How to Get Started as Lu Bu | Early Game Legendary Difficulty Playbook Patch 1.7.1

[@speedwagon6-e1b]

23:36 Personal victories and Momentum 29:55 Dealing with Chaotic Rule penalty 36:02 Turn 1 diplomacy 39:35 Turn 1 battle against Xiahou Dun 43:59 Turn 1 march back to chen + Proxy trick 45:40 Turn 1 battle against Xun Yu with Zhang Liao 53:53 Turn 1 battle against Cao Cao 1:00:55 Turn 1 prestige points 1:02:32 Turn 1 Trade agreement with Zhang Ba and potential mercenary agreement to fight Zheng Jiang 1:03:19 Summoning Gao Shun to fend off Xiahou Yuan’s siege 1:05:47 Disband armies and lend Lu Bu’s weapons to Gao Shun 1:06:40 Plans for the future

[@Makofueled]

Whenever I play as Lu Bu, I do it as if I'm Chen Gong. I'll have Lu Bu enter some stupid war and just say to myself "Ahhhh Fengxian, consult me before doing these things!" I loved them in the 2010 portrayal.

[@arbiter7x]

Sigma Male Grindset: step 1: lose all your settlements step 2: you now have -50% upkeep step 3: fight forever, raze every settlement to always have max momentum, never lose a single battle

[@fahadiqbal6579]

What?? So if you lose all your settlements you get minus 50 percent upkeep for army

[@wasbra]

Is this guy for real lol

[@SeriousTrivia]

Yes regionless armies in a world betrayed gets 50% upkeep discount

[@FrostRare]

So how do you get elite units?

[@leadpaintchips9461]

@@FrostRare Don't need 'em with the wrecking ball that is Lü Bu. Just need a trebuchet to bust down a gate to let him in. Maybe some spears to plop in front of the trebuchet, but elite units are not needed with him being the wrecking ball that he is.

[@dzzykzzy8683]

Always be wary about restoring the Han as Lu Bu. If you do, all those wonderful bonuses like Stalk, Mending, Blazing Roar, all go... to the Emperor. Found that out the hard way and made the campaign a bit harder in the end, lol.

[@trantrungnam612]

LoL why restore the emperor when you can be the emperor himself? 💪

[@christiandauz3742]

Historical accuracy? Lu Bu never wanted to be emperor just be a high-ranking general with political influence Serious Trivia did a Usurp or Restore video and Lu Bu historically would have restore the Han

[@erikweltz8187]

@@christiandauz3742 maybe at most marrying his daughter to the emperor tho? As a way to have his bloodline in the imperial family without usurping the Han outright?

[@Babigoldfish]

Then the Mandate of Heaven is with the Han forever

[@Sorain1]

@@erikweltz8187 Now that's a plausible plan to work to for him.

[@eliu868]

1:07:16 Referring to He Yi's starting army - "You can fight all three brothers". Oath of the Way of Great Peace confirmed

[@pvblivscornelivsscipio]

I was just about to start a Lu Bu campaign tomorrow, talk about perfect timing.

[@jordanwebb1543]

Once I did a Lu Bu campaign and just decided to roll the dice and defend the Capital from Cao Cao. Luckily enough he set in for a siege and I was able to attack the smaller army at night. Basically crushed them all and ended up capturing Cao Cao on turn 1. Got his sword and horse. The horse would turn on to be a lovely gift for Lu Bu’s daughter later.

[@Chewiebaka]

lubu is one of my most fun play through. when the 3 yellow turban leaders are defeated, they respawn into normal yellow turban rebellion army farther south. You need 1 large army to defend your 1 commandary + Lubu's main army going around conquering lands. Lubu's army should only consist of 1 treb unit to attack walled settlements. One of the first thing I rush was HeYe's passive. HeYe's passive is incredibly strong on lubu, you need it for going deep into enemy territories.

