I hoped you enjoyed ManticoreKiller's great Cost: 200 Gold, 15 Favour, 4 Pop Spaces x 2 Bonus vs MUs Special attack: None So All attack rates are tested per hit, not second. The Petsuchos attacks every 3 seconds, so its base pierce attack each hit is an incredible Hoplite Stats: Petsuchos does approximately 39 damage to Hoplite per hit Petsuchos kills Hoplite in 10 seconds. No real surprise that the Petsuchos won, but the amount of damage it did is interesting. Taking that the Petsuchos' base pierce attack per By doing some boring maths sums, I've worked out that the Petsuchos' base attack per This makes the Petsuchos' Unfortunately for Petsuchos fans, it does That said, 18 is not too bad an attack, and considering that the Petsuchos has 100% accuracy Chariot Archer stats: Petsuchos win with all 3 still alive. Due to the Petsuchos' long range, if you are attacked by CAs or Arcus who also have the same amount of range, simply attack back. Don't let the Petsuchos lose too much HP by pesky, long ranged archers while it is busy attacking melée units. But what about more "beefy" units? Petsuchos win with all 3 alive. Although one Petsuchos was close to being killed, it was an easy victory for the Crocodiles. With micro, these laser-gators can make easy work of raiders attacking your gold villagers, although I wouldn't advise you use them for this. Notice that the Petsuchos has 12 Crush Damage? I tested out 3 Petsuchos against an Oranos Manor, but it really wasn't worth the effort. The crocs do more damage then a Manticore or Satyr would, but it's really not worth using them for seige unless you're finishing an enemy off or you need ranged seige to take out nearby buildings while you're at a stand off. Unless you have the: This now gives the Petsuchos a masimum range of an impressive Now that's one beefed up unit. An amazing 82 attack per hit, or 27 per second; not too shabby at all. Eclipse is The Petsuchos defeats The Petsuchos is defeated by The Petsuchos defeats the following Heroic MUs one on one: The Petsuchos is defeated one on one by the following Heroic MUs: But with Eclipse, it defeats Petsuchos are affected by: Petsuchos are much more versatile than Scarabs, and a lot more powerful than Scorpion Men. Using them as backup is their main strength, and with a meatshield of elephants or Sphinxes they're nearly unstopabble. With ther extra range that Crocodoplis gives them, they can really sort out the CAs or Toxotes harrasing your infantry units, and can also take care of melée units pretty well themselves. They also can be used for raiding and a weak form of seige, although Roc drops are probably a better option. They can raid pretty nicely though. It only takes a few hits to kill a villager, and with a group of these gators you're opponents gold miners will be in chaos. A few Petsuchos around your main base is handy to deter raiders or scouts. But only having one or two doesn't really show the power of the crocodile at its full strength. When massed, Petsuchos are incredibley hard to touch without heroes, and can stand up to most units. If you do plan to mass them, the favour shouldn't really be an issue if you have enough monuments up. But don't get Another drawback of the Petsuchos, and I think their main flaw, is their recharge time to attack: 3 seconds may not seem like a long time, but when the pressure's on and you have Jarls charging towards your crocs it can seem like an eternity. If you do see enemies coming towards the gators, don't leave them to fire slowly and die, try and get back under tower fire and put them in a Roc and move them to a better position; even though the Petsuchos are quite tough and withstanding units, they still need a meatshield to be used at their full potential. Don't be fooled that Petsuchos are undefeatable; they're not, but IMO they are definitely Egypt's best heroic, and aside from the Mummy, possibly Egypt's strongest MU alltogether. When massed and used as support units they can cause nightmares for your enemy, who is trying to shoot them down with all the ranged units they can find. When used to raid, you can say goodbye to the enemy's miners and wood choppers. When used against towers, the crocs do ok, and you might as well take advantage of the undefended buildings when their arrows are out of your Petsuchos' range. Just don't think that Petsuchos will be able to defeat anything the opponent throws at you. Heroes will eat them up for breakfast and most other units will do the same if they get the chance. Luckily due to the Petsuchos range this shouldn't be too much of a problem against units like the Scorpion Man or Battle Boar if there are units blocking the enemy's path. Costing only 15 favour you'd think the Petsuchos would have a major flaw; well it does have a few - slow, recharge time - but balancing that against their amazing attack and accuracy, there's no contest. Along with Rocs, Petsuchos are the main reason for choosing Hathor as a heroic god. Is it worth having a few techs which improve the already powerful Egyptian seige or having getting an army of units that are slaughtered by heroes and only last a minute when you could use these lazer-crocs for pretty much any task you want your MU to do? I'll let you decide Next week ManticoreKiller will be doing a guide on another Greek or Norse unit. The EDIT: Changed a few colours, and a big thank you to HeavenGames for the pictures! Creator of the Egyptian Myth Unit Guides - Phoenix, Wadjet, Scorpion Man, Scarab, Petsuchos [This message has been edited by ChimeraArtemis (edited 04-05-2004 @ 06:59 AM).]
HP: 480
Speed: 3.60
Hack Armour: 40%
Pierce Armour: 44%
Crush Damage: 12
Pierce Damage: 55
Range: 20
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Special ability:
In terms of favour alone, the Petsuchos is the cheapest Heroic MU - even beating the Satyr. Heck the favour cost in the same as the Anubite's and Wadjet's, and cheaper than the Sphinx. So surely this means there's got to be
HP: 143
Speed: 4.70
Hack armour: 47%
Pierce armour: 31%
Hack damage: 11
Hoplite does approximately 8 damage to Petsuchos per hit
HP: 108
Speed: 5.00
Range: 20
Hack armour: 43%
Pierce armour: 35%
Pierce damage: 11
The Petsuchos also has much better accuracy than the CA and Arcus, so while their arrows are missing, the Crocs' sunbeams will always hit their targets.
Petusuchos are now called
This gives the Petsuchos a great new way to harrass the enemy. Because the Egyptians don't receive any ranged seige weapons until the Mythic Age, the Petsuchos can actually be used as a sort of seige. In a stand off, keep the Petsuchos behind your towers and buildings, and attack the enemy's towers or fortified buildings. Against the Norse it may not be wise due to the fact that their infantry will rebuild the damage done easily, but against Greece, Egypt and Atlantis it could work well; that's if there are no heroes around.
HP: 480
Speed: 3.60
Hack Armour: 40%
Pierce Armour: 44%
Crush Damage: 12
Pierce Damage: 55
HP: 480
Pierce Armour: 44%
Crush Damage: 12
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