DESTINY OF AN EMPEROR Levelup / Tactic Guide by: Binta email address: nekketsu_vince@yahoo.com ================================================================================ What is this about? This includes a chart of the HP you'll have on any given levelup, the tactics you learn on each level, and the minimum INT requirement to learn each tactic. ================================================================================ Copyright I, Binta, have made this FAQ. You can print it, use it freely, or ask me if you want to use it on your own site. Do NOT, however, plagiarize my stuff, sell it, or ruin it in some way. In short: don't steal my work in any way. ================================================================================ Thanks to: -GameFAQs, for accepting this FAQ -Myself, for my hard work -Capcom, for great games like this ================================================================================ Version History 1.0 - (November 26, 2010) Initial release. 2.0 - (January 12, 2011) Added charts and ratings for each character who can join your team. Also corrected tacticians with 240+ INT are unable to learn Li Jian. ================================================================================ TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. HP / TACTIC CHARTS 2. TACTICIANS 3. THE TACTICS 4. INTERESTING (MINOR) THINGS ================================================================================ HP / TACTIC CHARTS Here you will see the amount of HP (soldiers) the Tiger Generals will have on any given level. It's always predetermined and nothing changes it. Maximum TP (tactical points), on the other hand, increases by 3-5 points randomly, and only if you have a tactician in your active team (reserves doesn't count) who can learn the tactic that goes with the level. Example: You reach level 23, where you learn Wan Fu. To learn this, your current team needs at least one officer who has an INT of 220 or higher. If you don't have anyone whose INT is 220 or higher, you won't learn Wan Fu until you find an officer who's intelligent enough to use it (and they'll already come with it). On top of this, you'll miss out on the TP increase. The INT requirements to learn/use a tactic are not be the exact values; I got these values from the least intelligent officers (at least the ones you can recruit) who have access to the tactics. Any level with dashes for the Tactics and INT columns means there are no tactics to learn on those levels. Guan Zhang Zhao Huang Zhu Ge Ma Guan Zhang Jiang LV Yu Fei Yun Zhong Liang Chao Xing Bao Wei Tactics INT 01 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 - - 02 114 114 112 114 113 113 114 114 112 Lian Huo 100 03 130 130 125 130 128 128 125 130 130 Wuo Jian 100 04 148 149 140 148 145 145 149 148 140 Shui Tu 100 05 168 171 156 168 164 164 168 171 156 Chi Xin 100 06 191 196 174 191 185 185 191 196 174 Cheng Nei 130 07 217 225 195 217 209 209 217 225 195 Qi Shou 157 08 247 258 218 247 236 236 247 258 218 Ye Huo 100 09 281 296 244 281 267 267 281 296 244 Shui Jian 115 10 320 339 273 320 302 302 320 339 273 Shui Xing 100 11 365 389 309 365 342 342 365 389 309 Jie Ce 160 12 416 446 350 416 387 387 416 446 350 Fu Bing 220 13 474 512 396 474 438 438 474 512 396 Tong Xian 160 14 540 588 448 540 496 496 540 588 448 Yan Re 130 15 615 675 507 615 561 561 615 675 507 Shui Lei 130 16 701 775 574 701 635 635 701 775 574 Yin Xian 200 17 799 890 650 799 719 719 799 890 650 Ji Rou 200 18 911 1022 736 911 814 814 911 1022 736 Bei Ji 240 19 1039 1173 833 1039 922 922 1039 1173 833 Yi Xin 180 20 1185 1347 943 1185 1044 1044 1185 1347 943 Li Jian 157 21 1351 1536 1082 1328 1182 1182 1351 1536 1082 Hong Shui 160 22 1540 1752 1242 1488 1338 1338 1540 1752 1242 Da Re 180 23 1756 1998 1426 1668 1515 1515 1756 1998 1426 Wan Fu 220 24 2002 2278 1637 1869 1716 1716 2002 2278 1637 Ji Mian 200 25 2283 2598 1879 2095 1943 1943 2283 2598 1879 Tui Lu 157 26 2604 2963 2157 2348 2201 2201 2604 2963 2157 Gui Huan 157 27 2970 3379 2477 2632 2493 2493 2970 3379 2477 An Sha 180 28 3387 3854 2844 2950 2824 2824 3387 3854 2844 Jin Xian 255 29 3863 4395 3266 3307 3199 3199 3863 4395 3266 Shui Long 220 30 4406 5013 3750 3707 3623 3623 4406 5013 3750 Huo Shen 220 31 4939 5620 4306 4155 4104 4104 4939 5620 4306 Ce Mian 240 32 5537 6300 4945 4658 4649 4649 5537 6300 4945 - - 33 6207 7062 5679 5222 5266 5266 6207 7062 5679 - - 34 6958 7917 6521 5854 5965 5965 6958 7917 6521 - - 35 7800 8875 7488 6562 6757 6757 7800 8875 7488 - - 36 8744 9949 8599 7356 7654 7654 8744 9949 8599 - - 37 9802 11153 9875 8246 8670 8670 9802 11153 9875 - - 38 10988 12503 11340 9244 9821 9821 10988 12503 11340 - - 39 12318 14017 13023 10363 11125 11125 12318 14017 13023 - - 40 13809 15714 14956 11617 12602 12602 13809 15714 14956 - - 41 15211 17309 16474 12796 13881 13881 15211 17309 16474 - - 42 16755 19066 18147 14095 15290 15290 16755 19066 18147 - - 43 18456 21002 19990 15526 16842 16842 18456 21002 19990 - - 44 20330 23135 22020 17102 18552 18552 20330 23135 22020 - - 45 22394 25484 24256 18838 20436 20436 22394 25484 24256 - - 46 24668 28072 26719 20751 22511 22511 24668 28072 26719 - - 47 27173 30923 29432 22858 24797 24797 27173 30923 29432 - - 48 29932 34063 32421 25179 27315 27315 29932 34063 32421 - - 49 32971 37522 35713 27736 30089 30089 32971 37522 35713 - - 50 36319 41332 39340 30552 33144 33144 36319 41332 39340 - - 51 38319 43332 41340 32552 35144 35144 38319 43332 41340 - - ================================================================================ TACTICIANS Here is a list of tacticians who can join your side. They are ranked from most intelligent to least intelligent. Ranks with "T" mean there is at least one officer of equal intelligence. Be careful that some tiers are right next to each other, in case you misread ranks 4/5/6, 17/18, 23/24/25 as one tier. Here's also a crude chart of what tactics you can learn. To read the A12345 and such mean, A is fire tactics, B is water tactics, C is healing tactics, D is defensive tactics, E is miscellaneous tactics, and F is indirect offensive tactics. The numbers represent the order the tactics are learned in that particular category. See next section for details. Rank INT TACTICIANS A12345 B12345 C12345 D12345 E12345 F12345 1. 