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This article is about the unit in Age of Mythology: The Titans. For the unit type in Age of Mythology: The Titans, see Titan (type). |
| “ | Powerful against all units and buildings. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
The Titan is an extremely large and powerful myth unit available to all civilizations in Age of Mythology: The Titans. Each of the five main civilizations have their own unique Titan, although they all share their stats and their attacks. They are summoned by placing a Titan Gate, which can then be unearthed by completing it with builder units.
While Titans cannot normally attack flying units, when used against a ground unit, their special attack also damages and pushes away any flying units nearby.
The infobox uses the shorthand R as a suffix to refer to Retold. It uses G, E, N, A, and C (TotD) to refer to the Greeks, Egyptians, Norse, Atlanteans, and Chinese (Tale of the Dragon) respectively. It can also be summoned at the Town Center using the cheat code TITANOMACHY.
Ability[]
Titanic Smash (Charged): Smashes the ground, sending nearby enemy units flying. (Sends adjacent enemy units flying away, causing 180 hack damage in an area of 10 and briefly stunning them. This works on all human units and myth units (excluding Titans and frozen units). Before Retold, the ability had a range of 0.5, and did 3× vs. human soldiers and myth units. Recharge time: 8 seconds).- Titanic Stature (Passive): Can traverse both land and water, walk over walls, and instantly destroy enemy building foundations. (Can walk over water and enemy walls, but it cannot cross over friendly walls and needs an opening or a gate like any other land unit. Projects a damaging aura in an area of 6 that causing 500 divine damage per second to unfinished buildings (except Settlement, Town Center, Citadel Center, Wonder, and Titan Gate) and 700 divine damage per second to enemy walls). (since Retold)
God power resistance[]
The Titan takes 0.25× the damage from Bolt. It also cannot be targeted by Spy, which would be redundant anyway as its Line of Sight is always visible to all players. Furthermore, it cannot be targeted by or is outright immune to the following god powers:
Further statistics[]
Civilization bonuses[]
- Chinese: Has additional 20x multiplier against Chiyou (Titan).
God bonuses[]
- Zeus: -1 population cost
- Hades: +15% hit points
- Poseidon: +0.4 movement speed
- Gaia: Regenerate 1 hit point per second when on Lush (since Retold)
- Shennong: Regenerate 6 hit points per second when on Favored Land
Myth technologies[]
- Oracle (Apollo): +5 Line of Sight
- Dionysia (Dionysus): +5% hit points
- Monstrous Rage (Hera): -25% Rate of Fire vs. non-Titans, +15% movement speed
- Crimson Linen (Sekhmet): Regenerate 20% of damage dealt to units
- Thurisaz Rune (Bragi): +10% movement speed
- Channels (Gaia): +15% movement speed on Lush (since Retold)
- Mythic Rejuvenation (Hekate): Regenerate 2 hit points per second
- Celerity (Hekate): -25% Rate of Fire vs. non-Titans, +10% movement speed (since Retold)
- Peach of Immortality (Shennong): +15% hit points
- Flaming Blood (Zhurong): Deals additional damage to nearby enemy units
- Eyes of Atlas (Atlas): +9 Line of Sight (before Retold)
Age bonuses[]
- Wonder Age: +100% hit points, +100% damage, +20% movement speed
Relics[]
- Jade Hare: +5% movement speed.
- Pelt of Argus: +6 Line of Sight.
- Scales of a Catoblepas: -15% pierce vulnerability.
- Tail of Cerberus: -25% ability recharge time.
- The Titan's Treasure: Secrets of the Titans is 10% cheaper.
The upgrades section of the Titan also lists Pandora's Box and Scales of Echidna, but they are not relevant to the Titan's production.
Overview[]
Titans are massive and powerful myth units that are unleashed when a Titan Gate is completed. A Titan can destroy most regular armies unless the enemy has prepared in advance with strong units like heroes. Against units, they smash their fists into the ground, knocking back all hostile ground forces who are not crushed to death. If they get inside an enemy base, they can rapidly destroy buildings and wipe out the city. They are not uncounterable, with their slow speed and vulnerability to heroes being their most easily exploited weaknesses. Titans can also be used to counter other Titans.
