Kessen 2 - Strategy Guide (Page 03)

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#3. In the meanwhile, send the other two units to the right side of the 
mountain on the right. You should find Li Dian waiting there. Fight him 
off with those two units. In the meanwhile, Zhao Yun should join 
(depends how long it takes you to burn and fight). 

#4. Have Zhao Yun and Liu Bei(or the unit you sent to burn up the enemy 
supply compound) meet up under the bridge on the right side under the 
enemy supply compound. So right after you defeat Li Dian, Himiko shows 
up the battle, all four of your units can fight her together (SHE HAS 
FISSURE! She might not use it though).

#5. If you feel like saving some time, simply just leave Himiko to the 
two units you sent to attack Li Dian. Then move two other units to 
above the forest on the left side. Right after you defeat Himiko, 
Xiahou Yuan will show up and he will face downward. Strike him from 
behind and he should fall before you in no time(before you use both of 
your units to attack, let Zhao Yun perform a Raid attack, this will 
easily kill 2000 troops and increase his War status).

*Guan Ping joins after the battle.


*********STAGE #2: THE BATTLE OF RU NAN*********


Political Policy Meeting: 
Guan Yu: Train Troops
Zhang Fei: Kill man-eating tiger (recommended, Zhang Fei's fame will go 
up by 10, which means his army will increase by 1000).
Mei Sanniang: Recruit Troops


Normal Difficulty: as soon as the game starts, you get the message: 
"Enemy reinforcements appear to have arrived!"

War Council: 
Zhang Fei: Zhang Fei's unit to delay enemy (recommended)
Zhao Yun: Zhao Yun's unit to delay enemy

Victory: Xun Yu takes flight
Defeat: Liu Bei retreats / Time runs out

---------Your units (in green)---------

Liu Bei w/ Mei Sanniang
Guan Yu w/ Guan Ping
Zhang Fei w/ Li Li, Luo Luo
Zhao Yun
Chou Cang (joins after 1/10 of the time bar runs out)


---------Enemy units (in read)---------

Li Dian 
Number of troops: 7000 
Morale: 65 
Type of troops: Bow 
Formation: Bull 
Special Abilities: None
Coming from the left side of the map towards your supply compound.

Guo Jia: 
Number of troops: 8000
Morale: 77
Type of troops: Foot
Formation: Ring
Special abilities: Meteor Shower, Hail, Ice Storm
Coming from the left side of the map towards your supply compound, he's 
behind Li Dian.

Chen Yu 
Number of troops: 9000
Morale: 71
Type of troops: Bow
Formation: Swan
Special abilities: Meteor Shower, Hail
Coming towards the bridge in front of your supply compound. 

Yue Jin 
Number of troops: 7000
Morale: 66
Type of troops: Light Horse
Formation: Box
Special abilities: None
Coming towards the bridge in front of your supply compound, he's behind 
Chen Yu.

Xun Yu  
Number of troops: 9000
Morale: 79
Type of troops; Cavalry
Formation: Ring
Special abilities: Meteor Shower, Hail, Ice Storm
Staying behind the bridge at the top of the map. 


Walkthrough:  


#1. Abort everyone's missions. Move Zhang Fei to the bottom of the 
mountain at the very far left side, place Liu Bei next to him with some 
distance; place Guan Yu at the bottom of the smaller mountain next to 
the big one. Move Zhao Yun back to the other side of the bridge to 
guard the supply compound. 

#2. After you place your troops. You will find Li Dian and Guo Jia at 
the left side and Chen Yu and Yue Jin at the right side. Have three 
units on the left attack Li Dian and Guo Jia, and have Zhao Yun attack 
Cheng Yu (make sure you attack him RIGHT AFTER Cheng Yu crosses the 
bridge. This should be the first time you see Zhao Yun's special event 
before battle). Chou Cang should join you about now. Have him attack 
Yue Jin from behind RIGHT BEFORE Zhao Yun finishes up Cheng Yu(Yue Jin 
can't go anywhere since Cheng Yu's blocking his way).

