Dynasty Warriors 4: Extreme Legends

Version 1.10

April 20, 2004

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FAQ/Character FAQ done by Kevin Kao
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Table of Contents

I. Updates

II. Introduction

III. Pros and Cons of Dong Zhuo

IV. Moveset

V. Outfits

VI. Level 10 and 11 Weapons

VII. Good items for Dong Zhuo

VIII. DW4: XL easy leveling up

IX. Thanks, credits and any legal things

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I. Updates

1.00: First edition of the FAQ.

1.10: Added neoseeker.com as a site that is allowed to use my FAQS
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II. Introduction

Dong Zhuo is one of the playable characters of Dynasty Warriors 4: Extreme
Legends. He is an actual historic figure, coming out of the book, San Guo Yan
Yi/San Guo Zhi/Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In DW4:XL, Dong Zhuo wields a
medium sized sword and is quite the powerhouse, not up to Lu Bu or Guan Yu
standards, but still better than average. A little history on Dong Zhuo, he
actually took control of the Han dynasty emperor and usurped his powers,
leaving him large power over military and political affairs. He was later
killed by none other than Lu Bu, his adopted son.

Here's Dong Zhuo's SGYY bio: (credited to kongming.net)

Dong Zhuo, styled Zhongyin, was born in Lintao in the West Valley Land but it
was while he was Governor of Hedong on the Northwestern Frontier that he gained
notoriety for his arrogant and ignorant ways. During the Yellow Turban
Rebellion, Dong Zhuo fought against the rebels in Zhuo county and throughout
the Northwest but Zhang Jiao’s forces proved too much, sending Dong Zhuo into
retreat. Dong Zhuo’s retreat was aided by Liu Bei and his sworn brothers, but
as they held no government offices Dong Zhuo treated them with disrespect,
greatly angering Zhang Fei who wanted to kill Dong Zhuo for this treatment.

After the end of the uprising Dong Zhuo bribed his way out of his punishment
for his failures against the Yellow Turbans and gained rapid promotions through
deceit, he held the titles of General, General of the Front Army and Lord of
Aoxiang all within a short time before becoming Imperial Protector in the
western region of Xizhou. Dong Zhou now commanded an army of 200,000 troops.
Dong Zhou was summoned to the capital by He Jin so he left his son in law Niu
Fu in charge and took his army with generals Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, and Fan
Chou to the capital Luoyang. While He Jin was pleased that Dong Zhuo was coming
to the capital, many ministers resigned in protest. The eunuchs, fearing that
Dong Zhuo’s forces had come to destroy them, convinced Empress He that He Jin
was plotting against the state and had him killed. He Jin’s death set Cao Cao
and Yuan Shao’s forces against the eunuchs, leading to an internal revolution.
During the confusion the Emperor and his brother were hurried away by the
eunuchs but they soon managed to escape and were saved by Min Gong. Soon after
recovering the emperor, Min Gong’s troop met Dong Zhuo’s and the two armies
turned towards the capital. Once order had been restored, it was found that the
Imperial Seal of the Emperor was missing. Dong Zhuo’s forces camped outside the
city’s walls but he came and went as he pleased, walking the streets of the
city accompanied by armed guards which angered some but the majority feared
Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo would call a meeting with the government’s officials and during the
feast announced his wish to remove the emperor from power, empowering the
emperor’s brother the Prince of Chenliu instead but ministers Ding Yuan and Lu
Zhi voiced their displeasure, enraging Dong Zhuo. Li Ru succeeded in calming
the situation and the assembled ministers took their leave. The next day Ding
Yuan, accompanied by his officer Lü Bu, led out a force against Dong Zhuo but
before the forces could finish exchanging taunts Lü Bu attacked Dong Zhuo
causing him and his army to retreat. Dong Zhuo’s army would set up a new camp
and a meeting of all of the officers was called where Dong Zhuo decided that Lü
Bu needed to be convinced to join him. Li Su met with Lü Bu, bribing him with
gold and the horse Red Hare. Lü Bu agreed that he would slay Ding Yuan and join
Dong Zhuo which he did the very next day. Dong Zhuo welcomed his adopted son Lü
Bu with more gifts and with Lü Bu at his side, Dong Zhuo’s influence and power
grew. He soon named himself Minister of Works, Grand Commander, and Commander
of the Front Army and gave Lü Bu the titles of Lord of Luoyang, Commander of
the Capital District, and Cavalry Commander.

