How To Cheese All Superbosses In Xenoblade: Definitive Edition

[@flameguy21]

Imagine being some god like titan and getting tripped up by some brits with a lightsaber

[@lolzilla9317]

Technically speaking he's not brit. Yes his voice actor is british and all, but he's german because he's the reincarnation of Klaus (which is an incredibly german name).

[@jamiestreet7834]

@@lolzilla9317 Shulk is not the reincarnation of klaus/zanza. Shulk was a regular British kid who died after the Monado awakened then klaus/zanza revived him and hid within him.

[@Marcorix2010]

@@jamiestreet7834 Keep in mind though that shulk looks/sounds exactly like klaus in the flashbacks to before the Xenoblade 1 world was even created so given they are identical it would make sense that shulk was always going to be inhabited by zanza and is in fact a reincarnation of him.

[@skycloud4802]

A British speaking Homs. Although since he lived in Colony 9, I suppose he might be considered a Niner or some other weird homage.

[@danknados]

@@skycloud4802 Ninish

[@olderythia]

I didn't even know that topple durations stack. I thought they just reset the timer on the topple. This is LIFE-CHANGING

[@mdm_topplelock]

Yeah same with daze. I was always timing my shaker edge to work once Reyn’s daze move runs out so this makes me feel really stupid

[@amitaish1055]

This can change the future!

[@zypherone]

Now there's a reason to use topple again

[@pacofernandezrodriguez7561]

I dont like that the game dont tell these kind of things...

[@yastafel]

I set up my 3 characters with Topple VI but the status doesn't last that long. I would say the duration is half of what I see in this video. Why is that?

[@orangepotato2112]

Wielder of great Xenoblade Knowledge. Defender of Noobs. He's the hero that sends every enemy running. Enel of Colony 69

[@itsaxel8088]

War hero alongside Duncan, hero of the homs

[@theorangecandle]

Hello fellow orange

[@orangepotato2112]

@@theorangecandle oh hello fellow fellow orange!

[@Unawareofsurroundings]

itsAlex64 hums*

[@itsaxel8088]

@@Unawareofsurroundings my bad, I got it wrong :(

[@YugoShokan-t8w]

This man’s guides always make me feel like I wasn’t playing the game correctly. Keep up the good work man 🎷🐛

[@SomeGuy-ie8ln]

Thanks John Wick from fortnite

[@SoupyLenny]

Thanks John Wick from fortnite

[@WiinterT]

Thanks Jhon Wick from fortnite

[@Holyblades1982]

Thanks John Wick from fortnite

[@starchild4627]

Thanks John Wick from fortnite

[@michaelo4936]

0:30 'Make sure to subscribe it really helps' Reyn: 'I know, I know' Great vid btw

[@EnelXC]

haha i did that on purpose

[@michaelo4936]

@@EnelXC surprised nobody else has seemed to notice lmao

[@SirMisterMr]

2 even cheesier things: -Using Demon Slayer on a low-level bunit near Arsene will always topple Arsene, even outside chain attacks. -If you time it right, you can use Monado Armor so that Daedalus' Laser vision happens while Shulk is casting it but before the buff kicks in - this lets you both cast armor, break the future, and get a talent gauge refill through glorius future (casting Armor's buff before the vision kicks in results in no vision actually happening since chances are the laser won't hit the vision-causing damage threshold).

[@benjaminwilliamchan6481]

00:00 intro 03:00 blizzard belgazas 05:36 final marcus 06:58 ancient daedala 09:49 despotic arsene 11:57 avalanche abaasy

[@mountchoco8174]

Lol i thought when he meant cheese i thought he was just gonna use melia, hide behind terrain so daedalus cant act, then spam elementals for forty minutes til it dies Thanks emile

[@nicholaskimble7191]

Your 69th like

[@epicpigmaster]

You've got me addicted I need daily videos. Character guides please, stop teasing me.

