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This article is about the hero in Age of Mythology. For the hero in Age of Empires, see Jason (Age of Empires). |
| “ | 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 | ||
Jason is the Archaic Age hero for Zeus.
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): +5 Line of Sight.
- Sun Ray (Apollo): +10% anti-flying damage, projectiles reveal the surrounding area.
- Dionysia (Dionysus): +5% hit points.
Age bonuses[]
- Archaic Age: -75% damage (2.25).
- Classical Age: +10% hit points, +10% damage (damage resets to base), 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%.
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[]
Like all Greek heroes, Jason is strong against myth units, but can tackle most units on the battlefield. As the first available hero for Zeus, he is critical in fighting off myth units early in the game, and for poaching early Relics.
Changelog[]
Age of Mythology[]
- Jason has 250 hit points, 25% hack armor, a damage multiplier of 7× vs. myth units and 3× vs. Animals of Set, costs 50 gold, and trains in 9 seconds.
- Jason deals 9 hack damage per second.
- Jason cannot attack air units.
Tale of the Dragon[]
- Jason trains in 4 seconds.
Retold[]
- Jason has 35% hack armor, a damage multiplier of 9× vs. myth units and no multiplier vs. Animals of Set, costs 50 wood, and trains in 15 seconds.
- Jason deals 9 hack damage per hit with a Rate of Fire of 1.5, i.e. 6 hack damage per second.
- Jason can now attack air units. Jason's anti-air attack does 4 pierce damage.
- With update 17.30764, he is trained in 5 seconds, has 200 hit points, and a damage multiplier of 12× vs. non-flying myth units.
- With update 18.7603, his weight class is increased from 6 to 7.
Immortal Pillars[]
- With update 18.21333, Jason' damage vs. flying units increased from 4 to 6 and weight class increased from 7 to 8. He also trains 10% faster per Age advancement.
Mythology[]
| “ | Age -- 22 Homeland -- Iolcos, later Corinth Occupation -- leader of the Argonauts In fear of a prophecy that he would someday be killed by Jason, King Pelias of Iolcos sent the hero on an impossible quest, to obtain the Golden Fleece from the distant country of Colchis. Jason had built at Argos the great ship Argo and gathered a host of heroes to accompany him, thereafter known as the Argonauts. After a number of adventures, including the first passage of the Symplegades (the Bosphorus), the Argonauts arrived at Colchis, believed to be somewhere on the edge of the Black Sea. King Aeetes of Colchis demanded that Jason fulfill a number of tasks to obtain the fleece, including plowing a field with fire-breathing oxen, sowing the teeth of a dragon in a field and fighting the army that rose up from them, and finally getting past the dragon that guarded the fleece itself. With the fleece in hand, Jason fled with Medea, Pelias's daughter and had many adventures returning home. Medea plotted the death of King Pelias, fulfilling the old prophecy. When their marriage failed, Medea took a terrible revenge. Jason was killed many years later by a timber from the Argo. |
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| —In-game help section | ||
Trivia[]
- Jason's in-game model wears only one sandal. This is a reference to the story of King Pelias, mentioned in the Mythology section, who was told by an oracle to "beware of the man wearing a single sandal". Jason lost a sandal while helping Hera, who was disguised as an old woman, cross a river.
Gallery[]
Close-up of Jason in Retold
Jason's in-game model
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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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 Jason
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 Heracles
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 Odysseus
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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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| 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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 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) (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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 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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