255 Zhu Ge Liang ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ** * T 2. 240 Pang Tong ***** ***** **** ***** ***** ** * T 2. 240 Zhang Zhao ***** ***** **** ***** ***** ** * T 2. 240 Lu Sun ***** ***** **** ***** ***** ** * 3. 230 Zhou Yu ***** ***** **** **** ***** **** T 4. 228 Yang Xiu ***** ***** **** **** ***** **** T 4. 228 Chen Qun ***** ***** **** **** ***** **** T 5. 225 Liu Bei ***** ***** **** **** ***** **** T 5. 225 Jiang Wei ***** ***** **** **** ***** **** T 6. 220 Xu Zhe ***** ***** **** **** ***** **** T 6. 220 Cao Zhi ***** ***** **** **** ***** **** 7. 218 Lu Su **** **** *** **** ***** * ** 8. 215 Zhu Ge Jin **** **** *** **** ***** * ** 9. 211 Ma Liang **** **** *** **** ***** * ** 10. 210 Chen Pu **** **** *** **** ***** * ** 11. 204 Wang Can **** **** *** **** ***** * ** 12. 200 Li Ru **** **** *** **** ***** * ** 13. 199 Kan Ze **** **** ** ** ***** * ** 14. 198 Fa Zheng **** **** ** ** ***** * ** 15. 195 Ma Su **** **** ** ** ***** * ** 16. 192 Bu Xi **** **** ** ** ***** * ** T17. 184 Ding Feng **** **** ** ** ***** * ** T17. 184 Gu Yong **** **** ** ** ***** * ** T17. 184 Wu Fan **** **** ** ** ***** * ** T18. 180 Ju Sho **** **** ** ** ***** * ** T18. 180 Cai Yong **** **** ** ** ***** * ** T18. 180 Jiang Gan **** **** ** ** ***** * ** T18. 180 Liu Ye **** **** ** ** ***** * ** 19. 176 Liu Ba *** **** ** ** ** ** * * 20. 175 Huo Hu *** **** ** ** ** ** * * 21. 170 Xu Shou *** **** ** ** ** ** * * 22. 165 Huang Quan *** **** ** ** ** ** * * T23. 161 Lu Ji *** **** ** ** ** ** * * T23. 161 Lu Fan *** **** ** ** ** ** * * T24. 160 Li Yan *** **** ** ** ** ** * * T24. 160 Tian Feng *** **** ** ** ** ** * * T25. 157 Gong Zhi *** *** * ** * ** * * T25. 157 Chen Deng *** *** * ** * ** * * T25. 157 Mi Zhe *** *** * ** * ** * * 26. 130 Shen Pei *** *** * ** * 27. 117 Xu Rong ** ** * ** 28. 115 Xue Zong ** ** * ** 29. 100 Song Ren ** ** * * If I missed any tacticians who can join you, feel free to inform me. Strangely enough, some enemies can use tactics but lose the ability to be a tactician when they join your side. Characters like Pang De, who use tactics against you and have the common tacticians' portrait, are an example. ================================================================================ THE TACTICS Might as well discuss and analyze each of the tactics. .....Slot 1 = Fire tactics...................................................... Lian Huo (2 TP) - Deals about 30-50 damage to one enemy. Pretty useful, because you don't have any better ways to spend your TP and it gives your weaker characters like Chen Deng or Mi Zhe a chance to inflict good damage. Ye Huo (4 TP) - Deals about 70-150 damage to one enemy. Great in the Dong Zhuo chapter. Yan Re (6 TP) - Deals about 100-200 damage to ALL enemies. It's good for softening enemies who are barely above 1000 soldiers, and maybe wiping out Rebel Forces in boss battles. But I wouldn't count on it to deplete an entire general of his army. Da Re (8 TP) - Deals about 700-1100 damage to one enemy. Quite a big step up in damage, but don't use up your TP too fast because you may need to heal or something. Huo Shen (12 TP) - Deals about 1000-2000 damage to ALL enemies. Try this with Bei Ji for some massive damage! Again, watch your TP. ................................................................................ .....Slot 2 = Water tactics..................................................... Shui Tu (3 TP) - Deals about 50-70 damage to one enemy. Pretty much pointless. Shui Xing (6 TP) - Deals about 90-200 damage to one enemy. It does a good job of taking out bosses in the Yuan Shu chapter. Shui Lei (8 TP) - Deals about 130-250 damage to ALL enemies. I never really used this one. Hong Shui (12 TP) - Deals about 1000-1600 damage to ALL enemies. Shui Long (15 TP) - Deals about 1800-3000 damage to ALL enemies. Since water tactics can only be used in battles that begin near water (you have to be adjacent or one space away from any body of water), you'll probably only have very specific uses for them. However, for those brief periods of time they can be devastating. I never found a practical use for Shui Tu and Shui Lei, though. ................................................................................ In short: Early on, the water and fire tactics are very powerful. But later in the game, you'll be spending your TP on other tactics, namely healing, defensive, and indirect offensive tactics. .....Slot 3 = Healing tactics................................................... Chi Xin (3 TP) - Restores about 70-100 HP to one character. Tong Xian (5 TP ) - Restores about 400-700 HP to one character. Yin Xian (10 TP) - Restores about 900-1500 HP to the whole team. Wan Fu (10 TP) - Fully restores one ally! Jin Xian (4 TP) - Restores about 4000-6000 HP to the whole team. All the healing tactics are useful, so I can't say much about them, other than debating whether Wan Fu is better than Yin Xian and Jin Xian. When you first learn Wan Fu, Yin Xian still restores 90-100% to everyone, making Wan Fu inefficient. However, you'll quickly see how effective Wan Fu can be when commanding larger armies. Even with massive numbers, I find Jin Xian better overall because it still heals enough, heals everyone, and is so cheap to cast. ................................................................................ .....Slot 4 = Defensive tactics................................................. Wuo Jian (4 TP) - Reduces damage from fire tactics. Useless. Shui Jian (3 TP) - Reduces damage from water tactics. Useless. Ji Rou (5 TP) - Reduces damage from ALL physical attacks. VERY useful, enjoy using it while you can. Ji Mian (7 TP) - Prevents the other team's physical attacks from working. May or may not wear off at the beginning of your command input, so it can either be incredibly helpful or horribly inefficient. Don't rely on it too much, but at the same time don't discount it. Ce Mian (17 TP) - Prevents the other team's tactics from working. Though quite expensive to cast, it's almost essential in the final bits of the game when you need to stop enemies from using Wan Fu or Ji Mian. Ji Rou and above are lifesavers. Ce Mian especially when you're going up against Si Ma Yi. ................................................................................ .....Slot 5 = Miscellaneous..................................................... Cheng Nei (5 TP) - Increases "the castle's defensive rating". I honestly haven't noticed a difference in damage taken, and it could be luck but I've noticed opposing tactics failing more often with this in effect, which makes me think that's what it does. But with a brilliant officer or two, it's nothing. This is assuming my theory is correct, too. Jie Ce (5 TP) - Cancels out all of the enemy's defensive tactics and indirect offensive moves they do. This is completely useless, because by the time you fight enemies who use Ji Rou, Bei Ji, or Ji Mian, you won't have this tactic anymore...and using this against other defensive tactics isn't going to make much of a difference, if at all. Yi Xin (5 TP) - Temporarily disables one target. It's actually more useful than it sounds, enjoy it while you can. Tui Lu (5 TP) - Retreat from a battle, even bosses. Pretty much pointless; why weren't this an Yi Xin switched around? It'd make more sense that way. Gui Huan (6 TP) - Escapes the battle and teleports you to the palace Liu Bei is in. It's mildly useful, when you want to save and quit almost immediately. These aren't very useful; the only one worth using is Yi Xin, but you'll lose that at level 25. ................................................................................ .....Slot 6 = Indirect offensive................................................ Qi Shou (4 TP) - Increases the unseen "agility" stat of one character, making them more likely to go first in battle. Another tactic that won't see use because by the time it makes a difference you won't have it anymore. Fu Bing (6 TP) - User attacks twice when this works. As a nice bonus, anybody who successfully uses this will get a 50-50 chance of extra attacks for the remainder of the battle, so it's not just the turn you use it. Li Jian (6 TP) - Tricks its target into attacking his own allies. Try it if you like, but I didn't use this one much. An Sha (10 TP) - Instantly kills one opponent. With a brilliant officer using this against low or even mid INT enemies, you can speed your way through most boss fights in no time at all! Bei Ji (10 TP) - Increases attack power of one ally, this applies to fire and water tactics used by someone under this spell! A ludicrously useful tactic which will prove to be invaluable against the toughest enemies in the game. Fu Bing is great for its time, especially if you can find the hidden weapons in the neighboring towns. Once you learn An Sha, it's wise to strategically switch tacticians so you can also switch between An Sha and Bei Ji. It all depends on the bosses you're about to face against. ................................................................................ ================================================================================ INTERESTING (MINOR) THINGS Even if a character cannot learn tactics, they can still be a tactician if their STR is equal to or less than their INT. Each red bar in the status screen represents 13 points of STR/INT/AP/AC/TP. The reserves can hold 8 pages of 8 generals. You can store up to 64 generals in the reserves, and 7 in your active party, making a grand total of 71. There are 139 possible generals who can join you, but because some leave you'll have access to 134 by the end of the game. Throughout the game, you might notice the life bars change colors when your HP is high enough. Here are the exact values for each color: Pink 0-499 Orange 500-2000 Yellow 2001-5000 Light Blue 5001-10000 Dark Blue 10001-15000 Green 15001-above Every pixel represents: Pink.......10 Orange.....40 Yellow.....100 Light Blue.200 Dark Blue..300 Green......400 Full life bar: Pink.......631 Orange.....2521 Yellow.....6301 Light Blue.12601 Dark Blue..18901 Green......25201 Finally, because of Bei Ji, officers with 240+ INT are unable to use (or learn) An Sha or Li Jian, regardless of your army's level. ================================================================================ GENERALS WORTH CAPTURING Han Zhong Hua Xiong Li Ru Ji Ling Lu Guang Zhang Ren Gan Ning Lu Su Zhou Yu Zhang Zhao Zhu Zhi Tai Si Ci Lu Sun Zhang Liao Cao Zhang Dian Wei ================================================================================ RECRUITABLE GENERAL CHARTS This is a list of all the generals you can recruit, in order of appearance / availability. Here are what the ratings mean: 1=Garbage. A waste of effort, character slot, and resources. 2=I would seriously not recommend using that person. 3=Pretty much pointless. 4=Not without a use, but still sucks. 5=Nothing special here. A ho-hum character that's neither great nor crap. 6=Decent, but easily outclassed by better characters. 7=Good, but not great. May have some flaws that don't hinder them TOO badly. 8=A solid character who should have a place on your team whenever possible. 9=Killer character! They definitely deserve a spot in your fighting team. 10=Unstoppable beast! Liu Bei [Rating: 9/10] HP 314, STR 180, INT 225, AGI 49 Guan Yu [Rating: 9/10] HP Grows, STR 245, INT 180, AGI 58 Zhang Fei [Rating: 9/10] HP Grows, STR 250, INT 75, AGI 60 Song Ren [Rating: 2/10] HP 110, STR 80, INT 100, AGI 44 Song Yong [Rating: 1/10] HP 104, STR 60, INT 40, AGI 30 Mi Zhe [Rating: 7/10] HP 161, STR 73, INT 157, AGI 70 Chen Deng [Rating: 7/10] HP 153, STR 94, INT 157, AGI 54 Han Zhong [Rating: 4/10] HP 204, STR 80, INT 30, AGI 40 Zheng Mao [Rating: 1/10] HP 153, STR 93, INT 34, AGI 55 Cheng Yuan Zhi [Rating: 2/10] HP 195, STR 85, INT 68, AGI 50 Liu Feng [Rating: 8/10] HP 399, STR 187, INT 162, AGI 128 Yang Jin [Rating: 6/10] HP 247, STR 125, INT 40, AGI 48 Hua Xiong [Rating: 7/10] HP 439, STR 162, INT 36, AGI 126 Li Su [Rating: 2/10] HP 299, STR 99, INT 45, AGI 66 Guan Ping [Rating: 9/10] HP 418, STR 200, INT 137, AGI 140 Huo Hu [Rating: 7/10] HP 236, STR 80, INT 175, AGI 40 Li Ru [Rating: 7/10] HP 362, STR 18, INT 200, AGI 100 Li Jue [Rating: 4/10] HP 399, STR 120, INT 72, AGI 67 Xu Rong [Rating: 1/10] HP 314, STR 90, INT 117, AGI 60 Guo Ji [Rating: 