Xuanming is a Season 3 Shieldbearer. Use Xuanming when you defend or garrison: the War skill Qimen Formation gives all troops +16% ATK at Lv.5.
Exclusive skills: Arrest Liquor Force, War Qimen Formation.
Where this comes from: Xuanming’s hero and Exclusive Equipment screens, captured by MORÖX on S216 (Sep–Oct 2026).
Also from the game: all 6 hero skills (3 Arrest, 3 War) with Lv.1 to Lv.5 values, from Xuanming’s Skills screens (Oct 2026). Jump to skills.
Not yet measured: star upgrades.
What would change this: a game update to Ink Blade or to Xuanming’s skills.
When to use Xuanming
Xuanming’s War skill switches on only when you defend or garrison. In any other battle it does nothing, so a trio built for a different battle leaves Xuanming idle. Read the pick-by-battle table to see who else boosts defending battles.
Exclusive Equipment: Ink Blade
Shieldbearer HP and Lethality +73.5% at Lv.10.
Season 3 equipment adds +7.35% troop HP and Lethality per level, up to +73.5% at Lv.10 (378,000 power). Maxing it takes 550 parts. In most heroes the rate is set by season, not by the hero: see the Season Rule. Known exceptions: Tyronn and Phoenix.
Odd levels raise the Arrest skill, even levels the War skill
Exclusive skills
Liquor Force
ATK of the units affected by Liquor Mist will be increased by 32% for 5 seconds.
Arrest skills change how Xuanming fights.
Qimen Formation
Defending: all troops ATK +16%.
War skills boost every troop, in one kind of battle.
Trios with Xuanming
Highest-season fully role-matched defensive trio through Season 3.
Hero Combo Academy trios, now in the Trio Lab guide. Every hero in these trios has an in-game War skill for that battle (54 of 54).
Hero skills
Xuanming has six hero skills, levelled from 1 to 5. Arrest skills work in Xuanming’s own fights. War skills boost your troops in the battles Xuanming marches in. In a rally, a joiner brings only the first War skill of the first hero: for Xuanming that is Mountain Cleaver.
Liquor Mist
Sprays a mist of liquor, granting allied Heroes and Prisoner Power Armors within range Shields equal to ATK*150%, while allied Minions receive Shields equal to ATK*50% for 4 seconds.
Drunken Slash
Deals AoE DMG equal to ATK*180% to enemies in a cone area in front, and increases DMG taken by hit targets by 15% for 5 seconds.
Fury Unleashed
Increases DEF by 145% when HP is below 40%.
Mountain Cleaver
Increases all allied troops' Lethality by 25%.
Ironclad Protection
Increases all allied troops' DEF by 25%.
Vital Surge
Reduces DMG taken by troops by 20%. After the battle, if our force is reduced to 80% or less of the initial number, immediately recovers 10% of lightly wounded soldiers.
Skill text copied from Xuanming’s in-game Skills screens, shared by MORÖX (Oct 2026). Every value passed our skill checks. Tags such as “Weakens enemy” are our summary of the game text.
Warden notes
Tips, questions and field reports from members about Xuanming. A member’s first note is read by the LOJ XLab team before it shows.
Members only · be specific (season, battle, levels) · no names of other players · max 1,000 characters.
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