Truly Understanding Combat in Xenoblade 2

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[@EnelXC]

To all the new people watching this vid I apologize for my poor mic quality in the past LOL

[@davidenren6496]

It’s still a great vid, thanks ( T_T)＼(^-^ )

[@Gameboy-2007-yt]

@@davidenren6496 Yeah

[@gachalibra9243]

Mic quality means nothing when a video is good

[@blackhammer5035]

Does the job. I've been watching some of your newer vids (just finished up my XB1DE run, so bought XB2 and waiting for it to install) and am still pretty satisfied with content & quality here. Also appreciate that you avoid spoilers or at least warn for them usually. Looking forward to getting far enough into XB2 to check out some of your vids on specific blades.

[@DS_DoggerX]

Mic quality doesn't matter when the content is this essential. Thanks for your contribution!

[@sinom]

"doing more damage will increase your damage" Thanks. I understand the combat system a lot better now!

[@hylianfelldragon1308]

This floor here is made out of floor

[@zaos7321]

Every 60 seconds in africa a minute passes

[@wasupman2284]

If I pee on the side of the.bowl, i'll make less noise.

[@treykelly3396]

Death is fatal

[@chrisfair3538]

People die when they are kill

[@123goofyking]

"Intros are really stupid" *starts monologuing*

[@darrendsouza6903]

Those who stand still for Auto Attack The Drifting Joycon: Try me

[@conorb.1901]

Oof, I feel this one. Both of my left joy cons drift on the least convenient times, but it's not severe enough to warrant buying new ones.

[@classroomdweller9620]

I haven't been able to play games on my switch because of my broken left joycon

[@nvrmltice]

My Joycon started to drift for the first time playing this game, it was awful

[@capricorncharger518]

My left joycon stopped drifting for no reason at all now my right one is drifting which makes open world exploration hard when the direction I’m moving changes with the camera angle and i have to fight it to use fast travel as well

[@ariannocollana5872]

Ahahah i used the drift to cancel the auto attack animation sometimes

[@fel_7264]

The most rewarding thing is when you’re setting a driver + stage 3 blade combo and you get it at the exact moment the music drops harder than pianos in 80’s cartoons

[@mattcool1046]

true

[@jontybugg1311]

Last time something dropped that hard the war ended

[@minimik75]

@@jontybugg1311 took me a second

[@dmender7882]

Good Xenoblade 2 content in 2020.........truly, a blessing.

[@smashster1787]

Just goes to show how much some people love this game.

[@loto8052]

Blossom Dancing in the face of Xenoblade X titan lv130!

[@keeysOST]

@@smashster1787 Xc2 deserves more credit.

[@krispybowgod9656]

Agreed. I just started playing this game for the first time and found a lack of good KZbin content to help me learn

[@dmender7882]

@@krispybowgod9656 You came to the right place, Enel is the best

[@gavinerickson9392]

Just like all the Xenoblade games, if you don't understand the secret sauce, the combat is miserable, but if you fully understand it, it's piss easy.

[@nickolascrousillat4265]

I didnt know what chain attacks were until chapter 8

[@gavinerickson9392]

@@nickolascrousillat4265 People have beaten X and are also like, "What's Overdrive?"

[@NepheneeGyattRizz]

@@gavinerickson9392 that was me tbh. Even without knowing what overdrive was though I absolutely loved X

[@lightbrand_]

Infinite chain topple locking in Xenoblade 1 let’s go

[@gavinerickson9392]

@@lightbrand_ Evasion!??!!!

[@baronhdl5861]

“This video is probably 2 years too late” Actually you’re right on time

[@angairbender]

watching this in 2022 😅

[@WarrenValion]

The combat system is literally the main reason why I liked the game, lmao. In-game tutorials were hella ass though.

[@faithjolley6034]

I played a whole 100 hours of the game and finished the story without understanding driver and blade combos. The tutorials are very bad, even though I admit I can be a bit dense.

[@potatooolatke]

@@faithjolley6034 it doesn't help that you read through them, play, then go wait what did it say? I wish you can re-read them.