4/10] HP 418, STR 128, INT 72, AGI 90 Wang Gui [Rating: 6/10] HP 346, STR 110, INT 40, AGI 55 Lu Bu [Rating:10/10] HP 439, STR 255, INT 72, AGI 180 Cai Yong [Rating: 7/10] HP 380, STR 117, INT 180, AGI 100 Hu Zhen [Rating: 1/10] HP 299, STR 90, INT 45, AGI 60 Fen Chou [Rating: 5/10] HP 399, STR 153, INT 36, AGI 110 Zhang Ji [Rating: 4/10] HP 362, STR 147, INT 36, AGI 97 Zhou Chao [Rating: 4/10] HP 346, STR 140, INT 20, AGI 91 Lei Bo [Rating: 6/10] HP 643, STR 142, INT 76, AGI 120 Chen Ji [Rating: 3/10] HP 531, STR 85, INT 47, AGI 63 Ji Ling [Rating: 8/10] HP 613, STR 192, INT 47, AGI 120 Zhang Xun [Rating: 7/10] HP 675, STR 183, INT 28, AGI 91 Han Xian [Rating: 3/10] HP 585, STR 114, INT 38, AGI 96 Li Feng [Rating: 1/10] HP 557, STR 76, INT 57, AGI 56 Liang Ji [Rating: 1/10] HP 643, STR 85, INT 76, AGI 67 Chen Lan [Rating: 1/10] HP 460, STR 76, INT 57, AGI 56 Liang Gang [Rating: 1/10] HP 506, STR 85, INT 28, AGI 63 Lu Fan [Rating: 4/10] HP 817, STR 76, INT 161, AGI 60 Zhou Cang [Rating: 8/10] HP 506, STR 215, INT 85, AGI 128 Lu Guang [Rating: 8/10] HP 1037, STR 160, INT 50, AGI 136 Shen Pei [Rating: 1/10] HP 1255, STR 60, INT 130, AGI 48 Gao Lan [Rating: 5/10] HP 942, STR 100, INT 60, AGI 85 Xu Zhe [Rating: 9/10] HP 643, STR 73, INT 220, AGI 171 Xu Shou [Rating: 2/10] HP 1255, STR 40, INT 170, AGI 100 Yan Liang [Rating: 7/10] HP 1381, STR 180, INT 40, AGI 144 Wen Hun [Rating: 8/10] HP 1449, STR 190, INT 40, AGI 152 Zhao Yun [Rating:10/10] HP Grows, STR 245, INT 216, AGI 67 Tian Feng [Rating: 6/10] HP 1141, STR 120, INT 160, AGI 108 Ma Yan [Rating: 1/10] HP 942, STR 90, INT 80, AGI 64 Lu Xiang [Rating: 4/10] HP 942, STR 150, INT 50, AGI 120 Zhang Yi [Rating: 1/10] HP 989, STR 100, INT 90, AGI 80 Guo Tu [Rating: 7/10] HP 1317, STR 180, INT 90, AGI 144 Ju Shou [Rating: 3/10] HP 1449, STR 40, INT 180, AGI 100 Gong Zhi [Rating: 1/10] HP 1197, STR 94, INT 157, AGI 85 Huang Zhong [Rating: 8/10] HP Grows, STR 235, INT 147, AGI 76 Wei Yan [Rating:10/10] HP 1317, STR 228, INT 136, AGI 228 Yang Ling [Rating: 6/10] HP 1197, STR 168, INT 42, AGI 160 Bao Long [Rating: 3/10] HP 1255, STR 126, INT 63, AGI 120 Chen Ying [Rating: 2/10] HP 1197, STR 136, INT 42, AGI 123 Pang Tong [Rating:10/10] HP 3765, STR 99, INT 240, AGI 72 Ma Su [Rating: 7/10] HP 1754, STR 138, INT 195, AGI 170 Ma Liang [Rating: 6/10] HP 1449, STR 59, INT 211, AGI 180 Zhu Ge Liang [Rating:10/10] HP Grows, STR 122, INT 255, AGI 56 Liu Kui [Rating: 2/10] HP 3262, STR 110, INT 110, AGI 115 Zhang Ren [Rating: 9/10] HP 3262, STR 207, INT 165, AGI 207 Meng Da [Rating: 4/10] HP 3589, STR 154, INT 132, AGI 154 Tao Qian [Rating: 1/10] HP 2226, STR 90, INT 160, AGI 80 Yan Yan [Rating: 7/10] HP 3262, STR 207, INT 154, AGI 207 Fa Zhang [Rating: 2/10] HP 2965, STR 66, INT 198, AGI 180 Yang Huai [Rating: 3/10] HP 2965, STR 165, INT 99, AGI 157 Huang Quan [Rating: 1/10] HP 2695, STR 66, INT 165, AGI 75 Leng Bao [Rating: 1/10] HP 2024, STR 180, INT 99, AGI 120 Ma Chao [Rating: 8/10] HP Grows, STR 245, INT 162, AGI 88 Ma Dai [Rating: 9/10] HP 3110, STR 225, INT 175, AGI 180 Li Yan [Rating: 1/10] HP 2827, STR 90, INT 160, AGI 130 Liu Ba [Rating: 1/10] HP 2569, STR 99, INT 176, AGI 99 Liu Xun [Rating: 2/10] HP 3110, STR 132, INT 99, AGI 120 Lei Tong [Rating: 6/10] HP 3110, STR 184, INT 88, AGI 207 Wu Lan [Rating: 6/10] HP 2965, STR 180, INT 99, AGI 195 Gao Pei [Rating: 2/10] HP 2827, STR 172, INT 88, AGI 126 Wu Yi [Rating: 6/10] HP 3589, STR 176, INT 146, AGI 176 Wang Lei [Rating: 1/10] HP 2827, STR 135, INT 132, AGI 62 Zhang Bao [Rating: 8/10] HP Grows, STR 240, INT 150, AGI 100 Guan Xing [Rating: 8/10] HP Grows, STR 237, INT 175, AGI 98 Ling Tong [Rating: 2/10] HP 5516, STR 161, INT 103, AGI 161 Wu Fan [Rating: 1/10] HP 5014, STR 69, INT 184, AGI 176 Fan Zhang [Rating: 1/10] HP 4780, STR 185, INT 90, AGI 161 Chen Wu [Rating: 1/10] HP 5014, STR 161, INT 115, AGI 154 Gan Ning [Rating: 8/10] HP 6069, STR 223, INT 140, AGI 218 Lu Su [Rating: 8/10] HP 6365, STR 120, INT 218, AGI 199 Zhou Yu [Rating:10/10] HP 6365, STR 195, INT 230, AGI 209 Gu Yong [Rating: 1/10] HP 5014, STR 127, INT 184, AGI 110 Kan Ze [Rating: 2/10] HP 5259, STR 160, INT 199, AGI 143 Zhu Ge Jin [Rating: 6/10] HP 6365, STR 125, INT 215, AGI 198 Jang Qin [Rating: 2/10] HP 5259, STR 182, INT 115, AGI 172 Han Dang [Rating: 1/10] HP 5516, STR 180, INT 115, AGI 126 Ding Feng [Rating: 6/10] HP 15769, STR 120, INT 184, AGI 48 Chen Pu [Rating: 5/10] HP 9326, STR 120, INT 210, AGI 168 Zhang Zhao [Rating: 9/10] HP 8082, STR 140, INT 240, AGI 178 Bu Xi [Rating: 3/10] HP 7003, STR 124, INT 192, AGI 88 Huang Gai [Rating: 7/10] HP 9326, STR 217, INT 103, AGI 207 Zhang Hong [Rating: 7/10] HP 10763, STR 113, INT 211, AGI 187 Zhu Zhi [Rating: 9/10] HP 10261, STR 210, INT 95, AGI 143 Zhou Tai [Rating: 7/10] HP 10763, STR 180, INT 45, AGI 195 Xue Zong [Rating: 1/10] HP 9326, STR 69, INT 103, AGI 110 Lu Ji [Rating: 1/10] HP 11289, STR 57, INT 161, AGI 62 Xu Sheng [Rating: 8/10] HP 11289, STR 195, INT 103, AGI 204 Tai Si Ci [Rating: 9/10] HP 15769, STR 230, INT 123, AGI 209 Lu Sun [Rating: 9/10] HP 11841, STR 215, INT 240, AGI 180 Pang De [Rating: 1/10] HP 2965, STR 212, INT 200, AGI 190 Xia Hou Yuan [Rating: 7/10] HP 11289, STR 204, INT 168, AGI 212 Jiang Wei [Rating:10/10] HP Grows, STR 204, INT 225, AGI 250 Zhang Liao [Rating: 9/10] HP 13027, STR 232, INT 216, AGI 237 Xia Hou Dun [Rating: 7/10] HP 13665, STR 204, INT 192, AGI 212 Xia Hou Shang [Rating: 4/10] HP 17349, STR 156, INT 144, AGI 158 Xia Hou De [Rating: 4/10] HP 16540, STR 168, INT 132, AGI 168 Cao Zhen [Rating: 6/10] HP 10763, STR 192, INT 192, AGI 200 Cao Zhi [Rating: 7/10] HP 13665, STR 132, INT 220, AGI 225 Cao Ren [Rating: 5/10] HP 14333, STR 180, INT 156, AGI 180 Cao Xiu [Rating: 3/10] HP 15034, STR 162, INT 108, AGI 175 Cao Chun [Rating: 2/10] HP 13665, STR 168, INT 48, AGI 168 Cao Zhang [Rating: 9/10] HP 19087, STR 242, INT 168, AGI 237 Cao Hong [Rating: 1/10] HP 11841, STR 156, INT 60, AGI 156 Cao Ang [Rating: 6/10] HP 18197, STR 180, INT 84, AGI 180 Xia Hou Mao [Rating: 6/10] HP 16540, STR 180, INT 84, AGI 180 Dian Wei [Rating: 8/10] HP 20020, STR 222, INT 48, AGI 225 Niu Jin [Rating: 7/10] HP 20020, STR 204, INT 36, AGI 212 Yang Xiu [Rating: 7/10] HP 20999, STR 124, INT 228, AGI 