DESTINY OF AN EMPEROR II Character Guide by: Binta ================================================================================ What is this about? This is a character guide for DoaE2 (Tenchi wo Kurau II) on the Famicom. It analyzes each character's stats, gives comments and overall ratings, as well as an HP chart. This is not a general FAQ or walkthrough. And by general, I mean the basics of the game, not military rank since you play as various generals in this game. ================================================================================ Thanks to: -GameFAQs, for accepting this FAQ -Myself, for my hard work -www.lordyuanshu.com, for information on the "secret" characters -Capcom, for great games like this ================================================================================ TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Character stats 2. Secret Characters 3. HP charts ================================================================================ 1. CHARACTER STATS -----Playable characters are: Liu Bei Guan Yu Zhang Fei Zhu Ling Lu Zhao Chen Deng Yan Liang Wen Chou Zhou Cang Zhao Yun Guan Ping Zhuge Liang Lu Su Yi Ji Wei Yan Huang Zhong Ma Su Ma Liang Liao Hua Meng Da Pang Tong Fa Zheng Ma Chao Ma Dai Wu Lan Yan Yan Lei Tong Jiang Wan Wu Yi Guan Xing Zhang Bao Jiang Wei Guan Suo .....Liu Bei.................................................................... Soldiers : Very High Tactician? : Yes Strength : 130 |||||||||| Weapon Type : Swords Intelligence: 200 ||||||||||||||| Terrain : None Agility : 85 |||||| Comments: A good, solid character you only have for the early bits of the game. While his stats are nothing too radical, he's quite powerful for the time you get to play as him. He has a ton of HP, which enables him to dish out and take heavy punishment. Overall Rating: 8/10 ................................................................................ .....Guan Yu.................................................................... Soldiers : Low Tactician? : Yes Strength : 245 |||||||||||||||||| Weapon Type : Sabers Intelligence: 180 ||||||||||||| Terrain : Plains Agility : 160 |||||||||||| Comments: One of the best characters in the game. While his HP is somewhat low, his stats more than make up for it, so make good use of him while he's with you. Overall Rating: 9/10 ................................................................................ .....Zhang Fei.................................................................. Soldiers : Medium Tactician? : No Strength : 255 ||||||||||||||||||| Weapon Type : Spears Intelligence: 60 |||| Terrain : Mountains Agility : 120 ||||||||| Comments: Maxed out strength makes him a worthy addition to the team. His intelligence is VERY low, but that isn't too problematic for the times he's available. He leaves at a welcome time, well before generals with An Sha start to appear. Overall Rating: 8/10 ................................................................................ .....Zhu Ling................................................................... Soldiers : 380 Tactician? : No Strength : 120 ||||||||| Weapon Type : Swords Intelligence: 75 ||||| Terrain : None Agility : 45 ||| Comments: Just an okay attacker, but you'll want to bring him and Lu Zhao along because nobody else is around. He's nothing special, but he can be useful as a filler character. Let him take the lead to help conserve your better characters. Overall Rating: 5/10 ................................................................................ .....Lu Zhao.................................................................... Soldiers : 350 Tactician? : No Strength : 95 ||||||| Weapon Type : Spears Intelligence: 50 ||| Terrain : None Agility : 65 ||||| Comments: Another filler character because nobody else is around. Like Zhu Ling, put him in front as a decoy so he can minimize the damage the Three Oath Brothers would otherwise take. Overall Rating: 4/10 ................................................................................ .....Chen Deng.................................................................. Soldiers : Very Low Tactician? : Yes Strength : 50 ||| Weapon Type : Swords Intelligence: 160 |||||||||||| Terrain : None Agility : 30 || Comments: He's useful early on as a tactician, because your other candidates for tactician also happen to be good in combat, and you don't to miss out on them. Later when he rejoins however, he's of no use to you. Overall Rating: 4/10 ................................................................................ .....Yan Liang.................................................................. Soldiers : 600 Tactician? : No Strength : 230 ||||||||||||||||| Weapon Type : Spears Intelligence: 55 |||| Terrain : Mountains Agility : 95 ||||||| Comments: He scores critical hits 100% of the time! He also has a decent supply of HP and a high Strength rating. Enjoy using him while you can, because he isn't with you for long. Overall Rating: 9/10 ................................................................................ .....Wen Chou................................................................... Soldiers : 680 Tactician? : No Strength : 235 |||||||||||||||||| Weapon Type : Spears Intelligence: 45 ||| Terrain : Plains Agility : 75 ||||| Comments: Wen Chou isn't with you for long, and that's a good thing because he kind of sucks. His HP and Strength are barely better than Yan Liang's, but his Intelligence and Agility are even lower. Worst of all, he lacks Yan Liang's 100% critical hit rate. Overall Rating: 3/10 ................................................................................ .....Zhou Cang.................................................................. Soldiers : Medium Tactician? : No Strength : 165 ||||||||||| Weapon Type : Axes Intelligence: 80 |||||| Terrain : Mountains Agility : 75 ||||| Comments: Useful as a filler character because you don't have anyone else for the time being. He'll quickly fall into one of your worst units overall, but he can still have his moments as a filler character. Bench once you get some better units. Overall Rating: 4/10 ................................................................................ .....Zhao Yun................................................................... Soldiers : Low Tactician? : Yes Strength : 240 |||||||||||||||||| Weapon Type : Spears Intelligence: 200 ||||||||||||||| Terrain : Plains Agility : 180 ||||||||||||| Comments: Zhao Yun is an excellent unit. Although his HP is a bit lower than most, his core stats more than make up for that. Tied with Jiang Wei for the best character. Overall Rating: 10/10 ................................................................................ .....Guan Ping.................................................................. Soldiers : Very High Tactician? : No Strength : 160 |||||||||||| Weapon Type : Sabers Intelligence: 110 |||||||| Terrain : None Agility : 100 ||||||| Comments: Add +10 to all of his stats if you decide to adopt him. Regardless, he is a well-rounded unit with a ton of soldiers, making him surprisingly powerful offensively and defensively. You can't expect him to stand up to the end of the game, but his stats are good enough to last him a sizeable portion of the game. Overall Rating: 8/10 ................................................................................ .....Zhuge Liang................................................................ Soldiers : Very Low Tactician? : Yes Strength : 80 |||||| Weapon Type : Swords Intelligence: 255 ||||||||||||||||||| Terrain : Plains Agility : 155 ||||||||||| Comments: Maximum Intelligence says it all. He's also somewhat fast, making him versatile in and out of battle. He is also the one only one capable of using items needed to win otherwise impossible battles, so he is the most important character in the game. Overall Rating: 10/10 ................................................................................ .....Lu Su...................................................................... Soldiers : 1400 Tactician? : Yes Strength : 105 |||||||| Weapon Type : Swords Intelligence: 235 |||||||||||||||||| Terrain : None Agility : 65 ||||| Comments: Lu Su is with you for the Wu chapter, and he's very good for that time. Very intelligent, but he can hit harder than you might think - part of it is due to his high soldier count, but he also uses swords, and the Iron upgrade for swords comes before spears, axes, or sabers. Overall Rating: 8/10 ................................................................................ .....Yi Ji...................................................................... Soldiers : High Tactician? : Yes Strength : 40 ||| Weapon Type : Swords Intelligence: 185 |||||||||||||| Terrain : None Agility : 45 |||| Comments: The only reason to drag him around is because you have to meet Ma Su and Ma Liang. After that, he's done. Overall Rating: 1/10 ................................................................................ .....Wei Yan.................................................................... Soldiers : Medium Tactician? : No Strength : 230 ||||||||||||||||| Weapon Type : Axes Intelligence: 90 |||||| Terrain : Mountains Agility : 130 |||||||||| Comments: A solid, heavy hitter for the most part. His low Intelligence may be detrimental in the later bits of the game, but he's not bad by any means. Overall Rating: 7/10 ................................................................................ .....Huang Zhong................................................................ Soldiers : Medium Tactician? : Yes Strength : 225 ||||||||||||||||| Weapon Type : Bows Intelligence: 175 ||||||||||||| Terrain : Mountains Agility : 150 ||||||||||| Comments: He's the only bow-user at your command, so he can attack twice, even though bows are less powerful than other weapons. He's also above-average is every category, making him a useful character. Overall Rating: 8/10 ................................................................................ .....Ma Su...................................................................... Soldiers : Very High Tactician? : Yes Strength : 170 ||||||||||||| Weapon Type : Swords Intelligence: 210 |||||||||||||||| Terrain : Mountains Agility : 110 ||||||||| Comments: This guy is great. He's tough physically and mentally, making him a versatile unit. His excellent HP also helps. Overall Rating: 8/10 ................................................................................ .....Ma Liang................................................................... Soldiers : High Tactician? : Yes Strength : 45 ||| Weapon Type : Swords Intelligence: 235 |||||||||||||||||| Terrain : None Agility : 90 |||||| Comments: As a combatant, he fails miserably. But he's VERY intelligent, making him viable to select as your tactician if you want Zhuge Liang in the front five, fighting. Overall Rating: 6/10 ................................................................................ .....Liao Hua................................................................... Soldiers : Medium Tactician? : No Strength : 180 ||||||||||||| Weapon Type : Axes Intelligence: 100 ||||||| Terrain : Mountains Agility : 85 |||||| Comments: He's better than Zhou Cang, but by the time he joins he's not very useful. He can hold his own, but it just doesn't make sense to use him. Overall Rating: 3/10 ................................................................................ .....Meng Da.................................................................... Soldiers : Medium Tactician? : No Strength : 180 ||||||||||||| Weapon Type : Swords Intelligence: 155 ||||||||||| Terrain : Mountains Agility : 185 |||||||||||||| Comments: He's very fast; only beat by Jiang Wei in that department. He's also moderately strong and reasonably intelligent, making him surprisingly good. Overall Rating: 8/10 ................................................................................ .....Pang Tong.................................................................. Soldiers : Very Low Tactician? : Yes Strength : 150 ||||||||||| Weapon Type : Swords Intelligence: 245 |||||||||||||||||| Terrain : Mountains Agility : 125 ||||||||| Comments: A wonderful strategist you'll have fun using. He sports some of the best intelligence, he's fast enough to get you through most battles, and he can fight quite well too! Overall Rating: 10/10 ................................................................................ .....Fa Zheng................................................................... Soldiers : High Tactician? : Yes Strength : 110 |||||||| Weapon Type : Swords Intelligence: 205 ||||||||||||||| Terrain : None Agility : 75 ||||| Comments: Not bad, despite his low speed. His attacks are bearable, and he's capable with tactics, so I guess he can be useful but you're probably better off using someone else. Overall Rating: 6/10 ................................................................................ .....Ma Chao.................................................................... Soldiers : Very High Tactician? : Yes Strength : 240 |||||||||||||||||| Weapon Type : Spears Intelligence: 140 |||||||||| Terrain : Plains Agility : 175 ||||||||||||| Comments: Consider him a mainstay. While Guan Suo or Zhang Fei may have higher strength, Ma Chao has an incredibly high HP, so he's arguably the most powerful physical fighter. He's also very fast, and his intelligence is tolerable. Overall Rating: 9/10 ................................................................................ .....Ma Dai..................................................................... Soldiers : Medium Tactician? : Yes Strength : 230 ||||||||||||||||| Weapon Type : Spears Intelligence: 170 ||||||||||||| Terrain : Plains Agility : 135 |||||||||| Comments: A good enough character to consider, especially if you need someone good but don't want to include Zhang Bao in your team. Overall Rating: 7/10 ................................................................................ .....Wu Lan..................................................................... Soldiers : Low Tactician? : No Strength : 195 ||||||||||||||| Weapon Type : Spears Intelligence: 105 |||||||| Terrain : Mountains Agility : 110 |||||||| Comments: Much like Liao Hua, he's not terrible, but you shouldn't have a use for him... Overall Rating: 4/10 ................................................................................ .....Yan Yan.................................................................... Soldiers : Medium Tactician? : Yes Strength : 200 ||||||||||||||| Weapon Type : Spears Intelligence: 160 |||||||||||| Terrain : Mountains Agility : 155 ||||||||||| Comments: A well-rounded unit with no weaknesses, but since you already have plenty of excellent characters like Zhao Yun, you probably won't get much of a chance to use him. Overall Rating: 6/10 ................................................................................ .....Lei Tong................................................................... Soldiers : Medium Tactician? : No Strength : 205 ||||||||||||||| Weapon Type : Spears Intelligence: 95 ||||||| Terrain : Plains Agility : 95 ||||||| Comments: He's somewhat strong but it isn't enough to save him from the pits of uselessness. Overall Rating: 3/10 ................................................................................ .....Jiang Wan.................................................................. Soldiers : High Tactician? : Yes Strength : 140 |||||||||| Weapon Type : Swords Intelligence: 195 ||||||||||||||| Terrain : None Agility : 18 | Comments: He's slow as a slug. Even generic enemies are faster than him! He'll only have a few seconds of glory when you put him as your leader to enter certain place, which is almost immediately after he joins. Overall Rating: 2/10 ................................................................................ .....Wu Yi...................................................................... Soldiers : Medium Tactician? : Yes Strength : 175 ||||||||||||| Weapon Type : Spears Intelligence: 140 |||||||||| Terrain : Mountains Agility : 75 ||||| Comments: Unfortunately there's no real reason to use him. He's simply overshadowed by those already in your party, and you're not even required to use him to progress. Overall Rating: 3/10 ................................................................................ .....Guan Xing.................................................................. Soldiers : Low Tactician? : Yes Strength : 235 |||||||||||||||||| Weapon Type : Swords Intelligence: 175 ||||||||||||| Terrain : Mountains Agility : 150 |||||||||| Comments: His stats are all just a tad weaker than Guan Yu's, but they're still excellent. He also uses swords, which may give him an advantage. Overall Rating: 9/10 ................................................................................ .....Zhang Bao.................................................................. Soldiers : Medium Tactician? : No Strength : 240 |||||||||||||||||| Weapon Type : Spears Intelligence: 90 |||||| Terrain : None Agility : 145 ||||||||||| Comments: For some odd reason you can't take him out of your party if you include him, even though he isn't needed for any story purposes. This, and the fact that other characters may be more useful, means you might want to fill a full team of 7 before you talk to him, so you can keep him in your reserves. He looks kick-ass, however, use him if you like as he isn't TOO bad, but because you can't remove him I don't recommend choosing him. Overall Rating: 7/10 ................................................................................ .....Jiang Wei.................................................................. Soldiers : Very High Tactician? : Yes Strength : 210 |||||||||||||||| Weapon Type : Swords Intelligence: 240 |||||||||||||||||| Terrain : Mountains Agility : 245 |||||||||||||||||| Comments: Other than his androgenous appearance, he is excellent. He hits stuff pretty hard. He makes excellent use of tactics. He's BY FAR the fastest general available to you. He even consistently has very high HP! Tied with Zhao Yun for the best character. Overall Rating: 10/10 ................................................................................ .....Guan Suo................................................................... Soldiers : Medium Tactician? : Yes Strength : 250 ||||||||||||||||||| Weapon Type : Sabers Intelligence: 160 |||||||||||| Terrain : None Agility : 135 |||||||||| Comments: Like Zhang Bao you can't put him in the reserves, but that's where the similarities end. While you can't "avoid" Guan Suo, that's actually a good thing because he's solid. His Strength is the best (since Zhang Fei left a long time ago, and Lu Bu doesn't count), his intelligence is decent, and his speed isn't too shabby either. Overall Rating: 9/10 ................................................................................ ================================================================================ 2. SECRET CHARACTERS Yang Huai, Zhou Yu, Zhang Zhao, Lu Meng, Bao Long, Jin Xuan, Xiahoudun, Zhang Lu and Li Dian can be added to your party if you abuse the "Zheng Letter Trick". I haven't tried this one out for myself, but rather gathered data from www.lordyuanshu.com Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, and Li Su can be acquired if you use cheat codes via VirtuaNES. After defeating Cao Ren and he retreats and Lu Bu finishes him off for you, edit all of your characters' HP down to 1 when the battle appears but before it actually begins. If Lu Bu and his troops are all defeated, you'll respawn as Lu Bu and his lackeys. The secret characters have their obvious advantages and disadvantages. Having a fixed HP level, they often start out with much larger armies than what you already have. But since this remains stagnant, a lot of them end up in the dust. However, Zhang Lu, Lu Bu, Xiahou Dun, and possibly even Yang Huai's stats are good enough to last them a sizeable portion of the game. GENERALS LIFE STR INT AGI WEAPON TERRAIN TACTICS Yang Huai 5200 175 105 115 Swords None ? Zhou Yu 1500 185 240 120 Swords Ocean Yes Zhang Zhao 1400 50 235 75 Swords None Yes Lu Meng 1400 180 225 120 Swords Plains Yes Bao Long 2900 125 90 115 Spears None No Jin Xuan 1800 95 105 55 Swords None ? Xiahou Dun 3600 230 155 115 Spears None ? Zhang Lu 5100 170 190 175 Swords None ? Li Dian 750 130 100 105 Swords None ? Lu Bu 3800 255 50 145 Swords Plains No Li Jue 3100 105 100 70 Swords Plains ? Guo Si 3000 135 85 85 Swords Plains No Zhang Ji 3200 65 160 45 Swords None ? Li Su 2800 135 60 100 Swords None No Apparently, the "Zheng Letter Trick" can get you clones of Wen Chou, Pang Tong, Zhao Yun, Ma Su, Huang Zhong, and Fa Zheng. But this whole "Zheng Letter Trick" is purely hearsay, so who am I to say anything about it when I'm clueless about it. ================================================================================ 3. HP CHARTS Here are charts showing each general's soldier count at any given level. Some characters share the same rating, so a few are listed in the same column. Note: to date, this only covers levels 1-40. I'll get around to the higher levels some other day. (part 1) Guan Ping Zhang Fei Ma Su Liu Bei Guan Yu Liao Hua Zhou Cang Ma Chao Ma Liang Guan Xing Zhang Bao Chen Deng Wei Yan Zhao Yun Jiang Wei LV 01 250 185 180 140 160 175 190 02 310 220 232 180 200 215 252 03 370 255 284 220 240 255 314 04 430 290 336 260 280 295 376 05 490 325 388 300 320 335 438 06 550 360 440 340 360 375 500 07 610 395 492 380 400 415 562 08 670 430 544 420 440 455 624 09 730 465 596 460 480 495 686 10 790 500 648 500 520 535 748 11 862 547 709 550 582 590 832 12 934 594 770 600 644 645 916 13 1006 641 831 650 706 700 1000 14 1078 688 892 700 768 755 1084 15 1150 735 953 750 830 810 1168 16 1222 782 1014 800 892 865 1252 17 1294 829 1075 850 954 920 1336 18 1366 876 1136 900 1016 975 1420 19 1438 923 1197 950 1078 1030 1504 20 1510 970 1258 1000 1140 1085 1588 21 1594 1048 1340 1065 1226 1155 1674 22 1678 1126 1422 1130 1312 1225 1760 23 1762 1204 1504 1195 1398 1295 1846 24 1846 1282 1586 1260 1484 1365 1932 25 1930 1360 1668 1325 1570 1435 2018 26 2014 1438 1750 1390 1656 1505 2104 27 2098 1516 1832 1455 1742 1575 2190 28 2182 1594 1914 1520 1828 1645 2276 29 2266 1672 1996 1585 1914 1715 2362 30 2350 1750 2078 1650 2000 1785 2448 31 2446 1862 2178 1735 2110 1877 2540 32 2542 1974 2278 1820 2220 1969 2632 33 2638 2086 2378 1905 2330 2061 2724 34 2734 2198 2478 1990 2440 2153 2816 35 2830 2310 2578 2075 2550 2245 2908 36 2926 2422 2678 2160 2660 2337 3000 37 3022 2534 2778 2245 2770 2429 3092 38 3118 2646 2878 2330 2880 2521 3184 39 3214 2758 2978 2415 2990 2613 3276 40 3310 2870 3078 2500 3100 2705 3368 (part 2) Yi Ji Zhuge Liang Fa Zheng Huang Zhong Meng Da Ma Dai Pang Tong Jiang Wan Yan Yan Lei Tong Wu Yi Wu Lan Guan Suo LV 01 140 200 180 170 200 160 300 02 175 255 225 212 242 197 336 03 210 310 270 254 284 234 372 04 245 365 315 296 326 271 408 05 280 420 360 338 368 308 444 06 315 475 405 380 410 345 480 07 350 530 450 422 452 382 516 08 385 585 495 464 494 419 552 09 420 640 540 506 536 456 588 10 455 695 585 548 578 493 624 11 501 763 645 598 630 548 672 12 547 831 705 648 682 603 720 13 593 899 765 698 734 658 768 14 639 967 825 748 786 713 816 15 685 1035 885 798 838 768 864 16 731 1103 945 848 890 823 912 17 777 1171 1005 898 942 878 960 18 823 1239 1065 948 994 933 1008 19 869 1307 1125 998 1046 988 1056 20 915 1375 1185 1048 1098 1043 1104 21 983 1455 1261 1120 1173 1113 1178 22 1051 1535 1337 1192 1248 1183 1252 23 1119 1615 1413 1264 1323 1253 1326 24 1187 1695 1489 1336 1398 1323 1400 25 1255 1775 1565 1408 1473 1393 1474 26 1323 1855 1641 1480 1548 1463 1548 27 1391 1935 1717 1552 1623 1533 1622 28 1459 2015 1793 1624 1698 1603 1696 29 1527 2095 1869 1696 1773 1673 1770 30 1595 2175 1945 1768 1848 1743 1844 31 1685 2291 2039 1880 1945 1838 1960 32 1775 2407 2133 1992 2042 1933 2076 33 1865 2523 2227 2104 2139 2028 2192 34 1955 2639 2321 2216 2236 2123 2308 35 2045 2755 2415 2328 2333 2218 2424 36 2135 2871 2509 2440 2430 2313 2540 37 2225 2987 2603 2552 2527 2408 2656 38 2315 3103 2697 2664 2624 2503 2772 39 2405 3219 2791 2776 2721 2598 2888 40 2495 3335 2885 2888 2818 2693 3004