Nidhogg (Age of Empires: Mythologies)

Rise, my dragon. Rise and serve Hel. The Nidhogg has a taste for ash and fire. -Hel upon summoning the Nidhogg.

Nidhogg is a God Power in Age of Empires: Mythologies only available to Loki players who worship Hel. It summons the powerful dragon from a selected tile.

Unit Statistics
Cost: N/A

Type: Myth Unit, Heavy Infantry

Attack: 115

Defense: 20

HP: 180

Movement: 5

General
Age I: Attack x0.6, HP x0.6

Age II: Attack x0.75, HP x0.75

Age III: Attack x0.9, HP x0.9

Hel increases Movement by 2
 * Eyes of the Forest  (Loki) : can see into Forest tiles in the Fog of War from an extra tile away


 * Trickster's Touch  (Loki) : increases Attack by 10%


 * Granite Blood  (Hel) : increases HP by 15%


 * Rampage  (Hel) : increases Attack by 15%

Strategy
The Nidhogg is a heavy infantry type myth unit that acts as a one unit army. It has phenomenal HP, the highest of all Norse myth units, and second only to the Mountain Giant for highest attack. It is also airborne and can bypass mountains and rivers, enabling it to quickly join a battle. As it can also can be summoned on a tile of a player's choice rather than from a Temple and can attack on the same turn it is cast, players can also use it to surprise their enemy and quickly change the tides in a battle. However, Nidhogg has relatively low defenses and repeated attacks will eventually finish him off for good. It cannot be healed by Priests of Valkyries either. The only means for Nidhogg to regain HP is by retreating to the player's town and share the tile with a friendly building for a prolonged period of time. Therefore, Nidhogg is best used in hit-and-run tactics. Players should be wary of Zeus worshipers who may save their Bolt God Power for it, as well as any Hero units, notably the Son of Osiris.

Trivia

 * Unlike its Age of Mythology counterpart, this Nidhogg's appearance is more like a Wyvern and it emerges from beneath the earth rather than descends from the sky.