[@billyc2493]

That's what I always do too but He Yi wasn't on the field. Then, he dies while on the sideline even though the timeless age is turned on.

[@hanara7848]

Lubu was so much fun that I played it twice in a row trying to get all the generals

[@adampleasants2078]

44:00 I have a more effective strategy for the defense of Chen, though I haven't tested it on legendary yet. Going all-cav will let you attack Xun Yu's army with Lu Bu's, which will give you enough movement points to directly attack Cao Cao's army. You can then obliterate Cao Cao's army, then whip around and attack the remnant army of Xun Yu.

[@DarthBodya]

As I know MTU already give you complete list with Zhang Liao. In my opinion this one should completed with friendly duel event between Lu Bu And Zhang Liao.

[@trantrungnam612]

4:30 I disagree. The armour and weight of the shock cavalry plays key role in their shock values. Heavier cavalry will also penetrate deeper than light, and will obliterate the light counterparts if they counter-charge. That’s why Xiliang and Cataphracts are top tier cav and can win most battles with full cav stack in Legendary.

[@Potatoes85858]

Warning for some beginner mistakes I made in my first playthroughs 1) When you annex, you get untrustworthy-ness points, so be careful! Although sometimes it can be worth it, I once got to take an emperor seat with a full army in it without a fight. 2) Be careful if trying to duel Cao Cao... I thought Lu Bu could take him, but his melee evasion ability ruined my day XD Also, has anyone ever seen the events that happen if you lose Chen and then go to Liu Bei etc? I always just go back and defend Chen. Although I didn't think to attack with a new army, I just march Lu Bu into the town and merge him with another general and fight on turn 2 after being sieged. Still learning new things from ST after all this time :D

[@billyc2493]

Yeah, you peace out with Cao Cap and lose the farmland up north. You become a vassal of Liu Bei and get Xiapi as your starting commandery. You also get lower unit upkeep and something else for 10 turns. Later on, you can choose whether to historically betray Liu Bei or boost your relationship with him.

[@catalinbostan3542]

53:10 That's not the weapon,his weapon is good,I still prefer Gonsun's weapon. It's his ability,Smouldering Fury,it deletes heroes. 400% of 3.5K dmg per hit,,, He deals 15K dmg per hit...it's insane. Xun Yu would have died in 1 hit,but Lu Bu was exhausted Lu Bu is the only hero whom I only execute if I ever catch him...

[@trantrungnam612]

One of the requirements to defeat Zhang Liao in combat is ridiculous, especially when he is belong to your faction in the first place. He is also indispensable as his passive ability, mapwide buff all units with melee evasion and unbreakable if outmatched/outnumbered; that’s like the majority of battles of Lu Bu’s campaign lol

[@thatponybro6940]

one can only imagine how China would be if Lü Bu conquered it

[@Tenchu122]

It was said although lu bu was a mighty warrior, his mind drifted a lot and was always bored unless involved in combat so he threw a lot of banquets thus having Chen Gong say "He is but a child in a man body" If Lu bu had conquered china I believe the Han would of been saved since Lu Bu was heavily influenced by his master and teacher Chen Gong who was loyal to the Han dynasty. In the novel Lu Bu only cared about three things, His trident, Red Hare and diaochan.

[@Mysteryboy0007]

lu bu is the ultimate warrior also the ultimate tool easy to manipulate

[@dominusdone5023]

@@Mysteryboy0007 not easy to manipulate, you have to consider that others will also be manipulating him making it difficult for you to manipulate him

[@owenscastlexiii5131]

Can't believe 3 years but thank you all the same!

[@vikkiepayne1700]

My Lu Bu campaign ended up with me sitting in Chen fighting every faction that declared war on me which was every faction including at one point was 6 factions at once. Once you have a load of the characters beaten Lu Bu is unstopperable

[@jessewilliams1422]

Yay! A new 3K total war! You got me hooked in this game and, more important, how to play. Thank you for another! Hope you and yours are well! ~Cheers form Tx.

