Setna is an Egyptian high Priest in Age of Mythology. He helps Arkantos and Amanra resurrect the god Osiris.
While he can attack and does decent damage to myth units, he is more useful for his ability to heal and empower*.
Special ability[]
Heal (Active, automatic): Heal an injured allied unit, restoring it to full hit points.- Empower (Active): Can empower buildings to boost resource income, construction speed, productivity, and number of projectiles fired. (His empower rates equals a Pharaoh's)
- Heka (Passive): Inflicts divine damage when fighting myth units.
- Sacred Hands (Passive): Can pick up Relics and drop them off at a Temple.
- Divine Immunity (Passive): Cannot be targeted by enemy god powers.
Further statistics[]
Age-up bonuses[]
- Classical Age: +10% hit points, +10% damage.
- Heroic Age: +15% hit points, +20% damage, +1 damage multiplier against myth units.
- Mythic Age: +20% hit points, +30% damage, +1 damage multiplier against myth units.
Campaign[]
Setna's first appearance in the campaign is in the scenario Isis, Hear My Plea where he was captured by Kemsyt along with Arkantos, Chiron, Ajax and other units. He is playable in the next scenario, Let's Go, where the heroes escape from Gargarensis's prison. His next appearance in the game is in Good Advice. In the first part he is located outside of the level and can only be reached by cheats. Otherwise he can only be seen in the scenario's beginning and ending cutscenes. His very last appearance is in Where They Belong where he is playable (only appeared in a cutscene before Retold).
Changelog[]
Age of Mythology[]
- Setna has 5 pierce attack. Setna's model does not have a hero glow. He can heal and collect Relics, but has no other special abilities.
Retold[]
- Setna has 6 pierce attack. He can empower, and gains the Heka and Divine Immunity abilities.
Mythology[]
| “ | Many tales are told in Egypt of Setna, the son of Ramses the Great, who is the wisest of all scribes. Tales are also told of his son Se-Osiris - 'The Gift of Osiris' - the wonderful child who, at the age of 12, was the greatest magician Egypt had ever known. | ” |
| —In-game help section | ||
Trivia[]
- Originally, Setna was going to be a generic hero for the Egyptians, and wielded a sword instead of using his staff. During later development of Age of Mythology, Setna's appearance was altered due to his priesthood.
- While called Setna, his actual name was Khaemweset, meaning "He who appears/appeared in Thebes".
- Setna's stat distribution was later reused for Zhi, another Priest-like hero.
- Although his in-game special-attack description claims that he "empowers and heals", he cannot actually empower like Pharaohs. This was fixed in Retold, where Setna can now properly empower buildings.
- Due to a glitch, his attack shows up as pierce type while he is attacking any target, whereas it is shown as divine type when he is not in combat.
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