| “ | Fast Hero. Good against myth units. Switches to a ranged attack to fight flying units. Collects Relics. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
| “ | Fast Hero. Good against myth units. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
Atalanta is a Greek Classical Age* hero exclusive to Poseidon.
Abilities[]
Sacred Hands (Passive): Can pick up Relics and deposit them at a Temple.- Scourge of the Skies (Passive): Switches to ranged attack when targeting airborne units. (since Retold)
Further statistics[]
General technologies[]
- Copper Weapons, Bronze Weapons, Iron Weapons: +10% damage.
- Copper Armor, Bronze Armor, Iron Armor: -15% hack vulnerability.
- Copper Shields, Bronze Shields, Iron Shields: -15% pierce vulnerability.
- Ballistics: Fires more accurately at moving enemy targets.
Myth technologies[]
- Dionysia (Dionysus): +5% hit points.
- Beast Slayer (Artemis): +2 damage multiplier against myth units.
Age bonuses[]
- Classical Age: +10% hit points, +10% damage, train time -10%.
- Heroic Age: +15% hit points, +15% damage, +1 damage multiplier against myth units, train time -10%.
- Mythic Age: +20% hit points, +20% damage, +1 damage multiplier against myth units, train time -10%.
Relic bonuses[]
- Arrows of Heracles: +5% attack.
- Fur of Boyi: +0.25 hit points per second regeneration.
- Hermes' Winged Sandals: +5% movement speed.
- Kui Drum: +0.25% attack per 1% hit point missing.
- Ogre-Bitten Helm: +10% hit points.
- Pelt of Argus: +6 Line of Sight.
- The Khopesh of Horus: +1.0 attack bonus multiplier vs. myth units.
- Thundercloud Shawl: -5% pierce vulnerability.
- Tyrfing, Angantyr's Sword: Heal by 10% of damage dealt to units.
Strategy[]
Atalanta is one of the fastest heroes in the game, so she can easily chase down enemy myth units and is an excellent scout. However, her attack is slightly lower than that of the other Heroic Age Greek heroes.
Changelog[]
Age of Mythology[]
- Atalanta is available in the Heroic Age and costs 350 wood, 4 favor.
- Atalanta has 350 base hit points, 40% pierce armor, a movement speed of 6.0, a damage multiplier of 7× vs. myth units and 3× vs. Animals of Set, and trains in 23 seconds.
- Atalanta's standard melee attack does 8 hack damage per second, and has no range.
- Atalanta has +20% hit points and damage in the Heroic Age and gains an additional +10% in the Mythic Age.
- Atalanta cannot attack airborne units.
- Atalanta uses the female Villager hurt and death sounds.
Retold[]
- Atalanta is available in the Classical Age and costs 75 food, 175 gold, 2 favor.
- Atalanta has 275 base hit points, 30% pierce armor, a movement speed of 5.75, a damage multiplier of 6.5× vs. myth units and no multiplier vs. Animals of Set, and trains in 20 seconds.
- Atalanta's standard melee attack does 12 hack damage per hit, and has a range of 1. At a Rate of Fire of 1.4, her damage output per second is 8.6 hack.
- Atalanta can attack airborne units. Her anti-air attack does 5.5 pierce damage.
- Atalanta has new voicelines, including her own hurt and death sounds.
- Atalanta has +10% hit points in the Classical Age and gains an additional +15% in the Heroic Age and +20% in the Mythic Age.
- Atalanta has +10% damage in the Classical Age and gains an additional +20% in the Heroic Age and +30% in the Mythic Age.
- Atalanta gains +1× damage multiplier vs. myth units each in the Heroic and Mythic Ages.
- With update 17.36100, Atalanta has 5.6 speed.
- With update 18.7603:
- Atalanta gains +15% damage in the Heroic Age and +20% in the Mythic Age.
- The attack multipliers vs. myth units for both melee and ranged attacks are increased to 7×, and her weight class is increased from 6 to 7.
Immortal Pillars[]
- With update 18.21333, Atalanta' damage vs. flying units increased from 5.5 to 8 and her weight class increased from 7 to 8. She also trains 10% faster per Age advancement.
- With update 18.33318, Atalanta has 260 base hit points.
In-game dialogue[]
- Select 1 Λέγε [lege] (leye) - Speak or collect (archaic)
- Select 2 Πρόσταγμα? [prostagma] (prostaghma?) - Order/command?
- Select 3 Ἕτοιμος/Ἑτοῖμος [hetoimos] (etimos) - Ready/willing
- Move 1 Ἔστω [estō] (esto) - Let it be / so be it
- Move 2 Βούλομαι [boulomai] (vulome) - I will/I want
- Move 3 Μάλιστα (malista) - Of course/absolutely (lit. most)
- Attack 1 Εἰσβολή! [eːsbolē] (isvoli!) - Invasion!
- Attack 2 Καλῶς [kalós] (kalos) - Good, well
Mythology[]
| “ | Age -- 28 Homeland -- Arcadia (possibly Boeotia) Occupation -- hunter and athlete As a baby, this heroine was abandoned on a hillside by her father, who had desperately wanted a son. Suckled by a bear and then raised by hunters who found her, she grew to become a fearless huntress and the fastest foot-racer known. By all accounts, she was a beautiful, athletic, and formidable character with a deadly side - on one occasion, she slew two centaurs who attempted to waylay her. Atalanta also joined the crew of the Argo in its quest to retrieve the Colchian Golden Fleece, and participated in the Calydonian boar hunt. Using her superb hunting and running skills, she drew first blood from the beast and was given the boar skin as a reward. Despite the Oracle's warning that marriage would hasten her doom, Atalanta eventually agreed to wed any man that could beat her in a race, believing that no such man existed. Unfortunately, a suitor, Hippomenes, distracted her by throwing gold apples in her path and managed to win the race. After the marriage, the couple let their passions go wild within a temple of Zeus (or Cybele, according to some), angering the great deity, who turned them both into lions. |
” |
| —In-game help section | ||
| “ | Age -- 28 Homeland -- Boeotia (possibly Arcadia) Occupation -- hunter and athlete Special attack -- runs very fast. As a baby, this female hero was left on a hillside, exposed to the elements by her father, who had desperately wanted a son. Suckled by a bear and then raised by hunters who found her, she grew to become a great hunter, and the fastest foot-racer known, as well as a beautiful woman. In some accounts she served in the crew of the Argo. During the great Calcydonian[sic] Boar Hunt, two centaurs tried to assault her, but she killed them both. Her success in the hunt and reconciliation with her royal father made her especially attractive to suitors, but the Oracle had advised her never to marry. She agreed to marry any man that could catch her in a race, believing no such man existed. But a suitor distracted her with gold apples thrown in her path and managed to win the race. After the marriage, the couple let their passions go wild within a temple of Zeus, which angered the great god, and he turned them both into lions. |
” |
| —In-game help section | ||
Trivia[]
- According to her concept art, Atalanta was originally intended to be an archer hero.
Gallery[]
Close-ups of Atalanta attacking a melee unit (left) and a flying unit (right) in Retold
Close-up of Atalanta in Retold
Atalanta's in-game model
Concept art for Atalanta
Atalanta battling a few Einherjar
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