Li Dian/Movesets

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Movesets

Keys: Square Normal Attack • Triangle Charge Attack Circle Musou X Jump/Mount

Base Game

Sample video of Li Dian's fighting style.

Li Dian is affiliated with the wheeled halberd in this title. When equipped with it, Li Dian can perform the following unique attacks listed below.

EX Attack 1: Square Square Triangle Triangle: Delivers a fierce diagonal slash to the right that may freeze opponents solid.
EX Attack 2: Square Square Square Square Square Triangle Triangle: Leaps high up into the air and swings weapon horizontally to the right before driving it unto the ground to produce a powerful tremor. Introduced in Xtreme Legends.
Musou Attack - Imperial Fire (炎帝; lit. "Burning Emperor"): Circle: Swings weapon forward, sending out two spinning discs to slash enemies in the front from a distance. Xtreme Legends adds a fiery effect the moment Li Dian releases his weapon's discs while the 1.02 update patch makes the whole attack stronger.
Alternate Musou Attack - Royal Lightning (雷公; lit. "Electric Duke"): R1 + Circle: Releases lightning-imbued spinning discs that randomly rotate in front of Li Dian, causing streaks of electricity to follow their trails. The halberd's shaft is then used as a lightning rod to attract several bolts when the discs return back in place. The 1.02 update patch makes this attack stronger.
Aerial Musou Attack - Regal Wind (風伯; lit. "Wind Count"): X Circle: Drops two spinning discs that diagonally descend upon the enemy ranks, slicing them for a short moment. This attack is made more damaging in the 1.02 update patch.
Rage Attack: Attacks enemies with multiple spin slashes done in alternating angles. It ends with Li Dian grinding the opposition momentarily before blowing them away with a radial burst of energy from his free hand.
True Rage Attack: Performing a 100-hit combo during a Rage attack will have Li Dian rotate continuously while dragging halberd on the ground as it radiates electric currents, eventually spinning faster upon remaining stationary near the cycle's completion.

Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends

Bodyguard Skills
Battle Skill - Summon Enemy: Temporarily leaves through the nearest exit, then lures in a large quantity of enemy troops along the way.
Assistance Skill - Energy: Restores one unit of the player's Musou when they are near death.
Rouse Skill - Assault: Increases the attack power of bodyguards when they are near death.

Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires

Ways of Life Skills
Ways of Life - High Spirited Commander: Brave Type, 3,000 Employment Cost
Fixed Strategy - Large Draft: Uses up plenty of resources to recruit a large amount of troops.
Stratagem Card 1 - Lightning Speed: Increases hit speed and movement speed for 40 seconds.
Stratagem Card 2 - Coercion: Negates any stratagem effect used by enemies while stunning them momentarily.
Stratagem Card 3 - Swift Raid: Instantly transports the user to the front lines.
Stratagem Card 4 - Inferno: Sets fire to all enemy bases and cause continuous damage to enemy troops and bases for 90 seconds. Becomes more effective during gales and ineffective during rain or snow. Requires 2 allied units to temporarily withdraw for card to take effect.
Awarded Stratagem Card - Concentration: Fills up the rage gauge.

