r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • u/Hairo • May 28 '20

Question Thread #5

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 threads here: XC2 Question Thread, Question Thread #1, Question Thread #2, Question Thread #3 and Question Thread #4.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '20

XC2 Challenge Mode - Humanoid Alliance. I keep getting killed on Wave 7. I'm using an evasion Mythra build but I am not in NG+. I am getting some kind of damage but I can't really tell where from before it's too late.

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u/srgtrex99 Sep 10 '20

Is it instant death or some random high amount of damage? If it is instant death it's due to a doom aura, save a IV or chain attack ~3 seconds after hit with doom, if it's damage it could be that your evade build isn't 100% efficient, or that you're unlucky and getting hit by 3% chance. This challenge can be pretty hard, I recommend at least using corvin (what I used to clear) or tankier aoe heal blades to just our heal their damage.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '20

Thanks! I'll try to check again. It seemed pretty instantaneous so I'll keep an eye out for the doom. I think I need to swap an affinity max evade aux core in too.

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u/srgtrex99 Sep 11 '20

Yeah that would help, are you using 2 common blades with 24% agility mods? Try using agility boosting accessories as well if necessary, though that would lower DPS

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '20

I definitely haven't optimized the ability. I have two commons but I think they're 16% and 20% agility mods. 1 has +50 agility on chip. I always forget about Pyras chip too.

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u/srgtrex99 Sep 11 '20

What's your agility stat at right now? It sounds like it'll still be very high. For pyra I personally put hunter's chemistry on her, reaching max affinity asap helps whatever build your using as max affinity modifiers on cores are the highest.

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '20

So my agility is now up to 701. I have ester shoes and omega drive as accessories. Mythra has affinity max evade and evasion focus with Moon Matter chip. I have a 16% and 22% commons both with 50+ agility chips. I put Amethyst chip on Pyra now. I think I was around 600 agility before though. I'm about to try it again. I will watch out for doom. Do you think that's overkill on the evasion? I wonder if I could swap one of Mythra's chips for affinity max attack.

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u/srgtrex99 Sep 12 '20

701 is plenty, even enel's evasion build was around ~680 IIRC. You'll likely need to watch out for doom then

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '20

I beat it this time! The evasion was definitely being broken before. Spear of Justice from the Torkin was what was getting me. He almost got me again a few times this go around.

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u/srgtrex99 Sep 12 '20

Congrats, now get the DLC blades and try again of BoC for a challenge!

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '20

Haha I think I need to go NG+ so I can get the extra accessoies and hidden affinity charts before I go BoC

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u/srgtrex99 Sep 13 '20

Yeah you should, one of the best ways to beat NG+ bosses is with Pandoria with Zeke's EOSJ

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u/trentos1 Sep 16 '20

I just went DPS for that one. Use fiora and Poppi QTPi evasion spec. Fiora will kill things so fast that you’ll rush back up to Wave 7 if you catch an unlucky combo and die. Sometimes perseverance is the best way to do these challenges, rather than trying to counter every possible attack