The Jiang Wei Character DW4 FAQ(c)
Copyright 2003-2004 Travis Spencer
Jiang
Wei
Version 1.1
Dynasty Warriors 4 ( PS2 )
Author: Hammerhead6468
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Version History
1.0- Added Intro, Why should I use him, How to unlock Jiang Wei, The
battle of Tian Shui, Move Set, 10th level weapon, Suggestive
Techniques.
1.1- Expanded and fixed Intro, Added FAQs, Added Costumes, Weapons, and
extras. Expanded move set.
1.2- Worked out typos and clarified Tian Shui. Added a little on each
subject.
Table of Contents
1. Intro
2. Why should I use him?
3. How to unlock Jiang Wei
4. The Battle of Tian Shui
5. Move Set
6. Jiang Wei's 10th weapon
7. Suggestive Techniques
8. FAQs
9. Costumes, Weapons, Extras
( 1. Introduction )
Jiang Wei, one of the greatest men of the Three Kingdoms era. Many
people see him as boring and original. But here I will show you that he
is one of the most interesting characters. Having been born in 202 A.D.
he only saw the end of the Three Kingdoms era. He went and served Wei as
he was young but after a plot by Zhuge Liang he switches over to the Shu
army. The was the battle at Tian Shui. There he is treated handsomely.
He took an interest in Zhuge and Zhuge to him. Zhuge was his mentor and
he was one of Zhuge's favorite officers. Later at the battle of Wu Zhang
Plains, his mentor dies from stress and of getting poor health, he leaves
Jiang Wei his strategy books. These were Zhuge's most trusted books. He
leaves every single one to Jiang Wei and no other. So, Jiang Wei studies
the books for years and is put in control of all the military by Liu
Chan. Once he got that position he later leads raids on Wei land. Not
even focusing on Wu all he attacked was Wei. He did a total of 10 raids
but only half proved successful. Jiang Wei is later attacked while on a
raid and is captured by Zhong Hui. With Jiang's great talking and
persuasion skills he convinces Zhong to fight for his cause and restore
the Han. This is around the time Jiang hears of Liu Chan being attacked
and surrendering to what is now the Jin since the Sima clan overcame Wei.
Around this time Jiang was struggling against Deng Ai. So he has one of
his officers Wei Guan arrest him and bring him to the two generals'
palace. Later at a banquet they tried to get some of the Wei generals to
join their side and take out Sima Zhao and whoever oppose will be killed.
They all eyeballed each other and then all signed the document promising
they would. Jiang new they were not really with them and ordered a hole
be dug and bury them all alive. Clubs would beat those who disagreed to
get in. A night or 2 before they were going to kill them Zhong had a
dream of serpents biting him. Jiang Wei interpreted this dream and said,
"Dreams of dragons and snakes and scaly creatures are exceedingly
auspicious." However this was not a favorable condition little did they
know they would soon get a surprise attack on their castle.
He was just about to carry out the plans to kill the Wei generals
when he got a terrible spasm in his heart. It was so bad he collapsed.
As he came back and started to get up he heard a big "BOOM" from outside
the palace. This now continued and kept getting larger. They tried to
hurry and kill the officers but a report came and said outside forces
have entered the palace. A fire sprung up and Zhong sent men on the roof
to pelt out the forces. By now they were already through the gates and
killing guards and soldiers left and right. Jiang Wei and his new to be
partner Zhong Hui were attacked by Jin the murderer of the emperor Siam
Zhao's force at their castle at they were plotting to kill some of Wei's
generals they captured. Wei forces appeared and stormed the castle.
Guards fell quickly and Zhong Hui was among the first to be killed. Zhong
was forced to fight himself. He fought bravely but only took out a few
when flights of arrows rained down on him and killed him. From anger the
Wei soldiers hacked off his head.
Jiang was running all around and slaying them in the masses. Jiang
Wei put up his best fight and held them off greatly, until he got a sharp
pain in his chest he got a short time ago that was so severe he collapsed.
Then he continued fighting but felt it again. He was no longer able to
fight because of the pains he slit his throat after saying his last words,
"Failed! But is the will of Heaven!" He was 59 when he put his own life
into rest. Some say that if it weren't for the spasms he could have held
them off and escaped from the palace even at his old age. But do not
fret. Jiang Wei got his wish and that was Deng Ai getting killed. Tian
Xu and Wei Guan took revenge on him Tian for Deng killing his family and
Wei for killing Jiang and Zhong. Tian Xu cut him down and his son at the
very same spot and killing Deng's son only seconds after.
