Koei Tecmo has uploaded the third official gameplay trailer for Dynasty Warriors 9. This time it goes into detail with the game’s new action moveset, called the State Combo system. While previous Dynasty Warriors games had been known with the simple-yet-monotonous ‘mash Square while putting Triangle in-between’ Charge Attack system, Omega Force is attempting to change that in the latest iteration that is newly made from scratch for the new generation consoles.
The usual ‘mash Square’ attack is still intact here. However, it has been improved with a new moniker Flow Attack, where the attacks will “change depending on an enemy’s state, whether they’re downed, mid-air or in a normal state,” as stated by Koei Tecmo. The Flow Attack will be different when you either begin mashing Square right away or instead start with the new Trigger Attacks which will alter the enemy’s state. These attacks can also be chained into a combo; for example, you can launch a Trigger Attack after the end of a Flow Attack string. The button commands for Trigger Attack can also be held longer to produce stronger attacks.

R1+Square = Stun enemies for a period of time
R1+Triangle = Launch enemies into the air
R1+X = Knock down enemies

Adding more variety to this new moveset system are the Reactive Attacks, attacks that are assigned to the Triangle button, “change according to the situation between the player and enemy, and allow ...