| “ | You have advanced to the Heroic Age in the Arms of Theia. | ” |
| —Age up text in Age of Mythology | ||
Theia is a Heroic Age minor goddess for the Atlanteans in Age of Mythology: The Titans. She is available to worshipers of Oranos and Gaia.
Attributes[]
God power[]
Hesperides: Spawns the Hesperides Tree, which spawns 2 Dryads near it when summoned, can train up to 5 total Dryads, and heals nearby myth units. The Tree can be captured by other players.
Technologies[]
- Poseidon's Secret: Increases cavalry speed by +10% and reduces their training and heroizing cost by 15%.
- Lance of Stone: Contarius and Contarius Hero +15% attack. Their attacks slow targets by 30% for 2 seconds.
- Prophetic Sight: Oracles generate +10% favor and have +10% full capacity multiplier. They also reveal the user interface and build queue of enemies in their Line of Sight. (Since Retold)
- Daughters of the Sea: Nereids +30% speed and -50% ability cooldown. (Since Retold)
- Lemurian Descendants: Improves human soldier Line of Sight by +9. (Before Retold)
Myth unit[]
- Stymphalian Bird: Flying unit that can only be attacked by ranged attacks, and can rain sharp feathers upon its enemies which cause bleed damage.
- Dryad: She is a melee myth unit costing no favor and population space who is produced at the Hesperides Tree, with a build limit of 5 per owned Hesperides Tree.
Technology tree[]
 Theia |
Age |  |
|---|---|---|
| God power |  Hesperides | |
 Temple |
 Stymphalian Bird |
 Prophetic Sight |
 Military Barracks |
 Poseidon's Secret |
 Lance of Stone |
 Dock |
 Daughters of the Sea |
|
 Hesperides Tree |
 Dryad |
Strategy[]
Her god power Hesperides can be used twice for no cost, granting access to 10 Dryads, which are serviceable melee myth units without a favor cost. The Tree also heals nearby myth units, serving as a very good defense. The Trees can be summoned on the frontlines to reinforce assaults on the enemy quickly, but this is risky as if the player has to abandon the assault, the Trees can be captured by the enemy. Note that Hesperides Trees can also be captured by allied players.
Her basic myth unit is the Stymphalian Bird, which is a strong flying unit whose attack has a damage-over-time effect. It is strong against units, especially myth units, but not suited to attacking buildings.
Her improvements focus on cavalry, particular the Contarius and its hero form. She also provides an upgrade to Nereids which increases their movement speed and special attack frequency, making them much better in their role as an anti-myth unit myth unit. Finally, her technology Prophetic Sight benefits Oracles, enabling them to not only gather more favor, but also see what units and technologies the enemy has queued up. The player can view this by having the target building (or even a unit capable of producing other units, like the Pharaoh of Set) in the Line of Sight of an Oracle, and then clicking on the target. The command and information panel will show what the enemy has access to and has queued up, as if it was the player's own building.
Overall, Theia grants access to three strong myth units for different terrain types (Dryads for land, Stymphalian Birds for air, and upgraded Nereids for water), stronger and faster cavalry, a myth unit area healer in the form of the Hesperides Tree, and Oracles with faster favor generation with improved espionage skills, making her a very good pick as a Heroic Age minor goddess. However, she lacks any economy-focused myth technologies, benefiting rushing rather than booming.
For Gaia players, Theia's Prophetic Sight can be used in tandem with Leto's Perception to make Oracle Heroes generate even more favor.
Oranos players who worships Oceanus, Theia and then Hekate have both myth unit healers and hit point regeneration for myth units.
Theia provides mostly offensive benefits. Her technologies considerably improve the Contarius and its hero form, which otherwise have below average stats for cavalry. Poseidon's Secret allows them to better outmaneuver enemies and grants them the highest attack stat of any human unit in the game, thus making them more reliable. Lance of Stone transforms Contarius Heroes into fast moving alternatives to Destroyers, capable of tearing down constructs and then quickly make their escape. Lemurian Descendants not only increases the poor Line of Sight of the Contarius, but also that of all other human units, improving raids and the ability to detect approaching enemies sooner.
To further aid raiding, Theia grants the flying Stymphalian Bird. Although slow, they can only be hit by ranged attacks and in turn can deal serious damage with their multiple projectiles. Theia's most valuable asset is arguably her defensive bonus, the Hesperides god power. Not only can it produce up to five Dryads to supplement the player's army without taking up more population, it also blocks opponents' god powers in a similar way to Isis' Monuments. As it can be used twice, the Trees can shield the player's most valuable territories from serious damage. Overall, Theia is a very powerful goddess if her benefits are used well. If the player chooses Oranos and then worships Theia, their Contarii and Turmae move 20% faster, and Contarius Heroes' hack damage is increased by 30% if Poseidon's Secret and Lance of Stone are researched.Changelog[]
The Titans[]
- Theia grants access to Lemurian Descendants.
Retold[]
- Lemurian Descendants removed. Theia grants access to Prophetic Sight and Daughters of the Sea.
Mythology[]
| “ | A Titan, Theia was married to her brother Hyperion, by whom she gave birth to three gods: Helios (the sun), Eos (the dawn), and Selene (the moon). She was the goddess of sight. Since the ancient Greeks believed that sight was a beam emitted by the eyes in a manner similar to the sun's rays or the moon's rays, she was thought to endow gold, silver, and gems with their luster and beauty. Her children were all associated with light. | ” |
| —In-game help section | ||
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