Dynasty Warriors: Godseekers

Type Ability
Critical Bonus: Increases the probability of landing a critical hit when attacking.
Normal Attacks
Sturdy Brace (豪振; lit. "Bold Shake"): Hits multiple foes.
Spinning Vortex (旋輪; lit. "Spinning Wheel"): Hits multiple foes.
Soaring Ring (飛輪; lit. "Flying Wheel"): Hits multiple foes.
Floral Apex (喧輪; lit. "Loud Wheel"): Hits multiple foes.
EX Attacks
Sturdy Brace EX (豪振Ex; lit. "Bold Shake EX"): Hits multiple foes. Lowers enemy's mobility by 1.
Spinning Vortex EX (喧輪Ex; lit. "Loud Wheel EX"): Hits multiple foes. Has a chance of fainting enemies.
Musou Attacks
Imperial Fire (炎帝; lit. "Burning Emperor"): Hits multiple foes. Has a chance of burning enemies.
Royal Lightning (雷公; lit. "Electric Duke"): Hits multiple foes. Has a chance of paralyzing enemies.
Regal Wind (風伯; lit. "Wind Count"): Hits multiple foes. Has a chance of fainting enemies.
Red Skills
Hammer of Ruin: Increases damage of attacks against siege weapons by 300%.
Flash: Increases critical hit rate by 15%.
Flash Duo: Increases critical hit rate by 30%.
Flash Ultra: Increases critical hit rate by 50%.
First Strike: Increases strength by 50% and mobility by 2 for one turn only.
Swift Foot: Increases mobility by 1.
Last Stand: Decreases amount of energy used for attack by 1 when health is less than 30%. However, it can never be lower than 1.
Musou Master: Increases attack strength of Musou attacks.
Blue Skills
Deflection: Reflects all the reductions of the parameters to the enemy that attacked the character.
Induce State: Increases the chances of influencing enemy state by 10%.
Influence Duo: Increases the chances of influencing enemy state by 20%.
Influence Ultra: Increases the chances of influencing enemy state by 30%.
Stun Effect: Occasionally induces enemies into a stunned state with attacks.
Frighten Effect: Occasionally induces enemies into a frightened state with attacks.
Burn Effect: Occasionally induces enemies into a burnt state with attacks.
Freeze Effect: Occasionally induces enemies into a frozen state with attacks.
Shock Effect: Occasionally induces enemies into a shocked state with attacks.
Poison Effect: Occasionally induces enemies into a poisoned state with attacks.
Break Defense: Causes attacks to break through the enemy's guard.
Green Skills
Recovery: Restores the health of the unit and any allied units within 1 adjacent square by 5% at the start of each turn.
Recovery Duo: Restores the health of the unit and any allied units within 1 adjacent square by 10% at the start of each turn.
Recovery Ultra: Restores the health of the unit and any allied units within 1 adjacent square by 15% at the start of each turn.
Furor: Increases the energy of units in Synchro Mode.
Bolt: Increases the mobility of units in Synchro Mode.
Proficiency: Increases the effective area of items used.
Purple Skills
Learner: Increases experience earned by 30%.
Learner Duo: Increases experience earned by 50%.
Learner Ultra: Increases experience earned by 100%.
Stun Attack: Increases damage to enemies in a stunned state by 30%.
Frighten Attack: Increases damage to enemies in a frightened state by 30%.
Burn Attack: Increases damage to enemies in a burnt state by 30%.
Freeze Attack: Increases damage to enemies in a frozen state by 30%.
Shock Attack: Increases damage to enemies in a shocked state by 30%.
Poison Attack: Increases damage to enemies in a poisoned state by 30%.
Merciless: Enables character to occasionally defeat an enemy unit in a single attack.
Thievery: Steals items from enemies the character attacks.

