| “ | Nüba loads Fishing Ships with explosive sand. When sunk, they will detonate, damaging nearby units and temporarily trapping them in sand. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
Drought Ships is a Chinese myth technology in Age of Mythology: Retold - Immortal Pillars that is available to worshipers of Nüba and can be researched at the Dock. Once researched, it grants the ability for Fishing Ships to detonate as suicide units, damaging nearby units and buildings, and immobilizing them in sand for a while. It is not automatically triggered on death, and the player must activate the attack or ability, despite what the description may indicate.
Effects[]
- Grants an attack to the Chinese Fishing Ship, which can be activated by right clicking an enemy (attacking) or clicking the ability button. The attack:
- Deals 100
divine damage in an area of 10 to nature and enemies. - Freezes struck units for 5 seconds. Visually, sand coats both units and buildings.
- Reduces the armor values of struck targets (units and buildings) by 40% for 5 seconds.
- Deals 100
Mythology[]
| “ | Nüba is the goddess of drought. She possesses the power to dry up the land and prevent rainfall. It is said that wherever Nüba lives, drought follows; because of this, she often moved from place to place. There is evidence of multiple ritual customs across China where they would “drive Nüba away”. |
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| —In-game help section | ||
