Yu Jin/Movesets

Movesets

• Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends
• Dynasty Warriors 9

Keys:

Normal Attack •

Charge Attack •

Musou •

Jump/Mount

Base Game

Yu Jin is affiliated with the war trident in this title. When equipped with it, Yu Jin can perform the following unique attacks listed below.

EX Attack 1: : Leaps up high into the air and stabs trident to the ground, causing foes to disperse.

EX Attack 2: : Does a criss-cross slicing motion before using the intersection of the trail to perform a strong thrust, sending enemies flying away from Yu Jin.

Musou Attack - Cauterization (灼絶; lit. "Scorching"): : Yu Jin coats his trident in flames and unleashes a fire pillar that explodes once he hits it with an aerial slash. Burns foes and sends them scattering.

Alternate Musou Attack - Hell Blade (獄刃): R1 + : Imbues weapon with dark energy before releasing it in the form of a large mobile shockwave traveling on the ground. Has an innate slash attribute which enables it to instantly kill off weaker enemies or heavily damage strong enemy officers.

Aerial Musou Attack - Thunder Slash (雷断; lit. "Thunder Cleave"): : Hurls a huge bolt of lightning into enemy crowds below and disperses them in an instant.

Rage Attack: Unleashes continuous downward slashes to the lower left and lower right while stepping forward. The assault ends with Yu Jin performing a fierce swipe that sends out a massive radial shockwave across the area.

True Rage Attack: Should Yu Jin accumulate over 100 hits during a Rage attack, he will change his attack pattern into a series of wider horizontal swings followed by several frontal slashes done back and forth while remaining stationary.

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 1 - Energy: Restores one unit of the player's Musou when they are near death.

Assistance Skill 2 - Assault: Increases the player's attack power when they are near death.

Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires

Ways of Life Skills

Ways of Life - Outstanding Talent: Brave Type, 3,500 Employment Cost

Fixed Strategy - Recuperate: Greatly restores an officer's fatigue level.

Stratagem Card 1 - Heightened Defense: Increases the defense of the user and their nearby allies for 20 seconds.

Stratagem Card 2 - Iron Walls: Recovers the health of allies and increases their defense within an allied base for 60 seconds. Cancels negative effects or tactical attacks.

Stratagem Card 3 - Osmosis: Enables the user to spot enemy ambushes and base traps within the area for 60 seconds.

Stratagem Card 4 - Dragnet: Captures one enemy officer in battle within 60 seconds.

Stratagem Card 5 - Snake Formation: Increases speed of all allied units for 90 seconds. Requires an allied unit to temporarily withdraw for card to take effect.

Awarded Stratagem Card - Wing Formation: Increases defense of all allied units for 90 seconds. Requires an allied unit to temporarily withdraw for card to take effect.

Dynasty Warriors: Godseekers

Type Ability

Frontal Defense: Halves damage caused by melee attacks taken from the front.

Normal Attacks

Hoarfrost Blade (霜刃; lit. "Frost Blade"): Hits a single foe.

Thunderclap Strike (霹靂; lit. "Thunderclap"): Hits a single foe. Has a chance of paralyzing enemies.

Glinting Flame (炎閃; lit. "Fiery Flash"): Hits multiple foes.

Snowy Torment (雪苛): Hits multiple foes.

EX Attacks

Hoarfrost Blade EX (霜刃Ex; lit. "Frost Blade EX"): Hits a single foe. Lowers enemy's defense by 10%.

Glinting Flame EX (炎閃Ex; lit. "Fiery Flash EX"): Hits multiple foes. Has a chance of frightening enemies.

Musou Attacks

Cauterization (灼絶; lit. "Scorching"): Hits multiple foes. Has a chance of burning enemies.

Hell Blade (獄刃): Hits multiple foes.

Thunder Slash (雷断; lit. "Thunder Cleave"): Hits multiple foes. Has a chance of paralyzing enemies.

Red Skills

Close Quarters: Increases defense against close-range attacks, but weakens it against long-range attacks.

Remoteness: Increases defense against long-range attacks, but weakens it against close-range attacks.

Swift Foot Ultra: Increases mobility by 2.

Double-Edge: Increases strength by 20%, but decreases defense by 20%.

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.

Leech Blade: Uses 10% of the damage the character inflicts to restore health.

Bloodless Might: Increases strength by 25% when health is full.

Blue Skills

Relentless: Increases the effect of state reductions when the character attacks the enemy by 5%.

Relentless Duo: Increases the effect of state reductions when the character attacks the enemy by 10%.

Relentless Ultra: Increases the effect of state reductions when the character attacks the enemy by 20%.

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.

Strength Pulse: Reduces the strength of enemies within 1 adjacent square by 10%.

Defense Pulse: Reduces the defense of enemies within 1 adjacent square by 10%.

Dexterity Pulse: Reduces the dexterity of enemies within 1 adjacent square by 10%.

Agility Pulse: Reduces the agility of enemies within 1 adjacent square by 10%.