Titans in Retold have had their statistics changed significantly. They trade their former nigh impervious armor for a significantly larger hit point pool of 28,000 hit points. This has the effect of equalizing damage received from units which deal divine damage. They also have new abilities which enable them to cross paltry obstacles such as water or walls easily. The biggest change is that a player can obtain multiple Titans in a game once they advance to the Wonder Age, which also increases their attributes and visual size.
Being such gigantic units, they cannot garrison inside any other unit or building. They are also able to resist or are outright immune to most enemy god powers which target specific units. It takes only 25% damage from Bolt, i.e. 2,500 hit points.
Titans are very large, and have a whopping 7,000 hit points, along with extremely high armor values and massive attack damage, which affects units and buildings in a large area. They attack with hack and crush damage - they are able to destroy buildings very quickly, but they deal only modest damage to regular units many of which heavily resist the crush damage.
Titan also take bonus damage from heroes and cannot be healed by anything, except for the Mythic Rejuvenation technology granted by Hekate. They are considered myth units and benefit from any technologies that improve all Myth Units (such as Monstrous Rage), or all units (such as Dionysia).
To obtain a Titan, a Titan Gate must be opened. To do this, Secrets of the Titans must be researched at a Town Center, which will grant the player the Titan Gate god power. Once the god power is invoked, a Titan Gate will appear, which must then be excavated by villagers or Norse infantry to release a Titan.
A Titan is too large to be carried by transport units; therefore, there is no way it can move across water or some land obstacles. This means the Titan Gate must be placed carefully so that it can reach an enemy's base.
Titans can be taken down either with other Titans or masses of powerful units, especially heroes. The Nidhogg and Vermilion Bird are aerial myth units powerful enough to take on a Titan with impunity, although masses of Vermilion Birds are needed to destroy a Titan quickly, and the Titan will deal splash damage to aerial units when attacking ground troops.
Titans take 0.5× damage from the Bolt god power: it will deal 1,250 points of damage, or 1,151 points if the Titan has the benefit of the Scales of the Catoblepas Relic. Titans are immune to Spy.Civilizations[]
Greeks[]
The Greeks have Cerberus, a monstrous three-headed humanoid canine. If Hera is chosen for the Mythic Age her Monstrous Rage upgrade will increase the Titan's movement and attack speed. Also, worshiping Dionysus grants the Dionysia upgrade, which will increase the Titan's hit points. Furthermore, since Retold, each Greek major god provides a different bonus to the Titan: Zeus makes the Titan cost 9 population, Hades provides a 15% hit point boost, and Poseidon boosts the Titan's speed by 0.4. Cerberus appears as the main antagonist in the Cerberus scenario and as an avoidable enemy in the Shattered Underworlds scenario.
Egyptians[]
The Egyptians summons their sun god, Ra.[1] The Titan was formerly described to be based on Horus in articles for The Titans.[2] Unlike the other Titans, he is summoned from the heavens instead of being unearthed. If the Egyptians choose Sekhmet as their Heroic Age goddess, they can research Crimson Linen to give their Titan a 20% Lifesteal when attacking enemy units; and the Eclipse god power of Bast worshipers can temporarily boost his attack, special attack recharge rate, hack armor and movement speed.
Norse[]
The Norse may employ a massive Frost Giant/Troll with a large hammer made of ice, likely Ymir. If Bragi is chosen for the Heroic Age, his Thurisaz Rune upgrade will increase the Titan's movement speed. Ymir appears as the main antagonist in the Rampage scenario. Since Retold, he leaves icy footprints as he walks.
