Chaotic Realignment (Charged, cooldown: 22 seconds): flashes her torch at a target, temporarily turning it neutral and causing it to attack any unit nearby. Does not work on worker units, Heroes, Titans, or Qilin.
Transfiguration (Charged, Asper Blood only; cooldown: 22 seconds): flashes her torch at an enemy human soldier, converting them into a Chicken.
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Myth technologies[]
Asper Blood (Hekate): Makes Lampades do 25 area pierce damage to units when slain. In Retold, instead allows Lampades to turn enemy human units into Chickens.
The Lampades are fairly weak in battle compared to most Myth Units. Their attack, range, armor and hitpoints are all fairly low and they take up a lot of population. As such it isn't recommended to use them in direct combat. Instead they should be used to support an army as they have the ability to turn enemy units neutral, in a similar way to the god power Chaos. It's important to remember that neutral does not mean allied and the neutral unit will attack the player if no other units are close by. This ability should be micromanaged to target powerful units in an enemy army and close to enemy towns. This will reduce the chances of enemy units attacking the player's units and instead have the now neutral unit dish major damage to their former allies. Training a group of Lampades can be quite effective, turning several units of an enemy army to neutral and causing them to fight each other. Neutral units will also lose any upgrades they possess, making them easier to kill. For Oranos worshippers, it is useful to select Hyperion as a minor god in the Heroic Age and Hekate for the Mythic Age, because the Chaos god power can supplement the Lampades' ability. Entire enemy armies will be lost to madness, leaving the enemy scrambling to replace their losses. Lampades can also turn enemy ships and naval myth units neutral, although they will have to get very close to the shore to do so, where they risk dying to enemy hammer ships, naval and amphibious myth units (like the Nereid and Azure Dragon), and especially The Argo. Furthermore, it is risky for a Lampades to turn a Mummy or Medusa neutral, as the latter two can instantly kill the Lampades at range. In these two situations, the Chaos god power is more suitable.
In the original game, the blood of a Lampades is green and has the same general effect as Scarab and Carcinos blood and Terracotta Warrior dust once upgraded. Asper Blood should only be researched if the player plans on massing Lampades as the damage they'll deal upon death will be more significant. When upgraded, Lampades can also act as a sort of suicide unit, as the player can send four of them to enemy groups of villagers gathered around Gold Mines away from the safety of their main base. Quickly deleting all the Lampades will cause them to deal enough damage to kill all the villagers before they have a chance to run away, leaving a dent in the enemy's economy. The Lampades also deal a small amount of crush damage allowing them to do some damage to buildings once most enemy units have been dealt with.
In Retold, Asper Blood now instead allows Lampades to turn enemy human units into Chickens. When used during a defense, this allows the defending player to gain an extra source of food. This is most especially useful for Gaia due to her economic benefits.
With patch 2.8, the Lampades' special attack and the Chaos god power no longer affects the Pegasus, Hippocampus, or Raven, but now affects the Hades Shade, Serpent, Sea Snake, and Sentinel.
These nymphs were the attendants of Hecate, an unbound Titaness, gifts from Zeus for her allegiance in the Titanomachy. The Lampades served their mistress unflinchingly, bearing torches for her through the dark places of the earth and underworld. The light of their torches brought visions to mortals and often the visions brought madness. The Lampades defended Hecate with their torches just as the Titaness herself fought in the wars of the gods.
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—In-game help section
Gallery[]
Views of the Lampades in Retold
Views of the Lampades with Asper Blood researched in Retold
Lampades in The Titans
Player 2 Lampades
A Lampades being slain by Polyphemus. Note the green blood she spews upon death.
Chaotic Realignment (Charged, cooldown: 22 seconds): flashes her torch at a target, temporarily turning it neutral and causing it to attack any unit nearby. Does not work on worker units, Heroes, Titans, or Qilin.
