Hannibal Barca (247-183 BC) was Carthage's greatest commander, remembered across the Middle East & Africa and beyond as one of the founding minds of Western strategy. In the Second Punic War he led his army — war elephants and all — across the Alps to strike at the Italian heartland itself, a feat thought impossible. At Cannae in 216 BC he wheeled both wings inward and annihilated a far larger Roman force in a single double envelopment, a masterclass of encirclement still studied as the model of winning against the odds. For more than a decade he roamed Italy undefeated, until the tide finally turned at Zama in 202 BC, where Scipio broke him and brought Carthage's dominance to its end.
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Hannibal Barca
The Scourge of Rome
The Carthaginian war-god who marched elephants over the Alps and turned the battlefield into Rome's longest nightmare — a frontline striker who grinds the enemy down where the lines meet.
History
On the Battlefield
Hannibal takes the field as a relentless melee striker — a hero who fights where the front lines collide rather than from safety behind them. His role blends raw damage with control: his signature, God of War's Trample, drives into a target and opens wounds that bleed long after the first blow, while his full-force strike leaves the enemy before him stunned and pinned in place to be ground down. Forged for close-quarters dominance, his trample grinds hardest while his own vigor still runs high — the deeper he stands in the press and the longer he holds, the more unstoppable his assault becomes.
Hero Bonds
Bonds this commander belongs to — activate by fielding all listed heroes together:
- Mandate of Heaven (天命君主) — with Cyrus the Great · Pericles → +5% Damage Reduction
- Expeditionary Commander (远征统帅) — with Alexander · Julius Caesar → +5% Damage Bonus