[@mightygalhupo8947]

I went through the entire game and not only did I never find fusion combos (like I wasn’t even aware they existed), I also never realized that to do level 4 specials you had to be at max affinity and close to the blade for a while, I just thought level 4 specials happened when the game felt like it. The tutorials suck ass

[@Frog276]

i LITERALLY started playing again today. this is exquisite timing Enel

[@EnelXC]

Glad to help!

[@bakhurr]

You will like it

[@cumekira70]

Same

[@rocrod430]

Imagine if nintendo just left a link to this video in the Pyra presentation

[@christopherpoussin3948]

I see people saying “those who say the game is slow didn’t go past the intro” comments. And it’s true, but it’s the game fault for taking ages to explain the system... and it’s not even clear. I mean bot everybody wants to look for videos on KZbin to understand the game. It’s a shame because it’s all really good once you really understand it. Nice video tho 👌🏾

[@GNashG]

but since theres a decent amount of depth to the combat showing it all at once would be completely overwhelming, although i agree it should be better at explaining things in general

[@heidilebredo6901]

Well it's an open world game... you're meant to explore and investigate to get stronger and better at the game

[@christopherpoussin3948]

@@heidilebredo6901 And i understand that. My problem is that its really hard to fully understand the *core* mechanics of the game without tuning out of it and looking for information elsewhere (videos/forums). It kinda break the experience imo.

[@heidilebredo6901]

@@christopherpoussin3948 I respect that opinion but for me it is fun to constantly experiment over and over to find out a game's mechanics.

[@moose-mancer]

@@GNashG But it's also not fun if it takes too long.

[@Drewsefer89]

17:56 Even after watching the full video & being able to execute most of the combat I'm still in utter awe at how you were able to take him down so fast.

[@enegizedadam]

What level were you

[@josiahgarber3761]

So, in essence, always make sure to break before doing a blade combo, break/launch/topple/smash as much as possible, vary your combos to get several orbs, break again, and then do a devastating chain attack that you choose which attacks you do intentionally to break as many orbs as possible. Got it...I think

[@golfer435]

Yep, you got it!

[@camredding]

Yep, this is what i am gathering. Plus art recharge specials and damage accessories and aux cores. I also seem to basically always have party gage so i have been using it to avoid nasty enemy attacks even when i have no orbs set. I have watched this guide like 5 times now. Every time i get better at combat. Before i used to think you had to full burst every enemy. Now they all die to a few fusion combos :p

[@RPGeenius]

thanks for the tldr. Even after watching the video I was like... what?

[@soul1795]

I remember it taking me 3 months to fully understand every mechanic in the game *Now all that time compacted into am 18 minute and 44 second video*

[@notreal5826]

I'm in for about 2 or 3 years and still have 0 clue as to what I am doing, the main things I get are driver and blade combos other than that I'm pretty hopeless

[@redcloud7447]

​@@notreal5826 Main thing is you're having fun and beating enemies. I've put in about 300 hours into the game and have comfortably beaten all endgame bosses, but I'm fairly certain my party setups are still not the most optimal lmao.

[@notreal5826]

@@redcloud7447 if I'm honest I just finished beating all the endgame bosses like last month

[@frosticle6409]

I played for about two months and was only at the base level of Xenoblade 2 combat. Then I got torna and I started hitting arts every second and chaining them together and finishing with a special. It was torna that basically cleared everything up for me.

[@jellycore1316]

@@frosticle6409 Ooh, I'm excited to see how Torna'll be for me when I get it! ^^

[@ExtraExtraBig]

This makes xenoblade 1’s combat system look like a walk in the park.

[@asain3586]

@@jeagerist4072 The combat is weak, but goddamn the story is good. Its not jrpg if we not ended up fighting god or demon lord lmao

[@redwolf6213]

@@asain3586 just because the combat system is simple does not mean its weak. Its just different.

[@Ayeato]

@@asain3586 xenoblade 1 has great combat

[@sultan_3864]

@@Ayeato honestly didnt rlly like it tbh. felt really slow for me and in 2 feels fast when you understand the combat

[@tristanneal9552]

Honestly XC1 feels like a tutorial for XC2...

[@themojogamer75]

2:34 Something about Tora auto-attack cancelling with QT Pi looks hilarious.

