Dian Wei Guide
Dynasty Warriors 4
By: Lord Deng Ai
Email:
[email protected]
Version: 1.1
Started: April 10, 2003
Updates:
1.1: April 14, corrected the yeah Dian Wei died
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Table of Contents
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1) Intro and Copyrights
2) History of Dian Wei
3) Why use Dian Wei
4) Unlocking
5) Dian Wei's moves
6) Unlocking Dian Wei's level 10 weapon (Mad Bull)
7) Dian Wei's models
8) My strategies using Dian Wei
9) Suggested items for Dian Wei
10) FAQ's
11) Credits
12) Contact
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Introduction and Copyrights
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This guide is the third guide I made on GameFAQs, all the contents
are based on my own experiences (Copyright 2003 Vince Yang). 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
public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright.written
permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any, and
public display is strictly prohibited a violation of copyright.
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History of Dian Wei
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Dien Wei, a giant man who has unknown stylename and birthyear,
died around 197. He was Cao Cao's personal bodyguard and followed him
everywhere he went. He was both feared and admired by many people. The pepole
who feared him give him the nickname "Pure Evil". 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. After Cao Cao escaped, Cao Cao
said that the greatest lost at Wan Castle was not his son Cao Ang, but Dian
Wei.
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Why use Dian Wei
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Dian Wei is an offensive powerhouse. Even though his attack range and
speed aren't that great, he has great attack power and average crowd clearing
moves.
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Unlocking Dian Wei
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To unlock Dian Wei all you need to do is to clear Wei's Musou Mode
Chapter One.
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Dian Wei's moves
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Keys: S = Square button, T = Triangle button, C = Circle button
Basic S moves:
S - A right to left hack
SS - A left to right hack back
SSS - A tilted right to left hack
SSSS - A vertical from top to bottom hack
SSSSS - A clockwise turnning all-around hack
SSSSSS - A counter-clockwise jumping all-around hack
Running S move:
S (while running): A charging headbutt.
Charged moves (with T):
T - A quick, unblock able grab on the enemy's neck. The enemy was then tossed
into the air, and headbutted far away. This is one of Dian Wei's best moves,
although it usually only does damage to one enemy, the damage done is huge.
Another good thing about this move is that it's unblock able.
ST - A bottom to top turn-around hack that sends enemy flying in the air.
It is a good move if you're planning to do more combos on the enemy.
SST(TTT) - A continuous vertical top to bottom hack three times, it ends with
a right to left hack. Another great move for Dian Wei, a quick combo that
is easy to use. It only hits the enemies infront of Dian Wei, but the damages
done are great.
SSST - The ax was thrown like a boomerang infront of Dian Wei. This is my
faviort move to use when I'm playing Dian Wei. Even if the enemy was able to
block the ax when it was thrown, when it comes back it has a chance to hit the
enemy on the back. This is also a good crowd clearing move of Dian Wei.
SSSST(T) - Dian Wei uses his both hand and throw the enemies flying high in
the air. This move gives you chance to combo the enemy more. If another T
is pressed, Dian Wei will jump up and hack the enemy back down.
SSSSST - A powerful vertical as-wave is sent out infront of Dian Wei.
The move covers a long range and also does huge damage to whoever it hits.
The bad part is that it rarly hits more than one enemy, and it's very hard to
control to hit the specific enemy you want to hit.
Normal moves and charged moves summary: Dian Wei's move aren't fast, but
they're powerful. Some of his moves are also good at crowd clearing, which
makes up for his lack of speed and attack range.
Musou moves:
C - Repeated back and forth left to right to left hacks. Ends with a huge
turn-around clockwise hack. This mousou move foucus mainly on the enemies
infront of Dian Wei. It is designed to clear only the front, but if used
correctly, it can clear all enemies around Dian Wei. It is also good against
single enemies.
C (True Musou) - It begins the same with the regular musou move except the
enemies that are hit catches on fire. Near the end there're three big
vertical top to bottom hack, and finish with a huge turn-around clockwise hack.
It is similar to Dian Wei's SST(TTT).
Jump moves:
S - A horizontal hack that can both clear crowds and knock enemies off their
horses.
T - A good crowd-clearing move that knocks down the enemies around Dian Wei.
It's a good move if it's connected, but it can be broken by the jump attacks
from the enemies around Dian Wei.
On horse moves:
S attacks - Normal left-right hacks.
T attacks - A charged up left-right hack that does more damage than the S
attacks, but nothing special.
C attack - The mosou attack on horse is nothing more than the S attacks except
that it does more damage and looks cooler.
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Unlocking Dian Wei's level 10 weapon (Mad Bull)
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First you must have Dian Wei's level 9 weapon before getting his level
10 weapon.
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.
