Jia Xu had changed masters several times. At first, he was a subordinate of Dong Zhuo. After Dong Zhuo's death, he followed Guo Si and Li Jue to counterattack Chang'an. After the two failed, he became Zhang Xiu's adviser. Finally, he persuaded Zhang Xiu to surrender to Cao Cao and became an important adviser of the Cao Wei group.
Many people say that Jia Xu is the "most vicious scholar in the Three Kingdoms" because his schemes are extremely vicious and highly efficient. He doesn't usually make plans, but once he does, he can kill people with just one or two sentences.
For example, when Cao Cao was attacking Ma Chao and Han Sui, Jia Xu proposed a plan to "smear the letter to Han Sui", which meant to write a letter to Han Sui, deliberately erase the key points, and let Ma Chao see it, so that Ma Chao would be suspicious of Han Sui. A simple strategy of alienation really caused the alliance between Han Sui and Ma Chao to collapse, which shows how vicious Jia Xu's plan was.
Later, Cao Cao was hesitant about establishing a crown prince, and asked Jia Xu: "Who should I establish between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi?" Jia Xu did not answer. Cao Cao asked: "Why don't you answer?" Jia Xu said: "My lord, I am thinking about it and cannot answer you right away." Cao Cao asked: "What are you thinking about?" Jia Xu said: "I am thinking about Yuan Shao and his son, and Liu Biao and his son."
Yuan Shao and Liu Biao destroyed their foundations by fighting for power because of "abolishing the eldest and enthroning the youngest". If Cao Zhi was enthroned, wouldn't it be a repeat of the same mistake? Cao Cao suddenly realized the truth and made up his mind to enthronize Cao Pi as the heir.
Jia Xu's strategies were indeed ruthless and accurate. A simple sentence hit Cao Cao's soft spot, and each of his strategies produced immediate results. Although he was vicious, he was also quite smart. Among the large number of strategists who died young in the Wei Kingdom, only Jia Xu lived to be over 70 years old and was appointed as the Grand Commandant by Cao Pi, making him a winner among strategists.
Xie Mingzhe decided to design this card based on the character of Jia Xu, the poisonous scholar.
First, Jia Xu led the "Civil and Military Harmony" strategy, which caused chaos in the Han Dynasty. This can be used to control the situation. Secondly, the story of him alienating Ma Chao and Han Sui can make the opponent's cards fall apart. Then, he quietly supported Cao Pi as the crown prince, which can also be used as an auxiliary skill.
Jia Xu (Wood)
Level: Level 1
Evolution Star Level:★
Use times: 1/1 time
Basic Attributes: HP 700, Attack 0, Defense 700, Agility 30, Crit 0%
Additional Skill: Establish a Crown Prince (Jia Xu believes that the heir should be the legitimate son or the eldest son, and not "abandon the eldest son and establish the youngest son" which breaks the rules and prevents brothers from killing each other; Jia Xu can designate a male character card from the friendly side to make him the Crown Prince's heir, and the designated card's basic health and basic defense will be permanently increased by 50%; limited skill, only once per game)
Additional Skills: Civil and Military Chaos (Jia Xu is also known as "Civil and Military Chaos". With his help, the world finally fell into chaos. When Jia Xu activates the "Civil and Military Chaos" skill, the enemy targets within a range of 23 meters will fall into a state of chaos for 3 seconds; the cooldown time is 60 seconds)
Additional Skill: A Letter (Jia Xu is very good at guessing people's minds. He knows that some people are allies on the surface, but in fact they have a lot of dissatisfaction with each other in their hearts. Jia Xu designates an enemy card, writes a letter to the card, and covers up the key information for his teammates to see. His teammates suspect that the card has ulterior motives and is communicating with the enemy, so they no longer reinforce it. The card designated to receive the letter will be immune to all friendly buffs, treatments, and resurrection skills for 8 seconds; the cooldown time is 5 minutes)
Writing letters to designated cards on the other side to alienate the relationship between the cards, Xie Mingzhe estimated that the official data analysts would definitely call him a psychopath after seeing this operation...
However, Jia Xu's skill is really powerful. When we focus on a certain key card, the most feared thing is that a single card on the opposite side will be healed back. At this time, as long as Jia Xu sends "A Letter Between Papers", this card will be suspected of being a traitor by teammates and will no longer support. The card who received the letter is simply crying without tears!
