Myth unit

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Myth Units in Age of Mythology are a variety of monsters, spirits and otherwise supernatural creatures that players can bring to their aid. As they are fictitious, they contribute greatly to making Age of Mythology distinct from the other games in the Age of Empires series.

Most Myth Units are only available by worshipping a particular Minor God. They are trained at the Temple, or the Dock for naval myth units, and all have a cost in Favor plus one of the other resources. Each of these Myth Units has a special attack or ability which improves their combat abilities, heal them or has some other powerful effect.

Other Myth Units may appear due to a Major God's bonus or a God Power. See the main page on Units for more details. Each culture can also create its own Titan, which is the strongest Myth Unit in the game and is almost unstoppable.

Myth units are very strong against human soldiers. Most of them can hold their own against groups of human soldiers and some have devastating abilities against them such as multiple attacks and performing instant kills. Many myth units are also strong against other myth units, doing bonus damage to them. Naturally, this bonus cancels itself out to some extent. All Myth Units are weak against Heroes, doing reduced damage to them while taking extra damage. Heroes are also immune to the myth units' special attacks.

Greek

AGE				Air	Water
I				Pegasus	Hippocampus
II	Centaur	Minotaur	Cyclops
III	Hydra	Manticore	Nemean Lion		Scylla
IV	Medusa	Colossus	Chimera		Carcinos
Titan	Titan

Egyptian

AGE				Air	Water
I
II	Sphinx	Wadjet	Anubite
III	Petsuchos	Scorpion Man	Scarab	Roc	Leviathan
IV	Mummy	Avenger		Phoenix	War Turtle
Titan	Titan

Norse

AGE				Air	Water
I				Raven
II	Valkyrie	Troll	Einherjar
III	Frost Giant	Battle Boar	Mountain Giant		Kraken
IV	Fire Giant	Fenris Wolf Brood			Jormund Elver
Titan	Titan

Atlantean

AGE				Air	Water
I
II	Promethean	Automaton		Caladria	Servant
III	Satyr	Behemoth	Dryad	Stymphalian Bird	Nereid
IV	Heka Gigantes	Argus	Lampades		Man O' War
Titan	Titan

Chinese

AGE				Air	Water
I
II	Terracotta Warrior	Monkey King	Qilin
III	Pixiu	Jiangshi	War Salamander		War Salamander
IV	Azure Dragon	White Tiger		Vermilion Bird	Dragon Turtle Azure Dragon
Titan	Titan

Comparison Table

Titans, scouting-exclusive, non-trainable, and water myth units are not in this table. The asterisk "*" means upgraded myth unit.