[@EnelXC]

they are coming just as soon as i can max out all the arts on everyone and get specific gems LOL

[@Sundel_Marlutte]

Enel out here making guides that I wish I had 10 years ago when I first played the Wii version.

[@TheoJay615]

Keep up the Xenoblade guides!!!

[@apotato3334]

I don’t even have Xenoblade definitive edition, but your content is so quality that I watch the videos anyways.

[@megametexe5129]

Aww yes topple locking Also known as curb stomping or "kick them while there down!". This is quite an effective strategy IRL and a Surefire way to continuous score Critical Hits on your opponent.

[@BetaNights]

This is awesome, dude! I remember doing this to them in the original game. Also, I always loved your Character/Blade guides for XC2, so looking forward to your character guides for this game too!!

[@thisimagelooksslightlybett1020]

Enel: "I can turn this into a learning opportunity" ... are you *a parent?* XD

[@petit-pedestre2334]

No intro. Right to the point. Love it, keep up the great work!

[@nyarlathotep5020]

let it be known that i was writing this comment for a while before when i accidentally went back to the previous page. i mean it doesn't really matter i just need someone to share the pain for just a little bit. also it means this comment is a bit shorter than it originally was but whatever anyways while you're right that you can kinda just pick and choose from any combination of seven shulk reyn dunban, the usual "best" party for topple locks is seven (controlled), dunban, and reyn. seven's mostly better than shulk because without the m3, they have better party gauge building in general plus you break with air fang, topple them twice, and if you get a continuation, either reapply speed shift or use final cross, and then whale on it with physical arts, rinse and repeat. with the m3 shulk has much better party gauge filling from his crits being guaranteed, so you can use either one you want. something that's kinda cool is that the 3 out of 4 of the superbosses (daedala, arsene, abassy) have this unique counter to topple where it reduces topple by half, so it lasts for 1.5 seconds instead of the usual 3. for daedala, however, since he's a mechon, he gets toppled for an extra 1.5 seconds, so it evens out. belgazas doesn't have anything fancy like that, just a 2.5k topple spike. so watch out for that. it's worth noting that every superboss is susceptible to force topple, like starlight kick, final cross, even roly-poly if you're using it for some reason, since they're not immune to it, but they're also all immune to daze. the reason why final cross fails is that it only topples if its last hit connects. against superbosses though with their level advantage, your ether hit rate is kinda sucky, especially since you can't link melia's enlightenment because no star slots. if the final hit connects then it'll always topple the enemy, regardless of if they're broken or not (unless they're immune to topple). i don't know if you specifically mentioned it but topple plus gems can be hugely useful for any locking strategy since at max, they'll basically double your effective topple duration for each art. it makes topple locking, especially on arsene and abassy a heckuva lot easier and gives you plenty of room to breathe otherwise. topple up, like you said, is great and i very much recommend it if you're planning to topple lock them, since it'll pretty much double your base damage. use both of them, they're both very good. great video dude, i can't really add much else since you ran through pretty much all of the important stuff. one last piece of advice i have is to focus on toppling and auras first in chain attacks and then damage, since they're going to obviously be a lot more important to keep them locked down. good luck!

[@NebbyGotOutTheBag]

fried furret

[@xeartnexus3020]

Do you even persona? 🤔

[@Qazqi]

I recommend having a Lazarus-like browser extension that automatically saves partial text.

[@nyarlathotep5020]

uh i have no idea what happened but i guess someonw got spoiled? enel's vid literally has seven in it and he talks about them, but sorry guys, that's my bad. i hope i didn't seriously affect anyone's playthrough. edited the comment to be spoiler-free now so it should be good

[@flandrescarlet7227]

Excellent content, as usual, looking forward to future videos. I'm glad people like you exist that manage to get people into Xenoblade!

[@Riptide-ik5db]

Take a shot every time he says topple

[@to3681]

Funny how in this game it takes like 3-5 mins to take out a lvl 120 superboss where as in xc2 it takes ~10 seconds

[@EnelXC]

you can get it much lower in this game but you need everything very optimized.

