Dynasty Warriors 4 Liu Bei FAQ Written by: Mike Weiss (AKA acidfreeze30) Version 1.01 Updates / Version History: 1.01: Apparently I can't spell. =P 1.0: I already have all of the information listed, so the FAQ is finished for the most part. Unlike my other two character FAQs, I don't have the names of all of Liu Bei's weapons, since I started writing this after having gotten Liu Bei's level 10 weapon already. ------------------ Table of Contents: ------------------ 1) Introduction 2) Unlocking Liu Bei 3) Pros and Cons of Liu Bei 4) Liu Bei's Moves 5) Liu Bei's Level 10 Weapon 6) Liu Bei's Costumes 7) Items, Orbs, and Saddles 8) Frequently Asked Questions 9) Credits and Thanks 10) Contact Information 11) Copyright Information ------------- Introduction: ------------- Name: Liu Bei Style Name: Xu Ande Born: 161 A.D Died: 223 A.D. Liu Bei was distantly related to the Han Emperor line, which is why he claimed to have a legitimate claim to the thrown. He dreamed of restoring the Han to its former greatness, and named his kingdom Shu Han to further prove his goal. Along with his sworn brothers Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Liu Bei went to serve the imperial army during the Yellow Scarves Rebellion. He also helped fight against Dong Zhuo. Liu Bei then went on to wander with no land to call his own for a while. After being betrayed by Lu Bu, he joined with Cao Cao to help capture Lu Bu. Lu Bu offered to join Cao Cao, but Cao Cao had him put to death after Liu Bei reminded him of Lu Bu's history of turning on his masters. Liu Bei escaped from Cao Cao eventually, and joined with Yuan Shao. He left him too after finding that Guan Yu was still alive. Liu Bei went on to conquer the lands of Shu, under the advice of Zhuge Liang. He eventually declared himself Emperor of Shu Han. When he died, he left his son Liu Chan as his heir, but told Zhuge Liang that "If my son is not fit to rule, I want you to take the throne." ------------------ Unlocking Liu Bei: ------------------ Liu Bei is a character that can be used from the moment you turn the game on. Being the leader of Shu, he can be used in free mode and Shu's musou mode immediately. ------------------------- Pros and Cons of Liu Bei: ------------------------- Pros: -Balanced stats -Nice move set -Leader character, so you won't have to worry about your commander dying in most stages -Charge 6 is awesome for crowd clearing -Nice Musou (LIGHTSABER!) Cons: -His charge 1 is awkward ---------------- Liu Bei's Moves: ---------------- S = Square, T = Triangle SSSSSS: A series of slashes. I prefer his charge 6 for its crowd clearing ability and elemental attack. T: Liu Bei slides one way and then another. This is awkward to use. ST: An upward slash designed for juggling purposes. SST: A series of rapid slashes. Stuns the enemy with the last slash. This move is great. SSST: A powerful frontal slash. Does good damage, and is great before you get a level 4 or higher weapon. SSSST: An upward slash designed for juggling. You can press T again to follow up with a jumping slash. SSSSST: A spin slash that makes Link from Legend of Zelda wet his pants! This move is awesome for crowd clearing, especially with a Vorpal orb and Liu Bei's level 10 weapon. Running Attack: A sliding slash. Not bad as far as running attacks go. Jumping Attack: A downward slash. Not bad. Jumping Charge: A back flip followed by a down stab. This creates a small shock wave and hurts enemies near you. Avoid it like the plague near archers though. Musou Attack: A series of normal slashes followed by three longer ranged lightsaber esque slashes. Very cool. True Musou: The same as his Musou, but with fire added and an extra lightsaber slash set. Horse regular attack: Standard side to side slashes. Horse charge attack: A slash to each side, the usual horse charge. Horse Musou: Stronger side to side slashes. The horse will stop running momentarily when the attack ends, so keep that in mind when using it. ------------------------- Liu Bei's Level 10 Weapon ------------------------- Gold Moon Dragon - Attack + 52 (also allows you to use elements without having your musou meter full) Acquiring it: You must be playing in hard mode and already have Liu Bei's level 9 weapon. Play the Battle of Ru Nan. Note that it's called the battle of Ru Nan. It's a hidden stage that must be unlocked by first playing Shu Musou mode through once, and then start a new one. Skip the battle of Shi Shui Gate, and clear Hu Lao Gate without killing Lu Bu and make sure you kill Dong Zhou rather then let him escape. You should play the stage after Hu Lao Gate. First, meet up with Zhao Yun. He appears about 30 seconds into the stage. Go near him and you should see a cut scene. Kill Li Dian. Go inside the fort and meet up with Zhang Fei (he should say something to you). Kill Xiahou Yuan when he