Battle Boar

This article is about the unit in the PC game. For the unit in the handheld video game, see Battle Boar (Age of Empires: Mythologies).

Battle Boar
Unit information
Unit type	Myth unit
Introduced in	Age of Mythology
Civilization	Norse
Age	Heroic Age
God	Bragi
Trained at	Temple
Training time	20 seconds
Cost
Gold	250
Favor	27
Population	4
Statistics
Hit points	720
Speed	5.3 feet/second
Line of Sight	16 feet
Attack
Hack	20
Pierce	-
Crush	20
Armor
Hack	60%
Pierce	60%
Crush	80%

The Battle Boar is a constructed Heroic Age Norse myth unit, available by worshiping Bragi.

Special attack

Berserk: kicks and bucks adjacent enemy units, sending them flying away, causing 10 hack damage (30 to myth units) and briefly stunning them. This works on all human units plus the following humanoid, infantry-like myth units: the Anubite, Cyclops, Einherjar, Minotaur, Scorpion Man, Mummy, and Avenger. Recharge time: 18 seconds.

Attack bonuses

• Heroes: ×0.5

God bonuses and upgrades

General

Loki reduces favor cost by 10%.

• Thurisaz Rune (Bragi): Increases movement speed by 12%.
• Rampage (Hel): Reduces training time by 95%.

Strategy

The Battle Boar is a tough, fast myth unit who goes bucking at adjacent units. Units that are bucked around are defenseless and easy pickings for other units, especially ranged ones. They are best used to charge into enemy formations at the beginning of a battle to disrupt them before the main force comes in to mop up the disorientated units before they can recover.

They are fairly fast and well-armored so need little micromanagement once they charge into a formation. Like all myth units, the best way to counter them is by using heroes.

Mythology

Scientific name -- None (artificial construct)
Size -- 800 lbs.
Diet -- fueled by peat and magic

Freyr, the brother of Freyja, had a chariot drawn by two boar that were not living animals, but were forged by the dwarves Brokk and Eitri. Gullinbursti ("golden mane") had glowing bristles that lit up the dark. He could run faster than any horse, over sky and water. The dwarves manufactured the battle boar as a result of a wager with Loki over which dwarf could make the best gift for the Norse gods. Eitri placed a pig's hide in the forge, while Brokk worked the bellows. A fly that may have been Loki tried to bite Brokk and distract him from doing his work. Gullinbursti's poor, forgotten brother boar was named Slidrugtanni.

Gallery

Battle Boar in-game

Battle Boar over snow

Pre-release Battle Boar (called Gullinbursti at the time)

Unlike other units which decompose to skeletons, the Battle Boar can be seen reduced to its internal gear-like machine parts.

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