[@shaggycan]

22:00 But that would mean Lu Bu would have to betray someone! :)

[@Mysteryboy0007]

Great video! theres so much to learn about this game it gets really overwhelming

[@BataOnQ]

Put Diao Chan in the same army. When she is defeated Lu Bu gains berserk and fully healed. This trick can help you win Cao Cao very early. After that, keep her away from damage for 3 turns.

[@ChristopherHoover-g9o]

For my Lu Bu campaigns, i pair him with some Shock Calvary, mainly Lancer Militia since you don't need high level troops with Lu Bu, i drain enemy morale with like 2-3 charges on each unit, and then finish off the commanders

[@trevorthurlow8320]

Thanks for your help there, I didn’t know how to defend Chen city from two CaoCao armies in first turn

[@jellydamgood]

I always find it a shame that they didn't have an Easter egg cut scene when lubu goes to hulao gate.

[@Ikhsanratdith]

speaking of Dynasty warriors franchise eh?

[@JulianSloman]

Somehow KZbin just showed me the old campaign you did with this a week ago ( I'm maybe a dozen episodes in) - I'm playing my first ever playthrough (with Cao Cao, so same region) - so resonnated with it - but then on top your new video on the same topic? It all feels so related :D

[@centralpark2168]

Even in romance, you dont have to actually fight the other general for greatest warrior. Your army just needs to defeat theirs with lubu in it, but no duel or kill is required

[@michaelhawkins8613]

What if they won’t duel Lu bu and it says” doesn’t want to duel “ I’m I doing something wrong?

[@SeriousTrivia]

That just means the AI don’t think they have any chance or that character is too valuable (say faction leader) so they won’t agree to the duel. AI isn’t there to mindlessly give you clearly losing duels

[@yoothas483]

Thank you so much, just finished a legendary lu bu campaign with your start damn he's strong !! amazing tips !!

[@JoshYxVdM]

The trick to grant independence to an administrator to fight them for the Greatest Warrior buff doesn't work anymore :( when you grant independence, all their forces are recalled immediately.

[@grey3247]

In Han china you don't pursue Lu Bu, Lu Bu pursues You

[@783Kostas]

Really nice guide, though I would like to add that Kong Rong actually is added to the kill list and adds two more trade routes. Also since you get a lot of momentum which decays fast, it could be easily used to get the jade seal from sun ce

[@iamnamednicholas]

the description says 182 Mandate of Heaven instead of 194 A World Betrayed, hope you're doing well serious trivia

[@christiandauz3742]

Kinda wish Lu Bu is playable in 182 and starts right next to the Zhang Brothers Take them out early then start devouring warlords until Three Kingdoms

[@SeriousTrivia]

good catch!

[@christiandauz3742]

I wish Lu Bu is playable in 182 starting close to the Three Brothers Very Easy, Very Cruel and Very Enjoyable Campaign

[@shinsenshogun900]

The Ding Yuan Experience

[@Potatoes85858]

I guess you can technically use the mod to play all factions and probably play as Ding Yuan?

[@christiandauz3742]

A mod that has Lu Bu and his faction playable so the player can use his OP mechanism in 182!

[@jordanwebb1543]

God this came at a perfect time. Was just thinking about another Lu Bu crusade

[@outlandonish3480]

Finally the one I've been waiting for

[@rawi5535]

I am looking for help. The following happened to me several times: I was playing in romance mode with timeless characters. You said at 18:42 that Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi and Pang Tong would spawn around 207-209 wich would be around 65 to 75 turns. My problem is, and that happened several times to me, that Pang Tong does just not spawn. I am currently playing a new Lü Bu campagn on very difficult and i am on turn 110 or so but he still did not appear. I probably have to mention, that Liu Bei is my vassal since 60 turns or so, but Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi already appeared.

