******************************************** * * * SAMURAI WARRIORS 2 - Ieyasu Tokugawa FAQ * * Created by Mythril Wyrm * * Version 1.01 * * * ******************************************** Table of Contents I. Update History II. Legal Notice/Disclaimer III. About Ieyasu Tokugawa IV. Unlocking Ieyasu V. Using Ieyasu 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 Ieyasu's effectiveness D. Ieyasu's Story Mode 1. Battle of Anegawa 2. Battle of Mikatagahara 3. Battle of Komaki-Nagakute 4. Siege of Odawara Castle 5. Battle of Sekigahara 6. Osaka Campaign 7. Ieyasu's Dream: Last Stand against Ieyasu VI. Ieyasu's Weapons A. Cannon Spear B. Fuse Pike C. Boom Blade D. Quake Maker 1. Obtaining the Quake Maker VII. Questions & Answers VIII. Special Thanks IX. 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About Ieyasu Tokugawa The following information (sans section headings) about Ieyasu Tokugawa is taken from Wikipedia: "Tokugawa Ieyasu was born on January 31, 1543 in the Mikawa province. Originally named Matsudaira Takechiyo, he was the son of Matsudaira Hirotada (1526�1549), the lord of Mikawa and Dai-no-kata, the daughter of a neighboring samurai lord Mizuno Tadamasa. Oddly, his mother and father were step-brother and step-sister to each other. They were just 17 and 15 years old when Ieyasu was born. Two years later, Dai-no-kata was sent back to her family and the couple never lived together again. Both husband and wife remarried and both had children so Ieyasu ended up with 11 half-brothers and sisters. The Matsudaira family was split: one side wanted to be a vassal of the Imagawa clan, while the other side preferred the Oda. As a result, much of Ieyasu's early years were spent in danger as wars with the Oda and Imagawa clans were fought. This family feud was the reason behind the murder of Hirotada's father (Takechiyo's grandfather), Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (1511�1536). Unlike his father and the majority of his branch of the family, Ieyasu's father, Hirotada, favored the Imagawa clan. In 1548, when the Oda clan invaded Mikawa, Hirotada turned to Imagawa Yoshimoto, the head of the Imagawa clan, for help to repel the invaders. Yoshimoto agreed to help under the condition that Hirotada send his son Ieyasu (Takechiyo) to Sumpu as a hostage. Hirotada agreed. Oda Nobuhide, the leader of the Oda clan, learned of this arrangement and had Ieyasu abducted from his entourage en route to Sumpu. Ieyasu was just six years old at the time. Nobuhide threatened to execute Ieyasu unless his father severed all ties with the Imagawa clan. Hirotada replied that sacrificing his own son would show his seriousness in his pact with the Imagawa clan. Despite this refusal, Nobuhide chose not to kill Ieyasu but instead held him for the next three years at the Manshoji Temple in Nagoya. In 1549, at the age of 24, Ieyasu's father Hirotada died of natural causes. At about the same time, Oda Nobuhide died during an epidemic. The deaths dealt a heavy blow to the Oda clan. An army under the command of Imagawa Sessai laid siege to the castle where Oda Nobuhiro, Nobuhide's eldest son and the new head of the Oda, was living. With the castle about to fall, Imagawa Sessai offered a deal to Oda Nobunaga (Oda Nobuhide's second son). Sessai offered to give up the siege if Ieyasu was handed over to the Imagawa clan. Nobunaga agreed and so Ieyasu (now nine) was taken as a hostage to Sumpu. Here he lived a fairly good life as hostage and potentially useful future ally of the Imagawa clan until he was 15. In 1556, Ieyasu came of age, and, following tradition, changed his name to Matsudaira Jirosaburo Motonobu. One year later, at the age of 16, he married his first wife and changed his name again to Matsudaira Kurando Motoyasu. Allowed to return to his native Mikawa, the Imagawa ordered him to fight the Oda clan in a series of battles. Ieyasu won his first battle at the Siege of Terabe and later succeeded in delivering supplies to a border fort through a bold night attack. In 1560 the leadership of the Oda clan had passed to the brilliant leader Oda Nobunaga. Yoshimoto, leading a large Imagawa army (perhaps 20,000 strong) then attacked the Oda clan territory. Ieyasu with his Mikawa troops captured a fort at the border and then stayed there to defend it. As a result, Ieyasu and his men were not present at the Battle of Okehazama where Yoshimoto was killed by Oda Nobunaga's surprise assault. With Yoshimoto dead, Ieyasu decided to ally with the Oda clan. A secret deal was needed because Ieyasu's wife and infant son, Hideyasu were held hostage in Sumpu by the Imagawa clan. In 1561, Ieyasu openly broke with the Imagawa and captured the fortress of Kaminojo. Ieyasu was then able to exchange his wife and son for the wife and daughter of the ruler of Kaminojo castle. For the next few years Ieyasu set about reforming the Matsudaira clan and pacifying Mikawa. He also strengthened his key vassals by awarding them land and castles in Mikawa. They were: Honda Tadakatsu, Ishikawa Kazumasa, Koriki Kiyonaga Sakai Tadatsugu, and Sakikabara Yasumasa. In 1564, Ieyasu defeated the military forces of the Mikawa Monto within Mikawa province. The Monto were a warlike group of monks that were ruling Kaga province and had many temples elsewhere in Japan. They refused to obey Ieyasu's commands and so he went to war with them, defeating their troops and pulling down their temples. In one battle Ieyasu was nearly killed when he was