#3. After you defeat them, have one of the three units on the left to 
attack Xun Yu from behind (yes, go all the way up there; try to pick 
Zhang Fei instead of Guan Yu, so Luo Luo can do a volley attack); have 
the other two search for the enemy supply compound (it's up there 
somewhere, I wasn't looking when they found and destroyed it, 'cause I 
was writing this!!!: P); have Zhao Yun attack Xun Yu from front (it is 
very important to fight her on the bridge, since she can't use any of 
her magic attacks). 


*********STAGE #3: THE BATTLE OF BO WAN PO*********


Political Policy Meeting: 
Guan Yu: Assist in land development
Zhang Fei: Train troops
Zhao Yun: Recruit Troops (recommended)

*Zhuge Liang joins.

Normal Difficulty: you will have to destroy all enemy units.

War Council: 
Zhuge Liang: Set rockslide on northern route
Zhao Yun: Dig pits along center route
Guan Yu: Set mines along southern route

Victory: The entire enemy army takes flight
Defeat: Liu Bei retreats / Time runs out / The enemy reaches the 
staging area


--------Your units (in green)---------

Liu Bei w/ Mei Sanniang
Zhuge Liang
Guan Yu w/ Guan Ping
Zhang Fei w/ Li Li, Luo Luo
Zhao Yun


--------Enemy units (in red)---------

Xiahou Dun w/ Dong Xuanfeng
Number of troops: 11000
Morale: 84
Formation: Dart
Xiahou Dun:
Type of troops: Cavalry
Special abilities: Battle Cry, Duel)
Dong Xuanfeng:
Type of troops: Heavy Sword
Special abilities: Rush
Coming towards middle.

Yue Jin 
Number of troops: 9000
Morale: 66
Type of troops: Cavalry
Formation: Box
Special abilities: None
Coming through the top. 

Cao Ren 
Number of troops: 11000
Morale: 76
Type of troops: Foot
Formation: Ring
Special abilities: Duel, Rally, Iron Wall
Coming towards middle.

Li Dian 
Number of troops: 8000
Morale: 65
Type of troops: Bow 
Formation: Bull 
Special abilities: None
Coming towards top.

Ju Jin /w Xi Xuanfeng
Number of troops: 11000
Morale: 63 
Formation: Asp
Ju Jin:
Type of troops: Heavy Horse
Special abilities: Iron Wall
Xi Xuanfeng:
Type of troops: Heavy Archers
Special abilities: Battle Cry, Volley
Coming towards bottom.


Walkthrough: 


#1. First get Zhang Fei back from the front. Soon you will find enemies 
all over the place. What's better is that about three minutes later you 
get the message: 
"Enemy reinforcements appear to have arrived!"

#2. Xiahou Dun is the toughest enemy in this battle, and he will 
probably go to the middle, which Zhao Yun should be in the middle to 
fight him. Have Zhang Fei go to the bottom (there should be only one 
enemy unit there; if not, send him to wherever there's only one enemy 
unit), have Zhang Fei attack this unit from behind, then the general 
who was supposed to be there can go help out with Xiahou Dun. 

#3 After you beat Xiahou Dun, you shouldn't have any problem to beat 
this stage.

*Zhao Yun leaves after the battle.


*********STAGE #4: THE BATTLE OF CHANG BAN PO*********


Political Policy Meeting: 
Zhuge Liang: Intercept enemy supplies
Guan Yu: Kill man-eating tiger
Zhang Fei: Trian troops

Normal Difficulty: this battle is not too different for Normal and 
Beginner Difficulty. You will get a message that more of your soldiers 
have deserted right after the battle starts.

War Council: 
Zhang Fei: Retreat via western bridge
Guan Yu: Retreat through central valley
Li Li: Retreat through eastern woods (strongly recommended)

Victory: Liu Bei reaches the staging point
Defeat: Liu Bei retreats / Time runs out

---------Your units (in green)---------

Liu Bei
Guan Yu w/ Guan Ping, Zhou Cang
Zhang Fei w/ Luo Luo
Li Li
Zhuge Liang (joins after 1/8 of the time bar runs out)
Mei Sanniang (joins couple of minutes after Zhuge Liang)

---------Enemy units (in red)---------

Since I haven't seen all the enemy units in this battle and you don't 
have to battle them (you really can't win), I will not list them here. 
Know that their army's size is about five times of yours. 


