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{{InfoboxNeue
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| title = Medusa
| title = Medusa
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==Special Ability==
==Special Ability==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Colossus Ability
|-
|-
! Image !! Name !! Description
! Image !! Name !! Description
|-
|-
| [[File:grk-abl-colossus.png|50px]] || [[Colossal Hunger]] || Regains 15 hit points per second by consuming trees and Gold Mines
| [[File:grk-abl-colossus.webp|50px]] || [[Colossal Hunger]] || Regains 15 hit points per second by consuming trees and Gold Mines
|}
|}


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! Name!! God !! Upgrades from !! Upgrades to !! Effect
! Name!! God !! Upgrades from !! Upgrades to !! Effect
|-
|-
| [[File:grk-t-hand-of-talos.png|40px]] [[Hand of Talos]] || [[Hephaestus]] || Colossus || Silver Colossus || +25% hit points
| [[File:grk-t-hand-of-talos.webp|40px]] [[Hand of Talos]] || [[Hephaestus]] || Colossus || Silver Colossus || +25% hit points
|-
|-
| [[File:grk-t-shoulder-of-talos.png|40px]] [[Shoulder of Talos]] || Hephaestus || Silver Colossus || Gold Colossus || +25% hit points and -20% hack vulnerability
| [[File:grk-t-shoulder-of-talos.webp|40px]] [[Shoulder of Talos]] || Hephaestus || Silver Colossus || Gold Colossus || +25% hit points and -20% hack vulnerability
|}
|}
====God Bonuses====
====God Bonuses====
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! Image !! Name !! God !! Description
! Image !! Name !! God !! Description
|-
|-
| [[File:grk-t-oracle.png|40px]] || [[Oracle]] || [[Apollo]] || +4 [[Line of Sight]]
| [[File:grk-t-oracle.webp|40px]] || [[Oracle]] || [[Apollo]] || +4 [[Line of Sight]]
|-
|-
| [[File:grk-t-dionysia.png|40px]] || [[Dionysia]] || [[Dionysus]] || +5% hit points
| [[File:grk-t-dionysia.webp|40px]] || [[Dionysia]] || [[Dionysus]] || +5% hit points
|}
|}


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! Image !! Name !! Description
! Image !! Name !! Description
|-
|-
| [[File:Infobox-age5.png|40px]] || [[Wonder Age]] || +100% hit points, +100% damage, +20% speed
| [[File:Infobox-age5.webp|40px]] || [[Wonder Age]] || +100% hit points, +100% damage, +20% speed
|}
|}
=====Relic Bonuses=====
=====Relic Bonuses=====
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
==Trivia==
==Trivia==

* The Colossus, as referenced by its specific technologies, is based on Talos, a giant, bronze Automaton who patrolled the island of Crete.
* The Colossus is named after one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Colossus of Rhodes, a giant bronze-plated statue of the sun god Helios.
* The Colossus originally had the second highest number of hit points of any myth unit that can be trained at a Temple. As of Tale of the Dragon, it only has the third-highest hit points.
* During development, the Colossus did not exist, and its role was instead filled by the Golem.
==Video==
==Video==
==List of Myth Units==
==List of Myth Units==
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|subtitle=List of
|subtitle=List of
|title= Myth Units
|title= Myth Units
|header1 = [[File:Icon Greek.png|55px]] [[Greeks]]
|header1 = [[File:Icon Greek.webp|55px]] [[Greeks]]
|label2 = Age
|label2 = Age
|list2 = Units
|list2 = Units
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|list6 = [[Colossus]] ● [[Medusa]] ● [[Carcinos]] ● [[Chimera]]
|list6 = [[Colossus]] ● [[Medusa]] ● [[Carcinos]] ● [[Chimera]]


|header7 = [[File:Icon Egyptian.png|55px]] [[Egyptians]]
|header7 = [[File:Icon Egyptian.webp|55px]] [[Egyptians]]
|label8 = Archaic Age
|label8 = Archaic Age
|list8 = [[Baboon of Set]]
|list8 = [[Baboon of Set]]
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|list11 = [[Phoenix]] ● [[Phoenix Egg]] ● [[War Turtle]] ● [[Avenger]] ● [[Mummy]] ● [[Hippopotamus of Set]] ● [[Rhinoceros of Set]] ● [[Elephant of Set]]
|list11 = [[Phoenix]] ● [[Phoenix Egg]] ● [[War Turtle]] ● [[Avenger]] ● [[Mummy]] ● [[Hippopotamus of Set]] ● [[Rhinoceros of Set]] ● [[Elephant of Set]]


