How To Use Pyra In Xenoblade 2

[@Movel0]

Pyra will always hold a special place in my heart because she was the first rare blade I pulled.

[@anamethename3327]

Oh boy! Mine too!

[@Samusmetroid1986]

Yeah same... Wait a damn minute

[@codyholley]

So is mine

[@ianbeasley2092]

now wait a damn minute💀

[@randomguy-ze3lv]

You don’t pull Pyra she just spawns in

[@Lando-My-Love]

Pyra’s ability to transform into a superior character is actually inspired by Zelda from Super Smash Brothers Melee

[@Azurald55]

This aged well.

[@robotdobot321]

@@Azurald55 it really did

[@YungLex]

@@Azurald55 full circle lol

[@danm8004]

Very nice

[@Agumon2509]

This aged well

[@moberlysquad67]

The thing that upsets me the most about Pyra is when AI Rex switches to Pyra and completely ruins the team because Mythra team buffs are gone.

[@sunname6252]

Makes me wish they took (or improved) ally AI settings from games like Tales of or Dragon age.

[@Pixk4]

Soo this

[@buddymmx3936]

I literally can’t not be on rex because I’m the only one working in this relationship

[@Tachtzehn]

Same, it's even more grating on harder difficulties, where victory hinges even more on Mythra's evasion buff. AI Rex will swap Mythra to Pyra if you start a blade combo with any element that can combo into Fire on the next stage and he stays on her for what feels like ages. Meanwhile your party gets wrecked because no Mythra support. So if you want Mythra in the fight but don't feel like playing Rex all the time, you're locked out of a lot of the more accessible blade combo routes. Can't start a combo with Brighid or Pandoria, can't start with Poppi A or QT's default elements, can't do Volcano (best base dmg for DoT) etc. This ends up being a real pita on fights where the enemy's enrage timing is somewhat unpredictable, such as ch.4 endboss on BoC (doing NG+ off the back of a barebones pseudo-speedrun of the first playthrough where I tried to keep rare blade use to a minimum and only kept like 5k gold and some ODPs). Play as Rex and try to kill them quickly, and they enrage before you've got a full party gauge or lv.4 special ready to survive rage strikes or Stellar Explosion (Cressidus' AoE launch) which frequently one-shots AI Rex/Nia even if it isn't a rage strike. Not to mention the risk involved with having to switch to Pyra for the lv.4, since Mythra's can't be used indoors. Play Tora and the others die because AI Nia doesn't understand the importance of keeping everyone's HP topped off on BoC (even with double arts recharge pouch items she has trouble keeping up because the AI doesn't have an adjustable HP threshold for panic heals). Tora doesn't have the self-sustain at this point to solo the fight. You end up playing Nia and doing a whole lot of waiting, sitting on your lv.4 special to survive 1-shot attacks, and having Mythra use specials to try and build the party gauge for eventual coffee with milk. It's BoC so Mythra on AI Rex won't be able to build the gauge fast enough to do solo combos. Meanwhile Tora can't use his specials at all because then Rex will swap to Pyra, losing the evasion buff, and then it's only a matter of time before Tora gets toppled/launched and subsequently destroyed. The battle pace is like wading through molasses because a lot of the options that would speed it up result in your AI members doing unthinkably dumb stuff to throw the fight heavily in your opponents' favor. I'm disappointed that Kingdom Hearts 2 has more advanced party AI config options than this game, and KH2 is a 15 year old game where your party members are so non-vital to success that memes have been made about how unnecessary and useless they are outside of spamming cure/potions on you when you're at low HP, lol.

[@juanjosedelpinorivas7099]

@@Tachtzehn I realized how important Foresight is against Carlos. It's absolutely critical to combine Mythra and Shulk to have an evasion build effective enough to survive that fight. I learnt that the hard way. It's extremely annoying when drivers do whatever they want like swapping blades at any moment. Here I was removing blades from drivers to make it work somehow. Eventually I just put Shulk with almighty Zeke and Rex with Mythra and I went for it with Tora. I ate a couple of shockwaves with my face but I succeeded. I'm proud I could defeat Carlos and Ken un BoC but the Poisoned Paradise is still impossible for me, that challenge is a nightmare and a big part of the problem is, apart from all the crap put together in that fight from some jerk in Monolith, the lacking AI from this game.

