the only hit point that matters is the last one.

Is this just a meme, or not? I can't tell. I expect that as a proper, responsible tiefling pyromaniac, I'd always be touching myself - and occasionally casting Protection from Energy while I'm at it. Or keep Absorb Elements in my back pocket.

And also because Animate Dead, the spell the blurb in the meme is from, reads:

Choose a pile of bones or a corpse of a Medium or Small humanoid within range. Your spell imbues the target with a foul mimicry of life, raising it as an undead creature. The target becomes a skeleton if you chose bones or a zombie if you chose a corpse (the DM has the creature's game statistics).

+1 to AC because grave dirt is now rocks. I like it.

So what about golems then? Hopefully can be made from anything nearby.

Why cart around a bunch of old bones when so many fresh sacks of bones willingly approach you? Some of them even follow beside you on your quests.

Don’t animate my bones, bro.

Plasmoid says, "Ackchyually..."

To be fair a fighter can't beat that from a distance of ten miles, while eating dinner and having some snacks.

Piercing damage. They have a bow, so the group could shoot 13 arrows at +4 to hit, each with 1d6+2 damage.

Ah, that's the risky use of Wish though. It comes with a chance of losing the spell forever.

Wish can consequence-free emulate any level 8 or lower spell. So you could get 11 worry-free skeletons, or risk never casting wish again if you need 13.

This is why I instead opt to carry scrolls of damn near every spell 8th level or lower.

It's a little bootleg compared to a real Wish, but in average circumstances I can give Batman a run for his money on being prepared for literally any eventuality.

How long do they stay up versus the portion of your daily mana allotment they cost? I feel a time-and-motion study coming on.

By default, a skeleton has a short sword or a shortbow in every edition I know about.

5e rules – you don't end your turn when attacking and can move through allied squares. Iirc it counts as "difficult terrain" for movement distance or that could have just been a homebrew things

So step into square, attack, step out and end turn.

Boys become men, men becoming wolves

Character concept: skeleton necromancer who has to keep casting animate dead to stay alive. Or maybe has an object that keeps casting it on themselves from time to time.

What a thrilling idea