[@RadiantBeachShulk]

That's because Xenoblade 2's damage numbers can be absolutely INSANE with an optimized party. Enel has a video where he modded the game to remove damage caps and Poppi QT Pi was able to do over 200 MILLION with a single hit of a single special.

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

You can defeat XC2 superbosses under 1 minute? Well, it took me 15 minutes to defeat Pernicius Benf, and I am... proud?

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

@@RadiantBeachShulk sure, Popi Gamma (or QTpi) can be a different level of Blade, I had mine equiped with (that item that increases damage if your HP is at 90% or more), and she dealt more than 100k damage in Chains, with 1 hit

[@Senangberhitung]

The chain link in XC 2 give more chain damage and to trigger it its not random chance like in XC1

[@azi7371]

Nice guide! Also congrats on 20k subs!

[@nicksmith7206]

Can’t wait for the character guides, really liking the constant stream of content

[@excellion4356]

My pleads from the first guide were heard

[@StigmaLotus]

Haste from Glory Gauntlets are also pretty handy for auto-attacks which can help with party meter acquisition. Even better if you have Double Attack on the weapon.

[@Luma_64]

Topple locking is op but so fucking fun it’s unfair

[@HumbleDictator]

Dude I’ve just arrived in Alcamoth. Chill with the super bosses. Nah seriously awesome content man.

[@mountchoco8174]

Lol im still at fallen arm. Cant wait to get to end again and again

[@kathrynrovito6855]

@@mountchoco8174 I just got there an hour ago!

[@Shwn-bi1je]

I got to alcamoth yesterday, trying to get all the quests, so im still there. MAN these high entia have a lot of problems, not to mention the father that can lose his children five seconds after you speak to both of them.

[@conorb.1901]

@@Shwn-bi1je I just got to Valak Mountain before deciding to turn back to do sidequests (namely Alcamoth quests abs Colony 6). There's just SO MANY and Alcamoth is so big that it's kind of hard to get to quests that are on the opposite side before the npc checks out for the night. Might just push for Fallen Arm at this rate.

[@jesiahhenderson6449]

damn i'm still at satorl marsh

[@DS_DoggerX]

Man, I remember feeling so badass the first time I beat Avalanche Abaassy, and then people just do him like this...

[@thanatoast8869]

I can’t thank you enough for making this. I remember back when I was trying to play xenoblade on the 3ds there was almost nothing out there. It just seemed like everybody already knew and they weren’t going to talk about it.

[@toonlinkssbb515]

But there was chuggaaconroy...

[@Realag666]

You can actually kite despotic arsene very well, as his range is not very big. Melia is able to Solo the fight if you time your running away and doing damage in between. I believe the spot I used was the big Rock, where I walked in circles and he couldn't keep up

[@mrpibb1129]

Another great guide man. It would be cool to see a guide on the party members arts and which ones are the best to level up first. Your da man bro

[@Rhyme_Time]

Enel: "Make sure to subscribe to the channel because it really does help out so much" Reyn: "I know, I know" 0:36 Also thanks for this guide, I have always been interested to see what topple locking was like.

[@thedelly535]

Avalanche Abaasy: I've fallen! And I can't get up!

[@johnsmith-fe4ip]

Thank Enel. All Of your guides are so helpful.

[@sirbills4929]

If you are up for using a different strategy Melia,Seven and Dunban was my preferred topple locking party. With spear break and starlight kick,Melia can allow you to start topple locking outside of a chain attack. Glorious future linked to melia ensures elemental burst is active for a good chunk of battle.

[@saigaane]

Good guide Enel grats on 20k

[@rashoood1]

As always thanks for the awesome content!

