When you're looking to get your hands on the storm harness, timing and positioning are absolutely critical. At guandu during lu bu's campaign start watching the areas near xiahou yuan's fort and that circular zone to the right - yue jin and xu huang will try setting up ambushes there. You'll need precise timing here: trigger one ambush, then quickly move to outflank whichever officer hasn't shown themselves yet. The real challenge comes about 15 minutes in when xiahou dun makes his appearance, and you'll want to be ready with a strong combo string to take him down efficiently.

For the alternate route in the battle of guan du while commanding cao cao's forces, you're working against a strict 5-minute window to eliminate both yan liang and wen chou. Here's where mount speed becomes crucial - having lu bu with red hare makes this significantly more manageable since you'll need to cover ground quickly. Something worth noting: clear out those pesky enemy camps beforehand, they'll just slow you down during the actual attempt.

Watch for xiahou dun's recovery frames after his charged attacks, that's your best window for damage. Once you've dealt with him in the first route, the storm harness spawns near cao cao's initial position but don't rush straight there - enemy reinforcements often spawn right in that area so approach cautiously. For the cao cao route, make sure you're tracking both yan liang and wen chou's positions simultaneously, they tend to separate which can waste precious seconds if you're not prepared.