[@RaptorPotato]

As someone who has recently beat the game and is prepping for NG+, I appreciate this guide a lot because it condenses a huge amount of information that other guides tend to drag out too long. After almost 200 hours I completely disregarded fusion combos and felt that I was missing on a huge part of this games great combat because I couldn't wrap my head around it. I like that you not only explain the mechanics concisely but also point out bad habits and what to do instead. Looking forward to seeing more from you!

[@FayoreiRPGMmag]

I love this game, but I am absolutely guilty of not using pouch items enough! Rectified that immediately starting up my Torna playthrough this week. I immediately saw the art recharge dessert recipe and was like "OOOOH right this exists".

[@jonmcknight18]

Same but thank to cuggaaconroy making a lp of this game has help me out like how special\arts recharge and max up harder items are the best you can get and to stay stocked up on narcpear jelly.

[@MiguelHernandez-lo5lg]

So I've recently been going through xenoblade 2 to mentally hype myself for xenoblade Definitive Edition. I've pretty much mastered the game mechanics, went into regular new game and proceeded to beat every single boss on the first try because orb chain attacks are hilariously op.

[@laynerowland1497]

not gonna lie, im too much of a brainlet for your other guides to help me haha, its too much to think about at one time. i still liked this games combat even if i didn't fully understand it. this video helps immensely so thank you!

[@StarkVS]

War cry : for glory Nia's : "Scottish cat fights sound"

[@milo6169]

It's *WELSH*

[@maycontainnuts3127]

She's fucking Welsh. Morag is Scottish.

[@thefakeollie3417]

@@maycontainnuts3127 Meanwhile I played the whole game in Japanese and don't know what your talking about.

[@maycontainnuts3127]

@@thefakeollie3417 In the English dub, all of the characters have different British accents depending on which titan and kingdom they're from. Mor Ardain is Scottish, Gormot is Welsh, Uraya is Australian, and Tantal and Lefteria are both English, just by Southern and Northern pronounceation respectively.

[@gutsxgriffith6950]

ngl ... i have to play in japenese . i find toras voice in the english cringe lmao

[@alexstewart9592]

While I WILL admit to going for 8-orb chain attacks during my playthrough, I wasn't doing it because I thought I had to, or because I thought it was how you get damage. I was doing it because I was trying to get lots of overkill, and I was only going for it against bosses and UMs. I was also trying to get damage from everything else, and was trying to get a bunch of overkill bonus after using a Chain Attack on foes whose HP was as close to 0 as I could get it without killing them. Incidentally, I have also spotted a small mistake in your video. Upon performing a Full Burst, ALL party members perform a level IV special, but they do it simultaneously and you only have the QTE prompts for the pair you are controlling at the point of the Full Burst, while the AI handles the other two pairs doing their level IV special. Also, you didn't cover healing, and while I know it is pretty simple, there are some people who don't understand how you are supposed to do it, and at least one idiot who was trying to get all their healing from potions, presumably after unequipping their direct-heal Arts (I saw them in the recorded chat in a VOD of a stream once). Finally, while they're not particularly useful for endgame content, the masks that continuously generate aggro are quite useful while normal enemies are a threat, as they work even while your weapon is not drawn and cause enemies that spot you to aggro onto your tank instead of you, making it easier to run (and if you draw and sheath your weapon, the AI will stop and fight, and since the battle ends as soon as the player gets out of aggro range and dead party members revive and heal as soon as battle ends, this makes running even easier), and there are also specific UMs where running certain pieces of equipment can prevent big issues, like running spike damage reduction for foes with high counter damage, or reflect prevention/the item that saves you and gives Unbeatable once per battle against Artifice Ophion to prevent a full wipe to Barrier Field at the wrong moment (incidentally, using a level IV special on Barrier Field will actually cause an invincible effect tag to appear on your driver whenever they hit Ophion if they are not protected against the damage reflection, so you are ACTUALLY invincible during such specials, not just intangible or evading). Finally, while most Special Recharge pouch items are pretty bad, there is one item with 2 per second and two with 1.5 per second, which is enough to enable near-continuous use of level I specials (after the bonus charge from getting a Perfect) without ever using an Art when combined, and can thus be used to spam them. Not sure how good the DPS is, but it works decently well, and on Mythra (and sometimes Finch, if she feels like it) you can spam level II specials, which on Mythra is the really good one for AOE damage and general damage.