struck by a bullet which did not penetrate his armor. Both Ieyasu's Mikawa troops and the Monto forces were using the new gunpowder weapons (muskets) which the Portuguese had introduced to Japan just 20 years earlier. In 1567 Ieyasu changed his name yet again, his new surname was Tokugawa and his personal name was now Ieyasu. In so doing, he claimed descent from the Minamoto clan. No proof has actually been found for this claimed descent. Ieyasu remained an ally of Oda Nobunaga and his Mikawa soldiers were part of Nobunaga's army which captured Kyoto in 1568. At the same time Ieyasu was expanding his own territory. He and Takeda Shingen, the head of the Takeda clan in Kai Province made an alliance for the purpose of conquering all the Imagawa territory. In 1570, Ieyasu's troops captured Totomi province while Shingen's troops captured Suruga province (including the Imagawa capital of Sumpu). Ieyasu ended his alliance with Takeda and sheltered their former enemy, Imagawa Ujizane; he also allied with Uesugi Kenshin of the Uesugi clan�an enemy of the Takeda clan. Later that year, Ieyasu led 5,000 of his own men supporting Nobunaga at the Battle of Anegawa against the Asai and Asakura clans. In October 1571, Takeda Shingen, now allied with the Hojo clan, attacked the Tokugawa lands of Totomi. Ieyasu asked for help from Nobunaga, who sent him some 3,000 troops. Early in 1572 the two armies met at the Battle of Mikatagahara. Nobunaga's troops fled early and the Takeda army, under the expert direction of Shingen, hammered at Ieyasu's remaining troops till they were broken. Ieyasu fled with just 5 men to a nearby castle. This was a major loss for Ieyasu but Shingen was unable to exploit his victory because Ieyasu quickly gathered a new army and refused to fight Shingen again on the battlefield. Fortune smiled on Ieyasu a year later when Takeda Shingen died at a siege early in 1573. Shingen was succeeded by his less capable son Takeda Katsuyori. In 1575 the Takeda army attacked Nagashino Castle in Mikawa province. Ieyasu appealed to Oda Nobunaga for help and the result was that Nobunaga personally came at the head of his very large army (about 30,000 strong). The Oda-Tokugawa force of 38,000 won a great victory on June 28, 1575 at the Battle of Nagashino, though Takeda Katsuyori survived the battle and retreated back to Kai province. For the next seven years, Ieyasu and Katsuyori fought a series of small battles. Ieyasu's troops managed to wrest control of Suruga province away from the Takeda clan. In 1579, Ieyasu's wife, and his eldest son, Tokugawa Nobuyasu, were accused of conspiring with Takeda Katsuyori to assassinate Nobunaga. Ieyasu's wife was executed and Hideyasu was forced to commit seppuku. Ieyasu then named his third and favorite son, Tokugawa Hidetada, as heir, since his second son was adopted by another rising power: Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the future ruler of all Japan. The end of the war with Takeda came in 1582 when a combined Oda-Tokugawa force attacked and conquered Kai province. Takeda Katsuyori, as well as his eldest son Takeda Nobukatsu, were defeated at the Battle of Temmokuzan and then committed seppuku. In late 1582, Ieyasu was near Osaka and far from his own territory when he learned that Oda Nobunaga had been assassinated by Akechi Mitsuhide. Ieyasu managed the dangerous journey back to Mikawa, avoiding Mitsuhide's troops along the way, as they were trying to find and kill him. One week after he arrived in Mikawa, Ieyasu's army marched out to take revenge on Mitushide. But they were too late, Hideyoshi�on his own�defeated and killed Akechi Mitsuhide at the Battle of Yamazaki. The death of Oda Nobunaga meant that some provinces, ruled by Nobunaga's vassels, were ripe for conquest. The leader of Kai province made the mistake of killing one of Ieyasu's aides. Ieyasu promptly invaded Kai and took control. Hojo Ujimasa, leader of the Hojo clan responded by sending his much larger army into Shinano and then into Kai province. No battles were fought between Ieyasu's forces and the large Hojo army and, after some negotiation, Ieyasu and the Hojo agreed to a settlement which left Ieyasu in control of both Kai and Shinano provinces, while the Hojo took control of Kazusa province (as well as bits of both Kai and Shinano province). At the same time (1583) a war for rule over Japan was fought between Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Shibata Katsuie. Ieyasu did not take a side in this conflict, building on his reputation for both caution and wisdom. Hideyoshi defeated Katsuie at the Battle of Shizugatake�with this victory, Hideyoshi became the single most powerful daimyo in Japan. In 1584, Ieyasu decided to support Oda Nobuo, the eldest son and heir of Oda Nobunaga, against Hideyoshi. This was a dangerous act and could have resulted in the annihilation of the Tokugawa. Tokugawa troops took the traditional Oda stronghold of Owari, Hideyoshi responded by sending an army into Owari. The Komaki campaign was the only time any of the great unifiers of Japan fought each other: Hideyoshi vs. Ieyasu. In the event, Ieyasu won the only notable battle of the campaign, the Battle of Nagakute. After months of fruitless marchs and feints, Hideyoshi settled the war through negotiation. First he made peace with Oda Nobuo and then he offered a truce to Ieyasu. The deal was made at the end of the year; as part of the peace terms Ieyasu's second son, O Gi Maru, became