Xie Mingzhe satisfiedly dismissed Jia Xu, and then, only Guo Jia and Sima Yi were left.
Among the strategists of the Cao Wei group, Xie Mingzhe's favorite was Guo Jia.
Guo Jia is a legendary figure, known as the most talented strategist in the Three Kingdoms. After he was recommended to Cao Cao by Xun Yu, the two chatted only once and felt that they had met too late. Cao Cao also gave him the position of "Military Advisor and Priest", which was specially approved by Cao Cao for Guo Jia. In modern times, it would be the chief of staff of the military.
The independent position of "Military Advisor" is very free and has high authority. It can be the first to check military intelligence. If Cao Cao did not trust Guo Jia enough, he would not have given him this position.
It is said that Guo Jia controlled an extremely powerful intelligence network, so he could make such a divine prophecy as "Sun Ce will definitely be assassinated". He guessed many things very accurately. It was not a blind guess, but an accurate prediction based on his analysis of intelligence from all parties and his grasp of the current situation.
The "Ten Victories and Ten Defeats" and "Flooding Xiapi" in the Battle of Guandu were both Guo Jia's more famous achievements. He defeated Yuan Shao and laid the foundation for Cao Cao to unify the north. Unfortunately, Guo Jia was always weak and sickly. He died at the age of 38. He died young and did not have the chance to play against Zhuge Liang, leaving endless regrets in history.
In fact, Guo Jia's strategy was not necessarily superior to that of Xun Yu, Jia Xu and others, but Cao Cao was particularly fond of him. The key lay in Guo Jia's character. When Cao Cao was defeated in the Battle of Chibi, he cried and said, "If Guo Jia were here, I wouldn't have suffered such a miserable fate." This shows the status of Guo Jia in Cao Cao's mind.
Guo Jia was a bohemian, carefree person who loved to drink, which was very similar to Cao Cao when he was young. The two of them had similar tastes. Although they were monarchs and ministers, they often sat together and drank and talked happily, just like close friends. Therefore, although Guo Jia was often reported and impeached for his "improper conduct", Cao Cao always laughed it off after receiving the reports and ignored them. He was extremely fond of Guo Jia. Therefore, Guo Jia's untimely death also made Cao Cao very sad.
When designing this card, Xie Mingzhe decided to make it a control + deathrattle card.
The first is Guo Jia's divine prophecy. All of his predictions came true, as if he knew how things would develop in advance. Xie Mingzhe wanted to make this a very distinctive predictive skill. Knowing the opponent's movements in advance will naturally allow us to be prepared to respond.
Secondly, it was the brilliant strategy that Guo Jia left to Cao Cao when he died that helped Cao Cao easily pacify the remaining forces of Yuan Shao, causing Yuan Shao's descendants Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi to all die in battle, and Liaoning was taken without a fight.
The story of the legacy that determined the conquest of Liaodong fully demonstrates Guo Jia's wisdom and deep understanding of human nature. Since it was a brilliant plan left behind before his death, it could certainly be designed as a deathrattle skill.
As a painter obsessed with appearance, Xie Mingzhe certainly would not be vague about the card character image of Guo Jia.
Different from Xun Yu's gentleness, Guo Jia is more like a bohemian talent. He holds a folding fan, looks unrestrained and elegant, and when he smiles, he looks like an elegant nobleman. His handsome features are enough to make any girl's heart beat.
Xie Mingzhe deliberately made the basic attributes of Guo Jia's card very low. On the one hand, it was to ensure that it passed the official review smoothly. On the other hand, the deathrattle card itself is very fragile and has low health, which makes it convenient to trigger the deathrattle skill after the formation dies.
