DiaoChan and Da Qiao were my favorites to play! Bad haircut guy was a surprise! Top notch editing the DW3 HuLao Gate DiaoChan cutscene is my favorite cutscene out of pure nostalgia!
I loved to use Guan Yu way back when, I felt like he could hit everything so easily, a little surprised he didn’t make it! If ever you do the Top 10 Worst, could you leave the whole ranking if that’s not too much trouble? I’d LOVE to read through it all! Thank you again so much for the content!
Im genuinely stunned that Zhou Yu didnt make the list. He's very fast both run speed and attack speed. He makes use of his huge sword and has a ton of sweeping range, not to mention his running attack, c4 and c5 being able to chain multiple attacks. Zhou Yu feels untouchable and his moveset is buttery smooth which solidifies him as my #1 pick overall.
Cao Cao is the best due to shredding everything with death on the hardest difficulty with ease. Zhou Yu is very solid tho and is a ton of fun to use with his fire
thats totally fine! I think it was just the situation, if i played normally my list wouldve been different but isolating the characters and diving in the deep end, some of them didnt do well under pressrue
Sun Quan, so satisfying and easy to use with such basic moveset, in DW5XL he even got better with his auto-fire C5, thunder-summoning true musou final⚡️he became a GOD when I equipped him with Weapon Reach, Way Of Musou, True Way Of Musou + Light Orb (make all of his Charge moves unblockable) 💚
I was pleased that Sun Shangxiang made your list. She was my main as well as the first character I beat the game with. I also agree that her C5 is pretty lacking since it's so narrow and doesn't even count as a full 5-hit combo on a standing officer (seriously, WTF, developer? SMH)
My favorite character, Sun Shangxiang, made it to number 3 on your list! She was the first character I played and the first I maxed out. I'm glad some of the other favorites (Lu Xun, Gan Ning, Zhao Yun, and Lu Bu) were also on this list (not surprised Lu Bu is #1).
Would love to see a reverse list, the WORST characters from DW3. (INTENSE STARE AT SIMA YI.) Also, happy to see someone else figured out that Sun Quan is complete bullshit. Very nice. c:
funnily enough both of the Qiao sisters and diao chan were all characters I loved to play in the older games idk if I'd play them in the newer ones but I definitely had more fun with them back in the old days.
@@TheNightowlGaming she was pretty good in warriors orochi 1 and 2 specifically which is what I remember fondly of so I have to assume shes pretty good in like the 4 to 5 era of dynasty warriors.
Great timing this came out, dusted off my PS2 and decided to play DW3 after years. Blast from the past! Trying to max out out almost all characters..Boy it's a grind..What map do you use?
Yellow turbans in the beginning and then I switch over to tong gate when they're up a bit for upgrade and lvl 3 weapon hunt and then hefei c if im really trying to push but tong gate was good enough for me
Love the video man 💚 I think the next one you should combine AoE with Kit rating because they're kinda the same thing (basically their normal moveset) 👍 also add custom (how good they look in that game) instead, so the overall rating still consists of 6 categories ⚡️
I will consider it! For me the difference is which of their moves is able to do AoE and how effective is it vs Ovr Kit which is looking at everything and which moves aren't useful whether or not they do AoE! Apprecuate the kind words!
This was such fun. Can you do 4 next? I know you're not a fan of kingdom mode, but i do think 10 could make it work. Also in regards to 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 which one had the best stage openings??
Guan yu could be in this list. His range, power, musou and combo have great AOE capability, perfect for dueling because you hit with his range before you get hit, and he is easy to use because of his AOE-oriented style
My problem with Guan Yu is that is Cs were too slow. I found it often when dueling generals that if you try to c5/6 them, they usually always had time to recover and guard it.
My most favorite characters (not necessarily the best/most broken) Wei: Dian Wei (My baldie my guy +50% arrow resistant) Wu: Taishi Ci (Though i walk through the darkest vally i will fear no evil, for my rods are the fucking biggest) Shu: Yueying (Kongming you lucky bastard) Jin: Wang Yuanji (House of the flying daggers pffft you amateurs) Other: Zhang Jiao (Go ye children of the yellow turban!)