an adopted son of Hideyoshi. In 1585 Ieyasu's long time aide, Ishikawa Kazumasa, chose to join the pre- eminent Daimyo of Japan and so he moved to Osaka to be with Hideyoshi. However, only a few other Tokugawa retainers followed this example. Hideyoshi was understandably distrustful of Ieyasu, and five years passed before they fought as allies. Ieyasu and his troops did not participate in Hideyoshi's successful invasions of Shikoku and Kyushu. In 1590 Hideyoshi attacked the last independent daimyo in Japan, Hojo Ujimasa. The Hojo clan ruled the eight provinces of the Kanto region in north-eastern Japan. Hideyoshi ordered them to submit to his authority and they refused. Ieyasu, though a friend and occasional ally of Ujimasa, joined his large force of 30,000 samurai with Hideyoshi's enormous army of some 160,000. Hideyoshi attacked several castles on the borders of the Hojo clan with most of his army laying siege to the castle at Odawara. Hideyoshi's army captured Odawara after six months (oddly for the time period, deaths on both sides were few). During this siege, Hideyoshi offered Ieyasu a radical deal. He offered Ieyasu the eight Kanto provinces which they were about to take from the Hojo in return for the five provinces that Ieyasu currently controlled (including Ieyasu's home province of Mikawa). Ieyasu accepted this proposal. Bowing to the overwhelming power of Hideyoshi's army, the Hojo accepted defeat, the top Hojo leaders killed themselves and Ieyasu marched in and took control of their provinces, so ending the clan's 450 year reign. Ieyasu now gave up control of his five provinces (Mikawa, Totomi, Suruga, Shinano, and Kai) and moved all his soldiers and vassels to the Kanto region. He himself occupied the castle town of Edo in Kanto. This was possibly the most risky move Ieyasu ever made�to leave his home province and rely on the uncertain loyalty of the formerly Hojo samurai in Kanto. In the event, it worked out brilliantly for Ieyasu. He reformed the Kanto provinces, controlled and pacified the Hojo samurai and improved the underlying economic infrastructure of the lands. Also, because Kanto was somewhat isolated from the rest of Japan, Ieyasu was able to maintain a unique level of autonomy from Hideyoshi's rule. Within a few years, Ieyasu had become the second most powerful daimyo in Japan. There is a Japanese proverb which likely refers to this event "Ieyasu won the Empire by retreating." (A. L. Sadler, p. 164). In 1592, Hideyoshi invaded Korea as a prelude to his plan to attack China (see Hideyoshi's attack on Korea for more information about this campaign). The Tokugawa samurai never took part in this campaign. Early in 1593, Ieyasu was summoned to Hideyoshi's court in Nagoya, as a military advisor. He stayed there, off and on for the next five years. Despite his frequent absences, Ieyasu's sons, loyal retainers and vassals were able to control and improve Edo and the other new Tokugawa lands. In 1593, Hideyoshi fathered a son and heir, Toyotomi Hideyori. In 1598, with his health clearly failing, Hideyoshi called a meeting that would determine the Council of Five Elders who would be responsible for ruling on behalf of his son after his death. The five that were chosen as regents (tairo) for Hideyori were Maeda Toshiie, Mori Terumoto, Ukita Hideie, Uesugi Kagekatsu, and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Ieyasu was the most powerful of the five. Hideyoshi, after three more months of increasing sickness, died on August 18, 1598. He was nominally succeeded by his young son Hideyori but as he was just five years old, real power was in the hands of the regents. Over the next two years Ieyasu (Tokugawa) made alliances with various daimyo, especially those who had no love for Hideyoshi. Happily for Ieyasu, the oldest and most respected of the regents died after just one year. With the death of Regent Toshiie in 1599, Ieyasu led an army to Fushimi and took over Osaka Castle, the residence of Hideyori. This angered the three remaining regents and plans were made on all sides for war. Opposition to Ieyasu centered around Ishida Mitsunari, a powerful daimyo but not one of the regents. Ishida plotted Ieyasu's death and news of this plot reached some of Ieyasu's generals. They attempted to kill Ishida but he fled and gained protection from none other than Ieyasu himself. It is not clear why Ieyasu protected a powerful enemy from his own men but Ieyasu was a master strategist and he may have concluded that he would be better off with Ishida leading the enemy army rather than one of the regents, who would have more legitimacy (A. L. Sadler, p. 187). Nearly all of Japan's daimyo and samurai now split into two factions�the "eastern camp" supported Ieyasu while the "western camp" supported Ishida Mitsunari. Ieyasu's allies were the Date clan, the Mogami clan, the Sataki clan and the Maeda clan. Mitsunari allied himself with the three other regents: Ukita Hideie, Mori Terumoto, and Uesugi Kagekatsu as well as many daimyo from the eastern end of Honshu. In June 1600, Ieyasu and his allies defeated the Uesugi clan. Ieyasu then led the majority of his army west towards Kyoto. In late summer, Ishida's forces captured Fushimi. In Shinano Province, Ieyasu stationed 36,000 Tokugawa men commanded by Tokugawa Hidetada. Ieyasu knew that the Kobayakawa clan, led by Kobayakawa Hideaki, was planning to defect from the Ishida side, and that the Mori clan was also thinking of joining his