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This article is about the unit in Age of Mythology. For the unit in Age of Empires: Mythologies, see Herakles. |
| “ | Hero. Good against myth units. Switches to a ranged attack to fight flying units. Collects Relics. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
| “ | Hero. Good against myth units. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
Heracles is the Classical Age* hero for Zeus. The Heracles of Greek mythology had superhuman strength, as he was a demi-god, the son of the god Zeus and a mortal.
Abilities[]
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)
- 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, +1 HP/s regeneration.
- 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[]
- Note: The Age-wise attributes in the infobox includes the following effects.
- 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%.
Relics[]
- Arrows of Heracles: +5% ranged 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.
Strategy[]
Like all Greek heroes, Heracles is superb against myth units and fair against other unit types.
Changelog[]
Age of Mythology[]
- Heracles costs 350 food, 4 favor and is available in the Heroic Age.
- Heracles has 400 hit points, 40% pierce armor, a movement speed of 4.3, a damage multiplier of 7× vs. myth units and 3× vs. Animals of Set, and trains in 23 seconds.
- Heracles' standard melee attack does 10 hack damage per second.
- Heracles has +20% hit points and damage in the Heroic Age and gains an additional +10% in the Mythic Age.
- Heracles cannot attack airborne units.
Tale of the Dragon[]
Retold[]
- Heracles costs 75 food, 175 gold, 2 favor and is available in the Classical Age.
- Heracles has 325 hit points, 30% pierce armor, a movement speed of 4.8, a damage multiplier of 6.5× vs. myth units and no multiplier vs. Animals of Set, and trains in 20 seconds.
- Heracles' standard melee attack does 12 hack damage per hit. With a Rate of Fire of 1.2, his damage output per second remains unchanged at 10 hack.
- Heracles can attack airborne units. His anti-air attack does 6 pierce damage.
- Heracles has +10% hit points in the Classical Age and gains an additional +15% in the Heroic Age and +20% in the Mythic Age.
- Heracles has +10% damage in the Classical Age and gains an additional +20% in the Heroic Age and +30% in the Mythic Age.
- Heracles gains +1× damage multiplier vs. myth units each in the Heroic and Mythic Ages.
- With update 18.7603:
- Heracles gains +15% damage in the Heroic Age and +20% in the Mythic Age.
- The attack multipliers vs. myth units for both melee and ranged attacks are increased to 8×, and his weight class is increased from 6 to 7.
Immortal Pillars[]
- With update 18.21333, Heracles' damage vs. flying units increased from 6 to 8 and weight class increased from 7 to 8. He also trains 10% faster per Age advancement.
Mythology[]
| “ | Age -- 40 Homeland -- Thebes Occupation -- hero and demigod The son of Zeus and a mortal woman, Heracles (called Hercules in Latin) was endowed with incredible strength. He strangled serpents in his cribs as a baby and killed a lion with his bare hands as youth. Unfortunately he had a terrible enemy in Hera, Zeus' wife in Olympus. She drove Heracles mad to the point that he killed his own children and those of his brother. After recovering his sanity he sought advice from the Oracle of Delphi for penance to resume a normal life. She instructed him to perform his famous twelve labors. These included killing beasts like the Nemean Lion (which he strangled) and the Hydra, capturing other beasts, and a variety of other quests. With the twelve labors complete, he was allowed to return to Thebes and remarry. Heracles died much later after being treacherously poisoned by a Centaur who had tried to abduct his wife. Upon his death he was removed to Olympus and endowed with immortality. |
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| —In-game help section | ||
Trivia[]
In the original game, despite the unit model, the icon shows him without a shield and wielding a sword instead of a club. This was corrected in Retold.
Gallery[]
Close-up of Heracles in Retold
Heracles in-game model in the original game
Heracles and the Stymphalian Birds, Athenian black-figure amphora ca. 540 B.C., British Museum
Heracles fighting the Hydra on a Greek vase, c. 346 BC
HERACLES vs EVERY MYTH UNIT - Age of Mythology
| Heroes obtainable in random maps in Age of Mythology | ||||
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| God |  Archaic Age
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 Classical Age
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 Heroic Age
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 Mythic Age
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 Greeks (1 each)
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| All |  Hippocrates*
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 Zeus
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 Jason
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 Heracles
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 Odysseus
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 Bellerophon
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 Hades
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 Ajax
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 Achilles
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 Chiron
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 Perseus
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 Poseidon
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 Theseus
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 Atalanta
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 Hippolyta
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 Polyphemus
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 Aphrodite
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 The Argo
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 Egyptians
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| All |  Pharaoh (1)
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 Priest
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 Osiris
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 Son of Osiris
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| Pharaoh (more)
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 Norse
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| All |  Hersir
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 Godi
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 Freyr
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 Gullinbursti (1)
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 Baldr
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  Hero of Ragnarok
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 Atlanteans
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| All |  Citizen (Hero) (50)
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 Murmillo (Hero)
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 Contarius (Hero)
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 Fanatic (Hero)
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 Katapeltes (Hero)
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 Arcus (Hero)
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 Oracle (Hero) (10)
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 Turma (Hero)
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 Cheiroballista (Hero)
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 Destroyer (Hero)
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 Chinese (Immortal Pillars)
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| All |  Pioneer
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 Sage (5)
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 Jiang Ziya (1)
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 Fuxi
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 Nezha (1)
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 Yang Jian (1)
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 Nüwa
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 Kuafu (Hero) (1)
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 Li Jing (1)
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 Shennong
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 Wen Zhong (1)
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 Japanese
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| All |  Miko
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 Bushi
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 Daimyo
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 Onmyōji
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 Onna-musha
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 Hachiman
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 Shogun
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 Chinese (Tale of the Dragon)
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| All |  Monk
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 Fu Xi
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 Immortal (8)
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| Others | Immortal (2)
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Immortal (2)
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Immortal (2)
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Immortal (2)
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| Regicide game mode | ||||
| All |  Regent (1)
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