------------------------------------------------------------------ Samurai Warriors 2 Ina FAQ By: Silf00 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ******************************************************* --------------- Contents --------------- 1. Introduction 2. Version History 3. Ina's Biography 4. Unlocking Ina 5. Ina's Moveset 6. Ina's Story 6.1. Siege of Odawara Castle 6.2. Village Rescue 6.3. Battle of Kusegawa 6.4. Battle of Sekigahara 6.5. Osaka Campaign 6.6. Dream- Defense of Numata Castle 7. Ina's Vault 8. Quotes 9. Credits 10. Contact Info 11. Copyright ******************************************************** I====================I 1. Introduction I====================I Before I start saying anything else, I'll say this is the first FAQ I made. So, it might not be very good. Also I made this FAQ because I haven't seen any Ina FAQs and I thought of trying to make one. With that said I'll move on. This FAQ is about Ina (or Inahime), one of the "earlier" characters in the series who first appeared in Samurai Warriors: XL. She isn't really the best character, but she's good enough. She uses a bow as both a ranged and melee weapon which is pretty unique. Also her home is Kozuke (Sugoroku), which is a bit far from where Tadakatsu or Ieyasu starts. I====================I 2. Version History I====================I Version 1.00- 11/10/06 Just finished typing this FAQ and submitted it. Version 1. 02- 11/16/06 Fix some minor errors, added some missing info (like one of her quotes). Version 1.03- 11/20/06 Combined the Weapon and Vault sections and fix some more errors. I====================I 3. Ina's Biography I====================I Ina (or Inahime) was the daughter of the powerful Tadakatsu Honda. Later, she was adopted by Ieyasu Tokugawa. She was described as an intelligent and beautiful woman. When Nobunaga Oda seized control of the land, Nobuyuki Sanada started an opposition against him. Ina, impressed by this, married him. On the Battle of Sekigahara, she used her bow and fired shots at Masayuki and Yukimura Sanada from Numata Castle, and prevented their entry. But, after the war, she asked both her father and adoptive father to have mercy on the two. She also left her life of fighting after the war to concentrate on her new family. I====================I 4. Unlocking Ina I====================I Simply finish both Tadakatsu Honda's and Ieyasu Tokugawa's Story mode. I====================I 5. Ina's Moveset I====================I Most people know this already. S means normal attack; T means Charge attack; R1 means special, etc. Anyways, her moveset type is special which means equal growth on Charge and Normal attacks and growth on special attacks. Normal Attacks --------------------- S- upward swing to the right SS- then a downward swing to the left SSS- then another upward swing SSSS (+SSS)- then she shoots arrows in the direction she's facing SSSSSSSS- then she crouches and shoots three arrow in different directions in front of her, and at the same time. Comments: The start of her normal attacks are just like other characters, and her arrow attacks are sometimes useful. Charge Attacks --------------------- T (+T)- Ina aims her bow and shoots upward. After a moment, the arrows rain down. Comments: Not good. The arrows don't deal a great amount of damage and she'll most likely be hit while she's charging. ST (+T)- Ina swing her bow upwards again, lauching the enemy into the air, then she shoots three arrows into the air. Comments: Not entirely great. You'd most likely be using this on 1-on-1 fights and this was made for it but still not that great. SST (+T)- Ina shoots an arrow to the ground which makes a small explosion. She then, move left and right swinging her bow. She ends with a small spinning jump where her bow spins with her. Comments: Not bad. This can take out those units attempting to swarm you or let you get to the enemy's back. SSST (+T)- Ina spins clockwise and back a bit while swinging her bow a bit. This ends with her shooting twice. The arrows she shoots seem to become beams. Comments: Great. This is her best crowd-clearing attack which you'll need most of the time. Special Attacks ---------------------- Special 1- Fire rapid arrows from Ina's bow. R1+S (+SS)- Ina shoots arrows rapidly. Soon, she'll start firing three arrow at the same time. Comments: Compared to the gun users' special, this is better. More damage, longer range. Officers don't block this often. Special 2- All attacks made elemental when musou gauge is full. R1+T (+TT)- Ina charges, then shoots the usual 3 arrows. At the same time, she gets an aura. With this all attacks become elemental if your Musou bar is full. This doesn't affect mounted attacks. It will disappear after some time. R1+T gives Fire R1+TT gives Lightning R1+TTT gives Ice Comments: Somewhat useful especially Ice and Lightning. They can greatly help you. Musou Attack ------------------- Normal Musou- Ina shoot lots of arrows with a rapid fire rate. Comments: Quite great. This thing can greatly damage enemy officers. True Musou- Ina does the same as her Musou but she end with her swings in SSTT. Comments: Since the Musou is great, this is better. The extra swings lets you combo more. Musou Lv.3- As Ina shoots, she gains some covering fire, some arrows rain down on nearby enemies. Comments: Well, if you're concentrating on one enemy while being swarmed......., but the downside is you probably won't see the officer you are concentrating on; thus, he could get away. Mounted