not really, your golem will head straight to die instantly

Nope. Waste of resources

Is will be useful for certain builds for sure.

insight golem nova sorc w/ energy shield.

pride golem for barb

and more to come.

Nova sorcs tend to be suicide bombers, needing to be close range to do damage (nova doesn't hit from a full screen of distance)

As a result, iron golem will be in the fray, without golem Mastery or summon resist, and get smoked.

If you have an endless supply of insights, sure. But he's gonna die more often than you would think.

Really??

Malice flail is a great cheap option on this. Another is the item boneflesh. Malice in anything wrecks. Its el eth ith, not sure how that is out of anyone's price range.

Cta is needed aswell as If your merc has the new helmet runeword; flickering flame your golem isn’t as likely to die every run through chaos
holy freeze aura merc would help

I run metalgrid on my conc barb.