Dynasty Warrior 4: Xtreme Legends Faq
Yuan Shao
Copyright by Lord Cronos 2004
Version 1.1

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Table of contents
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1.Updates
2.Intro
3.History
4.Why use Yuan Shao?
5.Pros and Cons
6.Costumes
7.Combos
8.Weapons
9.Legend Stage
10.Items you should equip
11.Frequently asked questions
12.E-mailing me
13.Thanks
14.Legal Stuff

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1.Updates
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3/26 1.0- Started to write FAQ.
3/29 1.1- Added costumes, also fixed errors.
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2.Inrto
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Why did I write this FAQ? Because nobody hasn't and I find that
very dissapointing... he is a very good and balanced character.

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3.History
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Lifespan:   -202
An important polictian during the Yellow Turban Rebelion. He
camed from the estemed Yuan family (they were really estemed.)
He was the leader of the Anti-Dong Zhuo coalition. After the
coalition broke up he attack Gongsun Zan (The Battle of Bai
Ma) and easily defeated him. And eventually defeated all the
other forces in the north and became the most powerful force.
But opposing him was Cao Cao(pronounced Tsow Tsow) who had all
of the central plains under his control. Then came the famous
battle of Guan Du which Yuan Shao suffered a humiliating defeat
because of his supplies being burned. He eventully died while
planning a counter-attack against Cao Cao. (He died from all
the stress). Eventually the heir Yuan Shang took over but Yuan
Tan being the oldest split away from him being angry that
Yuan Shang was the youngest and he was the oldest. This sealed
the Yuan's fate. Eventually Cao Cao took over all of the Yuan's
land, both Shang's and Tan's. Cowerdly he used ploy's during his
caimpaign against them to eventually kill all three brothers, in
fear of them coming back...

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4.Why use Yuan Shao?
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Well, he is a well balanced fighter nice combos and everything.
Just try him if you havn't, you'll see what I mean.

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5.Pros and Cons
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Pros:
1. good balanced stats
2. good one on one duelst
3. very good crowd clearer
Cons:
can't think of any e-mail me if you have one.

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6.Costumes
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1. His original at the beginning. Mostly gold.
2. Same as the first only it's pink and white...
3. Same color as the first one only he has a weird hat on.
4. Same color as the second one only he has the hat on.
5. His DW3 costume.
6. His alternant costume from DW3:XL.

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7.Combos
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T: Slides under enemy head-first (kinda like Diao Chan)
A good move but hard to get used to (the way he does it)

ST: Jumps up hit enemies in air. I use this move every so
often... nothing to special about it...

SST: Slashes diangonly 6 times like Liu Bei's and Sun Jian's
etc. and finishes by hitting them on the top then spinning
down to the bottom. I use this move a lot it's much better
than move of the swordsmen who C3 is like that.

SSST: Swings sword foward knocking enemies back. This is
a very effective crowd clearer. I use this a lot as well.

SSSST: Hits enemies up then hits them back down. There is
something different about this one though. He hits them down
when they are low to the ground so you have a chance of hitting
other enemies on the ground as well.

SSSSST: Swings left making energy wave. SUPER good crowd clearer.
Usful when you have a powerful orb. I use this move the most.

musou: Swings sword diagonally back and forth. Much better than
it looks. Good combo and damage.

true musou: Adds a couple of extra swings and adds fire element.
Don't like it no good combo or damage.

horse attack: Back and forth slashes but he is really good at
it very powerful.

horse charge: Basic; one strike on each side. Like I said before
he really powerful on the horse.

horse musou: Don't use this unless your trying to get away from
a large crowd. I feel that only Zhou Tai's and Ma Chao's horse
musou are the only ones that are worth using.

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8.Weapons
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Lv.10 Weapon

Sword of Kings
Attack: +53
Stage: Guan Du
Must be on DW4
All you have to do is protect the ram and break down the walls of
Guan Du Castle. The rams will appear when you get close to the
castle. Have some allies when you get down there. It'll be to
hard to defend the ram all by your lonesome...

