Huang Gai/Movesets

Movesets
Dynasty Warriors 3=

Fighting Style

 * -|Dynasty Warriors 4=

Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires
Huang Gai gains an additional skill in this title.


 * Weapon Type: Club
 * Skill - Shield: Strengthens personal troops to defend a base.

Dynasty Warriors (PSP)
Huang Gai gains additional abilities and traits in this title.


 * Ability - Ordinance: Increases the number of supplies acquired when capturing storehouses.
 * Boost - Blast Attack +: Imbues the player's charge attacks with a stronger blast element.
 * Skill - Fire Arrow +: Enables allied archers to shoot fire arrows for 60 seconds. Ineffective during rains.

Samurai Warriors: State of War
Huang Gai gains an additional skill in this title.


 * Sub-Officer Skill - Counter Spell: Reduces the effect of enemy charms.
 * Charge Attack 1: undefined: Drops down while firing a short energy wave. Pressing undefined will cause Huang Gai to release a violent burst of energy instead.
 * Charge Attack 3: Unleashes a series of side kicks to the right and left. Does not have the shield bash extension it had in Dynasty Warriors 4.
 * Musou Attack: : The animations are the same as in Dynasty Warriors 4, though it cannot be stopped until the player's Musou gauge is fully depleted. Similar to the Musou attacks employed by the Samurai Warriors cast, a shockwave burst is added at the end of the finisher.
 * Roll: R: Rolls on the ground to evade enemy attacks.

Fighting Style

 * -|Dynasty Warriors 5=

Dynasty Warriors 5: Xtreme Legends

 * Xtreme Mode Skills
 * Special Ability - Suppress: Automatically puts down a defecting character's revolt, allowing players to avoid fighting them.


 * Destiny Mode Skills
 * Favored Action: Burning Bases
 * Taught Skill Type: Health

Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires
Huang Gai gains additional abilities and traits in this title.


 * Weapon Type: Unique
 * Skill - Fire: Sets an enemy base on fire, weakening the troops guarding it.
 * Proposed Policy 1 - Hire Wide: Offers an item to any free officer on the map or one working for another force in an attempt to get them to join or defect.
 * Proposed Policy 2 - Defense+: Increases the defense of all areas under the player's control by 1.
 * Proposed Policy 3 - Fire Arrows: Equips the player's archers with fire arrows during a battle. Valid only for 1 turn.

Dynasty Warriors: Online
Although Huang Gai's moveset is available for player avatars to make use of, the actual character can be temporarily controlled by using their corresponding spirit item.


 * Domestic Bonus: +10 to Military
 * Battle Bonus: +10 to Damage

Dynasty Warriors Vol. 2
Huang Gai gains additional abilities and traits in this title.


 * Ability - Fire Spell: Imbues all of the player's attacks with the fire element.
 * Support Skill 1 - Forage: Gains more supplies when occupying a supply depot.
 * Support Skill 2 - Spirit: Lowers the enemy's morale even more with each kill count.


 * Team Combination
 * Valiant Loyalty (勇ましき主従; lit. "Courageous Master and Servant")
 * Required Characters: Sun Jian, Huang Gai
 * Bonus: +72 Life, +72 Musou

Warriors Orochi

 * Modified Attacks
 * Charge Attack 1: undefined: Functions similarly to its base game incarnation, though it no longer hurts Huang Gai or his allies upon detonation. Can inflict elemental attributes depending on Huang Gai's current weapon. This is no longer possible in Warriors Orochi 2, lessening its effectiveness.
 * Charge Attack 6:     undefined: Functions similarly to its base game incarnation, but can no longer inflict elemental damage like it did before. This is rectified in the sequel.
 * Jump Charge: undefined: Functions similarly to its base game incarnation, though it no longer inadvertently harms Huang Gai or his allies. This does not apply in the sequel due to Huang Gai's bombs no longer activating weapon elements.


 * New Attacks
 * Special Attack: R1: Grabs an opponent and tosses them to the ground via spinning piledriver. The victim is then hit by an explosion upon landing, causing them to be knocked away while being burned. Consumes 40 Musou points.
 * Hyper Armor: Prevents enemies from interrupting combos with normal attacks.