Walkthrough:  


#1. First move Zhang Fei to the other side of the bridge, move Guan Yu 
down under the smaller mountain in the middle. In there they won't have 
too much trouble to fight. Let Liu Bei run like heck. Don't worry about 
Li Li since she has decent amount of soldiers and the mines hurt like 
no other(only if you chose Li Li's strategy in War Council). 

#2. When Liu Bei is about to cross the bridge, Zhuge Liang should join, 
have those two cross the bridge. Note that there's one enemy unit 
waiting for you at the staging area. For Beginner Difficulty if should 
be a general (most likely Zhang Liao). As for Normal, it's Himiko. You 
will have to defeat her to cross the bridge. 

#3. After both of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang crossed the bridge, Mei 
Sanniang should show up on the battlefield. Have these three units 
attack the enemy unit at the staging area. They should bring that unit 
down quickly. In the meanwhile, if your other units are having trouble 
battling, just have them retreat (they will get caught and forced into 
battle, just repeat retreating till the battle is won). I've played all 
three strategies; this is the best way by far.

*Huang Zhong and Pang Tong join after the battle.


*********STAGE #5: SHOWDOWN AT CHI BI*********


Political Policy Meeting: 
Zhuge Liang: Implicate Cai Mao in treachery (recommended)
Zhou Yu: Train with allied troops (not bad)

Normal Difficulty: 

War Council: 
Zhuge Liang: Set fire to enemy ships (the only option)

Victory: Cao Cao takes flight
Defeat: Liu Bei retreats / Time runs out 

---------Your units (in green)---------

Liu Bei w/ Li Li, Luo Luo, Mei Sanniang
Cai Mao
Guan Yu w/ Guan Ping, Zhang Fei
Sun Li (joins after 1/5 of time bar runs out)
Zhuge Liang w/ Pang Tong (joins after 2/5 of time bar runs out, and 
sets fire on enemy units which does huge amount of damage)

---------Ally units (in light blue)------------
Sun Quan w/ Lu Meng, Lu Su
Gang Ning w/ Lu Xun
Zhou Yu w/ Taishi Ci

---------Enemy units (in red)---------

Cao Cao w/ Xun Yu
Number of troops: 16000
Morale: 90
Formation: None
Cao Cao: 
Type of troops: Heavy Cavalry 
Special Abilities: Battle Cry, Rally, Iron Wall
Xun Yu: 
Type of troops: Heavy Cavalry 
Special Abilities: Meteor Shower, Hail, Ice Storm

Himiko w/ Yue Jin
Number of troops: 13000 
Morale: 71
Formation: None
Himiko: 
Type of troops: Heavy Sword
Special Abilities: Hail, Ice Storm, Lightening, Fissure
Yue Jin: 
Type of troops: Cavalry
Special Abilities: Battle Cry

Zhang Liao w/ Li Dian
Number of troops: 15000
Morale: 85 
Formation: None
Zhang Liao: 
Type of troops: Heavy Spear 
Special Abilities: Duel, Raid, Rush
Li Dian: 
Type of troops: Bow
Special Abilities: Rally

Xiahou Dun 
Number of troops: 13000
Morale: 85
Type of troops: Heavy Cavalry 
Formation: None
Special Abilities: Battle Cry, Duel, Charge 

Hu Zhi w/ Xi Xuanfeng
Number of troops: 13000
Morale: 85
Formation: None
Hu Zhi: 
Type of troops: Heavy Spear
Special Abilities: Duel, Raid, Rush
Xi Xuangend: 
Type of troops: Heavy Archers
Special Abilities: Battle Cry, Volley