appears in the east, before Guan Yu appears. Now kill every other officer besides Cao Cao, including Xiahou Dun when he shows up. The weapon message should appear after you kill the last of them. I killed Yue Jin last, but I don't think it matters. Now finish the stage, and the weapon is your's. Make sure you're playing the battle of Ru Nan, and not Bo Wan Po. ------------------- Liu Bei's Costumes: ------------------- Costumes are unlocked as you increase in rank. Hit max rank and you'll have all six. 1) His standard greenish costume 2) Similar to his first costume, but a lighter green with some white thrown in. 3) His first costume, but with a different hat thing on his head. 4) This is to his second costume what his third costume is to his first. 5) His Dynasty Warriors 3 costume. OLD SCHOOL! 6) His DW3:XL Extra costume. It's like his 5th, but darker overall. ------------------------- Items, Orbs, and Saddles: ------------------------- Liu Bei starts with 2 item slots, and earns three more as you advance through the ranks. You also have an element orb slot and a saddle slot. Here I'll list some item combos to take a look at once I get all of the items. For now, I'll just put what I use. Items: Peacock Urn: Increases your max HP. This keeps you alive longer, which is nice, but defense > HP when it comes to how long you stay alive. Not a bad choice, but I would never take this over the Tortoise Amulet if I had to choose between the two. Dragon Amulet: Max Musou up. I don't use this, since I'd rather have a shorter but faster charging musou meter. The choice is your's, more hits or faster charging. Tiger Amulet: Attack up. Not a bad choice at all. More attack = things die faster = less things beating on you. Tortoise Amulet: Defense up. Equip this, always. This is a great item. Speed Scroll: Speed up. Don't waste an item slot on this. Liu Bei isn't slow, and you can always equip a saddle if you need to get from point A to point B faster. Wing Boots: Jump higher. No. Don't even bother with this. Huang's Bow: Bow attack up. I personally don't find this useful, since I don't use my bow much. In DW3, you had to snipe archers out of towers, but now you can just knock the towers down by slashing them. As a result, the Bow is less useful. Nanman Armor: Bow defense up. Archers aren't as annoying or powerful as they used to be, but this is still useful on certain stages which are full of archers. I don't use this unless I know I'm going to end up being a pin cushion in a certain level. Horned Helm: Mounted attack up. Don't waste an item slot on it. Calvary Armor: Mounted defense up. Yuck. Seven Star Sash: Luck up. Luck makes enemies more likely to drop meat buns and whatnot. Some people love this item, but I don't find it to be effective enough to warrant an item slot. Elixer: Faster Musou charge. This is awesome. I always equip mine. Herbal Remedy: Charge attack power up. I don't find this to be all that effective. I'd rather use the Tiger Amulet. Art of War: This doubles the length of temporary items you pick up in battle. While having 2 minutes of max musou in Chang Ban is fun, this item isn't worth a slot. Survival Guide: Doubles your attack when you're low on life. Not very useful. It can save your life, but not often enough to warrant using it. Way of Musou: Always use your True Musou, even when your life isn't in the red. Very nice item, but annoying as hell in two player mode. My friends and I have banned this for multiplayer, but I always use it in single player. Bodyguard Manual: This makes your bodyguards stronger. I can't quite tell if it makes them do more damage or take less damage, or what, but its effects aren't all the great if you ask me. Power Scroll: Tired of losing weapon locks? With this, you never will again! I don't use it, but I can see why some people would. I find weapon locks much harder to win now compared to DW3. Wind Scroll: More range. Very nice. This gives Liu Bei a nice boost in his crowd clearing skill. I love this item. Fire Arrows: Makes your arrows have a fire element. Like Huang's Bow, I don't use my bow enough to warrant an item slot devoted to this. Charge Bracer: This makes it harder for enemies to interrupt your charge attacks. This is fairly useful, but I personally get interrupted more while doing _normal_ attacks then I do while doing charge moves. Meh. Elemental Orbs: Elemental orbs can be equipped to add an elemental attack to your charge moves. They will take effect only when your Musou Gauge is full, unless you have a level 10 weapon equipped. Poison: Utter crap. When you hit someone with a charge move, they'll be poisoned. While poisoned, they take increased damage. Sounds nice, eh? Well, the poison lasts for such a ridiculously short period of time that this element is near useless. The amount the poison lowers people's defense by