 * Team Abilities
 * Ability 1 - Potence: Increases the team's attack.
 * Ability 2 - Fortitude: Increases the team's defense.
 * Ability 3 - Power: Increases attack of Power-type characters.
 * Ability 4 - Acclaim: Increases experience points gained.

Fighting Style
When controlled by the AI in Dynasty Warriors 5, most of Huang Gai's charge attacks will be imbued with the fire element by default.


 * -|Dynasty Warriors 6=

Base Game
Huang Gai is affiliated with the mace in this title. Despite sharing the same moveset with other characters, some of his attacks have different traits or effects.


 * Standard Attacks
 * undefined Renbu String 2: Similar to the first undefined Renbu string, but adds another ground slam that unleashes a fiery burst to set foes on fire.
 * undefined Renbu String 3: Similar to the second undefined Renbu string, but adds another fiery surge produced via ground slam.
 * undefined Renbu String Infinite: Similar to the third undefined Renbu string, but includes a fiery ground slam so wide and powerful that Huang Gai is lifted off his feet while producing it.
 * Charge Attack: Holding undefined: Performs a wide swing that also generates a radial shockwave upon attaining higher Renbu levels.
 * Jump Charge: undefined: Drops down to smash the earth, unleashing a fiery blast that sets opponents on fire.


 * Special Attacks
 * Musou Attack: : Does an empowered version of the first to third Renbu string repeatedly. The assault ends with a continuous spin attack while holding mace behind neck and batting enemies away. Huang Gai triggers a fiery explosion around him near the end of this attack for additional damage while burning surrounding foes.
 * True Musou Attack: Low Health + : Similar to the regular Musou attack, but adds the fire attribute to each hit.
 * Special Move - Swift Attack: L2: Maximizes the user's Renbu gauge to infinite temporarily and prevents them from being flinched by enemy attacks. Also increases damage output if activated with low health.


 * Officer Skills
 * Adrenaline: Doubles attack power for 30 seconds when knocked down and near death.
 * Ward: Doubles defense power for 30 seconds when knocked down and near death.
 * Evade: Increases movement speed for 30 seconds when knocked down and near death.
 * Fire Resist: Nullifies fire elemental attacks.
 * Water Sense: Increases swimming speed. Only available in the original PS3 port.
 * Sprint: Increases movement speed temporarily by running continuously.
 * Recovery: Improves the effect of recovery items.
 * Victor's Aura: Increases the chances of success for raids and keeps enemies confused for a longer period of time. Only available in the Special port.
 * Bonus Special: Receives one tome for defeating 300 enemies each time.
 * Pouch: Allows character to carry up to 2 tomes while making them appear more frequently.


 * Tome Skills
 * Overawe: Reduces defense of nearby enemies upon activating special move.
 * Destroy: Increases damage inflicted to objects by Swift Attack.
 * Pulverize: Greatly increases damage inflicted to objects by Swift Attack.

Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires
Huang Gai gains additional abilities and traits in this title.


 * Special Move - Brace: Temporarily avoids being stunned by most enemy attacks.
 * Additional Move - True Speed: Allows the user to continuously perform running attacks while receiving a slight boost in attack power and hit speed. Also increases speed of horse if activated while riding. Huang Gai holds his club in a protective stance as he runs at high speed.
 * True Speed Attack: True Speed + : Does a rapid roll attack twice.
 * True Speed Charge: True Speed + undefined: Slams club horizontally on the ground, producing a powerful tremor.
 * Officer Card - Retainer's Will (宿将の意地; lit. "Veteran Officer's Obstinacy"): Increases player's defense when invading. Also prevents flinching from enemy hits when performing strong attacks.

Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce

 * Enemy-Only Attacks
 * Shockwave Attack: Unleashes a small radial shockwave to repel nearby foes while providing additional breathing room for incoming attacks. Only used in Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce.

Fighting Style
When controlled by the AI in Strikeforce, Huang Gai's attacks will be imbued with the metal element by default.


 * -|Dynasty Warriors 7=

Base Game

 * Notable Skills
 * Max Health Up ++: Increases maximum health by a large amount.
 * Power Up +: Increases power by a medium amount.
 * Attack Range Up: Increases attack range.

