Polyphemus

Polyphemus
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Mythology
Type	Hero
Civilization	Greeks
Age	Mythic Age
God	Poseidon
Creation
Trained at	Town Center Fortress
Gold	400
Favor	6
Population	4
Training time	27 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	700
Speed	4.1
Line of Sight	20
Hack attack	15
Crush attack	20
Attack bonus	Myth units: ×7 Animals of Set: ×3
Hack armor	40%
Pierce armor	40%
Crush armor	99%

Polyphemus in Greek legend was a mighty Cyclops. In Age of Mythology, he is the Mythic Age Greek hero for Poseidon.

Upgrades

General

• Copper Weapons, Bronze Weapons, and Iron Weapons: +10% attack.
• Copper Mail, Bronze Mail, and Iron Mail: -15% hack vulnerability.
• Copper Shields, Bronze Shields, and Iron Shields: -15% pierce vulnerability.

Strategy

Polyphemus has the highest hit points and the highest attack against myth units of all the Greek heroes. His special attack is a whack with his mace, flinging units in the air and dealing them moderate damage. Like all Greek heroes he is strong against myth units but can take on almost any unit in the game.

Changelog

Age of Mythology

• Polyphemus has 3.5 speed and 540 hit points, and his special attack can affect both human and myth units.

Tale of the Dragon

• Polyphemus has 4.1 speed. His special attack now works more reliably on slow retreating enemies.
• With patch 2.8, Polyphemus has 700 hit points and his special attack only affects myth units, but will now instantly kill them.

Overview

“	Age -- 205 Homeland -- Sicily Occupation -- Shepherd Special attack -- Whomps units with his mace This son of Poseidon was a Cyclops who lived a solitary existence in a cave near Sicily herding sheep. His life was interrupted when Odysseus and his men landed nearby seeking food during their journey home from Troy. Odysseus wanted to see a Cyclops, so he and his crew hid in Polyphemus' cave. Gasping at the sight of the one-eyed giant, they revealed their presence and the Cyclops grabbed two of the men and ate them. He blocked the stone cave entrance with a large rock and continued eating two men each meal. Desperate, Odysseus and his men fashioned a large pole into a spear and stabbed Polyphemus in the eye after getting him drunk. The men then hung from the bellies of the sheep when the Cyclops let them out the next day. Not content with their escape, Odysseus taunted Polyphemus from his ship and revealed his name. The Cyclops called upon his father Poseidon to curse the Greeks and the god complied, harassing Odysseus for the rest of his journey.	”
—In-game history section

Gallery

Polyphemus in-game model

POLYPHEMUS vs EVERY MYTH UNIT - Age of Mythology

	Heroes obtainable in random maps in Age of Mythology
God	Archaic Age	Classical Age	Heroic Age	Mythic Age
Greeks
All		Hippocrates
Zeus	Jason	Odysseus	Heracles	Bellerophon
Poseidon	Theseus	Hippolyta	Atalanta	Polyphemus
			The Argo
Hades	Ajax	Chiron	Achilles	Perseus
Egyptians
All	Pharaoh
	Priest
Osiris				Son of Osiris
				Pharaoh (second)
Norse
All	Hersir
Baldr				Hero of Ragnarok
Atlanteans
All	Citizen (Hero)	Murmillo (Hero)	Arcus (Hero)	Fanatic (Hero)
		Katapeltes (Hero)	Contarius (Hero)
	Oracle (Hero)	Turma (Hero)	Destroyer (Hero)
Chinese
All			Monk
Fu Xi	Immortal (8)
Others	Immortal (2)	Immortal (2)	Immortal (2)	Immortal (2)