Priest

"Hero. Has a ranged attack that is strong against myth units, heals allied units, and constructs Obelisks. Priests' combat ability increases in later ages."
In-game description

The Priest is the one of the two standard Egyptian heroes. He is in essence a lesser version of the Pharaoh, though a player can have any number of Priests. Like other heroes, the Priest has a large attack bonus against myth units. He is also their scout unit, and can construct Obelisks and be set to Auto Scout. Though he does not start with the ability to pick up Relics, he can do so after Hands of the Pharaoh has been researched.

Special Abilities

Image	Name	Description
	Heal	Heal an injured allied unit
	Empower	Can empower buildings to boost resource income, construction speed, productivity, and number of projectiles fired
	Sacred Hands	Can pick up Relics and drop them off at a Temple
	Heka	Inflicts divine damage when fighting myth units
	Animal of Set	Set only: Can summon Animals of Set

Set

Isis

Ra

Technologies

General Technologies

Offense

Image	Name	Description
	Hands of the Pharaoh	+6 attack
	Copper Weapons	+10% damage
	Bronze Weapons	+10% damage
	Iron Weapons	+10% damage

Defense

Image	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
Spirit of Maat	Nephthys	+50% healing speed
Funeral Rites	Nephthys	Refunds 5 gold on death
New Kingdom	Osiris	Grants a second Pharaoh

Bonuses

Age Bonuses

Age	Attack	HP	Range	LOS
Archaic Age	1.2	100	3	18

God Bonuses

Image	Name	Description
Archaic Age	1.2	100

Relic Bonuses

Image	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

Gameplay

In battle, Priests function mainly as ranged support units as they are fragile and weak against human soldiers. However, they still form a crucial part of any Egyptian army: they are the Egyptians' main answer to myth units and their ability to heal prolongs an army's life. From the Classical Age, Priests have a long ranged attack; this improves further in later Ages.

Priests are also the Egyptians' designated scout. They can be used as such, at least in the Archaic Age when there is no real alternative. Although they are slow and have poor line of sight in the early game, they can build Obelisks: cheap but fragile structures that provide broad Line of Sight until they are destroyed. Though Priests are still useful at building Obelisks in later ages, other units such as Spearmen are better at scouting as they are cheaper and much faster.

History

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Trivia

If a Heka attack (made when targeting a myth unit) misses and hits another unit, including a non-myth unit, it still deals the stated divine damage.
Originally the Priest had the ability to convert human soldiers and buildings. This feature was removed as it was considered unbalanced - it potentially granted the Egyptians access to all human units.
The Priest is one of the most accurate units. He can hit moving targets, such as the Camel Rider and Raiding Cavalry, with a maximum speed of 6.00.
When attacking myth units, the Priest's projectile is a white glowing magic missile. When attacking other units, the Priest fires a projectile in the form of a rock similar to the projectiles thrown by Slingers.
The Priest was originally intended to be both melee and ranged, much like the Immortal. His ranged attack animation was the melee attack animation. The Priest still has his original ranged attack animation. The animation is shared with Setna.

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