Dynasty Warriors 3 / Shin Sangoku Musou 2 - Sun Quan / Sonken Junior Character Guide By LordKarasuman - The_Storm_Crow@hotmail.com This Guide (Copyright 2002) was made entirely on the experiences of LordKarasuman. This Guide may not be altered in any way without my consent, and may not be distributed without my name as author on. This FAQ may be distributed, but not sold. ----------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents: 1) Guide History 2) Who is Sun Quan? 3) Why would you use this character? 4) Character Stats 5) Moves and 4th Weapon Description 6) Overview and Character Strategy 7) Stage Strategy 8) Stage Flowchart 9) Final Words ----------------------------------------------------------- Guide History 2/15/2002 - Changed the 'Stage Flowchart' as there was errors. Added 'Mounted Attack/Musou' and 'Dash Attack'. 2/14/2002 - Created this guide. ----------------------------------------------------------- 2) Who is Sun Quan? From the DW3 Character Database: The First Emperor of the Wu Kingdom. He is the second son of Sun Jian and the younger brother of Sun Ce. He succeeds the family line, following Sun Ce's sudden death. Of his younger brother, Sun Ce is to have said, "You believe that your offense is strong, but in actuality, it is your defense which is stronger." At the Battle of Chi Bi, Sun Quan met the much larger forces of Cao Cao and managed to emerge victorious. LordKarasuman's Notes: Sun Quan's style name is Zhongmou. It is implied that due to what Sun Ce said to Sun Quan, Quan thought that he had to prove his valor in offensive capabilities. He tried once at He Fei to challenge Zhang Liao to a duel. Later, his advisor Zhang Zhao told him never to attempt such a thing again, as he is the ruler of a kingdom and it is the duty of the generals to partake in duels. Sun Quan is often made out to be better suited to the position of a civil office rather than ruler of a kingdom. ----------------------------------------------------------- 3) Why would you use this character? Sun Quan is the type of character you would call average. Although he is not one of the best characters in the game, he certainly has enough technique and power to do really well. You could say he's a sword-user for beginners. ----------------------------------------------------------- 4) Character Stats Characters in Dynasty Warriors 3 have various different statistics. Here is a list of them and their functions. A. Attack Attack is the amount of attack power that a character has. B. Defense Defense limits the damage done to a character. C. Musou Musou stats gauge how long your Musou bar is. D. HP HP or Life stats are how long your life bar is. E. Bow Attack/Defense Bow Attack increases your arrow attack power, while defense increase your durability to arrow attacks. F. Mounted Attack/Defense Mounted Attack and Defense increase your mounted attack power and increase your durability on horses respectively. G. Musou Charge Musou Charge increases your ability to charge up your Musou while getting hit, attacking, or charging up using circle. H. Luck Luck increases your ability to get meatbun, war-god axe, and armor items. I. Jump Jump increases your maximum jumping altitude. J. Reach Reach increases the range of your attacks. ----------------------------------------------------------- 5) Moves and 4th Weapon Description Moves Key: S - Square T - Triangle Regular Attack - S's Regular Attack: Sun Quan's regular attack pattern is mostly very wide, although a few hits are designed to hit only one person. Jump Attack: Sun Quan thrusts his sword downward. Mounted Attack/Musou: Sun Quan thrusts his sword downwards to his side, right to left. Dash Attack: Sun Quan does a dash thrust with his sword. T: Sun Quan does a frontal 180 degree slash. ST: Sun Quan's first launcher. Thrusts his sword up to lift the enemy. SST: Sun Quan does a dizzy slash that sorta aims towards his right. SSST: Sun Quan does a downward slash then does an almost 360 degree slash. Two hits, but does not hit a single person twice. SSSST: Sun Quan's second launcher. Similar to his first, but stronger. SSSSST: Sun Quan throws a wave of energy with his sword. Musou: Sun Quan slashes constantly, then with the ending of the Musou does a 180 degree slash. 4th Weapon Information: The elements are a special ability a weapon may be equipped with. They cause some extra damage on certain combos. They are Fire, Lightning, and Death. 4th weapons give a very high increase to character stats. 