[@thisimagelooksslightlybett1020]

I think... I think they could have done a "Foresight" parallel by giving Pyra a party-wide damage boosting skill. I'd actually really enjoy seeing that.

[@kenjitakashima1041]

so many things about this game can be prefaced by "if corvin and qtpi didn't exist..."

[@thisimagelooksslightlybett1020]

Fiora too

[@thisimagelooksslightlybett1020]

But less so

[@justice8718]

*Underestimating Fiora.

[@finnabus633]

Such an underrated blade and character, can’t forget who started this adventure in the first place!

[@petereckersley9789]

I am proof you can forget anything from the start of this game.

[@bullshark1747]

What

[@claire4710]

Stronger waifu wins

[@Jan-vp9qt]

*overrated

[@Walican132]

Jin? Malos? Tons of blades started this adventure before her lol

[@xenosonic9x414]

"So all you have to do to activate pyra's special technique is press up on the d-pad and she instantly transforms into a better blade. Alright, jokes aside, Pyra is a very decent blade that is overshadowed by Mythra most of the time." They had us in the first half, not gonna lie.

[@avibi]

I just wish Pyra gained some sort of Mythra related skill buff after Chapter 7 after having tapped into her potential back in Tantal when she threatens to call upon Siren's power. I love them both, thank you very much for all these amazing guides Enel.

[@stormwaltz3600]

I like the thumbnails for this vid and the Mythra one. How Mythra’s model in the thumbnail is from a great fight cutscene, while Pyra’s model is from that one sweet cutscene with Rex. Silently showing the characters of the two, nice touch

[@stormwaltz3600]

The Pandoria one is nice too

[@Yo5463]

What I see in Mythra is someone with a lot of power and an even greater burden. At the start of Torna she is an absolute brat but by the beginning of XC2, she's far more responsible if quite cold. Looking at Pyra, I feel like Pneuma evolved into someone familiar with understanding, kindness, forgiveness and love. You know, the important things in life. I like them both but If I have to choose, It is Pyra whom I want walking by my side. Only now the Territorial Rotbart won't pummel me to dust for trying. Thank you for that

[@brennencramer2497]

I was kinda hoping that you would mention the fact that Pyra actually has 2 level 4's, but I guess that makes more sense to go into the Catalyst Scimitar video. Awesome content as always, but watch out for burnout.

[@auroricaura]

Yeah, you don't wanna get hit by that DOT effect by churning out too many high quality videos

[@souio]

I like how under purifying flames she asks, "Is there a way for me to be more useful...?" Yes! Several!

[@thetoragod654]

Meh, Tora think Pyra is amazing! Mythra is very mean to Rex-Rex and sometimes Tora. Will never forget time when Mythra sleep walk and wake up in guys room only to then throw a pot at Tora's head...

[@juanjosedelpinorivas7099]

'Tora thinks Pyra heavier for sure' 👌 That line literally had me like 5 minutes laughing hard.

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

Now, I'm thinking about that cutscene, but when Mythra hits Tora, the Taco Bell sound effect plays

[@ethanator6015]

@@Fermin-hw5pd I now want to see someone edit that sound into the cutscene.

[@SirBanana1992]

"Pyra's best ability is to press up on the D-Pad to become a better blade." mmm, where have I heard this one before... "Zelda's best move in melee is her down special where she becomes an actually good character"

[@fl0w_contr0l72]

Flame Nova: Daniel Prominence Revolt: The cooler Daniel

[@TheEmperorGulcasa]

I feel like Pyra should have unlocked a second less basic skillset later into the game, kind of like dagas.

[@ShadowSkyX]

Or add a new one in ng+. Some blades definitely needed a better affinity chart with better skills and unlocking a new chart after going into ng+ with S rank or higher would make sense.

[@justice8718]

@@ShadowSkyX Like every Rex exclusive blade that isn't Mythra and her ascended form.