My suggestions for getting the weapon
When the battle of Wan Castle starts, move stright foward and defeat
Hu Che Er. Then continue left and make Zhang Xiu retreat (When I didn't
defeat him and make him retreat, I continued on and didn't get the weapon the
first time. But the second time I defeated him and I got a message saying
Zhang Xiu retreated, so I continued and later got the weapon. I'm not sure if
you have to defeat him, but I suggest you do). Then go meet up with Cao Cao
and the cut-sceen shoud trigger when you get close to him. Just follow Cao Cao
down the castle after the cut-sceen and defeat Jia Xu. After Jia Xu is
defeated keep following Cao Cao and you should get the message saying the fire
is preventing escape. The Xu Zhu cut-sceen should come right after the fire
message. Then Dian Wei should get the Mad Bull right after Xu Zhu appears.
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Dian Wei's models
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Model 1 (get this initially): A small silver metal jacket on the upperbody.
Blue pants with black metal guard, along with purple cloth waist guard. Also
has a horsehead like arm-guard on the left arm.
Model 2 (get rank 12): A small gold metal jacket on the upperbody. Blue pants
with gold metal guard, along with blue cloth waist guard. Also had the
horsehead guard, and the skin of Dian Wei is darker.
Model 3 (get rank 7): The exact same custom as model 1, but has a blue bandana
on.
Model 4 (get rank 7): The exact same custom as model 2. but has a light blue
bandana on.
Model 5 (get rank MAX): Dian Wei's custom from DW3. Spiked upperbody metal
guard. Blue pants along with Nanman like plant guard on the waist. Also has
the horse head arm guard on left hand, but bigger. The right hand has a spiked
guard.
Model 6 (get rank MAX): Dian Wei's alternate custom from DW3 XL. Blue spiked
upperbody metal guard. White pants along with the same Nanman like plant guard
on the waist. The same horsehead and spike arm guards as model 5, but Dian
Wei's skin is darker.
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My strategies using Dian Wei
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Against normal crowds of soldiers:
When I'm up against a group of normal useless soldiers, I tends to use
Dian Wei's Jumping S, SST(TTT), SSST and the regular S moves. When enemies are
charging at me, I just use a quick jump S and stop them in their tracks. The
jumping S shouldn't be too high, but quick and low. All the character's
SST(TTT) are usually good, Dian Wei is not an exception. The last hit on the
SST(TTT) can really clear out the crowds infron of Dian Wei. Now my faviort
Dian Wei move, the SSST. If this move is used while turnning Dian Wei, it can
clear out everyone around him. Also, if the first hit miss some of the
enemies, the second hit can knock them back down. Since Dian Wei don't have
any other great crowds clearing moves, I sometimes use his normal S attacks,
his SSSSSS is a decent crowd clearing move.
Against officer along with soldiers:
When a officer and solider comes along, I use T, SST(TTT), SSSST, and
SSSSST. I usually goes stright to the officer and use the T to throw him away,
so I can finish off his bodyguards around him. After the officer is away I use
the SST(TTT) to the bulkest part of the crowd, and try to take down as many as
I can. By then the officer should be back up and I just use the SSSST to knock
everyone back down again. If it's only this officer is left, I just pull off
the SSSSST, the last T can by tricky and hard to connect, but it'll really hurt
anyone who got hit.
When dueling:
When the duel first start, I try to use Dian Wei's T and get the first
hit on the enemy. When the enemy pop back up I use the SSST, the first hit
usually miss, but almost every time when the ax comes back it hacks the enemy's
back. If the enemy is guarding too much, I just use the T again. When I get
the enemy off guard and able to get a lot of combos on him I tend to use the
SSSST(T) than the SSSSST. The SSSSST is really hard to connect in a duel, most
of the time the enemy officer blocks it. But SSSST(T) you can hardly miss,
making the SSSST(T) more valueble than the SSSSST.
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Suggested items for Dian Wei
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In DW4, you have a wide range of items you can choose from, different
horses, orbs, and items. Here want I suggest to use when playing Dian Wei.
Dian Wei (4 item slots)
Harness:
Shadow, Red Hare. (Use the Shadow so you can¡¯t get knocked off, but
when you're rushing through a stage, take the Red Hare)
Orbs:
Lightning Orb, Slash Orb, or Fire Orb. (I like to use the Lightning because
when enemies are struck it gives you more time to combo them again)
Items:
-Peacock Urn
-Wind Scroll
-Tiger Amulet
-Tortise Shell
I always carry a Peacock Urn with me when I go into a battle. You
want to extract the very last bit of hit-point possible, they could be the
difference between victory and defeat. Don't go into a battle without one.
I use the Wind Scroll because Dian Wei got a considerly short range of attack,
the Wind Scroll really helps him a lot. Dian Wei's musou isn't that great, so
it's not nessary to carry any musou boosting items with him. Dian Wei's attack
is already good, but a Tiger Amulet will make him better. Because of Dian
Wei's speed, he will usually get hit in the back a lot, so a Tortise Shell will
help to reduce some of the damage done to him.
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FAQs
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When I get questions about Dian Wei, I will post them in this section
along with my answers.
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Credits
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I created this guide all by myself, but still, I have a couple of
people to give out thanks to.
Special Thanks to:
Muni Shinobu - For his Level 10 weapon unlocking guide, and the Character
unlocking guide.
CJayC - For creating this great site.
Koei - For creating this great game.
That's all.
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Contact
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