Guo Jia (Wood)
Level: Level 1
Evolution Star Level:★
Use times: 1/1 time
Basic Attributes: HP 600, Attack 0, Defense 600, Agility 10, Crit 0%
Additional skills: Prophet (Guo Jia controls the intelligence network and has excellent foresight. He can predict what will happen in the future and prepare us to deal with it. When Guo Jia activates the "Prophet" skill, all enemy attacks will be controlled by us, and all non-locked attacks launched by the enemy within the next 5 seconds can be dodged by our group; cooldown time is 20 seconds)
Additional Skills: God is jealous of talents (Death Rattle Skill. Although Guo Jia is very smart, he is always weak and sickly. He contracted a disease during the battle and died young. When Guo Jia appears on the field, he will have a layer of negative poisoning effect because he is seriously ill, and lose 2% health per second. When Guo Jia dies, his illness will spread to the surroundings, and the enemy group targets within 23 range will instantly stack five layers of negative wood poisoning effects)
Additional Skills: Legacy Determines Liaodong (Deathrattle Skill. Guo Jia left behind a golden trick before his death, teaching Cao Cao how to quell the rebellion in Liaodong. When Guo Jia dies, the "Legacy Determines Liaodong" effect is triggered. Enemy cards within 23 meters learn that Guo Jia left behind a golden trick, and collectively panic and fall into a state of fear for 2 seconds. Our cards are instructed by Guo Jia's golden trick, and within 2 seconds, basic attack power increases by 50%, attack speed increases by 50%, and critical damage increases by 50%)
Guo Jia's deathrattle card will automatically cause him to lose health when it appears on the field, so he never has to worry about dying.
Before he dies, he can use the "prophet" skill to control the situation, make predictions in advance, and help our team dodge the opponent's key attacks. When he loses almost all his health, he will die, not only stacking poison on the opponent, but also increasing our attack. He uses his own sacrifice in exchange for a short 2-second enemy fear group control and a super bonus to the friendly group. Because the skill is too strong, the time can only be shortened to 2 seconds.
The operation of this card is very difficult and it really tests the player's awareness - skills need to be predicted, and health also needs to be predicted. It really brings out Guo Jia's "prediction" feature to the extreme.
After dealing with Guo Jia, the last card left is Sima Yi.
As the chief military strategist of the Cao Wei Group who played against Zhuge Liang for many years in the late Three Kingdoms period, Sima Yi can be said to have had the last laugh. In the early period, when Cao Cao needed a large number of talents, he invited Sima Yi, but Sima Yi pretended to be disabled and refused to see anyone. Cao Cao sent people to test him and cut him with a knife, but Sima Yi had a very strong psychological quality and did not move at all. He pretended to be paralyzed so well that even the always suspicious Cao Cao thought he was really disabled.
In the later period, Sima Yi was forced out of retirement by Cao Cao and assisted Cao Pi. After Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, Sima Yi assisted Cao Pi in handling government affairs, held military power, and enjoyed great glory.
Sima Yi's contribution was also very great. He was well aware of the principle of "waiting for the enemy to tire themselves out". Zhuge Liang's many northern expeditions were successfully blocked by Sima Yi.
If there was no Sima Yi in the later period of Wei, perhaps Zhuge Liang would have really realized his dream of unifying the world. Unfortunately, it was Sima Yi, this old shrewd man, who dragged down the national strength of Shu by the trick of "dragging", because he knew that the Shu army was tired from the journey and had insufficient food and grass. As long as the Wei army did not take the initiative to fight, the Shu army would definitely retreat after a long time. This approach was actually very wise.
Once, the Wei and Shu armies had been confronting each other for hundreds of days, but Sima Yi still refused to come out. Zhuge Liang could not help it, so he sent Sima Yi a set of bright red women's clothing to mock him. In ancient times, giving women's clothing to men was a great humiliation. As a result, Sima Yi was not angry at all, and he even put on women's clothing in public!
A lack of patience can lead to big plans; Sima Yi really took the art of patience to the extreme.
Sima Yi had the appearance of "an eagle looking at one thing and a wolf watching over one's back". Xie Mingzhe had also heard of a magical rumor that Sima Yi could turn his head backwards and stare at people without moving his body. His eyes were as sharp as an eagle's and as fierce as a wolf's - such a person should never be provoked!
This card is suitable to be a defensive card, which is more in line with Sima Yi's characteristics.
