******************************************** * MUSASHI MIYAMOTO FAQ * * SAMURAI WARRIORS 2 * * layout created by MythrilWyrm * * FAQ written by Alvinske * * edition 2 * * * ******************************************** "Only one can be the greatest! Guess who." Table of Contents I. Updates II. Legal Stuff III. About Musashi IV. Unlocking Musashi V. Using Musashi A. Vital Statistics 1. Initial 2. Maximum 3. Titles B. Moveset 1. Regular Attacks 2. Charge Attacks 3. Mounted Attacks 4. Special Attacks 5. Musou Attacks C. Maximizing Musashi's Effectiveness D. Musashi's Tale 1. Battle of Sekigahara 2. Vilage Rescue 3. Chaos in Kyoto 4. Osaka Campaign 5. Siege of Edo Castle 6. Musashi's Dream - Tournament of Champions VI. Musashi's Weapons A. Twin Blades B. Rage & Desire C. Skill & Finesse D. Mastery & Vision 1. Obtaining Mastery & Vision 2. Is it Worth it? VII. Q'n"A VIII. Special Thanks IX. Contact To find a certain section, hit ctrl+f, and just type in the section name. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Updates Edition 1 - Started and finished April 17th 2007 Edition 2 - Made MAJOR changes to almost every section, Contents, About Musashi, Vital Statistics, adding Musashi's Tale. Edition 3 - Sorry for the long wait for the update, kinda slipped my mind and got lost in the rush and confusion. Making a few adjustments. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- II. Legal Stuff - Samurai Warriors 2 is property of Koei and those fellers The layout of this FAQ is MythrilWyrm's design Musashi belongs to no man! These sites got Version 2 of my FAQ (I'm too lazy to resubmit all of them) Neoseeker (www.neoseeker.com) SuperCheats (www.supercheats.com) These sites have version 3 GameFAQs (www.gamefaqs.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- III. About Musashi There are many specuations about Musashi's real life, as there are even more stories and legends about him than real written evidence. Here's the general knowledge. Born Shinmen Takezo, Musashi is thought to be the greatest swordsman of all time. He had fought innumerable duels without losing one. At the age of 13, Musashi is said to have fought his first duel, against a man by the name of Arima Kihei, a procaimed adept at the Kashima Shinto Ryu style of swordsmanship. Musashi beat him to death with a bokken. Three years later, around 1599, Musashi left his village (around age 15) and began to travel Japan, brushing up his skills and participating in duels. In 1600 he was involved in a war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa, in whihc he was said to have fought for the Toyotomi's side. The army of the West. Musashi disappeared after Sekigahara for a while, not showing up again until he was around 21 years of age, in Kyoto where he fought a number of duels against the Yoshioka school of swordsmanship. He challenged the current leader of the school, Yoshioka Seijuro, to a duel outside of Rendaiji in Rakuhoku. (Northern Kyoto) On March 8th, 1604, Musashi landed a single blow to his opponent's left shoulder, crippling him. Seijuro transferred ownership to his equally skilled brother, Yoshioka Denshichiro. he challenged Musashi for revenge. The duel took place in Kyoto, outside a temple. Sanjusangen Do. Musashi showed up late, as he had for the first Yoshioka duel, disarmed and defeated his opponent. (who weilded a staff reinforced with steel rings) This outraged the Yoshioka clan, whose leader was now a 12 year old Yoshioka Matashichiro. They formed a group of archers, riflemen, and swordsmen, and challenged Musashi one last time. Instead of showing up late as he had always done, he showed up hours early. From his spot he ambushed the large group and slayed his challenger before making his escape from the dozens of attackers. With the defeat of Matashichiro, the Kyoto branch of the Yoshioka fell. Musashi had singlehandedly defeated the entire Yoshioka school of swordsmanship. From 1605 to 1612, Musashi drifted around Japan, practicing his swordsmanship. It is said Musashi preferred a bokken in these duels, and even allowed his opponent to use their real weapons. in 1607, Musashi left Nara for Edo. (Now Tokyo) During this time he fought and defeated a Kusari-gama practitioner by the name of Shishido Baiken. In Edo, he defeated Muso Gonnuske, who would later found an influential staff fighting school named Shinto Muso Ryu. On April 14, 1612, Musashi had his most famous duel against Sasaki Kojiro. A samurai said to have weilded the longest sword of any samurai ever. Musashi arrived late and unkempt to the appointed place, the remote island of