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Zhang Chao is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Chao is a Sentinel hero in Total War: Three Kingdoms. He leads his own faction, Zhang Chao, in 190.

General Information[]

Attributes[]

Main Article: Attributes (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

  • Expertise: 89
    • -17% construction cost (administered commandery)
    • +27 melee evasion
  • Resolve: 50
    • +12% general's health
    • +2k population growth (administered commandery)
  • Cunning: 66
    • +21% ammunition (own retinue)
    • +6 military supplies (own army)
  • Instinct: 32
    • +1% melee damage
    • -1% recruitment cost (this army)
  • Authority: 40
    • +1 satisfaction (faction-wide)
    • +1 unit morale (own retinue)


Background[]

Main Article: Background (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

Flowing Calligrapher

  • +10 expertise
  • +15 cunning
  • +5 authority
  • +10 satisfaction (faction-wide)

Values Education, Admires Intelligence.


Unit Statistics[]

  • Morale: 100
  • Melee Toughness: 25
  • Ranged Toughness: 27
  • Melee Power: 5


  • Hit Points: 18k
  • Melee Charge Bonus: 113
  • Melee Attack Rate: 30
  • Base Melee Damage: 223
  • Armour-Piercing Melee Damage: 164
  • Base Melee Evasion: 27%
  • Base Armour: 20%
  • Speed: 97


Traits[]

Main Article: Traits (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

Cautious

  • +6 cunning
  • -4 instinct
  • +10% chance of evading capture post-battle
  • +10% chance of avoiding ambush (own army)

Respects Caution, Wary of Zeal, Dislikes Carelessness.


Stubborn

  • +6 resolve
  • -4 authority
  • Enables: Unbreakable

Respects Discipline, Disregards Flexibility.


Energetic

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

Admires Zeal.


Skills[]

Main Article: Skill (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

  • Precision
    • +8 expertise
    • +10% ranged armour-piercing damage (own army)
    • +10% ranged firing rate (when commanding)
  • Tempered Deflection
    • +4 expertise
    • +4 resolve
    • Ability: Tempered Deflection


Abilities[]

Main Article: Ability (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

  • Unbreakable
    • Does not suffer any morale loss and will never rout.
  • Tempered Deflection (Active Buff)
    • Can use if:
      • Not on Elephant
    • +50% Ranged Block Chance
    • Range: 50m
    • Duration: 20s
    • Cooldown: 60s


Ancillaries[]

Main Article: Ancillary (Total War: Three Kingdoms)

  • Jian
    • Base Melee Damage: 220
    • Armour-Piercing Damage: 163
    • Melee Attack Rate: 30
    • +9 expertise
  • Hunter's Garb
    • Base Armour: 20
    • +4 expertise
    • +4 authority
  • Grey Horse
    • Speeed: 97
    • Mass: 1.5k
    • +2 expertise


Guanxi[]

Main Article: Guanxi


Biography[]

Zhang Chao was appointed as the administrator of Guangyang commandery around the time Dong Zhuo rose to power. Thanks to his close ties to members of the coalition, he joined the coalition against the tyrant yet didn't contribute in any significant amount. After Dong Zhuo fled west, razing Luoyang to the ground, he ended up becoming semi-autonomous under Tao Qian.

Yet, when Cao Cao invaded Tao Qian's lands for his supposed hand in the death of Cao Song, Zhang Chao once more failed to contribute besides sending over a handful of soldiers, mostly staying within Guangyang. After Tao Qian's death, Cao Cao rapidly closed in on his territory, and Zhang Chao saw the writing on the wall.

Together with some other lords, he joined the rebellion of Lü Bu somewhere around 194, yet, once again, mostly remained in the background. He was eventually caught by Cao Cao's generals, who put him under siege in 195. Despite holding out for months, a relief effort never arrived, and Zhang Chao would die later that year.


References[]

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