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Li Kui Review: The Taunting Tornado of Fire
"Li Kui brings a rare combination of heavy hitting and defensive utility to Empires & Puzzles. With his ability to deal critical hits on special skills and provide Taunt protection, he is a chaotic force on the battlefield. This review analyzes his viability in the current meta."
Special Skill

Whirlwind Blows
- This Special Skill has a chance to deal Critical hits. (The chance of dealing a Critical hit is based on Hero's overall critical chance when the damage is dealt. Critical hits caused by this Special Skill deal 50% more damage. Critical hits can reduces enemies' max health on PVP battles. This effect is stronger against boosted health.)
- Deals 300% damage to the target and 4 random enemies.
- The caster gets Taunt that prevents enemies from using Special Skills on the caster's allies for 4 turns.
- The caster reduces all received damage by -50% for 4 turns.
Family Bonus

Three Kingdoms - Outlaws
- Bonus for 1/2/3/ Heroes:
- * +50%/+60%/+70% Critical Chance.
- 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.
Passives
Passive Skills
Cleanse on Critical Special AttackWhen this character scores a critical hit with their Special Skill, they safely cleanse the latest cleansable status effect from all allies. This effect can activate once per turn.
Righteous Rebellion- When this character's Special Skill hits a character that had higher current HP, gain +20% boosted health.
- When this character is hit by the Special Skill of a character that had higher current HP, gain +20% mana.
- Each of these effects can activate once per turn.
Resist BleedThis character is immune to status ailments that deal Bleed damage.
Aether Power

Taunt
At the start of each battle, this Hero gets Taunt that prevents enemies from using Special Skills on the Hero's allies for 3 turns.
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Mana Optimization Strategy
How it works
By default, Li Kui has Average mana speed, requiring 10 tiles to charge. Equipping troops with a Mana Bonus can reach specific Breakpoints β the exact percentages where your tile count drops β allowing your hero to fire their special skill faster, with less tiles.

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Barbaric Assassins
General Information
Li Kui "Iron Ox of Water Margin"
- Rarity





- Element
Fire - Class
Barbarian - Mana SpeedAverage
- Skill Types
- SourceThree Kingdoms Summon
- Family
Outlaws of Liangshan Family - Aether Power
Taunt - Release DateMay 22, 2025
- AvailabilityCoach:May 22, 2027HA10:May 22, 2027
Ascension Requirements
273K
3
2
3
442K
3
1
1
4
708K
1
6
1
4Limit Break Requirements
5
20
35
5
1
5
10
1
5
10
1
1
3
5Stats & Emblems
Simulation: 0 Emblems
| Level | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | πͺ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
4/80 | 1155 | 1289 | 2237 | 1203 |
4/85lb1 | 1245 | 1389 | 2410 | 1287 |
4/90lb2 | 1424 | 1590 | 2758 | 1454 |
Attack
Defense
Health
Crit
Emblems
Master
Food
Iron



+15


+36







+15


+18





+3%



+18

+2%



+15



+15


+18





+36


+15



+15


+3%


+4%

+50


+50



+50
+50



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