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Dian Wei Character Guide for Dynasty Warriors 4 Xtreme Legends
By deathgrave (el brado)
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Version 1

Table Of Contents

1) Version History
2) Background
3) Vital Statistics
4) Moves and Analysis
5) Unlocking
6) 10th Level Weapon Acquisition
7) 11th Level Weapon Acquisition
8) Costumes
9) Overview/Strategy
10) Which orb for Dian Wei?
11) Recommended Equipment
12) Dian Wei Legend Stage ( Under construction )
13) Thanks
14) Legal Stuff


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1) Version History

12/17/2003 - Started it today -


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2) Background  Dian Wei - (Ziman) - Taken from www.kongming.net

Dian Wei was a fierce man of a common background. He first served Zhang Miao,
but he got into a fight with his roommates and ended up killing a dozen of
them with his bare hands. After that he fled into the mountains where he
chased wild Tigers for food, there he met Xiahou Dun, who introduced him to
Lord Cao.

Lord Cao wanted proof of Dian Wei’s strength, so the latter went out to the
compound where the fierce wind was threatening to blow over a flag pole. While
several soldiers were trying to keep it standing, Dian Wei shouted at the men
to leave and used one hand to straighten the pole. Lord Cao was in awe of his
strength and recruited Dian Wei into his army and placed him as Commander
under Xiahou Dun .

When Lord Cao led his troops against Lu Bu, Dian Wei simply scared away the
troops by violently swinging his halberds . As a result Lord Cao appointed Dian
Wei as the head of his personal guard.

When Li Jue and Guo Si were fighting each other, Dian Wei followed Xiahou Dun
as the vanguard party. Together with Cao Ren and Xu Chu, Dian Wei charged
Li Jue’s army with only three hundred cavalry troops, and continued to do so
until the main army arrived. For this he was appointed Commander of the Capital
District.

In the second year of Rebuilt Tranquility (AD 197), Lord Cao stayed in Wan
castle, consorting with the wife of the late Zhang Ji, Lady Zhou. Zhang Xiu
was enraged and together with Jia Xu he plotted to kill Lord Cao. However,
because they feared Dian Wei’s strength, they weakened him with wine, stole
his halberds, and night raided Lord Cao’s camp.

Zhang Xiu torched Lord Cao’s camp and Dian Wei rushed out of his tent with a
sword to see what was going on. Though he fought with bravery, Dian Wei had no
armor or backup and was totally outnumbered by the enemy soldiers. Dian Wei
died that night, and after learning of his death, Lord Cao wept bitterly.

After Cao Pi became Emperor, Dian Wei was memorialized by the court and
posthumously titled Lord of the Second rank. After his death, Lord Cao took
custody over Dian Wei’s only son and honored him as a member of his own
family.

In Game Bio -

A giant of a man often referred to as pure evil. Served as Cao Cao's personal
body guard and was constantly by his side. After Zhang Xiu's night raid on Wan
Castle, he alone stood before the enemy troops giving his life so that
Cao Cao could escape.


Although not said above, most people believe this about Dian Wei's death:

During the night at Wan Castle, his weapons was stolen and was forced to use
bare hands to fight off enemies to defend Cao Cao.  While Cao Cao was escaping,
Dian Wei fought against the enemies that tried to rush through the gate that
leads to Cao Cao.  It is rumored that he killed hundereds of enemies using
enemy bodies as weapons. Finaly he was brought down by enemy archers. Even
after he died, enemies would not go near Dian Wei because of pure fear of him.
After Cao Cao escaped, Cao Cao said that the greatest lost at Wan Castle was
not his son Cao Ang, but Dian Wei.

Dian Wei was 37 when he died. 160 - 197


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3) Statistics
-This is a starting level (Fresh) Dian Wei

Life: High, not the highest but still very good.

Musou: Not a lot but his musou is bad anyway so who cares?

Attack: His greatest asset, one of the strongest in the game.

Defense: Bad, but with high attack this can be expected.

Speed: Slow, very slow amongst the slowest

Reach: His weapon hits around him but not very far away

Mounted Attack: Side to side attacks like most characters.

Overall: - A guy to crush skulls in the name of fun.

Crowd Clearing: OK, His musou is ok for this and his charges are good.

Dueling: Combination of all the above stats and how good you are.

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4) Moves -

Square button (s) - Press it 6 times for a combo. It has horizontal and
vertical slashes in it and ends with a jumping, spinning 360 degree swipe.

Charge 1 - Triangle (t) - Dian Wei grabs the enemy and headbutts them into the
ground. This move is high damage and unblockable. Although it only hits 1
person if your in a big crowd other enemies can get caught up in the headbutt.

Charge 2 - s,t - The basic uppercut. Smashes them into the sky which can be
followed up with more attacks.

Charge 3 - s,s,t - Dian does a treble vertical hack 3 times (very fast!) and
finishes with a knock-away move which hits lots of enemies.

Charge 4  - s,s,s,t - Dian Wei thinks he's Zhu Rong and throws his axe like a
boomerang in front of him. This is awesome for crowd cleaning. And with a
good element your laughing.

Charge 5 - s,s,s,s,t - He uses both hands on his axe and bashes the enemy into
the air. If you press t again Dian Wei will bash them back down too!

