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This article is about the unit in the PC game. For the unit in the handheld video game, see Mountain Giant (Age of Empires: Mythologies). |
| “ | Myth unit. A massive thug who crushes smaller units and smashes buildings with his club. | ” |
The Mountain Giant is a Norse myth unit available once the player's civilization worships Njord at the Heroic Age, or Hel in the Mythic Age.
Special Attacks[]
- Super Shot: bashes buildings with his club, dealing 120 crush damage. Requires 15 seconds to recharge.
- Dwarf Kick: kicks away dwarves with his right foot, dealing 30 hack damage. Requires 15 seconds to recharge.
God Bonuses and Upgrades[]
Specific[]
Granite Blood (Hel): +200 hit points.
General[]
Loki reduces Favor cost by 10%.
- Thurisaz Rune (Bragi): +12% movement speed.
- Rampage (Hel): -95% training time.
Strategy[]
The Mountain Giant wields a large club and deals high damage to buildings, serving as a myth unit stand-in for siege weapons. Giants can be used effectively against almost any unit and have a large amount of hit points to compensate for their low armor. The Mountain Giant's first special attack is a super shot from his club which deals 120 crush damage to buildings and aiding to take down enemy fortifications. His second special attack is used only against Dwarves - he punts them. However, like all myth units, he is weak against heroes. Furthermore, his low movement and attack speed, along with his low armor, means that he should be provided adequate support and protected from faster, stronger myth units like the Medusa, Mummy, Frost Giant, Argus, or Lampades. These myth units in particular can either instantly kill him, put him out of action, or even turn him against his former allies. His slow movement speed also makes him a target of Azure Dragons and White Tigers, the latter of which can easily close the distance and heavily damage the Mountain Giant at the same time with their leaping attack.
Changelog[]
Age of Mythology[]
The Titans[]
Extended Edition[]
Mythology[]
| “ | Scientific name -- Atlas jotun Size -- 16' tall Diet -- rocks, trees, sheep, humans The giants, also known as jotun, were known for their great strength and stupidity. They were antagonistic and destructive. Remarkably, several of the giantesses (who were perhaps not as bestial as the males of their species) had trysts with some of the Norse gods. Thor, Odin, Tyr and Heimdall had a giant for a parent. Both of Loki's parents were giants, yet he was still considered an Aesir god. Some of the more colorful giants included Hrungnir, whose head and heart were made of stone (and pinned Thor when the Thunderer killed him), Gerd, a giantess who married Freyr (Freyja's brother), Hrimthurs, who built the walls around Asgard in six months on a bet (and was also killed by Thor), and Gunnlod, a giantess who Odin had to sleep with for three nights before he could drink her father's mead. | ” |
Trivia[]
- Mountain Giants are the only myth units to be available to two consecutive minor gods; under the worship of Loki, they are available to Njord in the Heroic Age and again to Hel in the Mythic Age.
- They and Frost Giants are both available to two different minor gods, though it is not possible to worship both Skadi and Hel at the same time.
- Mountain Giants are the only Norse Giants to not be available to all three major Norse Gods.
- Mountain Giants have the highest number of HP of any Myth Unit that can be trained from a temple.
Gallery[]
Mountain Giant in-game
Mountain Giant kicking a dwarf
Pre-release Mountain Giant render
Mountain giant standing in grass
Mountain Giants attacking Houses in a cut scene.
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