Monday, 13 April 2020

Mythic Battles: The Fab Four

Between them these four Heroes pretty much did it all, they cover the full range of monster slaying, tantrum throwing, princess rescuing, man slaying and family massacring that went into being a proper Greek Hero.

Theseus, Heracles, Achilles, & Perseus

The Hera expansion contains two veteran versions of previous Heroes and the first of these in Achilles. If one version of the Hero is drafted then the other cannot be, so you can't filed two Achilles' unfortunately. The veteran stats are largely the same though he does get a bump up to speed 2 and 5 activation cards instead of 4, which befits someone who is famed for his speed. Otherwise he stays the same hard to kill Hero he was before but also brings an extra Art of War card to set off other units special abilities.


Veteran Heracles has changed a bit from the normal version with the addition of his bow with Hydra blood dipped tips. This makes him much more of a ranged threat who is also able to mix it up in melee, possibly the best all around hero now. The Hydra was Heracles' second Labour and the blood tipped arrows meant no one was safe from his bow.


Theseus performed as many feats as Heracles but probably his most famous was the defeat of the Minotaur but he also had a penchant for killing bandits. He has an interesting ability which could allow him to avoid attacks by moving out of range which makes up for his lower health pool.


Perseus was the slayer of Medusa and carries her head into battle, this gives him the ever powerful Petrify ability. Petrify is great for clearing out groups of Troops and locking others in place, it isn't cheap to use though so needs to be saved for just the right time.


So those are the big four Heroes from the new expansions I purchased who would make a fine addition to the following of any Divinity able to recruit them.

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