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Copyright 2004 Master of Wu
Version 1.0
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---Contents---
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1. Introduction
2. Why use Taishi Ci?
3. Pros & Cons
4. Statistics
5. Moves List
6. Taishi Ci With Orbs
7. Taishi Ci With Items
8. Taishi Ci's 10th Level Weapon
9. Taishi Ci's 11th Level Weapon
10. Strategies
11. Costumes, Voices, Weapons, Etc.
12. FAQ
13. Contacts
14. Thanks
15. All That Legal Crap
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---1. Introduction---
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Hello! I am Master of Wu. This Character Guide is the first i have done
so far for GameFAQs. You may have noticed I did not put anything about Taishi
Ci's history in this guide. I did this because that has nothing to do
at all with the game and I want my guide only to be about Dynasty Warriors 4:
Extreme Legends. I play this game a lot and did all I could to make this a
good guide. Please tell me how you thought it was!
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---2. Why Use Taishi Ci?---
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Taishi Ci is almost as good as Lu Bu. He is actually better than him in a
duel. Taishi (or Ci?) has high attack, okay defense and, like I said, REALLY
AWESOME dueling powers. His speed is not bad, attacking speed not bad, and
he has okay range. Taishi (I know it's the wrong way to say it, but Taishi
sounds better) has some really fun moves to use and is a pretty good crowd
clearer with them. I'm sure you'll like him once you take some leveling up.
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---3. Pros & Cons With Taishi Ci---
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Pros
-Okay Attack speed
-Okay running speed
-Has cool costumes
-Good crowd clearing
-AWESOME in a duel
-Useful charge attacks
-High attack
Cons
-Kinda low defense
-Average life
Heh, I've already run out!
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---4. Statistics---
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*This is a starting level Taishi Ci*
Rated on a scale of 1 to 5; 5 being excellent, 1 being very poor
Attack: 5
It's very high
Defense: 2.5
He gets beat up a lot
Life: 3
Not really that much
Musou: 3
It doesn't last long but it charges quickly.
Range: 3.5
It's okay. Equip wind scroll and he will be a lot better.
Attacking Speed: 3
It's average
Crowd Clearing: 4.5
Taishi is good at this
Dueling: 5
It's awesome (Use his SST move a lot)! This is what Taishi was meant for
Running Speed: 3
Average
Mounted attacks: 3.5
Okay, i guess
Bow Attack: Unrated
It's the same as everybody else's
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---5. Moves List---
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Taishi has good crowd clearing moves. A lot of his moves work well in a
duel, making him excellent in Arena on challenge mode. He is good on crowds
and officers but his musou is more for dueling or taking out an officer and
his/her gaurds.
~~~~~ Normal Attacks ~~~~~
Normal attack rank: 4/5
They are good for taking out officers and for dueling.
S: Swipe from right to left with right rod
SS: Stab with left rod
SSS: Spinning diagonal slash with both rods
SSSS: Same as SSS
SSSSS: I think it's a swipe with the left rod; I'm not that sure.
SSSSSS: Stab with both rods; knockback collision
Jump Attack (Air+S): Swings outwards with both rods
Dash(ing?) Attack (Running+S): Slides forward slashing down with one rod.
Fairly good for opening an assault.
~~~~~ Charge Attacks ~~~~~
Air Charge (X+T) Rank: No Rank
Taishi flips and brings one rod crashing into the ground, knocking down
nearby enemies. Don't use it over a crowd. Useful for knocking people off a
horse, killing archers, or to counterattack a grab-type charge move.
Charge 1 (T) Rank: 4.5/5
Taishi impales the enemy on one rod, throws them up in the air, then does
two slashes at them alternating rods. He finishes by slashing quicker (3 more
times I think) and slamming them down into the ground. Man, does this move do
damage! You should only use it if the enemy is stunned or distracted or
something because you are pretty vulnerable impaling them. When you complete
the grabbing part it is really good, though. Enemies surrounding the victim
will probably be hit when you are slashing the poor thing you impaled, and the
slam into the ground has knockback collision. Yippee!
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Charge 2 (ST) Rank: 2/5
Standard juggler move, hits enemy into the air with one rod - sigh. You can
do better. Combos allowable if you connect.
