Cyclops and Cyclops King

Stronghold creatures
Level 1
Goblin
Hobgoblin
Level 2
Wolf Rider
Wolf Raider
Level 3
Orc
Orc Chieftain
Level 4
Ogre
Ogre Mage
Level 5
Roc
Thunderbird
Level 6
Cyclops
Cyclops King
Level 7
Behemoth
Ancient Behemoth
Towns

Statistics
Cyclops
Cost per troop  750
	Attack 15 Defense 12 Damage 16–20 Health 70 Speed 6 Movement Ground Size 1 Shots 16 Growth 2 AI Value 1266
Special abilities:
• Ranged attack • Can attack siege walls
Cyclops King
Cost per troop  1100
	Attack 17 Defense 13 Damage 16–20 Health 70 Speed 8 Movement Ground Size 1 Shots 24 Growth 2 AI Value 1443
Special abilities:
• Ranged attack • Can attack siege walls
Portraits

Cyclopes and Cyclops Kings are level 6 creatures of Stronghold town. They are recruited from the Cyclops Cave. Note, that Cyclops is singular while plural phrasing is Cyclopes in game.

"Cyclopes and cyclops kings attack at range by throwing boulders to devastating effect. Both can target siege walls and damage them like a catapult. Cyclops catapult attacks are applied with Basic Ballistics skill. Cyclops kings do the same at the Advanced Ballistics skill level." ^{RoE manual}

Tactics and info

The cyclopes deal good damage and have good attack skill, but their defense is rather low and so is their health. They should be protected in order to have them in large numbers and deal a lot of damage. Also, their regular dwelling costs 20 crystals , half of them which are needed for the Behemoth Lair, so their dwelling is usually built a while after the Behemoth's, which results in lower numbers and efficiency on smaller maps especially.

Heroes with a specialty

• Yog the Barbarian has cyclopes as a specialty, which increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Cyclops or Cyclops King he commands for each level he attains after the 6th level, and gives them a speed bonus of 1.

See also:

• List of creatures