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This article is about the goddess in Age of Mythology. For the goddess in Age of Empires: Mythologies, see Hera (Age of Empires: Mythologies). |
| “ | You have advanced to the Mythic Age through the Schemes of Hera. | ” |
| —Age up text in Age of Mythology | ||
Hera in legend is the queen of the gods and wife of Zeus. In Age of Mythology, she is a Mythic Age Greek minor god only accessible to worshipers of Zeus.
Attributes[]
God power[]
Lightning Storm: Unleashes an electrical storm that devastates enemy units and also damages buildings.
Technologies[]
- Monstrous Rage: Myth units +25% Rate of Fire and +15% movement speed.
- Face of the Gorgon: Medusai +5 range and -25% ability recharge time.
- Argive Patronage: Fortresses automatically spawn Myrmidons every 60 seconds (Since Retold).
- Athenian Wall: Walls have +30% hit points, all other buildings +20% (Before Retold).
Myth units[]
- Medusa: A ranged unit whose special attack turns an enemy unit to stone.
- Carcinos: A tough naval myth unit that has hack and crush attacks. (Before Retold)
Technology tree[]
 Hera |
God power |  Lightning Storm |
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|---|---|---|---|
 Temple |
 Medusa |
 Face of the Gorgon |
 Monstrous Rage |
 Fortress |
 Argive Patronage |
 Myrmidon (Spawned by Argive Patronage) |
Strategy[]
Hera improves myth units. Her myth unit, the Medusa, is adequate at ranged support, but has a powerful special attack that deals 400 divine damage and is especially destructive to a group of tough and expensive myth units, or elite human units such as War Elephants. Any units that survive the 400 divine damage will become immobilized for a short time, becoming vulnerable to follow-up attacks. However, Titans, non-myth naval units, and heroes are immune to petrification.
Hera's Monstrous Rage technology makes myth units faster overall, while Face of the Gorgon gives Medusai more range and a shorter special ability recharge time, allowing them to petrify enemies more quickly. Argive Patronage allows the player's Fortresses to periodically spawn free Myrmidons, infantry units unique to Zeus that deal divine damage, which outright ignores armor.
Hera's god power, Lightning Storm, can almost completely destroy an enemy army, leaving opponents very vulnerable. This is especially helped by the fact that Lightning Storm's power increases towards the end of its duration. Lightning Storm can be used to eliminate any resistance when destroying an enemy town, to turn the tide in a heated battle, or to guard against a sudden surprise attack.
Hera improves myth units and buildings. Her aquatic myth unit, the Carcinos, can easily sink archer ships and siege ships and deal massive amounts of damage to all surrounding enemies within a small radius upon death. Her land myth unit, the Medusa, is adequate at ranged support, but has a deadly special attack that is especially destructive to a group of tough and expensive myth units, or elite human units such as War Elephants. However, Titans, non-myth naval units, Qilin, and heroes are immune to petrification.
Hera's technologies increase the Medusa's hit points and boost the attacks of the Medusa, Carcinos, and all other myth units. This makes myth units even more dangerous, and with favor-spawning Zeus as the major god, they are easy to come by. The Greek Titan is especially boosted by Monstrous Rage, and combined with the Bacchanalia technology (available to Dionysus), it becomes the most powerful Titan, with 88 attack and 7,349 hit points, a substantial upgrade.
Hera's god power, Lightning Storm, can almost completely destroy an enemy army, leaving opponents very vulnerable. She also has a defensive technology; Athenian Wall substantially increases the hit points of all buildings. Lightning Storm can be used in conjunction with this to provide formidable protection.Changelog[]
Age of Mythology[]
- Athenian Wall is one of her myth technologies.
- Hera unlocks Carcinos.
Retold[]
- Athenian Wall is removed. Instead, she gains Argive Patronage as a myth technology.
- Carcinos is no longer exclusive to Hera.
Mythology[]
| “ | The goddess of marriage and birth, and queen of Olympus, she was both the wife and sister of Zeus. She is usually seen with a scepter, diadem, a cow, or peacock. She bore Zeus many children, including Ares, but also was tested by his incessant infidelity. She punished her rivals and their offspring, and even Zeus feared her wrath at times. She represented the ideal of married womanhood, being beautiful, stately, and very clever. | ” |
| —In-game help section | ||
Trivia[]
- Before Retold, Hera and Hel were the only two minor gods that were available to only one major god. In Retold, Hera is the only non-DLC minor god who is available to just one major god.
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