Lu Bu FAQ by Takuto88 (Mad.Dog.Sawamura@gmail.com) Dynasty Warriors 6 / Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Version 1.0 2/27/08 Version 1.01 3/1/08 Added Lvl requirement for 2nd costume. Added Grapple attacks for X and Y ------------------------------------ Table of Contents ------------------------------------ 1. Introductions 2. Character Bio and Why to use 3. Unlocking 4. Move Set and skills 5. Weapons 6. Pros and Cons 7. Musou Modes 8. Different Models & Stats 9. Credits 10. Copyrights 11. Contacts ------------------------------------ 1. Introduction ------------------------------------ Hello this is Takuto88 and this would be my first FAQ on gamefaqs. This FAQ is on the character Lu Bu in the game Dynasty Warriors 6 or Shin Sangoku Musou 5 for the Xbox 360. This FAQ is being written based on experiences that I have had playing the game and also from past experiences as I have played every Dynasty Warriors game created so far (not gloating or anything plus kinda makes me feel lame for actually buying the same game 6 times). So please enjoy and I hope that you enjoy this FAQ on one of most memorable characters in the Dynasty Warriors franchise. ------------------------------------ 2. Character Bio and Why to use ------------------------------------ ? - 198 The mighty Lu Bu. He was skilled in all the martial arts, especially archery and horseback riding. It was often said "Among men, Lu Bu... Among Horses, Red Hare..." Red Hare could gallop 1000 leagues in a single day and Lu Bu burnished his fabled spear. Loyal only to himself, he cut down his own adopted father, Ding Yuan, and joined Dong Zhuo, only to later betray him as well. ^(Taken straight out of the Encyclopedia in the game)^ Lu Bu has changed a bit since last being seen. Now he is clad in full black armor with 2 long red feathers attached to his helmet. He also gains a new weapon (why they ditched the sky piercing halberd i dunno) which are now 2 smaller halberds with 2 blades on each side. They are connectable to form a cross which must be uncomfortable to hold for long periods of time. Other than that still the same old Lu Bu with his usual "Come fight me and your going to get your ass handed to you BIG TIME" attitude. Why you would want to use Lu Bu? Question should be WHY NOT?! I'm pretty sure everyone has though of becoming a large warrior clad in black that everyone in the land fears and can kill without warning. Also cause so far he's my only general whose stats are 1000/1000 (life, defense,etc.). Plus his new weapon is pretty interesting. Maybe next DW they should just give him a giant suit of armor with laser cannons and rocket launchers. ------------------------------------ 3. Unlocking ------------------------------------ Lu Bu being one of the strongest characters in the game also has the longest requirment to unlock. To unlock Lu Bu you must beat the following character's Musou modes. 1. Liu Bei 2. Cao Cao 3. Sun Jian 4. Diao Chan In order to unlock the first 3 characters you must finish from their respective kingdoms 3 character's Musou modes as well. Diao Chan is unlocked by clearing Musou Mode with 1 character from each kingdom. So in total you will have to finish 13 Musou modes to get to our beloved killing machine. It will be however quite worth the trouble to go through. ------------------------------------ 4. Move Set and Skills ------------------------------------ Lu Bu is an extremely powerfull 1 on 1 and crowd clearer especially if his special is activated. *note* Because of the renbu system, charge attacks work differently in DW6 than in past games. The charge has 2 different version. One is tapping the Y Button which itself has 3 different versions. Holding the Y is another charge move but is not upgradeable. *end note* X - normal attack button Y - charge button B - Musou A - Jump Left Trigger (LT) - Special Move Set: Holding Y - Throws the weapon whichs flies straight ahead and then back dealing damage to anything in the way. Renbu Rank 1 X attack- Swings weapon left then right then over his head dealing 1 slash then swings weapon left agian for 1 slash. Y attack- Seperates the halberds and does an upward slash followed by a downward slash. Renbu Rank 2 X attack- Following the end of renbu rank 1, swings weapon around his back hitting people behind and to the front, followed by a front slash to a stab. Y attack- Following the end of renbu rank 1, swings weapon back up. Launches enemies into air. Renbu Rank 3 X attack- Following end of renbu rank 2, swings weapon from left to right twice. Y attack- Following end of renbu rank 2, throws a X shaped shockwave in front of him. Infinite Renbu X attack- Following end of renbu rank 3, throws 7 X shaped shockwaves in front of him. Y attack- Following end of renbu rank 3, jumps a small distance and then slams the ground creating a shockwave around him that send enemies flying away. Range isnt extremely large. Attacking on a horse: X attack- Does slashes to his left. Number of slashes increase with your renbu rank Y attack- Charges then slashes downward on both sides once. Attacking in air: X attack- Does a right to left slash Y attack- Seperates the halberds in the air then slams the ground. Affects enemies around in a small area. Attacking while running: *note* When running without stopping (applies to anyone) there will be a little green-ish like aura as if your character broke the sound barrier. This indicates that you are able to use the attack. Attacking before this occurs results in doing your renbu attacks. *end note* X attack- Does a right to left slash with a shockwave shooting forth. Y attack- Jumps a small distance forward followed by slaming the ground. Then does a left to right upward slash. Affects small area around him. Deadlock Win: Stabs his opponent with one halberd. Take the other halberd and baseball swings his opponent making him spin. Then connects his weapons and does a slash which emits a shockwave. Fun to watch but it takes a while to do. Grapple Attacks: LB + X- Stabs enemy with the weapon and bring enemy over his head then quickly slashes forward. The enemy is sent spinning forward. LB + Y- Quickly slashes upward with weapon. Then while the enemy is in the air, Lu Bu spins the weapon over his head like helicopter blades. The enemy is juggled 2-3 times followed by a slash. Musou: Does the combo up to renbu rank 3. When musou runs out does a shockwave followed by 2 left to right slashes which is then followed by a throw of the weapon which circles around Lu Bu. The thrown weapon's radius does 3 laps around Lu Bu getting larger with each. True musou adds fire element. Special: Swift Attack- Renbu rank will become infinite, and enemy attacks will be less likely to have an effect on you. (Less staggers) Skills: Special -Rage Increases damage from Swift Attack and makes it harder to interrupt your attacks. -Wild Rage Greatly increases damage from Swift Attack and makes it harder to interrupt your attacks. -Stamina Increases the duration of your special attack. -Stamina+ Greatly increases the duration of your special attack. Skill -Adrenaline Attack doubled when near death and knocked down (30 sec). -Spirit Musou increases faster. -Horemanship Raises your horses' abilities to their fullest. -Bonus Special Receive one Tome for every 300 K.O.s -Third Renbu Unlocks renbu rank 3 -Infinite Renbu Unlocks the highest renbu rank ------------------------------------ 5. Weapons ------------------------------------ Standard- Sky Piercer Strength- Demon Bane Skill- Heron Blade Halberd ------------------------------------ 6. Pros and Cons ------------------------------------ +Pros. -Great for crowd clearing and 1 on 1 fights. -Musou covers a large area. -With special activated he can really turn into a unstoppable beast. -Has horsemanship skill. -Has one of the most fun Musou modes. It also is the most ridiculous. -Cons. -Movement is slow. He could used the ability which gives speed up while running in a certain direction. -At the end of his musou there is slight pause where you are just standing there holding your weapon. This could lead to enemies hitting your back. Not really a problem on lower levels but on Chaos can really screw you over. -No RED HARE!!!!! lol okay not really a con but come on in the movies he's riding his Hummer of a horse and then your stuck with a mini horse in the gameplay. =( ------------------------------------ 7. Musou Mode ------------------------------------ *note* There isn't one specific way to do any of the levels. I'm just giving you an outline of what I did and maybe the fastest way to get some of the targets done. If you found a better way to do any of the targets then I'll make sure a cookie is baked in your honor. I'll also eat it for you =). *end note* ***Stage 1: Battle of Xia Pi*** Conditions: Defeat Liu Bei Targets: 1. Lead Diao Chan and Zhang Liao inside Xia Pi Castle in 10 min. 2. Take Liu Bei's Main Camp after defeating Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. 3. Defeat 10 or more enemy units in 15 min. Mmmm first stage. And they also play the DW theme song! Yay. If your going for targets then the first target might be a bit challenging. Head straight for Xia Pi West gate as it is the closest and defeat all the defense captains there. Then just wait for you engineers to come so they can build ladders. From there its just destroying the balistas on the top of the walls and doing the same for the Xia Pi south gate. You can reach there by traveling on the walls so no need to jump down. If your fast you can reach Guan Yu and Zhang Fei before they get to spread apart so just destroy them. They will have that red aura around them but shouldn't be that hard to kill. When you kill either Zhang Fei or Guan Yu, Liu Bei will become enraged. Still isn't strong enough to defeat you though so just squash him and be done with it. ***Stage 2: Battle of Guan Du*** Conditions: Defeat Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. Targets: 1. Take Yan Jin Fort and Bai Ma Fort in 15 min. 2. Take Wu Chao Camp and Guan Du Castle. 