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Charge 3 (SST-TTTTTTT) Rank: 4.5/5
Taishi Ci's most useful dueling move. He keeps on hitting them over the
head (Ow!), alternating rods, while stepping forwards. At the end he spins
and slashes diagonally in front of him with one rod, which will stun the
enemy if they are still alive. This move is okay for clearing out a crowd
but its most useful location is in the dueling arena. If the enemy is stunned
it is a good oppurtunity for a charge 1 attack. I love this move!
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Charge 4 (SSST) Rank: 5/5
Taishi Ci's best crowd clearing move. He turns quickly and then stabs both
his rods into the enemy, sending them flying f-a-r. This also has knockback
collision, so anyone in front of you is getting hit. Also, there is no charge
time and very little recovery time, so you can do this in a crowd without
needing to worry. It is good in a duel if you back the enemy up against the
wall. Once they fall back down you can just keep repeating over and over
again. One of Taishi's best moves; use it often.
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Charge 5 (SSSST-T) Rank: 3/5
Taishi charges up for a little bit, then hits the enemy high up into the air
allowing for combos or a follow-up attack by pressing T again. After you do
the follow-up you can press yet another T to do an air charge. Pretty good
damage but a long charge time so I prefer not to use it.
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Charge 6 (SSSSST) Rank: 4/5
Taishi holds his left rod up and sticks the enemy 2 times on his right rod
(more if you keep pressing T), spins both rods vertically and turns the ending
of the spins into a powerful stab forwards with both rods. This move does
major damage to an officer but leaves Taishi's back open when he is stabbing
with his right rod. The ending knocks people back even further than his musou
or charge 4 and has knockback collision. Use it to seriously damage officers.
You must be at level 7 or above to do this move. Use it a lot!
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~~~~~Musou Attacks~~~~~
Musou (C) Rank: 7/10 (for a musou)
Taishi goes around stabbing his rods into people, alternating rods, while
walking forwards. You can control him with the analog stick. To end it all
he does a couple little swipes and then jams both his rods forwards (like his
Charge 4), with extra range and knockback collision. This move doesn't really
do as much damage as it should and doesn't last long, but, hey, there are much
worse musous out there. It charges quickly, though. I prefer this musou in a
duel or against officers because it is hard to clear crowds with since he only
really stabs a couple people. Use it as often as you can.
Battle Cry: "Rrrgh!"
True Musou (C + Red Health or Way of Musou) Rank: 8/10 (for a true musou)
Practically the same thing as before but with the fire element and more hits
at the ending. The extra hits don't really do that much more damage.
Battle Cry: "Hold together!" or "Hold your shadow!" I think it's 'hold
together' though because 'hold your shadow' doesn't make sense. ;-)
Double Musou (C + 2 Player at the same time) Rank: No Rank
Same as above with the lightning element added.
~~~~~Mounted Attacks~~~~~
Mounted Normal Attack (Horse+S) Rank: 6/10
Left-right attacks, only use them when you are passing by enemies.
Mounted Charge Attack (Horse+T) Rank: 8/10
Here's a better move. Taishi attacks with each rod once on each side of
his horse with extended range. There is some charge-up time so you have to
time it right to make it good. Good for knocking down officers on the ground.
Mounted Musou Attack (Horse+C) Rank: No Rank
Fast and powerful left-right attacks until the musou gauge runs out. The
horse will stop when you are done. Only use it to get out of a crowd or
something because it's not really worth the musou gauge.
~~~~~Other Attacks~~~~~
Taunt (R3): Taishi dashes forward swinging out with both rods, making a red
wave wchich breaks the enemie's gaurd.
Battle Cry: "Let's have a go, then!"
Parry/counterattack: Taishi swings out and behind him with both rods.
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Combos:
ST+SSSSSTTTT
SSSST+SSSSSTTTT
SSTTTTTT+SSST
Etc.
You can combo pretty easily with Taishi. Try him out.
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Well, that is his whole moveset. Contact me if I should change anything!
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---6. Taishi Ci With Orbs---
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My favorite orb with Taishi Ci is vorpal.
1. Vorpal Orb: T, ST, SST, SSST, SSSST, SSSSST all work with vorpal. Taishi
becomes a mass murderer with this orb. T will do unbelievable damage to
officers.
2. Lightning Orb: T, ST, SST, SSSST, SSSSST work with lightning. Taishi is
better at crowd clearing with this orb.
3. Fire Orb: T, ST, SST, SSST, SSSST, and SSSSST work. Almost as good as
lightning.