( 2. Why should I use him? )
Jiang Wei is a very unique character with good moves and great
looks. Other than his personality there are still many reasons to play
with him. When playing on stages Jiang Wei is in he always has some very
interesting roles in the stages. He is a young looking man with long hair
and in some "different" kind of clothes. As you may or may not know he
has a trident in this game. It has good reach and not so bad attack
power. Plus the guy is speedy. His attack is fast along with running
speed making stages more fun to play on. However his horse attacks are
not unique and are weak. It is better just to put on a Speed Scroll and
forget the horse. He also is a Musou man. He can have the most someone
can have when you max it out. He starts out with pretty good attack and
defense along with HP. Jiang Wei just is one of the best fighters in the
game.
( 3. How to unlock Jiang Wei )
Well you will have to put some effort in to unlocking him it is not
just get him with musou with Jiang Wei. You must first be at the battle
at Tian Shui. It is a problem for most people to get so look in the next
section it tells you how. At the battle of Tian Shui listen to Zhuge's
commands. Just go on and attack generals on the outside of the fort.
Then Jiang Wei will get a command to exit Ji fort and attack. This is
your chance to get him. Start destroying his troops until not many are
left then attack and defeat both of his officers. At this point Zhuge
would start to come up to meet Jiang Wei to get him to defect. If Zhuge
is stopped by troops you will have to hit Jiang Wei once and he will
follow you. Make sure he keeps following you and lead him to Zhuge.
There will be a cinema and after words Jiang Wei will be on your side!
And the other 2 generals by the commander will defect to and start
attacking. Finish the battle and you will have him. THIS MUST BE DONE IN
MUSOU MODE.
( 4. The Battle of Tian Shui )
This is actually easy to unlock. First you must start a Shu musou.
Go through it normally until you come to the chapter with Chi Bi. Skip
all of the places and just do Chi Bi. There just wait. And if it is just
on normal and you do not help Zhuge, he will retreat and the wind will not
happen from there just charge and defeat Cao Cao. All you had to do was
not let the fire attack happen. Even if the wind did not blow it can
still happen so you must beat the place once he retreats. Once you finish
the chapter, go on through the Musou normally *IT WILL APPEAR BEFORE THE
FINAL CHAPTER* at the switching you will get a Shu Tales stage. That is
Tian Shui. There you go now go get Jiang Wei!
** I get numerous Emails about this. Saying my guide is incorrect
that people didn't get it after Chi Bi when it said before the final
chapter but here I made it clearer.
( 5. Move Set )
Normal attacks- He will first swing upwards at the enemy, then hit
them with the other end of the spear and the rest are wide hit attacks
great for crowd clearing.
1st charge- Jiang Wei will shoot a beam. When the musou gauge is
full then it will alter the attack. If you have jades the beams will
change according to the jade and it will have the effect of the jade.
This is useful for all of the jades and good to use on troops running
toward you or as you run into a troop to battle for it weakens them a
great deal. But without the musou gauge full, it is useless.
2nd charge- Jiang will thrust the spear upwards and knock enemies in
front of him in the air. After this is a great follow up opportunity.
3rd charge- Jiang will swipe 3 to 7 times with this powerful quick
move with a good crowd-clearing end. The more hit your weapon allows the
more you can do. To do more simply press Triangle repeatedly on the 3rd
charge.
4th charge- Jiang will thrust his spear in front of him hitting only
a few though and it will knock them away. This move is pretty powerful
yet hard to hit with. But you can hit more easier than on DW3.
5th charge- Jiang Wei will make like a wave with his spear and knock
a great deal of enemies in the air and plenty of time to recover and
follow up on the enemies falling back down.
5th charge follow up- after you do the 5th charge immediately press
triangle again and Jiang Wei will jump up with the enemy and hit them down
in a powerful blow.
6th charge- Jiang Wei will send a vertical beam out of his spear. It
is strong and easier to hit with than other beams. Not at all a bad move.
Musou attack- Jiang will spin his spear on the side of him
repeatedly that will keep the enemy up in the air and end with a powerful
swing from side to side.
True Musou attack- Basically just the musou attack with an added
fire element and a few more ending hits at the end of the Musou. I think
that he is actually one of the people worth having the Way of the Musou
item on because it in reality is a lot better than the regular.
Jump attack- Jiang will thrust his spear down. Press Square again
and he will stab down a second time.
Jump charge- Jiang will jump really high and come crashing down
knocking surrounding enemies to the ground. Though it is a great move it
is easy to get hit out of it.