190 Jiang Gan [Rating: 4/10] HP 19087, STR 136, INT 180, AGI 150 Xun Huo [Rating: 1/10] HP 25418, STR 72, INT 108, AGI 164 Li Dian [Rating: 2/10] HP 23103, STR 156, INT 108, AGI 156 Wang Shuang [Rating: 7/10] HP 20999, STR 216, INT 48, AGI 225 Liu Dai [Rating: 3/10] HP 26661, STR 168, INT 84, AGI 168 Chen Qun [Rating: 5/10] HP 24233, STR 72, INT 228, AGI 190 Lu Wen [Rating: 4/10] HP 22026, STR 168, INT 132, AGI 168 Le Xin [Rating: 5/10] HP 29332, STR 168, INT 72, AGI 168 Wang Can [Rating: 1/10] HP 13027, STR 36, INT 204, AGI 156 Mao Jie [Rating: 2/10] HP 24233, STR 132, INT 72, AGI 132 Hou Cheng [Rating: 3/10] HP 18197, STR 192, INT 108, AGI 192 Liu Ye [Rating: 1/10] HP 16540, STR 60, INT 180, AGI 180 ================================================================================ CHARACTER GUIDE Same as above, but this one gives comments and my opinion for each general. .....Liu Bei [Rating: 9/10] HP 314, STR 180, INT 225, AGI 49 Enjoy using him while you can, because he isn't with you for long. Unless you're trying to level up to 12 so you can get Fu Bing without missing out on the MTP gain on level 12. .....Guan Yu [Rating: 9/10] HP Grows, STR 245, INT 180, AGI 58 .....Zhang Fei [Rating: 9/10] HP Grows, STR 250, INT 75, AGI 60 .....Song Ren [Rating: 2/10] HP 110, STR 80, INT 100, AGI 44 Well, he can be a tactician, even though he won't be doing a good job of it. .....Song Yong [Rating: 1/10] HP 104, STR 60, INT 40, AGI 30 Replace ASAP. .....Mi Zhe [Rating: 7/10] HP 161, STR 73, INT 157, AGI 70 Pretty much your tactician of choice until Li Ru or Huo Hu come along. .....Chen Deng [Rating: 7/10] HP 153, STR 94, INT 157, AGI 54 Whether Chen Deng is better than Mi Zhe or not, I cannot say. He hits a bit harder and has equal INT, but he's also slower. The HP difference is almost nil. .....Han Zhong [Rating: 4/10] HP 204, STR 80, INT 30, AGI 40 Not much for fighting, but he does have a decent amount of HP for that time. The main reason to use him is to persuade the bridge builder. .....Zheng Mao [Rating: 1/10] HP 153, STR 93, INT 34, AGI 55 So what if he's better than Song Yong? At least Song Yong can be used as a filler character! No reason to ever use him. .....Cheng Yuan Zhi [Rating: 2/10] HP 195, STR 85, INT 68, AGI 50 He isn't quite as sucky as Zheng Mao, but really, do you want to drag this piece of crap around? .....Liu Feng [Rating: 8/10] HP 399, STR 187, INT 162, AGI 128 A worthy replacement for Liu Bei, you'll be using him for a significant amount of time. .....Yang Jin [Rating: 6/10] HP 247, STR 125, INT 40, AGI 48 He's just beefier than the other idiots you've met so far. .....Hua Xiong [Rating: 7/10] HP 439, STR 162, INT 36, AGI 126 Hua Xiong is the first general you can capture who is actually worth using. Not only because of his high stats (except INT), but he's ready to join you rather early, so he can see quite a bit of usage. .....Li Su [Rating: 2/10] HP 299, STR 99, INT 45, AGI 66 Terrible stats, and better generals will be available right away. .....Guan Ping [Rating: 9/10] HP 418, STR 200, INT 137, AGI 140 An excellent character, noticeably better. You'll want to use him for a long time before you decide to leave him in the reserves. .....Huo Hu [Rating: 7/10] HP 236, STR 80, INT 175, AGI 40 Definitely a step up from the other tacticians. Keep him until you either get Li Ru, Cai Yong, or Xu Zhe. .....Li Ru [Rating: 7/10] HP 362, STR 18, INT 200, AGI 100 By far the most intelligent officer until Xu Zhe is available, and for a long time too. Just make sure you have 5 other generals in your party, because you certainly don't want to be using him for attacking! .....Li Jue [Rating: 4/10] HP 399, STR 120, INT 72, AGI 67 Maybe if you switched him and Hua Xiong, it'd be debatable whether to use him. But no, he's not very useful. .....Xu Rong [Rating: 1/10] HP 314, STR 90, INT 117, AGI 60 Don't bother, really. Poor in combat, and even Mi Zhe and Chen Deng make better tacticians. .....Guo Ji [Rating: 4/10] HP 418, STR 128, INT 72, AGI 90 This guy is moderately strong, but he'll never be as good as those already established in your army. .....Wang Gui [Rating: 6/10] HP 346, STR 110, INT 40, AGI 55 A tad weaker than Yang Jin, but the difference in their attack power is negligible and his HP is significantly better. A good replacement if you don't already have Hua Xiong or Lu Bu. .....Lu Bu [Rating:10/10] HP 439, STR 255, INT 72, AGI 180 It can take a bit of luck to get Lu Bu to recognize the Gemsword, but you'll be glad you did. By far the deadliest warrior on your team, and skipping out on him means you'll have to deal with him a few more times. Enjoy using him while you can, because he leaves when you first meet Yuan Shao. .....Cai Yong [Rating: 7/10] HP 380, STR 117, INT 180, AGI 100 Now this guy is quite versatile. He can be useful as your tactician and/or in your front five. .....Hu Zhen [Rating: 1/10] HP 299, STR 90, INT 45, AGI 60 Worthless unit, there's no advantages to using him. Period. .....Fen Chou [Rating: 5/10] HP 399, STR 153, INT 36, AGI 110 He could've been useful, but by the time he's available you've already established a full team. .....Zhang Ji [Rating: 4/10] HP 362, STR 147, INT 36, AGI 97 A bit better than Zhou Chao in every way (see next character for details) but you won't be using him because this guy needs to be captured in a random battle, whereas Zhou Chao can be found in Chang An. .....Zhou Chao [Rating: 4/10] HP 346, STR 140, INT 20, AGI 91 Like Wang Gui, he's only useful if you don't already have Lu Bu. Even then, his only purpose is to be a slight improvement over Wang Gui. .....Lei Bo [Rating: 6/10] HP 643, STR 142, INT 76, AGI 120 A pretty decent character, but you won't be using him for long. .....Chen Ji [Rating: 2/10] HP 531, STR 85, INT 47, AGI 63 Pretty bad, don't put any effort into looking for him. .....Ji Ling [Rating: 8/10] HP 613, STR 192, INT 47, AGI 120 Go ahead and use this guy, he's pretty good for the time you'll be using him. .....Zhang Xun [Rating: 7/10] HP 675, STR 183, INT 28, AGI 91 Use only if you don't want to be bothered trying to get Ji Ling, and only if you happen to run into this guy. .....Han Xian [Rating: 3/10] HP 585, STR 114, INT 38, AGI 96 Not quite