[@EtienneTC]

I beat the level 120 super boss by just playing it slow and safe with sharla (controlled) shulk, and riki. ...it definitely wasn’t as efficient as “cheesing” the boss, but I just made sure to keep everyone’s tension and aura’s up with sharla’s bullets...warned shulk to use monado armour (or sharla’s shield bullet) when there was a vision. ...and just saved the party gauge for revives if anything went wrong. I avoided chain attacks entirely, and a lot of the damage was through Riki’s dots

[@cypher838]

I remember beating avalanche abassy without knowing how to topplelock roughly 5 years ago.

[@BionicLightandShadow]

It wasn't until watching this video that I realized what the pink spikes around some enemies names means. It means they have a counter spike of some kind doesn't it. That's a really useful visual

[@0okaze]

Yet it’s in the tutorial of the game, thrown in your face when you arrive in Makna forest. I swear things have not changed since 2011: some people play RPG but don’t read or can’t understand what’s written.

[@BionicLightandShadow]

I legitimately don't remember the name spikes in the original, unless that's a graphic that was removed for some reason in the 3DS version

[@Felixr2]

@@BionicLightandShadow The graphics were added in Definitive Edition, yes. Just like how the health bar being in the top center of the screen was added in Definitive Edition. But the mechanic and its explanation were already there in the original games. And the tutorials in Definitive Edition were updated to explain that that's what the spikes around the names mean. And Luxin already deduced that that's what they were for from just looking at the trailers.

[@falconstriker87]

Great video! I don’t use this strategy often because I like fighting the harder super bosses legitimately but this is a great guide that can help out with grinding.

[@TimothyGod]

This would qualify as legitimate as it's not game breaking, it's using in game mechanix it's not like it's a glitch or anything

[@0okaze]

This is a legitimate way of fighting and there's no need to grind when you play the game. There are also more effective ways to grind than killing superbosses.

[@apiry]

Great guide as always

[@TheBuffon074]

Back then I never use this method because because it too OP. I always challenge myself without using Chain Attack or Topple lock against superbosses. It take a lot of time but it really fun.

[@MineNAdventurer]

Just wondering, are you gonna do the more memey builds like Dejeweled Shirtless Dunban as well?

[@eweng903]

Nice topple-lock video. With XC could also easily cheese Superbosses with Melia and ether. What always impressed me as a challenge was the less than lvl 99 character team kills of the XC Superbosses.

[@powwowken2760]

I played Xenoblade 2 long before this game, so Fiora being the final party member was the most obvious twist ever, honestly I was more surprised that Reyn wasn't the one who got 'killed' at the beginning of the game, poor guy seemed like a background extra for the entire play-through

[@fathm4623]

On my first playthrough I was surprised it was Fiora killed and not Dunban tbh, but once you get further into Act 1 it becomes painfully obvious through visions and other comments that Fiora's still alive and that Metal face is who he is

[@JustPixelNoIDontWantAnyNumbers]

@@fathm4623 I actually got the Metalface spoiler from Smash ultimate...

[@aperson6505]

To be fair, I think Reyn's character arc is learning to accept his changing role as Shulk's protector - as Shulk becomes more independent and stronger, Reyn's initial role begins to erode and he needs to learn that it's okay for him to just be a shoulder for Shulk to steady himself on as a supportive friend. Sure, it's not the most philosophical arc ever, but I think it works.

[@trentenkarren5161]

Because of despotic arsene's high agility it took me an hour to beat it for the first time, this was also before I discovered some better strategies than I already had

[@michaelthompson785]

Awesome, wish I had this video the first time round, I'll definitely becoming back to it again later on. Also the comments section is also informative & highly amusing 😄

[@bryonic7611]

Can't play this yet but hopefully over the summer my friend will get bored of the game after 100%ing it so I'll get my chance. Still, really happy to see the spike in subs, you really do deserve them

[@0okaze]

Beware! I 100% the game back in 2011, and it's still my GoAT today.

[@kirukiru5924]

Nice guide, maybe unlike back in the wii days ill finaly defeat all 5! Your helping us all become good!

[@PreII]

Really helpful. Keep up the good work!!!