[@MaxMonado]

For people that haven't beaten the game: THERE ARE SPOILERS IN THIS GUIDE If you're not past chapter 7 I recommend finding another guide, shameless plug but I have a spoiler free combat guide on my channel

[@Scerttle]

Great vid. Brings all together the stuff that I had a vague idea of together and solidified it. Good timing too since I’m considering a replay now I’m quarantined lol

[@skeletor959]

Enel videos make me happy, I'm glad to hear you're going to be making more :)

[@leifbarnes5662]

Yay Enel is back! And he's reading my mind as I was just thinking about replaying this game in anticipation for XC1 🙃

[@_GLXC]

my brain when doing schoolwork vs my brain building my next xenoblade strategy

[@callibr8]

Great info on fusion combos! I felt like I was sort of doing this when selecting an art with the metered element but wasnt sure. Love this game! Looking forward to XC DE.

[@lordnoxx9512]

wow, I just started watching your videos like 2 weeks ago to help me be good in the late game and I thought it was a shame that you were not active, cool to see you back :D

[@xaviorffviii]

My brain exploded after the orbs, too much

[@Sarnahanfi]

I love that you did all these xc1 and xc2, I just finished xc1 and am now playing xc2 and really enjoying your videos :) all the best tips for the game, ty

[@TerminaSavior]

I shall watch this in just a little while. I still have to get Elma and I'm sure there are some combat aspects Im not quite brushed up on. Loved your Blade ranking list!~

[@TheBandoBandito]

I lost my saved data while backing up my games last year and just recently started getting back into Xenoblade. I'm aiming to get all the blades this time and really enjoy all of the expansion pass content I never touched, thanks for the upload.

[@geraldgreen6794]

I stopped after wrapping up the story mode but found your channel cause I decided to finally try Torna to get ready for Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive edition. Holy crap this video has opened my eyes. I knew all that stuff about blade and driver combos but the thing that blew me away more then anything is how effective break was. Seeing you down these enemies with only level 2 blade combos and only having break active is blowing my mind.

[@shawnmcmillan4438]

Here after the Mythra/Pyra smash bros reveal. Thinking of giving this game a second chance

[@KenLaKen]

its a fantastic story with so many loveable characters and well worth enjoying. It's such a shame how poorly the tutorials explain the mechanics

[@SyIynt]

I did and I don't regret it at all. XBC2 is my new favorite game.

[@EternitynChaos]

Thanks for this, it's cleared up a lot of things I was wondering about

[@jonnydarkfang2816]

Just bought this yesterday so great timing dude!

[@rostadeveloper]

Enel, welcome back! Also, even though I have got xenoblade 2 since release, I am a quite slower player and I still did not complete every challenge battle (during those 2 years, I also completed xeno 1 and xeno X, because I really liked xenoblade 2! - I absolutely love the series) and without you, I would not probably complete half of the challenges where I used skills that I learned from you, really thank you! And do not worry, this video is not the lost of your time (at least for me), because I still sometimes turn the game on and try to complete the remaining challenges :DD

[@bionicallyacomputer292]

HE SPITTIN

[@roxasreturns2183]

Xenoblade definitive:"Now it's show time" Xenoblade 2: "I'm *not* really feeling it"

[@pokalplayer6236]

Currently playing through the story, and I'm definitely trying to tackle post game, this video is immense help

[@keeysOST]

How to know someone only played the intro "the gameplay is slow"

[@babyjiren9676]

yeah lol it's an instant facepalm moment and completely invalidates said person's opinion of the game

[@TKBadMoon]

@@babyjiren9676 Not particularly. It's a fault of the game that it takes several hours for combat to be interesting. The game would be objectively better if the opening hours were more interesting combat wise.

[@babyjiren9676]

It doesn’t take hours. If you had the attention span of anything other than a three year old it wouldn’t be a problem for you. Also, I didn’t personally think the combat was slow, not even at the start. Then again, I’m used to Xenoblade. In my experience the people complaining are people too dumb to figure out the combat system. I was experimenting with augments and combos within the first hours.

