Destiny of an Emperor 2 Wu Alliance General
5. Wu Alliance Generals
The Wu Alliance section starts when Lu Su visits Xia Kou and ends after the Cao Cao Chi Bi attack and then when the Jingzhou Re-unification begins.
UPDATE: Thanks to the wonders of the Zheng Letter cheat, you can recruit Zhou Yu at Chaisang in this game! Along with Zhang Zhao and Lu Meng.Use a duplicate Zheng Letter on the Chaisang throne to get Zhou Yu, Zhang Zhao, and Lu Meng to all join.
Cai Mao – 2300 soldiers
Str. 165 – Int. 160 – Agi. 155 – A.P. 60 – A.C. 40
TP – 80
Weapon – Sword
Land: Sea
Ye Huo, Tong Xian, Yu Lin, Ce Jian, Yi Xin, Yan Dun
Analysis: Needless to say Cai Mao can be a toughie. You’ll see him various times throughout the Jing Zhou quest, as he is mostly involved in the Liu Biao/Liu Qi/Liu Zong succession. You fight him after you get the Gunpowder to destroy the rocks past the Bo Wang Po forest to get to Xiang Yang castle.
He comes with decent generals but obviously he is the most dangerous threat. He is the definition of a balanced general, though no one statistic is too high so just have Zhuge spam your newest attack magic on him. Take him out as soon as possible and hopefully the rest of the generals won’t do too much damage by the time Cai Mao is done.
Lu Gong – 1650 soldiers
Str. 75 – Int. 35 – Agi. 55 – A.P. 50 – A.C. 25
Weapon – Sword
Land: N/A
Analysis: Garbage. Look at his stats and smile that you have generals who have most of his stats tripled or quadrupled. He is of no concern and with a tough battle like Xiang Yang it helps to have a guy you can ignore while you take out the more important generals (ie Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, Wen Ping, etc). A second take makes me wonder if he isn’t the worst general in the entire game (add them stats up, folks).
Lu Meng – 1400 Soldiers
Str. 180 – Int. 225 – Agi. 120
Weapon – Sword
Land : Plains
Analysis : More effective than Zhang Zhao certainly, and just a tad behind Zhou Yu in soldiers and Int. He might be a useful warrior in your party through the Jingzhou Re-Unification. Again though, how could they give him such a generic avatar? But wait it gets better with Zhang Zhao.
Lu Su – soldiers vary (high level of soldiers)
Str. 105 – Int. 235 – Agi. 65
TP – 72
Weapon – Sword
Land: N/A
Rank – 20 / 34
Analysis: A good general, but alas you do not have him for a long time. However when you do, it is advised to either use him for his soldier level or to take advantage of his intelligence level and have him be tactician allowing you to use Zhuge in battle. Do what you like but if you rather have Zhuge Liang as your tactician, you’ll find Lu Su is more valuable in battle than Guan Ping and Zhou Cang by far with his 235 INT.
Orochi – 1350 “soldiers”
Str. 210 – Int. 10 – Agi. 200 – A.P. 80 – A.C. 60
Weapon – N/A
Land: Mtn
Analysis: So you fight this thing and apparently it has soldiers. Also, it happens to have an A.P. and A.C. level. As a fighter, it is dangerous as the agility is higher than anyone you probably have and his strength can do a number on you. However, tactics are obviously the strategy to take, so anyone who is even a decent general should cast a high level tactic on him and his pythons and he should be down quite easily, allowing you to get the Wind Scroll from Himiko.
Taishi Ci – Honorable Mention
Analysis: You do not play as Taishi Ci, but rather he is the leader of the fleet that attacks Cao Cao. He comes with Zhang Zhao, Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, and Zhang Hong. You don’t see him once after this automatic battle so he really makes no impact but his avatar is here nonetheless.
Wang Can – 1650 soldiers
Str. 40 – Int. 185 – Agi. 105 – A.P. 50 – A.C. 30
TP – 110
Weapon – Sword
Land: N/A
Ye Huo, Chi Xin, Bai Ma, Heng Fang, Ce Jian, Yan Dun
Analysis: Wang Can is a solid tactician that fights you with Cai Mao. He is not more dangerous than Cai Mao though so worry not and deal with him after Cai Mao and maybe Wen Ping.
Wen Ping – 1800 soldiers
Str. 175 – Int. 45 – Agi. 50 – A.P. 50 – A.C. 30
Weapon – Sword
Land: Pln
Analysis: A decent warrior, but one that is neither fast or smart. Thus, Cai Mao is your first target and then you have a choice, but throw an attack spell at Wen Ping and he should not bother you after that.
Xu Huang – 9200 soldiers
Str. 225 – Int. 120 – Agi. 115 – A.P. 245 – A.C. 250
TP – 120
Weapon – Axe
Land: Mtn
Da Re, Yin Xian, Feng Jian, Yi Wen, Ji Mian, Fu Sha
Analysis: Now he is with Cao Cao in the naval battle. I put him on here and not the rest because this is the first time you see him in Cao Cao’s massive army. He is more of the balanced kind, not leaning as far to the Xu Zhu/Dian Wei side but is strong enough to make things difficult. But you don’t actually fight him quite yet so just admire your plan that foils Cao Cao and Xu Huang will flee with him.
Zhang Yun – 1750 soldiers
Str. 130 – Int. 145 – Agi. 90 – A.P. 30 – A.C. 25
TP – 80
Weapon – Arrow
Land: Sea
Ye Huo, Shui Xing, Liu Mu, Tong Xian, Heng Fang, Yan Dun
Analysis: An underrated general no doubt. His arrow attack can be a nuisance to you and his tactics can help also. However he is not quite the general of Cai Mao, so consider him around that level just under Cai Mao and treat him as such, he shouldn’t be too hard. You’ll meet him again, with Jia Xu in the ultimate bow-fight!
Zhang Zhao 1400 Soldiers
50 Str. – 235 Int. – Agi. 75
Weapon – Sword
Land : Sea
Analysis: A decent tactician or a meatshield magician (for a while at least). Like Zhou Yu, his effectiveness is limited due to his poor soldier count. But if you want to bring an all-Wu party, Zhang Zhao can contribute. Somehow, the DoaE 2 guys gave Zhang Zhao the Zhou Cang avatar. Not entirely sure why they needed to do this…
Zhou Yu – 1500 soldiers Honorable Mention
Str. 185 – Int. 240 – Agi. 120
Weapon – Sword
Land: Sea
Analysis: Like Taishi Ci, Zhou Yu is a general who you neither fight with or against. Rather, his avatar is shown as he taunts Cao Cao during the naval attack. Or, that’s what we thought. Now he can be recruited by using a duplicate Zheng Letter on the Chaisang throne (see link on page 1).
His base statistics are amazing, a decent warrior with 240 Int. His agility is not that high but the bigger problem is his lack of soldiers. You will only be able to use Zhou Yu for so long, but compared to the other Wu generals he outshines both of them and will last longer with you. He is one of the most coveted characters as far as Zheng Letter recruits are concerned.