[@diortememirp6204]

Thanks for this vid, I wanna try 100%ing this game but the superbosses were kind of intimidating. And even though I've played this game since it came out 8 years ago or so I'm...not the best at the battle system, so I have no confidence in being able to do superbosses without following a guide veeeeery closely. So this vid hit the spot. Again, thank you.

[@0okaze]

To 100% the game, superbosses are not the difficult part, it's actually not missing quests and some Unique monsters which is harder.

[@theeggo3339]

Soo. I'm using agility up gems but am still having trouble hitting Blizzard Belgazas.

[@EnelXC]

make sure you have agility on everyone from skill links too. if all else fails get some night vision

[@theeggo3339]

@@EnelXC Ok. Will do.

[@Ash-cp3km]

Great and useful guide like always but I have a question, do you ever plan to speedrun XcX?

[@EnelXC]

it's in a long backlog of things i'd like to eventually do lol

[@Ash-cp3km]

@Vesmir nge if you are talking about X you can do a support mission I believe it's called noctilum nights where you defeat a leviathan it gives you 48 BP so you can carry on farming that

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

Man, wish I could play X I mean, I can, but I can't ask for a console right now

[@CalaCrisp88]

As an absolute noob at even basic combat strategies, I appreciate your guides, haha. Keep up the great work Enel

[@mellewindig4722]

These video's helped me understand this game so much more i dont feel like im missing something like with xenoblade 2 where i just didnt understand everything. The only thing i dont quite get is how to optemise chain attack but im also nowere near finished with the game so that isnt a problem yet

[@champ6959]

tks for confirming to me that topple locking is still in the game

[@smashking286]

For other less essential skill links, would Riki’s “Pretty Stars” and “Amazing Stars” be useful, since they increase strength and reduce cool down by 15% respectively during nighttime, and can work alongside Night Vision Gems?

[@astralm8072]

Are you planning to make another video that shows off high damage with this strat? I think this video does a great job of going over the basics of Topple Locking for each superboss, but it would be cool to showcase the damage potential using Topple Up in conjunction with this, in place of AP Up gems.

[@EnelXC]

i'll eventually try to go for max damage setups once i can get all the necessary preparations done lol

[@conorb.1901]

I've seen Reyn hit almost 100k with Magnum Charge/Sword Drive, and I'm only at Valak Mountain

[@JJGamezMC]

maybe i’m just bad but i feel like (without topple locking) the super bosses in this game are much harder than 2 i’m just talking about the base game btw, not challenge mode or dlc or anything like that. now with topple locking is a different story

[@EnelXC]

They are without topple locking yeah

[@SeniorGand]

I can't land a single hit on any of them, even with agility up gems

[@MegamanElric16]

I just got to Chapter 12 and I'm loving the game so far.

[@Bullminator]

I miss smash and lunch ;P It looks hilarious in XEN2.

[@itsSmiv]

I've been topple-locking through the whole game it's great. I just slap some night vision and agility on my party and farm monsters 10-20 levels higher than me.

[@TheTerminator1311]

I have a question. Why I have lower statistics than yours for all characters, if I have exactly the same equipment and the same gems?

[@RyuNoZero]

but can you Topple Lock, without NG+ and No Skill Links? I'm trying that currently and I only need to kill Belgazas and Abaasy it's quite unfortunate that Spike Def VI isn't 100% though

[@silky_merkin]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who misses those damn slower qt circles. Lol love your vids

[@wangzhiqiao1045]

SO good! ty sir

[@michaelcrofton8264]

Thank you for your fine work. It is most helpful. I have a problem with Daedala. I can beat him once in a while but I have trouble keeping him down after I topple him. Then I have to get the party meter up to topple him again. I can usually do that but most times toward the end Shulk can't get his meter up fast enough. Can you tell me what I am mssing?

[@jamesg.4279]

This guide is amazing, however I am still struggling to take down Ancient Daedala. I'm playing the classic Wii version, and in it the boss has an ether field around it that quickly damages you even while it's toppled. Also, do you explain the tension mechanic anywhere? Because I'm still struggling to understand it. Thank you for the help!

