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= DYNASTY WARRIORS 4: XTREME LEGENDS =
= Zhang Fei Character FAQ =
= Version 1.0 =
= By: Commander JP =
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Tables of Contents
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1. Version History [vershis]
2. Zhang Fei's History [zhanghis]
3. Pros and Cons of Zhang Fei [procon]
4. Zhang Fei's Moveset [zhangmove]
5. Zhang Fei's Weapons [zhangwep]
6. Zhang Fei's Costumes [zhangcos]
7. Zhang Fei's Level 10 Weapon [lvl10wpn]
8. Zhang Fei's Level 11 Weapon [lvl11wpn]
9. Zhang Fei's Legend Stage [zhangleg]
10. Suggested Item Combinations [sugitem]
11. Frequently Asked Questions [zhangfaq]
12. Credits [cred]
13. Legal Stuff [mumbojumbo]
14. Contacting Me [contactinfo]
And now, on with the FAQ.
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= 1. Version History [vershis] =
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Version 1.1:
- Finally got his level 11 weapon, and added some reader input. Not too much
extra on this update. Pretty much near completion, I think.
Version 1.0:
- Opened up the guide, and filled in practically every section with information.
Hopefully, this will be helpful to you all. Still need to get his level 11
weapon, though. Hopefully I'll find some time to.
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= 2. Zhang Fei's History [zhanghis] =
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From the Encyclopedia (Available in the game):
"Zhang Fei: 168 - 221
An officer of Shu and member of the Five Tigers. Sworn brother of Liu Bei and
Guan Yu. At the Battle of Chang Ban he alone rode out on the Chang Ban Bridge
and gave a poweful shout, frightening off one million of Cao Cao's troops, who
were in pursuit. A lover of wine and drink, it often leads to his defeat in
battle more times than not."
From the Kongming.net archives:
"Zhang Fei, styled Yide, was a native of Zhuo commandery, and had dealings with
Guan Yu and Liu Bei during his earlier days. Guan Yu was older than him by
several years hence Zhang Fei treated him like an elder brother. Liu Bei served
Cao Cao during the annexation of Lü Bu. During this time, Zhang Fei followed Liu
Bei to Xu (Du), and Cao Cao appointed him as Zhonglang Jiang. Subsequently, Liu
Bei went against Cao Cao to join Yuan Shao and Liu Biao.
When Liu Biao passed away, Cao Cao entered Jingzhou and Liu Bei had to flee to
Jiangnan. Cao Cao pursued and within one day and night his army reached Changban
of Dangyang. Upon hearing the arrival of Cao Cao’s troops, Liu Bei abandoned his
wife and child and commanded Zhang Fei to lead 20 horsemen to guard the rear.
Zhang Fei destroyed a bridge and guarding at the waters, he glared and pointed
his spear saying, “I am Zhang Yide, and anyone can come and challenge me to
fight to the death!” None of the enemies dared to venture near, hence a clashing
of the armies was avoided.
After that, Liu Bei was able to secure Jiangnan and he appointed Zhang Fei as
the governor of Yidu, Zhenglu Jiangjun (General Who Subdues the Caitiffs) and
also the title of Marquis of Xinting, and subsequently he was transferred to
Nanjun.
When Liu Bei entered Yizhou, and even invaded Liu Zhang, Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang
and the rest of the troops followed the flow of the river and in the process
pacified the various prefectures and commanderies in the region. They reached
Jiangzhou and conquered Liu Zhang’s general Yan Yan, governor of Ba Commandery,
alive. Zhang Fei scolded Yan Yan, “The army is here and why do you not
surrender, instead attempting to go against us?” Yan Yan replied, “You people
have no reason to come and invade our lands. In our lands, there will only be
headless generals and no surrendering generals.” Zhang Fei was wrathful and
ordered his soldiers to behead him, but Yan Yan did not change his expression
and retorted, “If you want to kill me, by all means do so, why lose your
temper?” Zhang Fei was moved by his words and released him and treated him like
an honorable guest.
