Hello, I am a beginner in this game and just played 2 months ago, and this is the line up that I installed to play this very spectacular game.

From the picture above, I play more for the WU faction, from the strategic Zhou Yu who has the fire element to burn the opponent, it would be very useful for the 3 wu archers I placed including Gan Ning, Xiao Qiao and Sun Shangxiang. where it will trigger Zhou Yu's skill, namely the Archer Captain and a very strong fire shot. and why did I enter zhang he instead of taishi ci because the level of my taishi ci is still low compared to zhang he and zhang he is very effective with his skills that cause poison and the good effect of this poison can be stacked.

for other heroes I choose Da Qiao because of its very good healing effect when Da Qiao takes out the totem he is able to recover HP 2 heroes this effect is not maximized because my Da Qiao is still 4 stars.

for the front i chose liu bei, huang gai and sun jian starting from liu bei why i chose him as infantry because of his skill which is immortal when he dies will remain in the battlefield when there are allied units that are still alive this effect will prolong liu bei is alive because I have Da Qiao and Huang Gai as healers. and the reason why i chose huang gai and sun jian in the front row is also because for sun jian he will trigger the tiger general skill which is the main combo for the WU line up, and he is able to cause slow effects for opposing heroes and it's possible for my archer heroes to deal more damage and huang gai acts as a tanker and also a healer who will make this line up last longer on the battlefield. for the beasts I chose the ground ox which had the strongest defense among the three beasts. for the beasts I chose the ground ox which had the strongest defense among the three beasts.

now we go to the position of the hero on the top left I enter Gan Ning and Xiao Qiao who will act as damage dealers which when the battle is just running the two archers will get a buff from the unpredicttble relic thereby increasing its power by 2.5% to 3 enemies, and in front of sun jian when the fight starts will bring up a yellow turban army so that it will prolong the life of sun jian and he will give more debuffs.

and the most important of this strategy is that the cost is not so much and to get this free hero can be found in the recruit menu where we need our money and can compete with the high spanders

Before I close my explanation of the strategy I have I will show you the evidence that it will work very effectively against Zhuge Liang who made many players stop playing this game.

Dynasty Origins: Conquest – Game Strategy for Beginners – Strategy for Strategist Zhou Yu

Zhou Yu is a mage that supports the use of Archers. With a line up of strong archers and sufficient guardians or infantry in the front line, it supports a simple strategy of whittling down enemy units whilr keeping their frontline at bay with sufficient defense.

Basic Formation

For illustration, by placing archers at the back and a line of guardians in front, this provides a simple line up that is effective against a basic setup of enemies. 

Variations

The line up can then be adjusted based on the units you have and based on the formation of the enemy. If the enemy formation covers 3 rows or guardians, with one row free, a guardian can be swapped out with light cavalry, that will help take down archers and supports at the back rows.

If the enemy formation uses heavy cavalry on one row, then the archers can be shifted behind guardians while the cavalry are positioned to take out supports and archers.

In certain scenarios where catapults are positioned to cover certain rows, it is preferable to concentrate units in rows that are not in the line of fire. 

Here is another example where units are placed to avoid the line of fire of catapults. Caution should be placed though if there are cavalry units in the enemy formation in the rows which are not occupied. These cavalry will have a free pass to your archers, so in such instances, it would be better for a basic formation with guardians covering every row to be adopted. 

There are also certain circumstances where a random formation like this would work. Where the enemy utilises AOE attacks as a premise of their formation, this sometimes works to counter that strategy.

Last but not least, it is not always easy to have good units suiting the strategy that you intend to have. You can make do with any units that is in your disposal to form a formation for arena or other battles and need not be confined to sticking to a group of guardians to make use of this strategy. 

Thanks for taking the time to read this!