My mains were always lui bei, zhao yun, gan ning, lu xun, sun ce, cao cao, xiahou dun, zhang lioa. I enjoy guan yu anf fei a lot too, but their speed does suck same with dian wei. Lu bu is the classic love.
I wish they'd add old movesets to characters as additional options, considering the animation work is all done anyway. Whole bunch of cool weapons and movesets just lost to time and the old games. Give Dong Zhou his bombs, but also let him use that cool serrated cutlass.
Gonna have to disagree with Ma Chao. While he's cool af and super fun to use, his 4th and 5th weapons suck so bad. There's no way he can survive on the hardest difficulty on Wu Zhang Plains. Koei did him dirty in this game. He's like a watered down Yuan Shao Cao Cao should be number 1 due to how overpowered his death attack is, which shreds everything. Death is too powerful and makes the game less fun imo Also no mentions of Zhang Liao or Zhou Yu? They're insane due to their weapon stats and musou spam
i played every character and from my experience cao c6 is so easy to get offline, I think if i was playing the map "normally" my list would be different but I took every character out alone in enemy territory and fought as hard as I could with the character being completely swarmed by aggressive AI, the characters who were slower or didnt have the best kit to deal with the horde suffered imo 👍
All of the Wu officers (minus Da Qiao) you have in the list I can't stand playing as.... Especially Lu Xun 😂😂 Give me Huang Zhong or Zhang Liao any day in DW3 👌🏻
The Number 1 is really easy as the games early on threated Lu Bu the same as like Akuma in street fighter. OP and easy to gain control. Plus in DW5 Lu Bus musou is complete BS as you cannot block it. Yes the ground quake is behind you not front so if ya fighting him and he musous you usually lose a lot of control
Sun Quan maybe good in this game but you have to deal with the fact that you're playing as Sun Quan. Give me Sun Ce any day with the tonfas its just hype punching the shit out of people.
My top 5 worst are. 1. Xu Zhu. 2. Zhu Rong 3. Zhuge Liang. 4. Pang Tong( great Musou but bad character) 5. Fu Xu ( same as Pang Tong great Musou but bad character to use)
I hate Dynasty Warriors 3 videos....but ITS ONLY because I still don't have it lol. Once I get it, it will be fine lol. Just playin. I mean I don't have it but the rest was a joke.
DiaoChan and Da Qiao were my favorites to play! Bad haircut guy was a surprise! Top notch editing the DW3 HuLao Gate DiaoChan cutscene is my favorite cutscene out of pure nostalgia!
I am so glad, I am not alone on this one . I love DiaoChan and Da Qiao, and Xiao Qiao as well
Diaochan was not good in this game lol she might be on another list coming out 👀
@@TheNightowlGaming I liked her dual mace weapon though, miss it.
@@TheNightowlGamingDiao Chan is awful but man is she fun to use especially with her juggling 😂
I loved to use Guan Yu way back when, I felt like he could hit everything so easily, a little surprised he didn’t make it!
If ever you do the Top 10 Worst, could you leave the whole ranking if that’s not too much trouble? I’d LOVE to read through it all!
Thank you again so much for the content!
I was planning on it yep! Gonna do top 10 worst then the whole ranking for everyone! Glad you're enjoying the content!
I heard in DW6 Lu Bu maxes out every single stat in the game, so far this lines up and reflects his personality in the games
He does, he's the only one with 1000 across the board, OP
Dw5 does him the same with his 4th weapon, but just missing 1 point with both life and musou
Im genuinely stunned that Zhou Yu didnt make the list. He's very fast both run speed and attack speed. He makes use of his huge sword and has a ton of sweeping range, not to mention his running attack, c4 and c5 being able to chain multiple attacks. Zhou Yu feels untouchable and his moveset is buttery smooth which solidifies him as my #1 pick overall.
