Zeus/Strategy

Zeus' main military focus is on infantry.

Strengths
His Hoplites move faster than normal, which makes infantry rushes viable, especially considering that his infantry do extra damage to buildings. Zeus' heroes have more hit points when upgraded with Olympic Parentage, which helps them survive battles longer. As it happens, his Mythic Age hero, Bellerophon, is the strongest Hero in the game and can help protect the player from the powerful late game Myth Units. Zeus' god power, Bolt, can be used to kill any powerful unit (other than a Titan), helping push the odds of a battle in the player's favor.

Zeus is the only God who grants Favor to start out with; this allows earlier access to Pegasi and unique technologies. In addition the maximum Favor allowed is twice as high as all other Gods, and is generated faster by praying villagers. This enables the player to create Myth Units considerably more quickly, with possible devastating effect. This is especially true if Hera is worshiped in the Mythic Age.

Weaknesses
Zeus does not have access to a disaster-type God Power that can level an enemy town, forcing players to rely on infantry, siege or myth units to tear down buildings. Additionally, as he does not have access to Ares in the Classical Age, players will need to rely on ordinary Armory technologies to increase the attack of infantry units.