side. Hidetada's army was placed to make sure these clans sided with the Tokugawa. [Sekigahara] was the biggest and likely the most important battle in Japanese history. It began on October 21, 1600 with a total of 160,000 men facing each other. The Battle of Sekigahara ended with a complete Tokugawa victory. The Western bloc was crushed and over the next few days Ishida Mitsunari and many other western nobles were captured and killed. Tokugawa Ieyasu was now the de facto ruler of Japan. Immediately after the victory at Sekigahara, Ieyasu redistributed land to the vassals who had served him. Ieyasu left some western daimyo un-harmed, such as the Shimazu clan, but others were completely destroyed. Toyotomi Hideyori (the son of Hideyoshi) was allowed to become a common citizen and for the next 10 years he lived a quiet life in Osaka Castle while Ieyasu ruled Japan. In later years the vassals who had pledged allegiance to Ieyasu before Sekigahara became known as the fudai daimyo, while those who pledged allegiance to him after the battle (in other words, after his power was unquestioned) were known as tozama daimyo. Tozama daimyo were considered inferior to fudai daimyo. In 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu received the title of 'shogun' from Emperor Go-Yozei. Ieyasu was 60 years old. He had outlasted all the other great men of his times: Oda Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, Shingen. He was the shogun and he used his remaining years to create and solidify the Tokugawa shogunate, the third shogunal government (after the Minamoto and the Ashikaga). The Tokugawa Shogunate would rule Japan for the next 250 years. Following a well established Japanese pattern, Ieyasu abdicated his official position as Shogun 1605. His successor was his son and heir, Tokugawa Hidetada. This was done (as Karel van Wolferen argues) in part to avoid being tied up in ceremonial duties, and in part to make it harder for his enemies to attack the real power center (The Enigma of Japanese Power, Karel van Wolferen, p. 28). The abdication of Ieyasu had no effect on his rule; he controlled Japan for the rest of his life. Ieyasu, acting as the Cloistered Shogun (Ogosho) was the effective ruler of Japan, remaining so until his death. Ieyasu retired to Sumpu, but he also supervised the building of Edo Castle, a massive construction project which lasted for the rest of Ieyasu's life. The end result was the largest castle in all of Japan, the costs for building the castle being borne by all the other daimyo, while Ieyasu reaped all the benefits. The castle still stands today in the center of Tokyo, now called the Imperial Palace. Ieyasu also supervised diplomatic affairs with the Netherlands and Spain, and chose to distance Japan from them starting in 1609, though giving the Dutch the exclusive right to a trading post. From 1605 till his death, Ieyasu consulted with an English pilot in Dutch employ, William Adams, who played some role in forming the Shogun's policy regarding Spain and the Catholic Church. In 1611, Ieyasu, at the head of 50,000 men, visited Kyoto to witness the coronation of Emperor Go-Mizunoo. In Kyoto, Ieyasu ordered the remodeling of the imperial court and buildings, and forced the remaining western daimyo to sign an oath of fealty to him. In 1613, he composed the Kuge Shohatto, a document which put the court daimyo under strict supervision, leaving them as mere ceremonial figureheads. In 1614, he signed the Christian Expulsion Edict which banned Christianity, expelled all Christians and foreigners, and banned Christians from practicing their religion. As a result, many Christian Japanese fled to the Spanish Philippines. In 1615, he prepared the Buke Shohatto, a document setting out the future of the Tokugawa regime. The climax of Ieyasu's life was the siege of Osaka Castle (1614�1615). The last remaining threat to Ieyasu's rule was Hideyori, the son and rightful heir to Hideyoshi. He was now a young man, living in Osaka Castle. Many samurai who opposed Ieyasu rallied around Hideyori, claiming he was the rightful ruler of Japan. Ieyasu used a minor fight between Hideyori supporters and his samurai as pretext to kill the last of Hideyoshi's family. Initially, the Tokugawa forces were repulsed by Hideyori's supporters, but Ieyasu had massive resources to call upon. The Tokugawa, with a huge army led by Shogun Hidetada, laid siege to Osaka castle. The siege dragged on for more than a year. Finally in late 1615, Osaka Castle fell and nearly all the defenders were killed including Hideyori, his mother (Hideyoshi's widow, Yodogimi), and his infant son. His wife, Senhime (a granddaughter of Ieyasu), was allowed to live. With the Toyotomi finally extinguished, no threats remained to Tokugawa domination of Japan. In 1616, Ieyasu fell ill and died in his bed at the age of 73. He was buried in Nikko Toshogu." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV. Unlocking Ieyasu To unlock Ieyasu Tokugawa, you must complete the following steps: -Insert Samurai Warriors 2 in your PlayStation 2. -Turn the power on. In other words, he's one of the initial characters. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- V. Using Ieyasu A. Vital statistics 1. Initial Life 125 Musou 84 Attack 93 Defense 95 Ride 84 Speed 86 Dexterity 82 Luck 99 Skills: Rage 1, Musou Power 1, True Power 1 2. Maximum Life 314 Musou 252 Attack 195 Defense 198 Ride 169 Speed 146 Dexterity 142 Luck 194 Self Skill: Pressure - Push back enemies with S while guarding. 