Funajima, north of Kokuma. Musashi defeated Kojiro with bokken carved from his boat's oar to be longer than Kojiro's nodachi, an impressive feat by any warrior's standards. There are several speculations to why Musashi showed up late, one of them being it was to unnerve Kojiro. Another is the possibility that he timed his arrival with that of the tides, being brought in by them and brought out by them at the end of the duel. And yet another is that the setting sun, which Musashi is said to have put his back against, acted to blind Kojiro when Musashi moved out of the way quickly and struck. To wrap up this section, Musashi did several things to warrant his tite of "Sword Saint" and in June, 1645, he died a peaceful death. Leaving him undefeated by everything but time. This description does little justice to the greatest master of The Way to ever have lived. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV. Unlocking Musashi To unlock Musashi you must unlock all other characters (except Ranmaru & Okuni) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- V. Using Musashi A. Vital Statistics 1. Initial: Life - 120 Musou - 92 Attack - 92 Defence - 88 Ride - 93 Dexterity - 106 Speed - 106 Luck - 93 Skills - EleCharge 1 2. Maximum Life - 295 Musou - 276 Attack - 188 Defence - 181 Ride - 182 Dexterity - 171 Speed - 171 Luck - 189 Self Skill - Reversal - Counter enemy attacks with T 3. Titles 1-10: Untamed Frenzy 11-20: Dual Swordsman 21-30: Deadly Artist 31-40: Great Teacher 41-49: Unrivaled Master 50: Living Legend B. Moveset Musashi fights with his signature, Hyoho Niten Ichi Ryu style of swordsmanship. Some attack descriptions may get confusing if you haven't unocked all of the moveset and because he fights with two swords. 1. Regular Attacks S -Right handed slash, upper right to lower left SS -Left handed slash, upper left to lower right SSS -Spins to his right and slices horizontally right SSSS -Both swords slash from right to upper left SSSSS -Same as above but the other way, right SSSSSS -Same as above but the other way, left SSSSSSS -Same as above but the other way, right SSSSSSSS -Spins to his right, and swings both swords outwards X+S -Swings swords downwards and out Dash Attack -Four horizontal, two sworded slashes, to the right, left, right spin, and right again 2. Charge Attacks T -Musashi jumps and brings both swords down in a cross TT -A kick wit the left foot to the face TTT -musashi spins to his left and slices horizontally with his left hand and downwards with his right ST -An upwards chop with his right STT -He pursues his target into the air and stabs repeatedly STTT -Stabs both swords into target, holding them in the air shortly while rearing back to kick them to the ground SST -Stabs with both swords forward SSTT -Moves forward and slashes with both swords to the right SSTTT -Leaps forward and slashes outwards, supporting slashes appear SSST -Slices horizontally outwards with both blades SSSTT -Slashes to the left with both swords, then to the right, then slices outwards with both blades SSSTTT -Slashes to the left with both swords, then to the right, then to the left, then slices outwards with both blades X+T -Stabs both swords into the ground, creating a small shockwave 3. Mounted Attacks SSSSSSSS -Two sworded slashes, alternating sides and ending with two rights ST -Slashes inwards and upwards with both swords diaganolly SST -slashes inwards lowly with both swords horizontally SSST -Slashes outwards and down with both swords 4. Special Attacks R1+S -Counters enemy attacks for a short time R1+T -Refills one part of Musou Guage 5. Musou Attacks Level 1 -Multiple slashes with both swords while standing still, ends with three spins to his right, the last one being an ending taunt and shockwave Level 2 -The same as first level, but longer Level 3 -Same as above but adds multiple supporting 'slashes' at his sides True Musou - Double Musou - C. Maximizing Musashi's Effectiveness Musashi has no real glaring flaws, save his terribly inconveinent Musou attack. During said attack Musashi must stay stationary, as in he can't move while attacking and must stop attacking to advance in any direction. It really sucks when you start hitting a tough general only to have him juggled out of your attack range. Aside from that the only other problem I've been brought to the attention of is his Charge moves, which are better suited for fighting a single enemy and leave him somewhat open from the behind. Where I thik Musashi really shines is crowd combat. His two swords offer a greater range for attacks and thus strike more enemies. So