Dynasty Warriors 7: Xtreme Legends

 * Titles
 * Lieutenant General (偏将軍) - Slightly increases Legend Mode rewards.
 * Field General (安国将軍) - Marginally increases damage inflicted on enemies when using power-type weapons.
 * Strike General (折衝将軍) - Very significantly increases Legend Mode rewards.
 * Campaign General (討逆将軍) - Marginally absorbs health from enemies when damaging them using speed-type weapons.
 * Rear General (後将軍) - Significantly increases defense against projectile and shockwave attacks when using EX weapons.
 * General Who Pacifies the West (鎮西将軍) - Slightly increases attack and defense against officers when using speed-type weapons.
 * Grand Commander (太尉) - Moderately increases damage inflicted on enemies when using speed-type weapons.
 * Commander General (大将軍) - Moderately increases attack and defense against officers when using power-type weapons.

Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires

 * Officer Skills
 * Fame Type: Orderly
 * Subordinate Special Command - Joint Exercises: Selects a single officer to train with. Increases orderly fame by 1,000 and brave fame by 500 when used.
 * Ruler Special Command - Custody: Takes custody of the Emperor, giving the user additional authority. Increases orderly fame by 5,000 when used.

Shin Sangoku Musou Online Z
Uses many of the same attacks offered by the pulverizing club moveset albeit with some differences.


 * Modified Attacks
 * Charge Attack 1: Turns to the rear and squats down, then does a hip attack forward to stagger nearby enemies.
 * Charge Attack 3: Similar to what the pulverizing club moveset has access to, but adds a undefined extension in which the user charges forward and launches a hefty strike towards the front.
 * Charge Attack 4: Leaps up high and slams the ground to produce blue radial fissures before jumping to the air again.
 * Charge Attack 5: Sets club down before launching a frontal punch with left fist.
 * Charge Attack 6: Slams club on the ground hard to produce a wide impactful circle.
 * Evolution Attack: Plants club unto the ground and punches at it repeatedly.
 * Musou Attack: Releases an energy burst that burns and dazes foes, then initiates a roll attack while emanating an immense aura. Upon running out of Musou, the user stands up and lets out an intense roar that sends surrounding foes flying.


 * Special Abilities
 * Best Formation 1 - Round Formation: 1 to 5 Units, Defense Type
 * Best Formation 2 - Arrow Formation: 5 Units, Offense Type
 * Best Formation 3 - Crane Formation: 3 to 5 Units, Balanced Type
 * Support Skill - Desperate Measures (苦肉の策): Attacks all enemy units.
 * Summon Skill - Reinforce: Replaces lost allied troops.

Dynasty Warriors: Overlords

 * General Tactics
 * Physique: Increases the amount of healing received in battle by 8%. Effects increase the higher Huang Gai's star ranking becomes.
 * Self-Torture Ruse: Recovers 1.5% health after taking damage worth 10% of maximum health within 10 seconds. Has a cooldown time of 10 seconds as well.


 * Combat Soul Skills
 * Heaven Combat Soul Skill: Inflicts the duel status on nearby enemy officers after performing an EX attack or Musou attack. The status ailment itself causes the victim to inflict 20% more damage to Huang Gai while taking 33% more damage from him in turn, lasting for up to 15 seconds. Damage bonus against target increases the higher the combat soul's ranking rises.
 * Earth Combat Soul Skill: Plants a 15 second marker on enemies that successfully attack Huang Gai. Hitting them within that time frame will recover 3.3% of maximum health. Bonus increases the higher the combat soul's ranking rises.
 * Human Combat Soul Skill: Gains the super armor effect for 2 seconds and applies a 10% life steal bonus to both normal and charge attacks after receiving a total of 10 hits from foes. Bonus increases the higher the combat soul's ranking rises.


 * Skin Skills
 * Suit Skill: Increases maximum health in battle by 4%.
 * Ornament Skill: Causes normal attacks and charge attacks to deal 6% more damage.


 * Horse Skills
 * Shouting Thunder: Gains a 10% increase in defense and uses 60% of overall defense as recoil damage to attacking foes once maximum health is below 40%.
 * Static Night: Gains a 18% increase in defense and uses 80% of overall defense as recoil damage to attacking foes once maximum health is below 40%.
 * Purple Sun: Increases damage dealt in battle by 10%.