Spirit Pulse: Reduces the spirit of enemies within 1 adjacent square by 10%.

Linkage: Reduces the mobility of enemies within 1 adjacent square by 1.

Green Skills

Health Fountain: Restores 10% of health at the start of each turn.

Musou Fountain: Restores 10% of the Musou gauge at the start of each turn.

Pugnacity: Restores the Musou gauge of the unit and any allied units within 1 adjacent square by 5% at the start of each turn.

Pugnacity Duo: Restores the Musou gauge of the unit and any allied units within 1 adjacent square by 10% at the start of each turn.

Pugnacity Ultra: Restores the Musou gauge of the unit and any allied units within 1 adjacent square by 15% at the start of each turn.

Windstorm: Increases the damage of Synchro attacks.

Proficiency: Increases the effective area of items used.

Inspiration: Makes it easier to increase morale after defeating an enemy unit.

Purple Skills

Learner: Increases experience earned by 30%.

Learner Duo: Increases experience earned by 50%.

Learner Ultra: Increases experience earned by 100%.

Perseverance: Enables the character to survive a fatal blow when health is 30% or more.

Resilient: Prevents enemies from landing a critical hit on the character.

Dynasty Warriors: Unleashed

Main Attacks

Strong Attack 1 - Thundershock (雷震; lit. "Thunderstorm"): Bashes foes with lightning-infused strikes before ejecting them with a sudden circular gust. In the Japanese server, it has been reassigned to the third charge move slot. Has a cooldown time of 16 seconds (also 16 seconds in the Japanese server).

Strong Attack 2 - Icestrike (氷撃; lit. "Ice Blow"): Imbues weapon with ice before launching continuous spin slashes that freeze nearby enemies. In the Japanese server, it has been reassigned to the first charge move slot. Has a cooldown time of 20 seconds (12 seconds in the Japanese server).

Strong Attack 3 - Furious Leap (猛躍): Performs a slanted spin slash followed by an impactful ground slam after leaping into the air. Sends nearby opponents flying away. In the Japanese server, it has been reassigned to the second charge move slot and can weaken an enemy's defense for a brief moment. Has a cooldown time of 25 seconds (12 seconds in the Japanese server).

Strong Attack 4 - Malevolent Cleave (悪斬): Hits the enemy with a frontal slice, two criss-crossing swipes, and a charge thrust that produces a blue shockwave. Also inflicts a debuff that reduces the target's defense power temporarily. Has a cooldown time of 31 seconds (16 seconds in the Japanese server).

Normal Attack: Performs their preferred weapon's normal attack string.

Special Attacks

Musou Attack - Hell Blade (獄刃): Charges up weapon with an ominous red energy while twirling it, then strikes the ground to unleash a powerful shockwave moving forward. The Japanese server gives it additional shield damage. 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: Lands an overhead strike on the earth to produce a powerful impact.

Special Maneuver - Dodge: Dashes forward to avoid incoming attacks.

Team Attacks

Triple Attack 2: Performs switch attack to contribute to the combo.

Global Server-Exclusive Passive Skills

Primary Skill - Mountainous Bastion: Increases defense of all officers by 10%.

Secondary Skill: Increases attack speed of dodge-type officers by 15%.

Tertiary Skill: Increases max health points of Wei officers by 30%.

Japanese Server-Exclusive Passive Skills

Primary Skill: Increases normal attack speed by 25%. Activates after filling up one Musou bar.

Secondary Skill: Increases Musou regeneration by 60%. Activates after filling up two Musou bars.

Team Combination

5 Wei Generals (曹操の功臣; "Meritorious Vassals of Cao Cao")

Required Characters: Zhang Liao, Yue Jin, Yu Jin

Bonus: Attack Speed +4%, Critical Damage +4.5% (+7% in the Japanese server), Musou Generation +3.5% (+9% in the Japanese 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: Yu Jin will be able to perform a triple attack if he happens to be partnered with Xiahou Dun and Li Dian. He is the second to act during the whole combo. Only applies to the global server.

Japanese Server-Exclusive Team Combination

Clash at Guandu (官渡の攻防)

Required Characters: Yu Jin, Yuan Shao

Bonus: Attack +4.5%, Shield Damage +8%

Guardians of Wei (魏の守将)

Required Characters: Cao Ren, Yu Jin

Bonus: Max Health +5%, Critical Chance +4%

Left General and Right General (左将軍と右将軍)

Required Characters: Yue Jin, Yu Jin

Bonus: Skill Cooldown -5%, Element Advantage +4%

Warriors Orochi 4

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

Special Attacks

Musou Attack: : Yu Jin performs Hell Blade as their ground Musou attack.

Normal Magic: R1 + : Sends out a trail of ice that freezes enemies in front of the user at a considerable distance. Can hit foes within a fairly wide range while immobilizing them. Best used for quickly thinning out enemy crowds or escaping them outright.

