Cai Wenji is not an outstanding card in the Hero Spectrum of Codename: Slaughter, but due to her low value and ease of acquisition, she has become one of the characters that many players are happy to explore. How Cai Wenji performs in Codename: Slaughter can be analyzed gradually. She not only possesses an elegant appearance but also has some usable skills. Next, we will delve into the essence of Cai Wenji's gameplay and reveal how she uses her card skills on the battlefield.
Cai Wenji initially has 4 health points, which is not a high survival base. Her first skill, "Eighteen Beats of the Huqin," grants Cai Wenji a passive yet powerful ability. Whenever a character on the field triggers a damage or death effect, she can quickly respond by drawing a card as a supplement, while cleverly discarding one card from the source of damage, or if applicable, from their divination area. At this point, players can make strategic discards, a process that still requires players to have sufficient judgment of the battlefield dynamics.

It is important to emphasize that the trigger conditions for "Eighteen Beats of the Huqin" are extremely critical. It does not simply respond to any form of damage, but strictly corresponds to those skill effects with the keywords "damage" or "death." This means that players need to have a deep understanding and accurate judgment of the various skill effects in the game to ensure that Cai Wenji's skill can be activated at the right time. For example, when facing a powerful enemy attack, if the attacker's skill carries a "damage" effect, Cai Wenji can use this opportunity to draw a card and discard a card, thereby enhancing her own card resources and reducing the opponent's chances of playing a kill card.
In addition, Cai Wenji's skill has a very high level of strategic flexibility. Players can choose the most appropriate time to activate the skill based on the battlefield situation and the opponent's play habits. For instance, when a key enemy character is about to unleash a powerful move, you can preemptively activate "Eighteen Beats of the Huqin" to disrupt their rhythm by discarding cards. Or, when your own character is in danger, you can promptly activate the skill to draw a card to enhance rescue capabilities, while discarding cards to weaken the enemy's attack, creating a balanced offensive and defensive situation. However, it is also important to consider whether your card play order allows for such operations.

Then there is the second skill, "Disorder and Heartbreak." When she herself suffers damage, this skill gives her a chance to reshape the battlefield. At this moment, she can swap positions with another character. The mechanism here is different from simple displacement because the action sequence of the current round will not change due to this swap. Instead, starting from the next round, the new seating order after the swap will take effect. However, this also means that no matter how Cai Wenji moves between friend and foe, she cannot act again within the same turn, which is a limitation brought by this skill.

Therefore, due to the effect of the position swap, Cai Wenji must wait until the next round to continue playing cards. Despite this, this skill is still very useful. In intense confrontations, Cai Wenji can use this skill to get closer to another enemy's position. Since the card play order in this game is fixed, and some cards' range of effect is limited to adjacent enemies, in multiplayer mode, the effectiveness of these kill cards may not be so good. Each position swap brought by this skill tests everyone's re-interpretation of the battlefield situation.

That concludes our introduction to Cai Wenji in Codename: Slaughter. In summary, Cai Wenji's performance in the game is relatively average. If you plan to use her, it is recommended to acquire her during early events. If there are no card events, it is not advisable to purchase this card in the early stages, as the room for utilizing her skills is currently not very extensive.