 * Team Combination
 * Absent For Three Days
 * Required Characters: Lu Meng, Huang Gai
 * Bonus: +10,111 Health, +802 Attack


 * Ardent Loyalty
 * Required Characters: Sun Jian, Huang Gai
 * Bonus: +10,111 Health, +802 Attack


 * Keep Vigorous
 * Required Characters: Taishi Ci, Huang Gai
 * Bonus: +10,111 Health, +802 Attack


 * Twin Stars
 * Required Characters: Huang Gai, Zhou Tai
 * Bonus: +10,111 Health, +802 Attack
 * Special Skill: Causes charge attacks to inflict a jade slash effect against enemies, inflicting extra damage in proportion to 10.8% of their maximum health. Has a 30 second cooldown time.


 * Three-Line Attack
 * Required Characters: Huang Gai, Ling Tong, Ding Feng
 * Bonus: +16,778 Health, +1,332 Attack

Warriors Orochi 3
Huang Gai retains his weapon moveset from Dynasty Warriors 7 albeit with some changes and additions.


 * Changed Attacks
 * Charge Attack 2: undefined: Thrusts weapon forward before swinging it up.
 * Charge Attack 5:    undefined: Pole vaults weapon before driving it into the ground.
 * Charge Attack 6:     undefined: Stomps the ground and grabs the nearest foe in time for an aerial slam.
 * Jump Charge: undefined: Smashes the ground to produce a large fissure, damaging enemies close by.


 * Team Abilities
 * Ability 1 - Fortitude: Strengthens defense for all team members.
 * Ability 2 - Wonder: Increases abilities of Wonder-type warriors. Only available in Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate.


 * Team Attacks
 * Triple Rush 1: Inflicts a batting strike that sends out a mobile shockwave traveling forth on the ground.
 * Triple Rush 2: Lands two slow but powerful swings done back and forth while up in mid-air.
 * Triple Rush 3: Does an overhead striking motion to unleash a massive energy wave down on the ground, scattering multiple enemies along the way.
 * Unique Triple Rush: Should Huang Gai be paired up with Deng Ai and Meng Huo, he will be able to pull off a unique triple rush attack alongside them. For his part, he does a quick stomp to produce a quake effect before leaping up to perform a clasped knuckle slam with both legs extended outward.

Fighting Style
In Online Z, he shares a lot of moves with Xu Zhu, though their Musou attacks differ greatly due to them being taken from the seventh game. Despite being a good crowd clearer, his sluggishness makes him hard to use against faster enemy officers.
 * -|Dynasty Warriors 8=

Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends

 * Bodyguard Skills
 * Battle Skill - Forage: Collects weapons, materials, and items on the way to the targeted location. The greater the distance, the greater the results will be.
 * Assistance Skill - Protect: Increases the player's defense power when they are near death.
 * Rouse Skill - Recovery: Restores the health of bodyguards when they are near death.

Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires

 * Ways of Life Skills
 * Ways of Life - Close Advisor: Benevolent Type, +1 to Virtue, 3,000 Employment Cost
 * Fixed Strategy - Complete Repair: Greatly repairs damages sustained by an owned territory.
 * Stratagem Card 1 - Thunder Strike: Unleashes a lightning bolt to shock enemies. Becomes more effective during rain, storms, snow, and blizzards.
 * Stratagem Card 2 - Battle Magic: Increases attack for 20 seconds.
 * Stratagem Card 3 - Coercion: Negates any stratagem effect used by enemies while stunning them momentarily.
 * Stratagem Card 4 - Advance: Increases the speed of the user and their nearby allies for 40 seconds.
 * Stratagem Card 5 - Wing Formation: Increases defense of all allied units for 90 seconds. Requires an allied unit to temporarily withdraw for card to take effect.
 * Awarded Stratagem Card - Repair All: Increases durability of allied bases to 300 and their maximum durability to 200. Requires 2 allied units to temporarily withdraw for card to take effect.

Dynasty Warriors: Godseekers

 * Type Ability
 * Attack Compensation: Increases attack in proportion to the amount of health lost.


