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For the faction, see Ma Teng (faction)

Ma Teng is a Chinese name; the family name is Ma.


Ma Teng is a unique legendary Vanguard hero in Total War: Three Kingdoms. He leads his own faction, Ma Teng, in 182, 190, 194, and 200.


General Information[]

Attributes[]

Main Article: Attributes (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

TW3K ICO expertise
Expertise
TW3K ICO resolve
Resolve
TW3K ICO cunning
Cunning
TW3K ICO instinct
Instinct
TW3K ICO authority
Authority
54 57 26 128 77
-7% construction cost (administered commandery)
+11 melee evasion
+16% general's health
+2k population growth (administered commandery)
+0% ammunition (own retinue)
+0 military supplies (own army)
+28% melee damage
-8% recruitment cost (this army)
+3 satisfaction (faction-wide, if leader, heir or prime minister)
+3 unit morale (own retinue)


Background[]

Main Article: Background (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

Protector of the West

  • +10 resolve
  • +20 instinct
  • +30 authority
  • +15 melee damage for cavalry (faction-wide, if leader, heir or prime minister)
  • +100% income from silk and spice (faction-wide, if leader, heir or prime minister)
  • +1 resilience
  • Poor background: -25% income from family estates (if faction leader)
  • -20% recruitment and upkeep cost for Qiang units (faction-wide, if leader, heir or prime minister)

Respects Discipline, Respects Decisiveness, Opposes Criminality, Unsympathetic to the Weak


Traits[]

Main Article: Traits (Total War: Three Kingdoms)


Skills[]

Main Article: Skill (Total War: Three Kingdoms)


Abilities[]

Main Article: Ability (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

  • Roar of the Beast (Active Debuff)
    • Can use if:
      • In melee
      • Engaged in a duel or has an attack order
      • Not on Elephant
    • -18 Morale
    • Range: 50m
    • Duration: 15s
    • Cooldown: 60s


Ancillaries[]

Main Article: Ancillary (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

  • Family Spear
    • Base Melee Damage: 177
    • Armour-Piercing Melee Damage: 707
    • Melee Attack Rate: 24
    • +6 expertise
    • +6 instinct
  • Ma Teng's Armour
    • Base Armour: 60
    • +18 instinct
    • +12 charge bonus
  • Red Horse


Guanxi[]

TW3K Ma Teng GUANXI

Main Article: Guanxi


Biography[]

Although the exact details of Ma Teng’s birth are up for debate, many believe he was born in 156CE in Maoling County (Fufeng Commandery). His father, Ma Ping, was once an esteemed officer of the Han Empire, but he was dismissed from his post after a mysterious dispute. Ma Ping then went to live among the Qiang tribes in Northern China, married a local woman, and fathered Ma Teng. Ma Teng’s early life was one of great poverty. In his youth, he was put to work selling firewood he collected from the mountains to help his family make ends meet.

He grew up to be an accomplished warrior, and when the Qiang tribes rebelled, he enlisted in the Han army to secure the rule of the Han government. His significant martial prowess shone through, and when the rebellion was suppressed, he was granted the title of officer in the Han Empire. It was during this campaign that he met and became great friends with Han Sui, and together they now control much of Liang Province.

Rising from nothing to a position of power and wealth because of the support of the Han Dynasty, he is keen not to see it fall to pieces. While many others have broken their oaths of fealty, with the echoes of his father’s disgraceful removal still hanging in the air, Ma Teng is keen to avoid the same fate and bring further shame to his family.

Even as the storm of chaos rolls and thunders over Luoyang, Ma Teng does not let the squalls of the court cloud his mind. Though many say the dynasty is finished, Ma Teng remains loyal to the Han, prosecuting the enemies of the emperor above all else. On the western fringes of the empire, he has long defended China’s most valuable trade routes, holding back hostile interlopers, and will continue to charge into battle in the emperor’s name.

Ma Teng may treat his friends well, but he remains merciless with Han’s enemies. He was made General of the West and was persuaded, along with Han Sui, to aid Dong Zhuo in battling against the coalition that formed against him.


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