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You have advanced to the Heroic Age through the Damnation of Zhong Kui.
—Age up text in Age of Mythology

Zhong Kui is a Heroic Age Chinese minor god in Age of Mythology: Tale of the Dragon. He is available to worshipers of Fu Xi and Shennong.

Attributes[]

God power[]

  • Uproot: Sends roots up through the Earth's crust to damage enemy buildings.

Technologies[]

Myth unit[]

  • Jiangshi: Undead unit capable of draining life from enemy soldiers.

Technology tree[]


Zhong Kui
Age
God power

Uproot

Temple

Jiangshi

Life Drain

Demon Slayer

War Academy

Unbridled Anger

Strategy[]

Zhong Kui is a purely offensive minor god. He grants the Myth Unit Jiangshi that can last a long time in battle due to their ability to regenerate while dealing high amounts of damage. Their special attack can deal even more damage by researching the Life Drain technology. Demon Slayer makes it easier for the player's Immortals to kill enemy Myth Units, making them less of an threat as the game progresses. Unbridled Anger primarily makes Halberdiers, the only Chinese infantry unit, more durable in combat. However, it also improves converted infantry units so using Monks to convert enemy to the player's side to use against the enemy becomes are more viable strategy. Zhong Kui's God Power, Uproot, deals constant damage to enemy buildings until the roots are killed. This makes it easier for the player's army to level any building left standing.

Mythology[]

Zhong Kui is a not so much god as ghost. However, he has been charged with the rule and control of all of the ghosts in Hell, and wields considerable power.

Zhong Kui was once mortal, and very ugly. Though he achieved top scores on the Imperial Examinations, which should have granted him a place in the bureaucracy, the Emperor revoked his titles because of his disfigured appearance. Enraged, Zhong Kui threw himself against the palace door again and again until he died. As a suicide he was condemned to become a ghost in Hell, but because of his scores on the examinations he was appointed as overseer of all the other ghosts. Most of his time is now spent hunting down wayward spirits, demons, and other evil creatures, and keeping the rest in line.
Gods in Age of Mythology
Civilization
Archaic Age
Classical Age
Heroic Age
Mythic Age
Greeks Zeus
Hades
Poseidon
Athena

Hermes

Ares
Apollo

Dionysus

Aphrodite
Hera

Hephaestus

Artemis
Egyptians Ra
Isis
Set
Bast

Ptah

Anubis
Sobek ( Hathor)

Sekhmet

Nephthys
Osiris

Horus

Thoth
Norse Thor
Odin
Loki
Freyr
Freyja

Heimdall

Forseti

Ullr
Skadi

Bragi

Njord

Aegir
Baldr

Tyr

Hel

Vidar
Atlanteans Kronos
Oranos
Gaia
Prometheus

Leto

Oceanus
Hyperion

Rheia

Theia
Helios

Atlas

Hekate
Chinese
(Immortal Pillars)
Fuxi
Nüwa
Shennong
Xuannü

Houtu

Chiyou
Nüba

Goumang

Rushou
Huangdi

Gonggong

Zhurong
Removed in Retold
Chinese
(Tale of the Dragon)
Fu Xi
Nü Wa
Shennong
Huang Di

Sun Wukong

Chang'e
Dabo Gong

Zhong Kui

He Bo
Chongli

Ao Kuang

Xi Wangmu