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Dead or Alive 4

FAQ/Strategy Guide
By Mighteyna (benb4hockey@nc.rr.com)
Copyrighted February 6, 2006 by Ben Burnette
Dead or Alive 4 is copyrighted Tecmo and Team Ninja
Version Final

Version History

Version Final
In-depth Coverage for all characters, secrets section, and a bunch of
frequently asked questions. Corrected a grammar mistake and added a
new “Best Move” for Lei Fang. Added some new Frequently asked
questions and corrected a grammer mistake. Added a new section, "About
Me."

Table of Contents
Helpful Basics
A. Controls
B. Button Mashing
C. Selecting Your Character
Stages
A. The DWA Coliseum
B. Ninja Hideout
C. Seaside Market
D. Kyoto in Bloom (Day and Night)
E. DOATEC Great Hall
F. Temple on the Mountain
G. Gambler’s Paradise
H. Experimental Playground
I. The Crash Club
J. Savannah Safari
K. Biolab Core
L. Waterfall Valley
M. Nassau Station
N. Tatami Mat
Specific Character Strategies
Kasumi
Kokoro
Brad Wong
Bass Armstrong
Jann Lee
Tina Armstrong
Bayman
Ayane
Ryu Hayabusa
Hitomi
Eliot
Zack
Lei Fang
La Mariposa
Christie
Hayate
Helena
Ein
Gen Fu
Leon
Tengu
Spartan-458
Difficult Throws/Moves
A. Raijin
B. Izuna-Otoshi
C. Obero
Secrets
Unlocking Guide
Frequently Asked Questions
Contacting Me
Credits
Legal Things
About Me

Helpful Basics

A. Controls

The new Xbox 360 Controller has a lot of buttons and it’s important
to know what they do in order to play the game well. Here is a
control list. You may notice I don’t list all the buttons. I'm
only list the buttons that do something. The ones I don’t list do
nothing.

Y-Punch
B-Kick
A-Throw
X-Free Button

B. Button Mashing

Although button mashing is a popular way to win in fighting games it
will NOT work in Dead or Alive 4. Just in case you don’t know
Button Mashing is when you randomly hit buttons on the controller to
attack. If you do this in story mode or especially during online
play you will get your butt kicked badly. Dead or Alive 4 is a
difficult game and there isn’t even an easy difficulty setting.
Even normal the easiest level is still very challenging. LEARN THE
MOVES of each character and this will help you a lot. Trust me I
have button mashed at this game and that time could have been better
spent learning the good moves for each character.

C. Selecting your Character

Dead or Alive 4 is a completely different game from the originals
and especially from the Playstation and Playstation 2 Dead or Alive
games. If you new to the series then pick one character to get
really good at. Then from there you can move on till you’ve gotten
good with everyone and have become a Dead or Alive Beast. If you
are an experienced DOA Player then you can pick two characters. By
experienced I don’t mean you played a previous DOA game for 20
minutes at a friend’s house. I mean beat the game at 100% and have
mastered all the characters. DOA 4 is that different from the
previous. Here are a few suggestions for good characters to start
with and bad characters to start with.

Some Good Starting Character Suggestions are-

Ryu Hayabusa- Ryu Hayabusa is known as the Super Ninja. He is very
easy to play as and has some great simple combos. Sometimes people
think Team Ninja and Tecmo made Ryu too powerful. Ryu was my first
character and is still my best. He has great teleporting moves that
look hard but really aren’t.

Jann Lee- A very fast, powerful, and overall a good character. He
has very damaging combos that are really good. He is quick and his
combos are simple yet powerful. Jann Lee is a strong and easy
character to master.

Eliot- Eliot’s style of fighting is very basic. He uses straight
forward martial arts; just punches and kicks. He doesn’t have fancy
teleporting moves and stuff like that. He isn’t fancy but is quick
and powerful.

Overall the best character to start out with is Eliot because of his
simple moves, followed by Jann Lee because of his great combos, and
then Ryu Hayabusa because he does have good combos but his really
damaging combos aren’t as simple as pressing YYBB like they are for
Eliot and Jann Lee.