 * Normal Attacks
 * Crimson Ship (衝艇; lit. "Ramming Boat"): Hits multiple foes.
 * Piercing Bow (穿艇; lit. "Penetrating Boat"): Hits multiple foes. Has a chance of fainting enemies.
 * Crushing Wave (踏連波; lit. "Stampeding Wave"): Hits multiple foes. Lowers enemy's mobility by 1.
 * Cresting Wave (踏墜波; lit. "Swallowing Wave"): Hits multiple foes.


 * EX Attacks
 * Crimson Ship EX (衝艇Ex; lit. "Ramming Boat EX"): Hits multiple foes. Lowers enemy's mobility by 1.
 * Cresting Wave EX (踏墜波Ex; lit. "Swallowing Wave EX"): Hits multiple foes.


 * Musou Attacks
 * Piledriver (堅牢橋; lit. "Sturdy Bridge"): Hits multiple foes. Has a chance of fainting enemies.
 * Backbreaker (抜山蓋世撃; lit. "Great Strength and Energy Assault"): Hits multiple foes. Has a chance of fainting enemies.
 * Mountain Drop (回山側海堕; lit. "Revolving Mountain Side Ocean Drop"): Hits multiple foes. Has a chance of fainting enemies.

Dynasty Warriors: Unleashed
Huang Gai only appears as an NPC officer with unique moves from Dynasty Warriors 8.


 * Charge Attack: Quickly surfs forward while riding on tidal waves, then stops to produce a powerful geyser that sends targets flying.
 * Normal Attack: Performs the arm blade's full normal attack string from the base game.
 * Dash Attack: Charges forward while surrounded by tidal waves.

Fighting Style

 * -|Dynasty Warriors 9=

Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires

 * Officer Skills
 * Secret Plan - The Last Resort (苦肉の爆炎計; lit. "Desperate Measure Inferno Plan"): Unleashes a powerful flame attack and increases damage against siege weapons by a low amount while reducing a low portion of own health.
 * Military Unit: Archer
 * Title: Veteran Steed (練達の宿将; lit. "Proficient Veteran Officer")
 * Unique Political Ploy - Great Military Exercise: Increases achievements of all officers within the target area by 1,200.
 * Reputation Bonus: Brave +50%, Commanding +80%, Ingenious +25%, Benevolent +80%, Evil -50%

Normal Version Attacks

 * Class Type: Attack

Mystic Version Attacks

 * Class Type: Special

Abyss Version Attacks

 * Class Type: Speed

Dynasty Warriors 3 Version Attacks

 * Class Type: Defense

Other Skills

 * Memory Abilities
 * Ardent Praise For a Lifetime Veteran (生涯現役将軍への熱賛)
 * Characters: Huang Gai
 * Rank: R
 * Bonus: +205 Willpower
 * Skill - Anti-Equipment (防備): Reduces damage from siege weapons by 7%.


 * Lifetime Active Duty (生涯現役)
 * Characters: Huang Gai, Cheng Pu, Huang Zhong
 * Rank: SSR
 * Bonus: +257 Health, +257 Musou, +9 Speed
 * Skill - Heal (快癒): Recovers 10 health points every 4 seconds.


 * Seniors' Old Stories (古参の昔語り)
 * Characters: Huang Gai, Han Dang, Cheng Pu
 * Rank: SSR
 * Bonus: +514 Attack, +386 Defense, +257 Health
 * Skill - Absorb (吸活): Recovers 9 Musou points every 2 seconds.


 * Team Combination
 * Bond Between Old Friends (旧知の仲)
 * Required Characters: Sun Jian, Huang Gai
 * Bonus: +100 Attack, +50 Willpower


 * Without Any Means (裸一貫)
 * Required Characters: Gan Ning, Huang Gai
 * Bonus: +50 Attack, +100 Willpower


 * Flesh of Steel (鋼の肉体)
 * Required Characters: Dian Wei, Huang Gai, Meng Huo
 * Bonus: +50 Defense, +100 Health, +50 Willpower


 * Wu Veterans (呉古参)
 * Required Characters: Huang Gai, Han Dang, Cheng Pu
 * Bonus: +50 Attack, +50 Musou, +100 Willpower