[@TKBadMoon]

@@babyjiren9676 Ah yes, I forgot. Your elite gamer brain and heightened jrpg gamer awareness and ability to sit through cringy anime dialogue with repetitive combat is superior. I concede. Thank you for your wisdom, Baby Jiren. Get a fucking life lmao. Online gamers are so pathetic. Biggest complaint about the game overall is it's slow start, but shiver me fucking timbers, not to this ELITE gamer Baby Jiren! I should have known they were all just too stupid to fully understand the full scope of Xenoblade Chronicles 2. With your absolutely massive brain you were experimenting with pressing an entire two to three buttons after auto attacking? Good god. Without access to your weapon chains, skills, etc? Lord have mercy. It takes the any% speedrun of the damn game like 40 minutes to even get to 3 characters while skipping literally everything and this dumb fuck is over here talking about iT dOeSnT tAkE hOuRs

[@keeysOST]

@@TKBadMoon dude you're arguing online, doesn't make you better than you claim he is. Plus my comment was about how to tell people who finished the game from those who didn't. How did this happen?

[@plushbrothers1284]

Man thanks for the video I always wanted to play this game and I really wanted to understand the combat this helped a lot! Even tho some parts are still a little confusing. Thanks again!

[@DICEBOY22]

I've thought about it and have come to this philosophical conclusion that Xenoblade 2 is the Smash Melee of JRPG Battle Systems.... It truly seperates the weak from the strong willed/minded

[@asadhus]

Is the game worth it? I’m thinking of getting it.

[@DICEBOY22]

@@asadhus of course. The only thing though, tutorials can be annoying but don't let them derail your enjoyment of the game. Story yes... You are going to have absolutely nonsense tropes, but the actual focused narritive is really good.

[@jalalal8056]

Nah, Tales of vesperia has insanely complex combat while still being quite difficult

[@joshshackelford889]

glad you’re finally back :]

[@MaNameizJeff]

even as an XC2 vet who has cleared all but like one boss, and most of the trials, I learned a thing or two from this video. During my initial run I was all about the orbs, but I see that if I just capitalized on driver combos I probably would have a better time of it. Although I will say, I am not a fan at all of the tiger shark game so as soon as morag was a choice for tanking, I dropped tora like a bad habbit. Now we have other ways of getting crystals and poppi 3 is just a terminator.

[@soundest8768]

You sound so excited when talking about the more complex details of art canceling and combat techniques, and the tone perfectly conveys the feelings I have for this game’s battle system. I thought it was going to be a joke video when I clicked, (memes like “use poppi qtpi and you’ve already won the game!) but it was actually a very descriptive and understandable guide on how to properly play the game (which I hope newcomers will come to and find out that the game is worth playing after all). Even if I didn’t need it, I’d like to thank you very much for this, because I think that a video presentation with speech like this can teach someone much more effectively than a few scattered read tutorials that don’t seem to matter much when they’re presented.

[@anzack2551]

I'm kinda proud to know that I kinda got the hang of the game's mechanics without a guide for half my playthrough.

[@ShadowChaosKrystal]

I'm doing my first playthrough right now and there is so much depth to this combat. I feel like I have a decent understanding thanks to this and chuggaconroys let's play but it's so easy to forget things

[@tle398]

Just bought this game yesterday to get through lockdown. Thank you so much for explaining the combat system so clearly!

[@charlescaulkins8306]

I actually just started playing this game (after going through my backlog and getting this last christmas) so it's really helpful to get this guide out so relevant, especially when the tutorials in-game just TELL you things and don't SHOW you, which was especially jarring since I lost the first Brigid fight and didn't do any of the cool stuff you just did at the beginning. Thank you!

[@kirbyatethanos]

Still my favorite game on the Switch

[@jlb5287]

I’ve just watched the tutorial and I still don’t get it. I think someone needs to do a tutorial showing specific parts on screen and buttons they press, because a lot of the names are hella confusing.