[@robberto3197]

Swimsuit > skill tree. Love Pyra

[@NebulaAlterna]

Very happy I found your channel. I’ve finally gotten a chance to get into Xenoblade, I’m playing XC1 Definitive right now and your guides have really helped a lot. So I just wanted to say thanks for everything you do, it is very much appreciated. Have a great day :)

[@baronhdl5861]

If she had a better skill than purifying flames, like a crit boost or damage additive she’d honestly be a monster since blade art boost is huge and having 50% crit damage is huge

[@michaellally1574]

0:56 That blink scared me

[@mectainea5575]

Man imagine if purifying flame had a 25% chance to to one shot non boss enemies with up to 100% HP at level 5, sure its still not great but it could have some niche use against the Urchon’s (or maybe bringer of chaos) as I’ve found them to be on the more tanky side.

[@EnelXC]

would be much better that way

[@juanjosedelpinorivas7099]

Yeah, if it was like that it would be awesome for crowd control. Imagine Carlos challenge. You have to kill a ton of enemies before him, it could be an interesting setup to use Pyra for that but because there are other AoE monsters like Corvin, Dagas and Kos-Mos this is forgotten, not to mention the skill itself is pretty useless even at level 5. Maybe the devs nerfed that skill because it was too strong and it was left like that along with giving her only 2 Aux Core slots instead of 3 as well as Mythra.

[@kinh0t]

no, itd be OP

[@papaG6423]

Despite Mythra being better in several areas, I find Pyra's specials I find to be better than Mythra's on most, if not, all fronts. 1. Her Level 4 can be used at any time 2. Her Level 4 charges faster 3. She has an easier time pulling off blade combos 4. She can do 72% extra damage during blade combos 5. She can possibly instakill an enemy with a special below when the enemy's health is 20% 6. Fire orbs are easier to break in Chain Attacks 7. Her criticals during her specials do more damage thanks to one of her passive skills. Essentially, while Mythra's passives greatly benefit driver arts, accuracy, evasion, and crits for quick, spammable driver arts, Pyra's passives greatly help with specials and blade combos for massive damage. Because of this, it's great to use Mythra and charge up the special meter by spamming arts and crits. Then, once you get level 4 (or are ready to do a blade combo or chain attack) switch to Pyra to deal great damage and then switch back and repeat. I think this balance really helps both characters compliment each other and excel as a deadly unit. The Aegis is really fun to play because of this.

[@dtizet6275]

another great video, i just finished the game last week (took me 320 hrs and 3 years lol) now im doing some post end game things and preparing my gear to ng+ , so all your videos help me a lot

[@thisimagelooksslightlybett1020]

I love Pyra so much, like, so much. Anyway, excited for this.

[@johncorpuz3861]

Thank you sooo very much for ALL the high quality and informative vids! As always, looking forward to more!

[@LEGOALEX97]

I clicked this video expecting the opening joke to be ‘switch to mythra’ I was not disappointed

[@BoaFerox]

Great video! I just wanted to mention that the Screen Size setting on your Switch seems like it might be a little too high? The game doesn't seem to fit the screen perfectly, getting cut off slightly at the edges. Not a big deal, just thought I'd mention it since it's pretty easy to fix before you record more (System Settings > TV Output > Adjust Screen Size). Looking forward to future videos, keep it up!

[@EgotisticalAltruist]

Can we get a “How to use Finch” for Luxin?

[@EnelXC]

we will get to everyone

[@arkues]

@@EnelXC wooo

[@juanjosedelpinorivas7099]

I can't wait for Flinch and Electra to be featured. I guess Enel is just wasting his time with QTPi, Kos-Mos, Herald and Telos.

[@kaymancutoff]

@@EnelXC waiting for baes Theory and Zenobia.

[@glen3133]

@@EnelXC even a guide on this normal blade you're forced to keep? What was the name? Ko-something?

[@Wlightning25]

Pyra’s super cute. Shame there doesn’t seem to be too much of a reason to use her over Mythra, but I prefer Mythra anyway. Love both of them though

[@longers1028]

I havent played this game since Challenge mode first came out, but I still find these videos to be incredibly interesting.