[@SeriousTrivia]

he might spawn later into a random faction later into the game then. Some of the spawn events are not guarantees

[@dichsedichse]

He Yi is not on the field at the start, so you will have to kill enemy generals without wiping the retiniue to force the AI to replace them with the YT leaders. I had to assault Runan 3 times in one of my campaings to cross off all YT.

[@ChanchodTierra]

pretty sure he is, but the earth one is the one who usualy dies in the first turn

[@SeriousTrivia]

he starts on the field. Open up a Liu Biao campaign and you will see where He Yi's army is. It is just a turn one fight so by the time you go there, he is most likely beaten off the field already

[@dichsedichse]

@@SeriousTrivia did they change it in a patch? My Lü Bu campaigns were from te release of the DLC

[@SeriousTrivia]

@@dichsedichse always been the case

[@dichsedichse]

@@SeriousTrivia oh well, shame on me

[@HEGKMTCH]

Would like to ask for some help, that second battle Cao Cao refuses to duel me. He'd even offer to duel Zhang Liao, but just not Lu Bu. Is my game bugged?

[@SeriousTrivia]

No not at all, the AI has no reason to duel you if they think they will lose and die. You don’t need to duel them to get the mission. Just fight and kill them would work the same

[@HEGKMTCH]

@@SeriousTrivia Ok, so it doesn't have to be a duel to complete that greatest warrior. Been reloading for 4hrs. You putting out great guides, bro. Helps noobs with not much time to learn the game get a foothold. Thanks

[@Orixoon]

You're a godsend for this game dude

[@SeriousTrivia]

haha no need

[@SuiSideex]

So what we can do now with diaochan, i see old videos when u get event at beginning that makes her a lu bu concumbine, etc, i see a item as concumbine etc, now i dont see anything and im not sure what i can do with her, should i manually marry diaochan as lu bu or what?

[@SeriousTrivia]

you can of course manually marry her. The concubine event is from a mod and not in the base game.

[@SuiSideex]

@@SeriousTrivia ahh ok i see the mod now, thx for answer

[@leadpaintchips9461]

I've recently picked up 3K and honestly fell in love with the game. Decided to start playing Lü Bu, and enjoying his different take on the Pokémon formula (Gotta beat 'em all!), but I'm running into a slight issue when it comes to that. Faction leaders just aren't taking to the field if they aren't already spawned in from the start. If they get knocked off of the map, no matter how many generals I burn them through, they never show up. Makes getting some of the targets (specifically He Yi in my case) near impossible. Any advice on that?

[@SeriousTrivia]

He Yi is a tricky one. The best way would be to actually fight off factions near their starting area (raze the land) and leave it for them to expand into. Once they start getting rolling in money, they would field more armies and then it would increase the case of him coming back on the field. It's not the best solution but like you said, its pretty impossible otherwise

[@leadpaintchips9461]

@@SeriousTrivia Thanks for the advice, it's just kindof frustrating absolutely killing off their roster and no one actually showing up. Guess it's time to restart and kick in Liu Biao's teeth.

[@leadpaintchips9461]

Update: Got to turn 54, declared myself emperor, razed a bunch of the areas around him, and he still hasn't shown up (and didn't take the land that was razed). This, combined with pretty much every other character on my hit list not showing up if they weren't fielded at the beginning of the game took me from being super intrigued to play Lu Bu to killing any ambition to play him. The slog trying to be a hyper aggressive faction in the middle of China, specifically having Han characters take up most of my hit list just absolutely _tanking_ my Imperial favor, which in turn tanked my economy because of the sanctions, also killed it for me.

[@svensundin1863]

@@leadpaintchips9461 well, you know, the Pokémon missions are not supposed to be a guarantee but rather - depending of your play in terms of expansion, direction combined with sheer coincidence - nudges your campaign and decisions. If anything a sure fire outcome of eliminating all targets by turn x if you do a, b and c would make replayability close to zero right?