4. Ice Orb: ST, SST, and SSSST work. Not good.
5. Poison Orb: ST, SST, SSSST, and SSSSST work but it still isn't as good as
ice. Sigh.
6. Blast (blaze) Orb: SST works- kind of. Who uses this orb?
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---7. Taishi Ci With Items---
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Okay, Taishi gets 4 items, as normal. Here's what I use:
Harness: Shadow Harness
Orb: Vorpal Orb
1st Item: Tiger Amulet
2nd Item: Tortoise Amulet
3rd Item: Peacock Urn
4th Item: Dragon Amulet
Those Items should do Taishi well.
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---8. Taishi Ci's 10th Level Weapon---
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Weapon: Tiger Slayer
Power: +56
How-to:
Kill Yu Mi or Chen Heng, having at least 6 troops surviving. This is super
easy to get, just keep your troops alive until you kill them. Run around
killing everything that gets in your way. Nothing to it.
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---9. Taishi Ci's 11th Level Weapon---
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Weapon:
Power: +60 (well, duh)
Requirements:
1) You must be playing on expert mode
2) You must have his level 10 weapon
How to get it:
Kill Xue Li and Fan Neng, have 9 or more troops by the time you rescue Hua
Xin, Get 12 or more troops, get I think 500 K.O. count. Pretty easy.
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---10. Strategies---
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What Taishi Ci is best at:
1-dueling
2-fighting generals
3-crowd clearing
Use his SSST for crowd clearing. Taishi really isn't that good of a crowd
clearer, he is more a dueler. I got 34 K.O.s with him in Arena. Taishi is
one of those horse people. You can just move around doing his mounted T move
and get good results, but Ma Chao still is better at that.
How to gain weapon experience with Taishi Ci:
Stage: Xiao Qiao's Legend
How-to:
Kill Cao Cao at the very beginning of the legend. As soon as he dies, pick up
that sometimes-needed ointment and then go over and kill Xiahou Dun. After
Xiahou is down, kill Xu Zhu, Dian Wei, and Cao Ren (I think it is easier
to walk around the castle in a circle). By this time, Cao Cao should have
appeared for the second time. You want to have all the 4 other generals
killed one time by the time you kill Cao Cao for the second time to ensure the
four generals will regroup later. Then, it doesn't really matter the order
you kill in, just make sure all the 4 not-Cao-Caos have been killed twice by
the time Cao Cao appears for the 5th time so you can protect Da Qiao instead
of going off killing. When Da Qiao and Xiahou Yuan appear, be sure to stick
around Da because you lose if she dies. That's pretty much it to the legend.
You go up a whole bunch on this legend (Xiahou Dun, Xu Zhu, Dian Wei, Cao Ren
and Xiahou Yuan all give out swords) and can level your rods up high.
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---11. Costumes, Weapons, Voices, Etc.---
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Costumes
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5.
6.
Weapons
Levels 1-3
Twin Rods
Levels 4-6
Spiral Rods
Levels 7-9
Wolf Slayer
Level 10
Tiger Slayer
Level 11
Demon Slayer
Voices/Battle Cries
Musou: "Rrrgh!"
True Musou: "Hold together!"
Taunt: "Let's have a go then!"
Duel Challenge:
Duel Accept:
Officer Defeated: "I've taken out an enemy officer!"
Please contact me if you know any more voices.
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---12. FAQ---
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Since this is my first version, I do not have an FAQ yet. You can email me
with your questions and I will put the question and answer in the FAQ.
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---13. Contacts---
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My email address is
[email protected] and my AIM screenname is
cheatachu33333. Contact me if you have any questions, comments, helpful
information or grammatical mistakes to report. Thanks!
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---14. Thanks---
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Thanks especially to Cameronfor being such a good friend and playing the game
with me all that time.
Thanks to Cameron's and my parents for letting us hang out together so much.
Thanks to Koei for making the game.
Thanks to GameFAQs for hosting the site.
Thanks to Sony for making the PS2.
Thanks to Microsoft for making the computer I am typing at.
Thanks to Taishi Ci
Thanks to you for reading this FAQ!
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---15. All That Legal Crap (That Nobody Really Reads)---
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You may not copy any part of this guide without my written permission, blah
blah blah. Copying of this guide will result in serious consequences, what
the heck. Include my username in your guide. Okay (finally) I'm done!!!
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