Hippolyta

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Unit information

Introduced in

Age of Mythology

Type

Hero

Creation

Trained at

Town Center

Fortress

Requires

Temple

Population

2

Train limit

1

Training time

20 seconds

17.5 seconds

Statistics

Hack armor

25%

Pierce armor

35%

Crush armor

99%

Ranged attack

Pierce

18.75

Multipliers

Myth unit: 7.5×
Animal of Set: 1×

Nidhogg: 1×

Anti-flying unit attack

Pierce

18.75

Multipliers

Myth unit: 6.5×

Attack range

20

“	Hero. Has a ranged attack that is good against myth units.	”
—In-game description

“	Archer Hero. Good against myth units.	”
—In-game description

Hippolyta is the Heroic Age* hero for Poseidon in Age of Mythology.

Abilities[]

Sacred Hands (Passive): Can pick up Relics and deposit them at a Temple.
Can track moving targets naturally (without needing Ballistics)*

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.

Myth technologies[]

Enyo's Bow of Horror (Ares): +15 arrow speed.
Dionysia (Dionysus): +5% hit points.
Beast Slayer (Artemis): +2 damage multiplier against myth units.

Age bonuses[]

Mythic Age: +20% hit points, +20% damage, +1 damage multiplier against non-flying myth units, train time -10%.

Relic bonuses[]

Arrows of Heracles: +5% attack.
Fur of Boyi: Regenerate 0.25 hit points per second.
Hermes' Winged Sandals: +5% movement speed.
Kui Drum: +0.25% attack per 1% hit point missing.
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: Regenerate 10% of damage dealt to units.

Strategy[]

Hippolyta is decent against human units but is best used against myth units. She has a 7.5× damage multiplier against myth units, making her very effective against them as are all heroes, especially when upgraded with the Beast Slayer technology granted by Artemis. Players should use her as ranged support for the melee units in their armies.

Due to a bug, she can be killed by a Mummy's special attack in The Titans.

Changelog[]

Age of Mythology[]

Hippolyta has 240 hit points, costs 200 wood, 2 favor, and is available in the Classical Age.
Hippolyta has 20% hack / 30% pierce armor, 24 Line of Sight, 9 pierce attack, 18 range, a damage multiplier of 7× vs. myth units and Nidhogg, 3× vs. Animals of Set, and trains in 17 seconds.
Hippolyta's attack animation takes 2 seconds.
Hippolyta uses the same voicelines as female Villagers when she takes damage and dies.

The Titans[]

Due to a bug, Hippolyta can be killed by a Mummy's special attack, or thrown by Cyclopes or Minotaurs.

Extended Edition[]

With patch 1.9, Hippolyta is no longer affected by Mummy, Cyclops, and Minotaur special attacks.

Tale of the Dragon[]

Hippolyta has 280 hit points.
With patch 2.7, Hippolyta does 7× damage to Nidhogg.
With patch 2.8, Hippolyta's attack animation takes 1.75 seconds.

Retold[]

Hippolyta costs 250 wood, 100 gold, 4 favor and is available in the Heroic Age.
Hippolyta has 325 hit points, 25% hack / 35% pierce armor, 20 Line of Sight, 13 pierce attack, 20 range, a damage multiplier of 6.5× vs. myth units and no multiplier vs. Animals of Set or Nidhogg, and trains in 25 seconds.
Hippolyta has new voiclines, including her own set of hurt and death sounds.
With update 17.36100, her Line of Sight was increased to 22.
With update 17.64528, Hippolyta has 15 base pierce attack.
With update 18.7603, she inherently has the effects of Ballistics, and her weight class is increased from 6 to 7.

Immortal Pillars[]

With update 18.21333, Hippolyta trains 10% faster per Age advancement, and her weight class is increased from 7 to 8.

In-game dialogue[]

Mythology[]

“	Age -- 41 Homeland -- land of the Amazons Occupation -- queen A queen of the Amazons, a tribe of warrior women descended from Ares, Hippolyta was kidnapped by Theseus, triggering a war with Athens. Although Hippolyta bore a son to Theseus, he lost interest in her and she eventually returned to the lands of the Amazons. She then encountered Heracles, sent to retrieve the belt of Ares from her as one of his twelve quests. She gave the belt to him willingly, but this angered the goddess Hera. Disguised as an Amazon she incited the women to attack Heracles, who killed Hippolyta in his haste to exit their dangerous land.	”
—In-game help section

Gallery[]

v • d • e	Heroes obtainable in random maps in Age of Mythology
God	Archaic Age	Classical Age	Heroic Age	Mythic Age
Greeks (1 each)
All		Hippocrates*
Zeus	Jason	Heracles	Odysseus	Bellerophon
Poseidon	Theseus	Atalanta	Hippolyta	Polyphemus
Hades	Ajax	Achilles	Chiron	Perseus
Aphrodite			The Argo
Egyptians
All	Pharaoh (1)
All	Priest
Osiris				Son of Osiris
Osiris				Pharaoh (more)
Norse
All	Hersir		Godi
Freyr	Gullinbursti (1)
Baldr				Hero of Ragnarok
Atlanteans
All	Citizen (Hero) (50)	Murmillo (Hero)	Arcus (Hero)	Fanatic (Hero)
	Citizen (Hero) (50)	Katapeltes (Hero)	Contarius (Hero)
	Oracle (Hero) (10)	Turma (Hero)	Contarius (Hero)
	Oracle (Hero) (10)	Cheiroballista (Hero)	Destroyer (Hero)
Chinese (Immortal Pillars)
All	Pioneer		Sage (5)
All	Pioneer		Jiang Ziya (1)
Fuxi		Nezha (1)		Yang Jian (1)
Nüwa	Kuafu (Hero) (1)			Li Jing (1)
Shennong				Wen Zhong (1)
Chinese (Tale of the Dragon)
All			Monk
Fu Xi	Immortal (8)
Others	Immortal (2)	Immortal (2)	Immortal (2)	Immortal (2)
Regicide game mode
All	Regent (1)