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Xiahou Yuan

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Xiahou Yuan is a Chinese name; the family name is Xiahou.


Xiahou Yuan is a unique legendary Vanguard hero in Total War: Three Kingdoms. He is a member of Cao Cao in 190, 194 and 200.

Description[]

Meet Xiahou Yuan, the fiercely brave and resourceful general loyal to Cao Cao. Famed for immense battlefield speed and guile, he’s earned a place as an officer of great renown.


General Information[]

Attributes[]

Main Article: Attributes (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

  • Expertise: 50
    • -6% construction cost (administered commandery)
    • +10 melee evasion
  • Resolve: 45
    • +9% general's health
    • +1k population growth (administered commandery)
  • Cunning: 66
    • +21% ammunition (own retinue)
    • +6 military supplies (own army)
  • Instinct: 122
    • +27% melee damage
    • -7% recruitment cost (this army)
  • Authority: 57
    • +2 unit morale (own retinue)


Unit Statistics[]

  • Morale: 40
  • Melee Toughness: 27
  • Ranged Toughness: 39
  • Melee Power: 10


  • Hit Points: 18k
  • Melee Charge Bonus: 181
  • Melee Attack Rate: 24
  • Base Melee Damage: 225
  • Armour-Piercing Melee Damage: 707
  • Base Melee Evasion: 10%
  • Base Armour: 68%
  • Ranged Block Chance: 30%
  • Speed: 97


Background[]

Main Article: Background (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

Maker of Ways

  • +10 resolve
  • +30 cunning
  • +20 instinct
  • Unlocks assignment: Military Requisition
  • +1 resilience
  • +8% attrition to hostile forces (faction-wide; if leader, prime minister or heir)

Commends Flexibility.


Traits[]

Main Article: Traits (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

Dutiful

  • +8 authority
  • -50% desire for higher office
  • +10 satisfaction

Focuses on Duty.


Energetic

  • +2 expertise
  • +6 instinct
  • +5% campaign movement range (own army)

Admires Zeal.


Resourceful

  • +2 expertise
  • +6 cunning
  • +5 reserves (administered commandery)

Commands Flexibility.


Skills[]

Main Article: Skill (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

Blazing Saddles

  • +4 instinct
  • +4 authority
  • Ability: Blazing Saddles


Intensity

  • +8 instinct
  • Enables: Mighty Knockback
  • +25% charge speed (own retinue)


Dignity


Abilities[]

Main Article: Ability (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

Mighty Knockback

  • Causes extra damage when knocking back enemies.

Blazing Saddles (Active)

  • Can use if:
    • Not on Elephant
  • Phase 1 (15s)
    • +100% Melee Charge Bonus
    • +50% Charge Speed
    • Mighty Knockback
  • Phase 2 (1s)
    • +50% Fatigue
  • 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


Xiahou Yuan's Armour

  • Base Armour: 68
  • +18 instinct
  • +30% ranged block chance
  • -15% retinue upkeep


Red Horse

  • Speed: 97
  • Mass: 1.5k
  • +2 instinct


Guanxi[]

Main Article: Guanxi

Family

Friends

Acquaintances


Overview[]

Like his cousin, one of Xiahou Yuan's best early game advantages is the fact that his personal armor reduces his retinue's upkeep by 15%, allowing his faction to field a larger army. His stats are much higher than generic vanguards, though much of the allocation of the points is wasted on Cunning, which vanguards have little use for.

On the battlefield, Xiahou Yuan lacks access to the Roar of the Beast ability, meaning he doesn't have any way to debuff enemy morale. Instead, he gains the Blazing Saddles ability, temporarily dramatically increasing his speed, charge bonus, and charging speed. However, Blazing Saddles massively decreases Xiahou Yuan's stamina, meaning that using this ability rapidly slows him down and worsens his melee capabilities. Blazing Saddles is a situational skill at best. It is best used in conjunction with Cao Cao's scheme, Hawk & Tiger Manoeuvres, which locks an army's fatigue level to winded or better. This allows Xiahou Yuan to use the ability without being penalized too much.

Biography[]


Born somewhere around 162, Xiahou Yuan is the younger cousin of the legendary Xiahou Dun and a far-flung cousin from Cao Cao. Little is known about his early life until an incident in 190. Supposedly, Cao Cao had committed some grave misdeed, and Xiahou Yuan took the blame for him, which marks the start of a bond between the two.

When Cao Cao joined the coalition against Dong Zhuo during the collapse of the Han Dynasty, Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun both joined his army. He subsequently fought in many of Cao Cao's battles for the coming decade. After the defeat of Yuan Shao in 200, Xiahou Yuan was appointed as something akin to a quartermaster, providing Cao Cao's armies with all the supplies they needed.

In 206, Xiahou Yuan crushed the rebellion of a minor warlord called Chang Xi with such efficiency that it earned him the praise of Cao Cao and a promotion. Over the next few years, Yuan roamed around China with his army, winning various battles.

His luck would run out in 217, however. Liu Bei, a long-time enemy of Cao Cao, launched a large offensive around Hangzhong. Xiahou Yuan gathered his men around Yangping, which had been won by Cao Cao two years earlier. This area was a natural chokepoint, and Xiahou Yuan and Liu Bei were forced into a bloody stalemate that lasted for more than a year.

Eventually, one of Xiahou Yuan's commanders on his flanks, Zhang He, was defeated by Liu Bei, forcing Xiahou to split his forces in two. Subsequently, a gap opened up in his defence, and Liu Bei rushed his army into Yuan's camp. Despite putting up a desperate defence, Liu Bei killed Xiahou Yuan and most of his army.

Other Languages[]

Language Name
English Xiahou Yuan - Miaocai
French Xiahou Yuan - Miaocai
German Xiahou Yuan - Miaocai
Italian Xiahou Yuan - Miaocai
Spanish Xiahou Yuan - Miaocai
Brazilian Portuguese Xiahou Yuan - Miaocai
Polish Xiahou Yuan - Miaocai
Czech Sia-chou Jüan - Miao-cchaj
Turkish Xiahou Yuan - Miaocai
Simplified Chinese 夏侯渊 (妙才)
Xiàhóu Yuān (Miàocái)
Traditional Chinese 夏侯淵 (妙才)
Xiàhóu Yuān (Miàocái)
Korean 하후연 (묘재)
Hahu-yeon (Myo-jae)
Russian Сяхоу Юань - Мяоцай
Syakhou Yuan' - Myaotsay


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