3. Titles Lv. 1-10: Lord of Mikawa Lv. 11-20: The Persevering Lv. 21-30: Eastern Champion Lv. 31-40: Patient Ambition Lv. 41-49: Shogun Lv. 50: Great Patriarch B. Moveset 1. Regular attacks These are the attacks that are available to Ieyasu Tokugawa once his full combo has been unlocked. Some attacks will vary if his full combo has not yet been unlocked. S - A left-to-right slash. SS - A right-to-left upward slash. SSS - A left-to-right downward slash. SSSS - A straight thrust. +SSSS - A right-to-left downward slash followed by three cannonballs. Available at Lv. 4. +SSSSSSSS - A right-to-left downward slash followed by a left-to-right upward slash, a right-to-left upward slash, and five cannonballs. Avail- able at Lv. 13. X + S - Ieyasu fires a cannonball downward at an angle. Dash attack - A right-to-left slash. 2. Charge attacks T - Ieyasu thrusts his spear into the ground and fires, producing a small blast that breaks the enemy's guard. ST - Ieyasu slashes upward, launching the enemy into the air. SST - Ieyasu fires a blast that stuns the enemy. SSST - Ieyasu does a right-to-left slash with his spear, knocking away any enemies he strikes. SSSST - Ieyasu fires a spread of three cannonballs upward at an angle, knocking the enemy into the air. Available at Lv. 7. SSSSST - Ieyasu points his spear at the ground and fires, stunning any enemies in a small area in front of him. Available at Lv. 10. SSSSSST - Ieyasu fires a laser beam from his lance, knocking away all enemies in a straight line in front of him. Available at Lv. 16. SSSSSSST - Ieyasu sprays fire from his spear, pushing back and knocking down all enemies caught in the flames. Available at Lv. 19. X + T - Ieyasu thrusts his spear into the ground, knocking down nearby enemies. 3. Mounted attacks SSSS(SSSSSSSS) - A series of four slashes followed by a number of cannonballs. ST - An upward slash. Launches the enemy into the air. SST - Ieyasu fires a cannonball at the ground, stunning all nearby enemies. SSST - Ieyasu sprays fire from his spear, pushing back and knocking down all enemies caught in the flames. 4. Special attacks R1 + S - Ieyasu fires a cannonball straight ahead. R1 + T - Ieyasu fires a volley of five homing cannonballs at the enemy. Has a long recovery time. 5. Musou attacks Level 1 musou - Ieyasu fires multiple volleys of five homing cannonballs at the enemy, finishing up with a shockwave that knocks away all sur- rounding enemies. Level 2 musou - Same as regular musou, but more damaging and with a larger final shockwave. Level 3 musou - Cannonballs rain down from above as Ieyasu fires multiple volleys of homing cannonballs at the enemy. True musou - Same as regular musou, but adds a fire element and three quick volleys of cannonballs before the final shockwave. Double musou - Same as regular musou, but adds a lightning element and three quick volleys of cannonballs before the final shockwave. C. Maximizing Ieyasu's effectiveness Ieyasu's greatest weakness is his speed. His attacks and movement are both rather slow, which puts him at a disadvantage against fast foes and during timed missions. In addition, most of his attacks are very linear, so he can have problems fighting his way out of large crowds. Ieyasu's versatility, however, makes him a very effective character in the right hands. His musou and special attacks allow him to fight effectively at a distance and wipe out units of archers and musketeers with minimal difficulty. Use Ieyasu's cannon to soften up groups of enemies from afar, and take advan- tage of his high life and rock-solid defense when you close in to melee with your foes. SSST is his best crowd-clearing move at first, and you should use it liberally at lower levels. Use your regular, T, and SST combos to take down generals quickly, and pelt them with cannonballs if they flee or get knocked away. SSSST works best in duels, but SSSSST will greatly improve your crowd control ability and should be abused mercilessly once you acquire it. SSSSSST, once available, works well for either blasting a path through a horde of ene- mies or putting some distance between you and an enemy general. SSSSSSST is an all-around excellent move; it hits in a wide area in front of you, builds up your combo counter quickly, and knocks down any enemies who fail to block it. Put the hurt on enemy generals by using it as a follow-up to SSSST or SSSSST and blasting them with a cannonball as they fly away. Better yet, pin them up against a wall and roast them alive. D. Ieyasu's Story Mode 1. Battle of Anegawa "Now is the time to endure with a pride befitting the men of Mikawa!" Victory Conditions: Defeat Nagamasa and Yoshikage. Defeat Conditions: Nobunaga or Ieyasu is defeated. The Azai and the Asakura are trying to wipe out the Oda, and it's up to you to protect them. Help them out by charging north and taking down Kagenori Asakura and Nagashige Tomita as soon as the battle begins, then continuing north and defeating Jinpachiro Maeba, Kagekata Uozumi, and Naganori Yamazaki to cripple the Asakura clan. The gates to their main camp will open; head northwest to reach it and beat Kagetake and Yoshikage Asakura into submission. You'll now be free to focus on the Azai clan, and you can hit them where it hurts by heading east and eliminating Oichi and all of the generals around her. Finally, as Nagamasa Azai loses momentum, cut your way southeast through his forces and save Nobunaga Oda from an untimely demise. 