Fu Xi/Strategy

Fu Xi is the most conducive of the Chinese major gods to aggressive play.

Strengths
In addition to the general wood savings, Blessed Construction and cheaper buildings allow players to train soldiers earlier. This combines with cheaper line upgrades and an early hero advantage to give followers of Fu Xi a very strong Classical Age military.

Early aggression isn't the only way to play as Fu Xi however, since his followers will be able to quickly respond to an enemy attack themselves. Additionally, the cheaper buildings can be used to build Gardens more quickly and rely less on Peasants. This, as well as his god power and technology, allow players to stockpile food easily.

Blessed Construction Strategies
Fu Xi’s most notable benefit is the ability to use Blessed Construction on any building during its construction (including Wonders). The benefit can be triggered the moment a building's foundation is placed on the map, which causes a heavenly light to shine and pieces of buildings to rain onto it. From that moment onward, the building's construction speed increases by 20%. The cost of this benefit is initially 25% of the building's original cost (after applying Fu Xi's 20% wood cost reduction), but if the benefit is saved for after construction has begun, that cost slowly dwindles.

One key use of Blessed Construction is to use it on a key building such as a Temple or an Armory in order to be able to advance to the next age sooner. It is also useful on other military such as a War Academy to simply have it completed faster and rushing the enemy. When used to build a forward base near an enemy town, it reduces the time Peasants spend in dangerous territory, allowing them to retreat earlier. Blessed Construction also stacks with Dabo Gong's Imperial Examination god power, speeding up building construction by 60%.

Weaknesses
As with the other Chinese gods, Fu Xi's weaknesses are not very significant but should not be ignored regardless. Although all Immortals can be trained from the Archaic Age, they only excel against Myth Units and will stand out like sore thumbs in battle. Enemies can target everything they have on them before bringing in their Myth Units and since Fu Xi lacks access to Chang'e, the player's Immortals are more likely to die from repeated attacks.

If Blessed Construction is used early enough, especially on buildings that cost food and/or gold, players may find themselves paying more for buildings even with Fu Xi's Wood cost reduction. If the economy is not doing well, players may end up spending valuable resources that could have been saved to train Peasants or soldiers and one used, Blessed Construction cannot be undone.

Finally, Fu Xi lacks access to any myth technologies that improves the stats of his archers or siege so those units will not be as strong as those of Nü Wa or Shennong.