3. Score 1,000 or more K.O.s. Easy stage with easy targets. Not much advice I can give here. Taking the 2 forts in the beginning will leave you with no time limit targets so kill to your hearts content. Your allies are pretty strong as they took over one of the castles while I was at the other one. Go Go Diao Chan!!! ***Stage 3: Battle of Shi Ting*** Conditions: Wipe out all enemy units. Targets: 1. Defeat Taishi Ci. 2. Take Shi Ting Northwest camp, Wan Castle, and Shi Ting Southeast camp in 15 min. 3. At least 4 of your units survive until victory. From your starting position head straight to reach the Northwest camp. Capture it and then head down to reach Taishi Ci. Defeat him and then head for the castle in the middle. Then last but not least take the Southeast camp. Other than that it's just a matter of hunting every officer down and making them taste your blade. Mindless slaughter b e a utiful. ***Stage 4: Battle of Chi Bi*** Conditions: Wipe out all Enemy units. Targets: 1. Defeat Cao Cao and Sun Quan in 10 mins. 2. Defeat Zhuge Liang. 3. None of your units withdraw. Another destroy everything on map level. My only gripe is that its a big level so it might take a while to get everyone if your not a fast horse. I would head for Zhuge Liang first since after he summons the winds he will retreat from the battle. Cao Cao and Sun Quan would be ur next priorities. One thing you can do is let Zhuge Liang summon the wind then defeat him right after before he escapes. I think when Cao Cao's boats are on fire the alliance army will charge so saves you the trouble of running to them. ***Stage 5: Battle of Mt. Ding Jun*** Conditions: Wipe out all enemy units. Targets: 1. Take Mt. Cha Qi and Mt. Ding Jun in 15 min. 2. Enemy forces do not enter Lu Bu's Main camp. 3. Win in 20 min. Time to fight ghosts since we have beaten everyone else. Dong Zhuo and Zhang Jiao come back to try and beat you. Sadly even if they are ghosts they are gonna lose big time. Taking the 2 mountains shouldn't be too hard. At a point however, the enemy will charge your camp but hopefully by then they will be all wiped out or at least very far away. There are 2 officers near your camp so take them out then head for the mountains. Other than that kill first ask questions later. ***Stage 6: Battle of Hu Lao Gate*** Conditions: Wipe out all enemy units. Targets: 1. Defeat Liu Bei, Sun Quan, Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, and Zhang Jiao in 15 min. 2. Do not allow Hu Lao North Gate or Hu Lao South Gate to be breached. 3. None of your units withdraw. LAST LEVEL. And thank jebus since killing all units does get a bit repetitive. First order of buisness is to wipe out all the officers near your gate. Destroy any seige weapons you see as well (catapults, rams, etc.). After that just follow the map downwards and defeat everyone along the way. 15 mins is more than enough time to kill those officers. However when you finally make your way to Cao Cao's base, all the past enemy officers will respawn enraged. Meaning red auras lol. This part can get a bit dangerous as one time I had Cao Cao get a lucky hit off, ice element me then all the generals used their Musous on me at once -_-. So this would be a good time to use your special attack and just hope you can kill as many officers before it runs out. Well thats it for musou mode. Fun to not have insanely stupid target obj. and just be able to destroy everything. I believe if you clear a target on his last level, first or second one can't remeber, you will unlock Dong Zhuo to be played in free and challenge mode. ------------------------------------ 8. Different Models & Stats ------------------------------------ His 2nd costume which unlockable after achieving a certain level is Lu Bu in all GOLD. Personally neh not a big fan of it. Kinda gaudy imo. *note 2nd Costume is unlocked once reaching Lvl 25. Thanks to Jacob D DeLong* Lvl 50. Title: Grand General Exp: 99999/99999 Life: 1000 Musou: 1000 Attack: 1000 Defense: 1000 Special: Swift Attack My wep of choice is a standard wep since it gives you range up as your renbu rank increases. Attk pwer neh Lu Bu is already strong and faster attk speed sounds nice but haven't found a skill weapon with good stats on it yet. 90 Power Ice Element True Musou Balance Flash ------------------------------------ 9. Credits ------------------------------------ Many Thanks to -Gamefaqs for posting this FAQ -Koei, W-omega Force for this game and with hopes that the next game will be PERFECT. please? -Lu Bu's VO who seems to have either gotten better or changed. -Ancient China cause without you...no DW franchise. =) ------------------------------------ 10. Copyrighting ------------------------------------ Copyright 2008 Albert Kuo. This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. All trademarks and copyrights contained in this document are owned by their respective trademark and copyright holders. Additionally, I do not claim any affiliation to Koei or the Dynasty Warriors franchise, nor do I seek credit for their hard work. ------------------------------------ 11. Contact ------------------------------------ Email: Mad.Dog.Sawamura@gmail.com If there are any questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions for this FAQ please send an email to that address. Make sure to mention in the title that the email is for Gamefaqs Lu BU DW6 FAQ or else it might be ignored. Also don't ask questions that are already in the FAQ. If you do need help on anything relating this guide and it is something that was NOT covered in the guide then please do send an email and I'll do what I can. Thanks for reading and I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I have enjoyed writing it. lol lame right?