[@UnlimitedRun]

4:10 note for others: all the superbosses and some other high level UMs and the final boss have -1.5 secs topple duration on them so it's only 3 secs with topple up (though Ancient Daedala also has +1.5 secs topple duration from being a mechon, so that evens out).

[@kamikazekx1712]

is xenoblade chronicles an RPG? their not really my type of games but this game looks so fun and i love all your vids on it, should i get the definitive edition for switch?

[@EnelXC]

it's an RPG yeah. I personally love this series to death so i'd always recommend buying this game AND Xc2.

[@kamikazekx1712]

Enel thanks. definitely gonna be the next game i get on switch 😁

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

You shouldn't decide if you like a game or not based on the gameplay type, you can just happen to like it even if you are not used to RPGs, for example

[@presion5628]

6:28 Yes I learned the game by fighting Marcus so many times and now I kill the other superbosses buy doing nothing after 1 chain attack

[@tmkai607]

Just beat the final boss. Damn, he’s a joke after toppling him in chain attacks

[@Superricesticky]

I remember accidently topple locking mumkhar during the entire fight

[@sdtrawick]

Why can you not Chain Link with Fiora's Final Cross Art? Is this exclusive to Final Cross or does it affect any other arts?

[@EnelXC]

chain link has nothing to do with final cross, it's just chance chain attack will continue, sahe can't link shulk's skill that gives extra chain link chance is all

[@sdtrawick]

@@EnelXC Oh, I see what you are saying now. Fiora can't Skill Link with Shulk's Chain Link skill. Thanks for clarifying.

[@Beambamosu]

Just a random question i had, auto attack damage is relevant in all types of damage calculation right? Mainly asking about ether arts

[@link28469]

Yeah I don't know. None of this works for me in Valak. I keep missing skill links even with Reyn's ability, and Breaking during a chain works about 20% of the time, and Reyn or Dunban's Topple misses 50% even with good tension

[@EnelXC]

You likely need more agility. It's pretty important in this game

[@link28469]

@@EnelXC Yeah, I just have Agility up V on everyone. I will try more. Thank you for your awesome content, and good job on Monado Heir. I wish I had a shot there lol. Anyway I'll sacrifice another gem for Agility and see what happens.

[@rubendortland7601]

One funny strategy that showcases how absurd topple locking is involves Demon Slayer, Dunban's final art. It forces topple on any enemy in a fight if it finished off an enemy. So what you can do is have Dunban in the lead, max out your party gauge, lure a weaker enemy, weaken it so it is almost dead, attack the big scary enemy you actually want to fight, switch over to the weaker enemy, then start a chain attack. Now you can kill the weaker enemy with Demon slayer, and the stronger enemy is now toppled. This works on any enemy (EDIT: that you can topple), so you can theoretically punch way above your weight with this tactic. This is how I got the Rudra early. You have to kill these lvl 83 Feris in Satorl Marsh and I was around lvl 69. I couldn't hit the Feris even with Night Vision 4 gems on my party, so I cheesed it with this Demon Slayer strategy.

[@0okaze]

Good strategy, this game allows you lots of variety in combat already, there is no true one way to fight, just use the funniest one for you.

[@chowy_]

Great work Enel! But I have a question for you: would you recommend using a set of gems like "Topple Plus + Double Attack" on characters like Shulk, Seven or Reyn instead of something like "Attack Stability + Attack Plus"? I've always cheesed the game due to the topple lock, but maybe it's more fun to overpower superbosses, rather than toppling them endlessly. Considering that the autoattack bug no longer exists, what would you recommend?

[@RadiantBeachShulk]

Congratulations, five days since launch and you've already completely broken the combat system and you didn't even have to play a silly 8-bit minigame trying to pull the Master Muscle Mod

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

I find Tiger Tiger fun, a bit silly, unnecesary hard, but fun

[@PokeMaster22222]

0:40 Excuse me, but why do Dunban's first six Gems have a Q or something over the S? Does this extra letter signify something, considering his leggings and boots don't have it?

