Perseus (Age of Mythology)

This article is about the hero in Age of Mythology. For the hero in Age of Empires, see Perseus (Age of Empires).

Perseus
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Mythology
Type	Hero
Civilization	Greeks
God	Hades
Age	Mythic Age
Creation
Trained at	Town Center Fortress
Requires	Temple
Gold	400
Favor	6
Population	4
Train limit	1
Training time	30 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	400
Speed	4.3
Line of Sight	16
Hack armor	20%
Pierce armor	40%
Crush armor	99%
Ability	Petrification [charged]
Melee attack
Hack damage	18
Divine damage	9
Damage multiplier	Myth unit: 7x Animal of Set: 1x
Reload time	1.5
Attack range	0.75
Ranged attack
Pierce damage	7
Damage multiplier	Myth unit: 7x
Reload time	1.5
Attack range	14

“	Hero with a Medusa head. Good against myth units.	”
—In-game description

Perseus is the Mythic Age hero for Hades in Age of Mythology.

Special ability

• 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)
• Petrification (Charged): Deals 300 damage to a target within 10 range and turns them to stone for 8 seconds (only non-Titan terrestrial and naval, not airborne; also excludes Qilin, ships, and Animals of Set*). Recharge time: 24 seconds.

Further statistics

General technologies

• Copper Weapons, Bronze Weapons, Iron Weapons: +10% attack.
• Copper Armor, Bronze Armor, Iron Armor: -15% hack vulnerability.
• Copper Shields, Bronze Shields, Iron Shields: -15% pierce vulnerability.

Myth technologies

• Oracle (Apollo): gain +6 Line of Sight.

Relic bonuses

• Hermes' Winged Sandals: +10% movement speed.
• The Khopesh of Horus: +1.0 attack bonus multiplier vs. myth units.
• Pelt of Argus: +6 Line of Sight.

Strategy

Like all heroes, Perseus is very strong against myth units, and as a Greek hero he also fares well against all other units. He has the lowest attack of the Greek heroes but his special ability makes up for this. His special attack is when he raises the head of Medusa to petrify enemy units, inflicting 300 damage to them. As with Medusai, this ability should be micromanaged to target the strongest myth units in an enemy army like the Fafnir, White Tiger, or Colossus. It does not work on a Qilin, but Perseus can still kill it easily with his regular attack.

Changelog

Age of Mythology

• Perseus' special attack has 5 range, instantly kills its target, and can be used against animals of Set but not human units.
• Perseus has 360 hit points, 0.1 melee range, a x10 multiplier vs. myth units and x3 vs. animals of Set, and trains in 27 seconds.
• Perseus's standard melee attack does 7 hack damage per second.
• Perseus cannot attack flying units.

Tale of the Dragon

• Perseus' special attack has 10 range.
• Perseus has 400 hit points and a x5 multiplier vs. myth units.
• Perseus' standard melee attack does 14 hack damage per second.

Retold

• Perseus' special attack deals 300 divine damage and turns its target to stone for 8 seconds, but can no longer be used against animals of Set. It can now be used against human units.
• Perseus has 0.75 melee range, a x7 multiplier vs. myth units, no multiplier vs. animals of Set, and trains in 30 seconds.
• Perseus' standard melee attack does 18 hack and 9 divine damage per hit. With a Rate of Fire of 1.5, he does 12 hack and 6 divine damage per second.
• Perseus can attack flying units. His anti-air attack does 7 pierce damage.

Mythology

“	Age -- 36 Homeland -- originally Argos, later Seriphus and Mycenae Occupation -- prince and hero Special attack -- Medusa head petrifies myth units The son of Zeus and Danae, the mortal daughter of the king of Argos, Perseus and his mother were banished by his grandfather who feared a prophecy that the grandson would kill him. Perseus grew to be a formidable warrior and protector of his mother. A suitor of his mother sent Perseus on a hopeless quest to kill Medusa, which he managed, nonetheless, with the help of Athena and Hermes. Returning home, he slew a ravaging sea monster and freed the beautiful Andromeda, whom he took as his wife. Perseus eventually killed his grandfather as prophesied, in an accident with a discus, but refused to become ruler of Argos. He ruled instead ruled over Tyryns and Mycenae, establishing a family whose descendants included Heracles.	”
—In-game help section

Gallery

Perseus in-game model

Perseus petrifying a Cyclops as seen in the intro cinematic of the tutorial

The same scene in Retold

Trivia

• When raising the Medusa head to use his ability, Perseus covers his eyes with his arm to protect himself.

Video

PERSEUS vs EVERY MYTH UNIT - Age of Mythology

	Heroes obtainable in random maps in Age of Mythology
God	Archaic Age	Classical Age	Heroic Age	Mythic Age
Greeks
All		Hippocrates*
Zeus	Jason	Heracles	Odysseus	Bellerophon
Poseidon	Theseus	Atalanta	Hippolyta	Polyphemus
Hades	Ajax	Achilles	Chiron	Perseus
Aphrodite			The Argo
Egyptians
All	Pharaoh
	Priest
Osiris				Son of Osiris
				Pharaoh(second)
Norse
All	Hersir		Godi
Freyr	Gullinbursti
Baldr				Hero of Ragnarok
Atlanteans
All	Citizen (Hero)	Murmillo (Hero)	Arcus (Hero)	Fanatic (Hero)
		Katapeltes (Hero)	Contarius (Hero)
	Oracle (Hero)	Turma (Hero)
		Cheiroballista (Hero)	Destroyer (Hero)
Chinese
All			Monk
Fu Xi	Immortal (8)
Others	Immortal (2)	Immortal (2)	Immortal (2)	Immortal (2)