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Sun Jian

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Sun Jian

Sun Jian is an Age of Empires II melee cavalry hero appearing in The Three Kingdoms. This entry focuses on its AoE II role and unit statistics; campaign-only and trainable versions are identified separately.

Sun Jian Age of Empires II hero
Sun Jian Age of Empires II hero

Overview

Sun Jian is an Age of Empires II melee cavalry hero appearing in The Three Kingdoms. This entry focuses on its AoE II role and unit statistics; campaign-only and trainable versions are identified separately.

Availability and investment

Sun Jian becomes available in Trainable hero. The roster classifies it as Hero unit. The listed cost is not separately recorded and the training time is not separately recorded. This tells you when it can first join an army and which resources must be reserved alongside Villager production, upgrades, and other military lines.

    Combat profile

    The available combat values are included here so the numbers can be read as a profile rather than an isolated list. Hit points and armor describe how long the unit can remain exposed; attack and any bonus damage describe what it threatens; range, reload, accuracy, and movement describe how reliably it can engage or disengage. A value shown for a whole upgrade line applies to the listed stages as recorded, so compare the stage names instead of treating the line as one base unit.

    Field use

    Use its mobility to choose the engagement: pressure exposed economy, reinforce quickly, or withdraw from a prepared counter. Avoid trading its movement advantage for a stationary fight unless the target justifies it.

    Armor classes and counters

    Armor-class bonuses are separate from base attack and the target’s melee or pierce armor. The class list below shows the unit’s documented combat categories and bonus-damage relationships; use it to judge matchups instead of relying on the unit label alone.

    Battlefield role and use

    Sun Jian is an Age of Empires II melee cavalry hero appearing in The Three Kingdoms. This entry focuses on its AoE II role and unit statistics; campaign-only and trainable versions are identified separately. Special ability: Southland Tactics; Immune to conversion. As a hero, it regenerates 30 HP/min. Its scenario or hero rules distinguish it from an ordinary recruit. Protect its special ability and survival value instead of treating it as a replaceable front-line unit.

    Base unit statistics

    Melee attack
    15
    Range
    '''Aura:''' 10
    Speed
    1.55
    Rate of fire
    2
    Regeneration
    30 HP/min
    Ability
    Southland Tactics; Immune to conversion
    Food cost
    500
    Gold cost
    500
    Armor classes
    Cavalry; Unique unit
    Availability
    Trainable hero

    Base values before civilization bonuses or researched technologies.

    Focus
    Melee cavalry hero
    Signature / category
    Hero unit
    Release / context
    The Three Kingdoms
    Classification
    Trainable heroes
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