Ajax

Quick Facts:

Ajax

Greek

Ajax

Greek Hero

Unit Information

Type

Hero

Civilization

Greek

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God

Hades

Age

Archaic Age

Creation

Trained At

Town Center     Fortress

Requires

Temple

Food

100

Wood

50

Population

2

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Train Limit

1

Training Time

5 seconds

Statistics

Hit Points

200

Speed

4.3

Line of Sight

16

Hack Armor

35%

Pierce Armor

35%

Crush Armor

99%

Sacred Hands

Ability

Scourge of the Skies

Ability

Melee Attack

Hack

9

Multiplier

Myth Unit: 12x

Rate of Fire

1.5

Attack Range

0.75

Ranged Attack

Pierce

4

Multiplier

Myth Unit: 9x

Rate of Fire

1

Attack Range

12

"Hero. Good against myth units. Switches to a ranged attack to fight flying units. Collects Relics."
In-game description

Ajax is the Archaic Age hero for Hades. He also appears in the Fall of the Trident and The New Atlantis campaigns. The stats to the right are for the non-campaign Ajax, who lacks a Shield Bash attack, the ability to be revived and is slightly weaker.

Special Abilities

	Name	Description
	Sacred Hands	Can pick up Relics and drop them off at a Temple.
	Scourge of the Skies	Switches to a ranged attack to fight flying units.

Technologies & Relic Bonuses

General Technologies

	Name	Description
	Copper Weapons	+10% damage
	Bronze Weapons	+10% damage
	Iron Weapons	+10% damage
	Ballistics	Fires more accurately at moving targets.

	Name	Description
	Copper Armor	-15% Hack Vulnerability
	Bronze Armor	-15% Hack Vulnerability
	Iron Armor	-15% Hack Vulnerability
	Copper Shields	-15% Pierce Vulnerability
	Bronze Shields	-15% Pierce Vulnerability
	Iron Shields	-15% Pierce Vulnerability

Myth Technologies

	Name	God	Description
	Olympian Parentage	Zeus	+25% hit points, -50% training time
	Oracle	Apollo	+4 Line of Sight
	Sun Ray	Apollo	+10% anti-flying damage, projectiles reveal the surrounding area
	Dionysia	Dionysus	+5% hit points

Bonuses

Age Bonuses

	Name	Description
	Archaic Age	-75% damage
	Classical Age	+10% hit points, +10% damage (damage resets to base).
	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.

Relic Bonuses

	Name	Description
	Arrows of Heracles	+5% attack
	Hermes' Winged Sandals	+10% movement speed
	The Khopesh of Horus	+1.0 attack bonus multiplier vs. myth units
	Pelt of Argus	+6 Line of Sight
	Thundercloud Shawl	-5% pierce vulnerability
	Tyrfing, Angantyr's Sword	Regenerate +10% of damage dealt

Mythology

"◆ Age -- 34
 ◆ Homeland -- Salamis
 ◆ Occupation -- Prince, Warrior
 ◆ Special Attack -- Shield bash sends units flying
The son of the King of Salamis, Ajax was the second greatest Greek champion at Troy, behind only Achilles. Homer described Ajax as a wall, and said he was much taller than other men. When Achilles withdrew from the fighting, it was Ajax who met Hector in single combat. The two heroes fought all day, with only Hector taking a slight wound. Following the death of Achilles, Ajax competed with Odysseus for the armor of the fallen hero. Odysseus proved more eloquent as a speaker, however, and was awarded the prize."
In-game compendium

Older Ajax

"◆ Age -- 44
 ◆ Homeland -- Salamis
 ◆ Occupation -- Prince, Warrior
 ◆ Special Attack -- Shield bash sends units flying
The son of the King of Salamis, Ajax was the second greatest Greek champion at Troy, behind only Achilles. Homer described Ajax as a wall, and said he was much taller than other men. When Achilles withdrew from the fighting, it was Ajax who met Hector in single combat. The two heroes fought all day, with only Hector taking a slight wound. Following the death of Achilles, Ajax competed with Odysseus for the armor of the fallen hero. Odysseus proved more eloquent as a speaker, however, and was awarded the prize. Ajax accompanied Arkantos, before he ascended to godhood, on his journeys across the world to stop the Cyclops Gargarensis from releasing the Titan Kronos. His father still rules Salamis, but more and more it appears that the gruff, brutal warrior will succeed his father on the throne."
In-game compendium

Trivia

• Early screens show Ajax originally was going to use a sword, however this was changed for unknown reasons.
• Unlike in the Iliad, Ajax does not die from suicide, but instead lives on for at least a decade after the Trojan War.
• During the campaign cutscenes, Ajax has a sarcastic and rather aggressive attitude.
• Comically, Ajax seems to be fond of pulling off the heads of his foes. Throughout the original campaign, he mentions it thrice (both in the original game and in The Titans).
  • The first instance is in the post cutscene of the campaign scenario Isis, Hear My Plea in Fall of the Trident. When Gargarensis was interrogating Arkantos on the prison island, he said that the Cyclops may feel less like fighting after pulling off his head.
  • The second instance is in the opening cutscene of Betrayal at Sikyos from The Titans. When Kastor was tricked by the Atlanteans into attacking the Greeks, he told Amanra that he will pull off Kastor's head when he sees him.
  • The third instance is in the campaign scenario Making Amends. As the player captures three settlements, Ajax will comment that after claiming the last Settlement, he will tear off the Titan's head.

List of Units

List of

Heroes

Greeks

God

Heroes

Zeus

Jason ● Heracles ● Odysseus ● Bellerophon

Poseidon

Theseus ● Atalanta ● Hippolyta ● Polyphemus

Hades

Ajax ● Achilles ● Chiron ● Perseus

Aphrodite

The Argo

Egyptians

All

Pharaoh ● Priest

Osiris

Son of Osiris ● Pharaoh

Norse

All

Hersir ● Godi

Freyr

Gullinbursti

Baldr

Hero of Ragnarok

Atlanteans

All

Citizen Hero ● Oracle Hero ● Murmillo Hero ● Katapeltes Hero ● Turma Hero ● Cheiroballista Hero ● Arcus Hero ● Contarius Hero ● Destroyer Hero ● Fanatic Hero