[@VonicVolga]

Just wanna say thank you for making these! I recently beat the main story so i wanted to delve a bit into character builds and i'm so happy that Pyra is able bodied! I liked using her but i felt so weak by the end of the run that i swapped over to mythra most of the time....

[@pocketspider]

I feel a bit more validated now when I actually use Pyra in combat even though Mythra is overall better; time to hit some more of those DoT caps! Loving these guides and looking forward to more of them :)

[@aliveisuppose]

0:16 similar intro to your sharla guide, but instead of removing from the party, switch the blade

[@EnelXC]

Pyra is much better though lol

[@aliveisuppose]

Yeah. Sharla: low damage, no chain attack use. Pyra: much better damage

[@dragonmaster1500]

@@aliveisuppose Don't forget her Lv. 3 can prolly see some good chain attack use... if the chain attack lasts that long.

[@ricardotorres1220]

The "Switch to Mythra" joke at the beginning killed me, i still have laughter tears, well done good sir, very well done.

[@jstar3382]

5:19 "how cool it would be if pyra and mythras buffs applied to eachother" fr rex: yes

[@glen3133]

Using pyra and mythra together to support each other is very cool

[@FoxPrimed]

I am thinking of playing Xenoblade 2 later this year or next year. I enjoyed Xenoblade DE so far and I am currently going through a New Game + play through of that game right now. Also Enel, your content on the Xeno series is top notch. That video of yours on the strategy of topple locking for Xenoblade DE made my runs against the super bosses of that game much more fun.

[@cyber_zenith1501]

Meanwhile Sakurai in Smash Bros: Hmmm, yeah I'll just fix the whole character's abilities.

[@carter_jeans8347]

I'll have to give a look at Pyra again. Thanks for the videos Enel.

[@EspressoGuy88]

Just started to play XC2 this week and this video can't come at a better time! thanks for making these useful videos even the game is released a few years back!

[@pepeelghetto1231]

Years later BUT, technically the first Blade you have access to in your party is Dromarch xd

[@movieguy2330]

She's in Smash now.

[@heavylobster4339]

Pyra isn't as good as Mythra, but she's still decent for swapping in and dropping a nice Fire Special every so often.

[@aakashbasu3219]

The DoT strategy can synergize very well with crossette's launching damage skill. If you put her on Zeke (along with a greataxe and Corvin), there's a chance she can come out during a launch if Stone is up, and if tora launches that means a lot of DoT damage! (In my experience)

[@aakashbasu3219]

Or if you're not stupid you could just use dagas instead

[@chrislee9429]

Thanks Enel. Always enjoy your video’s. Looking forward to getting my shirt I ordered.

[@johnsmith-fe4ip]

Always enjoy your videos.

[@richardx1157]

Thanks for this man, I want to bench Corvin to use the blades I like, not to be optimal. I try to use Pyra more than Mithra.

[@aTypicalGabriel]

Very nice video but i kinda was expecting you to say something about the level 4 she has with our favorite welsh cat

[@Beastboy072]

My favorite game ever, the story and romance is literally the best I’ve ever seen

[@aliveisuppose]

2:18 the people designing the game agree with Enel(read what's below the skill description)

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

Well, with that Skill, not really

[@aliveisuppose]

They probably designed it, then made it bad on purpose

[@RyanWoo]

Love this game so much. Thanks for keep talking about it!

[@GrapeKioshi]

That "switch to Mythra" joke at the beginning had me rolling. Poor Pyra. I do tend to use her when I need a fire combo and I do use Mythra to get those specials charged up, but then I always switch right back to Mythra when Pyra's done what I need. I might look into trying to use them both together more to take advantage of what they both have to offer. Mythra's still best girl, though.

[@plsjustnathan1]

I really wanna see a video where he uses the worst blades in the game as a cool team and see what he can do with it

[@CodedGaming]

overclocking bangle + world tree drop + loincloth is my preferred setup for damage blades like pyra, takes a little bit of time to set up but the damage is so nice

[@EnelXC]

You'll get significantly more damage with a crimson headband and weapon attachment over a WTD and OCB

[@jeffturk3128]

Another sick video man, keep it up!!!

