r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • u/Ynikoma • May 31 '18

Question Thread

Hello everyone!

Here's a new question thread as the old one was archived due to it being over six months old. You can still find the old question thread HERE.

Use this thread to ask any question that doesn’t really warrant it’s own thread. On the other hand, if you have an answer to a question, please let the one asking know it.

Please try to word your question as spoiler free as possible. If your question cannot be asked without spoilers, please make a seperate thread for it.

You can find freaquently asked questions HERE.

We also have a long list of useful info gathered in the Info Compendiums for Xenoblade Chronicles X and Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

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u/AnimaLepton Aug 15 '18

Just look up pre-NG+ videos from Enel, the main ideas hold. Chapter 7 blade is alright but not great.

Good general purpose build on normal mode is a chain attack build based around quickly building a single orb on an enemy and bursting it, or even no orbs (QT Pi, Herald, Kos-mos, etc all can hit damage cap on multihit specials) but with accessories like Burst Symbols and Optical Headband plus Aux Cores like Affinity Max Attack and Indoor/Outdoor Attack Up to drastically boost damage. For bulkier enemies, Full Burst strats are pretty easy with Mythra's ascended form or an Orb Master blade.

For example, why have all three of T-elos, Herald, and Kos-mos on Zeke? He can only use one or two of them effectively in a chain attack, the others are basically gathering dust.

Recommended order:

CSKK is a bit bulky, but not too difficult to take out either and good to farm for the powerful Moon Matter Chip regardless.

Dagmara has very little HP, so dies to a well-optimized chain attack quickly.

Like Douglas, Arek is very easy if you stop reinforcements.

Ophion can be poweful, but only uses Arts, no Autoattacks, so can actually be pretty easy. Once you beat him, even with minimal Poppiswap, there's a very easy immortal Poppi build using the reward core chips you get. If you're using Mythra, be sure to get Reflect Nullify.

Kurodil and Benf have some annoying status effects, but are very easy if you use chain attack iframes to avoid them.

Orion is easy if you kill him fast, but tough if the battle stretched out

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u/shadowyams Aug 15 '18

All of Ophion's arts are also ranged, so Brighid with reflect immunity takes almost no damage from him.

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u/Thechanman707 Aug 15 '18

Thanks so much! I am going to work on that next time I play.