as sucky as the next three guys, but still useless. .....Li Feng [Rating: 1/10] HP 557, STR 76, INT 57, AGI 56 Please... .....Liang Ji [Rating: 2/10] HP 643, STR 85, INT 76, AGI 67 Marginally "better" than Li Feng and the next two guys, but he's nothing. .....Chen Lan [Rating: 1/10] HP 460, STR 76, INT 57, AGI 56 Why does this guy suck so much? Even if he joined in the Dong Zhuo chapter, he'd still suck like hell. .....Liang Gang [Rating: 1/10] HP 506, STR 85, INT 28, AGI 63 Pure and utter crap. .....Lu Fan [Rating: 4/10] HP 817, STR 76, INT 161, AGI 60 Not terrible, but still someone you shouldn't use. .....Zhou Cang [Rating: 8/10] HP 506, STR 215, INT 85, AGI 128 Pretty strong physically, keep him until you find better characters. .....Lu Guang [Rating: 8/10] HP 1037, STR 160, INT 50, AGI 136 Most likely the first character you can get whose HP is over 1000, his decent STR and AGI can also be of tremendous help. .....Shen Pei [Rating: 1/10] HP 1255, STR 60, INT 130, AGI 48 Don't buy into his high HP. Worthless in and out of combat. .....Gao Lan [Rating: 5/10] HP 942, STR 100, INT 60, AGI 85 Good damage-absorber, but that's it. .....Xu Zhe [Rating: 9/10] HP 643, STR 73, INT 220, AGI 171 Best tactician until Pang Tong or Zhu Ge Liang come along. Definitely use him as your tactician, but you can feel free to use him in a team of five. Make the most of him before he leaves (which happens after completing the Jing Zhou and Yuan Shao chapters). .....Xu Shou [Rating: 3/10] HP 1255, STR 40, INT 170, AGI 100 You shouldn't have a use for him, because Xu Zhe is better. Again, don't buy into his high HP. .....Yan Liang [Rating: 7/10] HP 1381, STR 180, INT 40, AGI 144 Pretty good unless you get someone better like Wen Hun, who's available at the same time. .....Wen Hun [Rating: 8/10] HP 1449, STR 190, INT 40, AGI 152 A step up from Yan Liang in every way. .....Zhao Yun [Rating:10/10] HP Grows, STR 245, INT 216, AGI 67 This guy is THE MAN. Even though he's a little slow and his HP is a rather low at lower levels, you'll quickly see by a long shot he's one of the best characters in the game. Also as an added bonus he looks kickass, too! .....Tian Feng [Rating: 6/10] HP 1141, STR 120, INT 160, AGI 108 Well he could've been useful if you just didn't have better characters already. .....Ma Yan [Rating: 1/10] HP 942, STR 90, INT 80, AGI 64 Not even a damage absorber, because your levels are approaching his. .....Lu Xiang [Rating: 4/10] HP 942, STR 150, INT 50, AGI 120 Not bad, but nowhere near as good as Lu Guang, Wen Hun, Yan Liang, or Wei Yan because he doesn't benefit from the 1000 HP attack multipler. .....Zhang Yi [Rating: 1/10] HP 989, STR 100, INT 90, AGI 80 Leave him. .....Guo Tu [Rating: 7/10] HP 1317, STR 180, INT 90, AGI 144 Now this guy isn't bad at all...just that he's available a bit later than he would've been useful in. .....Ju Shou [Rating: 3/10] HP 1449, STR 40, INT 180, AGI 100 Suffers the same problem as Tian Feng. .....Gong Zhi [Rating: 1/10] HP 1197, STR 94, INT 157, AGI 85 None of his stats are good, let alone satisfactory for this part of the game. .....Huang Zhong [Rating: 8/10] HP Grows, STR 235, INT 147, AGI 76 One of the Tiger Generals, I think that says enough. .....Wei Yan [Rating:10/10] HP 1317, STR 228, INT 136, AGI 228 If you can complete the Chang Sha castle at the first opportunity, this guy will devastate everybody you come across. Even if you pursue Yuan Shao before settling Jing Zhou, he's still a solid character. .....Yang Ling [Rating: 5/10] HP 1197, STR 168, INT 42, AGI 160 His HP isn't getting him anywhere and you already have enough good characters. .....Bao Long [Rating: 3/10] HP 1255, STR 126, INT 63, AGI 120 Decent agility but that's it. .....Chen Ying [Rating: 2/10] HP 1197, STR 136, INT 42, AGI 123 Ugh. .....Pang Tong [Rating:10/10] HP 3765, STR 99, INT 240, AGI 72 This guy is WAY overpowered! He's tough to get, but well worth it! By far the best general until maybe near the endgame. Let him take the lead because he has more than enough HP to be a tank. .....Ma Su [Rating: 7/10] HP 1754, STR 138, INT 195, AGI 170 He's actually more useful than you might think, offensively and defensively. .....Ma Liang [Rating: 6/10] HP 1449, STR 59, INT 211, AGI 180 Another general who could've been good if you just didn't have someone better. .....Zhu Ge Liang [Rating:10/10] HP Grows, STR 122, INT 255, AGI 56 I think 255 INT says it all; the most brilliant tactician is effective in and out of battle. He allows for the highest MTP, and can use the best tactics. In battle, enemy tactics almost never work on him. .....Liu Kui [Rating: 2/10] HP 3262, STR 110, INT 110, AGI 115 Those stats aren't getting him anywhere. He does come in early, but I wouldn't get him unless you're really desperate for a damage absorber. .....Zhang Ren [Rating: 9/10] HP 3262, STR 207, INT 165, AGI 207 Packs a pretty good punch, and considering how early you get him in the Shu chapter, he'll likely have double or triple the HP your other generals have. Good speed, too. .....Meng Da [Rating: 4/10] HP 3589, STR 154, INT 132, AGI 154 Mediocrity. .....Tao Qian [Rating: 1/10] HP 2226, STR 90, INT 160, AGI 80 Are you serious? Pathetic stats, and his HP isn't even that good. He doesn't even learn tactics, so don't let his portrait fool you. .....Yan Yan [Rating: 7/10] HP 3262, STR 207, INT 154, AGI 207 A good choice if you don't have Zhang Ren or Ma Dai yet. .....Fa Zhang [Rating: 2/10] HP 2965, STR 66, INT 198, AGI 180 High agility, but there's more to a good general. Which he doesn't have. .....Yang Huai [Rating: 3/10] HP 2965, STR 165, INT 99, AGI 157 Not impressive. .....Huang Quan [Rating: 1/10] HP 2695, STR 66, INT 165, AGI 75 This guy is no match for Pang Tong, or most everyone else in this chapter. .....Leng Bao [Rating: 1/10] HP 2024, STR 180, INT 99, AGI 120 Not impressing anybody. Considering better candidates at this point in the game, he's completely useless. .....Ma Chao [Rating: 8/10] HP Grows, STR 245, INT 162, AGI 88 Excellent strength and he does grow in HP due to being a Tiger General. He isn't as badass as Zhao Yun, but that doesn't stop him from being a good character. .....Ma Dai [Rating: 9/10] HP 3110, STR 225, INT 