I recommend centering yourself in a gaggle of red bars and just going wild with the Normal Attacks and SST- combo is helpful for moving about a large crowd easily and quickly, while SSST- attacks are good for clearing a large group in one direction. Around the beginning Musashi is so-so in both fields, crowd and single, but as he grows in level his real penchant for crowd fighting emerges. D. Musashi's Tale 1. Battle of Sekigahara: "I thought I was invincible! I had no idea..." Victory Condition: Defeat Ieyasu Defea Condition: Musashi or Hideie is defeated Welcome to the battle! You lose! That's how Musashi's Tale begins. It's the battle of Sekigahara and we all know the Western Army lost this one. Start by riding around the center killing mindless peons while people talk, kill, and get killed talking. You'll get the mission to "Defeat all enemy officers that attack you" and that means go seek them out and kill them, they're the big red dots. While doing that take care of the few generals that are towards the south part of the map. Then head north, (defeating 100 opponents and a couple of generals on your way) and Ieyasu begins to retreat, intercept Ina. After defeating her, head towards the East and stop Ieyasu from retreating. Hanzo will appear on the far left of the map and start downwards. After defeating Ieyasu hurry back to Tadakatsu and fight a bit until he starts to reatreat, then instantly finish him with one hit! Make your way over to Hanzo if you're a perfectionist and beat him, then just let Hideie escape. Kojiro will have appeared already and is running around the center making fools of the nameless nobodies he's fighting. Finish him off and get ready for stage 2. 2. Village Rescue : "If all you can do with them is hurt others, you don't deserve your swords." Victory Condition: Defeat the Marauder Defeat Condition: All peasans are eliminated, or any main camp is captured This is a pretty straightforward map. Beat everyone with a name. Simple. Kill a few Raiders and head to the East Garrison. Kill a few more Raiders to the north, and head towards the village. Once in there some Raiders attack the West Garrison and you're locked in. Kill a few more Raiders, and the gate will open. Hurry to the Western Garrison and...Kill a few more Raiders. That's right. Now some more Raiders have shown up at the Village. Kill them, and score 50 KO's within 45 seconds. Now the Marauder and Keiji Maeda show up. Defeat Keiji first since killing the Marauder ends the stage. Then kill the Marauder. Simple. 3. Chaos in Kyoto: "The sword is not a tool of death! You hear me?!" Victory Condition: Hideyori arrives at the Escape Point Defeat Condition: Hideyori is defeated Ah, our good friend and rival, Kojiro. He's up to no good now. Hiring Vagabonds and trying to incite a riot. Head straight from where you're facing and start swinging your blades of fury at everyone with a name that comes your way. Make your way to Hideyori and Ieyasu will start retreating. Don't worry about killing him really, unless you want the fourth weapon, and in that case read below in the Weapon section. Any way, once Hideyori starts downward, go to the top most road where the red guys are. Now more Vagabonds appear and start rioting, defeat the remaining generals and then deal with the Vagabonds who think you're Hideyori. Why do they think that? Well because you go about yelling it. That's why. During all this oh-so-thoughtful Yukimura shows up. His help is, well helpful, but not too important. Now get to Hideyori! He's in the southern part of the map. BUT! By the time you get there, Tokugawa reinforcements have arrived. You get the mission to "Defeat the Tokugawa Pursuers" so do it. Now you get to fight Tadakatsu again, and after beating him, Kojiro. Tadakatsu's at the Northern most part of the city, and Kojiro, the Southern, he appears when you beat Honda, along with a number of Vagabonds. Kick Kojiro's ass and prepare for the next stage. 4. Osaka Campaign: "I'm getting closer, I can feel it!" Victory Condition: Defeat Ieyasu Defeat Condition: Hideyori or Yukimura are defeated Well, Kojiro won't be bothering you anymore. But now you've got more problems, the Tokugawa are after Hideyori again and Yukimura has requested your help. If that help invoves slaying countless enemies, you're in! You start on the stairs of the Main Ward. Immediately head in and upstairs to help Hideyori, who's already in trouble. After saving him, make your way back into the Main Ward's yard. Make your way south and dispose of a few Generals on your way to destroy a cannon. Now make your way North and East. To the right side of the castle, you'll fight Ina and a couple of Generals. After defeating them go back to the North and West and do the same to Date and his little followers. On the far left is a guy, kill him if you want. Now make your way South and rid the world of a few generals, and you'll get a mission to seize the Sanad Ward. To do that you'll need to beat Kanetsugu. After that you'll have access to the Tokugawa Main Camp, where you fight and defeat Tokugawa to finis the stage. Get ready for the final Level. 