Dynasty Warriors: Unleashed

Main Attacks
Strong Attack 1 - Wheels of War (戦輪連撃; lit. "Battle Wheel Chain Attack"): Sends out a flaming wheel forward before delivering a diagonal strike to knock away foes. In the Japanese server, it also lowers the enemy's mobility briefly. Has a cooldown time of 20 seconds (16 seconds in the Japanese server).
Strong Attack 2 - Unleash the Chariots (双輪解放; lit. "Twin Wheel Release"): Releases two flaming wheels via criss-crossing swipes to attack the enemy. Also improves Li Dian's critical chance by 25% for 10 seconds. Has a cooldown time of 25 seconds (16 seconds in the Japanese server).
Strong Attack 3 - Wheels of Frost (氷輪撃; lit. "Ice Wheel Attack"): Launches a war wheel traveling forward in a vertical manner, then delivers a frigid overhead slam for good measure. Can freeze enemies instantly. Has a cooldown time of 31 seconds (20 seconds in the Japanese server).
Strong Attack 4 - Spinning Wheel (旋輪空舞; lit. "Spinning Wheel Sky Dance"): Sends the enemy flying with two charged war wheels, then leaps in mid-air to cleave the ground while briefly generating a shockwave pillar. Foes caught within the attack's range will be scattered instantly. In the Japanese server, this attack can also lower the target's attack speed. Has a cooldown time of 38 seconds (20 seconds in the Japanese server).
Normal Attack: Performs their preferred weapon's normal attack string.
Special Attacks
Musou Attack - Imperial Fire (炎帝; lit. "Burning Emperor"): Swings a flaming war wheel around, generating a fiery vortex that sends surrounding foes flying away in an instant. Gets overriden by the character's Rage attack once all three Musou gauges have been filled up.
Musou Rage Attack: Performs Rage attack once all three Musou gauges have been filled up.
Switch Attack: Drives weapon on the ground to produce an impact powerful enough to blow away surrounding enemies.
Special Maneuver - Repel: Knocks away surrounding foes and stuns them.
Team Attacks
Triple Attack 1: Performs a shortened version of Wheels of Frost to contribute to the combo.
Triple Attack 2: Performs switch attack to contribute to the combo.
Global Server-Exclusive Passive Skills
Primary Skill - Dashing Brilliance: Decreases skill cooldown for all officers by 10%.
Secondary Skill: Increases max health points of repel-type officers by 15%.
Tertiary Skill: Increases critical damage of Wei officers by 30%.
Japanese Server-Exclusive Passive Skills
Primary Skill: Decreases damage taken by 20%. Activates after filling up one Musou bar.
Secondary Skill: Increases overall speed by 20%. Activates after filling up two Musou bars.
Team Combination
Cao Followers (合肥の双璧; "The Two Walls of Hefei")
Required Characters: Yue Jin, Li Dian
Bonus: Max Health +3.5%, Critical Damage +4.5% (+5% in the Japanese server)
Villains (爪牙の臣; "Claw and Fang Vassals")
Required Characters: Zhang Liao, Li Dian
Bonus: Attack Speed +4.5%, Skill Cooldown -3%
Famous Victory (合肥の英雄; "Heroes of Hefei")
Required Characters: Zhang Liao, Yue Jin, Li Dian
Bonus: Attack Speed +3.5%, Skill Cooldown -3%, Critical Damage +4.5% (+9% in the Japanese server)
Team Attack: Li Dian will be able to perform a triple attack if he happens to be partnered with Zhang Liao and Yue Jin. He is the second to act during the whole combo. Only applies to the global server.
Go Vanguard (博望坡の将星; "Commanders of Bowangpo")
Required Characters: Xiahou Dun, Li Dian, Yu Jin
Bonus: Critical Chance +3.5%, Attack Speed +4%, Skill Cooldown -4%
Team Attack: Li Dian will be able to perform a triple attack if he happens to be partnered with Xiahou Dun and Yu Jin. He is the first to act during the whole combo. Only applies to the global server.
Grace and Charm (風流洒脱; "Elegance and Flair")
Required Characters: Li Dian, Ling Tong, Guan Suo
Bonus: Attack +3.5%, Skill Cooldown -4%, Shield Damage +4% (+9% in the Japanese server)
Heroism (豪気なる英傑; "Daring Heroes")
Required Characters: Li Dian, Sun Ce, Sima Zhao
Bonus: Defense +4.5%, Shield Damage +3.5% (+7% in the Japanese server), Critical Damage +4% (+8% in the Japanese server)

Warriors Orochi 4

While retaining the same moveset from Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends, Li Dian wields the Harpe as their sacred treasure in this title. When equipped with it, Li Dian can perform the following attacks listed below.

Special Attacks
Musou Attack: Circle: Li Dian performs Royal Lightning as their ground Musou attack.
Normal Magic: R1 + Square: Conjures a cyclone that sweeps enemies off their feet while ensnaring them briefly. Has fairly wide range and can be used to catch enemy officers off-guard. Can also be strengthened with certain weapon attributes.
Charge Magic: R1 + Triangle: Summons a tornado that moves according to the user's command before dissipating in one massive gust, launching affected targets high up into the air. This spell cannot send monsters airborne, though it can damage them repeatedly.
Unique Magic: R1 + Circle: Li Dian sets Harpe up in front of him to make it spin around continuously like a ferocious circle of wind. He then causes it to burst into a radial shockwave via powerful swing using his default weapon.
Summon Magic: R1 + X: Summons mount to Li Dian's side.
Miscellaneous Skills
Unity Magic Bonus: Power +4, Technique +4, Speed +1
Musou Effect - Empower: Temporarily raises attack, defense, and hit speed. Only applies in Battle Arena.
Divine Blessing 1 - Fleet-foot: Increases movement speed and attack speed. Also recovers health after switching. Only applies in Battle Arena.
Divine Blessing 2 - Breakneck: Increases movement speed and attack speed. Only applies in Battle Arena.
Infinity Support Skill - Gems: Increases the amount of gems received. Only applies in Infinity Mode.
Type Skills
Hyper Armor: Passive: Prevents enemies from interrupting combos with normal attacks.
Guard Cancel: Holding L1: Cancels most attacks into a guarding stance, providing more opportunities to defend against enemy attacks.
Type Upgrade Skill 1 - Break: Grants all charge attacks guard-breaking properties.
Type Upgrade Skill 2 - Steadfast: Enables the character to guard against all types of attacks.
Type Upgrade Skill 3 - Resilience: Increases defense when armor is active.
Type Upgrade Skill 4 - Reflex: Increases damage of first hit performed after doing a guard cancel.
Type Upgrade Skill 5 - Eruptive: Temporarily increases attack when somersaulting with little health left.