[@pranavk8293]

I couldn’t agree more Im hella lost on this stuff even after watching this. Feels like i’m hearing a bunch of names and they all sound the same. I understand up to “blade specials” but i don’t understand anything past the skill tree

[@kazutrash6419]

I was always wondering dang why do I have to find so many different blade elements and then this video showed up and god this made xbc2 so much more fun

[@krispybowgod9656]

Subbed and thanks for the great content. For someone just jumping into this game in 2020 I need all the help

[@Thegodofskytidus]

Nice video! Helped me beat level 90 field enemies early at level 50 something during chapter 5 with some of the tips in this video :D sadly the hardest difficulty is still too much for me despite that accomplishment T^T

[@Thegodofskytidus]

Also helped with farming Gold Chips right after that too so thanks for helping me completely roll through a good chunk of the story before stopping for side quests in a few casual hours XD

[@r34dood]

Alright so... I have to auto attack, use my arts, use my level 4 super punch, cancel my arts, chain attack, fuse my combos, open kingdom hearts, travel through the mushroom kingdom, save Zelda, use a water type move with squirtle to get a same type attack bonus, then I use an all out attack with wonder guard as my ability, sacrifice my monsters to summon my blue eyes white dragon in attack mode with exp share as my held item so my personas get more experience, and have my power bounce badge equipped so I can do a total of 2,780,736,375 damage to the enemy, right?

[@corteze91]

This video is EVERYTHING 🔥💯💪🏾

[@bamrazley]

Great video and I wish I had this when I bought it. I'm playing again in anticipation of XC1: DE coming out and this has made life a lot easier. Thanks! Also Reddit's poisoned me because all I can think when looking at 14:34 is 'nice.'

[@NotTerravin]

I'm surprised this was 18 minutes long with how everything was explained it felt no longer than 5 and yet I still feel incredibly informed on my weak points in battle. Thanks for this, I'm gonna try grinding my team to max and taking on the challenge mode and finally unlocking Shulk hopefully.

[@symmetricalface3970]

Appreciate the detailed explanations, I played this 2 years ago and appreciate the re-explanation of it. Could I make a request/suggestion? When talking about specials, combos, upgrades, could you make a box around what you are talking about on the screen, or go to that menu specifically. It makes it a lot easier to understand what you are talking about. You do show menus in parts of the video, but sometimes not while talking about them, such as the upgrades for arts. I don’t mean to be a critic, your stuff is great.

[@PedroVictor-ck3ez]

Nice breakdown of the combat system, thank you!!

[@jstar3382]

how to do the combat: use narcipear jelly lol

[@fearlv1rattata]

I'm definitely going to need to watch this a few times to make sure I understand it. I'm not crazy far into the game because I've just been grinding salvage for no reason.

[@xetrint]

Good video, my man! I absolutely loved taking on post-game, since I really delved into the mechanics at that point, and I'm sure there are many who missed out on a good time because they just couldn't understand or make use of the game's intricacies. Hopefully this will encourage newcomers to really experiment with the options available to them. I wish I had a guide like this when my friend went through the game a year ago.

[@crosslive]

'this video is probably 2 years too late' Me seeing this video 3 years after it went live 😂

[@TheEntireUniverse]

Auto attack canceling completely changes the experience of this game. I restarted my NG+ the game after learning about it and the experience has been so much better and I appreciate this game so much more now.

[@gigglez3036]

Welcome back! Wanna see more guides and speedrun attempts soon!

[@rtg_onefourtwoeightfiveseven]

Great video. One thing you didn't mention was moving around mid-combat - it's not as important postgame but it's still relevant, even more so in the main game, and I see a lot of people wasting time moving inefficiently. If you ordinarily move around during combat, it'll be very slow. Moreover, you'll be wasting time you could otherwise be spending attacking. Fortunately, there is a way around both of these issues: Blade specials. When you send the weapon to the Blade for a special attack, the Driver is able to move freely at their maximum speed, and they also won't be wasting attacking time because the special attack will happen while you're moving around. ALWAYS use this time to reposition and collect HP pots.

[@buddymmx3936]

Alex M. I did that since chapter 2 and I never thought that someone might not do that or think of that :/

[@rtg_onefourtwoeightfiveseven]

@@buddymmx3936 You'd be surprised. It's also one of my two main complaints with Torna's battle system - you can't move during Specials at all, so this method of repositioning doesn't work.

[@alkan8224]

After seeing your videos and guides, especially this one... I started to enjoy the combat system. And I actually was one of those that said "its just plain boring to build up elemantel orbs and pop them up in a chain attack" Im glad I found your tutorials, you really changed that monotonous and boring orb building that the game drives you into.. Thank you!

[@alphabulblax1649]

I am 140 goddamn hours into this game and I'm only just now learning a lot of this. I don't think a game has ever made me feel like an idiot as much as this one did.

