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If you can't play right now or don't own it, I'm streaming it on Twitch at TubaGamingAOM. I'll myth bust anything in the chat.

Check out my twitch tomorrow around the time of release. I'll stream the campaign and do some other matches with the Aztecs. I'll also myth bust any questions in the chat.

Embodying both beauty and terror, the Obsidian Butterfly is a fierce and powerful goddess known for war, death, and the night sky. 🦋

Exclusive to Itzpapalotl, this Aztec Myth unit shows unrelenting strength against human soldiers.

Here's the major and minor gods as well as who gets what

From these two videos:

https://youtu.be/VCTxd5Yra8w?si=qhbTAQAVO\_gFti4x

https://youtu.be/9SvS6ghh4HI?si=hJzDWPc501Wjs1s\_

https://youtu.be/BXy8UgOdG20?si=sATTfOBxZVnvJ10H

https://www.youtube.com/live/Yx6UQo5LDoA?si=GKQ0VS1mdkLQDiMu

So we got a decent look at the Aztecs with these 3 videos, so I compiled all info I can to the best of my ability to those who are interested. I marked the info I'm not 100% confident on with a "*". Enjoy!

Economy:

The Aztecs have Settlers, the exact numbers aren't known but they appear to be similar to Greek Villagers or Japanese Commoners in terms of gather rate and build speed.

Their dropsite is the Calpulli, costing 75 wood and acting as a building dropsite for Food, Wood, and Gold, similar to the Silo for the Chinese. They research all the eco techs like normal but they also have a special feature. Livestock Pen, Lumber Outpost, Craft Workshop.

These are additions you can put onto a Calpulli for a small cost. They're limited to one per, as in you can put Livestock Pen on only one Calpulli at a time, same with Lumber Outpost and Craft Workshop. So you can have 3 Calpullis each with these additions, but if you want to make it elsewhere you'd need to destruct the Calpulli with that specific addition. Calpullis themselves aren't limited but these special Calpullis are, and even with these additions all resources can still be dropped off at them.

Livestock Pen increases dropped off food by 15% (like a weak empowerment) and as a secondary ability it spawns herdables when food is deposited.

Lumber Outpost increases dropped off wood by 15% (like a weak empowerment) and as a secondary ability it fires arrows and can be garrisoned by 5 units at a time.

Craft Workshop increases dropped off gold by 15% (like a weak empowerment) and as a secondary ability 10% of any other resources dropped off here (food and wood) are converted to gold.

The caravan is the Pochtecatl Caravan, just a human carrying a basket on his back.

Wood and gold eco techs are normal but farm eco techs are different. Aztecs still have plow but lack irrigation and flood control. Instead it's replaced by Chinampas, a more expensive tech that's available in the heroic age but is twice as effective*.

Favor:

Units dying drop red orbs that can be collected by towers, great temples (fortress-type building for the aztecs), temples*, and Warrior Priests.

Settlers can be tasked into temples to drain their health to give bursts of favor, lots of favor can be gotten this way. It might have diminishing returns as you do it throughout a match, I'm unsure of that*

Military:

You have two main military buildings. War Hut and Noble Hut. The fortress building for the Aztecs is called the Great Temple.

War Hut makes 2 units -

- Tlamanih Spearman, infantry only good against cavalry (hard counter to cavalry, similar to Yari Spearman, can build smoke traps and spike traps both with a limit of 6), available in CLASSICAL AGE

- Tequihua Archer, ranged soldier good against infantry (soft counter to infantry, fires very fast, faster than any other archer, can build smoke traps and spike traps both with a limit of 6), available in the CLASSICAL AGE

Traps are stealthed and build quickly, smoke traps reduce visibility of enemy units in an area, spike traps deal damage to enemy units in an area.