2. Battle of Mikatagahara "My foolish pride has led me right into the jaws of death." Victory Conditions: Defeat Shingen or Ieyasu arrives at the Escape Point. Defeat Conditions: Ieyasu is defeated. You have the option of charging straight for Shingen Takeda and defeating him to end this battle quickly, but unless you're naturally talented or have put a lot of time and effort into building up Ieyasu, it's far less suicidal to head for the escape point. Before you do, though, you'll want to make a quick jaunt to the northeast and eliminate Nobushige Oyamada, who will relentlessly pursue you if you ignore him. Once he's out of the picture, take the far western path and work your way south, cutting down Nobukimi Anayama as you progress. Defeat Masatane Hara to open the south gate of the garrison, which will give you a clear shot at Moritoma Saegusa. If you want some more experience, head for the central garrison and defeat Masakage Yamagata and Nobukado Takeda after spring- ing their trap, then blaze a path past Masatsugu Tsuchiya in the south and foil Kotaro Fuma's assassination attempt when he appears. With the center secure, make your way to the southwest corner of the battlefield and fight off Masanobu Kosaka and Masatoyo Naito as they come for you. Make your way east towards Hamamatsu Castle, and Sakon Shima will appear to challenge you. Blow him away, and you'll be free to challenge Shingen or flee to safety at your leisure. 3. Battle of Komaki-Nagakute "I have seen our future. For now, I must keep pushing forward." Victory Conditions: Defeat Hideyoshi. Defeat Conditions: Nobukatsu is defeated, or Main Camp is captured. Hideyoshi Hashiba has yet to learn that haste makes waste. Teach him the value of patience by heading east to intercept his detached unit as soon as it ap- pears. Tsunecki Ikeda, Nagayoshi Mori, Hidetsugu Hashiba, and Hidemasa Hori will charge towards Iwasaki Castle; introduce them to your spear and claim the castle as your own. Next, cut your way north and west through Ittetsu Inaba, Nagachika Kanamori, Saketada Ogawa, Ujisato Gamo, and Hidenaga Hashiba to bring an end to the enemy offensive. Hideyoshi's main camp should be your next tar- get; charge north and attack it from the east to make Kiyomasa Kato and Kazutoyo Yamanouchi come out of hiding. Defeat them both and hurry south to save your main camp from Nene, who will appear and attack it. If you're quick enough, you might be able to beat her before Hideyoshi, Mitsunari Ishida, and Sakon Shima reach Nobukatsu Oda and convince him to flee the battle; if not, you'll suffer a considerable loss of morale. It should be moot at this point, though...press the attack, and you'll make quick work of Hideyoshi and his two remaining allies. 4. Siege of Odawara Castle "Every step taken must be taken towards peace." Victory Conditions: Defeat Ujimasa and Ujinao. Defeat Conditions: Hideyoshi, Ieyasu, Masamune, or Yoshihiro is defeated. Your first priority in this battle is to find a way into the castle, which Hideyoshi kindly provides you in the form of a siege ramp. Follow it south and west, wiping out any peons that attack it, and use it to reach Naohide Matsuda and disable the cannons. Continue north for Ujifusa Hojo and Yasusato Matsuda, then backtrack to the south and help Yoshihiro beat down Naoshige Chiba and Ujinaga Narita. While you're in the area, explore the southwest corner of the castle to find Yasuhiro Ogasawara and Ujitada Hojo, and defeat them both to capture the storehouse. Kotaro Fuma will launch an attack on your main camp; hurry to the northeast corner and make sure that he and his cohorts don't do any permanent damage to Hideyoshi. Kotaro may teleport to the northern part of the battlefield and harass Masamune if you defeat the other enemy generals first; chase him down and cut him down if he does. Join up with your allies as they march towards Odawara Castle, defeating Hiroteru Minagawa to deactivate the bomb corridor as you advance. When you reach the 2nd floor of the castle, Kotaro Fuma will appear to menace you once again. Cleave through him and up to the 3rd floor, where you can finally slay Ujimasa and Ujinao Hojo and bring an end to their clan. 5. Battle of Sekigahara "The deaths we suffer today will ensure peace for the lives of the future." Victory Conditions: Defeat Mitsunari. Defeat Conditions: Main Camp is captured. Depending on how you go about fighting this battle, it can either be very easy or very hard. To make things easier on yourself and your allies, take a little stroll to the west of your starting position and clear the front lines of Teruzumi Akachi and Yukinaga Konishi. Make your way back to the east and defeat Shigemasa Toda, Hideie Ukita, and Yoshitsugu Otani next, then continue south and east and cut down Ekei Ankouji to make two of the enemy officers defect. Make your way to the southeast corner and take out Masaie Natsuka, then follow the path to the west and defeat Morichika Chosokabe to clear a path for Magobei Fuse. He'll open fire on Hideaki Kobayakawa and force him to defect once he reaches his destination, and the tide of the battle will quickly turn in your favor. Your army will begin an all-out attack; while they're beating back the enemy forces, rush to the north and take care of Tamehiro Hiratsuka and Ginchiyo Tachibana before they can do too much damage to your main camp. Next, head west and south and do battle with Musashi Miyamoto and Satoie Gamo, taking care to avoid being paralyzed with awe by Musashi's swordsmanship. While you're fighting him, Yoshihiro Shimazu will cut a swath of destruction through your forces as he flees to the southeast corner of the battlefield. If you want to face another worthy opponent after Musashi, chase him down and stop him from escaping. Once you've either toppled him or let him escape, charge for the enemy camp in the southwest, skewer Sakon Shima, and blow away Mitsunari Ishida to finish the battle. 