Horse attack- the standard side to side swipes.
Horse charge- standard power side to side swipe.
Name Declaration- Yells and knocks all enemy's guards. " I have
Arrived!"
Parry- He counters back with his 4th charge and since it improved
since DW3 it can hit more people but if you direct it good you can hit
just the person you are going after. It is also one of the faster ones.
Dash attack- a very useful and good attack since it hits everyone
and does a lot of damage. Awesome crowd clearing and great attack power
what more could you ask for?
( 6. Jiang Wei's 10th level weapon )
For this it must be at The battle at Tian Shui. But you cannot do
it in free mode. So you must restart Shu musou and do the Chi Bi
technique and get there again. Save before it and change the mode to
hard. Start the stage and immediately go ahead of you and destroy the 2
nearby generals. There you must hurry and go up toward the East side of
Ji fort and kill the Guard Captain for the gates to open. Once you go in
there will be an ambush now go south and go around the southern side and
do the same. Now at this time you may just want to kill Cao Ren on the
insides to prevent a threat to Zhuge. This will demoralize his troops.
Then go to Tian Shui gate after killing everyone outside of Tian Shui Gate
and kill both guard captains and go in both interests to get 2 ambushes.
From there kill the 2 generals by the commanders and if all goes well you
will get a message saying Jiang Wei has earned the Blink. Kill the
commander and at the weapon screen the 9th level will become the 10th. It
is unique. +55 attack and longer reach and the ability to use jades
without your musou being filled.
( 7. Suggestive Techniques )
Jades- Jiang Wei fares good in uses of all jades. My favorites for
him would be Poison, Fire, and Ice. His charge attacks are perfect for
all of these. He also fares well on Vorpal though I do not really suggest
it. Blast is pretty much equal on everyone so if you like using it, it is
perfectly ok to use it on him. Lightning is the worst on Jiang Wei mainly
for his already good reach you do not need it much.
Items- Jiang Wei can have 5 items more than the average character.
For him I usually have +attack, defense, health, musou and either these 2
speed or musou charge. This will make him unstoppable.
Saddles- If anything the Red Hare. For it is fast and to the point.
He is not a horse battler so there is no need for the Shadow Saddle.
Jiang Wei is fast anyway. I think it is a waste.
Moves- Jiang Wei has complex moves so use this section to get the
most out of it. For charging into battle use his 1st beam with a jade.
There hack away. His 3rd is great for coming into battle and taking weaker
enemies. Since his 5th hits a lot of people use it to your advantage.
Using the 6th beam when coming into battle helps too.
Battle- Jiang Wei is made to be an archer killer. He gets to them
fast and attacks fast before they can even shoot. But since archers
aren't much of a problem anymore that is useless. His Jump attack is
great. He will stab down and it makes the enemy kind of go in the air.
You press square again and he can stab the same enemy 2 times. The best
features of it though, is that after you hit them up in the air with the
5th charge press Triangle again to hit them back down and as you are
falling you can stab the enemy and add to your combo. So far this is the
only character I know that can do it. Some times this little Jump attack
has saved me in Duels. When you face Jiang Wei I always find him easy to
defeat. Just because the computer does not know how to put him to work.
So in battle against him he is easy. But in 2p mode and a skilled person
is playing with him you are dead. You are either great with him or you...
suck. You pretty much need some skill to be good with him. Remember to
use his great reach as an advantage. You don't have to go after just one
enemy with his good reach you can take out a whole party easily in a few
swipes. This way you don't have to constantly look behind your back when
in battle because most of his attacks keep them away from there.
Easy Duels- One way to win duels is use the Jump attack. This is
sometimes the only way I can wind some duels. Jump towards the enemy and
he/she will jump to. Then use the double jump attack and he will fall
down being vulnerable when he gets up so hurry back down and get be it and
when the get up unleash combos to his backside. This works with every
character and really helps in duels.
( 8. FAQs )
***Will add when I get some***
Q: How do I get Jiang Wei?
A: You go to Tian Shui and defeat his 2 officers when he comes out
of the gates and have him meet Zhuge there after he should defect.
Q: How do I get Jiang Wei's 10th level weapon?
A: Do Shu musou and get to Tian Shui again. Before the battle, save
and put it on hard. When playing on Ji castle go in and out both
entrances before Cao Ren charges out and once you went in both kill Cao
Ren. Then do it to the other Tian Shui gate. Then once you did the same
on this kill the 2 generals by the commander. NOTE You cannot go in one
and out the other you must kill the guards captains and enter all 4 this
will trigger enemy ambushed. When you kill the 2 generals you
automatically receive the weapon. See the 10 level weapon section above.
