Dynasty Warriors 7/Weapon Movesets

Each character can carry up to two weapons in Dynasty Warriors 7. Weapons do not have carry character restrictions (but some do carry gender restritions). Players can swap weapons by pressing R1, which activates an ability known as a "variable attack", variable attacks are unique per weapon and can have a variety of effects based on what type of weapon you swapped out (some shown include the Cannon making all your attacks for a few seconds cause explosions, or Floating Swords attacking nearby enemies while you have your other weapon out).

Each character has an affiliated weapon type or "EX" weapon. When using this weapon the character can perform an extra attack known as an "EX Strike" which is unique to them. The button combination for performing these special attacks will be listed in the action menu for each weapon. A character's EX version of the weapon may look different from the default version in some cases such as Jiang Wei's spear appearing to be a trident and Sima Yi's feather fan being black.

Weapons are acquired in Story and Conquest Mode by defeating enemy officers (in Conquest Mode you have a higher chance of gaining your character's EX weapon type in this way), also they can also be purchased from Merchants and Weapon Shops in Towns on the Conquest map.

Since the attacks themselves are ingrained into the weapon and not the character, all of the characters in Dynasty Warriors 7 share similar movesets with the weapons featured in the game.

Weapon List

 * Sword
 * Cutlass
 * Rapier
 * Sword and shield
 * Dual swords
 * Flying Swords
 * Greatsword
 * Spear
 * Halberd
 * Pike
 * Lance
 * Dual halberds
 * Dual rods
 * Flail
 * Club
 * Axe
 * Gauntlets
 * Double-Ended Spear
 * Tonfa
 * Wheels
 * Bo staff
 * Folding fan
 * Claws
 * Chain & sickle
 * Nunchaku
 * Bladed yo-yo
 * Bow
 * Crossbow
 * Throwing daggers
 * Arm Cannon
 * Staff
 * Feather fan
 * Magic brush
 * Flute
 * Harp

EX Matchups

 * Wei
 * Xiahou Dun (Sword)
 * Dian Wei (Axe)
 * Cao Cao (Sword)
 * Xiahou Yuan (Bow)
 * Zhang Liao (Dual Halberds)
 * Sima Yi (Strategist Fan)
 * Zhang He (Claws)
 * Zhen Ji (Flute)
 * Cao Ren (Flail)
 * Cai Wenji (Harp)
 * Jia Xu (Chain & Sickle)


 * Wu
 * Zhou Yu (Bo Staff)
 * Lu Xun (Dual Swords)
 * Taishi Ci (Dual Rods)
 * Sun Shang Xiang (Wheels)
 * Sun Quan (Sword)
 * Lu Meng (Pike)
 * Sun Ce (Tonfa)
 * Da Qiao (Folding Fan)
 * Xiao Qiao (Folding Fan)
 * Zhou Tai (Cutlass)
 * Ling Tong (Nunchaku)
 * Ding Feng (Gauntlets)
 * Lian Shi (Crossbow)


 * Shu
 * Zhao Yun (Spear)
 * Zhuge Liang (Strategist Fan)
 * Liu Bei (Dual Swords)
 * Ma Chao (Spear)
 * Huang Zhong (Bow)
 * Jiang Wei (Spear)
 * Wei Yan (Double-Ended Spear)
 * Yue Ying (Bo Staff)
 * Xing Cai (Sword and Shield)
 * Bao Sanniang (Bladed YoYo)
 * Ma Dai (Paintbrush)
 * Liu Shan (Rapier)


 * Jin
 * Sima Yi (Strategist Fan)
 * Sima Shi (Rapier)
 * Sima Zhao (Sword)
 * Zhuge Dan (Strategist Fan)
 * Wang Yuanji (Throwing Daggers)
 * Deng Ai (Lance)
 * Zhong Hui (Flying Swords)
 * Guo Huai (Arm Cannon)
 * Xiahou Ba (Greatsword)


 * Other
 * Lu Bu (Halberd)
 * Dong Zhuo (Flail)
 * Yuan Shao (Rapier)
 * Zhang Jiao (Staff)
 * Meng Huo (Gauntlets)
 * Zhu Rong (Throwing Daggers)