Xiahou Ba w/ Cheng Yu
Number of troops: 14000
Morale: 82
Formation: None
Xiahou Ba: 
Type of troops: Cavalry
Special Abilities: Battle Cry, Duel, Raid
Cheng Yu:
Type of troops: LongBow
Special Abilities: Meteor Shower, Hail

Guo Jia w/ Cao Bu
Number of troops: 13000
Morale: 75
Formation: None
Guo Jia: 
Type of troops: Foot
Special Abilities: Meteor Shower, Hail, Ice Storm
Cao Bu: 
Type of troops: Heavy Cavalry
Spcial Abilities: Rally, Iron Wall

Yu Jin w/ Dong Xuanfeng
Number of troops: 13000
Morale: 77
Formation: None
Yu Jin: 
Type of troops: Heavy Horse
Special Abilities: Battle Cry, Iron Wall
Dong Xuanfeng: 
Type of troops: Heavy Sword
Special Abilities: Rush

Dian Wei: 
Number of troops: 13000
Morale: 80
Type of troops: Heavy Spear
Formation: None
Special Abilities: Duel, Raid, Rush

Cao Ren / Cao Hong
Number of troops: 14000
Morale: 80
Formation: None
Cao Ren: 
Type of troops: Heavy Foot
Special Abilities: Duel, Rally, Iron Wall
Cao Hong: 
Type of troops: Strong Cross
Special Abilities: Rally, Snipe


Walkthrough:  


#1 First of all move all the units to form a line not far away from 
your current position. This is going to make the combat easier since 
your reinforcement can join the fight right away later in the battle.
Try to avoid being surrounded by enemies (which is why to form a line 
earlier since the enemies in the back can't get through). Don't let Cai 
Mo fight if you got him, he lasts about two minutes and a half against 
any of the enemies. Just let him surround one of the enemy units you 
are fighting. All the Wu generals are really strong and suitable for 
this battle; use their special abilities like crazy. They would not 
lose one-on-one with any enemy unit. Just wait for the firework.

#2 About 2/5 through the battle, Zhuge Liang will set flames on enemy 
units, they will lose about half of their soldiers and their morale 
will drop a HUGE amount. This is going to turn the situation upside-
down like "wow". After this point, the battle should not be difficult 
at all. Note that Cao Cao would not lost any of his soldiers even after 
the fire, but his morale will drop down. So attack him with tow or more 
units will defeat him easily (try to use Zhuge Liang to defeat him, so 
he and Pang Tong can use magic attacks to increase their magic status).

*Ma Su joins after the battle.


*********STAGE #6 THE SIEGE OF CHENG DU*********


Political Policy Meeting: 
Pang Tong: Have troops cultivate land
Mei Sanniang: Recruit Troops
Zhang Fei: Train Troops (recommended)

*Huang Yue Ying gave you the Hawk Troops and assigned it to Guan Yu's 
unit.

Normal Difficulty: 

War Council: 
Guan Yu: Concentrate attack on east gate
Pang Tong: Go around to far gates
Mei Sanniang: Concentrate attack on north gate

Victory: Lu Zhang takes flight 
Defeat: Liu Bei retreats / Time runs out

---------Your units (in green)---------

Liu Bei w/ Mei Sanniang, Ma Su 
Zhuge Liang w/ Cai Mao, Huang Zhong
Sun Li w/ Pang Tong, Zhou Cang
Guan Yu w/ Guan Ping
Zhang Fei w/ Li Li, Luo Luo
Ma Chao (joins in a couple of minutes after the battle starts)

---------Enemy units (in gray)---------

Yan Yan
Number of troops: 12000
Morale: 100
Type of troops: Strong Cross 
Formation: Dome
Special Abilities: Battle Cry, Snipe
Guarding the north gate.

Fa Zheng
Number of troops: 11000
Morale: 100
Type of troops: Spear
Formation: Asp 
Special Abilities: Meteor Shower, Fireball
Guarding the east gate.