[@Frog276]

Pyras just my favorite cuz shes nice

[@Zenriesz]

Finally, best girl. PS. Are you ever going to make a video about Xenogears? that'd be dope.

[@______-uw3ei]

I have a question In one of the cutscenes in chapter 2 brighid is weakened by the water and it’s made clear that pyra isn’t because fire isn’t her actual element as it’s mythras light so I was wondering does this translate into gameplay as in is pyra weak to dark or is she weak to water

[@ryuken10]

Dang you really had to come at me like that in the first 20 seconds. 😔🤪

[@flopsy808]

purifying flames reminds me of headshot can instantly kill has a dumb requirement to even instant kill both have 15% chance of instant kill (granted you have purifying flames at level 5) and they are both equally as bad purifying flames because it doesnt boost damage headshot because its on sharla which means *cool off* (oh yeah the cooldown too ig)

[@boohoo723]

I was typing out the Mythra joke just as you said it.

[@dspellcaster1027]

Pyra is the best because 1. Thick thighs 2. Red head 3. First blade and shared her core with us. = Best Blade (aside from Nia)

[@maxechilsemptyspace7184]

I've picked up the game again due to these videos, and have been consistently impressed with how many options are available. However, never really viewed using Pyra at all an option, so it's always good to see that I've overlooked a cool strategy.

[@zipzip070]

I'm fairly surprised this wasn't just 15 minutes of telling people to press up to switch to Mythra.

[@pyranitar]

God she’s so fucking cute why can’t she be real

[@bippzy7283]

Please make a video on optimal possibles common blade(Best combo of skills/stats/element). You don't have to actually pull one, just explain what the luckiest possible could be You are the only one who truly has the information. Thanks for these updated blade guides!

[@EnelXC]

hard to say because there's so many different things it depends.

[@bippzy7283]

@@EnelXC I agree, but I think even trying to understand your options is hard...perhaps you could codify the possibilities so we can make decisions for ourselves.

[@lightningwolf1727]

I really like her character, though I wish she would be a bit better. Purifying flames would instead have a damage boost of 15% to all enemies except humanoid, machines, and titans. (She is cannonically weaker than Mythra right?) Special 1 and 2 have a 25% crit chance.

[@MikeThePsykat]

Pyra actually has a second level 4 special, but it takes a stupid long time to setup, and still isn't really all that powerful. If Rex has Nia in blade form "equipped" and both Nia and Pyra are at max affinity during a battle, they both get a new level 4 special where they both work together with Rex to do some cool looking shit, but, it's not really all that strong. IDK about the exact stats though, and it might be tied to what you decide to name Pneuma. Speaking of Pneuma, since you brought up the idea of Pyra & Mythra sharing skill trees or whatever, imagine if that WAS a thing, but for the Pneuma form only, getting Mythra's crit rate with Pyra's crit power, Mythra's istant arts crit recharge , ect. Oh and imagine if Pneuma also had access to both Prya & Mythra's Aux cores at teh same time too, unless she does, IDK how this shit works, that's why I'm watching your videos!

[@thisimagelooksslightlybett1020]

I see Resplendence as such a beautiful skill, like... it's not particularly the best, but the name is very aesthetically pleasing. Really, this isn't the place for me to talk about how much I love good names.

[@Scerttle]

It’s so strange to me that she has such a bad skill and only two aux core slots. I swear the story blades should have been reworked with the later updates to the game. I don’t see why they couldn’t?

[@juanjosedelpinorivas7099]

Because they would be broken which is hilarious. The strongest blades in the game have 3 Aux Cores like Fiora, Corvin, Kos-Mos or T-los and QTPi goes through the roof with how versatile she can be with Tora.

[@Scerttle]

@@juanjosedelpinorivas7099 Yeah absolutely.

[@blazeworkshopg-unit8250]

Sadly the newest update is that you can have language in Korean and that's it XD

[@Scerttle]

I honestly haven’t had any hopes for content updates since massive melee mythra

[@juanjosedelpinorivas7099]

@@blazeworkshopg-unit8250 I highly doubt Monolith is going to nerf or buff any blade after two years since the launch of the game. They nerfed the gold and silver chips and that's it.