[@derpycats8072]

I find Riki useful in topple locking because he has happy happy which very quickly refills party gauge so you can reset the topple counter. Plus he can force topple with roly poly.

[@derpycats8072]

And then with all the chain attacks I just spam final cross with fiora. Reyn’s useful for dazing, re-toppling, and damage

[@derpycats8072]

Oh and can’t forget using lots of initial tension gems on fiora so she can almost instantly use final cross

[@MadrigalNeXus]

7:00 very wide vision range? The things got 360° vision and can attack you from quite far without you being that close

[@sLasHeRxXx07]

Bigger question is how you hit enemies 6 and up levels higher. Beat the 3ds ver and still don't know how shit is addressed

[@EnelXC]

agility and night vision

[@TitaRussellTrails]

Despotic arsene has high agility but it does not matter as much because you can use Dunbans demon slayer to force topple on him by using the weak enemies in the area

[@BlazingBoltAeris]

Out of curiosity Enel, what are your thoughts on XC1's combat compared to that of XC2? Personally, as somebody who played XC2 first and is playing XC1 now, I hate XC1's combat. It definitely feels like XC2's predecessor in that the combat just feels like it's missing something and just feels a bit empty. I can definitely respect XC1's combat for being the starting point for the creation of XC2's, but XC2 builds off of it so much better that it's painful to play 1 after playing 2. The only thing I really like is that you're able to do combos in chain attacks compared to the chain attacks in 2, but the chain attacks in 2 require so much more strategy that they're just so much better than those of 1, even without the ability to combo in them.

[@neonblackbeast7243]

What u need to remember is that this is a remastered wii game which is 10 years old so of course its not as good as 2 since it was the starting point, as reggie once said; if the game isnt fun why bother? It sounds like you aren’t having fun so why are u even playing the game?😐

[@EnelXC]

I much prefer XC2 myself. Once the game had been out for a while i was interested in making a video on my thoughts and comparisons on the game as a whole and it would probably be pretty long. XC2 combat is possibly my favorite ever and 1 doesn't really have the same level of depth, even for a strategy like this it's super straight forward for chain attacking into using break>toppleX10. Even XCX uses a very similar system to 1 but really refined it to be much better IMO. I think xc1 system can be fun at times but it's easily theone i have the least amount of fun with.

[@BlazingBoltAeris]

@@neonblackbeast7243 I'm not saying I'm not having fun, it's still decent, but playing this after 2 just makes me realize how weak the combat truly is here and how perfected it is in 2. XC1 is still a fantastic game, especially when you factor in it's age, I will say that 2 just does everything better and I respected the hell out of the game devs for improving what was originally 1's combat and making it into the masterpiece that is 2. I legitimately believe that the combat system in 2 is one of, if not the absolute best combat systems in any JRPG, so playing 2's predecessor and seeing how lacking the combat is compared to it, I was admittedly a bit disappointed.

[@BlazingBoltAeris]

@@EnelXC I completely agree, the depth in XC2 is incredible, and once you've mastered it, it becomes one of the most enjoyable combat systems I've ever seen, from blade, driver, and fusion combos, to how they impact chain attacks, or even late game with overdrive. It's just a really enjoyable system with tons of flexibility from beginning to end with so many things that you can do in and out of combat to speed up or control a fight. It's a bit disappointing that XC1's is so simple, but at the same time it laid the ground work for XC2 perfectly in both gameplay and story, so I really can't complain.

[@johnclopez96]

@@BlazingBoltAeris xenoblade 2 combat took me at least chapter 5 to get some understanding of the combat then later on I was in love 😂

[@Psiheim]

How do auras work in regards to chain attacks. Are their timers still ticking or are you still reaping the rewards of the aura but the timer is stopped/ slow during a chain attack? Also can Melia force topple super bosses with her kick?

