Strategies (Warriors Orochi)

Strategies are special skills in Warriors Orochi 2 that produce beneficial effects for the player's allies on the battlefield. By fulfilling certain conditions, a team member will automatically execute his or her strategy to help change the flow of battle to their army's advantage. Each one has a different effect as do the means in triggering them.

Most of the time, the type of strategy a character has is determined by their personal characteristics and talents. Properly executing these strategies at the right time and place is essential since they only work once per team member for every battle.

Face Off (対決)

 * Condition: Defeat 300 enemies.
 * Description: Reduces overall damage inflicted upon all allied forces.
 * Characters: Dian Wei, Dodomeki, Dong Zhuo, Fu Xi, Gan Ning, Guan Ping, Guan Yu, Huang Gai, Katsuie Shibata, Keiji Maeda, Kojirō Sasaki, Kotarō Fūma, Ling Tong, Lu Bu, Ma Chao, Musashi Miyamoto, Nagamasa Azai, Nu Wa, Orochi X, Orochi, Sun Ce, Sun Wukong, Tadakatsu Honda, Taishi Ci, Toshiie Maeda, Wei Yan, Xiahou Dun, Xing Cai, Xu Huang, Xu Zhu, Yoshihiro Shimazu, Yoshitsune Minamoto, Yukimura Sanada, Zhang Fei, Zhang He, Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, Zhou Tai

Dance (舞踊)

 * Condition: Defeat any enemy officer after 10 minutes have elapsed.
 * Description: Refills life for all allied forces.
 * Characters: Da Ji, Da Qiao, Diao Chan, Goemon Ishikawa, Motochika Chōsokabe, Nō, Oichi, Okuni, San Zang, Xiao Qiao, Yoshimoto Imagawa, Zhen Ji

Command (号令)

 * Condition: Defeat 5 enemy officers.
 * Description: Raises the morale of allied forces.
 * Characters: Cao Cao, Cao Pi, Ginchiyo Tachibana, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Jiang Wei, Kenshin Uesugi, Kiyomori Taira, Liu Bei, Lu Xun, Meng Huo, Mitsuhide Akechi, Mitsunari Ishida, Nene, Nobunaga Oda, Pang Tong, Shingen Takeda, Sima Yi, Sun Jian, Sun Quan, Taigong Wang, Yuan Shao, Zhang Jiao, Zhou Yu, Zhu Rong, Zhuge Liang

Shield (防柵)

 * Condition: Defeat 100 enemies.
 * Description: Increases the defense of the allied commander.
 * Characters: Benkei, Cao Ren, Gracia, Gyūki, Hanzō Hattori, Himiko, Ieyasu Tokugawa, Kanetsugu Naoe, Kunoichi, Lu Meng, Pang De, Ranmaru Mori, Zuo Ci

Volley (斉射)

 * Condition: Defeat 2 enemy officers.
 * Description: Increases damage inflicted by all allied projectile weapons including guns and cannons.
 * Characters: Huang Zhong, Ina, Magoichi Saika, Masamune Date, Sakon Shima, Sun Shang Xiang, Xiahou Yuan, Yue Ying