- Lu Kang is a Chinese name; the family name is Lu.
For the faction, see Lu Kang (faction).
Lu Kang is a Champion hero in Total War: Three Kingdoms. He is a member of the Han Empire in 190. He leads his own faction, Lu Kang, in 182 and 194.
General Information[]
Attributes[]
Main Article: Attributes (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
- Expertise: 25
- -0% construction cost (administered commandery)
- +0 melee evasion
- Resolve: 79
- +28% general's health
- +3k population growth (administered commandery)
- Cunning: 63
- +19% ammunition (own retinue)
- +5 military supplies (own army)
- Instinct: 57
- +8% melee damage
- -2% recruitment cost (this army)
- Authority: 78
- +3 satisfaction (faction-wide, if leader, heir or prime minister)
- +3 unit morale (own retinue)
Background[]
Main Article: Background (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
Paragon of Governance
- +10 resolve
- +20 cunning
- +30 authority
- +1 resilience
- +4 public order (faction-wide, if leader, heir or prime minister)
Unit Statistics[]
- Morale: 60
- Melee Toughness: 24
- Ranged Toughness: 32
- Melee Power: 4
- Hit Points: 18k
- Melee Charge Bonus: 173
- Melee Attack Rate: 22
- Base Melee Damage: 96
- Armour-Piercing Melee Damage: 354
- Base Armour: 50%
- Speed: 89
Traits[]
Main Article: Traits (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
Clever
- +8 cunning
- +25% character experience
Admires Intelligence, Loahtes Superstition.
Sincere
- +2 resolve
- +6 authority
- +1 satisfaction (local county)
Values Diplomacy, Commends Trustworthiness.
Distinguished
- +6 instinct
- +2 authority
- Increases ambition to gain independence as administrator
Admires Attractiveness, Admires Refinement.
Skills[]
Main Article: Skill (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
- Hamstring
- +4 expertise
- +4 resolve
- Ability: Hamstring
- Flexibility
- +8 resolve
- -25% redeployment cost (if prime minister, heir or leader)
- +5% replenishment (when commanding)
Abilities[]
Main Article: Ability (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
- Hamstring (Melee Attack)
- Can use if:
- In melee
- Engaged in duel or has an attack order
- Not on Elephant
- -50% speed
- +30s increased cooldown of abilities
- Splash Damage: 1.9k
- Duration: 15s
- Cooldown: 30s
- Can use 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
- Dull Iron Carapace
- Base Armour: 50
- -12 expertise
- +3 resolve
- +3 instinct
- -8% speed
- -8% melee attack rate
- +12 charge bonus
- Brown Horse
- Speed: 97
- Mass: 1.5k
- +2 resolve
Guanxi[]
Main Article: Guanxi
Lu Kang doesn't have any relations with other characters.
Biography[]
Lu Kang was born to a prestigious local family and, as a result, enjoyed a noble upbringing. He eventually became an officer within his home commandery and was nominated as Filial and Incorrupt. However, Lu Kang's master was ultimately executed by the Han Dynasty for supposed cowardice. Kang escorted his corpse back to its hometown and mourned the man, which earned him the admiration of many for his loyalty.
Eventually, he would be rewarded for his service by being appointed as a magistrate in Bohai. Controversially, one of his first acts was to immediately disband the local levy of Bohai, which would leave the area largely defenceless. However, Kang was confident that simply being benevolent towards the locals would prevent any uprisings, a theory that proved to hold up in the long term. Lu Kang would become a relatively well-known official across China and was eventually made a proper administrator in the 180s.
Around 185, Lu Kang fell out of favour with Emperor Ling and the Ten Attendants when he began heavily criticizing the corruption present in Luoyang while the rest of China starved. However, Lu Kang's complaints would eventually prove to be based in reality, as, after the death of Emperor Ling in 189, China fell into chaos. However, Kang remained loyal to the Han, continuing to pay taxes and swearing loyalty to the child-Emperor Xian and his regent, Dong Zhuo. For his dedication, Kang was made a general of the Empire and tasked with defending it against any threats.
In 193, Yuan Shu demanded that Kang fork over supplies to him instead of the Imperial government. When Kang refused, he was put under a two-year-long brutal siege in Lujiang, where he faced both Yuan Shu and Sun Ce. He repeatedly sent requests for reinforcements to Li Jue – who had become regent after the assassination of Dong Zhuo – but help never came. As a result, Lujiang became de facto independent under Lu Kang. After two years of war, Kang surrendered to save the remnants of his starving and demoralized army. Yuan Shu spared the old general, yet he died a month later of natural causes.
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