The winner of last week's poll was the Lampades. I looked forward to testing out these mystical witches, and seeing if they actually are "the best Myth Unit in the game". Here's their stats: Cost: 250 Gold, 25 Favour, 5 Pop spaces x2 bonus vs MUs Special Attack: Invokes Specific Upgrades available: So in general, quite expensive, particularly in terms of Pop, but not as expensive as some other Mythic MUs. Reasonable speed, reasonable armour, weak pierce attack and strangely, a crush attack. Special attack seems to be quite powerful, and more intersting than an instant kill. First of all, let's check it's "regular" attack, without it's Special. NOTE: All human and hero units used in the tests have Medium upgrades, Heavy upgrades, Champion upgrades, Copper armoury upgrades Bronze armoury upgrades and Iron armoury upgrades. MU' upgrades and other upgardes will be stated. Hoplite stats: Lampades does 17 damage to Hoplite per hit Lampades kills Hoplite in 20 seconds with 119 HP left. The Lampades normal attack is not great, not too bad either. But what about that crush damage? Is it really worth using them against buildings? 1 Lampades does approximately 20 damage to an Egyptian house (with masons and architects upgrades). It takes Maybe not the best building killer, but not bad when there are more than one Lampades attacking the buildings. Maybe you should stick to Behemoths and Fire Siphons. Now for the interesting part; Lampades special attack. There's so much information about it's special attack, I think that it would be easier to understand (and read) in a list of facts and figures. I was quite impressed to see that the Lampades can use it's special on flying and water units. Shame about the seige. I suppose having seige that was owned by no-one would be a bit strange. After running But my favourite was the Chimera: Here are the Myth Units I feel that you should definitely use Lampades on: (not in any real order) I'd say not to bother trying to chaos a Mummy or Medusae since by the time you have got the Lampades near it, it could have used its special and you'd have lost a very important unit. Also, you run the risk of that unit using it's special on your other units when chaosed. By the Mythic Age, opponents upgrades should be plentiful. Using the Lampades special on a fully upgraded Jarl for example, would be a good idea; unfortunately, the chaosed Jarl will not have those upgrades, and so will not be as powerful as your opponents. But it will still attack the enemy's units (and yours if you're not careful) Asper Blood is Hekate's only Myth Upgrade that affects the Lampades alone. I ran some tests to see how this tech affected them; as I had heard many rumours surrounding whether it works or not. This may not seem a lot, but if the Lampades is surrounded by units with very low HP, it's quite useful. This ability is similar to the Scarab and Carcinos, but in this case, you have to spend 200 Wood, 225 Gold and 25 Favour on it, which could have been spent on another Lampades. IMO this tech is not worth it unless you're massing Lampades. The Lampades does Lampades are affected by: After using it's special, the chaosed unit will attack the unit Here's something interesting: Definitely against MUs. Stronger and more expensive the better; there's nothing worse than seeing your Collosus stolen, and then start attacking you. I was impressed by the number of units the Lampades can chaos, and in real games this is very useful. When massed, the witch-type nymphs can cause your opponent some serious trouble. Well I was impressed with the Lampades. Not all players will be able to use them though, because of the amount of micro needed to use them correctly. Practice with them in editor battles and you'll soon learn how powerful (and annoying) they can be. However, I wouldn't call them the "best" MU in the game, but defintely the 2nd or 3rd. Mummies are still number 1! Here's how to use Lampades in 3 words: EDIT: Chaos is Creator of the Egyptian Myth Unit Guides - Phoenix, Wadjet, Scorpion Man, Scarab [This message has been edited by ArtemisChimera (edited 01-31-2004 @ 08:00 PM).]
HP: 350
Speed: 4.30
Range: 10
Hack armour: 40%
Pierce armour: 50%
Crush damage: 10
Pierce damage: 12
All attack rates are tested per hit, not second. The Lampades attacks every two seconds, so it's base attack is doubled
Chaos has been invoked on a Pegasus before the Lampades attacks the Hoplite so it does not affect the results.
HP: 166
Speed: 4.70
Hack armour: 52%
Pierce armour: 38%
Hack damage: 12
Hoplite does 9 damage to Lampades per hit.
(Chaos was used on another Pegasus during the battle as it had recharged) Carnivora
Ancestor Minions
Walking Wood Trees
Fimbulwinter wolves
Heroes
Villagers/Caravans/Fishing Ships
Seige weapons. e.g seige towers, heliopolis
Titans
Niddhogg
Anubis serpents from the
A line of of Murmillos+1 Lampades vs a line of Hoplites+Chimera.
The Chimera used it's special, then was chaosed. It then used it's special again, damaging many of the enemy units.
However, if you are very quick and your opponent is not paying attention, it's a very evil and effective thing to do.
Argi may be better because they are not ranged, but even when chaosed they could kill your Lampades, so be careful.
However, I wouldn't reccommend getting it unless you are playing a long game where you plan to mass Lampades, and already have Myth techs such as
The Lampades is defeated by all Mythic MUs one on one except for the Phoenix. However, every unit is chaosed except for for the Mummy and Medusa who use their instant kill before they can be chaosed.
Lampades
Medusa Stone Gaze
Perseus Stone Gaze
Mummy's Minion Change
Argus' Toxic Acid
Other Lampades' Chaos - now that is terrying, especially when there are more than 2 of them...
They require a meat-shield, and with their short range, it's important to keep them near the back - in between your melee units and your archers. However, your opponent is likely to want to kill your lamp ladies, and so they will become meatshields.
A surprise attack by a Lampades while your opponent is not really paying attention is best.
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Nereid
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Dryad
Argus
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Man-O-War
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And the Atlantean Myth Unit Guides: Stymphalian Bird, Satyr, Lampades Heka-Gigantes, Man O'War