[@vilvethope]

how to use Pyra? Equip Pyra and pew pew everything

[@ProfessorXenoblade]

Enel is the definitive party leader of the Xenoblade KZbinrs

[@conorb.1901]

I think it would have been hilarious if Pyra's instant death thing worked on UMs. That would have been so freaking funny to one shot everybody's favorite gorilla extremely early because you got the instant death.

[@EnelXC]

has to be under 20% health so wouldn't have worked

[@conorb.1901]

@@EnelXC ah, I forgot about the hp requirement

[@arkues]

@@EnelXC but if it didn't have that restriction then......

[@MooshPaw]

I thought her secret technique was cooking Oh wait crossette just got that nevermind

[@Pine2142]

I hereby decree all Pyra SIMPS to be known as Crossettes

[@lpfan4491]

I am a pyra pleb and I am not as great enough to be called a crossette

[@ESw0rdsman]

Don’t forget her synergy with Nia...

[@baked7423]

Even though she is mostly useful for blade combos, I like her and try to use her whenever I can.

[@dugtrioramen]

How to use Pyra: Press the corresponding D-pad button

[@MrSupersmash93]

Nice work, please do Nia, Praxis and Theory sometime.

[@sleeve.3995]

the virgin fusion combo up level 6 aux core for max damage vs the chad gormotti pyra fusion combo up aux core because its cute

[@mattdeniel1886]

I'm waiting for an Electra guide Enel ;)

[@sandwichwithnocheese5194]

Pira es my faforit karakter :)

[@imthelapis]

Was going to make a joke about changing pyra to mythra but you beat me to it on the first 20 seconds hahaha.

[@BronzeMantis]

Thanks for the guide. Enjoyed all the Xenoblade games, but I felt like I never “optimally” played them. Your Xenoblade 1 DE videos helped a ton before my play through. This information will help a lot when I get to my NG+ play through for 2.

[@fierypickles4450]

Cant wait to grab her and mythra's figures

[@oswaldogarcia5898]

I watched this after I just beat the game and are in new game plus

[@GreyDelisleFan]

Pyra is my favourite ❤

[@ItsDrayTV14689]

I love you. Pyra is my waifu after all, so that was meant to her lol

[@qwertyuiop1854]

How to use Pyra: Step 1: Switch to Mythra by pressing D-pad up, down, or right because you forgot to switch to her in the characters menu Step 2: there is no step 2

[@butcherofblaviken4000]

Damn she needs a burn heal for that

[@lilbonsly]

Pyra's got a really cute face, too bad about the rest of the design

[@hallonkatt]

Pyra is sweet and Mythra is spicy. I wonder what that makes Pneuma?

[@scrapyarddragon]

and obligatarily you can just use her to hold a core chip with a stat bonus effect.

[@GreyDelisleFan]

She’s cool ❤❤❤ I mean pyra

[@Sorapie]

Very good guide.

[@dego-mon]

I can now use my favorite (designed) blade better now. Time to take on challenge modes.

[@PokeMaster22222]

What about the Pyra/Nia Lv. 4 Special? Whatever it's called? What stats does this have? Same with the Nia/Pyra Lv. 4 Special; covering them, just for completion's sake, would be appreciated.

[@epicshelterstudio2986]

I never used pyra after i got Mythra cuz she's best girl but i shall use her from now on

[@JesusReboseno-Chief-Of-Seniors]

I Love This Pyra 👍 UA Clan

[@stavros3676]

I know it's late but I wanted to say that your guides have been wonderful, since I got the game recently and was looking for ways maximize the aegis girls. One thing I wanted to ask is if its possible elaborate on your AI morag build. I know she and Nia focus on blade combos but its frustrating trying to set up the Pyra lvl3 and having the Morag AI swap to the smash blade and finish the driver combo before I can apply volcano. How did you do it so flawlessly in the video with Shulk as well?

[@izanagiforsmite4365]

Spoilers This is why I name Pneuma Pyra, I like pyra more than mythra but I never use pyra so it feels like she's still helping