- Huang Gai is a Chinese name; the family name is Huang.
Huang Gai is a unique legendary Vanguard hero in Total War: Three Kingdoms. He is a member of Sun Jian in 182 and 190, briefly joining Yuan Shu in 194, before rejoining Sun Jian's son, Sun Ce, in 200.
General Information[]
Attributes[]
Main Article: Attributes (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
- Expertise: 55
- -8% construction cost (administered commandery)
- +12 melee evasion
- Resolve: 75
- +26% general's health
- +3k population growth (administered commandery)
- Cunning: 30
- +1% ammunition (own retinue)
- +1 military supplies (own army)
- Instinct: 131
- +29% melee damage
- -8% recruitment cost (this army)
- Authority: 55
- +2 unit morale (own retinue)
Background[]
Main Article: Background (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
Unreadable Warrior
- +20 resolve
- +30 instinct
- +10 authority
- +1 resilience
- +15 charge bonus for spear infantry (faction-wide, if leader, heir or prime minister)
Respects Patience, Dislikes Carelessness, Dislikes Impulsiveness.
Unit Statistics[]
- Morale: 40
- Melee Toughness: 25
- Ranged Toughness: 31
- Melee Power: 5
- Hit Points: 18k
- Melee Charge Bonus: 201
- Melee Attack Rate: 24
- Base Melee Damage: 115
- Armour-Piercing Melee Damage: 389
- Base Melee Evasion: 12%
- Base Armour: 45%
- Speed: 86
Traits[]
Main Article: Traits (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
Brave
- +12 resolve
- +3 morale (when commanding)
Commends Bravery.
Loyal
- +8 expertise
- -50% desire for higher office
- Decreases ambition to gain independence as administrator
Focuses on Family.
Intimidating
- +12 instinct
- Enables: Immune to Scaring
Respects Decisiveness.
Skills[]
Main Article: Skill (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
- Flexibility
- +8 resolve
- -25% redeployment cost (if prime minister, heir or leader)
- +5% replenishment (when commanding)
- Final Rush
- +4 expertise
- +4 instinct
- Ability: Final Rush
- Passion
- +8 instinct
- Unlocks assigment: Conscription
- +25% melee damage for all shock cavalry (own retinue)
Abilities[]
Main Article: Ability (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
- Immune to Scare
- Immune to scare effects.
- Final Rush (Passive Buff)
- Enbaled if:
- Health below 50%
- +50% Speed
- +50% Charge Speed
- +50% Melee Charge Bonus
- Enbaled if:
Ancillaries[]
Main Article: Ancillary (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
- Spear
- Base Melee Damage: 88
- Armour-Piercing Melee Damage: 354
- Melee Attack Rate: 24
- +3 expertise
- +3 instinct
- Huang Gai's Armour
- Base Armour: 45
- +18 instinct
- +10% melee armour-piercing damage
- Enables: Scare (own retinue)
- Red Stallion
- Speed: 86
- Mass: 2k
- +6 instinct
- +10% chance of evading capture post-battle
- +20 charge bonus
Guanxi[]
Main Article: Guanxi
Friends
Negative Acquaintances
Biography[]
Huang Gai was the second-century Chinese equivalent of a self-made man. He was born to a family of nobodies, before both his parents died, leaving him as an orphan at a young age. Nonetheless, his ambitions were high, and the young Huang Gai taught himself how to read and write. He studied until he ended up in the Chinese administration, albeit at a relatively low position.
He later joined Sun Jian's army as a volunteer in the coalition against Dong Zhuo, where he received a minor officer's position. However, he expertly defeat a group of bandits who greatly outnumbered him, which netted Gai a promotion. He continued to serve Sun Jian's successor, Sun Ce after his death. Under Sun Ce, Gai became both an administrator and a commander. However, due to the latter task, he often delegated his administrative duties to other men.
Huang Gai remained a military man of the Sun family throughout his life. His soldiers were among the most motivated and well-trained in the Wu armies, and would frequently defy the odds. Huang Gai fought all over China, against Wei in the north, against warlords in the west, against tribal rebels in the south, and against bandits all over the place. He was injured many times as he was a general who lead from the front, however, none could deny his effectiveness in battle.
However, Huang Gai would never have a heroic death in battle, as he died from a sudden illness, presumably somewhere in the late 210s or early 220s.
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