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"Hero. Good against myth units. Switches to a ranged attack to fight flying units. Collects Relics."
In-game description
Heracles is the Classical Age hero for Zeus. The Heracles of Greek mythology had superhuman strength as he was a demi-god, the son of the god Zeus and a mortal.
Special Abilities
| Image | Name | Description |
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Sacred Hands | Can pick up Relics and drop them off at a Temple. |
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Scourge of the Skies | Switches to a ranged attack to fight flying units. |
Technologies & Relic Bonuses
General Technologies
| Image | Name | Description |
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Copper Weapons | +10% damage |
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Bronze Weapons | +10% damage |
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Iron Weapons | +10% damage |
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Ballistics | Fires more accurately at moving targets. |
| Image | Name | Description |
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Copper Armor | -15% Hack Vulnerability |
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Bronze Armor | -15% Hack Vulnerability |
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Iron Armor | -15% Hack Vulnerability |
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Copper Shields | -15% Pierce Vulnerability |
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Bronze Shields | -15% Pierce Vulnerability |
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Iron Shields | -15% Pierce Vulnerability |
Myth Technologies
| Image | Name | God | Description |
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Olympian Parentage | Zeus | +25% hit points, -50% training time |
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Oracle | Apollo | +4 Line of Sight |
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Sun Ray | Apollo | +10% anti-flying damage, projectiles reveal the surrounding area |
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Dionysia | Dionysus | +5% hit points |
Age Bonuses
| Image | Name | Description |
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Heroic Age | +15% hit points, +20% damage, +1 damage multiplier against myth units. |
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Mythic Age | +20% hit points, +30% damage, +1 damage multiplier against myth units. |
Relic Bonuses
| Image | Name | Description |
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Arrows of Heracles | +5% attack |
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Hermes' Winged Sandals | +10% movement speed |
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The Khopesh of Horus | +1.0 attack bonus multiplier vs. myth units |
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Pelt of Argus | +6 Line of Sight |
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Thundercloud Shawl | -5% pierce vulnerability |
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Tyrfing, Angantyr's Sword | Regenerate +10% of damage dealt |
Gameplay
Like all Greek heroes, Heracles is superb against myth units and fair against other unit types.
Mythology
"◆ Age -- 40
◆ Homeland -- Tiryns
◆ Occupation -- Hero and demigod
The son of Zeus and a mortal woman, Heracles (called Hercules in Latinwas endowed with incredible strength. He strangled serpents in his crib as a baby and accidentally killed his tutor with a lyre as a youth. Unfortunately he had a terrible enemy in Hera, Zeus' jealous wife on Olympus. She drove Heracles mad to the point that he killed his own wife and children. After recovering his sanity, he sought advice from the Oracle of Delphi for penance to resume a normal life. She instructed him to perform his famous twelve labors. These included killing beasts like the Nemean Lion (which he strangled and the Hydra, capturing other beasts, and a variety of other quests. With the twelve labors complete, and following a variety of other adventures, he was allowed to return to Tiryns and remarry. Heracles died much later after being treacherously poisoned through the machinations of a Centaur who had tried to abduct his wife. He was then invited to Olympus and endowed with immortality."
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