Template:Infobox units The Colossus is a Myth Unit in Age of Mythology available to the Greeks in the Mythic Age if they worship Hephaestus.
Special Ability
Regains 30 HP/s by consuming Trees and Gold Mines.
Attack Bonuses
- Heroes: x0.5
Upgrades
Specific
- Hand of Talos: increases hit points by 100.
- Shoulder of Talos: increases hit points by 200 and reduces hack vulnerability by 20%.
General
- Oracle (Apollo): increases LOS by 6.
- Bacchanalia (Dionysus): increases hit points by 5%.
Strategy
The Colossus can be upgraded by the Hand of Talos and Shoulder of Talos technologies, each of which increases the Colossus' maximum health by a large amount. It can regenerate by eating trees or gold mines. This can be a useful strategy provided the Colossus eats a gold mine or tree belonging to the enemy.
The Colossus is a powerful myth unit and is very strong against buildings due to its high crush attack. It is also strong against almost anything else, but is the most effective if it is put to use against buildings and regular human soldiers. When fully-upgraded, it has the highest hitpoints of all non-Titan, trainable Myth Units (tied with a Mountain Giant that has been upgraded with Granite Blood) but is the slowest in the game. As with all Myth Units, Heroes will defeat them, though the durability of the Colossus means they'll usually survive until backup arrives. this durability is also maintained by its ability of eating resources for heal themselves.
History
Scientific name -- None (artificial construct)
Size -- over 50' high
Diet -- doesn't eat
The Great Colossus at Rhodes was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It stood over 150 ft. high on a 50 ft. white marble base. It was mostly hollow, with a skin of bronze welded to a skeleton frame of stone and metal. Though it was destroyed by an earthquake after standing for only about fifty years, such was its enormity that people came to Rhodes just to see its ruins, just as people today visit the ruins of other Greek monuments, buildings and temples.
Trivia
- This myth unit, as referenced by its specific technologies, is based on Talos, a giant, bronze automaton who patrolled the island of Crete.
- This myth unit is named after one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Colossus of Rhodes.