Cao Cao is the best due to shredding everything with death on the hardest difficulty with ease. Zhou Yu is very solid tho and is a ton of fun to use with his fire
thats totally fine! I think it was just the situation, if i played normally my list wouldve been different but isolating the characters and diving in the deep end, some of them didnt do well under pressrue
@@Blazer765YT facts, cao cao just eats
Agreed, Zhou Yu with that loadout is basically swinging Lu Bu's halberd. Not even top 12? You slippin'. 😅
Your channel has become a part of my daily life lately. i really enjoy your videos
one of the best comments ive received, i appreciate that very much, glad you're enjoying the content!
Sun Quan, so satisfying and easy to use with such basic moveset, in DW5XL he even got better with his auto-fire C5, thunder-summoning true musou final⚡️he became a GOD when I equipped him with Weapon Reach, Way Of Musou, True Way Of Musou + Light Orb (make all of his Charge moves unblockable) 💚
I guess we'll see when I get there 😌 😏
Definitely should do this for each DW games.
We on it 😎😎🔥
Nice! My three favorites are on this list. 1. Sun Shangxiang 2. Lubu 3. Gan Ning. Always had so much fun playing these three in DW3.
Good stuff!
Great video, solid list of characters. I was surprised to see Sun Quan and Sun ShangXiang so high up.
they surprised me too!
I was pleased that Sun Shangxiang made your list. She was my main as well as the first character I beat the game with. I also agree that her C5 is pretty lacking since it's so narrow and doesn't even count as a full 5-hit combo on a standing officer (seriously, WTF, developer? SMH)
C5 so bad and unreliable, but overall she was awesome
My favorite character, Sun Shangxiang, made it to number 3 on your list! She was the first character I played and the first I maxed out. I'm glad some of the other favorites (Lu Xun, Gan Ning, Zhao Yun, and Lu Bu) were also on this list (not surprised Lu Bu is #1).
haha thats awesome yeah she was surprisingly good! glad you enjoyed it!
Would love to see a reverse list, the WORST characters from DW3. (INTENSE STARE AT SIMA YI.)
Also, happy to see someone else figured out that Sun Quan is complete bullshit. Very nice. c:
Ohhh its coming! Haha and he might be in there 😂
Its a nice day to start work when you have a new Nightowl video to start the day with btw nice list man
Haha let's gooooo, glad you like it, appreciate u!
Ok now THIS is content I GOTTA see!!
haha hope you enjoyed it!
It's always Zhou Yu for me. He has been my number 1 since the first game.
And thats okay! He was slightly above average for me
DW3? Gotta be Ma Chao. His special horse attack was OP af in DW3, DW4 and DW5 combined with Shadow Runner.
No shadow runner in this game i don't think, but his attack speed is great
funnily enough both of the Qiao sisters and diao chan were all characters I loved to play in the older games idk if I'd play them in the newer ones but I definitely had more fun with them back in the old days.
Very fast, diaochan is ehhhh lol
@@TheNightowlGaming she was pretty good in warriors orochi 1 and 2 specifically which is what I remember fondly of so I have to assume shes pretty good in like the 4 to 5 era of dynasty warriors.
Seeing Sun Quan up here was very suprising. It seems like Many people in the WU army have ridiculous movement speed in this game.
they were very fast!
Great timing this came out, dusted off my PS2 and decided to play DW3 after years. Blast from the past! Trying to max out out almost all characters..Boy it's a grind..What map do you use?
Yellow turbans in the beginning and then I switch over to tong gate when they're up a bit for upgrade and lvl 3 weapon hunt and then hefei c if im really trying to push but tong gate was good enough for me
Love the video man 💚 I think the next one you should combine AoE with Kit rating because they're kinda the same thing (basically their normal moveset) 👍 also add custom (how good they look in that game) instead, so the overall rating still consists of 6 categories ⚡️
I will consider it! For me the difference is which of their moves is able to do AoE and how effective is it vs Ovr Kit which is looking at everything and which moves aren't useful whether or not they do AoE! Apprecuate the kind words!
Number 9- Cao Cao
Liu Bei at number 8 - "Who cares about Cow Cow!?"
