Musou Rage

Musou Rage is a feature in Dynasty Warriors 5. When you pick up a Musou Token and press the right analog stick, it puts you in a powerful state for about 15 seconds. Attack and defense stats are doubled, attacks are executed much faster than before, surpassing even the speed of Light weaponry. Thus, heavy 4th weapon-wielders benefit most from Musou rages. In addition, players gain a full Musou bar, the effect of the Way of the Musou is applied, and a character don't flinch from normal attacks. However, players can be subject to a one-hit K.O. when fighting Lu Bu, or a Juggernaut. During a state of Musou Rage, players glow a goldish color.

Strategy
It is recommended to be used when you are surrounded by a crowd of peons or multiple officers.

AI-controlled playable officers, when in Hyper mode, usually have a Musou Token on them and will use it when at mid to low health. This can be a pain, depending on the character you're using, and the playable officer themselves. To defeat an officer in a Musou Rage, you can either run away from them and come back later once their Musou Rage status disappears (but they must still be visible on the detailed map; So if you run too far from them, their Musou Rage status will disappear, but will be activated once more) and keep slashing at their health, or use your own Musou Rage. Note that if a character and the AI attack each other in a Musou Rage, neither will flinch until you jump, or use a charge attack or Musou, so be wary of how much damage the AI does to you. Another viable option to deal with these officers is to juggle them with fire - either by a innate fire-elemental attack or the following with a fire orb equipped.

There is a glitch where some playable officers have a possibility of using the Musou rage at full health. This is performed by simply camping at the location where the officer will appear. This also applies to the enemy commander if he doesn't appear at the start of the battle, so be careful if you happen to do this by accident and he appears to kill you with a Musou rage.