Golem isn't just that one pushover boss before Moon lord.

[Eye Of Cthulhu 🌳]

If you really Think about it, Golem is actually very similar to Moon lord.

You attack the hands and head, and then the core gets exposed.
And the head flies around and attacks you, like the True Eyes of Cthulhu.

I think Golem is meant to teach you about the upcoming Moon lord Fight.
It introduces you to the most basic mechanics of that fight.
Theory?

 

[mrmozarr]

How has no on ever thought of that though

 

[Heath04🌳]

This is why Golem is the real Sun Lord

 

[MurderMitts]

I would disagree. Sure, what you said is true, but they otherwise don’t fight even close to similarly. Thematically, sure, but they aren’t similar mechanically.

 

[vessal]

golem is not a joke any more. nowdays you have to try

 

[Salty_]

Skeletron (& Prime) are more similar to Moonlord than Golem is though.

 

[Fladnag Bilbon]

I think Golem is meant to teach you about the upcoming Moon lord Fight.
It introduces you to the most basic mechanics of that fight.
Theory?

Interesting take. The only thing is that when Golem was added there was no intention of the Moon Lord being added, because 1.2 was supposed to be the final update (shocker). So, Golem wasn’t originally meant for this purpose. It is a possibility that they had Golem’s mechanics in mind when they designed the Moon Lord, though.

 

[Eye Of Cthulhu 🌳]

Interesting take. The only thing is that when Golem was added there was no intention of the Moon Lord being added, because 1.2 was supposed to be the final update (shocker). So, Golem wasn’t originally designed for this purpose. It is a possibility that they had Golem’s mechanics in mind when they designed the Moon Lord, though.

I was thinking of that

 

[Fladnag Bilbon]

I just think the fact that they were designed separately from each other like that makes it less likely that their similarities are anything more than a coincidence. I also think the fact that the cultist and pillars are in between the two bosses also lowers the chances of this, because why would they have a tutorial boss, only to throw two completely different fights that are pretty complex themselves at you directly after. That, to me, would feel pretty inconsistent design-wise if Golem is meant to be a tutorial for the Moon Lord.

 

[zenithspeed]

"Golem isn't just that one pushover boss before Moon lord."​

it is, and i'm tired of pretending it's not

 

[Stellar Mastodon 267]

It looks like it. Though Golem is honestly really weak compared to ML despite being the OG Final Boss.

 

[EyeOfTheCosmos]

i think that the fact that golem is easy is a good thing, it's kinda like a practice dummy for the moon lord fight