Noble Hut makes 3 units -

- Coyote Warrior, infantry only good against ranged units (hard counter to ranged units), available in CLASSICAL AGE

- Ocelotl Warrior [they fixed the name], infantry good against anything it can reach (Generalist Infantry with a leap attack and stealths when next to trees and bushes), available in CLASSICAL AGE

- Eagle Warrior, ranged unit good against anything it can reach especially against ranged soldiers (Generalist Ranged Unit which is also a soft counter to ranged units), available in HEROIC AGE

Great Temple makes 4 units -

- Otontin Smasher, infantry good against buildings (similar to Destroyer, very slow), available in HEROIC AGE

- Shorn One, infantry only good against other infantry (hard counter to infantry, has an ability that stuns and reduces enemy damage around it), available in HEROIC AGE

- Jaguar Rider, cavalry good against anything it can reach (Generalist Cavalry with insane damage and speed, has the same leap ability as the Ocelotl Warrior, also has the stealth ability when near trees and bushes), available in MYTHIC AGE

- Quinametzin, ranged siege myth unit good against buildings, (myth unit available to all gods, acting as the dedicated mythic age siege unit for the Aztecs, not good against units), available in MYTHIC AGE

Armory is normal in terms of effects but the visuals are replaced with civilization appropriate icons like flint/jade/obsidian weapons and feather armor/shields.

Stealthed units can be revealed by towers and scout units.

Scouting:

Quimichin Spies are made from the town center but you also start with one at the beginning of the game. It's stealthed when next to trees and bushes like the Ocelotl Warrior but it has another passive that makes it's line of sight increase when it's standing still like an Atlantean Oracle. It's really bad at attacking and it is not a hero so it can't collect relics.

Heroes:

Warrior Priests are your only hero, and it's made at the temple. It's a melee hero that can build towers and Great Temples (fortress-type building for the Aztecs). Collects Tonalli and can collect relics. Has an ability called teixiptla where it becomes an avatar of the major god you are which comes with a special attack, passives, more health, damage, etc. Only remains in this mode for a limited time, returns back to a Warrior Preist when it's over*.

Special Techs:

There's a tech that can be got in the HEROIC AGE that upgrades the effectiveness of both the smoke and spike traps.

There's 3 "rituals" you can do at the Great Temple that requires certain garrisoned units that kills them when activated. All of them are single use.

- Arrival of the Gods, garrison 6 Warrior Priests into the Great Temple to create a special teixiptla that has a much greater life span and combat stats

- Cosmic Guard, garrison 15 human soldiers into the Great Temple to make 6 myth units, 3 from the heroic age and 3 from the mythic age (only Aztec myth units but from any god, not specifically the ones you chose)

- New Fire Ceremony, garrison 3 livestock into the Great Temple to greatly increase the favor gained from Settlers devoting themselves to a temple, livestock also fatten up faster

Major Gods:

Huitzilopochtli, Lord of War and the Sun, Focus: Conquest and Expansion

God Power - Blood Pact, target a unit (enemy or friendly) to increase their combat stats immensely for a short duration. After the duration is over, the unit dies and you gain favor.

Unique Tech -

Bonuses -

• temples, great temples (fortress-type building for the Aztecs), village centers, and town centers give back 33% of their cost upon completion

• collecting Tonalli gives other resources in addition to favor, equal to 5 percent of the resource cost of the unit you killed and collected Tonalli from

• Shorn Ones have +10% more hitpoints and generate +100% more Tonalli in combat

Tezcatlipoca, God of Obsidian, Darkness, and Sorcery, Focus: Defenses and Myth Units

God Power - Obsidian Mirror, target an enemy to copy their Archaic age god power (the cooldown is fast and Obsidian Mirror is free to recast but if copying the same players ability the god power costs favor to recast)

Unique Tech - Tepeyollotls Reach, increases the damage of Ocelotl Warriors and Jaguar Riders by +15% and increases their leap ability distance by 2.00

Bonuses -

• every two myth units that die spawn an Obsidian Shard that eventually spawns a myth unit of the current age if it survives for long enough

• Tzompantli Towers and traps are build +25% faster and do +25% more damage

• devoting Settlers grants +10%/+20%/+30%/+40% more favor per age

Quetzalcoatl, God of Wind, Arts, and Wisdom, Focus: Warrior Priests and Noble Hut Warriors

God Power - Tailwind, target a group of friendly units to boost their movement speed for a short duration

Unique Tech - Feast of Sustenance, herdables can be devoted at temples to boost gather rate of all Settlers by +15% for 15 seconds

Bonuses -

• Warrior Priests generate 0.05 favor per second by preforming Bloodletting at temples

• Calpullis and their additions cost -33%

• Noble Hut units +15% hitpoints

• Eagle Warriors +2 range

Classical Age Minor Gods:

Huehuecoyotl, God of Music, Dance, and Mischeif, Focus: Traps and Stealth

God Power: Lullaby, target a group of enemies to put them to sleep for a short duration, any damage inflicted would wake them up

Myth Unit: Chaneque, a ranged myth unit that fires beams of energy, can become a stationary turret which increases its damage, range, and defense

Techs:

• Cuicacalli Training, increases the pierce armor of Coyote Warriors by -15%

• Old Coyote Spirit, increases the hack armor of Chaneques by +15% and gives them a 50% chance to spawn a trap when killed

• Nahuallatolli, decreases the cost of traps by -20% and increases the build limit by 2 (total 8)

• Teponaztli Drums, increases the movement speed of human soldiers, heroes, and Settlers by +10%

Patecatl, God of Healing, Fertility, and Pulque, Focus: Settlers and Healing

God Power: Agave Bloom, spawn a sacred Agave which you can either gather food from or use it as a healing source, like Healing Spring

Myth Unit: Centzon Totochtin, a group of rabbits that grow in number when fighting, eating farms, or eating berry bushes (Upgrade: Ometochtli's Revelry, turns them into the Frenzied Centzon Totochtin which increases their hitpoints by +35% and makes them eat berries and farms quicker which heals them)

Techs:

• Ocpatli Infusions, increases the hitpoints of Settlers and Human Soldiers by +10 and gives them a regeneration rate of 0.25

• Maguey Cultivation, increases gather rate of farms by +10% and gives a food bonus of 25 food upon construction of a farm

Malinalxochitl, Goddess of Snakes, Scorpions, and Black Magic, Focus: Poison and Curses

God Power: Infestation, spawns a structure that constantly produces scorpions that you can control, persists until the structure is destroyed, scorpions have poison damage but low stats

Myth Unit: Maquizcoatl, a twin headed snake that deals both poison and fire damage

Techs:

• Omen if Malinalco, makes Maquizcoatls release a poison cloud upon death which reduces the armor if nearby enemies and inflicts damage over time

• Sting of Yappan, makes War Hut units inflict poison damage over time (Tlamanih Spearmen and Tequihua Archers)

• Toloache Trance, makes your human soldiers attacks slow down the attack speed of the unit they are attacking by 2% for 5 seconds, stacks

Heroic Age Minor Gods:

Itzpapalotl, Goddess of War and Obsidian, Focus: Tonalli and Noble Hut Soldiers

God Power: Purge, select an enemy unit to raise it into the air and after a short duration all nearby enemy units of the same type are destroyed

Myth Unit: Obsidian Butterfly, amphibious myth unit that spins to pull units in, inflict bleed, then later launch them away, sort of like a Kamaitachi/Siren/Raiju hybrid

Techs:

• Obsidian Knapping, increases the attack of Noble Hut units by +15% (Coyote Warrior, Ocelotl Warrior, and Eagle Warrior)

• Wings of Itzpapalotl, increases the movement speed of Obsidian Butterflies by +15% and increases their damage by +50%

• Shards of Itztli, increases the damage of Arrow Canoes (Arrow Ships) by +30%

• Flowery Wars, increases the favor earned when gathering Tonalli

Coatlicue, Mother Goddess of the Earth, Focus: Buildings and Siege

God Power: Earth Monster, select an area which makes a head pop out of the ground repeatedly, eating units whole each time it emerges before eventually spitting them back out after the duration ends

Myth Unit: Ayotochtli, siege myth unit that curls up and rolls towards enemies and buildings, dealing damage and disrupting enemy formations

Techs:

• Coatepec Shrines, makes repairing buildings free and makes them regenerate hitpoints (2.50)

• Cipactli's Scales, makes Atlatl Siege Canoes (Siege Ships) gain more hack armor and pierce armor as they lose health

• Serpent Skirt, summons Anacondas from destroyed buildings which attack enemy units

• String of Hearts, increases the damage of all Human Soldiers by +10% and grants them a small amount of crush damage

Coyolxauhqui, Goddess of the Moon and Mystery, Focus: Devotion and Upgrades

God Power: Starfall, bombards enemies with falling stars, damaging them and occasionally spawning Tzitzimitls where the projectiles drop

