Sun Ce

Little Conqueror of Jiangdong 江东的小霸王

**Passion** 激昂
Whenever Sun Ce uses or is targeted with a duel or red attack, Sun Ce draws a card.

**Soul Position** 魂姿
If, at the beginning of his turn, Sun Ce has one health, Sun Ce must immediately reduce his maximum health by one. Then, Sun Ce permanently gains Brave Gesture and Brave Spirit. (Awakening)
**Brave Gesture** 英姿
During his drawing phase, Sun Ce can draw an additional card.
**Brave Spirit** 英魂
Before his turn, if Sun Ce is not at maximum health, he can force anyone to either
1- Draw X cards, then discard 1.
2- Draw 1 card, then discard X.
X is how much health Sun Ce is missing.

**Takeover** 制霸
King Ability: Other Wu characters can conduct Points Duel 拼点 with Sun Ce. If Sun Ce wins, he keeps both cards. After Soul Position, Sun Ce can refuse to compete.

**Clarification:**

* Please see Points Duel.
* "Passion" goes into effect before the red-suited *Attack* or *Duel* goes into effect. In other words, Sun Ce may draw an *Escape* or *Attack* to avoid damage when other characters target him with these cards.
* "Passion" is not activated when Sun Ce uses a red-suited *Attack* in response to a *Duel* or *Barbarians*, as he does not target another character with this card when he uses it in this capacity.
* When Diao Chan uses "Sow Discord" to force Sun Ce to *Duel* another character, "Passion" is activated.
* Note that "Soul Position" is an awakened ability and Sun Ce cannot choose to not activate it when the conditions are fulfilled.
* "Brave Gesture" is Zhou Yu's ability that allows him to draw an additional card in his drawing phase (net draw of three cards instead of two).
* "Brave Spirit" is Sun Jian's ability that allows him to select a character at the beginning of his turn (before his judgement phase) and force them to either draw X cards then discard one card or draw one card then discard X cards, X being the difference between Sun Jian's maximum health and his current health levels.
* If Sun Ce is the king and he loses a competition for "Takeover," the two cards used in the competition are simply discarded.
* Note that Sun Ce can only refuse competitions if "Soul Position" has been activated. Otherwise, he cannot turn down a competition from a Wu character.
* An awakening ability is a combination of enforced ability and single-use ability.

* "Soul Position" is a great awakened ability as it gives him two very good abilities. With these two abilities, Sun Ce can give himself and a team a powerful card advantage each turn.
* Sun Ce is a unique and outstanding king character, as "Brave Spirit" is powerful when Sun Ce has an additional unit of health. Also, unlike other king characters, Sun Ce can actively contribute to the killing of rebels.
* Sun Ce is significantly weaker when he is not the king. "Brave Spirit" is only available to Sun Ce when his maximum health limit is three (he loses one unit of health from his maximum when "Soul Position" is activated). This means that the maximum value for X is two, resulting in only a net gain/loss of one card from the target of the power.
* Sun Ce is the only king character with a king ability that can put him at a disadvantage. Wu characters can compete with Sun Ce when they have high-numbered cards to waste cards from his hand.

**Notable Combinations:**

* Wu Guo Tai/Hua Tuo - These characters can keep Sun Ce alive at one unit of health, helping him survive long enough to activate "Soul Position" and making "Brave Spirit" more powerful.

* Sun Shang Xiang - Sun Shang Xiang can benefit from "Brave Spirit" as she can draw cards and discard equipment, activating "Armed Consorts."

* Diao Chan - Diao Chan's "Sow Discord" allows her to force Sun Ce to *Duel* another character. This activates "Passion" and the other character will likely not want to *Duel* Sun Ce since the extra card he drew may have been an *Attack*.

 Loyalist
 Rebel
 Spy

**Final Remarks:**

Sun Ce is an unique character in many ways. He is (for the most part) a brute, but his best role is that of the king. Also, he has the only king ability that may have negative consequences for him. All in all, he is one of the more fun characters to use from the Hills expansion. When using him, you can choose to 'take hits' to lower your health level to one so "Soul Position" can be activated. This is done best by keeping *Peaches* in your hand at the end of your turns. However, this is a risky strategy. If you are a rebel that is playing against Sun Ce as the king, do not reduce his health to one until you are ready for "Soul Position" to activate, as he becomes significantly more powerful when this happens.