Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 8 is a war strategy game with the background of the Three Kingdoms. Many players do not quite understand what the battle mode of Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 8 is when playing the game. Let’s take a look with the editor next. Friends who like this game don’t miss it!
What is the battle mode in Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 8?
Go on an expedition
While arranging the internal affairs, we can also send legions to explore or directly attack the city. Click on the stronghold and select [Military] → [Expedition] to form a legion and go out to fight. After clicking on the destination, you need to select the military generals who will go on the expedition and determine the legion coach. A legion can carry up to 20 troops. The number of troops is determined by the number of generals led by the coach. The higher the rank of the coach, the more generals he will lead. In addition to generals, you should also confirm the types of troops you carry. Generally, the stronger the capabilities of the troops, the more rations they need to consume. Don’t run out of rations halfway.
explore
After arranging your legion, you can go on an expedition. In the early stage, when the general level is low and equipment resources are insufficient, it is recommended to choose exploration first.
Let me first briefly introduce the exploration mechanism: when a legion with soldiers stays in the wild, the legion will automatically perform exploration actions. The exploration will take five days. After completion, a resource point will be randomly spawned in the area around the legion. The resource points include deer herds, refugees, bandits and beasts that need to be fought. Contact or defeat these refugees and beasts to obtain rewards such as food, soldiers, equipment, and experience.
There is no requirement for the number of soldiers in the legion during exploration, so we can send a small legion as an exploration force to continuously explore the map, and then send other main legions to collect these resource points.
In addition to the resource points generated through exploration, there are also many fixed-position cottages and caves scattered on the map. Generally, there are a certain number of beast caves and bandit villages distributed in each area on the map. These locations are relatively more challenging, but the quantity and quality of the corresponding dropped props and equipment are often better. In addition, cottages and caves need to wait 90 days after the challenge before they can be entered again.
Military discussion
When you come into contact with a hostile legion or stronghold, you will enter a battle. After the battle begins, you need to enter the military discussion stage first. The first thing to do during the military negotiation phase is to check the enemy’s military advisor skills, general skills, and unit information. After understanding the enemy's combat strength, you can then arrange your troops.
;Departure Order;——Click the Departure Order in the upper left corner or press the R key to adjust the order in which troops appear. When there is an empty city on the opposite side, it is recommended to place the cannon fodder troops in the first three positions. This can help the main force counteract the effect of the empty city.
;Strategic Skills; - When there are generals with Military Advisor skills in the legion, you can choose to use Military Advisor skills during the military negotiation stage.
;Inspiring morale; - Consumption grass improves the morale of the troops. Morale can bring additional attack bonuses. The more soldiers there are, the more food and grass they consume.
;Arrangement;——Adjust the position and formation shape of the troops on the sand table. The main function is to adjust the position. If you want to delay waiting for the big move, pull the troops back. If you want to win the battle quickly, put the troops in front.
battlefield
After completing the deployment of the military negotiation stage, the battle officially entered. Each of the enemy and ourselves can field 5 troops. When a general retreats, the subsequent troops will appear in order. The battle ends when all the generals on one side are defeated or the attacking troops break through the defending side's city defenses.
Only one general can be controlled at the same time. You can press the Q/E key or click the general's portrait on the left to switch. The operation method of combat is similar to that of regular games, and the operation is very simple. W/A/S/D moves, 1, 2, 3, 4 releases general and soldier skills, right-click the mouse to perform basic attack. The cooldown time of the skills controlled by the general will be displayed at the bottom of the screen. The release of skills in the game is only affected by the cooldown time and does not consume other resources.
In addition, press the Z key to turn on the "automatic connection" function. At this time, the general will automatically attack when encountering an enemy. So under normal circumstances, we only need to control the movement of generals and choose the timing of skill release.
When facing enemy generals, using skills is the main output method, especially the third skill as a ultimate move, which often has the effect of reversing the situation. However, the cooldown time of the third skill is longer. When facing some strong enemies, we can choose to retreat or use camps and cities as barriers to wait for the ultimate cooldown to complete before counterattacking.
Press the space bar in the battlefield to enter the "battlefield command" interface. When you want to issue unified orders to all troops, you can select the three commands at the top of the screen: "All Army Offensive", "All Army Retreat", "All Army Standby". However, please note that when you select the standby command, generals and troops will only stay where they are and will not fight back. You should pay attention to this when playing, don't be killed accidentally.
When you want to issue orders to individual troops, you can click on the portrait of a general or soldier, and command options will pop up for the player to choose. At the same time, players can direct generals and soldiers to move toward the enemy's base camp or troops by dragging icons.
If you feel that the situation is unfavorable and you are not sure of winning. You can choose the entire army retreat command below. However, retreating may result in the general being captured.
general
By clicking the "General" button, players can view the information of the generals of the force and adjust their equipment, titles and other information.
The top of the general panel displays the general's ability bonus, level experience, official position, title, etc.
;Unit type;——Indicates the unit and number of troops currently carried.
;Equipment;——It is divided into three types: weapons, mounts and accessories, which are mainly obtained by attacking the jungle, purchasing, etc.
"Combat Skills" - are active skills, divided into three categories. The skill sets of famous generals and some generals are fixed, while the skill sets of other ordinary generals will be randomly assigned every time you start. If you want new skills, you can obtain new skill books through jungle.
"Special skills" - are passive skills, divided into six types: monarch talent, natural talent, weapons, mounts, accessories, and official special skills. The monarch's talents and natural special skills are innately possessed by generals. The rest of the special skills can be obtained by equipping corresponding weapons, official positions, etc.
;Title; - only owned by some generals and can provide certain attribute bonuses. Some generals have multiple titles, and players can adjust them through the [Configure Title] command.
"Military skills" - are also innately possessed by generals. Military advisor skills are graded and cannot be improved through other means.
The military officers with yellow names in the game are famous generals. The famous generals have more powerful exclusive moves and can equip special weapons. Therefore, after acquiring famous generals, most of them can be trained as main players. According to my experience, among them, Lu Bu, Cao Cao, Zhang Jiao, Hua Tuo, Wen Chou, Dong Zhuo, and Jia Xu are very powerful generals and can be trained first. In addition to famous generals, generals with blood-recovery skills are also very powerful and can be given priority to cultivate and improve their skill levels.
Natural special skills and military skills are also important parameters to measure a general's ability. Some generals with third-level special skills can be combined with official positions that improve the level of the soldiers to help soldiers play their role earlier. For example, Zhang Ren's Ten Thousand Arrows Like Rain plus the Grand Commander function can increase the level of the 7-level bow and crossbow unit. And if you can recruit military commanders with twelve tricks or empty city strategy skills, it will be of great help to the early battles.
Exploration into the Classics of Mountains and Seas
In the game, through exploration, we sometimes get some "shabby fragments". After using it on one's own stronghold, the "shabby fragment" will turn into "The Classic of Mountains and Seas". The location of the hidden treasure hunt points is recorded in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas". Players can discover the treasure hunt points by exploring the exact location based on these descriptions.
For example, the picture records that there is White Horse Temple near Luoyang. Then follow the prompts to explore near Luoyang, so that you can discover White Horse Temple. You can randomly obtain equipment and props by visiting these treasure hunting spots. Like other caves and cottages, these treasure hunting spots also need to wait 90 days after visiting before they will be refreshed, and you can only enter again after refreshing.