will increase with orb level. Fire: Very nice. This does damage over time while your opponent is in the air. The amount of damage dealt increases with the orb's level, and is quite nice. Ice: This will not always take effect. This will take effect at a set percentage of the time which increases with orb level. Basically, it freezes your opponents temporarily. The ice lasts long enough for you to take advantage of it, but this doesn't kick in frequently. It's ok at level 4, but there's better orbs out there. Lightning: Another great orb. This will knock the target into the air, while also knocking nearby enemies off their feet. Also, this will deal damage to anything hit by the lightning, and the damage increases with orb level. Lightning was pretty lousy in DW3 for all but a few characters, but it's been highly improved. This is another great choice for Liu Bei. Blast: This orb is a joke. It deals damage when enemies block your attacks, but the damage dealt is extremely small. This is next to worthless, even at level 4. Vorpal: This increases your attack power. It also has a chance to cause instant death (it won't kill officers, it'll take away 20% of their remaining HP). The instant death won't kick in all that often unless the orb is at level 4, but the increased attack power is nice. This is a decent choice. Saddles: Red Hare Harness: Red Hare is fast. Enough said. Use this when you need to get to places quickly. Unless you absolutely need every last ounce of speed, there are better saddle choices. Hex Mark Harness: Increases your luck, and gives you a horse that is slightly slower then Red Hare. Not great but not bad either. Shadow Harness: This thing is awesome. It let's you start the stage on Shadow Runner, a horse that not only looks cool, but is also only a little bit slower then Red Hare. The great part though is that this harness prevents you from being knocked off of any horses. Melee attacks, arrows, you name it. Nothing will make you leave your mount except the X Button! I personally use this saddle nearly all of the time. Storm Harness: A quick horse and a mounted attack boost. Nice for when you want to be able to hit things as you go by, but Shadow Runner is better for mounted combat. Elephant Harness: A tank, in animal form. Start any stage riding an elephant! Bring the glory of Nanman where ever you go! These are fun, but I personally prefer horses. TO each his own, I guess. --------------------------- Frequently Asked Questions: --------------------------- Q: Are you going to write anymore FAQs? A: I just did. >_> <_< Q: How do I get <insert character here>'s 10th weapon? A: If I haven't written a FAQ on that character, please consult Muni's FAQ. It has excellent information, and is easy to follow. Q: I can't get Liu Bei's 10th weapon! I'm playing at Ru Nan, but Zhao Yun starts in the battle! A: I get asked this so frequently that this gets a separate answer then the above. You my friend are playing the wrong stage. You want the Battle of Ru Nan, not the stage you start with that happens to be at Ru Nan. The battle of Ru Nan is one of Shu's hidden stages, and can be unlocked by meeting set requirements in their Musou mode. ------------------- Credits and Thanks: ------------------- Credit for actually writing this FAQ goes to me, of course. If anyone else contributes anything to this, I'll give them credit and thank them here. -------------------- Contact Information: -------------------- Before E-Mailing or IMing me for help, please follow these simple guidelines: 1) Don't ask me anything that's already covered in this FAQ. You won't get an answer. I'm not going to waste my time answering questions I've already answered here. 2) If you're E-Mailing me, please put "Dynasty Warriors 4" or something like that in the E-Mail title. Otherwise, I might delete it, thinking it's spam. Likewise, if you IM me with a question, say something like "In Dynasty Warriors 4, <insert question here>" so I know that you're asking me a DW4 question. 3) Don't send me any E-mail with attachments. They'll be deleted. 4) If you E-Mail or IM me, make it legible. If I can't read your question, I can't answer it. If I get something like "how 2 u get the thing 4 ur guy that does stuff???????" I'm not going to answer it. 5) Please be polite. No one likes a jerk. As long as you follow those guidelines, I'll be more than happy to answer your question to the best of my ability. E-Mail: acidfreeze30@yahoo.com AIM: acidfreeze118 ---------------------- Copyright Information: ---------------------- This FAQ is copyright (c) Mike Weiss 2003. Do not reproduce this FAQ in any way, shape, or form without my express written consent. I wrote this, and only I can give you permission to use it. If I catch anyone making a profit off of anything I've written without my permission, there'll be hell to pay.