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| indicator = Greek
| indicator = Egyptian
| image = Grk-t-sun-ray.png
| image = egp-t-slings-of-the-sun.webp


| title = Sun Ray
| title = Slings of the Sun
| subtitle =
| subtitle =


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| label3 = God
| label3 = God
| label4 = Age
| label4 = Age
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| icon2 = Icon Greek.png
| icon2 = Icon Egyptian.webp
| icon3 = Grk-mg-apollo-icon.webp
| icon3 = egp-mg-sekhmet-icon.webp
| icon4 = Infobox-age3.png
| icon4 = Infobox-age3.webp
| content1 =
| content1 =
| content2 = [[Greeks]]
| content2 = [[Egyptians]]
| content3 = [[Apollo]]
| content3 = [[Sekhmet]]
| content4 = [[Heroic Age]]
| content4 = [[Heroic Age]]


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| label10 = Train Limit
| label10 = Train Limit
| label11 = Research Time
| label11 = Research Time
| icon5 = grk-b-archery.png
| icon5 = egp-bld-barracks.webp
| icon6 = infobox-food.png
| icon6 = infobox-food.webp
| icon7 = infobox-gold.png
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| icon8 = infobox-wood.png
| icon8 = infobox-wood.webp
| icon9 = infobox-favor.png
| icon9 = infobox-favor.webp
| icon10 = infobox-military.png
| icon10 = infobox-military.webp
| icon11 = infobox-time.png
| icon11 = infobox-time.webp
| content5 = [[Archery Range]] [[Armory]]
| content5 = [[Barracks]]</br>[[Armory]]
| content6 = 100
| content6 =
| content7 =
| content7 = 100
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| content8 =
| content9 = 20
| content9 = 15
| content10 =
| content10 =
| content11 = 30 seconds
| content11 = 40 seconds
}}
}}


{{Quote|Apollo imbues the projectiles fired by your units with sunlight, causing them to inflict more damage and reveal their surroundings.|In-game description}}
{{Quote|Sekhmet equips Slingers with burning Slings of the Sun, causing them to do extra damage to infantry.|In-game description}}


Sun Ray is a [[Greeks|Greek]] myth technology that is available to worshipers of [[Apollo]] and can be researched at the [[Armory]] or [[Archery Range]]. Once researched, it increases the attack of ranged units and allows the projectiles fired by said units to reveal their path and their target.
Slings of the Sun is an [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] myth technology that is available to worshipers of [[Sekhmet]] and can be researched at the [[Barracks]] or [[Armory]]. Once researched, it increases the amount of damage [[Slinger]]s inflict on [[Infantry|infantry]].


==Effects==
==Effects==
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! Affects !! Effect
! Affects !! Effect
|-
|-
| [[File:unit-type-archer.png|40px]] [[Ranged Soldier|Ranged Units]] || +10% ranged attack.
| [[File:egp-r-slinger.webp|40px]] [[Slinger]] || +0.75 damage multiplier against infantry
|-
| Unit Projectile || +20 [[Line of Sight]], and applies a revealing effect on its target or the place where it landed if missed, providing a Line of Sight of 25 for 6 seconds.
|}
|}


====Special Ability====
==Relic Bonuses==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! Name !! Description
! Name!! Description
|-
|-
| [[File:grk-abl-solar-flare.png|40px]] [[Solar Flare]] || (Passive) Projectiles reveal the area around where they land
| [[File:shared-r-anvil.webp|40px]] [[Anvil of Hephaestus]]|| -50% gold cost
|}
|}


==Technologies==
==History==
{{Quote|Ancient hunters used slings to kill or stun small prey and while sling stones had the capacity to maim or kill, soldiers often used them simply to distract or harass enemies. Because archers relied on their range and aim, slingers could be very effective against them. Slingers didn't have to approach archers on foot, a deadly prospect, and the stones they hurled into a formation of archers wounded many, killed others and certainly broke their concentration and threw off their aim.|In-game compendium}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name!! God !! Description
|-
| [[File:grk-t-forge-of-olympus.png|40px]] [[Forge of Olympus]] || [[Hephaestus]] || Costs -60% food
|}

==Mythology==
{{Quote|Apollo was known as "Phoebus," the "radiant," and had a close connection to Helios, the sun god. Apollo is often shown holding a bow and arrow symbolizing the sun's rays, as he was the god of archery (as art, not for warfare or hunting).|In-game compendium}}

==Trivia==
* If applied via the Scenario Editor, Sun Ray by default does not affect [[Lost Ship]] arrows, lasers (from [[Petsuchos|Petsuchoi]] or [[Mirror Tower]]s), and lightning (from [[Statues of Lightning]] or [[Osiris]]).


==Myth Tech==
==Myth Tech==

Latest revision as of 01:23, 6 November 2024

Quick Facts:
Slings of the Sun
Egyptian
Slings of the Sun
Availability
Civilization
Research
Researched At
Gold
100
Favor
15
Research Time
40 seconds

"Sekhmet equips Slingers with burning Slings of the Sun, causing them to do extra damage to infantry."
In-game description

Slings of the Sun is an Egyptian myth technology that is available to worshipers of Sekhmet and can be researched at the Barracks or Armory. Once researched, it increases the amount of damage Slingers inflict on infantry.

Effects

Affects Effect
Slinger +0.75 damage multiplier against infantry

Relic Bonuses

Name Description
Anvil of Hephaestus -50% gold cost

History

"Ancient hunters used slings to kill or stun small prey and while sling stones had the capacity to maim or kill, soldiers often used them simply to distract or harass enemies. Because archers relied on their range and aim, slingers could be very effective against them. Slingers didn't have to approach archers on foot, a deadly prospect, and the stones they hurled into a formation of archers wounded many, killed others and certainly broke their concentration and threw off their aim."
In-game compendium

Myth Tech


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