Attacks ----------------------- S- Ina swings her bow to the back. SS- then swings her bow to the front. SSS- same as the first one. SSSS (+SSSS)- Ina shoots arrows at enemies. ST- Ina swings stronger to the front. SST- Ina swings stronger to her the back. SSST- Ina spins her bow a bit. Horse Musou- Ina's horse charges at the enemy, damaging anything it hits. If used when in level 3, the level 3 effects are added. Nothing special. Note: Unlike other characters, all of Ina's mounted attacks are done at her left, not her right. Other Attacks ------------------- Jump Attack- Ina shoots the usual three arrows in air. Jump Charge- Ina shoots one arrow straight down and she dive straight down as well. Running Attack- Ina jumps turning 180 degrees with her bow at her back. Deadlock Bonus Attack- Ina hits the officers, knocking him/her back, then Ina shoots four arrows and after a brief pause, a fifth. I====================I 6. Ina's Story I====================I Ina's story consists of five stage and the usual Dream which way harder than the other stages. Also I can't remember some names well, so it might be difficult to know who I'm talking about. The only ones I can remember well are the important ones. 6.1. Seige of Odawara Castle W: Ujimasa and Ujinao Hojo are defeated L: Hideyoshi Toyotomi is defeated Beat up some soldiers when the stage starts. After a while a siege ramp will appear. Defend it until it reaches the outer ward. Once it's set up, charge in and storm the castle. Defeat the general at the outer ward, then, the pairs of officers behind each gate. If you go south, Kotaro might open the gate to let the three officers, who you can't reach a while ago, attack your main camp. If he does, move to defend the camp. After that, feel free to kill officers in the castle. Before entering the castle, be sure to visit the southwestern most area. The Hojos will ambush you, but you'll find the storehouse. Also if you go the the garden (east of the castle itself), you'll be ambushed by ninjas. Just defeat 100 of them to get out. Once the map is clear of officers, storm the castle, deactivating the bomb corridor along the way. Once on the second floor, Kotaro Fuma finally shows up. Defeat him to continue. Then defeat Ujimasa and Ujinao Hojo to finish the stage. 6.2. Village Rescue W: Marauder is defeated L: All peasant are defeated or one of the main camps are lost This stage is actually Mountain Bandit Campaign made Japanese. Anyways, start by taking out the two nearby Raiders. Then, proceed to the east camp and defeat the two Raiders heading there. Afterwards, defeat all other Raiders outside the central area. Once that's done, head to the central garrison and kill the four Raiders there. Then, head for the west camp and defend it like the east one. Then, clear the map of Raiders. The Marauder should appear. Approaching him makes Kotaro Fuma appear after a short while. Defeat him and the Marauder and finish the stage. 6.3. Battle of Kusegawa W: Sakon Shima is defeated L: Tadakatsu Honda is defeated OR Kazutada, Kazuhide, Toyouji AND Tanomo are defeated. Once it starts, move forward and defeat the two generals at the northwest area. Afterwards, the Shimazu Army shows up to charge to the north garrison. Move to intercept them. Once that's done, move to and defeat officers in the center, assisting your allies. Then, move to the east to defeat the Otani Army and save an ally. Soon, Ginchiyo and Yoritsugu will head for the south garrison. Defend it by defeating them. Now, only Sakon, Musashi and Hideie are left. Defeat them to end the stage. 6.4. Battle of Sekigahara W: Mitsunari Ishida is defeated L: Ieyasu Tokugawa is defeated To start things of, take out officers and defense captains in the center. Soon, Ieyasu will say something about some other officers wanting to defect. Once, it appears, defeat Ekei Ankokuji. This will cause the Mori and Yoshikawa Armies to defect. If by this time the center is struggling, take out some more officers in the center. Also Ginchiyo might be making her way to Ieyasu (but in her ways is a Tadakatsu Honda, so you can leave her for a while), and Hideaki will think if he will defect or not. If he does, Magobei will be ordered to go fire at him. Clear his path to Mt. Matsuo of any reserve captains and officers. Once it is safe for him, head for Lady Tachibana and defeat her as well as some officers trying to reach Ieyasu. If the center struggled, defeat some soldiers too. After you defeat all enemy officers except for Sakon, Mitsunari and Musashi, the Shimazu Army will start to retreat. Prevent it by defeating both Shimazus. Afterwards, defeat Sakon and also Musashi along the way. Defeating Sakon opens the gate to Mitsunari, the guy you must defeat to win this stage. 6.5. Osaka Campaign W: Yukimura Sanada and Hideyori Toyotomi are defeated L: Ieyasu Tokugawa is defeated Once you can move, move forward and defeat the officer in your way to the Sanada ward. Once inside, defeat the officers inside too. This includes the one with unique model (Yukimura). If you want, you can assist the Date Army. But anyways, head for Musashi, taking out the stronghold along the way, and defeat him. This causes the other gate to open and a cannon to appear. Defend the cannon until it reaches its destination (Ina's musou is useful if you're having problems). When it does, the gate behind where Musashi was will open. Take out the officers in the courtyard, and by the east and west gate of the castle. Then, storm the castle. Take out both Onos. Then, head for Hideyori. Yukimura will reappear when you approach Hideyori. Defeat them both. But these two will say their doubles when you defeat them and the real ones will appear and east (Hideyori) and west (Yukimura) of the castle. You also have to defeat them both. I suggest you head for Hideyori first because he will escape. If he does, this battle's over. Then, go for Yukimura to finish the stage. 