Charge Magic: R1 + : Locks unto visible foes and pelts them with an array of tracking ice spheres while standing still. Enemies struck by the spheres will be flung into the air momentarily before falling down. Can also hit collapsed foes, giving the attack combo building potential.

Unique Magic: R1 + : Yu Jin commands the barking Cerberus heads to charge forward at a considerable distance while clearing out the enemies blocking their way.

Summon Magic: R1 + : Summons mount to Yu Jin's side.

Miscellaneous Skills

Unity Magic Bonus: Power +4, Technique +3, Speed +2

Musou Effect - Empower: Temporarily raises attack, defense, and hit speed. Only applies in Battle Arena.

Divine Blessing 1 - Breakneck: Increases movement speed and attack speed. Only applies in Battle Arena.

Divine Blessing 2 - Scattershot: Increases attack speed, charge attack power, and magic attack power. Only applies in Battle Arena.

Infinity Support Skill - Weapons: Increases the possibility of obtaining weapons. 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:

Flow Attack •

Reactive Attack •

Musou •

Jump/Mount

Base Game

Yu Jin is affiliated with the war trident in this title. When equipped with it, Yu Jin can perform the following unique attacks listed below.

Unique Attacks

Unique Flow Attack Finisher: Enemy Airborne + : Yu Jin finished up his aerial flow attack by dragging the enemy down via dropping ground stab with his trident. This move is based on his first EX attack in the previous game.

Unique Trigger Attack: R1 + : Unleashes two diagonal slashes aimed at the lower left and lower right before delivering a powerful charge thrust that dizzies foes. Based on Yu Jin's second EX attack in the previous installment.

Special Technique: R1 + : Strikes the ground to release a large poisonous shockwave traveling forward and leaving behind fissures in its wake. This attack is based on Yu Jin's Hell Blade Musou from the previous installment.

Musou Attack: : Unleashes continuous downward slashes to the lower left and lower right while stepping forward. It ends with Yu Jin coating his trident in flames and landing a fiery overhead strike followed by a leaping slash that causes jets of fire to erupt from the ground. Combines aspects of his Rage attack and Cauterization Musou from the last Xtreme Legends expansion.

Aerial Musou Attack: : Does a downward slash in the air that conjures a pillar of lightning on the earth, causing foes below to instantly scatter. Directly based on Yu Jin's Thunder Slash Musou from the previous game's expansion.

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 + : 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 + : 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 + : Causes horse to sprint by consuming Musou instead of stamina.

Dismount Horse: Riding Mode + : 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 + : Fires current arrow at a target. Can lock on targets by tapping R3.

Lower Bow: Shooting Mode + : Lowers bow while squatting down.

Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires

Officer Skills

Secret Plan - Stern Blow (峻厳なる一手; lit. "Severe Move"): Unleashes a weak lightning attack with each activation increasing its strength.

Military Unit: Archer

Title: Unconquerable (常勝将軍; lit. "Ever Victorious General")

Unique Political Ploy - Great Military Exercise: Increases achievements of all officers within the target area by 1,200.

Reputation Bonus: Brave +50%, Commanding +80%, Ingenious +25%, Benevolent +80%, Evil -50%

Shin Sangoku Musou Apuri

Base Attacks

Normal Attack: Performs unique flow attack string from the base game using the war trident. 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 Yu Jin.

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 Yu Jin.

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 Yu Jin.

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 Yu Jin.

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 Yu Jin.

Special Attacks

Unique Attack 1 - Hell Blade (獄刃): Performs special technique from the base game. Available by default.

Unique Attack 2 - Guilt Break (罪断): Performs unique trigger from the base game using the war trident. 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 Yu Jin.

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 Yu Jin.

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 Yu Jin.

Normal Version Attacks

Class Type: Defense

Mystic Version Attacks

Class Type: Special

Abyss Version Attacks

Class Type: Speed

Other Skills

Memory Abilities

Isolated Oath (孤独なる宣誓)

Characters: Yu Jin

Rank: R

Bonus: +205 Defense

Skill - Fortitude (堅固): Reduces damage from soldiers by 7%.

Five Generals of Wei (魏の五大将軍)

Characters: Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Zhang He, Yue Jin, Yu Jin

Rank: UR

Bonus: +579 Attack, +579 Health, +579 Willpower

Skill 1 - Recover (快復): Recovers 10 Musou points every 4 seconds.

Skill 2 - Ground Assault (地撃): Increases normal attack damage by 18%.

Team Combination

Courageous Battle of Guandu (官渡の勇戦)

Required Characters: Yue Jin, Yu Jin

Bonus: +100 Health, +50 Willpower

Filled With Poetic Inspiration (詩興、胸中に満ち)

Required Characters: Cai Wenji, Yu Jin

Bonus: +50 Defense, +100 Willpower

Unwavering Mind (動じぬ心)

Required Characters: Yu Jin, Man Chong

Bonus: +50 Defense, +100 Health

Walking on the Path of Righteousness (正道を往く)

Required Characters: Pang De, Yu Jin

Bonus: +100 Defense, +50 Health

Fighting Style