Expo 3 | The Able and Great Sages Card Pack Review, How to Best Match the New Hero Wang Yangming?

World Qiyuan Mobile Game 01-03 20:10 Complaint
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Greetings, Pioneers! The third phase of the "Infinite Era: Mecha Frenzy" Expo, The Able and Great Sages [Simplified: 有能大贤 / Traditional: 有能大賢], has begun in "World Qiyuan." To help more Pioneers understand this Expo's card pack and lineup compositions, we have invited a community guide team to prepare this review for everyone. Come and take a look!

The Able and Great Sages [Simplified: 有能大贤 / Traditional: 有能大賢] Card Pack Introduction

The theme of this card pack is Wang Yangming [Simplified: 王阳明 / Traditional: 王陽明] and Pericles [Simplified: 伯里克利 / Traditional: 伯里克利]. Pericles [Simplified: 伯里克利 / Traditional: 伯里克利] is a veteran hero and one of the core heroes for the counter-attack team archetype. Wang Yangming [Simplified: 王阳明 / Traditional: 王陽明] is a new hero in the Infinite Era, a powerful and very versatile opening-phase support. It is highly recommended to pull for him and increase his awakenings.

Card Pack Main Heroes are as follows

Wang Yangming [Simplified: 王阳明 / Traditional: 王陽明]

Innate Skill - Unity of Knowledge and Action [Simplified: 知行合一 / Traditional: 知行合一] (T1)

At the start of each turn, there is a 40% chance to make the allied hero with the highest Attack attribute deal 1 instance of attack damage to 2 enemy heroes (Damage Rate 75% → 150%), and reduce the next single-instance damage dealt by the target by (in-battle) 50%; at the same time, there is a 40% chance to recover a certain amount of troops for 2 allied heroes (Recovery Rate 50% → 100%, affected by the Intellect attribute), and grant them a 50% Resilience status, lasting until the end of the current turn.

Dismantle Skill - Gaining Advantage from the Enemy [Simplified: 因敌取资 / Traditional: 因敵取資]

When 2 allied heroes deal damage with active skills, 10% → 20% of the damage dealt is used to recover troops for the allied hero with the most wounded soldiers.

Hero Recommendation Index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Exclusive Title Advancement:

• Advancement I: Increases the trigger chance of all effects of the innate skill by 5%.
• Advancement II: Increases the trigger chance of all effects of the innate skill by 15%.

Overall Hero Evaluation:

• Mechanism Analysis: An 8-turn opening skill that allows the hero with the highest Attack attribute to deal stable damage, while also providing damage reduction + healing + resilience. It is very suitable for pairing with core heroes like Huo Qubing [Simplified: 霍去病 / Traditional: 霍去病] and Qi Jiguang [Simplified: 戚继光 / Traditional: 戚繼光].
• Synergy Analysis: Can be paired with Qi Jiguang's [Simplified: 戚继光 / Traditional: 戚繼光] burst team or tank team, and can also be tried with Huo Qubing [Simplified: 霍去病 / Traditional: 霍去病]. His own skill needs to be used with a physical carry who has a damage amplification lever.
• Dismantle Skill Analysis: Provides some healing when paired with active skill-based teams, suitable for Joan of Arc's [Simplified: 贞德 / Traditional: 貞德] active skill team.

Pericles [Simplified: 伯里克利 / Traditional: 伯里克利]

Innate Skill - Long Wall Fortifications [Simplified: 长墙工事 / Traditional: 長牆工事] (T1)

When our entire army cumulatively deals damage 5 times to the entire enemy army, deal one instance of attack damage to 2 random enemy units (Damage Rate 40%→80%), and inflict them with the Rebellion status. When they take damage, the attacker can recover troops, with the recovery rate being 15%→25% of this damage instance, lasting 2 turns.

Dismantle Skill - Cold Light Iron Armor [Simplified: 寒光铁衣 / Traditional: 寒光鐵衣]

Deals attack damage to 2 enemy units (Damage Rate 80%→160%). If this hero is in the vanguard position, deals an additional 35%→50% attack damage (affected by the Defense attribute).

Hero Recommendation Index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Exclusive Title Advancement:

• Advancement I: Innate skill's attack damage rate is increased by an additional 20%.
• Advancement II: Innate skill's attack damage rate is increased by an additional 50%.