Dong Zhuo called for another banquet and once again voiced his plan to replace
the emperor. This time only Yuan Shao spoke out as all the other attendees were
too afraid to oppose the plan. Again, it was Li Ru who intervened to prevent
bloodshed but once Yuan Shao had left the banquet, his uncle Yuan Wei agreed
with Dong Zhuo’s plan and the gathered officials also agreed as they were
afraid to disagree. The next day, by Li Ru’s suggestion, Dong Zhuo offered Yuan
Shao the governorship of Bohai as a peace offering.

On the first day of the ninth month AD 190, an assembly of officials was held,
and with the Emperor in attendance Dong Zhuo ordered the Emperor to be removed
from the throne. The former Emperor and Empress were removed and imprisoned
within a part of the palace. Liu Xian, Prince of Chenliu was now Emperor.
Naming himself Prime Minister, Dong Zhuo became more arrogant and ignorant of
rules than before and became very wealthy during this time, more wealthy than
any other in the land. Li Ru advised Dong Zhuo to make gestures that would
bring public support, so he proceeded to restore those to office who had been
removed by the eunuchs and gave titles to the families of those who had been
killed by the eunuchs. However, Dong Zhuo soon decided to rid himself of the
former Emperor and Empress so he sent Li Ru with 10 men to kill them and
ordered their bodies to be buried outside the city’s walls. With the former
Emperor and Empress gone, Dong Zhuo became even more rebellious as he slept on
the Emperor’s Dragon Couch and took the Imperial Concubines as his own. He even
led his army to Yangcheng and attacked during the Spring festival, killing the
men, capturing the women and stealing all possessions worth taking.

Word of Dong Zhuo’s abuse of power made it to Yuan Shao who wrote a letter to
Minister of the Interior Wang Yun offering to lead his army against Dong Zhuo
if Wang Yun would rebel. Under the pretense of a birthday party, Wang Yun
invited his closet colleagues to his home to discuss the matter and addressed
them with a moving speech. While most of the guests wept, one laughed: Cao Cao.
He ridiculed the crying men calling for action over tears and swore to kill
Dong Zhuo. The next day Cao Cao met alone with Dong zhuo but when he went to
cut him down, Dong Zhuo saw Cao Cao’s reflection in a mirror and turned to
confront him. Lü Bu arrived at that moment so Cao Cao dropped to one knee to
present the sword as a gift to Dong Zhuo. Cao Cao took his leave after Dong
Zhuo accepted the gift but his intentions were known to both Lü Bu and Dong
Zhuo. Li Ru discovered that Cao Cao had fled the city and offered a reward for
his capture but Cao Cao escaped home to Qiao where he issued a call to arms
against Dong Zhuo. Yuan Shao received the call to arms and marched his army of
30,000 to Qiao to join with Cao Cao and he was not the only one: Han Fu, Liu
Dai, Kong Zhou, Wang Kuang, Zhang Miao, Tao Qian, Ma Teng, Zhang Chao, Kong
Rong, Zhang Yang, Qiao Mao, Yuan Yi, Bao Xin, Gongsun Zan, Sun Jian and Yuan
Shao’s brother Yuan Shu all began the march to the Capital Luoyang. On his way
to the capital, Gongsun Zan’s force was joined by Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu
and their small force.

Once the armies had assembled, Yuan Shao was nominated to lead the alliance and
he placed Yuan Shu in charge of supplies and made Sun Jian leader of the Van.
Word reached Dong Zhuo of this invading force when Sun Jian’s army reached
River Si Pass, so he dispatched Hua Xiong with Li Su, Hu Zhen, Zao Cen and an
army of 50,000 to repel the alliance. Soon after setting out Hua Xiong had
slain Bao Xin’s brother and captured 3,000 enemy troops so he was made
Commander-In-Chief by Dong Zhuo in recognition of his service. Although Hu Zen
would be killed by Sun Jian’s officer Cheng Pu, Hua Xiong’s forces would repel
Sun Jian’s army and kill his officer Zu Mao. Hua Xiong would also slay one of
Yuan Shao’s officers, Yu She and Han Fu’s officer Pan Feng but would be killed
himself during a duel with Guan Yu.