Atlanteans[]
The Atlanteans control a giant lava golem with crystals spikes sprouting from its back and elbows. It is unknown which mythological being it represents, but it is likely named Chthonian.[2] If Hekate is chosen for the Mythic Age, her Mythic Rejuvenation upgrade will allow the Titan to slowly regenerate its hit points. Before Retold, if Atlas is chosen for the Mythic Age, his Eyes of Atlas upgrade will increase the Titan's Line of Sight. Since Retold, he leaves burning footprints as he walks.
Chinese (Immortal Pillars)[]
The Chinese in Immortal Pillars call upon Xingtian (刑天, pronunciation: shing-tyen), a headless divine warrior who defied death upon being decapitated by Huangdi and grew eyes and a mouth on his torso to continue his fight. He carries a giant axe and shield. Like the Egyptian Titan, Xingtian is summoned from the heavens instead of being unearthed. The Chinese have two technologies that benefit their Titan: Shennong's Peach of Immortality technology boosts the Titan's hit points by 15%, and Zhurong's Flaming Blood allows the Titan to deal additional damage to any enemy units close to him. Lastly, Xingtian is unique among the non-campaign Titans in that he uses spoken voicelines when selected and tasked to move or attack. Xingtian appears in the final scenario of the Pillars of the Gods campaign, Duel of the Deathless, where he is summoned by Yan Feifeng's Sages to fight and eventually defeat Chiyou.
Chinese (Tale of the Dragon)[]
The Chinese in Tale of the Dragon call upon Pangu (traditional Chinese: 盤古; simplified Chinese: 盘古), a human-like horned giant that separated Yin and Yang. He plays a significant role in the plot of the Tale of the Dragon campaign. He reuses his animations and sounds from the Atlantean Titan. The Chinese have no technologies that assist the Titan, though the Great Journey god power of Sun Wukong worshipers can temporarily boost his movement speed. The main objective of the Yin and Yang scenario is to summon Pangu.
Changelog[]
The Titans[]
- The player must reach the Titan Age to summon a Titan.
- It costs 20 population space, has 7,000 hit points, attack range of 2 vs. Titans, Area of Effect of 6 for hack and 7 for crush attacks, and 90% hack / 95% pierce / 90% crush armors.
- Titanic Smash deals 60 hack damage with a range of 0.5 and an Area of Effect of 7, and does 3× vs. human soldiers and myth units.
- There is no Titantic Stature ability.
Retold[]
- The Titan Age was removed as a distinct Age, and Secrets of the Titans is now only a technology. There is no practical difference due to this on the Titan or its procurement, due to the Titan Age being mostly cosmetic.
- The hit points of the Titan was increased and its armor reduced, to account for the divine damage type. It costs 10 population space, has 28,000 hit points, attack range of 5 vs. Titans, Area of Effect of 8 for all attacks, and 60% hack / 80% pierce / 80% crush armors.
- Titanic Smash deals 180 hack damage with a range of 2 and an Area of Effect of 10, and has no attack multipliers.
- The Titan gains the Titanic Stature passive ability.
Mythology[]
| “ | Scientific name -- Deity defies classification Size -- 100' feet tall Diet -- Worship and dominance Titans emerge from Tartarus to wreak havoc upon the earth. They are very dangerous to anything near them, soldiers, civilians, buildings - they are the creative and destructive forces of nature and thought. The Titans ruled over the cosmos before the times of the Olympians and other newer gods. They were forerunners, the first great ones, overcome by their offspring and cast into the remoteness of Tartarus. They governed phenomena and concepts like time, daring, and the unseen as well as forces of nature like the Sun, Earth, and Sky. Other cultures had their progenitor gods - Titans after a fashion - like Ymir, the ancient frost giant of Norse mythology, or Geb and Nut, early Egyptian gods who represented Earth and Sky. |
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| —In-game help section | ||
Trivia[]
- Duel of the Deathless is the only scenario across all campaigns where the player can obtain the generic Titan.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ The Egyptian Titan is described as Ra in the URL of an image on ageofempires.com featuring it, hosted on the official website.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/age-of-mythology-the-titans/6037p2.html
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