Xiong Shanjun - 5* Dark / Purple from Journey family

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New Journey hero is released: Xiong Shanjun

This thread is for discussing strategy related to Xiong Shanjun, as well as your thoughts on Xiong Shanjun.

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Xiong Shanjun

Rarity	Element	Class	Mana Speed
Legendary	Dark/Purple	Paladin	A Average

Level	Attack	Defense	Health
4/80	766	908	1621
4/85	825	979	1747
4/90	944	1120	1998

Origin	Family
War of the Three Kingdoms	Journey

Image	Aether Power	Description
	Heal Increase	At the start of each battle, this Hero gets +50% increase for any healing received for 6 turns. In battles with multiple waves, the effect is refreshed at the beginning of each wave.

Special Skill: Fury of the Mountain Lord
Reduces the max health of all enemies by 800 over 4 turns. Max health can’t get lower than 30% of the original max health. All allies regenerate 800 boosted health over 4 turns. Boosted health can exceed max HP. All enemies get -24% mana generation for 4 turns. All allies get +24% mana generation for 4 turns.

All-in-one still under construction. Card image to be added when available.

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Journey Family Bonus

Journey Family:

Heroes become stronger when teamed with other unique Heroes of the same family.

Bonus for 1 / 2 / 3 Heroes:
50% / 75% / 100% chance to increase the duration of each status effect that is cast by the hero by 1 / 2 / 3 turns.

Morale Boost

Heroes belonging to this family as well as Heroes fighting alongside them receive the following perks in War of the Three Kingdoms:

• +10% attack, +3% defense, +7% health

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Balance Changes

Jun 2023 (Big Balance Update)

@EmpiresPuzzles

Xiong Shanjun

• Stats increased
  • Attack: 735 → 766
  • Defense: 877 → 908
  • Health: 1532 → 1621

Jun 2024

@EmpiresPuzzles

Xiong Shanjun

• Increased range of all effects
  • Max health reduction over time: Reduces target nearby enemies’ → all enemies’ max health by 800 over 4 turns
  • Health boost over time: Boosts the caster and nearby → all allies’ health by 800 over 4 turns
  • Mana generation debuff: Reduces the target and nearby → all enemies’ mana generation by -24% for 4 turns
  • Mana generation buff: The caster and nearby → all allies get +24% mana generation for 4 turns

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Changes from Beta

There appear to be no changes to Xiong Shanjun from last-seen Beta stats, skill, and design.

Beta Information: 🧪 Early Information on Round 2 of Journey Heroes [Part of The Beta Beat v55]

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What do you think of Xiong Shanjun ?

This thread is for thoughts and discussion on Xiong Shanjun.

Based on preferences Forum members have expressed, please try to stick mainly to Xiong Shanjun and not wander off topic too much to other heroes.

Some Popular Questions for Discussion

• Is Xiong Shanjun worth summoning for?

• Would you use Xiong Shanjun on Defense? Offense? War? Quests/Events? Titans?

• Which heroes on your Roster best pair with Xiong Shanjun ?

• What heroes would you take when facing Xiong Shanjun as an opponent?

• Would you give Xiong Shanjun Paladin Emblems? Which Talent Grid path will you choose?

• What do you think of special?

• What do you think of Xiong Shanjun’s character design?

• If you Summoned Xiong Shanjun and would like to post your results, please include some thoughts on why you Summoned Xiong Shanjun, and whether/how you plan to make use of them.*

*NOTE: Summon Results posted without any commentary/feedback at all should be flagged as Off Topic and removed, based on preferences expressed by the Forum community. Please include some comments about what you think of Xiong Shanjun when posting Summon Results. In addition to opinions about Xiong Shanjun, you are also encouraged to include how many Summons it took before receiving Xiong Shanjun (or how many Summons you’ve done without receiving Xiong Shanjun), so other players are presented with realistic experiences of the rarity of Legendary Event Hero.

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Avoiding Overspending & Heartache

More Insights & Reading

I highly recommend reading these three threads for more information and context on summoning odds:

• How much should I spend?- HotM cost, and odds, analysis

• [WARNING] A Summons Experience - Chasing Guardian Panther - A Warning for Chasing Heroes

• What exactly is a Gacha? (Read before posting things about "unfair pulls")

If you’ve read them a million times before, you may consider reading them again before deciding on your budget for summoning. A little time spent deciding on how much money you want to risk on summoning goes a long way to avoiding disappointment, frustration, and regret later.

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Wondering About Your Personal Situation?

Feel free to discuss your team and roster here, and ask for advice from other Forum members.

If you’d like more extensive advice on sorting out your particular roster, I recommend creating a new thread in Gameplay Help & Tactics, and posting screenshots of your hero roster, along with your questions.

