Cao Cao

* Officer Keywords: Best Tank, Group Buff
* Tactic Combos: Healing, Damage Reduction, Taunt Tactics
* Teammate Combo: Main Damage Dealers

B: Siege

## Gameplay

Cao Cao has the highest Defence among all Officers in the game as well as good Intelligence. This makes him a tough Officer to beat and a proper tank in the frontline. His Innate Tactic provides a damage reduction to himself and a damage bonus to his teammates. Such a consistent team buff is rare to find.

In regard to Troop Types, his Troop Qualities for both Cavalry and Shield are S, so Cavalry and Shield units are recommended.

**Evil Hero** is Cao Cao's innate tactic. It is a perfect fit for his tank role. It can not only provide a damage bonus to allies but also reduce the damage he himself takes. Its damage reduction and supporting abilities are both excellent. When Cao Cao is the Commander, he becomes even tougher because he recovers Forces whenever a Deputy Officer deals damage, allowing him to tank more damage.

Under most circumstances, his damage bonus and damage reduction effects will be increased by 20% to 30% on average, which is quite significant.

## Strategy

### Early

Cao Cao plays the roles of tank and support at a high Cost. So during the early game where your resource is limited, you need to give Cao Cao a damage dealer that is Cavalry or Shield since Cao Cao’s Troop Qualities for these two types are both S.

Examples of main damage dealers: Zhang Fei (Shield), Xiahou Yuan (Cavalry), Taishi Ci (Cavalry), Yue Jin (Cavalry), Guan Ping (Cavalry / Shield).

As for Cao Cao’s Tactic Combo, you can pick either the support or damage reduction Tactic such as “Intimidate,” “Barrier,” and “Salvage.” And the teammate who assists Cao Cao as the main damage dealer can pick a damage output Tactic such as “Total Annihilation,” “Fallen Phoenix,” and “Hack.” If you don’t remember where to find these Skills in Inherit, you may visit the Help Desk for information. If you are missing some of these Tactics, you may replace them with similar Tactics.

### Late-Game

After you capture a Lv. 5 Land, you can start thinking about how to transition your lineup to a late-game build so that Cao Cao’s team can become more powerful and responsive to complicated environments.

Here are a few late-game builds of Officers and Tactics.

Late-game Builds
(Intelligence-Focused) | Wen PinBrute Force + Draw Bow / Hidden Secrets / Implicate
(Strength-Focused) | Cao ZhangFallen Phoenix + True to Duty/Close Combat/Weakest Link
 Ride the Tiger | Cao CaoBarrier/Sidestep + Battle of Words/Provoke
(Intelligence-Focused)
(Strength-Focused)
 Tiger's Might | Cao CaoBattle of Words/Provoke + Antidote/Lonely City/Rattan Infantry
(Intelligence-Focused) | Dian WeiDelayed Strike + Beguile
(Strength/Defence-Focused) | Xu ZhuSwallow Dance + Fallen Phoenix

## Story

Early in his years as a conqueror, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao despite being outnumbered. Cao Cao relied on his strategic edge and won the Battle of Guandu following a surprise attack on Wuchao. After securing that victory, Cao Cao united the north. Cao Cao was only one step away from uniting all of China. He once marched south with an army of 100,000 men and fought the Sun-Liu Alliance during the Battle of Chibi. Unfortunately, he walked into a trap Pang Tong and Huang Gai had set up for him and suffered a painful defeat in the end. Although he didn’t conquer all the states, people still called him a hero - a controversial one at least.