723
5	42	42	60	38	4%	38%	6%	477437	1433160
6	44	44	63	40	5%	40%	7%	583786	2016946
7	46	46	66	42	6%	42%	7%	710359	2727305
8	48	48	68	44	7%	44%	7%	1355511	4082816
9	50	49	71	44	8%	46%	7%	1138877	5221693
10	52	51	74	46	9%	48%	7%	1368233	6589926
11	54	53	76	48	10%	50%	8%	1638338	8228264
12	56	55	79	48	11%	52%	8%	1956648	10184912
13	58	57	82	50	12%	54%	8%	3655184	13840096
14	60	59	84	50	13%	56%	8%	3017327	16857423
15	62	60	87	52	14%	58%	8%	3576232	20433655
16	64	62	90	52	15%	60%	9%	9164731	29598386
17	66	64	92	52	16%	62%	9%	17861428	47459814
18	68	66	95	52	17%	64%	9%	46032386	93492200
19	69	67	96	54	18%	66%	9%	87248039	180740239
20	70	68	98	54	19%	68%	9%	157972052	338712291
21	72	70	100	56	20%	70%	10%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	56	21%	72%	10%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	58	22%	74%	10%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	58	23%	76%	10%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	60	24%	78%	10%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	60	25%	80%	11%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	60	26%	82%	11%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	60	27%	84%	11%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	62	28%	86%	11%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	62	29%	88%	11%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	62	29%	89%	11%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	63	30%	90%	12%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	63	30%	91%	12%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	63	31%	92%	12%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	63	31%	93%	12%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	64	32%	94%	12%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	64	32%	95%	12%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	64	33%	96%	12%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	64	33%	97%	12%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	64	34%	98%	12%	N/A	N/A

Monster stats

Lightning Golem

Mods:

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Resistances:

Normal:	{{#ask: Monster resistances#MinionLightGolem|?Has lightning resistance in normal difficulty|?Has cold resistance in normal difficulty|?Has fire resistance in normal difficulty|?Has chaos resistance in normal difficulty|format=template|template=SMW resistance row|mainlabel=-}}
Cruel:	{{#ask: Monster resistances#MinionLightGolem|?Has lightning resistance in cruel difficulty|?Has cold resistance in cruel difficulty|?Has fire resistance in cruel difficulty|?Has chaos resistance in cruel difficulty|format=template|template=SMW resistance row|mainlabel=-}}
Merciless:	{{#ask: Monster resistances#MinionLightGolem|?Has lightning resistance in merciless difficulty|?Has cold resistance in merciless difficulty|?Has fire resistance in merciless difficulty|?Has chaos resistance in merciless difficulty|format=template|template=SMW resistance row|mainlabel=-}}

Version history

Version	Changes
2.4.2	Fixed a bug where Summon Lightning Golem was not triggerable with Mjölner.
2.2.2b	Fixed a client crash that could occur when Lightning Golem was used in predictive mode.
2.2.2	Summon Lightning Golem has been added to the game.