Lv.11 Weapon

Majesty
Attack: +60 (Suprise!)
Stage: Yuan Shao's Legend Stage
Here is what you have to do:
1. Defeat all officers
2. Not let your prestage or whatever it's called drop
twice.
3. Get 100 K.O.s if prestage doesn't drop. 200 if it
drops that one time.

It sounds easy doesn't it? Well it is hard if you don't equip the
ice orb. This level makes it seem like it is on normal if you have
the ice orb equipped. Also have the secret of the orbs equipped.
That'll help you freaze those enemies better. Things that make your
prestage drop are: enemies taunting you if you don't go over there
to fight them, your allies getting beat up and surrounded by
enemies, the Bai Ma Calvary taunting you as well.

Note: An easy but cheap way to defeat Gongsun Zan. Get a distance
away from him so you can see him but he won't attack you. Then
just shoot all the arrow you have at him until you run out. Charge
your musou if it isn't already filled. Then go right next to Gongsun
and use your musou that should kill him or he'll be barley alive.
That's what I did and it worked only I didn't charge my musou which
wasn't smart, but either way I defeated him.

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9.Legend Stage
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Battle of Jie Qiao
Map: He Fei but renamed Battle of Jie Qiao

Units:

Allies:
1.You
2.Tian Feng
3.Zhang He

Enemies:
1.Yan Gang
2.Zhao Yun
3.Zhang Fei
4.Guan Yu
5.Liu Bei
6.Gongsun Zan

First there are millions of white horses around you and they
charge right at you at the beggining. Kill all of them. During
or after you kill all the horsemen Yan Gang should appear in the
south. Go and defeat him. Then Zhao Yun should
appear, (on normal he challenges you to a duel) either way
defeat him. Then more of the Bai Ma cavalry should appear
up north. Go kill all of them. Then Zhang Fei will appear
in the northwest. Go defeat him. Then Guan Yu will appear just
south of the bridge. Go defeat him. Then Liu Bei will appear in
the northeast section. Go defeat him. The three brothers (on
normal) will sometimes challenge you to a duel. It is completly
random. After that Gongsun Zan will appear with a lot of troops.
And your stongholds are all destroyed. Not only that but Gongsun
gets to ride SHADOW RUNNER! Even though he didn't own shadow,
I guess it is trying to show his talent with horses(riding them
etc.) Cao Cao actually owned shadow runner. Anyway he is tuff
no matter what diffuculty. To defeat him eaisly go and look at
the 11th weapon info I put up there. After you defeat Gongsun
you win!!!!!!!

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10.What item you should equip
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1.Peacock urn- Living = more killing time
2.Tiger amulet- more attack = more killing
3.Dragon amulet- more musou = more killing
3a.(Replace after getting the 11th weapon) Secret of the orbs-
I can't think of a phrase...
4.Tortoise amulet- more defense = more killing time
5.Wind Scroll- more reach = killing big groups faster

These are what I suggest. It doesn't mean you have to follow
every item I put on here.

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11.Frequently asked questions
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Q: I can't get his/her 10th weapon.
A: Is it on hard.
  Is it on musou/hard mode.
Q: I can't get his/her 11th weapon.
A: Is it on extreme.

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12.E-mailing me
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My e-mail adress is [email protected].

You can send me the following:
1.Questions about the game
2.Questions on the FAQ
3.Corrections on the FAQ

Here's what not to send me:
1.Spam
2.Insults of me, the game, or the FAQ
3.Questions about something that I clearly covered

Please follow these guidelines.

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13.Thanks
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*crying* I'd like to thank all the people who made this
possible *sniff* Gamfaqs, Koei, you, the computer, the
keyboard, and the mouse, thank you! THANK YOU! *sniff*

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14.Legal Stuff
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Don't anyone copy this without permission or else... I'll
tell on you! Seriously you can't copy this or use it without
my permission! MINE! No one elses permission. Only mine.
This Copyright is by Lord Cronos 2004. Don't copy it
or anything like that. So ask me if you want any info or
anyhting like that.

Copyright by Lord Cronos 2004