Golem Fist

The fist itself is a single heavy hit on a chain, and on its own it is a fine but unremarkable flail. The reason to use it is what happens on impact. If the chain was extended far enough when it lands, the hit sets off a blast centered on the fist that reaches everything nearby, through walls. The enemy you actually struck does not take that blast, so the value is entirely in what is standing around it.

Short pokes do nothing. You need real distance on the throw before contact, and a fist that is already retracting cannot produce a blast at all, so wait for the outbound hit instead of mashing the button. Against a group, aiming at a block behind the pack works better than aiming at the pack, since terrain sets off the same explosion and it carries through the wall you hit.

• It confuses what it hits fairly often, which scrambles enemy pathing and buys space in tight temple corridors.
• The knockback is near the top of the whole game. Handy for clearing a lane, actively annoying when you are trying to keep something in one place.