When news of Hua Xiong’s death reached Dong Zhou he was greatly concerned and
at once dispatched Li Jue and Guo Si to kill Yuan Shao’s uncle Yuan Wei who
held office within the palace. He then ordered an army of 50,000 to be raised
and sent to River Si Pass under the command of Li Jue and Guo Si. Another army
of 150,000 troops was raised and led to Hu Lao Pass by Dong Zhuo himself
accompanied by Lü Bu, Li Ru, Zhang Ji and Fan Chou. Once they arrived, Lü Bu
was sent outside the pass with an army of 30,000 men. Yuan Shao sent Cao Cao,
Gongsun Zan, Wang Kuang, Qiao Mao, Bao Xin, Yuan Yi, Zhang Yang, Tao Qian and
Kong Rong against Dong Zhuo at Hu Lao Pass of which Wang Kuang’s forces were
first to arrive. Lü Bu slayed Wang Kuang’s officer Fang Yue quickly and charged
at the army killing many soldiers and forcing Wang Kuang to flee. Qiao Mao and
Yuan Yi rescued Wang Kuang but lost many men in the process so they too
retreated and met up with the other arriving commanders, but Lü Bu would also
kill Zhang Yang’s general Mu Shun and wound Wu Anguo under Kong Rong before
retiring. Lü Bu would once again attack the next day and this time was about to
kill Gongsun Zan when Zhang Fei came to his rescue. Zhang Fei and Lü Bu battled
with neither gaining an advantage so Guan Yu joined the battle but again, no
advantage could be gained by either side even when Liu Bei joined the attack.
Eventually Lü Bu would start to tire so he withdrew from the battle to his own
camp.

Dong Zhuo tried to form an alliance with Sun Jian by offering his daughter to
be married to Sun Ce, but this only angered Sun Jian. Li Ru proposed to Dong
Zhuo that the capital city should be moved from Luoyang to Changan in order to
boost the moral of the troops, so Dong Zhuo and Lü Bu left the front lines and
returned to Luoyang to make the announcement. A few of the ministers were
concerned as Changan was a wasteland, but Dong Zhuo was adamant that the city
could be rebuilt and would make a superior capital as it would be easier to
defend due to it’s mountainous surroundings. 5 officials in all objected, 3
were reduced to peasants and 2 were executed by Dong Zhuo’s command. Dong Zhuo
then sent 5,000 troops out to plunder and kill the rich of Luoyang under the
pretense that the rich were supporting the alliance against, while Li Jue and
Guo Si were tasked with driving the millions of inhabitants of Luoyang to the
new capital. Many of the people died along the way and their bodies were
looted. Dong Zhuo dispatched Lü Bu to rob the tombs of the Emperors and the
rich of Luoyang and then the city was burned to the ground. As they made their
way to Changan, Li Ru advised Dong Zhuo to assign Lü Bu to guard the rear as he
feared that the alliance may pursue them and his fears were justified as soon
Cao Cao’s army caught up with them, but they were easily defeated by Lü Bu, Li
Ru and Guo Si and forced to retreat to Luoyang. The alliance against Dong Zhou
crumbled as Sun Jian, Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan's armies all retired to their own
provinces, Sun Jian taking with him the newly found Imperial Seal.

Dong Zhuo concentrated on building the new capital in Changan while his enemies
fought amongst themselves: Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao waged war against each
other, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were almost enemies and Sun Jian was killed by
Liu Biao leaving the 17 year old Sun Ce as his successor. With seemingly no one
to oppose him Dong Zhuo did as he pleased, titling himself Imperial Rector, his
brother Dong Min became Lord of Huazhou and Commander of the Left Army and
every member of Dong Zhuo’s family was given a title. He soon built a city
named Miewo and filled it with his wealth, his family and the most beautiful
women he could find. He would visit the city once a month and his behavior
became more and more vicious as he regularly had executions carried out during
banquets.