Overall Hero Evaluation:

• Mechanism Analysis: Inflicts damage based on the number of times the entire team deals damage, and applies a Rebellion buff.
• Synergy Analysis: Suitable for multi-instance damage teams. Can be paired with teams that can easily deal multiple instances of damage to trigger his skill, such as counter-attack teams, Isabella's [Simplified: 伊莎贝拉 / Traditional: 伊莎貝拉] tank team, and the new version's Newton [Simplified: 牛顿 / Traditional: 牛頓] counter-attack team.
• Dismantle Skill Analysis: A damage skill specialized for the vanguard, with a respectable damage multiplier.

Other Heroes in the Card Pack are as follows

Hypatia [Simplified: 希帕蒂娅 / Traditional: 希帕蒂婭]

Innate Skill - Light of Mathematics [Simplified: 数学之光 / Traditional: 數學之光] (T2)

Increases the Intellect attribute of our entire army by (in-battle) 7.5%→15%, and inflicts 2 random enemy heroes with 1 of the following states: Disarm, Silence, Confusion, Heal Ban, or Stun, lasting 2 turns.

Dismantle Skill - All's Fair in War [Simplified: 兵不厌诈 / Traditional: 兵不厭詐]

For the first 3 turns of the battle, at the start of each turn, there is a 35→70% chance to cause 1 random enemy hero to enter the Exhausted state, with the effect lasting until the end of the current turn.

Hero Recommendation Index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Exclusive Title Advancement:

• Advancement I: The Intellect attribute increase from the innate skill is boosted by an additional 5%.
• Advancement II: The Intellect attribute increase from the innate skill is boosted by an additional 5%, and the innate skill's activation rate is increased by 10%.

Overall Hero Evaluation:

• Mechanism Analysis: With full titles, it's a 40% chance random control skill that also boosts the whole team's Intellect by 20%. It works well with Intellect-based damage dealers. As a cavalry unit, she can get the first move, making her a very good choice for F2P players who like to gamble on chance.
• Synergy Analysis: Can be paired with Intellect-based damage dealers as a control unit. Suitable for both slow-paced and mid-paced teams.
• Dismantle Skill Analysis: An opening-phase Exhaustion control skill. It's a pity that it only targets one unit with a 70% activation rate, making it quite luck-dependent. It can have miraculous effects when it controls the enemy's core hero.

Liu Bei [Simplified: 刘备 / Traditional: 劉備]

Innate Skill - Benevolent Ruler [Simplified: 仁德之君 / Traditional: 仁德之君] (T2)

At the start of each turn, causes 2 allied heroes to recover a certain amount of troops when they act (Recovery Rate 40%→80%, affected by Intellect attribute), and increases the damage they deal by (in-battle) 7.5%→15% (affected by Intellect attribute), and increases their Attack and Intellect attributes by (in-battle) 10→20 points (affected by Intellect attribute), lasting until the end of the current turn.

Dismantle Skill - Wash Weapons and Pasture Horses [Simplified: 洗兵牧马 / Traditional: 洗兵牧馬]

Prepare for 1 turn, recovers a certain amount of troops for the allied hero with the most wounded soldiers and 1 random allied hero (Recovery Rate 70%→140%, affected by Intellect attribute), and puts them into the Healing state. At the start of their turn, they recover a certain amount of troops (Recovery Rate 45%→90%, affected by Intellect attribute), lasting 2 turns. If subjected to a control effect during the duration, the remaining healing amount of the Healing state will be triggered immediately.

Hero Recommendation Index: ⭐⭐⭐

Exclusive Title Advancement:

• Advancement I: Innate skill also increases the target's normal attack range by 1.
• Advancement II: Innate skill also increases the target's normal attack range by 1; for the first 3 turns, this hero gains the First Strike status.

Overall Hero Evaluation:

• Mechanism Analysis: Stable healing and damage increase + attribute buffs. Can stack a great number of buffs.
• Synergy Analysis: Various mid-to-slow paced teams or heroes that need to stack buffs and increase damage. Especially good with Guan Yu [Simplified: 关羽 / Traditional: 關羽], and secondly with some high-output heroes. Extremely cost-effective in a support role.
• Dismantle Skill Analysis: One of the active recovery skills with the highest activation rate. The recovery amount is high, but its drawback is that it requires a preparation turn.