175, AGI 180 An excellent character who doesn't need to be found in a random battle to obtain so you can make good use of this guy. .....Li Yan [Rating: 1/10] HP 2827, STR 90, INT 160, AGI 130 This guy is AWFUL! .....Liu Ba [Rating: 1/10] HP 2569, STR 99, INT 176, AGI 99 No. Stop it now... .....Liu Xun [Rating: 2/10] HP 3110, STR 132, INT 99, AGI 120 Below-average at best, and you likely have established your team for this point. .....Lei Tong [Rating: 6/10] HP 3110, STR 184, INT 88, AGI 207 His agility is impressive, but Zhang Ren has the same and does everything else better. .....Wu Lan [Rating: 6/10] HP 2965, STR 180, INT 99, AGI 195 Not bad, but you probably won't be using him much if you do. .....Gao Pei [Rating: 2/10] HP 2827, STR 172, INT 88, AGI 126 .....Wu Yi [Rating: 6/10] HP 3589, STR 176, INT 146, AGI 176 An okay general with acceptable stats in each category, but he does come in rather late in the Shu chapter, so you won't need him. .....Wang Lei [Rating: 1/10] HP 2827, STR 135, INT 132, AGI 62 .....Zhang Bao [Rating: 8/10] HP Grows, STR 240, INT 150, AGI 100 He'll have the highest HP of all your members and his stats are pretty good, but for some reason you can't put him in the reserves should you include him in your active party. Because of this I don't recommend using him, but go ahead and use him if you like. .....Guan Xing [Rating: 8/10] HP Grows, STR 237, INT 175, AGI 98 For some reason you also can't take him out of your party if you decide to include him. This kind of takes the flexibility out of your possible teams, which can be bad in a low-level game. If you could just put Guan Xing and/or Zhang Bao in the reserves after adding them to your active team, then I wouldn't mind using them. .....Ling Tong [Rating: 2/10] HP 5516, STR 161, INT 103, AGI 161 .....Wu Fan [Rating: 1/10] HP 5014, STR 69, INT 184, AGI 176 .....Fan Zhang [Rating: 1/10] HP 4780, STR 185, INT 90, AGI 161 .....Chen Wu [Rating: 1/10] HP 5014, STR 161, INT 115, AGI 154 .....Gan Ning [Rating: 8/10] HP 6069, STR 223, INT 140, AGI 218 Pretty good tank for the remainder of Wu, and considering it's a long chapter you can go ahead and use this guy. .....Lu Su [Rating: 8/10] HP 6365, STR 120, INT 218, AGI 199 He's pretty good if your most brilliant officers haev Wan Fu and you still want to use Yin Xian. Good stats are other reasons to use him. .....Zhou Yu [Rating:10/10] HP 6365, STR 195, INT 230, AGI 209 The first officer who can learn An Sha, this guy can really destroy most enemies that stand in your way. Take your time to recruit him, you'll be saving lots of time in the long run. .....Gu Yong [Rating: 1/10] HP 5014, STR 127, INT 184, AGI 110 .....Kan Ze [Rating: 2/10] HP 5259, STR 160, INT 199, AGI 143 .....Zhu Ge Jin [Rating: 6/10] HP 6365, STR 125, INT 215, AGI 198 .....Jang Qin [Rating: 3/10] HP 5259, STR 182, INT 115, AGI 172 .....Han Dang [Rating: 1/10] HP 5516, STR 180, INT 115, AGI 126 .....Ding Feng [Rating: 6/10] HP 15769, STR 120, INT 184, AGI 48 The first character you can get whose HP is over 10000, his STR and INT are acceptable, but not enough for him to truly be a great character. He's as slow as a slug, too. Watch out for that. .....Chen Pu [Rating: 5/10] HP 9326, STR 120, INT 210, AGI 168 .....Zhang Zhao [Rating: 9/10] HP 8082, STR 140, INT 240, AGI 178 .....Bu Xi [Rating: 3/10] HP 7003, STR 124, INT 192, AGI 88 .....Huang Gai [Rating: 7/10] HP 9326, STR 217, INT 103, AGI 207 .....Zhang Hong [Rating: 7/10] HP 10763, STR 113, INT 211, AGI 187 Think Ding Feng, but trade in some HP and a wee bit of strength for improved intellect and agility. Good, but not useful. .....Zhu Zhi [Rating: 9/10] HP 10261, STR 210, INT 95, AGI 143 The first heavy hitter whose HP is over 10000, he can dish out and take heavy punishment. .....Zhou Tai [Rating: 7/10] HP 10763, STR 180, INT 45, AGI 195 Not too shabby, another heavy hitter whose HP is over 10000. I'd rather use Zhu Zhi, though. But go ahead and use him if you can, he isn't too bad. .....Xue Zong [Rating: 1/10] HP 9326, STR 69, INT 103, AGI 110 A plague to the field, I do not recommend using him for anything. .....Lu Ji [Rating: 1/10] HP 11289, STR 57, INT 161, AGI 62 Useless, and not just because of Zhu Ge Liang, Pang Tong, Lu Su, and Zhou Yu. He just plain sucks. .....Xu Sheng [Rating: 8/10] HP 11289, STR 195, INT 103, AGI 204 Strong attacks and high AGI may warrant using him. .....Tai Si Ci [Rating: 9/10] HP 15769, STR 230, INT 123, AGI 209 Even better than the first 10000+ HP fighters in every way, and his HP is high enough so he can take advantage of the 10000+ HP attack multiplier much longer than they can. .....Lu Sun [Rating: 9/10] HP 11841, STR 215, INT 240, AGI 180 One of the best characters in a low-level game, still pretty good otherwise. Don't underestimate some of the non-Tiger Generals, their AGI is one reason. .....Pang De [Rating: 1/10] HP 2965, STR 212, INT 200, AGI 190 For some reason, he doesn't show up until late in the game after beating him as a boss. Real bummer, because he would've been great if you could get him in Shu. .....Xia Hou Yuan [Rating: 7/10] HP 11289, STR 204, INT 168, AGI 212 He's definitely useable. I'd use him if he just happens to be around, but I wouldn't go out of my way trying to capture him. .....Jiang Wei [Rating:10/10] HP Grows, STR 204, INT 225, AGI 250 One of the best characters in every way, especially because his HP grows, as a Tiger General. Only problem is his status portrait looks rather fruity. .....Zhang Liao [Rating: 9/10] HP 13027, STR 232, INT 216, AGI 237 This guy is great. All of his stats are excellent and his HP is pretty good when he's first available. His HP remains reasonable for the endgame, even at level 50-51. .....Xia Hou Dun [Rating: 7/10] HP 13665, STR 204, INT 192, AGI 212 Better than Xia Hou Yuan. See Xia Hou Yuan comments for a similar analysis. .....Xia Hou Shang [Rating: 4/10] HP 17349, STR 156, INT 144, AGI 158 All stats are too mediocre, they simply aren't enough. .....Xia Hou De [Rating: 4/10] HP 16540, STR 168, INT 132, AGI 168 See above. 
.....Cao Zhen       [Rating: 6/10] HP 10763,   STR 192,   INT 192,   AGI 200
Good stats, but considering his HP and your other characters, you shouldn't be
using him.