After one such banquet Wang Yun, who had previously plotted against Dong Zhuo,
formed a plan with his loyal handmaiden Diao Chan that would see Lü Bu kill
Dong Zhuo. He would offer Diao Chan to be married to Lü Bu but then would also
offer her to Dong Zhuo in order to drive a wedge between the Imperial Rector
and his adopted son. Wang Yun invited Lü Bu to his home to meet Diao Chan and
promised her to him, but the next day met with Dong Zhuo and gave Diao Chan to
him. Wang Yun told Lü Bu that Dong Zhuo was fully aware that Diao Chan was
promised to Lü Bu but had taken her anyway. Over the next few months Diao Chan
would be the cause of many problems between the two as she played them against
each other. The rivalry between them would come to a head when Dong Zhuo caught
Lü Bu with Diao Chan and tried to kill Lü Bu with his own halberd. Following
this incident, Dong Zhuo and Diao Chan set out to Miewo to be far away from Lü
Bu.

Lü Bu would plot with Wang Yun to assassinate Dong Zhuo. Wang Yun with two of
his colleagues decided that a messenger would be sent to Dong Zhou with a
summons from the Emperor and when he returned to the capital he would be
ambushed and killed by Lü Bu. The next day Li Su was sent as the messenger to
Miewo where he informed Dong Zhuo that the Emperor wished to abdicate all power
to him. Dong Zhuo gave the good news to his elderly mother and then left Zhang
Ji, Guo Si, Fan Chou and Li Jue with 3,000 troops to guard the city while he
returned to the capital. As he arrived at Changan, Dong Zhuo was welcomed by
many ministers and when he reached his palace he was greeted and congratulated
by Lü Bu. The next day as he arrived at the reception hall, Dong Zhuo was
greatly alarmed to see that the gathered ministers were all armed but before he
could retreat, soldiers who had lain in ambush attacked his carriage. Dong Zhuo
called for Lü Bu to save him but Lü Bu thrust his halberd through Dong Zhuo’s
throat. Dong Zhuo’s corpse was decapitated by Li Su and the troops brought Li
Ru to execution. A force of 50,000 men led by Lü Bu then marched to Meiwo to
destroy the city. The four generals protecting the city fled and the force led
by Lü Bu invaded, killing all of Dong Zhuo’s family even his mother. The women
were set free, the riches were confiscated and Lü Bu was reunited with Diao
Chan. Dong Zhuo’s two year reign of terror had ended.

Almost 3 years after Dong Zhuo’s death, his followers who still lived in
Changan conspired with Guo Si, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji and Li Jue to attack the
capital to avenge Dong Zhuo. During this uprising Li Su and Wang Yun would both
die and chaos would once again come to Changan.

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III. Pros and Cons

Pros
-He's very powerful
-His attack speed is not slow and not rapier quick, but it can get the job done.
-C6 can knock back crowds from a distance
-He gets 5 item slots, even though he's so powerful
-True musou gets the orb element attached to it on the last hit. (assuming you
have his 10th or 11th weapon, or you have 10/60 sec. unlimited musou)

Cons
-Due to his power, he's a little slow. (Nothing a good speed scroll can't fix
or saddle)
-C1 is very slow, usually countered
-C3 can often miss on the last 2 hits

All in all, his cons are really outweighed by his pros, IMHO.

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IV. Moveset

The Key:
S= Square/normal attack
T=Triangle/charge attack

T (C1): Charges up and lunges forward with one hand, if it connects, he will
lift the enemy up with his hand and then whack them once with his sword,
sending them spiralling away. You are invincible when performing this charge.

S,T (C2):

S,S,T (T,T) (C3): Hits the enemy twice and then kind of hits them many times
while swinging his sword vertically (if you've seen it, you know what I mean),
ends with one horizontal slash and one vertical slash. (Vertical slash carries
orb element)

S,S,S,T (C4): Hits the enemy 3 times, then with his back facing the enemy, he
stabs the enemy with the tip of his sword. Knock back effect and orb element on
the stab. Can keep a crowd at bay for a while if the enemy body is launched at
the crowd.

S,S,S,S,T (T) (C5): Hits the enemy 4 times, then lifts them in the air with one
slash, if the enemy is launched in the air by a connected hit, pressing T once
more will allow Dong Zhuo to jump up in the air and hit them back down to earth
with his sword. The orb element is activated twice on the last two T hits.

S,S,S,S,S,T (C6): Hits the enemy 5 times, then holds his sword behind him and
swings it back to the front in a vertical line, then a big energy wave/line
comes out of the sword, knocks back enemies. The energy wave/line holds the orb
element. (Pretty good for keeping a crowd at bay for a while)

S,S,S,S,S,S: Nothing to fancy here. Basically a left-right upwards slash,
right-left downwards slash, left-right horizontal slash, right-left upward
slash, left-right slash, and then one big forward stab to end it off.

