Goliath

The Goliath is an enemy in Borderlands 2.

Strategy
The Goliath starts out with a big metal helmet that gives him tunnel vision and helps control his rage. Goliaths will typically use dual-wielded assault rifles. The helmet can be shot off, at which point the Goliath will go into "full rage," dropping the guns and putting up his fists. While in "full rage," the Goliath will attack anything and everything in his range, friend and foe alike.

Upon killing enemies, the Goliath will gain experience points and gain levels, becoming even more dangerous. A beneficial aspect of this is that the dropped loot will be better. At the GODliath level, drops are greatly increased.

It is recommended (by Jasper Forman, lead AI programmer), to not let a Goliath gain too many levels, or it will become impossible to kill.

Midgets will also jump on a Goliath's back and shoot player characters from there.

During Playthrough 2, sometimes Goliaths will dual wield rocket launchers. This configuration can be devastating, making a strong case for shooting off the helmet quickly so that he regresses to his more atavistic state.

Types

 * Goliath
 * Caustic Goliath
 * Loot Goon Goliath (has a chest on his back and is more aggressive.)
 * Midget Goliath
 * Loot Midget Goliath
 * Bad Ass Goliath (machine guns as base weapons)
 * One Armed Bandit (Slot Machine on his back)
 * Heavy Goliath (Seen in the Circle of Slaughter)
 * Goliath Digger (Found in the Eridium mine in the Tundra Express)

Goliaths start out as normal and can level up four times from their starting level. Once the helmet comes off they become a "Raging Goliath" (or similar variance depending on the initial type). With one kill they become a "Badass"; two more kills, a "Super Badass"; another two kills, an "Ultimate badass". After four more kills the name changes to the top tier variant, the "GODliath", and killing this will unlock the Goliath, Meet David achievement.

Trivia

 * There's an Easter Egg when Goliaths says "Welcome to die!", a reference to the infamous line spoken by Magneto in the 1992 X-Men arcade game.