Age of Mythology TRL - Retiarii

Retiarii (Counter Infantry)

The Retiarii is an infantry unit as well as the first and cheapest gladiator that can be trained from the Amphitheater. While they deal good damage against other infantry, they have low hack armor and will themselves fall to other counter-infantry as well as any non-infantry unit. To compensate this weakness, they also deal bonus damage to buildings and can behave like a Heroic Age siege unit.

Age: Heroic
Trained at: Amphitheater

Strong against: Infantry, Buildings
Weak against: Cavalry, Archers

Statistics

Cost:  60  40 
Population: 2
Hack Damage: 4
    x4 vs buildings
    x4 vs infantry (including Norse heroes)
    x0.5 vs cavalry
    x0.5 vs archers
Hitpoints: 110
Hack Armor: 15%
Pierce Armor: 30%
Crush Armor: 99%
Speed: 4.5 meters/second
Line of Sight: 16 meters
Training Time: 12 seconds 

Improvements
Academy technologies
 Medium Infantry: +10% HP, +10% attack
 Heavy Infantry: Further +15% HP, +10% attack
 Champion Infantry: Further +20% HP, +10% attack
 Levy/Conscript Amphitheater Units: Trains 20% faster

Armory technologies
 Copper/Bronze/Iron Weapons: +10% attack
 Copper/Bronze/Iron Mail: -10% hack vulnerability
 Copper/Bronze/Iron Shields: -10% pierce vulnerability

Worship Mars to access this technology
 Aqueduct: Trains 5% faster.

Worship Janus to access this technology
Ouroboros: -5% hack vulnerability, -5% pierce vulnerability

Worship Minerva to access this technology:
 Silk Armor: -10% pierce vulnerability, +15% speed

Worship Liber to access this technology:
 Caesar's Mercy: +15% attack, -15% hack vulnerability

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Mythology

These gladiators favored flexibility over heavy armor and had limited protection (if any). Modeled after fishermen, they were often pitted against the Murmillo who were in turn modeled after the fish. Their tridents allowed them to get a grip on the weapon of their opponent and sometimes disarm them. They also carried a weighted net called the "rete" that they could use to entangle their opponent and render them helpless. However, the Retiarii were often humiliated by their clothing that were often modeled after women's fashion.

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