Zhang Ren
Number of troops: 12000
Morale: 100
Type of troops: Foot
Formation: Swan
Special Abilities: Battle Cry, Rush, Iron Wall, Rally
Guarding the south gate

Wu Yi
Number of troops: 11000
Morale: 100
Type of troops: Cavalry 
Formation: Awl
Special Abilities: Rally

Liu Zhang
Number of troops: 14000
Morale: 100
Type of troops: Long Bow
Formation: Ring
Special Abilities: Battle Cry, Rally, Valley, Iron Wall


Walkthrough:  

#1. Abort everyone's missions. Have all of your units waiting in front 
of the north gate but do not attack it. Have Guan Yu go to the hill on 
the left (the position he should go in any strategy in the War 
Conical). In there Guan Yu should use the Hawk Troops to get in the 
castle. Have him attack Yan Yan, who is guarding the north gate from 
behind (this is a good chance to increase Guan Yu's war ability and 
fame). After you use your specials aginast Yan Yan, have one of your 
units attack him from front. Since no one now is guarding the gate, you 
can destroy it in five seconds. 
 
#2. Even before you finish up Yan Yan, Ma Chao should join. Now move 
all the units inside the castle after you finish up Yan Yan. Have two 
units each attack the enemy behind the south gate and the east gate. If 
you don't feel like getting experience, simply use two units to attack 
Wu Yi, who is behind the west gate, from north and east. You will find 
Liu Zhang, who is hiding behind Wu Yi. Make Wu Yi retreat, you can set 
a strong unit against Liu Zhang if you want. However, the best way I 
think to defeat him is to lure him out of there. Have someone fight 
with him for two minutes then retreat, he will follow that unit. After 
he comes of his corner, have two of more units attack him. 

*Fa Zheng joins after the battle. 

*Note: now there are three stages you can choose as your stage #7. 
Since the battles in these three stages occur simultaneously, you 
cannot go back to the other two after you choose one. 

Choose Guan Yu
*********STAGE # 7(a): BATTLE OF FAN ZHENG*********


Political Policy Meeting: 
Huang Yue Ying: Deploy new weapon (Fire Castle) (recommended)
Guan Yu: Allow Sun Li to train
Pang Tong: Spread rumors among enemy troops

Normal Difficulty: the transport enemy units will arrive much sooner 
than beginner Difficulty. And there's a chance that the enemy will not 
go for the fake supply compound.

War Council: 
Guan Yu: Taunt enemy
Pang Tong: Set up decoy supply compound 
Li Li: Search for enemy supply troops

Victory: Cao Ren and Pang De take flight
Defeat: Liu Bei retreats / Time runs out

---------Your units (in green)---------
Liu Bei w/ Li Li, Luo Luo
Pang Tong 
Zhuge Liang w/ Ma Su
Guan Yu w/ Zhou Cang
Guan Ping

---------Enemy units (in red)---------

Xiahou Dun w/ Gua Jia
Number of troops: 14000
Morale: 90
Formation: Dart
Xiahou Dun: 
Type of troops: Heavey Cavalry
Special Abilities: Battle Cry, Duel, Charge
Gua Jia: 
Type of troops: Heavy Foot
Special Abilities: Meteor Shower, Hail, Ice Storm, Lightening

Dian Wei
Number of troops: 15000
Morale: 100
Type of troops: Heavy Spear 
Formation: Duel, Raid, Rush
Special Abilities: Asp

Cao Ren w/ Cao Hong
Number of troops: 15000
Morale: 89
Formation: Ring
Cao Ren:
Type of troops: Heavy Foot
Special Abilities: Duel, Rally, Iron Wall
Cao Hong:
Type of troops: Heavy Cross
Special Abilities: Rally, Snipe

Xu Huang: 
Number of troops: 15000
Morale: 94
Type of troops: Heavy Cavalry
Formation: Bull
Special Abilities: Duel, Raid, Charge

Pang De: 
Number of troops: 
Morale: 100
Type of troops: Heavy Foot
Formation: Moon
Special Abilities: Duel, Raid, Rush