6. Osaka Campaign "The road has been long and dangerous, but the goal is just up ahead." Victory Conditions: Defeat Hideyori. Defeat Conditions: Hidetada is defeated. Hideyori Toyotomi is all that stands between you and and a long era of peace. Put an end to his opposition by blitzing northwest and defeating Katsunaga Mori to open the gates to the Sanada ward. Beat down Hidenori Sengoku, Kanesuke Susukida, and Yukimura Sanada to silence the cannons, then stop by the western edge of the battlefield and eliminate Yukihiro Ujiie to take some of the pressure off of Masamune Date's forces. Head back to the east and blast your way past Yasukatsu Ishikawa and Morichika Chosokabe, then advance north and protect the cannon from Musashi Miyamoto's furious assault. The bombardment will drop the enemy's morale and make it easier for you to cut down Masayasu Miyoshi, Matabei Goto, and Magoichi Saika in the castle courtyard. Before en- tering the castle, though, you'll want to head west and make sure that Masamune doesn't get routed by the various generals who are attacking him. Once he's safe, return to the courtyard and enter the castle through the eastern en- trance. Fight your way up to the 3rd floor and do battle with Hideyori Toyotomi and a revitalized Yukimura Sanada. Unfortunately, they're both doubles; the real Hideyori will appear in the northeast corner and make his way towards the escape point in the southeast, and the real Yukimura will appear soon after and charge your main camp. Stopping Hideyori should be your first priority; your efforts will be wasted if he escapes. Cut him off and cut him apart, then bolt west and save your son from Yukimura. He won't go down without a fight, but you should be more than able to stand up to him. Once Yukimura falls, Japan will be yours. Enjoy the ending! 7. Ieyasu's Dream: Last Stand against Ieyasu "Come what may, I must never lose sight of my dreams of peace." This battle becomes available after clearing the first six battles of Ieyasu's Story Mode. Victory Conditions: Defeat Kagekatsu, Kanetsugu, and Yoshinobu. Defeat Conditions: Any allied officer is defeated. Taking good care of your allies is the key to winning this battle. The enemy's sporadic attacks can be disorienting, so stay on your toes. Kanetsugu Naoe poses the biggest threat of the three commanders, so head southeast and deal with him first. He'll call in Yoshihide Shida and Yoshitada Shimo as reinforce- ments, but you should be able to take down the three of them without too much difficulty. Head north and cut down Masakage Umezu, Dokyu Yamagami, Yasutsuna Kamiizumi, and Kagekatsu Uesugi as they strike out from their garrison, then blaze a trail to the west and take out Fusamoto Makabe and Mototada Kasuga be- fore they start to pose a threat. Chikanori Suibara should be your next target, and the southwest corner your next destination. As you cut through the southern camp, Yukimura and Masayuki Sanada and two less threatening generals will ap- pear to menace you. Blast the four of them into atoms, but try to take on one or two of them at a time to minimize your risk. They cooperate well, and you may find yourself in a compromising position if you get overconfident. Once you've finished off the last of them, continue your trek to the southwest cor- ner and save Ina from Shigetomo Makabe. Finally, make a beeline for the west garrison and exterminate Yoshishige and Yoshinobu Satake before any of the other enemy generals can scatter one of your allies. Once the last of the allied commanders falls, victory is yours. Congratulations on mastering Ieyasu Tokugawa's Story Mode! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI. Ieyasu's Weapons A. Cannon Spear Base attack 21 Element, bonuses, and number of open slots will vary. B. Fuse Pike Base attack 31 Element, bonuses, and number of open slots will vary. C. Boom Blade Base attack 38 Element, bonuses, and number of open slots will vary. D. Quake Maker Base attack 48 Element: Fire Bonuses: Musou +17, Attack +35, Defense +38, Speed +36, Luck +19 1. Obtaining the Quake Maker Where to Get It: Battle of Sekigahara How to Get It: Defeat all enemy generals except Mitsunari Ishida. Do not allow any of them to defect. Where It Is: In the hands of a supply team. It appears by the northwest strong- hold and heads south. How I Did It: As soon as the battle began, I head west and defeated Yoshitsugu Otani, Hideie Ukita, and Tamehiro Hiratsuka to take some of the pressure off my allies. I then made my way north and stopped Ginchiyo Tachibana from entering the main camp. Magobei Fuse was scattered soon after I beat her, and the enemy declared an all-out attack. I made my way south and slew Hiroie Kikkawa and Ekei Ankouji as they advanced, then backtracked a little and intercepted Hidetomo Mori, Masaie Natsuka, and Morichika Chosokabe, all of whom were coming up the easternmost path. Tadakatsu Honda and Ina were both under heavy attack at this point, so I headed west