[@leadpaintchips9461]

@@svensundin1863 When they don't show up at all, then it's not about "gotta catch 'em all", it's more about praying that RNGeebus doesn't hate you especially when it's factions that don't get absorbed into the general pool because of being a different culture. What's the point in trying to get any of the bonuses if they're never going to show up? As of right now, I'm not far into the campaign turn wise and I'm an Emperor with only about 6 of the buffs. I've restarted about 5-6 times just to see if He Yi ever spawns in, and he just doesn't. You're right, having a fixed outcome of near 0 does kill replayability. If they showed up, then it would lead to choices as to what direction to expand but with leaders not retaking the field there's no point in going certain directions or picking fights with most factions.

[@patrickdormeus8453]

If you really think of Lu bu life in a military and political perspective his life is a big covert ops mission where anyone who could've cleared his name either died (Ding Yuan) or were subjugated (Emperor Xian).

[@SeriousTrivia]

so another case like the departed

[@patrickdormeus8453]

@@SeriousTrivia yes OMG YES!!!! like everything that could go Politically wrong... did

[@mandu6665]

@@SeriousTrivia Correction. Another case like Infernal Affairs aka the superior original movie!

[@SeriousTrivia]

When I say the departed I don’t mean the western adaption. I mean 无间道

[@VisualdelightPro]

LÜ BU is a Beast to play. Some one need an update mod for Dynasty warriors 9 empires characters for Total War 3k

[@AGYR08]

What is recommended cpu & gpu for TW : Three Kingdoms ? Are ur gameplay is on ultra settings 1080p ?

[@SeriousTrivia]

Processor: Intel i5-6600 | Ryzen 5 2600X Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 970 | R9 Fury X 4GB VRAM This is the officially recommended specs. I am not sure if that will give you ultra everything. If you want to know my spec, check out the about section on the youtube page to see my specs for the game, but even I don't have everything on ultra.

[@AGYR08]

@@SeriousTrivia nc specs 👍🏻👍🏻 But thats definitely overkill for 1080p ultra

[@SeriousTrivia]

well I also have to worry about recording the game while playing it so it is quite taxing on the system

[@princeowiredu2022]

i'm new to this game and he looked the coolest. I swwear i do not understand all these mechanics lmao.

[@JavelinsStudio]

Hi, I just got this game on sale and was thinking of getting this dlc for Lü Bu and probably MoH for some achievements. Probably should also get YT for He Yi to ease total war achievement. TFW and 8 Princes probably has some achievements but I probably won’t be getting them until I try to finish the base game along with the ones I’m trying to get. Besides that, does Fates Divided provide anything special?

[@SeriousTrivia]

You get more units for Cao Cao and Yuan Shao’s faction, a different start date and Liu Yan/Liu Zhang as a new playable faction across 190-200 starts

[@ravenofra1114]

How did you get Cao Cao's horse?

[@SeriousTrivia]

item drops post battle are by chance

[@moondough1279]

when does hao meng and hou cheng betray you in the game?

[@billyc2493]

I believe summer 196.

[@gugapilar2083]

Muito atrativo esse video! Siga firme com os videos!

[@sillyheadphone]

wish you played with MTU TUP Mods on everything. I’m hooked on the mods ever since you introduced, but game crashes with mods every 15-30 minutes with i7 desktop.

[@SeriousTrivia]

these guides are always designed for the vanilla experience

[@theingeniousone5141]

Was there any big companies or market entities in the three kingdoms period of ancient china

[@SeriousTrivia]

government ran salt and iron companies, market economy was not really a thing as most of the financial gains are tied to land. There were big land lords but no big companies like what you would expect today

[@theingeniousone5141]

@@SeriousTrivia who were the big dog land lords who had the warlords in their pockets

[@SeriousTrivia]

@@theingeniousone5141 I mean from the recorded ones Mi Zhu’s clan would be a good case, Lu Su’s clan too

[@theingeniousone5141]

@@SeriousTrivia thanks for the info 😀

[@zerowitches]

how to get started as lu bu. dont move for half an hour

[@gg-zx2tn]

How did you get such good English pronunciation?

