The Fire Giant is a Norsemyth unit in Age of Mythology that is available to worshipers of Baldr and Hel. Although the tooltip displays 15 hack attack, this is effectively doubled as Fire Giants throw two fireballs per attack cycle.
Hurls three fireballs, each dealing 25 hack damage and 15 crush damage to every unit they touch (x0.25 against Heroes), that travel up to a range of 14 feet. Requires 15 seconds to recharge.
They are massive engines of destruction who hurl fireballs at enemies. They are very powerful in combat and can easily take down almost any unit. Like Throwing Axemen, they deal hack damage at range. This makes them a good way to counter ranged units (especially siege weapons and flying units like the Phoenix and Vermilion Bird), which usually have low hack armor. As the Norse lack an effective ranged siege weapon (the Ballista is more effective against human units) Fire Giants can serve as a reliable means to destroy buildings as they also deal crush damage.
Their special attack enables them to hurl three fireballs at a target which deal minor Area of Effect damage. As with all myth units, heroes deal bonus damage against them while taking very little damage themselves. Due to their power, players should make them a high priority in a battle.
The fire giants, or muspilli, are eager participants at Ragnarok and believe in the fiery destruction of the cosmos. The most famous of the fire giants was Surtr ("black"), a jarl who guarded the gates to Muspellheim. He had burning hair, skin of boiling lava and carried a flaming sword. Muspellheim was one of the "middle levels" of the Nine Worlds, along with Midgard and Jotunheim.
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—In-game help section
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When defeated, the Fire Giant shrinks until it disappears. However, this cannot be clearly seen if the Fire Giant's fiery effect is still present.
After a Fire Giant has been eliminated, the player can get rid of the "fiery" effects by focusing the screen somewhere else on the map which does not capture the Fire Giant for a very short while then deliberately focus on the defeated Fire Giant to clearly see its "shrinking" death animation.
Like the other giants, the Fire Giant is available to two different minor gods, though the gods are only available in the same age and mutually exclusive (Hel to Loki, Baldr to Odin and Thor).
Like Frost Giants, this also means that every major Norse god can gain access to them (unlike Mountain Giants, who are never available to Thor).
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Fire Giant in-game
Fire Giants attacking
Fire Giants using their special attack
Fire Giant as tall as Arcus Hero after being defeated. Without its "fiery" animation, the Fire Giant's size shrinking until it is gone can be seen.