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Zhuge Liang History:
Zhuge Liang was a prime minister, founding father, politician, diplomat, military commander, educator, and also a famous technical inventor of the Shu Han Dynasty (Shu Han) during the Three Kingdoms period.
Zhuge Liang assisted Liu Bei in establishing the Shu Han state, forming the Three Kingdoms and the Shu-Wu alliance against Wei. He was considered one of the greatest and most brilliant strategists of his time, and was compared to another great Chinese strategist, Sun Tzu. However, the five campaigns he launched against Cao Wei were all unsuccessful, and he eventually died of illness in his camp.
Should you invest in Zhuge Liang?
Zhuge Liang is an extremely powerful commander. Every player should definitely invest in him and upgrade him to the max level and skills. What is great about Zhuge Liang and why all players should invest in him, is his ability to deal an insane amount of AOE damage. On top of that, his first skill will reduce enemy damage by 15%, which is a lot.
Every single player should have it as part of their commander setup for fighting in the field and in AOO. Zhuge Liang is so versatile that you can pair him with almost any archer commander. Overall, Zhuge Liang must have a commander for both free-to-play and pay-to-win players.
Zhuge Liang's command skills:
Active skills:
Rage Required: 1000
Deals direct damage to up to 5 nearby enemies (Damage Multiplier 1200). Damage dealt to each target is reduced by 15% for each additional target. Additionally, all targets take 5% less damage for the next 3 seconds.
Upgrade:
Direct damage coefficient: 1200/1400/1600/1800/2000
Damage Reduction: 5%/7%/9%/12%/15%
Passive skill 1:
Archer units commanded by this commander gain 10% increased Health and deal 1% increased damage. Whenever this commander's troops are affected by a control effect while on the map, it has a 50% chance to negate the effect and deal direct damage (Damage Multiplier 200) to the attacker. This effect can trigger every 5 seconds.
Upgrade:
Archer's Health Bonus: 10%/15%/20%/25%/30%
Archer damage bonus: 1%/2%/3%/4%/5%
Direct damage coefficient: 200/250/300/400/500
Passive skill 2:
If this commander's army contains only archer units, it will deal 5% more skill damage. Normal attacks from this commander's army have a 10% chance to increase the ATK of their archer units by 25% for 3 seconds. This effect can trigger up to once every 5 seconds.
Upgrade:
Skill Damage Bonus: 5%/8%/11%/15%/20%
Increases archer attack power: 25%/30%/35%/40%/50%
Passive skill 3:
Whenever this commander uses an active skill, their troops gain the Marquis effect (increases damage dealt by 2%) for 10 seconds if they do not already have it. If their troops contain only archer units and have the Marquis effect, whenever this commander uses an active skill, they will use the Marquis effect to deal direct damage to up to 3 nearby enemy troops (Damage Multiplier 700); direct damage dealt this way is not affected by skill damage buffs.
Upgrade:
Bonus Damage: 2%/4%/6%/8%/10%
Direct damage coefficient: 700/900/1100/1300/1500
Expertise:
Upon entering battle, this commander's troops gain the Marquis effect (increases damage by 10%) for 15 seconds. Whenever their Xinyue Burn or Zhongwu Marquis skills deal skill damage, this commander's troops instantly gain 30 Rage.
Best pairings for Zhuge Liang:
Open field: Boudica Prime (GCL sub)
Rally: Henry V (GCL as co-driver)
Open field: Nebuchadnezzar II , Ramesses II
The above commanders are recommended to pair with Zhuge Liang because they provide survivability, which Zhuge Liang lacks, since his skills are all focused on damage. Nebu's second skill provides 30% defense and 15% march speed to archer units, and his fourth skill has a chance to reduce the target's Rage. Ramesses' third skill reduces skill damage taken by 30%, and his fourth skill gives a chance to increase defense by 40% for 3 seconds when attacked. Ramesses' first skill also reduces the target's defense by 25% (30% if Specialized) for 2 seconds, if Zhuge Liang's damage skill is activated during this time, the total damage your target takes will increase.
Equated with Yi Seong-Gye
If you go with Zhuge Liang paired with Yi Seong-Gye , you will likely be swarmed by enemies and the pair will most likely not last long in the field.
Building a talent tree for Zhuge Liang
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