Xiahou Dun

Talent [Dauntless Mind] Control, Group DMG

When an enemy hero dies, Xiahou Dun deals high STR DMG to all enemies and stuns them for 1.5s.

Star Up Effect:

4 Stars: Increases damage to 150%.

5 Stars: Increases Stun duration to 2.5s.

6 Stars: Chance to trigger the death of any enemy hero.

1st Skill [Armored Cavalry] Enhance

When Xiahou Dun is deployed, allied Heavy Cavalry has a 20% chance to gain a shield equal to 100% of ATK and immunizes control effects when the shield exists. Also enhances Xiahou Dun’s shield effects by 20%.

2nd Skill [Strict Orders] Enhance

Increases own units’ ASPD by 15%. The effect is doubled when the hero is boosted by buff.

3rd Skill [Unyielding Heart] Enhance

By taking the first fatal damage, Xiahou Dun won’t die and will receive a shield equal to 1000% of ATK.

4th Skill [Fearless Spirit] Passive

Increases Total ATK by 5%. Enhances the effect by 100% for every 10% HP lost, stacking up to 10 times (effective after HP recovery).

Hero Talent and Skill Summary: Hero that leads Wei Heavy Cavalry. Has a chance to gain a shield while attacking. Deters all enemy heroes when an enemy hero dies.

Recommended Skill Upgrade Priority: Armored Cavalry -> Unyielding Heart -> Fearless Spirit -> Strict Orders

Recommended Pairings:

Xiahou Dun + Lu Bu/Zhang Liao/Hua Xiong/Wen Chou: Xiahou Dun's Armored Cavalry greatly increases survivability for Heavy Cavalry.

Xiahou Dun + Cao Cao: Cao Cao can help increase Xiahou Dun’s survivability.

Recommended Formation: Xiahou Dun + Lu Bu + Guan Yu + Wen Chou + Diao Chan + Zhang Fei + Cao Cao + Huang Zhong

Reason for Recommendation: Xiahou Dun and Zhang Liao match well with the power of Lu Bu and Wen Chou. Guan Yu is the strongest Light Cavalry hero, and Zhang Fei can be placed in front of Cao Cao to increase his survivability. After being defeated, Diao Chan will increase attack for all male heroes.  At the same time, Diao Chan can clone Lu Bu and continuously attack through the clone.

Metal Eater Review

Metal Eater increases Evade and Crit Hit DMG.

It contains the Sudden Strike skill, which is divided into two categories:

① After each evasion, the hero's Crit increases by 2.5%.

② After each critical strike, the hero's Crit DMG increases by 5%. This effect stacks up to 20 times and lasts throughout the battle.

- Recommended Hero to Pair With

To decide which hero to equip this with, there are two aspects to consider:

① For the strongest damage, there isn’t any anti-riot bonus. The Crit Hit bonus is nearly 100%, and the explosive damage is one in a hundred.

② The second attack hero who’s survived for a long time, has a system that allows you to use a skill (such as Crit) to defeat tons of enemies at once if their HP is low. This allows a higher fault tolerance rate, which means that even if you use the wrong skill, it won’t really affect the outcome of the battle, and the chances of recovering are really high.

Therefore, the most suitable hero for this Mount would be either Marquis Lu Bu or Jiang Wei. The 11% Crit DMG bonus provided by a high star level increases Crit DMG by 220%, at a total of 20 stacks. In general, Crit DMG is doubled while the Mount will deal an additional 4x damage. Compared to the increasing stacked attack, it’s much more cost-effective.

For many old players, the hero’s HP and ATK proves there’s no issues with Crit DMG. The first Mount skill at 0 stars can take effect after obtaining a Mount. Compared to the previous system, this system is much more user-friendly, allowing players to obtain Mounts more easily.

Now, let’s check it out in actual combat to see who’s more suitable for this Mount!

Recommended Lineup

- Offensive Mounts

White Lion & Sima Yi: Makes up for attack speed

Obsidian Tiger & Guan Yu: Clones can also cause Crit DMG

White Elephant & Zhuge Liang: Increases range of Area DMG to make up for a lack of skills

Moon Rhino & Zhou Yu: The shield protects Zhou Yu in the beginning, and increases the fault tolerance rate.

Metal Eater & Marquis Lu Bu: increases damage in the beginning and suppresses enemies.

- Defensive Mounts

Shadow Runner: increases HP recovery, when paired with Liu Shan, and obtain twice the results with half the effort with Zhuge Liang’s Trigrams.

Red Hare: increases immunity to damage. If you don’t have a high-star Sun Ce, it can also be equipped with Jingang or Zhou Tai to increase damage tolerance.

Wuzhui: increases attack, suitable to be paired with Lu Bu (protected by Guan Ping)

Diao Chan

Talent [Inseparable] Enhance

When battle begins, Diao Chan creates a clone of the nearest allied hero (prioritizing the same row). The clone has 50% of the hero's HP, 50% of the hero's ATK, and all the hero's skills, lasting up to 18s.

Star Up Effects:

4 Stars: Extends clones’ duration by 6s.

5 Stars: Clones gain 100% extra Crit boost.

6 Stars: Clones recover 25% HP per sec when Diao Chan is on the battlefield.

1st Skill [Fan Dance] Debuff, Group DMG

Diao Chan unleashes her dancing fan every 10s, dealing INT DMG equal to 100% of ATK to enemies in a large area, reducing their DEF by 30% for 5s.

2nd Skill [Beautiful Grace] Enhance

Targets damaged by Diao Chan will be marked for 5s, receiving 20% extra damage from Diao Chan and her clones.

3rd Skill [Eclipsed Moon] Enhance

Diao Chan increases DMG Reduction by 20%. The boost is doubled when she has a clone. Diao Chan recovers 20% HP when a clone dies or disappears.

4th Skill [Beauty] Buff

Diao Chan increases Total ATK of all allied male heroes by 5%, stacking up to 10 times.

Hero Talent and Skill Summary: When battle begins, Diao Chan creates a clone of the nearest allied hero. The clone can use all the hero's skills. Due to her cloning skills, Diao Chan is helpful in increasing the power of a strong lineup. The Mage Diao Chan and the hero Diao Chan can be used in the same battle. On one hand, they can clone the strongest allied heroes and have fire suppression, on the other, they can take fire and damage for our heroes. Their cloning skills focus on heroes in the same row or column (so this is useful even if a hero isn’t directly adjacent).

Recommended Pairings:

Diao Chan + Lu Bu: Diao Chan can copy Lu Bu to help allied troops defeat front row enemies.

Diao Chan + Ma Chao: Diao Chan can copy Ma Chao to greatly increase allied troops' burst damage upon engaging in combat.

Diao Chan + Da Qiao: Diao Chan can copy Da Qiao to heal allied units.

Diao Chan + Guan Yu: After copying Guan Yu, Diao Chan will create a large number of clones.

Recommended Formation: Diao Chan + Lu Bu + Guan Yu + Cao Cao + Zhang Fei + Zhang Liao + Hua Xiong + Da Qiao + Mage Diao Chan

Reason for Recommendation: Cao Cao can activate Brutality and the three Tigers affinity at the same time. The remaining slots can be filled based on attack or support, such as Da Qiao.