![]() | Xiahou Dun 夏侯惇 Indignation 愤勇 When Xiahou Dun receives damage, he can turn his character card parallel to his health card. When he is in this state, he cannot be damaged. Avenge 雪恨 At the end of any character's turn, if Xiahou Dun's character card is parallel to his health card, he must return it to its normal state. Then, he must do one of the two options: 1.) Select X cards that belong to the character currently playing their turn and discard them, X being the difference between Xiahou Dun's maximum and current health levels. 2.) Select any character. This character is considered to have been attacked by Xiahou Dun. |
Clarification:
- "Indignation" does not protect Xiahou Dun from negligence damage and cannot be activated when he receives it.
- Although "Avenge" is not enforced, Xiahou Dun must still activate this ability at the end of a character's turn if his character card is in the parallel position. Also, this ability goes into affect after the character's discard phase.
- When Xiahou Dun activates option one of "Avenge," he can select equipped or hand cards to discard, but he cannot discard pending judgement cards.
- When Xiahou Dun activates option two of "Avenge," he does not need to select the character who is finishing their turn to attack. Also, Xiahou Dun does not need to play an Attack card - he essentially gets a 'free' Attack. Also, Xiahou Dun does not need to select a character in his attack range. Finally, Xiahou Dun can use weapon effects when using this ability.
- The Attack produced by option two of "Avenge" has no color and has no element.
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Notable Combinations:
- Zhu Rong/Cao Cao/Yuan Shao - These characters can more easily play Barbarians and Hail of Arrows than the average character. When they damage Xiahou Dun with these cards, he can activate his abilities to attack any character.
- Zhang Chun Hua - Zhang Chun Hua's "Unfeeling" is detrimental to SP Xiahou Dun's "Indignation." As stated previously, SP Xiahou Dun cannot turn his character card to its parallel position when he receives negligence damage and "Indignation" does not protect him from negligence damage.
- Cai Wen Ji - Cai Wen Ji's "Lament" is activated when a character is damaged via an Attack. This gives her and her team a defense against against option two of "Avenge."
King | Xiahou Dun is better as king than the original Xiahou Dun, but he is still not outstanding in this position. |
Loyalist | Xiahou Dun is a good loyalist. He can use his abilities to try to finish off weak rebels. |
Rebel | Xiahou Dun is a good rebel. He can use his abilities to attack the king more frequently. |
Spy | Xiahou Dun is a good spy. His abilities are good deterrents. |
Final Remarks:
Xiahou Dun seems to be reasonably balanced, but why do the abilities have to be so complicated? Why does he have two abilities instead of one? Why does Xiahou Dun need to turn his character card parallel? If we were to re-write these abilities, we would combine them into one ability:
"When Xiahou Dun receives damage, he can choose to prevent all damage done to him for the rest of the current turn. At the end of this turn, Xiahou Dun can choose to discard X cards of the character who just finished their turn or select any character and they are considered to have been attacked by Xiahou Dun."
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