Description[]
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Rage Requirement: 1000 Upgrade Preview: |
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When troops led by this commander consist of 2 different unit types, all damage is increased. When troops consist of 3 or more different types, all damage increased. Upgrade Preview: |
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When attacking cities, each normal attack has a 10% chance to heal a portion of his slightly wounded units. Upgrade Preview: |
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Troops led by this commander gain increased troop capacity. Additionally, when Hannibal is in battle outside of alliance territory, using a skill increases all damage dealt for 3 seconds. Upgrade Preview: |
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Deals direct damage to the current target (Damage Factor 400), then deals additional damage to up to 3 targets in a fan-shaped area on the next turn (Damage Factor 300), and decreases their damage by 25% and defense by 25% for 3 seconds. |
Background
Hannibal Barca was a Carthaginian general, considered one of the greatest military commanders in history. His father Hamilcar Barca was the leading Carthaginian commander during the First Punic War. His younger brothers were Mago and Hasdrubal, and he was brother-in-law to Hasdrubal the Fair. Hannibal lived during a period of great tension in the western Mediterranean Basin when the Roman Republic established its supremacy over great powers such as ancient Carthage, the Etruscans, Samnites and the Greek king of Syracuse. One of his most famous achievements was the outbreak of the Second Punic War when he marched an army which included war elephants from Iberia over the Pyrenees and the Alps into Italy. In his first few years in Italy, he won three dramatic victories - the Trebia, Lake Trasimene, and Cannae, in which he distinguished himself for his ability to determine his and his opponents' respective strengths and weaknesses, and to plan the battle accordingly - and won over many allies of Rome. Hannibal occupied much of Italy for 15 years but was unable to march on Rome. An enemy counter-invasion of North Africa forced him to return to Carthage, where he was decisively defeated by Scipio Africanus at the Battle of Zama.