Sima Yi (Wood)
Level: Level 1
Evolution Star Level:★
Use times: 1/1 time
Basic Attributes: HP 1500, Attack 0, Defense 1500, Agility 10, Crit 0%
Additional Skills: Eagle-eyed and Wolf-eyed (It is said that Sima Yi has the "eagle-eyed and wolf-eyed appearance", with eyes as sharp as an eagle and as fierce as a wolf. He can turn his head and stare in any direction. The cards stared at by Sima Yi will be frightened by his gaze and feel fear - Sima Yi releases the "Eagle-eyed and Wolf-eyed" skill in the specified direction, and all hostile target groups within 23 meters that come into contact with his gaze fall into fear for 3 seconds; cooldown time 45 seconds)
Additional Skill: Waiting for the enemy to tire themselves out (Sima Yi believed that when the two sides were fighting, the enemy must be very tired after traveling thousands of miles, while we are resting on the spot and full of energy. Only by waiting for the enemy to tire ourselves out can we defeat the opponent. When Sima Yi activates "Waiting for the enemy to tire ourselves out", all our cards stop releasing all skills and rest for 5 seconds. During the rest period, our mentality is calm and we are not disturbed by the enemy's control effects and attack skills. The cooldown time is 90 seconds)
Additional Skills: Forbearance (Sima Yi is the most forbearing. No matter how others taunt or attack him, he will not fight back. But this does not mean that he will never fight back. He is just waiting for the right time. Whenever Sima Yi is attacked, controlled, or otherwise affected, he will forbear and gain 20 points of rage. When the rage value reaches 100, Sima Yi can choose to enter a frenzy at any appropriate time, clearing his rage and swapping his defense and attack data, instantly causing 280% of his basic attack power as wood-type critical damage to all enemies; limited skill, can only be triggered once per match)
The design of the Sima Yi card is actually very balanced, with the group fear control of "eagle-eyed and wolf-watchful" and the group damage immunity of friendly forces of "waiting for the opportunity to tire out", as well as the big burst of the limited skill "forbearance" - Sima Yi, who has been patient for a long time, is very scary when he explodes, which is just right for our burst card to clear the field.
At this point, the wood deck is finally completed.
Xie Mingzhe simulated the play style of the Wood deck in his mind. Cao Cao attracts firepower, Cao Pi and Cao Zhi's brotherly synergy is a very strong control skill, and Zhen Ji is a weapon with high dodge to kill the opponent's fragile cards. Xun Yu, Xun You and Jia Xu all have unique skills. Whether it is Xun Yu's "Drive Tigers and Devour Wolves" to make the opponent kill each other, or Xun You's "Calculate All Plans" to make the opponent unable to dodge, or Jia Xu's "A Letter" to directly write a letter to the opponent and specify a card to be isolated, these three tactical cards will be very flexible in actual combat.
The key explosion point of the wood-based card set is actually Guo Jia.
Guo Jia's death was the key opportunity for the whole group to explode. The group status bonus of "The Legacy of Liaodong" combined with Cao Cao's "The Heart of the World Returns", Cao Pi's "Centralization", and Sima Yi's anger bar burst "Forbearance" made this wave of large group attacks so that the opponent would be crippled if not killed.
In the team battle stage, in addition to these group attack skills, there is also the Yin-Yang Mark burst of Xiao Ke and Hei Wuchang, the group pine needle sweep of Chen Xiao's Qianye Alpine Pine, and Guo Jia's death in formation will stack poison on the opponent's group. Chen Xiao's dark plant card happens to have a poison explosion card, which can make the five layers of poison explode directly.
Guo Jia's army was destroyed, and the enemy's death was imminent.
However, this deck is difficult to operate. How to grasp Guo Jia's blood loss speed and the timing of his death requires more practice and cooperation with teammates. Only when everyone reaches a tacit understanding can there be no mistakes in team battles.
Xie Mingzhe took a deep breath and connected all the cards to the database for review.
Without a doubt, all five cards designed today were submitted to the manual review channel.
After all, the skill designs of these cards are very strange, especially the ones that can write letters to the opponent's cards and cause internal strife among the opponent's cards. It is normal that the database cannot make a judgment.
Fortunately, in order to pass the review, Xie Mingzhe adjusted the basic attributes of these cards to very low levels. He also carefully considered the skill cooldown time and found it was not too outrageous. Some of the too powerful skills were deliberately made into "limited skills", so the official should not make it too difficult for him.
At eight o'clock in the evening, Xie Mingzhe received an official email, which stated that the application had passed the review and only required some minor adjustments to the data.
Xie Mingzhe breathed a sigh of relief. The completion of this set of wood cards was a very important starting point for the Nirvana Club. Before, everyone was busy with their own things, but from now on, Chen Qianlin, as the head coach, could finally match the team battle deck. And the four of them could finally practice team cooperation together.
No matter when the new season or team competition starts next year, it is always a good idea to prepare in advance.
It's also time to copy all of your cards and share them with your teammates.