4th Weapon: Master Wolf Element - None Basic Attack +42 Musou +68 Attack +22 Bow Attack +49 Bow Defense +50 Musou Charge +26 How to get his 4th Weapon: Defeat Zhang He at He Fei Castle -- The Special Item message will show up. It will appear to the right of the pond in the middle of the castle. There is a popular trick to getting fourth weapons. Pick the person you want to get the fourth weapon in one of the player slots. Pick a maxed out, powerful character in the other slot. Then, fulfill the requirements needed to get the fourth weapon with the maxed out character, and get the weapon. Afterwards complete the level. ----------------------------------------------------------- 6) Overview and Character Strategy Sun Quan is an above-average sword-user, but he has his flaws. For one, his 4th Weapons is one of the few weapons that do not have an element. This is rather disappointing, as it would have been a good addition. His T has too short of a Reach to be of good use. His SST can't really hit more than one person, two if he's lucky. Quan's Musou leaves the enemy standing up. Although more damage may be done, it gives the enemy the ability to counter with his or her own Musou. His SSSSST is an energy- wave-type, which is one of the worst finishers in my opinion. Although it is sort of made up for in the way of knockback. His flaws are overshadowed by his strengths. His SSST is a really nice crowd-clearer, and it is easy and quick to pull off. His 4th Weapon, although lacking in element, is made up for in statistics. It has an up to Musou and Attack, which is always welcome. His Bow Attack is very nice, and his Bow Defense is awesome, so he needs not fear arrow-users. Musou Charge is probably one of the best statistics in the game, if not the best. His downward thrust is good for unlimited combos, but his SSSST is much better for that job. Last but not least, Quan backs up all his moves with good hitting power. Sun Quan can play as a Musou-focused character, where he only needs to use his Musou. However, his attack is really good to the point where he could just crash into groups and constantly do his SSST. It's fun to see soldiers knock into each other. Zhongmou has a good enough Bow Attack that he can play the part of 'master archer.' What I mean is he can benefit generously from the Flame Arrow and Huang's Bow item, even if his Bow Attack is 11 points below Huang Zhong's, and 9 points below Xiahou Yuan. Very well-rounded, Zhongmou can be played with ease by anybody. Recommended Equipment: Tortoise Amulet Dragon Amulet Peacock Urn Red Hare Saddle Buckler ----------------------------------------------------------- 7) Stage Strategy Yi Ling: This stage isn't actually as hard on Wu side than it is on Shu side. The first thing to do is kill Wei Yan, and do it quick. You don't have much time, as your forces can die quickly. Then move on to Zhao Yun, who is fighting a sub-officer Pan Zhang. After he's gone, Lu Xun will send Zhu Ran to initiate the fire attack on the Shu camp. He will meet Zhang Bao. Do not assist him immediately, but go after Huang Quan. After that, swiftly assist Zhu Ran to defeat Zhang Bao and his guards to clear a path. Sun Shang Xiang will hold out pretty well against Pang Tong / Huang Zhong, but you should still help her out by killing him. If it hasn't already happened, Zhou Yu / Gan Ning should already have been defeated by Guan Yu / Ma Chao and Zhuge Liang should appear when Zhu Ran does his fire attack. Go for Guan Yu / Ma Chao quickly and kill him. He has a lot of officers and forces -- wear his army down a bit before fighting him. Then go through the Ma An Gate and head straight for Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang. There should be no archers in the area, so it will be easy to take care of them. Do so. It's simple enough. He Fei Castle: To pass this level, ride a fast horse. Go through the left, past the Wall of Arrows and the Wind Corridor. Don't waste any time playing with the enemy soldiers. Go straight for Cao Cao / Sima Yi, ignore the two units at the south gate. You can't ride your horse up the stairs, so walk. There is an AI bug that you can exploit at the top of the stairs where Cao Cao / Sima Yi is, and that would be the enemy soldier reinforcements never go up there and remain at the bottom of the bridge leading to Cao Cao / Sima Yi. Thus, if you kill everybody at the top, nobody else will be able to come up and get you because the AI is not designed well enough to go up. Waste everybody, archers first. Then waste all your arrows on Cao Cao / Sima Yi. If that doesn't kill him, then start attacking and finish the stage. ----------------------------------------------------------- 8) Stage Flowchart First: Chi Bi Second: Rouge Fortress Third: He Fei Fourth: Yi Ling Fifth: You Ting Sixth: Nanman Campaign Final: He Fei Castle ----------------------------------------------------------- 9) Final Words Special Thanks to: The GameFAQs Dynasty Warriors 3 message board for being so helpful. Koei, for making this spectacular game! Anybody who has questions, please e-mail me! ----------------------------------------------------------- Dynasty Warriors 3 / Shin Sangoku Musou 2 - Sun Quan / Sonken Junior Character Guide By LordKarasuman - The_Storm_Crow@hotmail.com