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Related Threads You May Be Interested In

• 🧪 Early Information on Round 2 of Journey Heroes [Part of The Beta Beat v55]
• ⚖ Hero Balance Discussion: Xiong Shanjun

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Feedback Poll - Xiong Shanjun (post release)

Is Xiong Shanjun worth Summoning For?

• Yes, absolutely
• Only if you’re P2P
• Yes, but only when featured.
• Not really
• Not at all

How many copies of Xiong Shanjun would be useful to keep & Level?

Note - this is roster space dependent & isn’t the same for everyone!

• Zero
• Just one
• 2
• 3
• All of them

What do you think Xiong Shanjun’s Primary Purpose is?

• Max Health Reducer (Over Time)
• Max Health Increaser (Over time)
• Mana Generation Debuffer
• Mana Generation Buffer

What do you think of Xiong Shanjun compared to other Heroes?

• Over Powered (OP)
• Little stronger than Most
• On Par with Most
• Little Weaker than Most
• Completely Broken (Under Powered)

How does Xiong Shanjun’s Special Skill and Intended Purpose match Xiong Shanjun’s Base Stats?

Note this means Xiong Shanjun’s Class, Attack, Defence & HP Stat

• Perfectly
• Better than Most
• On Par with Most
• Worse than Most
• Terribly

Is Xiong Shanjun worth giving Paladin Emblems to?

• Yes absolutely
• Depends on who else you got
• Hmmmm, not sure yet
• No I don’t think so
• No… Not at all.

In Defence, where do you think Xiong Shanjun is best used?

• Left Wing
• Left Flank
• Tank
• Right Flank
• Right Wing
• Not on defence at all.

How do you think Xiong Shanjun is best used?

• PvP Raids/ War attack
• Normal Defence
• War Defence
• Titans
• Farming
• Tournaments
• Event Teams

Choose up to 3 options

What do you think is Xiong Shanjun worth Limit Breaking ?

• Yes
• No

If you would emblem Xiong Shanjun then which Emblem Path would you select ?

• Sword path
  (Selecting Attack talent nodes when possible)
• Shield path
  (Selecting Health and Shield talent nodes when possible)

What do you think about the artwork ?

• Amazing
• Refreshingly new
• It’s ok
• It could be better
• Very bad

[Radar1]

Good hero, I would like to have him.

[Gaia]

if boss wolf is on steroids. then he will look like this.
boss wolf crying in the corner. Lol

[Nightmare2048]

I dunno about this one. Heal and decrease of max HP is massive, plus mana speed up and down. But I don’t like healers that heal only 3. At least he’s average speed, and I can see rather devastating combo with Mistweaver or that chinese bunny.

[Chadmo]

Looks like a solid purple tank for war if you don’t have one already.

[Rayy]

Seems decent but nothing special. Average hero.

[Tellybelly]

Is the boosted health over time a stack?

[King_Kyree77]

From the free coins accumulated from my last Wo3K coin cache. Idk how to feel about him.

[LordLOL]

In my opinion, a very good card for attack, not necessarily good in defense, although it depends, of course, on whether we manage to block it before it makes us a fuss.

[JAWS_3D]

I like him @King_Kyree77 , definitely what Boss Wolf should have been. Also, is it 1200 boosted health with the level 90 ability?

[L33tVortex12596]

At first sight I was thinking new tank … not bad hero and certainly won’t complain if he comes falling out of the portal. With how my luck is running hot & cold lately I will try a few pulls (I’ve always wanted cao cao) hope they aren’t outdated by the time I get back to lucky…
Good luck everyone!
May the portals show you kindness

Congratulations @King_Kyree77

[King_Kyree77]

Problem is, I pulled two Aramis on singles too, so he is kinda meh in comparison. Compared to the other two journey heroes, he’s lacking as well. Only time will tell I suppose.

[Kenzo]

Good luck with Cao Cao! I’ve always wanted him too but the odds are low and I’d probably end up with dupe Diaochans or other non featured

[Sapu]

In my opinion, he is better as a tank than the green knight.
I have the green knight. I haven’t even tried the bear.

[kokeith711]

If you wait long enough, he will disappear.
Ok. I was reading his family bonus when, poof, he vanished. Just like my luck in this portal so far.

[L33tVortex12596]

@Kenzo

odds are low and I’d probably end up with dupe Diaochans

Exactly what happened … lol …I give up!
Good luck my friend

[dansing]

Empires & Puzzles Hero Analysis : Wo3K 😈Xiong Shannon😈… Good Hero but Impact-3👎

[dansing]

And the irony

[NittanyLionRoar]

Here are my thoughts on Xiong Shanjun!

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