Leto

"You have advanced to the Classical Age through the Guidance of Leto."
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Leto is a Classical Age Atlantean minor god in Age of Mythology: The Titans. She is the goddess of the unseen, and the mother by Zeus of the twins Artemis and Apollo. She is available to worshipers of Gaia and Kronos.

Attributes

God Power

Name	Description
Spider Lair	Hatches spider eggs that turn into invisible traps for enemy human units that come close to them.

Technology

Name	Description
Hephaestus Revenge	Automata have +30% hit points and regenerate 0.5 hit points per second.
Volcanic Forge	Reduces the pierce vulnerability of Automata, human units, heroes, and ships.

Myth Unit

Name	Description
Automaton	Metallic soldier that can repair, and also rebuild each other (within a limited time frame after death).

Gameplay

Before the Extended Edition, Leto's technologies did not have any general application, but rather improved her myth unit, the Automaton. With their ability to rebuild and repair, these reasonably strong robot-like units were ideal for hit-and-runs. They are cheap and easy to mass, especially for Kronos worshipers, so players could make decent sized armies of Automaton paired with soldiers as protection from heroes. After taking out some worker units or dealing damage to buildings, the Automata can retreat, repair each other (made faster with The Hephaestus' Revenge tech) and repeat. Depending on the game version, the Automata, as well as heroes, human units and ships, can be made more durable against archer and building attack with the Volcanic Forge tech, thus maintaining their usefulness later in the game.

Her god power, Spider Lair, on the other hand should not be used offensively as the eggs can easily be killed by enemies before hatching. Rather they should be used to catch enemies off guard in areas they are likely to pass, such as a gold mine or a friendly Town Center. The spiders will instantly kill one human soldier each but cannot attack anything else so are primarily used to thin out enemy troops.

Mythology

"The daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe, Leto was known as the hidden one, and become associated with the moon. She bestowed her qualities of concealment upon the beasts of the earth. Her beauty caught the eye of Zeus, however, by whom she gave birth to the twin gods Artemis and Apollo. This act made her an enemy of Hera, Zeus' wife. She was principally worshiped in Greek Asia Minor, and usually together with her twin children."
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Trivia

Leto's artwork in Retold shows her with two children, Artemis and Apollo.