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Lu Zhishen: The Monk Who Dunks on Your Entire Team
"Meet Lu Zhishen, the Flowery Monk who believes inner peace is best achieved by smashing everyone with a tree trunk. With ramping damage and critical hits that heal, he is a red wrecking ball."
Special Skill

Monastic Restraint
- 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 340% damage to all enemies.
- The caster get additional +40% damage power for the next Special kill they cast. Additional power increases +30% each turn, up to a maximum of +130% in total.
- All allies get +40% critical chance 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
Health Boost on Critical Special AttackWhen this character scores a critical hit with their Special Skill, they boost the health of all their allies by 10%. 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

Bulwark
At the start of each battle, this Hero gets 15% defense, and a further 1% increase every time they are hit during 6 turns, up to 25% defense.
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Mana Optimization Strategy
How it works
By default, Lu Zhishen 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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General Information
Lu Zhishen "Flowery Monk of Water Margin"
- Rarity





- Element
Fire - Class
Monk - Mana SpeedAverage
- Skill Types
- SourceThree Kingdoms Summon
- Family
Outlaws of Liangshan Family - Aether Power
Bulwark - Release DateAug 30, 2025
- AvailabilityCoach:Aug 30, 2027HA10:Aug 30, 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 | 1277 | 1240 | 2239 | 1232 |
4/85lb1 | 1376 | 1336 | 2413 | 1318 |
4/90lb2 | 1574 | 1529 | 2760 | 1490 |
Attack
Defense
Health
Mana
Crit
Emblems
Master
Food
Iron





+18


+15



+15


+18








+3%


+15

+2%

+18







+15


+18





+15


+18

+36


+3%


+4%

+50


+50



+50
+50



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