[@SeriousTrivia]

I went to school in the US

[@LPTHD]

Thank You! Actually, is it still possible to trade for the Imperial Jade Seal?

[@SeriousTrivia]

if you get early enough vision of Sun Ce, which I don't think is possible

[@joshuachapman247]

How can I pay you to play this campaign again?

[@SeriousTrivia]

I do have a patreon =P

[@joshuachapman247]

@@SeriousTrivia on it

[@nullpo2478]

Speaking of imperial favor, anyone got this bug when playing as lu bu fighting enemy of the han does not increase favor?

[@jonathanstanlie]

Dunno if that is bug or just the emperor doen't like us 🤣😂

[@adudu4654]

Hi, I think I'm late to the party. But can I know what reform routes you chooses in early game when playing as Lu Bu?

[@SeriousTrivia]

it does depend on if you plan to keep land or will you be creating a ton of vassals. if you want to keep the land, then the typical blue and purple route will still be best since you need those buildings for corruption reduction and income as well as the extra trade routes. If not, then you probably go down the red line first to get more campaign movement range to maximize your momentum mechanic.

[@adudu4654]

@@SeriousTrivia Thanks for the tip!

[@tydalm.9665]

Would Lübu not actually be written Lvbu in pinyin, when you can't type "ü"?

[@SeriousTrivia]

yes you can do that as a shorthand

[@fahadiqbal6579]

So what is lu bu special building red one ?

[@SeriousTrivia]

isnt it the same as Dong Zhuo's

[@sorenvongruner2592]

Can I wish me for my birthday on the 14.02. a Liu Chong 190 starter guide? :)

[@michaelhawkins8613]

What if they won’t duel Lu bu and it says” doesn’t want to duel “ I’m I doing something wrong?

[@SeriousTrivia]

That just means the AI don’t think they have any chance or that character is too valuable (say faction leader) so they won’t agree to the duel. AI isn’t there to mindlessly give you clearly losing duels

[@giangvu2335]

Sorry to ask on old content but when I grant independance to the Administrator his army just disappear, then I couldnt fight for bonus

[@SeriousTrivia]

Yes I think they patched the game after this guide to make it this way

[@FrostRare]

I picked Lu bu for waifu

[@earlhernandez8425]

Mr ST. Lu Bu historical romance campaign when?

[@SeriousTrivia]

Historical would end really fast lol

[@JulianSloman]

@@SeriousTrivia tru!

[@caocalo2485]

You sure Kong Rong is not on the list?

[@SeriousTrivia]

nope

[@torpidjourneymaker3692]

I did not expect this chinese pronunciation damn

[@SeriousTrivia]

I am Chinese so perhaps the English pronunciation is more impressive ;)

[@torpidjourneymaker3692]

@@SeriousTrivia Ahhhhh that explains it. Very impressive

[@bender0428]

30min in and you haven't even moved yet lmao. That was only reason I watched video was to see if there was some sort of cheese strat to do but I've lost interest by this point and already started moving lol.

[@OathofthePeachGarden]

Trivia, your pronunciation is just flawless. There's no way you're not native Chinese unless you've lived there for a decade lmao. Btw are you a fan of dynasty warriors despite its romanticism?

[@SeriousTrivia]

I am chinese. I just been living in the US for a few decades which explains the english. I do enjoy the older dynasty warriors and have played a few of them on the channel too

[@OathofthePeachGarden]

By the way, if Lu Lingqi was in Three Kingdoms TW, what kind of character would she be? Vanguard ? :P

[@OathofthePeachGarden]

​@@SeriousTriviaoh thanks for letting me know!!

[@SeriousTrivia]

she is in the game as a generic champion I think (she is also an unique character in a mod that is pretty popular with the game)