.....Cao Zhi        [Rating: 7/10] HP 13665,   STR 132,   INT 220,   AGI 225
*sigh* Just how many tacticians are "good, but useless because of Zhu Ge Liang
or the likes"? Here's another one.

.....Cao Ren        [Rating: 5/10] HP 14333,   STR 180,   INT 156,   AGI 180

.....Cao Xiu        [Rating: 3/10] HP 15034,   STR 162,   INT 108,   AGI 175


.....Cao Chun       [Rating: 2/10] HP 13665,   STR 168,   INT  48,   AGI 168
Yeech, mediocre stats only rubbed in to being worse because his terrible INT
will only result to being An Sha'd frequently.

.....Cao Zhang      [Rating: 9/10] HP 19087,   STR 242,   INT 168,   AGI 237
Now this guy packs some serious power. He's arguably better than some of the
Tiger Generals, namely because of his far superior agility. Definitely worth
getting in a low-level game! Very good in a normal playthrough as well.

.....Cao Hong       [Rating: 1/10] HP 11841,   STR 156,   INT  60,   AGI 156
Another character who simply doesn't have what it takes to handle the endgame.

.....Cao Ang        [Rating: 6/10] HP 18197,   STR 180,   INT  84,   AGI 180
Moderate stats and low INT, nothing special.

.....Xia Hou Mao    [Rating: 5/10] HP 16540,   STR 180,   INT  84,   AGI 180
Cao Ang with less HP, he's of no use to you.

.....Dian Wei       [Rating: 8/10] HP 20020,   STR 222,   INT  48,   AGI 225
Even if you don't actually use him, he's worth capturing because he won't be
part of a boss battle he would be in otherwise.

.....Niu Jin        [Rating: 7/10] HP 20020,   STR 204,   INT  36,   AGI 212
Pretty solid hitter with a healthy supply of HP. Just beward of his terrible
INT, as An Sha will work easily.

.....Yang Xiu       [Rating: 7/10] HP 20999,   STR 124,   INT 228,   AGI 190
How many times will I have to say this? He's good but with Zhu Ge Liang and the
likes he isn't very useful.

.....Jiang Gan      [Rating: 4/10] HP 19087,   STR 136,   INT 180,   AGI 150
Not as terrible as some countless characters are, but still pretty bad.

.....Xun Huo        [Rating: 1/10] HP 25418,   STR  72,   INT 108,   AGI 164
Good HP, but it isn't enough to save him from the pits of uselessness.

.....Li Dian        [Rating: 2/10] HP 23103,   STR 156,   INT 108,   AGI 156
This guy isn't going to help you at all, he sucks.

.....Wang Shuang    [Rating: 7/10] HP 20999,   STR 216,   INT  48,   AGI 225
Finally, a good character in awhile, after dealing with so many sucky ones!
Granted, he won't be one of your top units, but he's good nonetheless.

.....Liu Dai        [Rating: 3/10] HP 26661,   STR 168,   INT  84,   AGI 168
Good HP, but it isn't enough to save him from the pits of uselessness.

.....Chen Qun       [Rating: 5/10] HP 24233,   STR  72,   INT 228,   AGI 190
Good, but useless, especially considering how late in the game he joins.

.....Lu Wen         [Rating: 4/10] HP 22026,   STR 168,   INT 132,   AGI 168
Ignore him.

.....Le Xin         [Rating: 5/10] HP 29332,   STR 168,   INT  72,   AGI 168
Very high HP, but that doesn't make up for his poor stats.

.....Wang Can       [Rating: 1/10] HP 13027,   STR  36,   INT 204,   AGI 156
No STR, below-average HP and being outclassed by better tacticians...I think
this says enough.

.....Mao Jie        [Rating: 2/10] HP 24233,   STR 132,   INT  72,   AGI 132
You're so close to finishing the game by the time he's available, he sucks!

.....Hou Cheng      [Rating: 3/10] HP 18197,   STR 192,   INT 108,   AGI 192
Same as Mao Jie, but he's a little more balanced. Still not worth using though.

.....Liu Ye         [Rating: 1/10] HP 16540,   STR  60,   INT 180,   AGI 180
And the last character who joins you...sucks!