Dynasty Warriors Origins: Best Crescent Blades build guide

The Crescent Blade in Dynasty Warriors Origins is known for its sweeping AoE attacks and hard-hitting Battle Arts. Its 360-degree attack radius makes it ideal for clearing out large enemy groups with ease. The Crescent Blade's Battle Arts excel at breaking officers' defenses, making boss fights more manageable.

However, it is not very effective for one-on-one battles, keep a weapon like Twin Pikes on you to make short work of enemy officers. To make things easier, we have shared everything you need to know to build the best Crescent Blades build in Dynasty Warriors Origins.

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How to build the best Crescent Blades in Dynasty Warriors Origins

With the right build you can dominate with this weapon (Image via KOEI TECMO GAMES)

Pros and cons of the Crescent Blades build

Pros	Cons
Hard-hitting Battle Arts	Slow animations
Massive AoE damage	Reliant on long combos
Simple combos	Low mobility

Gems

• Ascendance Gem – Auto-blocks officer attacks, improving survivability.
• Oblivion Gem – Increases attack range and AoE effectiveness.

Horse

• Birch – Increases charge distance by 20%, staggers enemies upon summon.

Tactics

• Flaming Volley – Fire arrow volley, 240s cooldown.
• Encirclement – Surrounds enemies before unleashing an attack, 210s cooldown.
• Mounted Charge – Powerful cavalry charge, 420s cooldown.

Best Companions

• Guo Jia – Sword user with Divine Eagle Dance, great AoE damage.
• Sun Shangxiang – Wheel weapon user with Twin Tiger Blast, high range and damage.

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How to unlock the Crescent Blade in Dynasty Warriors Origins

With the correct skills and arts, this weapon can be adapted into any fight (Image via KOEI TECMO GAMES)

To obtain the Crescent Blade, complete the Rescue of Emperor Xian mission, where you must protect the emperor’s carriage. Mastery of this weapon requires practice in chaining combos and precise timing to maximize damage.

Crescent Blade weapon progression

Weapon	Grade	Attack
Long Halberd	1	22
Long Halberd EX	2	42
Crescent Blade	3	80
Crescent Blade EX	4	136
Cobalt Storm	5	204
Training Crescent Blade	6	300
Godly Dragon	7	326

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Best Battle Arts for Crescent Blade

Beginner build

Slot	Battle Art	Description
Left	Dragon Tail Swipe	Consecutive forward attacks
Up	Bursting Wave Slash	Launch shockwave in front
Right	[Sp.] Palm Strike	Melee-range interrupt
Down	Whirlwind Kick	Quick mobility skill

Advanced build

Slot	Battle Art	Description
Left	Star Sunder Slash	Wide swings with the Crescent Blade
Up	Bursting Wave Slash	Shreds fortitude in front
Right	[Sp.] Power Shot	Ranged interrupt, usable midair
Down	Azure Dragon Bellow	Creates a powerful tornado

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Best skills and passives

Name	Tree	Description	Skill Points
Whirlwind Kick	Knight-Errant Rank	Deliver a rapid spinning kick to strike enemies.	20
Chain Evade	Knight-Errant Rank	Allows consecutive evasive maneuvers for mobility.	30
Meat Bun Glutton	Knight-Errant Rank	Increases the number of meat buns you can carry.	50
Perfect Evade	Adept Rank	Gain bravery when dodging precisely as an attack lands.	50
Meat Perceiver	Adept Rank	Enables the ability to detect meat buns with Sacred Bird.	40
Army of One	Adept Rank	Boosts Musou Gauge significantly after achieving 1,000 KOs.	60
Item Investor	Expert Rank	Expands the inventory limit for portable items.	50
Extreme Musou Attack	Expert Rank	Grants access to powerful Musou combos with allies.	80
[Sp.] Power Shot	Expert Rank	A ranged skill that disrupts enemies at the cost of two bravery.	100
Meat Bun Glutton	Mastery Rank	Further extends the number of meat buns you can store.	70
Bolster Bravery	Mastery Rank	Increases the rate at which bravery is earned.	80
Accessories Artisan	Mastery Rank	Allows equipping an additional accessory.	80
Meat Bun Glutton	Hero Rank	Maximizes your ability to stockpile meat buns.	70
Item Investor	Hero Rank	Increases the number of portable items you can hold.	70
Endurance Accumulation Increase	Hero Rank	Enhances endurance accumulation for prolonged combat.	120
Bolster Bravery	Musou Rank	Further boosts bravery gain during battles.	100
Prolonged Rage	Musou Rank	Reduces rage mode’s energy depletion rate.	200
Rage Restored Upgrade	Musou Rank	Regain HP by landing successful attacks while in rage.	200

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Weapon Traits for Crescent Blade

Beginner Traits

• Grants a small chance of obtaining a meat bun from defeated enemies.
• Boosts bravery gain.
• Enhances Battle Art strength.

Advanced Traits

• 10% chance of not draining bravery gauge when using a Battle Art.
• Extends input window for parries.
• Boosts damage against officers.
• Has a small chance of creating a whirlwind when attacking.
• Boosts attack by 30% after a perfect evade.

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Best Crescent Blade combo

4x strong attack: The most effective attack sequence, utilizing wide arcing sweeps to hit multiple enemies.

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Best accessories for Crescent Blade build in Dynasty Warriors Origins

Accessory	Effect
Red Dragon’s Talon	Increases Musou Gauge accumulation by 10%
Dragon’s Spleen	Gains Musou Gauge when attacked
Ziluan’s Sash (Beginner)	Boosts health by 3%
Ravenous Spirit Amulet	Restores 5% health when defeating an officer

The Crescent Blade build excels in AoE damage and is one of the most powerful and easy-to-use weapon builds in Dynasty Warriors Origins. While it lacks mobility, using the right Battle Arts, Tactics, and accessories can compensate for this weakness. With the proper setup, this build can dominate battles and make quick work of large groups of enemies.