Fighting Style

Keys: Square Flow Attack • Triangle Reactive Attack • Circle Musou X Jump/Mount

Base Game

Sample video of Li Dian's fighting style.

Li Dian is affiliated with the crescent blade and crescent edge in this title. When equipped with them, Li Dian can perform the following unique attacks listed below.

Unique Attacks
Unique Flow Attack Finisher (Crescent Blade): Enemy Stunned + Square Square Square Square: Li Dian spins around once before unleashing a wide energy wave traveling forward at a considerable distance. Launches nearby foes into the air instantly.
Unique Flow Attack Finisher (Crescent Edge): Enemy Standing + Square Square Square Square: Sends foes airborne by poking upward with the crescent edge's bottom shaft before casting them down hard using the weapon's shovel head. Using this move will enhance Li Dian's next flow attack.
Unique Trigger Attack (Crescent Blade): R1 + X: Performs a sweeping diagonal strike to the lower right before doing the same to the lower left, producing a mobile shockwave that mows down enemies impeding its path.
Unique Trigger Attack (Crescent Edge): R1 + Square: Li Dian punts the crescent edge's shovel head to help kickstart his circular swing attack, dazing multiple foes in the process and leaving them vulnerable to stun-based flow attacks.
Special Technique: R1 + Circle: Leaps high up into the air and swings weapon horizontally towards the right before driving it unto the ground to produce a wind-based radial shockwave. Derived from Li Dian's second EX attack in Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends.
Musou Attack: Circle: Lands two slashes aimed to the upper right and lower right before pivoting to repeat the process continuously. Li Dian then delivers a wide round slash followed by an overhead slicing motion with both hits inflicting electrical damage. The finisher's activation motion is taken from Li Dian's Rage attack in the eighth game.
Aerial Musou Attack: X Circle: Performs an overhead slash while somersaulting in mid-air, then dives to the ground to unleash a slamming strike. Each hit is imbued with the ice element, enabling them to freeze foes solid and weaken their defenses.
Horse Maneuvers
Summon Horse: L2: Summon horse to the battlefield. Holding L2 as the horse approaches will allow the character to automatically mount them.
Auto-Run: Riding Mode + L2: Automatically runs towards a specified destination. If a destination has not been set, the horse will instead run towards the location of the player's currently selected mission.
Sprint: Riding Mode + Direction + R1: Causes horse to run at a faster pace. Doing so depletes their stamina each time.
Jump: Riding Mode + Direction + R2: Causes horse to jump high while running.
Horse Fast Attack: Riding Mode + Square: Performs a fast and seamless attack while mounted. The attack itself varies depending on what type of weapon is equipped and whether the enemy is grounded or airborne.
Horse Trigger Attack: Riding Mode + Triangle: Performs an attack that sends enemies flying into the air. May vary depending on what type of weapon is equipped.
Horse Musou Attack: Riding Mode + Circle: Causes horse to sprint by consuming Musou instead of stamina.
Dismount Horse: Riding Mode + X: Dismounts from horse and resumes default fighting stance.
Bow Maneuvers
Shooting Mode: 🡻: Pulls out bow and assumes archery stance. Can be cancelled by tapping 🡻 again.
Switch Arrows: 🡸 or 🡺: Switches between different types of arrows.
Bow Attack: Shooting Mode + Square: Fires current arrow at a target. Can lock on targets by tapping R3.
Lower Bow: Shooting Mode + X: Lowers bow while squatting down.

Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires

Officer Skills
Secret Plan - Zero-Degree Strategy (冴え渡る秘策; lit. "Freezing Secret Plan"): Unleashes a weak ice attack and fills secret plan gauge for plans not in use by a low amount. Also nullifies the effects of active secret plans.
Military Unit: Archer
Title: Perceptive Eye (慧眼の士; lit. "Sharp-Eyed Warrior")
Unique Political Ploy - Grand Banquet: Holds a banquet to increase friendship with all officers by 10.
Reputation Bonus: Brave +25%, Commanding +80%, Ingenious +50%, Benevolent +80%, Evil -50%