Frederick I [Simplified: 腓特烈一世 / Traditional: 腓特烈一世]

Innate Skill - Spear of Destiny [Simplified: 宿命之矛 / Traditional: 宿命之矛] (T2)

For the first 3 turns of the battle, at the start of each turn, there is a 70% chance to increase the normal attack damage of this hero and the allied hero with the highest Attack attribute by (in-battle) 15%→30% (affected by Attack attribute), and increase their attack critical hit chance by (in-battle) 10%, with the effect lasting until the end of the current turn; and after a critical hit, increases the attack damage received by the target by (in-battle) 7.5%→15% (affected by Attack attribute), lasting 1 turn.

Dismantle Skill - Drawing the Bow with Both Hands [Simplified: 左右开弓 / Traditional: 左右開弓]

After a normal attack, deal 1 additional instance of attack damage to the target (Damage Rate 90%→180%), and increase the attack damage received by the target by (in-battle) 10%→20%, lasting 2 turns.

Hero Recommendation Index: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Exclusive Title Advancement:

• Advancement I: Innate skill trigger chance increases by 10%.
• Advancement II: Innate skill trigger chance increases by 20%, and for the first 3 turns, this hero has an 80% chance to gain the Combo state each turn.

Overall Hero Evaluation:

• Mechanism Analysis: An opening skill that provides normal attack damage increase + critical hit chance increase + critical damage increase for oneself and the ally with the highest attack. Its stability has been greatly improved after being buffed.
• Synergy Analysis: Mid-paced cavalry physical damage "kitchen-knife" teams. Such as Lionheart [Simplified: 狮心 / Traditional: 獅心] "kitchen-knife" team, Qi Jiguang [Simplified: 戚继光 / Traditional: 戚繼光] "kitchen-knife" team.
• Dismantle Skill Analysis: A chase skill, with a single-target burst + damage amplification mechanism. Its activation probability is average.

Card Pack Main Hero Lineup Recommendations

(1) Wang Yangming [Simplified: 王阳明 / Traditional: 王陽明]

As a support hero, his strengths are as follows:

1. His 8-turn opening skill allows the allied hero with the highest Attack attribute to deal stable damage, while also providing damage reduction + healing + resilience.
2. His opening skill links with a hero to deal damage and is not affected by Stun, Subdue, Disarm, etc. At the same time, it uses the hero's attributes and bonuses to deal damage, making it very stable.

Recommended Lineup One:

From the battle report below, it can be seen that this team has considerable damage burst and is quite effective against most non-control type teams.

Recommended Lineup Two:

From the battle report below, it can be seen that due to Qi Jiguang's [Simplified: 戚继光 / Traditional: 戚繼光] special mechanism + Protective Mantra [Simplified: 护身真言 / Traditional: 護身真言] + Reorganize Formation [Simplified: 重整队形 / Traditional: 重整隊形] + Wang Yangming [Simplified: 王阳明 / Traditional: 王陽明], this team is very tanky while also dealing impressive damage.

(2) Pericles [Simplified: 伯里克利 / Traditional: 伯里克利]

Pericles' [Simplified: 伯里克利 / Traditional: 伯里克利] strengths in the current meta are as follows:

1. His opening skill, when paired with some high-frequency heroes, has good damage and recovery effects.
2. With full titles, his innate skill's attack damage multiplier increases to 130%. Paired with Act After Weighing the Situation [Simplified: 悬权而动 / Traditional: 懸權而動] + Back-Thrust Spear [Simplified: 回马枪 / Traditional: 回馬槍], he himself has very respectable damage output. It should be noted that Pericles [Simplified: 伯里克利 / Traditional: 伯里克利] needs his major titles unlocked to be relatively strong.

Recommended Lineup One:

From the battle report below, it can be seen that after the addition of the new skill Firmly Seated in the Central Command [Simplified: 稳坐中军 / Traditional: 穩坐中軍], the counter-attack team has become tankier. After the nerf to Tomyris [Simplified: 托米 / Traditional: 托米], the win rate against various Columbus [Simplified: 哥伦布 / Traditional: 哥倫布] Tomyris [Simplified: 托米 / Traditional: 托米] combinations has risen sharply.

Recommended Lineup Two:

From the battle report below, it can be seen that the damage output of Pericles [Simplified: 伯里克利 / Traditional: 伯里克利] + Isabella I [Simplified: 伊莎贝拉一世 / Traditional: 伊莎貝拉一世] can instantly kill the enemy's front line in 1-2 turns.

The above content represents player views and does not reflect official opinions.

That's all for the review of this Expo. We hope it helps Pioneers clear up any doubts before pulling cards. Wishing everyone the best of luck in your pulls, may you get what you want on the first try!