Myth Unit: Tzitzimitl, skeletal star demon that regenerates health when attacking, also has a charged attack (Upgrade: Centzon Huitznahua, turns them into Stardemon Tzitzimitls which increase their damage by +20% and makes then attack faster by -15%)

Techs:

• Coyolxauhqui's Stone, reduces the cost of techs researched at the temple and great temple (fortress-type building for the Aztecs) by -75%

• Tecciztecatl's Penance, increases the favor earned when devoting Settlers by +15%

• Metzilapan, reduces the favor cost of Axolotls and Mutant Axolotls by -25% and reduces their ability cooldown time by -25%

Mythic Age Minor Gods:

Xolotl, God of Monsters and Deformities, Focus: Myth Units

God Power: Corrupted Ground, select an area to corrupt the ground which makes enemies that die on it spawn a Tlacanexquimilli for you to use, the Tlacanexquimilli only survives a short time

Myth Unit: Soul Guide, turns enemy human soldiers into Tlacanexquimilli which is a myth unit that fights for you and only lasts a short amount of time, similar to a Mummy (Upgrade: Torch of Misfortune, turns them into Soul Masters which gives them a ranged chain lightning attack)

Techs:

• Evening Star, grants a free Soul Guide for each one of your great temples (fortress-type building for the Aztecs) that are built, also grants a free one for any future ones that are constructed

• Twisted Limbs, increases the hitpoints of Ocelotl Warriors by +20% and their damage by +25%

• Stoneskin Quinametzin, upgrades the Quinametzin to the Stoneskin Quinametzin, increasing their damage by +25%, their hitpoints by +30%, and their range/line of sight by 2.00

Mictlantecuhtli, God of the Dead and the Underworld

God Power: Volcano, raises a volcano from the ground which destroys the buildings it emerges on before bombarding the surrounding area with molten rock, similar to Meteor

Myth Unit: Tunkuluchu, owl like creature that doesn't fly, instead it walks on the ground and marks enemies for death which reduces their hitpoints and increases the Tonalli earned from their death

Techs:

• Omen of Death, when Teixiptlas are killed they inflicts 40 hack damage damage in an 5 radius and launches enemy units away

• Necklace of Eyeballs, increases the hitpoints and damage of Teixiptlas by +25% and increases their line of sight by 8

• Mictecah, increases the damage of Shorn Ones by +20% and gives them a 0.50 bonus damage multiplier against heroes

• Precious Bones, increases the damage of ranged soldiers by +15% and refunds 15 wood on their death

Tlaloc, God of Storms, Rain, and Maize, Focus: Economy and Great Temples

God Power: Pillar of Tlalocan, target a location to send down the Pillar of Tlalocan which destroys fortifications on impact before behaving lime a tower, remains permanently until destroyed

Myth Unit: Ahuizotl, stealthy amphibious myth unit that has an ability to strike from a distance with its tail, dealing large damage and stun

Techs:

• Tlaloques, reduces the cost of Calpulli techs by -90% and makes them research much faster, also grants 100 gold with each one researched

• Burnt Water, increases hitpoints of fortifications by +25% and gives them a special melee attack similar to boiling oil

• Four Jars, reduces the cost of great temples (fortress-type building for the Aztecs) by-20% and makes them grant 1 population each

• Tonacatepetl, makes the Calpulli with the Livestock Pen addition grant increased food gather rate for Settlers, +50% for Huntables and Herdables, +15% for farms

Naval Units:

Arrow Ship - Arrow Canoe

Close Combat Ship - [UNKNOWN]

Siege Ship - Atlatl Siege Canoes

Ship Bonus: [UNKNOWN]

Heroic Age Naval Myth Unit - Axolotl, naval myth unit that has two abilities. One deals heavy crush damage to an enemy ship and heals the Axolotl, the other generates a shield on it that drains as it heals nearby friendly units. Can mutate it into a Mutant Axolotl for 15 favor in the mythic age.

Mythic Age Naval Myth Unit - Mutated Axolotl, amphibious naval myth unit that has two abilities. One deals heavy crush damage to an enemy ship and all enemy units around it, the other generates a shield on it that drains as it damages nearby enemy units.

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This formidable goddess is known as the Mother of the Gods in Aztec mythology, representing the balance between creation and destruction.