The Chinese pantheon introduced with Age of Mythology: Retold’s Immortal Pillars expansion is vastly different from the Chinese pantheon in the original game. While the major gods remain the same, minor gods, myth units, human units, and god powers have been completely redesigned. On top of that, the playstyle and new mechanics make this pantheon feel entirely unique.
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Fuxi is the god of civilization, culture, and heaven. Compared to other major Chinese gods, he is considered more offensive, but depending on the minor gods you choose, he can also be highly versatile. In this guide, we’ve gathered everything you need to know about playing Fuxi.
Fuxi Overview
One of the most unique aspects of Fuxi is his God Blessing, Yin and Yang. With this blessing, Yin and Yang alternate every four minutes:
- During Yin, your Peasants and Kuafu gain ten percent increased gathering speed.
- During Yang, your human soldiers and siege weapons deal ten percent more damage.
In addition, buildings located in your Favored Land complete research 300 percent faster, allowing you to gain a technological advantage over your opponents very quickly.
Another benefit Fuxi provides is related to Additions — extra structures attached to Military Camps and Machine Workshops. You have two options: either add a small tower that fires at enemies, or reduce unit training time. With Fuxi, these additions cost 50 percent less.
Fuxi’s god power is The Peach Blossom Spring. This automatically stockpiles resources from a source of your choice — except Favor. Your workers can gather these resources at any time, but once you do, the stockpiling stops.
Offensively, Fuxi offers powerful technologies like Celestial Weapons, which lets your heroes deal extra divine damage, particularly against myth units. Another key technology is Tai Chi, which increases your heroes’ pierce and hack armor, while also reducing their training time by 25 percent.
In terms of offense, Fuxi also grants access to Nezha in the Classical Age (the second age). Nezha is one of the legendary heroes, growing stronger with each age you advance.
Minor God Choices
Fuxi’s minor god options are extremely versatile. Since Fuxi excels both economically and offensively, you should select your minor gods based on the current situation in each age. You can choose gods that add healing units to your army or ones that make your forces even more deadly:
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Minor God |
Description |
|---|---|
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Xuannu |
Xuannu fits both defensive and offensive playstyles. Her myth unit, the Qilin, can heal your units. With the Qilin’s Blessing technology, their healing power and range increase, keeping your troops alive longer. Additionally, her Reincarnation technology allows one human unit to spawn at the Temple after every five human units of the same type die, rewarding aggressive play. Her god power, Vanish, is also offensive, turning friendly units invisible for a time — ideal for surprise attacks or infiltrating key areas in undefended enemy bases. |
|
Chiyou |
Chiyou is fully offensive. He enhances your army and makes looting more rewarding. His god power, Lightning Weapons, gives human units and ships a chance to stun enemies with each attack, making land and naval battles far deadlier. Xuannu offers no naval bonuses, so Chiyou is often the better pick on water maps. His Spoils of War technology rewards aggression further by returning 50 percent of the cost of destroyed enemy buildings. Chiyou’s myth unit, Yazi, can teleport to enemies while attacking, making it especially effective against ranged units. |
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Goumang |
Goumang is a balanced minor god suitable for all situations. His myth unit, the Taowu, is very tanky. With Frenzied Dash, their dash attack damage increases, making them both tough and dangerous. His god power, Forest Protection, is more defensive, rooting enemies while healing your units and protecting buildings. Goumang also improves naval combat with Maelstrom, allowing Arrow Ships to spawn vortices that deal divine damage, ideal against mythical sea units. On wood-scarce maps, his Vibrant Land upgrade is essential, increasing wood gather rate and spawning trees near houses. |
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Nuba |
Nuba is a purely offensive god. Her god power, Drought, is perfect for siege warfare, making enemy buildings easier to destroy while blocking construction and repairs in its area. Her Scorching Feathers upgrade reduces enemy pierce and hack armor when hit by your ranged units, though the effect isn’t permanent. Her myth unit, Taotie, devours enemy human units to grow larger and stronger, similar to Hydra. Her Rock Solid technology makes your myth units take 60 percent less damage while standing still, though this drops to 10 percent when moving. |
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Gongong |
Gonggong grants access to the Qinglong, a flying myth unit immune to melee damage. With the Rising Tide upgrade, Qinglong gain veterancy tiers as they fight, increasing their attack speed significantly. His god power, Great Flood, is devastating, scattering enemy armies and damaging buildings. Tempestuous Storm reduces hero costs and greatly shortens ability cooldowns, making your heroes much more effective. Lastly, the Last Stand upgrade toughens cavalry units the lower their HP gets, making it essential for cavalry-based armies. |
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Huangdi |
Huangdi’s god power is similar to the Norse Nidhogg, summoning a dragon. His myth unit, Hundun, temporarily banishes and terrifies enemies, disrupting army formations. With Power of Chaos, Hundun deals 200 percent more damage to banished enemies, making them even more lethal. Imperial Order reduces the cost of units trained at Military Camps, giving your melee units an economic edge. Lastly, Xuanyuan’s Bloodline causes infantry units to deal damage to nearby enemy infantry when they die, while also granting nearby allies lifesteal for a short time |
General Tips
Time Your Attacks With The Yang Phase
Make sure to use your God Blessing efficiently. Since you will be constantly gathering resources, you won’t need to worry much about Yin. However, during the Yang Phase, your human soldiers and siege units will deal ten percent more damage.
The Yin-Yang cycle switches every four minutes, so prepare your army before entering the Yang phase and launch your attacks at this time to take full advantage of the damage bonus.
Heroes Are Your Biggest Strength
Fuxi’s heroes are slightly more defensive thanks to Tai Chi research upgrade, and they also train faster. Because of this, always remember to train your heroes from the Imperial Academy. In particular, Nezha is a hero exclusive to Fuxi, and you’ll be able to train a stronger version of him in the later ages.
Additionally, you can also train Yang Jian, Jiang Ziya, and five Sage, giving you strong counters against myth units. Don’t forget to research Celestial Weapons, which boosts your heroes’ damage even further. Choosing minor gods that enhance heroes can also be a smart move.
Always Prioritize Building Research Upgrades
Fuxi boosts research speed in the Favored Land by 300 percent, giving you a massive technological edge. Use this advantage to quickly unlock both defensive and offensive upgrades, and don’t delay your research.
Don’t Harvest The Blossom Spring Too Early
Convert your Peach Blossom Spring into whichever resource you’re struggling with the most — make this decision based on map conditions and the state of your economy. For example, if you’re playing on a map with limited gold mines, you can convert it into gold production.
Since you’ll likely have farms for food already, you may want to avoid using it for food unless absolutely necessary. Keep in mind that your workers can gather resources from Peach Blossom Spring very quickly, so you can use it to bail yourself out in tight situations.
However, avoid using it too early, especially in the early game when resources are plentiful. Ideally, let it accumulate resources over time and place it somewhere in your base away from the most likely direction of enemy attacks.
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