“ | The bane of Rome and champion of Carthage. It is unlikely there has been, or ever will be a better general than Hannibal "Lightning" Barca | ” |
—In-game description in the Definitive Edition |
Hannibal (Hero Hannibal before Return of Rome) is a Hero in Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome, available only to the Scenario Editor and the Campaign mode of the game.
Overview[]
It is a siege cavalry unit and has an appearance of an Armored Elephant. Just like any other unit trained from the Stable, the stats can be upgraded as with a normal War Elephant. The unit moves slightly faster than an ordinary War Elephant and also has additional range as well as more armor and deals a higher damage. Since the unit is not available in normal games, the Phoenician bonus for cheaper Elephant units have no effect towards this unit since it cannot be trained by any means. Keep in mind that this unit is still vulnerable to enemy conversion as it is considered an Elephant unit.
Further statistics[]
Unit strengths and weaknesses | |
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Strong vs. | Infantry, buildings |
Weak vs. | Centurions |
Upgrades | |
Armor | Leather Armor Cavalry (+2/+0) Scale Armor Cavalry (+2/+0) Chain Mail Cavalry (+2/+0) |
Civilization bonuses[]
- Persian Hero Hannibal has +25% speed.
- Carthaginian Hero Hannibal has 750 hit points instead of 600.
Changelog[]
- In The Rise of Rome, Hannibal used the icon of a War Elephant while using the model of an Armored Elephant. In the Definitive Edition, he instead uses the icon of the Armored Elephant, except in the scenario Crossing the Alps.
Gallery[]
Heroes in Age of Empires | |
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Age of Empires | |
Infantry | Corlis · Hersifon · Invisible Demon (removed) · Jason · Xerxes |
Cavalry | Alexander · Hector · Tiberius |
Archers | Perseus |
Priests | Amon Ra · Blind Lame Priest (removed) · Mor Havoc |
The Rise of Rome | |
Infantry | Mark Antony |
Cavalry | Caesar · Hannibal · Scipio · Vercingetorix |
Ship | Cleopatra's Barge |
Other | Archimedes |
Definitive Edition | |
Infantry | Lord Martek · Ajax · Pericles · Xanthippus · Achilles |
Archers | Prince Shotoku · Odysseus · Ramesses · Xu Fu |
Cavalry | Hero · Muwatalli · Paris |
Return of Rome | |
Infantry | Sargon · Hadrian · Decebalus · Demetrius · Lysimachus |
Cavalry | Sargon of Akkad · Pyrrhus · Queen Zenobia · Domitian |
Archer | Osroes I |
Other | Hunting Wolf · Ornlu the Wolf |
Building | Great Pyramid |