Leviathan (Chronicles)

This article is about the unit in Chronicles. For the unit in Age of Mythology, see Leviathan (Age of Mythology).

Leviathan
Unit information
Introduced in	Chronicles
Type	Ship
Civilization	All
Age	Imperial Age
Requires	Flaming Arrows
Training
Trained at	Shipyard
Wood	250
Gold	225
Training time	60 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	180
Melee attack	60
Attack bonus	+225 vs All Buildings
Reload time	8
Range	Attack: 13 Aura: 5
Minimum range	Attack: 3
Melee armor	2
Pierce armor	8
Armor class	Ship Long-range warship*
Speed	1.1
Line of Sight	19
Ability	Nearby warships attack 18% faster

“	Very long range anti-building warship. Makes nearby warships attack faster.	”
—In-game description

The Leviathan is an Imperial Age military ship in Chronicles available at the Shipyard once Flaming Arrows is researched.

Ability

Player's warships within 5 tiles radius attack 17.65% faster, or equivalently have -15% reload time. This effect does not stack with other Leviathans.

Tactics

Like the Palintonon on land, they excel against enemy buildings, and can counter shoreline defenses due to their long range. Their minimum range and slow-moving projectiles make them poor against units, especially fast-moving units. Their ability gives them a strong presence even when not facing buildings, as they can tip the balance in favor of the player who fields them in naval battles. Two Leviathans in proximity benefit each other with their ability, resulting in destroying enemy shoreline defenses more than twice as fast.

Further statistics

Strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Buildings
Weak vs.	Units

Technologies
Attack	Siege Engineers (+20% against All Buildings)
Range	Siege Engineers (+1)
Armor	Hypozomata (0/+1)
Conversion resistance	Exorcism (+4 min, +4 max) Hemlock (die upon getting converted)
Movement speed	Drums (+15%)
Resource cost	Shipwright (-20% wood)
Creation speed	Shipwright (+54%) Conscription (+33%)

Policies and doctrines
Resource cost	Naval Policy (-20% gold, Athenians only)

Aura enhancements
Regeneration	Military Town Center (+20 HP/min, Achaemenids only) Fortified Outpost (+30 HP/min, requires Ends of the World, Macedonians only)
Attack	Strategos (+1, Athenians only)
Attack speed	Leviathan (+17.65%) Polemarch (+17.65%, Spartans only) Defensive Town Center (+17.65%, Achaemenids only) Port (+17.65%, requires Delian League, Athenians only) Shipyard (+17.65%, requires Delian League, Athenians only)
Movement speed	Military Town Center (+15%, Achaemenids only) Fortified Outpost (+20%, Macedonians and allies only) Polemarch (+15%, requires Morai, Spartans only)

Civilization bonuses
Creation speed	Achaemenids (+15%)

Changelog

Alexander the Great

• With update 158041, Leviathans gain the long-range warship armor class as a hidden change.

Trivia

• Its appearance in the Battle for Greece campaign is anachronistic, as ship-mounted stone thrower catapults were first used by Alexander the Great at the Siege of Tyre in 332 BC. However, the Leviathan is disabled and cannot be used in the scenario of the Alexander the Great campaign that depicts this event.
• The ballista model is reused from the War Galley from Age of Empires II.

Gallery

Many views of the Leviathans

Official preview of the Leviathan

The aura range of a Leviathan highlighted in yellow