Power (力) is a character category introduced in the Warriors Orochi series and represented by the color red. If two or more power characters perform a Musou Chain together, the Multi attribute will be automatically activated.
Their Type Action (R1) uses a hefty amount of the user's Musou for a "special art" (必殺技, Hissatsu Waza, lit. Sure-Killing Art) in the form of a damaging attack, a power-based aura buff or both; they often come with limited invulnerability during its execution, and focus the most on damage compared to the other types.
Power-types in Warriors Orochi 3 can use their Type Actions to cancel out most of their attacks, but not all retain buff-based Type Actions. They also have a Hyper Armor function to prevent flinching, but can be broken through by Charge Attacks, Musou Attacks, and airborne or higher-leveled foes. However, a new physics change allows their Hyper Armor to be bypassed by grounded-hits via incoming attacks, allowing them to remain airborne.
Warriors Orochi 4 gives Power Types the ability to guard cancel (cancelling into a guard; not the other way around) via holding down L1 until a white flash occurs, further expanding their defensive options as well as giving them cancel-mechanics. Another notable change is now their ability to inflict a guard break on any of their normally blockable charge attacks.
Characters[]
Those listed below are power characters.
- Guan Yu
- Zhang Fei
- Ma Chao
- Xiahou Yuan
- Xu Zhu
- Zhang Liao
- Sun Ce
- Huang Gai
- Sun Quan
- Lu Bu
- Zhu Rong
- Meng Huo
- Dong Zhuo
- Guan Ping
- Pang De
- Fu Xi
- Nagamasa Azai
- Kunoichi
- Goemon Ishikawa
- Kenshin Uesugi
- Keiji Maeda
- Ranmaru Mori
- Tadakatsu Honda
- Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Toshiie Maeda
- Yoshimoto Imagawa
- Katsuie Shibata
- Yoshihiro Shimazu
- Ginchiyo Tachibana
- Orochi
- Kiyomori Taira
- Orochi X
- Gyuki
- Benkei
Warriors Orochi 3[]
The characters listed below belong to this type. It will only list the new character affiliations.
- Xiahou Dun
- Xu Huang
- Cao Ren
- Taishi Ci
- Lu Meng
- Sima Zhao
- Deng Ai
- Xiahou Ba
- Dian Wei
- Ding Feng
- Wei Yan
- Gan Ning
- Masanori Fukushima
- Hideyoshi Toyotomi
- Kojirō Sasaki
- Muneshige Tachibana
- Kiyomasa Katō
- Shingen Takeda
- Musashi Miyamoto
- Ryu Hayabusa
- Yinglong
- Nuwa
- Rachel
- Achilles
- Susano'o
- Sterkenburg Cranach
- Hundun
Warriors Orochi 4[]
The characters listed below belong to this type. It will only list new or reverted character affiliations.
- Zhang Liao
- Li Dian
- Yu Jin
- Sun Jian
- Huang Gai
- Han Dang
- Wen Yang
- Ma Chao
- Zhang Bao
- Dong Zhuo
- Zhurong
- Lu Lingqi
- Okuni
- Ieyasu Tokugawa
- Katsuie Shibata
- Hisahide Matsunaga
- Kagekatsu Uesugi
- Toyohisa Shimazu
- Benkei
- Shuten Dōji
- Zeus
- Odin
- Hades
- Achilles
- Perseus
Trivia[]
- Lu Bu is the only Power-type user to have his deification form.
- Prior to Musou Orochi 2 Special, Nuwa was the only Power-Type user to be female user.
- Zhang Fei, Xu Zhu, Pang De, Lu Bu, Meng Huo, Keiji Maeda, Tadakatsu Honda, Toshiie Maeda, Yoshihiro Shimazu, Orochi, Orochi X and Gyuki are the most Power-Type users to retain their Power-Type users in every installments.
- Samurai Warriors characters who don't appear in Samurai Warriors 2 gain their Power-type users in 1~2.