Q: How do I get the stage Jiang Wei's 10th level is at?
A: On whatever chapter Chi Bi is at on Shu musou skip the other
places and just do chi bi. There let the enemy kill Zhuge to stop the
winds and then kill Cao Cao right away. Look above sections.
Q: How has Jiang Wei improved from 3?
A: His: stats are better along with better weapons more speed and a
very much greater reach.
Q: What is your opinion on Jiang Wei?
A: I think he is the True Hero of the Three Kingdoms. He was the
closest anyone else was to restoring the Han. He was also very good in
strategy's thanks to Zhuge's book and nonetheless a very skilled fighter.
He was also very smart and was just as capable as being a strategist or
adviser as a fighter.
Q: What items do you prefer on Jiang Wei?
A: I prefer Attack up Defense up HP up and Musou up and the last
space is usually what ever you prefer since he works well with most items.
I prefer speed scroll to make him even faster or an elixer to increase the
musou.
Q: What is the best jade for Jiang Wei?
A: I like poison, fire, and lightning. Those are his three best. I
use all 3 on different occasions.
Q: Would you consider Jiang Wei as top tier, mid tier, or low tier?
A: Definitely of the top tier. He is one of the best generals of
the 3 kingdoms and a guy who is interesting and worthwhile to learn about
him.
( 9. Costumes, weapons, and extras )
Extras- This will tell of what items are good on Jiang and his Stats
Hp: Average
This is around average but still fares well.
Musou: Great
Jiang might just have the most starting Musou and most when you Max
it.
Attack: slightly above normal
His weapon bares above average attack and starts with sort of high
attack.
Defense- above average
He starts out more than normal but it still isn't much since none
start out with much but it greatly helps.
Musou attack- Average
It is very useful on troops and takes them out quickly but just flat
out sucks on one-on-one fights with generals.
Horse attack- poor
Not a horsemen fighter at all.
Horse defense- above normal
He fares great from horse attacks
Bow attack- average
Just like any other normal player
Bow defense- slightly above average
In this game BD doesn't matter much anymore but it is still better
than other's and still should be considered an important factor.
Speed- above average
This guy is pretty fast for a guy with a spear.
Attack speed- great
This is something that saves his ass in battle, he attacks fast in
charge attacks but especially for normal attacks, this gives the enemy no
time to hit you while attacking.
Range- Great
He has great range on his last 4 normal attacks and for much of his
charge attacks. This too saves him in battle often.
Parry attack- fare
Definitely not the best and only really hits one guy best to use
only in duels.
Weapons-
He starts with the trident and I will tell of progress in levels.
And my Reach system. This helps explain his developments in reach
from weapons. 1 is equal to a normal lv.1 sword and you can make out what
it does from there.
Lv. 1 Trident
Attack- 15
# of Hits- 4
Reach- 3
Lv. 2 Trident
Attack- 18
# of Hits- 4
Reach- 3
Lv. 3 Trident
Attack- 21
# of Hits- 4
Reach- 3
Lv. 4 Great Trident
Attack- 24
# of Hits- 5
Reach- 4
Lv. 5 Great Trident
Attack- 27
# of Hits- 5
Reach- 4
Lv. 6 Great Trident
Attack- 30
# of Hits- 5
Reach- 4
Lv. 7 Vapor
Attack- 33
# of Hits- 6
Reach- 5
Lv. 8 Vapor
Attack- 36
# of Hits- 6
Reach- 5
Lv. 9 Vapor
Attack- 39
# of Hits- 6
Reach- 5
Lv. 10 Blink ( Unique )
Attack- 55
# of Hits- 6
Reach- 6
Costumes- Ok his outfits are very difficult to say what they are
they are just cool. But I will try to explain
1. standard costume
2. different colored version of first
3. the first but with spiked wrist guards
4. same as second with spiked wrist guards
5. outfit from DW3
6. a special white and yellow version of 5
( 10. Conclusion )
This FAQ is my property and the only site with permission to use it
is Gamefaqs.com any other site you MUST ask my permission.
Thanks to-
Koei- for making such a great game.
GameFAQs- for having such an awesome site and for taking my FAQ.
Jiang Wei- If he weren't alive I would not have written a FAQ.
PS2- for having such a great system with the DW series on it.
The Jiang Wei FAQ(c)
By: Travis Spencer