5. Seige of Edo Castle: "Finally a chance to use my sword to end suffering! This is it!" Victory Condition: Defeat Hidetada Defeat Condition: Any allied officer is defeated At last! The final showdown. Musashi's chance to use his sword to preserve life instead of end it. Let's go! From the beginning, head West, you'll eventually run into another favorite character of mine, Magoichi Saika, but this is no pleasure. Defeat him and the general with him. Continue to the West and then to the South, towards Hideyori, because a few guys are coming to shake him down. Once you help him out, head back into Edo castle, there will be a little dialogue and you will be prompted to hurry to the smaller keep. Defeat Okubo to get access to the higher levels of the keep. On your way up someone locks you in and sets the keep on fire. Kanetsugu then appears, and you knoww what that means? Yeah, kill him. And hurry aout it too, because Masamune shows up and heads for Hideyori. On your way down you'll have to fight several generals to advance. Always fun. When you do get down and out, book it to Hideyori. When you get near him you'll be sent a mission to help him escape. AAAALLLLLLLLLL the way up there at the most North Eastern part of the map. Finish Masamune and that other dude, and then help Hideyori out. Hidetada Taokugawa appears then, wanting to go out like a man, and charges the main Camp from his spot in the South-East corner. When you approach hidetada, a Tokugawa ambush appears and begins heading for Edo Castle's southern hidden door. Defeat Ina and the guy with her, and Kotaro appears at the escape point. When you start to approach Kotaro, he'll make shadow doubles. The only way to discern the real one is to sit down and make a plan, taking time and thinking about it. HA! Yeah just kill them. Then the only thing stopping you is the almighty Reserve Guard. Well congratulations! Watch Musashi's blade cut through chaos itself and prepare for no more stages. 6. Musashi's Dream- Tournament of Champions I'd rather not spoil this one for you, and it's rather easy. If you REALLY need help that bad email me, I'll help you out, and if I get a lot of requests I may just add it after all. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI. Musashi's Weapons A. Twin Blades Basic katana and wakizashi Base Attack 21 B. Rage & Desire Better quality katana and wakizashi Base Attack 31 C. Skill & Finesse Katana with beads around the guard and wakizashi Base Attack 39 D. Mastery & Vision Large sword carved from an oar with no giard and symbols down the blade the wakizashi is replaced by a katana with a jutting spike, resembling a jitte Base Attack 48 Element: Dark Bonuses: Attack+48 Musou Charge+35 Range+30 1. Obtaining Mastery & Vision Where to get it: Chaos in Kyoto How to get it: Defeat Ieyasu Tokugawa before he escapes Where it is: A supply team has it How I did it: As soon as I had notice that Tokugawa was escaping, I went straight to him and beat the crap out of him. I then went to the supply team that appeared and beat the crap out of them as well. Then I escorted Hideyori and finished the stage by beating the crap out of Kojiro. Simple. 2. Is it worth it? Yeah, I'd say so. It looks pretty cool and has some good buffs. It IS the fourth weapon after all. It has the Dark element, which I've been told has a small chance of instantly slaying an enemy, and as I said before has a cool sound effect :] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VII. Q'n'A A. I haven't gotten any questions about Musashi yet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIII. Special Thanks A. I'd like to thank MythrilWyrm for allowing me to use his layout B. All the sites that put this up for ya C. Koei for including Musashi this time through D. Those who sent me info on the Dark element E. Viewers like you ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IX. Contact I have since changed my email, that last one was getting too much spam and stuf and I just recently realized that I didnt change it on my FAQ, so it's now Son_of_asgard@yahoo.com