Some Starting Characters you should avoid-

Bass- Bass is huge. He is slow and his combos are mostly throw that
take a long time to learn. If you want to master Bass wait till
your really good and have experience with other wrestlers. Save
Bass for last.

Bayman- Bayman is a good character with great combos, counters, and
throws. The reason I don’t recommend him for starters is because
his combos are really difficult and he isn’t good at juggling.
Although his throw combos are easy to learn they are hard to execute
on the opponent so wait till your better at throws and counters.

La Mariposa- La Mariposa is the best wrestler in DOA 4. However her
attacks are easy to do but are strange and that makes it hard to
juggle the opponent. Unless you are good at memorizing a lot of
combos stay away from La Mariposa till you’re a little more
experienced.

Christie- She may seem like a good character as she can juggle the
opponent really well and has a lot of good punches but she WILL get
countered. I played as Christie when I was a beginner and I got
countered every single time I attacked. Wait till you can mix up
her attacks to were she is impossible to counter.

Ayane- Ayane is without a doubt one of the if not the best female
fighters in the game. The reason I don’t recommend her is because
if you don’t know what your doing then you will get hit a lot. Try
another female Ninja like Kasumi then try Ayane.

Overall Bass is the worst to start with followed by Bayman, La
Mariposa, Ayane, and Christie.

Stages

A. The DWA Coliseum

The DWA Coliseum is home to Tina, Bass, and La Mariposa. It is the
smallest stage in the game. It is really easy to win in this stage
and easy to lose. The best way to win is to knock your opponent
against the electric walls around the ring and do combos for an easy
victory.

B. Ninja Hideout

Fans of Ninja Gaiden should recognize this stage. It is home to Ryu
Hayabusa, Ayane, Kasumi, and Hayate. Although the stage might look
small there are a lot of secret rooms in which you can knock your
opponent up to secret panels. The best thing to do is to get your
opponent to a solid wall and pummel him/her with attacks.

C. Seaside Market

In Seaside Market there really isn’t much to watch out for. There
are lots of crates and carts that you can trip your opponent over
for a little damage. You can knock them down the stairs to the
beach area and have a basically open course to attack.

D. Kyoto in Bloom

The top of Kyoto in Bloom is basically an open course of scenic
grass and cherry blossoms. The hard parts comes when you can knock
your opponent over the bridge to a small creek. That is where the
path is kind of narrow. Attack your opponent with all your might
and try not to go to the creek. If it is unavoidable then try to
push the opponent down so he/she will take a little damage. You may
notice there are two Kyoto in Bloom stages. One is day and the
other is night. There are no other differences.

E. DOATEC Great Hall

The DOATEC Great Hall is a huge course when you can run around and
bang your opponent. For the Ninja Players there is a lot of room to
teleport. Try to knock your opponent over the stairs and through
the glass. The floor below looks the same and you can keep on doing
it for an easy victory.

F. Temple on the Mountain

Temple on the Mountain has four stories. Try to get to the right
side on the top then left side on the next story down and back and
forth in order for the opponent to take damage from falling.

G. Gambler’s Paradise

Gambler’s Paradise is like a recreation of Las Vegas, Nevada. The
only thing you need to watch out for is the cars coming by which
will usually honk their horns to warn you. If you are playing as
Spartan-458 a Warthog will drive by too (as seen from Halo and Halo
2 for the Xbox). The Warthog does extra damage so watch out.

H. Experimental Playground

This is a fun course. It is a recreation of Jurassic Park.
Dinosaurs come from all over so try not to get hit. There is no
warning so if you see anything jump out of the way and try not to
get hit by the opponent.

I. The Crash Club

The Crash Club is a difficult course. It is the second smallest
course and EVERYTHING is electric and dangerous. Knock your
opponent against the wall and if your Ryu Hayabusa do his advanced
throw for extra damage thanks to the electric ceiling and ground.

J. Savannah Safari

This is a very basic course. It is an open area at the top and at
the bottom. The only thing to watch out for are the running
cheetahs that virtually appear out of nowhere.

K. Biolab Core