Zhang Fei moved on in Yizhou winning all the battles and finally met up with Liu
Bei’s troops in Chengdu. Yizhou was eventually pacified and Zhuge Liang, Fa
Zheng, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu were each awarded 500 catties of gold, 1,000
catties of silver, 5,000 units of money and 1,000 bales of silk; the rest of the
riches were distributed to the rest of the ranks. Zhang Fei was also appointed
as the governor of Baxi in the process.
Cao Cao conquered Zhang Lu and stationed Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He to guard
Hanchuan. Zhang He led some troops from the main army to go south to Baxi and
attempted to relocate the civilians to Hanzhong. His army entered Dangqu,
Dangshi and fought with Zhang Fei’s army for some fifty days. Zhang Fei led his
ten thousand or so elite troops and ambushed Zhang He’s men from another
direction. The mountain road was narrow and Zhang He’s army was unable to assist
each other at both ends, thus Zhang Fei scored a victory against him. Zhang He
was forced to abandon his horse and escape through the mountainous regions with
only dozens of men. In the end, Zhang He led his army to retreat back to
Nanzheng, thus the people of Ba reclaimed their peace.
When Liu Bei became the Prince of Hanzhong, he gave Zhang Fei the superficial
title of You Jiangjun (General of the Left). During the first year of ZhangWu
(AD 221), Zhang Fei was appointed as Cheqi Jiangjun (General of Chariots and
Cavalry), Colonel Director of the Retainers and further given the title of
Marquis of Xixiang. In the records of Liu Bei’s speech, it says that, “I
[Liu Bei] act according to the will of heaven in a bid to eradicate the unrest
in the country and bring order to the land. Presently, there are many caitiffs
wreaking havoc, thus causing suffering among the people. Those who think of Han
would be waiting anxiously for actions to be taken against the unrest. I myself
am worried, as I sit restlessly and unable to sense the taste of food; as I
gather the armies to listen to my promise [to heaven] and my desire to execute
the will of heaven. I need your loyalty and I need to gather the talents of the
land and may this mission be spread far and wide, to be made obvious to all, to
alert those nobles holding positions in the capital. With the blessing of
heaven, I will reward the virtuous and annihilate the wicked.”
In the beginning, Zhang Fei was deemed to be inferior to Guan Yu despite his
strength and might, but Wei advisors like Cheng Yu claimed that Guan Yu and
Zhang Fei were “capable of fighting ten thousand men”. Guan Yu was good to his
subordinates but arrogant toward the rest of the officials, on the contrary,
Zhang Fei was respectful toward the gentlemen but abusive toward his inferiors.
Liu Bei often reminded him, “You [Zhang Fei] kill excessively and often whip
your soldiers. Beware that one day you would be in trouble with your
subordinates.” Zhang Fei was worried but he did not reform.
When Liu Bei had a campaign against Wu, Zhang Fei was put in charge of some tens
of thousands of troops, and he was supposed to meet up at Jiangzhou from
Langzhong. Before his arrival, his subordinates Zhang Da and Fan Qiang killed
him and brought his decapitated head to surrender to Sun Quan. The Chief
Controller in Zhang Fei’s camp reported the incident to Liu Bei and upon seeing
the presence of the report from the Chief Controller, Liu Bei exclaimed, “Zhang
Fei has died!” Zhang Fei was then given a posthumous title of Marquis of
Yueheng. His eldest son Zhang Bao died early, whilst his second son Zhang Shao
succeeded his father and was made a palace attendant and one of the imperial
secretariats. Zhang Bao’s son Zhang Zun was also made an imperial secretariat
and followed Zhuge Zhan to Mianzhu, whereby he was killed in a battle against
Deng Ai."
* Credit to the Kongming.net archives for the information above.
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= 3. Pros and Cons of Zhang Fei [procon] =
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Pros:
- Strong.
* He is an amazingly strong character, and his level 10/level 11 weapons help
to prove this point.
- Good moveset.
* Several of his moves are simply awesome for clearing crowds.
Cons:
- Slow.
* One of the slowest characters in the game, and the Speed Scroll does little
to help this fact.
- Juggling Musou.
* Some people don't consider this bad. However, juggling has a 1/2 damage
handicap.