and saved Ina from Hideaki Kobayakawa and a handful of other generals who were menacing her. Tadakastu's forces were routed while I was helping her, so I made a quick jaunt to the northwest and fought off Shigemasa Toda, Yoshihiro and Toyohisa Shimazu, and Musashi Miyamoto before they could ransack the main camp. Sakon Shima and Mitsunari Ishida were doing battle with Ina by now, so I raced back to her side and slew Sakon. The supply team appeared in the northwest, so I rode off to intercept them and claim my weapon. Mitsunari defeated Ina as I made my way back to the camp, but I cut him down and avenged her. Using a Lv. 30 Ieyasu Tokugawa and Matsukaze, I was able to secure the weapon and complete the battle in a little under 20 minutes. The battle to obtain this weapon is intense, and not being able to make Mori, Kikkawa, or Kobayakawa defect doesn't make it any easier. Sitting tight for the first few minutes and waiting for Magobei Fuse to be scattered ensures that none of the enemy generals will defect, but you might then be faced with over- whelming odds when Mitsunari orders the all-out attack. Therefore, it's in your best interests to take out a few generals early on. Don't take out too many, though, or your army may gain the upper hand and defeat some of your foes be- fore you can reach them. If the generals in the east are giving you headaches, try defeating Ekei Ankouji AFTER you've dealt with Hidetomo Mori and Hiroie Kikkawa. Leave the others alive to ensure that they'll be able to stop Fuse from firing on Kobayakawa. When the enemy army charges, let Tadakatsu and Ina defend the western and southwestern roads to the camp while you defend the easternmost path. Once your side is clear, go and help them clean house. Give no quarter to wounded generals and save after defeating each wave of enemies, and Ieyasu Tokugawa's 4th weapon will soon be yours. Remember that the Quake Maker, like all 4th weapons, can only be obtained in Story Mode on Hard or Chaos difficulty. 2. Is it worth using? Definitely! This weapon turns Ieyasu Tokugawa into a much speedier engine of destruction and further augments his incredible defense. The fire element isn't extraordinarily useful, but it's still a solid weapon overall. Unless you have a 3rd weapon with some comparable attack, defense, and/or musou charge bonuses and a lightning or demon element, you can't go wrong with Ieyasu's 4th weapon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VII. Questions & Answers Q: Why an Ieyasu Tokugawa FAQ? A: It hadn't been done yet, and I think he's a fun character to use. Q: You got all the characters' names backwards! You're an ignorant dolt who knows nothing of Japanese! A: Blame KOEI for that one. I know that they anglicized the names, but I also know that most of the people who read this FAQ are going to be more used to seeing the anglicized names than the original Japanese. Therefore, I decided to use the anglicized names to keep the confusion to a minimum. Q: I fulfilled the requirements to obtain Ieyasu's 4th weapon, but I didn't get it! What gives? A: Make sure that you've already cleared Ieyasu's Story Mode, that you're playing his Story Mode on Hard or Chaos difficulty, and that you personally de- feat all of the allied generals. Q: Ieyasu Tokugawa's a fat asshole who deserved to die at Mitsunari Ishida's hands. A: That's not a question, though it certainly is questionable. Those sorts of statements me wonder, however, how much differently Ieyasu would be perceived today if he'd lost the battle of Sekigahara. Q: Ieyasu's weapon is completely unrealistic. No one alive during the Warring States period fought with a spear that shot cannonballs, flames, and lasers! A: Of course not, but I don't think that kendamas, parasols, or extendable gauntlets were especially popular weapons back then, either. Q: Your FAQ sucks! I've crapped out better FAQs than this! A: As soon as you find a way to upload excrement, you should post your wondrous creation for all to see. Q: I posted my FAQ, and everyone I know thinks it's better than yours! Your FAQ really DOES suck! A: Congratulations! I am in awe of your superior FAQ-writing skills! Now go away. Q: This is the best FAQ I've ever read! You're a genius and a god among men, and I want to know more about you so that I can immortalize you! A: Yeah, I get that a lot. My contact info's listed below. Q: <insert some question that has nothing to do with the FAQ here> A: See the second sentence of my previous answer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIII. Special Thanks I would like to thank... ...KOEI and Omega Force, for creating the Samurai Warriors series. ...Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Ieyasu), for providing a highly detailed biography of Ieyasu Tokugawa. ...Edward Chang, for his helpful and well-written Samurai Warriors 2 FAQs. ...CJayC of GameFAQs, for posting this FAQ. ...Leo Chan of Neoseeker, for posting this FAQ. ...Dennis of Super Cheats, for posting this FAQ. ...the folks at IGN, for posting this FAQ. ...you, for reading this FAQ. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IX. Contacting Me If you want to get in touch with me, send an e-mail to [email protected]. Be sure to put the word "FAQ" in the subject line of your e-mail, or I'm likely to mistake it for spam and delete it. I check my e-mail every day, so you should receive a reply quickly in most cases. 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