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This was such fun. Can you do 4 next? I know you're not a fan of kingdom mode, but i do think 10 could make it work.
Also in regards to 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 which one had the best stage openings??
Stage openings they're all pretty similar imo just better graphics and yeah working on 4 characters now!
An amazing video as always. Ever thought of doing one for DW Vol.2 on the PSP? I've rarely heard of DW fans talk about it
i can track it down and eventually play it, sounds fun!
Guan yu could be in this list. His range, power, musou and combo have great AOE capability, perfect for dueling because you hit with his range before you get hit, and he is easy to use because of his AOE-oriented style
I think he did alright, I think his speed killed him
My problem with Guan Yu is that is Cs were too slow. I found it often when dueling generals that if you try to c5/6 them, they usually always had time to recover and guard it.
Great list 👏
I would have Zhang He and Xiahou Dun up there in mine 💯
nice! Yeah yyoull see them in the overall list when it comes out!
Cao Cao was the best for me with his death element. Unstoppable.
his c6 is really good, so vulnerable when doing it though
every game id play through and max out Dian Wei. absolutely loved how destructive he got, very slow boy though 😅
and theres nothing wrong w that! like who u like!
My most favorite characters (not necessarily the best/most broken)
Wei: Dian Wei (My baldie my guy +50% arrow resistant)
Wu: Taishi Ci (Though i walk through the darkest vally i will fear no evil, for my rods are the fucking biggest)
Shu: Yueying (Kongming you lucky bastard)
Jin: Wang Yuanji (House of the flying daggers pffft you amateurs)
Other: Zhang Jiao (Go ye children of the yellow turban!)
Solid list 😎
Might as well call him GOAT Ning in my book 😂
The musou was extremely difficult to use, but works wonders as a hit and run utility
Haha 100% monstrous
My mains were always lui bei, zhao yun, gan ning, lu xun, sun ce, cao cao, xiahou dun, zhang lioa. I enjoy guan yu anf fei a lot too, but their speed does suck same with dian wei. Lu bu is the classic love.
for sure great picks!
“YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW GOOD SUN QUAN WAS OMG”
🐯mans got claws 😎
i miss zhou yu with the elder sword he whas my fav to use great ranking !!
He wasn't too bad, I think slightly above average in rankings, ill have a full ranking vid at some point
I wish they'd add old movesets to characters as additional options, considering the animation work is all done anyway.
Whole bunch of cool weapons and movesets just lost to time and the old games. Give Dong Zhou his bombs, but also let him use that cool serrated cutlass.
Gan Ning built for Musou charge + small Musou bar is basically non stop hard hitting musou spam over and over
lool for sureeee the lawn MOWER
A lot of Wu characters here. Love to see it :)
Yezzir!!
Gonna have to disagree with Ma Chao. While he's cool af and super fun to use, his 4th and 5th weapons suck so bad. There's no way he can survive on the hardest difficulty on Wu Zhang Plains. Koei did him dirty in this game. He's like a watered down Yuan Shao
Cao Cao should be number 1 due to how overpowered his death attack is, which shreds everything. Death is too powerful and makes the game less fun imo
Also no mentions of Zhang Liao or Zhou Yu? They're insane due to their weapon stats and musou spam
i played every character and from my experience cao c6 is so easy to get offline, I think if i was playing the map "normally" my list would be different but I took every character out alone in enemy territory and fought as hard as I could with the character being completely swarmed by aggressive AI, the characters who were slower or didnt have the best kit to deal with the horde suffered imo 👍
All of the Wu officers (minus Da Qiao) you have in the list I can't stand playing as.... Especially Lu Xun 😂😂
Give me Huang Zhong or Zhang Liao any day in DW3 👌🏻
Haha and thats okay! They did decently well, slightly above average I liked huang zhong
How good(or bad dunno) is Xiahou Dun in this one?
he will be revealed in the full one
Out of curiosity, do you plan on playing or making videos on any of the mobile games of Dynasty warriors?
No I can't play them on my device :(
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA DA QIAO Made it to this list!!! YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
She did! LOL!