6.6. Dream: Defense of Numata Castle W: Masayuki and Yukimura Sanada are defeated L: Numata Castle is taken Once it starts, move forward and defeat the officer there. Then move to the east and west of the castle to defeat any oncoming officers. Keep doing this until you get a message to fight Yukimura. Do so. Masayuki appears while you're battling his son and head for the castle. Ignore him for now and defeat Yukimura. Then defeat any other officer in the map. Soon Mitsunari appears with reinforcements. Eliminate them and any remaining officers. Take out some strongholds as well. When the Sanadas are left, time to defeat them. If you're playing this stage just after Osaka, this will be hard. Yukimura will fight you first and he's tough. If you're having problems, use Ina's specials. They might help. Anyways, once you defeat him. Head for Masayuki. Luckily, he's not as tough as his son, but if he still gives problems, use the special. Defeating him ends the nightmare. I====================I 7. Ina's Vault I====================I Weapon ------------ As always, the first three weapon can be picked up from boxes and they have random attributes. The fourth one is unique. The stats are set and you need to fulfill some requirements in a certain stage. Long Bow Base Attack- 19 Bladed Bow Base Attack- 28 Wind Rider Base Attack- 36 Coiled Viper Base Attack- 44 Element: Ice Attack +17 Defense +33 Jump +16 Musou Charge +36 Attack Range +38 Comment: Despite the annoying requirements (see below), it's not so bad. Attack and Defense bonuses are good, but the Jump bonus wasted the attribute slot (it could have been something more useful, like Life). But the Musou Charge and Range are the best bonus this weapon has. Thanks to them, you can shoot until the musou bar is full, perform Musou, shoot again, repeat and this is quite useful in Inf. Castle or when you're having trouble against an officer. Getting Coiled Viper ---------------------------- Stage: Seige of Odawara Castle Task: Defeat all enemy officers except the 2 Hojos on the top floor yourself. As usual, you must do this in hard mode and in Ina's story after clearing it once. The way I did it: Be sure that you don't take any stronghold INSIDE the castle walls. This will keep you allies busy so they don't quickly kill steal a general. Start by doing anything you want until the Siege Ramp appears. Defend it. Then quickly defeat the guys at the outer ward and west gate. Then, head south and take out the three officers there. Forget the storehouse for now. Kotaro will then open the gate to your main camp to let the three attack it. Defeat them. Then, make your way to the north gate. Defeat the three before the Date Army does. Afterwards, go to and take out the two officers in the northwest area. This will open the garden, but ignore it as it will take you time. Make your way around the castle (through the bomb corridor) to reach the storehouse. Defeat the two guys inside. Then, make your way around the castle again and attack enter from the east. Deactivate the bomb corridor, then defeat Kotaro Fuma. A supply team will show up in the east of the castle walls. Intercept them, pick up the weapon, defeat Ujimasa and Ujinao Hojo and save to get this weapon. Character -------------- Ina's maxed stats: Bow Goddess Life: 286 Musou: 276 Attack: 181 Defense: 181 Ride: 190 Speed: 175 Dex: 183 Luck: 189 Move list ------------- N: S>S>S>S>S>S>S>S \ \ \ C: T T T T v v v v T T T T Special 1: R1+S> R1+S> R1+S Fire rapid arrow from Ina's bow. Special 2: R1+T> R1+T> R1+T All attack made elemental when musou gauge is full. Movies ---------- Late Arrival> Showdown at Sekigahara> Sunset of an Era I====================I 8. Quotes I====================I True Musou- "Give in to me"...."You know nothing of war" 100 KO- "None can escape the reach of my bow" Officer KO- "Another falls on my path to victory" Officer KO praise- "You are truly impressive" "You are more than worthy of my respect" Struggling- "No! I must not disappoint my father." Encounter- "I am Ina. Know me and you shall know pain" "Let us fight honorably like true warriors" "My bow shall deliver you unto your grave." I====================I 9. Credits I====================I Koei and Omega Force- for this game GameFaqs and the guys there- for giving me some inspiration to make my own FAQs Me- for writing this guide You- for reading this I====================I 10. Contact Info I====================I If you see any mistake (typo or whatever), got a question, see anything missing or have anything you'd like to tell me or ask, just e-mail me (see my e-mail add. below). Just be sure to put something like SW2:Ina FAQ on the title, so I'll know which I should read. I'll ignore any spam e-mails anyone may send, as well as, anything already here. Anyways, here's my e-mail address: dual_zero00@yahoo.com.ph I====================I 11. Copyright I====================I This FAQ may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any website or distributed publicly without any permission from the author. 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