Musou

Musou is an advanced attack that all characters (including non-player characters) are able to use in battle that can be executed by pressing or holding down. The musou bar is located right under the health bar. Musou will only end if the bar is completely empty, the player let's go of before the bar is empty, the player is run over by a falling rock, or the user uses musou at the edge of a platform and falls off. While in musou, the player is invincible to all enemy attacks (excluding being run over by falling rocks). In order to fill the musou bar up, the player must attack enemies with any type of attack, the player is hit by an enemy, or the player charges up their musou by holding down. Musou is unique among all playable characters. Some musous may be elemental, explosive, grappling techniques, etc. In earlier installments, if an allied and enemy officer's musou collide, it would result in a weapon deadlock. In Dynasty Warriors 2 through Dynasty Warriors 6, the player's musou is sequential until the musou ends. In Dynasty Warriors 7, musou may come in a maximum of four slots.