Next can you do the dynasty warriors 4 characters with their lvl11 weapons? Thx😁
They're next but it'll probably be lvl 10 weapons, I don't have dw4xl just yet
Ma Chao Being 6th in the top 10 ! I'd say thats A Great score for my Favorite Character :D
😎😁
He gets significantly more OP with DW4 and DW5,
5 in particular I'd say he's the best character in the game.
@@planescaped the only dw i havent played was 5 and 2. So to hear that he probably the best char in 5 fill my heart with Joy hahaha
Underated mention pang tong Wei yan also Gan Ning musou 10+
Pang tong might surprise ya in the next vid 👀
@@TheNightowlGaming sounds spicy already I can’t wait pang tong is so underrated
Gan Ning is on the list, I'm satisfied.
On a side note, forgot Fu Xi ever existed
Haha for sure
The Number 1 is really easy as the games early on threated Lu Bu the same as like Akuma in street fighter. OP and easy to gain control. Plus in DW5 Lu Bus musou is complete BS as you cannot block it. Yes the ground quake is behind you not front so if ya fighting him and he musous you usually lose a lot of control
Lu bu always so OP
i knew yue ying will make it to the list but then i realized this is dynasty warriors 3........................................
LOL yup that ones next!
Cao Cao not handling big crowds well. Should have known that he’s not a man of the people.
😂😂 he gets stage frighr sometimes
I'm not going to lie. I'm shock that guan yu didn't make it to 2nd.
You'll see where he's at in overall list, i believe his speed brought him down
@TheNightowlGaming will you do a video on dynasty warriors game that has online play?
@@JuanRodriguez-yq5og i will not mever played dw online
@TheNightowlGaming lol ok playing with people online. Kinda suck I played with someone on dw7, and it was fun, but the lag was not
My top 10. 1. Ma Chao. 2. Gan Ning 3. Zhang Liao. 4. Zhao Yun 5. Xu Huang. 6. Lu Bu. 7. Guan Yu 8. Huang Gai 9. Sun Shang Xiang 10. Liu Bei
great 10
They need to remake this game 😟but only graphic upgrade everything stays the same
100% agree and remove camera lock would be amazing
Xiahou Dun and Zhang Liao Jiang Wei Dian Wei Sun Ce Zhou Yu Xu Huang Guan Yu Zhang Fei?
decent but eh, they'll be on the overall list when i put it out
Cao Cao and Liu Bei will be number 2 and 3 cause I'm better with Cao Cao than Liu Bei. But I wreck the field with none other than Lu Bu!!! 😅
Haha nice!
Sun Quan maybe good in this game but you have to deal with the fact that you're playing as Sun Quan. Give me Sun Ce any day with the tonfas its just hype punching the shit out of people.
Haha for sure
My top 5 worst are. 1. Xu Zhu. 2. Zhu Rong 3. Zhuge Liang. 4. Pang Tong( great Musou but bad character) 5. Fu Xu ( same as Pang Tong great Musou but bad character to use)
they were tough to use, Fu Xi was pretty easy tho
@@TheNightowlGaminghonestly I can probably replace him with Nu Wa. Bc She is great in dueling but in a crowd awful. I like characters with reach
I hate Dynasty Warriors 3 videos....but ITS ONLY because I still don't have it lol. Once I get it, it will be fine lol. Just playin. I mean I don't have it but the rest was a joke.
I'll tell you as this is the one introduced me to the warriors genre, it is fun!!
Haha you'll play it eventually, it can be tough at times!
@aarongallardo3684 oh me too. Just the only one I'm missing for now lol.
@@TheNightowlGaming I've played it. Just don't own it yet. Only one I dont own.
*I'm constipated*
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Who the hell is fu xi
FU XI! He's a legendary character? Along the lines of gods and myths
@@TheNightowlGaming never heard of him
@@keyblademasterclark He's a character from Chinese Mythology, him and Nu Wa were secret characters in early DW games.
I hate Lu Xun so much.
Haha and that's ok!
12:54 YEAAAHH 🙌
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