Plague of Serpents is an Egyptian Classical Age god power in Age of Mythology that is available to worshipers of Anubis. It summons 14 friendly Serpents when invoked on land, and the same number of Sea Snakes when invoked on water. The spawn is at the rate of two Serpents every three seconds, for a total of 14 reached at the end of 18 seconds.
The Serpents or Sea Snakes will attack any nearby hostile units, but will not stray far from where they were summoned; they ignore enemy buildings and flee from those which attack them. The player has no control over the reptiles but shares their Line of Sight.
Further statistics[]
Age bonuses[]
Wonder Age: -75% recharge cooldown and recast favor cost.
Relic bonuses[]
- Hekate's Torches: -10% recharge cooldown and recast favor cost.
Strategy[]
Plague of Serpents can be used as emergency defense or to boost an early raid. However, the summoned units are weak and only deal average damage. They will be killed quickly by a determined attack, so Plague of Serpents should be used to support combat units already in the area. The Serpents are virtually incapable of disrupting an economy as they deal little damage to worker units. The latter on the other hand deal bonus damage against Serpents, so they can easily kill them. Heroes and standard myth units should also be avoided. Plague of Serpents should only be invoked on water as a last resort to secure victory in a naval battle or to distract enemy ships from attacking friendly Fishing Ships.
Changelog[]
Age of Mythology[]
- Plague of Serpents spawns nine Serpents or Sea Snakes.
Retold[]
- Plague of Serpents can be reused for a Favor cost, after a cooldown. It spawns 16 total Serpents, with two spawning every two second interval.
- With update 17.27932, the number of Serpents spawned is 14, with two spawning every three seconds.
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