Musou: Normal horizontal slashes, juggles the enemy pretty high, ends with a
big fat belly flop. (The energy from the end of the belly flop looks like Zhang
Fei, Huang Gai, Xu Huang's C6)

True Musou: Same as normal musou except with the fire element. Ends with two
vertical slashes, and a big belly flop. (If you have level 10 or 11 weapons,
the belly flop holds your orb element)

Running Attack: A big horizontal slash, hitting most of the enemies in front of
you

Horse attacks:
S,S,S,S(S,S): The standard right and left swings.

T: Standard horse charge attack of strong right-left swings.

Horse Musou: Standard souped up right and left swings.
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V. Outfits

1: The original DW4 costume
2: Same as 1, except with some color changes
3: Same costume as 1, except its not a hat anymore, it's a big spiky crown
4: Same as 3, but different colors
5: The memories come back for some, it's his old DW3 costume
6: Same as 5, just new colors

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VI. Level 10 and 11 weapons (credits to muni shinobu's level 10 and 11FAQs on
gamefaqs.com)
(These are the DW4:XL methods)

Level 10 Weapon
Prerequisites: Must have your level 9 weapon, you must be playing on HARD or
EXPERT

Dong Zhuo (Zhong Ying)
Stage: Dong Zhuo's Legend
Weapon: Horror
Attack: +57
Method: Defeat Yuan Shao
Learned Horror message
Note: You do not have to defeat the Eunichs or Yan Liang and Wen Chou

Level 11 Weapon
Prerequisites: You must have your level 10 weapon, you must be playing on
EXPERT, you must finish the level with an S rank

Dong Zhuo (Zhong Ying)
Stage: Dong Zhuo's Legend
Weapon: Hell Devil
Special Effects:
Tiger Amulet Lvl 17
Wing Boots Lvl 14
Horned Helm Lvl 20
Calvalry Armor Lvl 16
Method
1. Defeat the Ten Eunichs
2. While Yuan Shao is still alive, achieve 100 ko's
Learned Hell Devil message
Note: It is not neccessary to defeat Yan Liang and Wen Chou

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VII. Good Items for Dong Zhuo

Legend Mode/Free Mode/Musou Mode

I myself tend to use the 6 items all the time for him:

Red Hare Saddle (Cancels out his slow speed)
Vorpal Orb (Lots of death)
Peacock Urn (Longer time till you die)
Tiger Amulet (More dead bodies = more rank points = more item slots)
Tortoise Amulet (Less damage to you = less chance of death)
Elixir (It never hurts to have a musou attack ready)

The last slot, I frequently change, but you can do as you wish. If I have his
10th or 11th weapon, the last slot should be a way of musou. But it's your
choice.

Extreme Mode

I will usually use these:

Red Hare Saddle (Easy moving)
Vorpal Orb (Death)
Tiger Amulet (Lots of attack)
Tortoise Amulet (Less damage)
Peacock Urn (More Health)
Way of Musou (Unlimited 10 sec. musou's can come up quite a bit)

The last slot is your choosing.

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VIII. DW4: XL easy leveling up

For attack and weapon experience, Xiao Qiao's Legend Stage:
On Normal 8 generals that drop attack +4, then Xiahou Yuan who drops another
attack +4, In total that is +36 attack at the end of the level.
On normal 9 generals times 409 exp. plus 5 times 818 exp. (Cao Cao) In total
that is 3681+4090 = 7771 exp (not counting juggles)
On Hard its 9 times 8 = attack + 72

For defense, the best legend would be Dong Zhuo's Legend Stage:
On normal, it's 6 Eunichs times defense +2 = defense +12. Also add in Yuan Shao
with a defense +4 (If its a duel, its defense +8) the grand total of defense on
normal is then 16 or 20
On hard the grand total is 24+8 = 32 defense
On Hard the weapon exp is a total of about 16 000 (this is not counting combos
that are 8+)

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IX. Thanks, credits and any legal things
Thanks/credits go out to:
Muni Shinobu for his guides on Level 10 and 11 weapons
The Left Wings, for his posts on the message boards on places for attack, exp,
and defense
Koei: For making DW4:XL

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