Dong Zhuo

Demon King 魔王

**Wine** 酒池
Dong Zhuo can use any spade card in his hand as Wine 酒.

**Garden of Lust** 肉林
Whenever Dong Zhuo attacks or is attacked by a female, the target must use an additional escape to avoid damage. (Enforced)

**Collapse** 崩坏
At the end of Dong Zhuo's turn, if he has more units of health than any character, he must either lose one health or reduce his maximum health limit by one. (Enforced)

**Violent Tyrant** 暴虐
King Ability: When another hero damages a player, they can allow Dong Zhuo to flip a judgment. If it is a spade, Dong Zhuo heals one.

**Clarification:**

* Note that "Garden of Lust" and "Collapse" are enforced; Dong Zhuo cannot 'turn off' these powers.
* Note that "Violent Tyrant" is activated on a 'per-instance' basis. For example, if a Hero deals two units of damage to another character by using an *Attack* with *Wine*, one judgement cards can be flipped.
* "Violent Tyrant" cannot be activated by Dong Zhuo to heal himself.
* If Zhou Tai is in play and in his "Refusing Death" state, Dong Zhuo will eventually die to "Collapse" because Zhou Tai will have have less health than Dong Zhuo.
* "Violent Tyrant" is only concerned with living characters, the health of characters that are dead is not considered.

* "Garden of Lust" makes Dong Zhuo a very powerful advantage against women. While this power works for both Dong Zhuo *Attacking* women and women *Attacking* Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo inherently has an advantage because "Wine" makes it easier for Dong Zhuo to use *Wine* with the *Attack* and Dong Zhuo has a lot more health than the women in this game.
* Dong Zhuo is great at the beginning of the game, but he can be horrible later in the game if he has few units of health. If his maximum health level is low, he may still have to activate "collapse" if there are other weak characters still in play.
* "Collapse" makes Dong Zhuo weak to *Capture* and *Starvation*. Even if Dong Zhuo's turn is skipped, he still must suffer from "Collapse."

**Notable Combinations:**

* Xu Huang/Da Qiao - These characters can use *Starvation* and *Capture* on Dong Zhuo easily, exploiting his weakness of "Collapse." In addition, Da Qiao's "Displace" allows her to get out of having to deal with "Wine" and "Garden of Lust."

* Zhuge Liang - Zhuge Liang's "Empty City" can make it difficult for Dong Zhuo to damage him. This can make Dong Zhuo lose a lot of health from "Collapse" if Zhuge Liang is able to activate this power frequently.

* Yuan Shao (with Dong Zhuo as king) - Yuan Shao can damage a lot of players in one round with "Random Strike." He can activate "Tyrant" for each person he damages and can potentially heal Dong Zhuo several times in one turn.

* Yuan Shu (with Dong Zhuo as king) - With the great number of cards that Yuan Shu draws during his turn, he has a good chance of being able to damage another character to activate "Tyrant." Similarly, Yuan Shu's "False King" gives him the king ability of "Tyrant," which allows Dong Zhuo to possibly heal Yuan Shu whenever he damages another character.

* Zhang Jiao (with Dong Zhuo as king) - Zhang Jiao's "Dark Magic" allows him to influence "Violent Tyrant" judgement cards and change them to spades.

* Xiao Qiao - When Xiao Qiao passes damage to Dong Zhuo via "Fantasy," Dong Zhuo draws as many cards as the difference between his maximum health and his current health level. This number can be quite high if he has not reduced his maximum in a long time and he is low on health.

 Loyalist
 Rebel
 Spy

**Final Remarks:**

Dong Zhuo is a very interesting character. He seems to be well-balanced with the rest of the characters, despite the fact that he has eight units of health and two abilities that often work to his disadvantage. He is not used often online, but he seems to be hit-and-miss. When the conditions are right, he is outstanding. In other cases, he cannot reach his enemies and he dwindles away at the end of each turn. When using him, do not be afraid to reduce the maximum health level if Dong Zhuo is damaged at the end of his turn. If Dong Zhuo is not the king (and hence does not have "Tyrant") it will be difficult to regain enough health to make it back to the maximum of eight units. If Dong Zhuo is king and his loyalists are some of the ones mentioned in the 'Notable Combinations' section, he could possibly regain the health, so keep this in mind.