The gilded weapon moving diagonally across the coin is a nice touch and helps stop the mass of details cross the line into confusing. The flowing dragons are gorgeous, and the stoic figure of Guan Yu with his trademark beard still manages to draw the eye in this chaotic scene. This is yet another beautiful piece from the Mint of Poland, packed from edge to edge with layers of ultra high relief detail. If they all maintain the standard reached so far, including of the one here, that’s no problem at all. Now Guan Yu is strongly associated with Zhao Yun and Lyu Bu, the three historical characters being an integral part of the late second century ‘Three Kingdoms’ period, and both of those have seen coin releases in other series, so it’s likely that we’ll see some competing sets of these build up over the next few years. Latest to join in is the Mint of Gdansk with their own Mint of Poland produced effort, ‘Guan Yu’, the first of the ‘Chinese Heroes’. We’ve had a few years in which the gods and legends of the major ancient civilisations of Europe have dominated coin designs in this genre, but late last year, and early 2020 point to Asian mythology becoming more abundant. Teal can be used in a drain team instead but you do lose out on Mortal immunity.Early indicators suggest it is possible that 2020 will see Chinese ancient history and mythology take centre stage in quite a few new coin issues. He can easily snowball once he starts getting kills as he can also sustain himself while regenerating MP making MP control demons like Ulice not a concern. to spam Dragon Blade to your heart's content. Pair with demons that can provide buff control and longevity such as XWM, Erl, etc.
Ward: Protects him from ailments for 3 turns.Stat priorities: Phys ATK%, HP%, Phys AC%,.Epitome of Aggression: Accuracy modifier + Ailment resistance.Epitome of Finesse: Crit + accuracy modifier.Auto-Rebellion: Gives him a guaranteed crit on T1 to nuke, and can allow him to constantly crit if he rack up kills and has P2.Phys Survivor: Phys damage modifier + endure.Epitome of Carnage: Phys damage + crit modifier.Wicked Strike: Crit damage + crit rate modifier.Phys Amp: Highest Phys damage modifier if not purple.Endures to keep him alive as long as possible. Crit boosters to capitalize on his naturally high crit rate. Accuracy boosters to fix his shaky accuracy. Makes him great in Drain teams.ĭamage Boosters to dish out as much damage with Dragon Blade. Purple: Null Mortal to protect him from Mortal attacks.A Null Curse transfer makes him unkillable by Alice A, and also stops Curse from interfering with Loyal God of War healing.Failing to secure the first kill will result in him not having enough MP for the next turn. Highly dependent on the first kill for tempo.
Only has ST skills unless in Red, which reduces his overall PvP usefulness.Dragon Blade's chain effect will not activate if it misses on the first target. Low AGI stat means he will have accuracy issues.Purple gives him access to Null Mortal, making him even harder to kill.Innate Savage Glee lets him Crit and generate Press Turns effectively, especially if given Epitome of Carnage or paired with Crit boosters like Asura Lord or Kartikeya.Loyal God of War refunds MP and heals him on a kill, giving him insane amounts of self-sustain.High STR and native Phys Pierce make him a physical powerhouse.
No weaknesses and high VIT stats make him very tanky, especially with Life Brands.