| “ | Mounted Hero that leaps into battle on the winged horse, Pegasus. Good against myth units. Switches to a ranged attack to fight flying units. Collects Relics. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
| “ | Hero on a Pegasus. Good against myth units. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
Bellerophon is the Mythic Age hero for Zeus in Age of Mythology.
Special ability[]
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)
- Pegasus Charge (Charged): Leaps valiantly into battle, injuring the targeted unit greatly. (Leaps vs. enemy units at a range of 12, dealing 87 hack damage with a 4.5× damage multiplier against myth units; 8 seconds cooldown)
- Solar Flare (Passive, requires Sun Ray): Projectiles reveal the area around where they land.
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[]
- Olympian Parentage (Zeus): +25% hit points, -50% training time.
- Oracle (Apollo): +5 Line of Sight.
- Sun Ray (Apollo): +15% anti-flying damage, projectiles reveal the surrounding area. (since update 17.36100)
- Dionysia (Dionysus): +5% hit points.
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.
Tactics[]
Bellerophon is the hardest-hitting Greek hero, doing the most damage with his regular attack and with his special leap attack doing a whopping 87 hack damage, which, combined with his multiplier, allows him to kill many weaker myth units in one hit. As his regular attack also inflicts divine damage (since Retold), this allows him to deal even more damage to enemy units than usual; this is especially useful against myth units with a lot of hit points, such as the Fafnir, Colossus, and Mountain Giant. Furthermore, in Retold, he can also easily take out flying units with his anti-air attack. While his attack bonus against myth units is lower than the other Greek Mythic Age heroes, he will still destroy them with ease. His leap attack is also useful for going behind the enemy frontline to tear apart archers and especially long-range siege weapons and fragile myth units like the Wadjet and Draugr. Like other Greek heroes, he is well rounded with no real weaknesses.
Changelog[]
Age of Mythology[]
- Bellerophon's special attack is called Leap and does 100 hack damage at a range of 14 with a damage multiplier of 7× vs. myth units.
- Bellerophon has 400 hit points, 40% pierce armor, a damage multiplier of 5× vs. myth units and 3× vs. Animals of Set, and trains in 27 seconds.
- Bellerophon's standard melee attack does 20 hack damage per second.
- Bellerophon has +30% hit points and damage in the Mythic Age. His special attack does not benefit from technologies or Age-ups.
- Bellerophon cannot attack airborne units.
Tale of the Dragon[]
- Bellerophon's special attack does 70 hack damage.
- With patch 2.8, Bellerophon's special attack does 60 hack damage.
Retold[]
- Bellerophon's special attack is called Pegasus Charge and has a range of 12 with a damage multiplier of 4.5× vs. myth units.
- Bellerophon has 500 hit points, 55% pierce armor, a damage multiplier of 4.5× vs. myth units and no multiplier vs. Animals of Set, and trains in 30 seconds.
- Bellerophon's standard melee attack does 15 hack / 7 divine damage per hit. With a Rate of Fire of 1.2, he does 12.5 hack / 5.8 divine divine damage per second.
- Bellerophon can attack airborne units. His anti-air attack does 10 pierce damage.
- Bellerophon has +45% hit points, +60% damage, and +2× damage multiplier vs. myth units in the Mythic Age. His special attack benefits from technologies and Age-ups.
- With update 18.7603:
- Bellerophon has +45% damage in the Mythic Age.
- his weight class is increased from 7 to 8.
Immortal Pillars[]
- With update 18.21333, Bellerophon' hit points reduced from 500 to 440, damage vs. flying units increased from 10 to 16 and weight class increased from 8 to 9. He also trains 10% faster per Age advancement.
Mythology[]
| “ | Age -- 18 Homeland -- Corinth Occupation -- prince and equestrian Special attack -- leaps into combat against myth units The son of a king of Corinth, a city noted for horses, Bellerophon was trained from youth to be the great horseman of his age. At the age of sixteen, he set out for adventure, but a jealous rival tricked him into the dangerous quest of killing the Chimera. This fire-breathing beast was terrorizing the countryside of Lycia carrying off people and livestock. Consulting a local wise man, he was instructed to pray to Athena. In a dream, the goddess told Bellerophon of a golden bridle that could be used to catch the Pegasus. When he awoke he had the bridle, with which he caught the Pegasus drinking at a forest well. He was able to control the beast thanks to the bridle and his equestrian skill. Together they flew to the Chimera's cliff ledge. There he shot arrows into the beast and lodged a lump of lead in its throat. The Chimera's fiery breath melted the lead, choking it to death. After other adventures, a princess of Lycia married him willingly and he eventually became king. His thirst for adventures returned, however, and then he mistakenly attempted to reach Olympus on Pegasus. An angry Zeus sent a fly to bite Pegasus and Bellerophon was thrown off. Though Athena spared him by having him fall onto soft ground, he wandered alone for the rest of his life, searching for Pegasus, and died a lame beggar. |
” |
| —In-game help section | ||
Trivia[]
- Other standard units with leap attacks are the Anubite, Tartarian Spawn, and White Tiger. The campaign hero Amanra also has this ability.
Gallery[]
Close-up of Bellerophon in Retold
Bellerophon using Pegasus Charge to leap over the frontline in Retold
Bellerophon in-game model before Retold
Bellerophon starting to leap
Bellerophon charging with his special leap attack
Bellerophon concept art
A Roman mosaic depicting Bellerophon riding Pegasus as he slays Chimera, circa 2nd century AD
Videos[]
BELLEROPHON vs EVERY MYTH UNIT - Age of Mythology
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