- Xu Chu is a Chinese name; the family name is Xu.
Xu Chu is a unique legendary Champion hero in Total War: Three Kingdoms. He is a member of Cao Cao in 194 and 200. He can also join Cao Cao through an event not long after his 190 start.
Description[]
Meet Xu Chu, the indomitable general and one of Cao Cao’s most trusted officers. His colossal size and fierce strength make him a key figure on any battlefield, while his immense loyalty and bravery have earned him a plethora of military accolades and titles.
General Information[]
Attributes[]
Main Article: Attributes (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
 Expertise |
 Resolve |
 Cunning |
 Instinct |
 Authority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 124 | 35 | 78 | 60 |
| -3% construction cost (administered commandery) +6 melee evasion +55% general's health +7k population growth (administered commandery) +3% ammunition (own retinue) +1 military supplies (own army) +13% melee damage -3% recruitment cost (this army) +2 satisfaction (faction-wide, if leader, heir or prime minister) +2 unit morale (own retinue) | ||||
Background[]
Main Article: Background (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
Tiger Fool
- +10 expertise
- +15 resolve
- +5 instinct
- +1 resilience
- +10% melee damage for melee infantry (faction-wide, if leader, heir or prime minister)
- Accepts Impulsiveness, Resent Discipline, Resents Caution
Traits[]
Main Article: Traits (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
- Brave
- Dutiful
- +8 authority
- -50% desire for higher office
- +10 satisfaction
- Focuses on Duty
- Intimidating
- +12 instinct
- Enables: Immune to Scaring
- Respects Decisiveness
Skills[]
Main Article: Skill (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
- Vengeance
- Mobility
- Reach
- Endurance
- +8 resolve
- -50% attrition from military supply shortage (when commanding)
- Enables: Fatigue Resistance (own retinue)
- Earth-Shattering Strike
- +4 resolve
- +4 authority
- Ability: Earth-Shattering Strike
Abilities[]
Main Article: Ability (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
- Scare
- Reduces nearby enemy morale. Does not stack.
- Immune to Scare
- Immune to scare effects.
- Earth-Shattering Strike (Melee Attack)
- Can use if:
- In melee
- Engaged in a duel or has an attack order
- Not on Elephant
- -100% Melee Evasion
- Splash Damage: 9.4k
- Duration: 10s
- Cooldown: 60s
- Can use if:
Ancillaries[]
Main Article: Ancillary (Total War: Three Kingdoms)
- Giantbane
- Base Melee Damage: 0
- Armour-Piercing Melee Damage: 2.7k
- Melee Attack Rate: 20
- +15 resolve
- Xu Chu's Armour
- Brown Horse
- Speed: 97
- Mass: 1.5k
- +2 resolve
Guanxi[]
Main Article: Guanxi
- Acquaintances
Biography[]
Xu Chu was born in Pei, the same county as Cao Cao, and was described as a gigantic man who stood more than eight feet tall (A Chinese foot is smaller than a modern Imperial one, with eight feet coming down to 185 cm or about 6'1''). As China broke down into chaos, Xu Chu led a group of tribesmen and militias as a defensive force against bandits in his home county. One probably fictional incident has an army of about 10,000 Yellow Turbans enter the county and besiege Xu Chu's forces. Eventually, Xu Chu surrenders and grants a tribute of supplies and oxen to the Yellow Turbans. However, the oxen would simply run back to their pens once handed over to the Yellow Turbans. Xu Chu himself would drag the oxen back to the Yellow Turban camp by their tails with minimal effort. This feat of the giant man terrified the Yellow Turbans, who fled and never returned.
Xu Chu eventually joined the ranks of Cao Cao when he took the territory in 197 AD. Cao Cao appointed Xu Chu as his personal bodyguard, replacing Dian Wei who had died earlier. In 199 AD, Xu Chu foiled an assassination plot on Cao Cao, killing the conspirators with his bare hands. This resulted in Cao Cao's absolute trust, and the warlord would go nowhere without Xu Chu by his side. He accompanied him both on and off the battlefield, fighting in Cao Cao's campaigns against Zhang Xiu and Yuan Shao. By 204 AD, Xu Chu was granted the rank of second marquis and a small fiefdom of his own. In 211 AD, Xu Chu supposedly foiled yet another assassination plot. Ma Chao, the son of Ma Teng who had rebelled against Wei, planned to shed his honour and kill Cao Cao in a one-on-one meeting, yet the sight of his giant bodyguard made Ma Chao change his mind.
In 215 AD, Xu Chu made a decisive breakthrough against Zhang Lu, a warlord who had clung to his position in the mountains by fiercely defending the mountain passes leading into his territory. Xu Chu broke through one of these mountain passes, leading to Zhang Lu's eventual defeat. Xu Chu, alongside his elite "Tiger Guard", served Cao Cao until the warlord died in 220 AD. He was so struck with grief that he cried until he vomited up his own blood, which is most likely a fabricated and most definitely a needlessly disgusting detail. Xu Chu continued to serve as an elite bodyguard under Cao Cao's successors. He supported the first Wei Emperor, Cao Pi, and his successor Cao Rui. Xu Chu received multiple honorifics and titles from both Emperors until his death around 230 AD.
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