Charge 6 - s,s,s,s,s,t - A giant vertical energy wave flys out of his axe
and into enemies in fornt of Dian Wei. Because of the wave being thin, it only
generally hits one person. Still high damage though.

Musou - Circle button when gauge is full - Dian Wei does repeated left to
right slashes of his axe and ends with a giant 360 sweep of the area.

True Musou - Circle when gauge is full and health is red - Dian Wei does the
same as above apart from the fire element is added and their is some extra
vertical slashes added near the end of the musou.

Horse Attack - Usual slash right then left....yawn

Horse Charge - Usual bigger slash right then left

Air Strike - Just a slash from right to left in midair. Actually quite useful
considering how bad Dian Wei is at jumping. TRY IT

Air Charge - The usual jump up, slam weapon in ground attack.

Taunt - (R3 button) ........rrrarragh

Analysis of Moves - For Dian Wei, strength is your biggest asset. Use a variety
of his move but mainly c1 c3 and c4. Musou for crowds and c3 for duels. He
should always have a horse for transport because he is very slow.
Always fight on the ground too, because his horse attacks are so average,
they're boring.


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5) Unlocking
Dian Wei starts out selectable on DW4 XL

ON DW4 you have to unlock him by clearing chapter 1 of Wei musou mode. (This
can be done with any character of Shu).

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6) 10th Level Weapon Acquisition (Got to be on hard mode or higher)
Note: requires Lvl 9 weapon

DW4 Xtreme legends way of getting it:

Name: Mad Bull
Attack: +58
Stage: Dian Wei's legend
Requirements: Get 200 KO's

Credit to Muni Shinobu

or the DW4 version of getting it is:

The requirements: Play the battle of Wan Castle, Cao Cao's side.  First
defeat Hu Che Er.  Then make Zhang Xiu retreat by defeating him or drain his
HP down more than half.  After Zhang Xiu retreats go to Cao Cao and trigger
the Dian Wei meet Cao Cao cut-sceen.  Follow Cao Cao and get the flame
blocking escape route message.  Keep following Cao Cao and trigger the
cut-sceen where Xu Zhu breaks though the door and allowing was to escape.
Dian Wei then should get the Mad Bull accquired message.

Credit to Muni Shinobu

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7) 11th Level Weapon Acquisition

Name: Raging Bull
Attack: +60
Add-on Items: Lvl 18 Tortoise Amulet, Lvl 17 Speed Scroll,
Lvl 20 Nanman armour, lvl 16 Cavalry armour

Stage: Dian Wei's Legend
Map:  Wan castle
Restrictions:  No bodyguards or items.
Requirements:  Approach the archers and Hu Che Er will ambush. Be careful.
The arrows hurt!.  Defeat Hu Che Er and keep on killing troops. After a while
(120 KOs?), Jia Xu appears. Defeat Jia Xu. Get 200 KOs. Level 11 message.

IMO a great lvl 11 weapon - Improves all of Dian Wei's weak areas.
( defence and speed!)


Credit to The Left Wings and Muni Shinobu for that info.

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8) Costumes

1. The original costume - white skin - Blue and Spiky
2. Same clothes - different colours - dark skin - different shades of blue
3. Colours same as first costume - Includes a cool looking bandana
4. Colours same as second costume - Includes a not so cool bandana
5. Old school Dian Wei - less armour, no bandana but more spikes
6. DW3 XL costume - Same as fifth costume but dark skin with white
clothes/armour


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9) Orbs and Dian Wei

This is my opinion on orbs. Some may work better for you.

In my personal favourite order

1. Ice - Slows em down to Dian Wei's speed. LoL
2. Fire - More damage is good
3. Lightning - Makes his c4 one of the best moves in the game
4. Vorpal - Natural Born Killer
5. Poison - Yawn
6. Blast - Bigger Yawn


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10) Recommended Equipment

Saddle: Use a horse saddle only. Any will do to get rid of Dian Wei's slow
speed. Red Hare and Shadow are best.


Orb: Ice

Items: He only has 4 slots but i'll list some of the best.
Tiger Amulet - Strength is king for Dian Wei
Tortoise Amulet - Defence is very important too
Peacock Urn - Makes his HP soar, almost goes across the screen!
Speed Scroll - You MUST have this if no you have no horse.
Wind Scroll - Increases range and therefore more dead people.
Secret of Orbs - More elemental is good
War Drum - Morale is important in long battles so use this.
Power Rune - The best defence is to go on the offensive. Works well IMO.
Herbal Remedy - Charge Attacks are good especially for Dian Wei.
Elixer - Musou is good-ish

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11) Dian Wei's legend

This is a extra stage at the Wan Castle

Under Construction


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12) Thanks

Thanks to gamefaqs.com for making this all possible.
Thanks to Muni's Level 10 and 11 Weapons Guide for the information on getting
it.
Thanks to The Left Wings Level 11 Weapons Guide for the information on
getting it.
Thanks to kongming.net  for the biography information.
Thanks to Kaidyn for the FAQ layout.
Thanks to CJayC
Thanks to Lord Deng Ai
Thanks to the reader
Thanks to Dian Wei - A chinese legend and one of my heroes


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13) Legal Stuff
Copyright 2003 Brad Slater (El brado) (deathgrave)
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