Overall:
Zhang Fei is an above average character, and definitely worth trying out.
Equipped with a saddle, he can get anywhere he needs to. His moves will
generally clear crowds out before they can hurt him too much.
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= 4. Zhang Fei's Moveset [zhangmove] =
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Legend:
S = Square
T = Triangle
Jump = While Jumping
Horse = While on a horse
Taunt = R3 (Push the right analog stick in)
Running = While Running (After taking about 6 or 7 steps)
S: Fairly low strike on his left side to in front of him.
SS: He pulls his arm around, striking the other side with slightly less range.
SSS: A diagonol strike from upper left to down right.
SSSS: A horizontal strike from right to left, hitting almost 180 degrees.
SSSSS: Another horizontal attack, but from left to right.
SSSSSS: He jumps and spins around with his spear, for a 360 degree strike.
T: Zhang Fei reaches forward with his left hand to grab his enemy, and lifts
them up in the air. He then thrusts them down and forward. He is invincible
while performing this move.
ST: He charges up, and swipes the bottom tip of his spear upwards into the
enemy.
SST: He swings his spear right and left while stepping forward, destroying the
crowd he uses it on. After the move ends, he sends a small energy wave, hitting
all enemies around him.
SSST: A throw-like move. He thrusts his spear into the enemy, lifts them up and
spins them around (Also hitting nearby enemies), followed by swinging his spear
around, clearing everyone around him.
SSSST: Knocks the enemy into the air with his spear, followed by jumping up to
crush down on them.
SSSSST: Steps on the tip of his spear while shoving it into the ground, causing
a small earthquake around him. Probably one of his best two crowd clearing
moves.
Running S: Shoves forward, head first. Fairly good for opening an assault.
Jump S: While in the air, he swings his spear hitting most of the enemies in
front of him.
Jump T: Spins in the air, and then lands on his spear, causing a slight
earthquake around him.
Horse S: Typical right/left swings on either side of the horse.
Horse T: Charges up before swinging to the right/left of the horse.
Taunt: Unlike other taunts, this one does actual damage. However, this taunt
can be blocked.
Horse Taunt: Oddly enough, it is similar to a normal taunt. All it does is
break the enemy guard.
Musou: Juggles the enemies upon his spear, then swings his spear in front of
him to clear a crowd.
True Musou: Same as his normal Musou, but carries fire element and launches
several quick spear strikes at the end.
Horse Musou: Fast and powerful swings on either side of the horse until his
Musou runs out.
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= 5. Zhang Fei's Weapons [zhangwep] =
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= Level = Name = Atk = WepXP =
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= Level 1 = Bronze Pike = +17 = None =
= Level 2 = Bronze Pike = +20 = 1000 =
= Level 3 = Bronze Pike = +23 = 3000 =
= Level 4 = Iron Pike = +28 = 6000 =
= Level 5 = Iron Pike = +31 = 10000 =
= Level 6 = Iron Pike = +34 = 15000 =
= Level 7 = Serpent Blade = +43 = 21000 =
= Level 8 = Serpent Blade = +46 = 28000 =
= Level 9 = Serpent Blade = +49 = 36000 =
= Level 10 = Viper Blade = +58 = 36000 =
= Level 11 = Venom = +60 = 36000 =
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= Level 11 Weapon Bonuses: =
= Tiger Amulet [Level 20] =
= Horned Helm [Level 13] =
= Elixir [Level 18] =
= Herbal Remedy [Level 17] =
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= Weapon Appearance =
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= Level 1-3: A simple spear, with a curved blade portion. =
= Level 4-6: Still a spear, but a split blade at the end. =
= Level 7-9: More curves at the end of the blade. =
= Level 10: A much more majestic spear, with a 4 splits. =
= Level 11: Two main splits, with little splits inbetween. =
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Level 10 Weapon Note: You need to do one of two scenarios to earn your level 10
weapon, which is listed in the "Zhang Fei's Level 10 Weapon" section.
Level 11 Weapon Note: You need to do a scenario to earn your level 11 weapon,
which is listed in the "Zhang Fei's Level 11 Weapon" section.