Name	Civ.	Age	Cost	Favor	Pop	Hack Dmg	Pierce Dmg	Crush Dmg	Range	HP	Hack Armor	Pierce Armor	Spd	Bonus	Special
Centaur	Greek	II	200w	12	3	-	12	-	12m	220	30%	35%	5.0m/s	x2	50p,15s
Centaur*	Greek	II	200w	12	3	-	12	-	12m	275	30%	35%	6.5m/s	x2	50p,15s
Minotaur	Greek	II	200f	14	4	15	-	10	0m	320	60%	55%	4.2m/s	x2	60h,15s
Minotaur*	Greek	II	150f	14	4	15	-	10	0m	448	60%	55%	4.2m/s	x2	60h,15s
Cyclops	Greek	II	250f	22	4	15	-	12	0m	600	40%	50%	3.2m/s	x2	kill,15s
Cyclops*	Greek	II	250f	22	4	22.5	-	24	0m	600	40%	50%	3.2m/s	x2	kill,15s
Hydra	Greek	III	250f	28	5	20	-	10	0m	800	60%	40%	4.0m/s	x2	-
Hydra 5 Heads	Greek	III	250f	28	5	60	-	30	0m	800	60%	40%	4.0m/s	x2	-
Manticore	Greek	III	300w	28	5	-	11(x3)	-	16m	420	30%	60%	4.3m/s	x2	15p(x6),15s
Nemean Lion	Greek	III	200g	22	4	20	-	10	0m	660	30%	60%	4.8m/s	x2	30h(Area),20s
Nemean Lion*	Greek	III	200g	22	4	20	-	10	0m	660	44%	80%	4.8m/s	x2	30h(Area),20s
Medusa	Greek	IV	250g	32	5	-	15	12	10m	360	60%	70%	4.3m/s	x2	kill,20s
Medusa*	Greek	IV	250g	32	5	-	15	12	10m	480	60%	70%	4.3m/s	x2	kill,20s
Colossus	Greek	IV	300g	25	5	20	-	50	0m	1100	50%	80%	3.0m/s	x1	-
Colossus**	Greek	IV	300g	25	5	20	-	50	0m	1400	60%	80%	3.0m/s	x1	-
Chimera	Greek	IV	300g	30	4	20	-	-	0m	800	60%	60%	5.3m/s	x3	28h(x3,Area),20s
Chimera*	Greek	IV	300g	30	4	26	-	-	0m	960	60%	60%	5.3m/s	x3	36h(x3,Area),20s
Sphinx	Egypt	II	120g	18	4	11	-	5	0m	300	45%	60%	5.3m/s	x3	20h(Area),12s
Sphinx**	Egypt	II	120g	18	4	13	-	15	0m	350	56%	60%	6.4m/s	x3	20h(Area),12s
Wadjet	Egypt	II	150w	15	3	-	16	-	18m	240	20%	30%	3.8m/s	x3	-
Anubite	Egypt	II	100f	15	3	13	-	-	0m	200	60%	55%	5.3m/s	x3	15h,5s
Anubite*	Egypt	II	100f	15	3	16	-	-	0m	250	60%	55%	5.3m/s	x3	15h,5s
Petsuchos	Egypt	III	200g	15	4	-	55	20	20m	480	40%	44%	3.6m/s	x2	-
Petsuchos*	Egypt	III	200g	15	4	-	55	20	24m	480	40%	44%	3.6m/s	x2	-
Scarab	Egypt	III	300f	20	5	6	-	12	0m	670	40%	75%	3.2m/s	x2	x5.vsBuild.
Scorpion Man	Egypt	III	150w	25	4	25	-	-	0m	500	50%	40%	5.0m/s	x2	18h(Area),12s
Mummy	Egypt	IV	200g	35	5	-	12	-	12m	350	35%	50%	4.0m/s	x3	kill,20s
Mummy*	Egypt	IV	200g	35	5	-	12	-	12m	420	35%	50%	4.0m/s	x3	kill,20s
Avenger	Egypt	IV	250f	30	4	28	-	-	0m	600	60%	40%	5.3m/s	x3	70h(Area),10s
Phoenix	Egypt	IV	200g	30	5	30	-	30	4m	400	15%	55%	3.6m/s	x1	fly
Valkyrie	Norse	II	200f	18	4	12	-	-	0m	375	60%	55%	5.5m/s	x3	Heals Ally
Valkyrie*	Norse	II	200f	18	4	18	-	-	0m	412	60%	55%	6.3m/s	x3	Heals Ally
Troll	Norse	II	160w	15	3	-	12	-	14m	200	50%	50%	3.6m/s	x3	Regen.
Troll**	Norse	II	160w	15	3	-	14	-	16m	250	50%	50%	3.6m/s	x3	Regen.
Einherjar	Norse	II	175g	15	3	15	-	10	0m	275	70%	60%	3.2m/s	x2	Buff Allies
Einherjar*	Norse	II	175g	15	3	23	-	10	0m	302	70%	60%	3.2m/s	x2	Buff Allies
Frost Giant	Norse	III	200g	25	4	18	-	12	0m	600	55%	70%	3.8m/s	x2	Freeze,15s
Frost Giant*	Norse	III	200g	25	4	18	-	14	0m	800	55%	70%	3.8m/s	x2	Freeze,11s
Battle Boar	Norse	III	250g	27	4	20	-	20	0m	720	60%	60%	5.3m/s	x1	10h+Throw(Area)
Mountain Giant	Norse	III	300g	30	5	20	-	25	0m	1200	45%	30%	3.2m/s	x1	120c,15s
Fire Giant	Norse	IV	300g	35	5	15	-	10	14m	600	60%	80%	3.2m/s	x2	25h15c(x3),15s
Fenris Wolf Brood	Norse	IV	150g	15	3	15	-	-	0m	420	40%	50%	3.2m/s	x3	-

Trivia

The Atlanteans have access to the largest variety of Myth Units, with 16 different types.
- The Chinese have access to the least, with only 12.
The Shade is not considered a Myth Unit by the game.
Originally Myth Units were called Monsters, according to pre-release content.