The Drill Golem is a foe that appears in Epic Battle Fantasy 4. It's one of few foes not associated with a particular location; it appears in many mid to late-game areas, including the Waste Disposal Plant, Lankyroot Jungle, and even the Temple of Godcat.
Appearance[]
The Drill Golem is a Golem made of rugged black rocks. It has several dark silver metal protrusions, including at least two "toes" on each foot, a single small spike on its "head", a large, curved piece on its right shoulder, and a rounded piece on its left shoulder. Its arms are massive drills, similar to the head of the Drill Lance, but with only one spiked ring at the base of each drill; these rings also double as rocket engines for one of its attacks. It also has a cannon hidden inside the jagged mouth on its torso.
Overview[]
The Drill Golem is a strong foe that is resistant to a good amount of elements and status effects, but also has multiple elemental weaknesses. It's immune to Thunder, Earth, Poison, and Wind, but is weak to Water, Holy, and especially Bomb. It's also immune to Burn and Poison, and is highly resistant to Stun, Freeze, and Death. Despite the relatively high amount of resistances, it is still possible to wear down a Drill Golem fairly easily by exploiting its weaknesses.
Overall, the Drill Golem can be a challenge to take down because it has a large health pool, deals large physical and magical damage, and has several attacks that can Stagger the players, leaving them open to more damage from other foes. It mainly uses Earth attacks - including the defense-piercing Giga Drill ability - but can also use some Bomb and non-elemental attacks.
The Drill Golem is notable for its Launch Drills attack, which hits all players for significant damage and the highest Stagger chance on any of its attacks; however, this also limits it to only two attacks afterward. Since it's guaranteed to use Launch Drills after being reduced to less than 32% of its HP, a viable strategy is to knock it down past that threshold as quickly as possible, thereby removing its ability to use some of its most dangerous moves.
Statistics[]
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Drill Golem | EBF4 |
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| A powerful foe which uses bomb and earth attacks. Can use the armor-piercing Giga Drill attack. May lose its drills, along with several abilities. | ||
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| 565 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3.4 | 158 | 15 | 15 | 90 | 20 | |
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| - | 100% | -60% | 100% | 100% | -100% | 100% | - | -60% | - | |||
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| 100% | 70% | 70% | - | 100% | - | - | - | - | - | - | 70% | |
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| Name | Steel Plate | Iron Ore | Springy Spring | Diamond | Titanium | - | - |
| Chance | 100% | 100% | 80% | 5% | 10% | - | - |
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| Immune | Immune | 10% | -13.(3)% |
| Final damage is randomized by ±5% (except for Doom) and rounded down. | |||
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| A powerful foe which uses bomb and earth attacks. Can use the armor-piercing Giga Drill attack. May lose its drills, along with several abilities. | ||
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| 565 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3.4 | 158 | 15 | 15 | 90 | 20 | |
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| 50% | 100% | -60% | 100% | 100% | -100% | 100% | - | - | 50% | |||
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| 100% | 70% | 70% | 50% | 100% | - | - | - | - | 50% | 50% | 70% | |
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| Name | Steel Plate | Iron Ore | Springy Spring | Diamond | Titanium | - | - |
| Chance | 100% | 100% | 80% | 5% | 10% | - | - |
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| Final damage is randomized by ±5% (except for Doom) and rounded down. | |||
Attacks and Abilities[]
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| Attack | Target | Power | Type | Element | Status Effect | Acc | Crit | RdF | ||
| Double Stab | Single | 50/2 |
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| Notes: Cannot be used without drills. | ||||||||||
| Multi-Stab | Single | 108/6 |
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| Notes: Cannot be used without drills. | ||||||||||
| Ground Pound | All | 30 |
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90% | 10% | 20% |
| Giga Drill | Single | 36* |
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| Notes: Can deal up to 17.7x damage, depending on target's buffs, possibly reaching 637.2 power. For the exact formula, see the corresponding article. Cannot be used without drills. | ||||||||||
| Big Blast | All | 40 |
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100% | 10% | 10% |
| Launch Drills | All | 60 |
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100% | 10% | 10% |
| Notes: The Golem permanently loses the drills by using this attack. Cannot be used without drills. | ||||||||||
Battle Logic[]
The following describes general logic of the enemy and attack patterns, with chances of each attack to be used. Conditions are listed from highest to lowest priority unless specified otherwise.
- Berserked or/and Syphoned → Ground Pound;
- No drills → Ground Pound (1/2), Big Blast (1/2);
- ≥32% HP → Double Stab (1/7), Multi-Stab (1/7), Ground Pound (1/7), Giga Drill (2/7), Big Blast (1/7), Launch Drills (1/7);
- <32% HP → Launch Drills.