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= 6. Zhang Fei's Costumes [zhangcos] =
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Costume 1: His basic outfit. He wears a vest over his chest, with the sleeve cut
off on the left arm, and down to the elbow on the other side. He wears a hat
with a red hairband. He wears some colorful battle garbs around his waist, and a
bottle (Of alcohol?) on his belt.
Costume 2: A white-themed color variation of his first outfit.
Costume 3: Similar to his first oufit. The sleeve is a bit shorter, and he is
wearing more coverage on his chest.
Costume 4: A white-themed color variation of his third outfit.
Costume 5: Zhang Fei's original outfit from Dynasty Warriors 3. He wears
different garbs, and both sides of his shirt go down a little on his arms. A bit
of his chest is covered, too.
Costume 6: A greyish-themed color variation of his fifth outfit.
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= 7. Zhang Fei's Level 10 Weapon [lvl10wpn] =
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NOTE: There are TWO methods to unlocking his Level 10 Weapon, though one
requires disk swapping to do so.
REQUIREMENTS:
- You must have Zhang Fei's Level 9 Weapon.
- You must be playing on HARD difficulty.
WITH DISK SWAP (Dynasty Warriors 4 Method):
Stage: Battle of Chang Ban
Side: Shu
Method:
- Defeat Xiahou Dun.*
- Defeat Xiahou Yuan.*
- Defeat Xiahou En.*
- Defeat Xiahou De.*
- Get the yell event at Chang Ban Bridge.
- Rescue Liu Chan while on a horse.
* Order is not required.
How I did it:
- First thing I did was kill all of the Xiahou family, while making sure Liu Bei
stays alive.
- I lured Zhang He into following me onto Chang Ban bridge, triggering the event.
* The event is triggered by having an Officer on the bridge with you.
- After the notice about Liu Chan being in the castle, I rode over on my horse
and opened the box. I also grabbed the 60 Second Musou while on the horse.
WITHOUT DISK SWAP (Dynasty Warriors 4:XL Method):
Stage: Legend of Zhang Fei
Side: Zhang Fei
Method:
- Do not let more than 1 team of enemies pass through Chang Ban Bridge (-10
points).
- Defeat all enemy Generals that come to Chang Ban Bridge. (100 Points)
* Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Yu Jin, Zhang He, Cao Ren, Li Dian, Xu Huang, Yue
Jin, and Xu Chu.
How I did it:
* NOTE: I honestly can't say I have earned the level 10 weapon for Zhang Fei
using DW4:XL. If anyone has, please send your strategy to my e-mail address,
listed at the end of the guide.
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= 8. Zhang Fei's Level 11 Weapon [lvl11wpn] =
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* NOTE: Zhang Fei's level 11 weapon is only obtainable on Xtreme Legends.
REQUIREMENTS:
- You must have Zhang Fei's Level 10 Weapon.
- You must be playing on EXPERT difficulty.
Stage: Legend of Zhang Fei
Side: Zhang Fei
Method:
- Do not let more than 1 team of enemies pass through Chang Ban Bridge (-10
points).
- Defeat all enemy Genearls that come to Chang Ban Bridge. (100 points)
* Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Yu Jin, Zhang He, Cao Ren, Li Dian, Xu Huang, Yue
Jin, and Xu Chu.
- Defeat Cao Cao when he comes to the Chang Ban Bridge.
How I did it:
- A lot of Saving and Loading, simply put. The basic strategy is to stay around
the bridge and wait for the officers to come to YOU.
- As they all arrived at the bridge, I would save. Load the game, try and kill
them with as much HP possible, then save again. Try to run towards enemies on
the bridge, as they will often run back.
* NOTE: Muni Shinobu suggested that you can "park" your horse sideways on the
bridge to help stall enemies. It does help, but not forever.