[@EnelXC]

auras are paused in chains so they'll stay up. Melia can do that but it isn't as reliable as other methods.

[@johnclopez96]

I really love this game I'm at level 33 so far and my team are sharla, shulk, and reyn

[@CricketStyleJ]

It's honestly hilarious that Zanza is weaker than a dinosaur.

[@Kaisona2017]

Not just a Dinosaur. He’s weaker than a bunny.

[@isaiahlee2902]

@@Kaisona2017 not just a bunny. He's weaker than a firefly in Tephra Cave

[@TheKingofUruk]

Ah yes the classic gg ez no re strat, Good guide as usual. Are you planning on making any vids on future connected at some point?

[@piousaugustus84]

Man I've played this game wrong for so long. No wonder I died so much. I'm amazed I ever beat the game!

[@olderythia]

I've been farming Blizzard Belgazus for AP up gems, but for my past 3 attempts I just haven't gotten any visions. He'll kill Fiora with his opening attack, but I never get a vision for it so I can't raise tension for the chain attacks. Any idea why this is happening?

[@yuiNuj2013]

how will you cancel the vision ?

[@alexanderbrown8903]

Love your guides Could you make a video for a viable "inner peace" team where nobody has armour but can dodgetank for days?

[@EnelXC]

dodge tanking is easier with armor and agility than being naked, plus gems are just really great in general

[@DivineRainor]

That skill crossed with melias unadorned beauty is really useful for getting through the game when on dunban due to aggro up and it giving him more agility than gems can provide, but in the post game he will get absolutely slapped by enemy ether arts and melt or get debuffed/spiked to death so its best to go back to wearing armour in the late game for slots

[@0okaze]

@@DivineRainor Back in 2012, I never understood what people were talking about with Dunban more efficient naked. As my first playthrough was a 100 % one, I never was in a situation were Dunban naked was more useful than him wearing armors, he was always far worse.

[@DivineRainor]

@@0okaze its literally just due to the aggro/agility. When crossed with melias unadorned beauty you get +50% agility and plus 20% to all stats and +25% aggro and can be gotten from eryth sea. This is overal way more stats and aggro up than gems and armour can provide at that point in the game and dunban ends up with so much agility that hes practically untouchable for that point. It does however drop off later in the game when gems get stronger and ether damage becomes more lethal

[@robertwahlstrom]

All you need to do is to max out your level to 99, max out all your arts, max out all your gems. Equip just the right arts and then your set. But it sort of surprised me he hasn't sort his arts. Personally I usually sort Dunbans break -> topple chain next to each other etc.

[@mikemitchell6265]

Great guide.

[@jaffetramirez4255]

How'd you get meyneth's monado?!??!

[@EnelXC]

fashion gear you get after passing that point in the story

[@bestmimic]

Weird is there ever a situation where you want to use daze?

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

Me at the beginning of the game: No, none at all...

[@quesocoatl21]

Debuff resist" will protect you from instant death Spike damage? Why have Spike resistance?

[@EnelXC]

because other forms of spike damage are not affected by debuff resist. The instant death spike counts as a debuff

[@Felixr2]

@@TARDISES There are other enemies with debuff spikes, but as for just the superbosses yes, that's correct.

[@RaidenKaiser]

I struggle to topple lock still on them damned aura bosses. I know it's my own timing and fault but the 2nd most way I die is doing big ass damage on aura to have it reflect back and one shot me xD the most common way I die is ofc falling...for some reason fall damage is my true personal final boss.

[@thbmeseeks7785]

I want to watch your videos but I just got the game and I don’t know what happens!! I don’t wanna spoil anything rip

[@EnelXC]

They'll still be here when you get to that point :)

[@RedSunFX]

@@EnelXC About the party member, I already spoilt myself by looking into the art book :/

[@aarondx3764]

@@RedSunFX Thats actually tragic

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

Well, at least you are not me I sometimes get spoiled by looking at r34 pictures