Shin Sangoku Musou Apuri

Base Attacks
Normal Attack: Performs unique flow attack string from the base game using the crescent edge. Available by default.
Aerial Attack: Performs aerial flow attack string from the base game.
Repel Attack: Performs knock-down trigger attack from the base game to repel foes.
Launch Attack: Performs launch trigger attack from the base game to lift foes into the air. Can be followed up with aerial flow hit string activated by repeatedly tapping the normal attack icon.
Stun Attack: Performs stun trigger attack from the base game to daze foes momentarily. Can be followed up with stun flow hit string activated by repeatedly tapping the normal attack icon.
Guard Break Attack: Performs guard break attack from the base game to break the enemy's guard. Can be followed up with down flow hit string activated by repeatedly tapping the normal attack icon.
Chain Attack: Performs down flow attack from the base game to repeatedly strike at foes. Does heavy damage, but cannot deplete the target's spirit. This move is mostly available to attack-type versions of Li Dian.
Endurance Attack: Performs separating attack from the base game while generating a protective aura that temporarily boosts defense. This move is mostly available to defense-type versions of Li Dian.
Sneak Attack: Performs dash attack from the base game to inflict heavy damage on the opponent's spirit. This move is mostly available to speed-type versions of Li Dian.
Missile Attack: Leaps into the air and fires a projectile that turns into a large tornado upon hitting the ground. Does decent damage from a distance, but cannot deplete the target's spirit. This move is mostly available to snipe-type versions of Li Dian.
Recover Attack: Performs separating attack from the base game while generating a healing circle that gradually restores health. Has no elemental variations with each upgraded version. This move is mostly available to special-type versions of Li Dian.
Special Attacks
Unique Attack 1 - Wind Count (風伯): Performs special technique from the base game. Available by default.
Unique Attack 2 - Ice Monarch (水皇): Performs unique trigger from the base game using the crescent edge. Initially available for UR rank versions of its user, this move can be learned upon reaching level 170.
Musou Attack: Performs Musou attack from base game minus the looping animation. Consumes one full Musou gauge.
Aerial Musou Attack: Performs aerial Musou attack from base game. Consumes one full Musou gauge.
Super Musou Attack: Performs full Musou attack from base game. Consumes two full Musou gauges.
Auxiliary Attacks
Counter Attack: Performs counter attack from the base game by tapping the orange counter icon near the opponent once it pops up.
Finishing Attack: Performs finishing attack from the base game by tapping the golden finisher icon that appears once the opponent's spirit has been fully depleted.
Normal Evasion: Does a normal evasion maneuver on the ground to avoid enemy attacks. Can only be performed by attack-type and special-type versions of Li Dian.
Swift Evasion: Hovers in the air to avoid enemy attacks in an instant. Can only be performed by speed-type and snipe-type versions of Li Dian.
Piercing Evasion: Charges forth while hunched to avoid enemy attacks while dealing chip damage to foes blocking the way. Can only be performed by defense-type versions of Li Dian.

Normal Version Attacks

Class Type: Attack

Mystic Version Attacks

Class Type: Defense

Abyss Version Attacks

Class Type: Special

Knight Version Attacks

Class Type: Snipe

Other Skills

Memory Abilities
Twilight Premonition (黄昏の予感)
Characters: Li Dian
Rank: N
Bonus: +197 Attack
Abundant Knowledge (累々たる叡知)
Characters: Yue Jin, Li Dian, Man Chong
Rank: SSR
Bonus: +243 Defense, +243 Health, +243 Musou
Skill - Steadfast (堅牢): Reduces damage from officers by 30%.
Final Letter (最後の手紙)
Characters: Li Dian
Rank: SSR
Bonus: +243 Attack, +243 Musou, +243 Willpower
Skill - Fortitude (堅固): Reduces damage from soldiers by 15%.
Team Combination
First Spear's Premonition (一番槍の予感)
Required Characters: Yue Jin, Li Dian
Bonus: +100 Health, +50 Musou
Hanging by a Hair (逃げ切り危機一髪)
Required Characters: Xiahou Dun, Li Dian
Bonus: +100 Attack, +50 Defense
Death Battle of the Eight Gates Formation (八門金鎖の死闘)
Required Characters: Cao Ren, Li Dian, Xu Shu
Bonus: +100 Attack, +50 Defense, +50 Health
Famous Officers of Hefei (合肥の名将)
Required Characters: Zhang Liao, Yue Jin, Li Dian
Bonus: +50 Attack, +100 Health, +50 Willpower
The Glimmer of a Fading Life (薄命の輝き)
Required Characters: Cao Pi, Li Dian, Zhou Yu
Bonus: +100 Attack, +50 Health, +50 Willpower

Fighting Style