Shi Huangdi

Shi Huangdi (始皇帝, onyomi: Shikōtei) is generally credited to have founded the first unified Empire of China around 221 BCE, beginning construction of the Great Wall along with many other great projects at the expense of countless lives. As emperor, he was renown for his ruthlessness and tyrannical efforts to shape the country according to his vision and extravagant lifestyle. He lived to be only 50 years old, ironically due to consumption of mercury in an effort to prolong his life.

His height for his normal human form in the Dynasty Warriors series is 178 cm (5'10"). He mainly appears as an elderly gentleman, but he can transform into a gigantic beast or into a younger version of himself for this franchise.

Role in Games
Shi Huangdi, a tyrannical ruler with mystical powers, has been revived after the devastation caused by Lu Bu's revolt and death from the first title and serves as the game's main antagonist. With the power to resurrect old heroes and gods at his command, he disrupts the new found peace and desires to create an "undying, eternal empire" for himself. In order to fulfill his ambitions, he also resurrects Xiang Yu and gains Huang Quan as an ally. The heroes of the Three Kingdoms band together to stop him.

Even when surrounded by his enemies in the final showdown, Shi Huangdi expresses no fear or hesitation against them as he draws in more souls to regain his former strength and youth. Losing a second time, he then turns himself into a monstrous being by merging with the fallen forms of the Black Dragon and the Mysterious Turtle. The ensuing battle eventually took its toll on Shi Huangdi's new vessel causing all the souls he absorbed to be released. Thus, his dream to revive his empire came to a bitter end.

Voice Actors

 * Rikiya Koyama - Shin Sangoku Musou Multi Raid 2

Gameplay
Shi Huangdi is not playable in the vanilla game, but he is by using a Game Shark (Strikeforce 2 Golden Mod) made by a developer called White Lord. This mod adds new charge attacks for characters and allows players to control non-playable monsters and characters.

As playable Shi Huangdi uses the same attacks he does as an CPU opponent but loses his teleport. His attacks have the longest range in the series. The new attacks added by the mod makes him the strongest playable character in the game. His moves tend to be powerful rapid strikes such as his ability to summon multiple pillars, axe attacks, and magical strikes. Neither his old form, nor his dragon form uses weapons, but sorcery. His young form is the only character in the series to be able to switch between weapons (Golden Sword, Golden Club and Golden Axe) while in his first weapon mode.

His Weapon Elemental is always dark even if a hack is used to change the elemental type to water, fire, etc. His Special Fury Attack summons numerous dark stones to fall from the sky and hit the nearby enemies. His young form's Special Fury Attack instead conjures dark energy projectiles. In both forms his Fury Attacks can be prolonged with a special combination of buttons using the special move add-on, Multi-Raid 2 Golden Edition Mod.

His monstrous form is playable in the "Arena Mode", a modification of the final quest where players fight him. The player can choose to fight for the opposition and play as him or the other monsters. In the mod there are several quests designed for playing as monsters such as his final form.