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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)
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, -50% training time.
- Oracle (Apollo): +4 Line of Sight.
- Sun Ray (Apollo): +10% anti-flying damage, projectiles reveal the surrounding area.
- Dionysia (Dionysus): +5% hit points.
Age bonuses[]
- Heroic Age: +15% hit points, +20% damage, +1 damage multiplier against myth units.
- Mythic Age: +20% hit points, +30% damage, +1 damage multiplier against myth units.
Relic bonuses[]
- Arrows of Heracles: +5% attack.
- Hermes' Winged Sandals: +10% movement speed.
- The Khopesh of Horus: +1.0 attack bonus multiplier vs. myth units.
- Pelt of Argus: +6 Line of Sight.
- Thundercloud Shawl: -5% pierce vulnerability.
- Tyrfing, Angantyr's Sword: Regenerate 10% of damage dealt.
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, 4.3 speed, a x7 multiplier vs. myth units and x3 vs. animals of Set, and trains in 23 seconds.
- Heracles' standard melee attack does 10 hack damage per second.
- 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, 4.8 speed, a x6.5 multiplier 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.
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 | ||
Gallery[]
| 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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 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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 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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 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)
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 Murmillo (Hero)
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 Arcus (Hero)
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 Fanatic (Hero)
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 Katapeltes (Hero)
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 Contarius (Hero)
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 Oracle (Hero)
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 Turma (Hero)
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 Cheiroballista (Hero)
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 Destroyer (Hero)
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 Chinese
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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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