The Elemental Talos is a group of enemies in God of War: Ascension. They appear in three types: the Fire Talos, the Ice Talos, and the Thunder Talos. They are similar to the Stone and Bronze Talos in God of War III. All three are covered in heavy armour and they carry a large hammer. They are shown to be very formidable opponents to Kratos, but they receive damage in a similar way to both the Stone and the Bronze Talos and are killed in the same fashion as the two others, by getting smashed to pieces by their own gigantic hammers.
Types
Fire Talos
The Fire Talos are the first to encountered in God of War: Ascension, in Delphi.
Fire Talos
Their face and raster at their stomach glow red, from the fire that burns inside. From the moment they are activated, the hammer starts glowing red. Occasionally the statue will cover itself in fire and become untouchable. In this stage, the Fire Talos can spring into the air and plummet down to earth in a ball of flames.
This type of Talos also appears in the Desert of Lost Souls map as an enemy of the Trial of the Gods mode of Multiplayer. In this mode, however, they are white, but keep their fiery powers and attacks and are killed in the same way as in singleplayer.
Ice Talos
The Ice Talos are the second to be encountered, also in Delphi. Their face
Ice Talos
glows blue when activate, just like their hammers. Same for their stomach rasters. Just like the Fire Talos, they can become untouchable, covering themselves in ice. As they smash their hammers in the ground, they create huge ice crystals growing out the ground towards Kratos.
Thunder Talos
The Thunder Talos are the third and last kind to be fought and appears in Delos. They
Thunder Talos
replace the Fire Talos from the demo in this level. Their face and hammers glow yellow. They use thunder attacks against Kratos and, just like the other Elemental Taloses, they have an untouchable stage. His special attack in this stage is creating a thundershield around himself, damaging everyone who comes too close.
Trivia
- In appearance, these Taloses resemble a Greek soldier or a gladiator.
- The minigame to kill them is exactly the same as the Stone and Bronze Talos.
- The Elemental Talos is the second type of Talos carrying a hammer, as the Bronze Talos uses a giant club.
- The Elements are based on the elements of the elemental powers.
- Their special attacks are also equal to the special attacks of the Champions of the Gods. The Fire Talos' attack is similar to the attack of Ares' champions', the Ice Talos' is similar to Poseidon's champions' and the Thunder Talos' is similar to Zeus' champions'. The Ice Talos and Thunder Talos also use abilities Kratos obtain on his journey, notably Poseidon Tremble and Wrath of Zeus.With the introduction of patch 1.04, Wrath of Zeus is also obtainable as a lesser version for Champions of Zeus.
- According to some concept drawings, the Talos should open their visors and breath fire, ice or electricity at Kratos. This move was later scrapped
- The Elemental Talos originally would have a face under his visor, just like the Stone and Bronze Talos but this idea was also later scrapped.