My equipment setup:
SADDLE: Shadow Runner
ORB : Vorpal
ITEM1 : Tiger Amulet
ITEM2 : Tortoise Amulet
ITEM3 : Peacock Urn
ITEM4 : Wind Scroll
Reader suggestions:
Ada the Spy:
""In both the FAQs, it says that you can only let one group of troops to
go through the bridge, and you can still get the weapon. That's what
happen to me: Only a little more than 1
minute remained, and Cao Cao was the only one left. I rushed to him,
ignore the soldiers. As I was kicking his xxx, the message that said
(forgot the exact sentence) troops
have gone through the Chang Ban Bridge appeared 4-5 TIMES!!! I beat the
stage, and I got the weapon.
So, I think more than one group of troops can go through bridge, and you
may still get the weapon. Don't ever give up even when you see that
message appeas for more than
one time (I was about to reset when that message appeared for multiple
times...).
My equipment:
Shadow
Vorpal
Tiger Amulet
Tortoise Amulet
Peacock Urn (HP DOES HELP!!!)
Wind Scroll"
* NOTE: I did not try letting those extra soldiers across. Only one group made
it across during my play, and I still got a perfect (100) S-Rank.
Summary: You can let more than 1 troop make it across the bridge.
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= 9. Zhang Fei's Legend Stage [zhangleg] =
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The in-game text:
"In 208 AD, Liu Bei, who had settled in the Jing province, was attacked from the
north by Cao Cao's massive army. Lacking the resources to resist, Liu Bei was
left with no choice but to flee.
Liu Bei's march went slowly, as it was hampered by the thousands of peasants who
had chosen to follow him. Finally, at Chang Ban, Cao Cao's forces caught up with
Liu Bei and began their assault.
With troops and peasants alike fleeing in terror, Zhang Fei requested to be
given the rear guard. He alone now stood between Liu Bei and his doom. Not one
enemy soldier may pass!"
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= 10. Suggested Item Combinations [sugitem] =
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LEVEL 1-10 WEAPON SETUPS:
SADDLE: Shadow Runner
ORB : Vorpal
ITEM1 : Tiger Amulet
ITEM2 : Tortoise Amulet
ITEM3 : Peacock Urn
ITEM4 : Wind Scroll
A fairly basic setup. It allows you to have an Attack, Defense, HP, and range
boost. For me, this is a setup that I always seem to use on my characters. The
Shadow Runner's ability to never fall of a horse is extremely helpful thing, too.
SADDLE: Shadow Runner
ORB : Ice
ITEM1 : Tiger Amulet
ITEM2 : Dragon Amulet
ITEM3 : Musou Power Scroll (Japanese name)
ITEM4 : Secret Book of Godly Orbs (Japanese name)
This setup is dedicated to abusing his 360 degree moves, and his Musou. I tried
it before, and it's a fairly fun setup to use. Dragon Amulet helps his Musou max,
so you can get another hit or two from the Musou Power Scroll. The main srategy
is a short, simple move (Just SST, without the extra T hits) to freeze as much
as you can, then plow into your enemies with your Musou. For those you don't
freeze, Musou Power Scroll does it's job.
LEVEL 11 WEAPON SETUPS:
<COMING SOON>
If anyone has any setups, please don't hesitate to e-mail me. The address is
listed at the end of the guide.
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= 11. Frequently Asked Questions [zhangfaq] =
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None are here as of yet, but hopefully there will be some in the future!
E-mail address listed at the end of the FAQ.
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= 12. Credits [cred] =
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CJayC - For creating GameFAQs. Duh.
Muni Shinobu - For his level 11 Weapon method, as well as his level 10 Weapon
method.
Clementchong - For having the awesome weapon images on his site.
Kongming.net - For having the information on Zhang Fei.
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= 13. Legal Stuff [mumbojumbo] =
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This FAQ is copyrighted (C) by Commander JP. Do not replicate this guide in any
form without my permission. Only I can give you this permission. Replicating
this guide for profit is illegal.
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= 14. Contacting Me [contactinfo] =
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My e-mail: CommanderJP@hotmail.com
Please use the subject: Zhang Fei Guide
Please do not e-mail me solely to incite flames, but only if you have something
to point out (A mistake in my guide) or something to help with (Item suggestions
or level 10/11 weapon strategies). If all else fails, you will (most likely)
find me on the DW4:XL boards.