|header12 = [[File:Icon Norse.png|55px]] [[Norse]]
|header12 = [[File:Icon Norse.webp|55px]] [[Norse]]
|label13 = Archaic Age
|label13 = Archaic Age
|list13 = [[Raven]] ● [[Godi]]
|list13 = [[Raven]] ● [[Godi]]
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|list16 = [[Jormun Elver]] ● [[Fimbulwinter Wolf]] ● [[Fenris Wolf Brood]] ● [[Fire Giant]] ● [[Nidhogg]] ● [[Fafnir]]
|list16 = [[Jormun Elver]] ● [[Fimbulwinter Wolf]] ● [[Fenris Wolf Brood]] ● [[Fire Giant]] ● [[Nidhogg]] ● [[Fafnir]]


|header17 = [[File:Icon Atlantean.png|55px]] [[Atlanteans]]
|header17 = [[File:Icon Atlantean.webp|55px]] [[Atlanteans]]
|label18 = Classical Age
|label18 = Classical Age
|list18 = [[Automaton]] ● [[Promethean]] ● [[Promethean Offspring]] ● [[Caladria]] ● [[Servant]] ● [[Carnivora]]
|list18 = [[Automaton]] ● [[Promethean]] ● [[Promethean Offspring]] ● [[Caladria]] ● [[Servant]] ● [[Carnivora]]

Latest revision as of 01:23, 6 November 2024

Quick Facts:
Medusa
Greek
Medusa
Mythical
Unit Information
Type
Myth Unit
Civilization
Greeks
God
Hera
Age
Mythic Age
Creation
Trained At
Temple
Gold
350
Favor
35
Population
4
Training Time
24 seconds
Statistics
Hit Points
350
Speed
4.3
Line of Sight
20
Hack Armor
25%
Pierce Armor
35%
Crush Armor
99%
Ability
Petrification
Ranged Attack
Pierce
35
Crush
5
Multiplier
Myth Unit: 2x
Multiplier
Hero: 0.5x
Rate of Fire
1.7
Attack Range
16

"Ranged myth unit that petrifies most units at range. Good against human soldiers."
In-game description

The Medusa (plural: Medusai) is a Mythic Age Greek myth unit, trainable by players worshiping the minor god Hera.

Special Ability

Image Name Description
Colossal Hunger Regains 15 hit points per second by consuming trees and Gold Mines

Technologies, Upgrades, & Bonuses

Upgrades

Name God Upgrades from Upgrades to Effect
Hand of Talos Hephaestus Colossus Silver Colossus +25% hit points
Shoulder of Talos Hephaestus Silver Colossus Gold Colossus +25% hit points and -20% hack vulnerability

God Bonuses

Image God Bonus
Zeus -1 population cost
Hades +15% hit points
Poseidon +0.4 speed

Myth Technologies

Image Name God Description
Oracle Apollo +4 Line of Sight
Dionysia Dionysus +5% hit points

Age Bonus

Image Name Description
Wonder Age +100% hit points, +100% damage, +20% speed
Relic Bonuses
Image Name Description
Scales of a Catoblepas -15% Pierce vulnerability
Pandora's Box -20% favor cost
Pelt of Argus +6 Line of Sight
Scales of a Echidna -15% cost except favor

Gameplay

he Colossus is a powerful myth unit and is very strong against buildings due to its high crush attack. It is also strong against almost anything else, but is the most effective if it is put to use against buildings or regular human soldiers. When fully-upgraded prior to Tale of the Dragon, it had the most hit points of all non-Titan, trainable myth units (tied with that of a Mountain Giant with Granite Blood, although the Colossus is still more durable due to its higher armor ratings), but this is balanced by the Colossus being the slowest myth unit in the game. As with all myth units, heroes will defeat them (Colossi can actually defeat most non-Greek heroes one-on-one, but they will still take much more damage than what they deal and will also usually be outnumbered), though the durability of the Colossi means they can usually survive until backup arrives.
The Colossus can be upgraded by the Hand of Talos and Shoulder of Talos technologies, each of which increases the Colossus' maximum hit points by a large amount. It can regenerate by eating trees or Gold Mines. Hit points regenerated this way are equal to the amount of the resource consumed. This can be a useful strategy provided the Colossus eats a Gold Mine or tree in the enemy's territory.

Mythology

"◆ Scientific Name -- None (Artificial Construct)
 ◆ Size -- Over 50' high
 ◆ Diet -- Trees and Gold
The Great Colossus at Rhodes was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It stood over 150 ft. high on a 50 ft. white marble base. It was mostly hollow, with a skin of bronze welded to a skeleton frame of stone and metal. Though it was destroyed by an earthquake after standing for only about fifty years, its size was such that people came to Rhodes just to see its ruins, just as people today visit the ruins of other Greek monuments, buildings, and temples."
In-game compendium

Gallery

Trivia

Video

List of Myth Units



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