Yu Jin w/ Dong Xuanfeng, Xi Xuanfeng
Number of troops: 15491
Morale: 100
Formation: Awl
Yu Jin:
Type of troops: Elite Horse
Special Abilities: Battle Cry, Iron Wall
Dong Xuanfeng: 
Type of troops: Heavy Sword
Special Abilities: Rush
Xi Xuanfeng:
Type of troops: Heavy Archers
Special Abilities: Battle Cry, Volley


Walkthrough:  

#1. Have Zhuge Liang use the Fire Tower to the enemy behind the west 
gate (I played this battle twice with the same stategy, what I found 
out is, the positions of the enemy units DO change. The first time I 
played it, it was Xihou Dun behind it. The second time, however, it was 
Cao Ren). Then have Guan Yu detory the gate. After that, let Guan Yu 
fight whoever is behind it. Lure him out use the same trick for siege 
battles and finish him off with Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu (the unit 
behind him will follow him out the gate as well). In the meanwhile, 
have you other three units (abort Guan Ping's mission) sit tight and 
wait for the "fish" to show up for your decoy supply compound.

#2 Pang De should be here by now. After you laughed at Yu Jin's intro, 
and your units have defeated the two enemy units behind the west gate, 
have Zhuge Liang attack the enemy who's guarding the south gate from 
behind, then have an unit attack from front. After this unit is 
defeated, move all of your units inside. 

#3 Pang De is by the north gate. Have Guan Yu attack him, he's super 
effective against Pang De, and you will see a special event before 
those two battle each other. Guan Yu should take him out easily. If you 
still have trouble with that, just let Guan Yu retreat and put someone 
else there (Note that Pang De will not be lured out of his spot).

*Wei Yan joins after the battle.

Choose Zhang Fei (Has a very tight dancing show: )
*********STAGE # 7(b): BATTLE AT MT.DINJUN*********


Political Policy Meeting: 
Sun Li: Allow Ma Chao to train
Fa Zheng: Request attack by Sun Quan (recommended)
Zhang Fei: Train troops

Normal Difficulty: 

War Council: 
Zhang Fei: Attack supply compound
Fa Zheng: Split and advance 
Sun Li: Lay traps and defend (recommended)

Victory: Xun Yu takes flight
Defeat: Liu Bei retreats / Time runs out

---------Your units (in green)---------
Liu Bei w/ Fa zheng
Zhuge Liang 
Huang Zhong
Zhange Fei
Sun Li

---------Enemy units (in red)---------

Zhang He
Number of troops: 15000
Morale: 98
Type of troops: LongBow 
Formation: Dome
Special Abilities: Raid, Volley

Xun Yu
Number of troops: 15000
Morale: 94
Type of troops: Heavy Cavalry
Formation: Carp
Special Abilities: Meteor Shower, Fail, Ice Storm

Xi Xuanfeng w/ Dong Xuanfeng
Number of troops: 12000
Morale: 80
Formation: Goose
Xi Xuangfeng:
Type of troops: Heavy Archers
Special Abilities: Battle Cry, Volley
Dong Xuangfeng:
Type of troops: Heavy Sword
Special Abilities: Rush

Xiahou Ba w/ Cheng Yu
Number of troops: 16000
Morale: 83
Formation: Box
Xiahou Ba:
Type of troops: Heavy Cavalry 
Special Abilities: Battle Cry, Duel, Raid
Cheng Yu:
Type of troops: Long Bow
Special Abilities: Rally, Meteor Shower, Hail

Sima Yi w/ Yue Jin, Li Dian
Number of troops: 16000
Morale: 72
Formation: Asp 
Sima Yi:
Type of troops: Heavy Cross
Special Abilities: Meteor Shower, Hail, Ice Storm, Lightening
Yue Jin:
Type of troops: Heavy Cavalry
Special Abilities: Battle Cry
Li Dian:
Type of troops: Long Bow
Special Abilities: Rally

Xu Huang 
Number of troops: 15000
Morale: 83
Type of troops: Heavy Cavalry
Formation: Bowl
Special Abilities: Duel, Raid, Charge