[@canadianbacon3846]

I forgot the inn exp mechanic after leaving the game for a month or so.... I was wondering in chapter 7 why the difficulty spiked so hard... I had 20 levels per character that I had to rest at an inn to gain... Me too man

[@ryuki7685]

i learned all of this after beating the game i never understood how to use chain attacks and i never understood how to use pneuma so i was basically only using steam bomb with pyra and nia

[@bloodshot8916]

Incredible information. Playing Xenoblade 1 for the first time now is making me want to go back to Xenoblade 2, which I fell off of. The combat in 2 is a lot deeper than I gave it credit for.

[@christianmario9753]

Very helpfull as a refresher on how everything works as I'm planning on replaying the game on bringer of chaos

[@stigurna]

I'm not the most experienced player of this game (I'm 60 hours in) But one thing that reaaaally peeves me about this game is... it doesn't feel interactive. I can see that there is a lot that you can do in this battle system, and pulling off combos is very satisfying. But I feel like a lot of the time against bosses (at least at this point in the game) they do a really powerful AOE attack with little warning, and it wipes out my team. Also, you can't pick up your friends after they have been toppled which just makes me feel powerless when it comes to defense. At least you can equip break/topple resist, but that's still not the most reliable thing. I guess I just need to get good, but I just liked XC1's visions and how they were telegraphed (except for that AOE vision bug) I'll admit, I may be a bit "elitist." I can apprecciate Monolith going for something different though, and I'm glad people have enjoyed it. It's just been a difficult transition Sidenote: I think a big part of why people are calling it slow is that the pace you are taught things and given new options is pretty slow at the start. You're stuck with Poppi a for quite a while being tora's only blade, it took the game 30 hours to give Rex his topple art, when in XC1 you're taught it in the first 5 minutes. Excuse the wall of text. I'm not meaning to hate on XC2. These are just things that peeve me so far.

[@dryanaa4474]

How do you start chain attacks with like a 900% damage ratio?

[@EnelXC]

Burst symbols are very nice!

[@supersonicfan7]

When you think you “generally” understand how to make decent builds, and then see how far damage can be pushed, it’s kinda eye opening.

[@conorb.1901]

People who say the combat is slow in Xenoblade 2 obviously didn't play very far. This game has the best combat I've ever played and it's going to be very hard to top it.

[@andrexg.7559]

*cough Beatemups cough* cough*

[@Maxwell-TF]

One month ago, i bought xenoblade chronicles 2. Two hours in I searched on google "does the combat get better xenoblade chronicles 2" look at my pfp now

[@finnabus633]

• Maxwell • LMAO SAME

[@Vin50000]

man I'm getting flashbacks to when people talked about the "complexity" of ff15's combat, well at least xc2 has an end game

[@conorb.1901]

@@Vin50000 the combat of Xenoblade 2 is in layers. Everything builds on everything else. Also unlike Final Fantasy XV, XC2 is a finished game

[@hiimarandomweebwithanezuko1317]

I’m getting the game for my birthday soon so this is realy helpful

[@JordiumZ]

Good guide I needed a refresher since I haven't played since 2018

[@calderdouglas8707]

I just starting playing again after a year because I got stuck on malos at the cliffs of morytha, and your other videos really helped me get back into it, and I beat malos and malos and jin. I'm stuck again now on the boss after that (I can't remember its name the giant thing in the land of morytha that likes to explode a nd kill your whole party, and think that knowing all this stuff in the video is going to be really helpful.

[@christianhartselle108]

Ahh xc2 best game ive ever played. im still finding new stuff in it cuz I haven’t 100% it. hope theres more content of it or a sequel or something

[@jaimitox91]

Thanks man! I knew that there was something that i was missing when my six orb combos weren't´t enough to kill the super bosses. The fusion combo explanation was amazing!

[@dannyg88]

I loved the combat. Among the best I’ve played. Admittedly it took many hours before I fully grasped all the mechanics, but once I did it became immensely satisfying and fun. For me it helped to break it down into parts. There’s driver combos, elemental blade combos, and chain attack. Those are the 3 major things and it’s essential players get comfortable with it. From there all the other stuff like blade switching and fusion combos becomes second nature.

[@andyvasquez470]

it starts off very slow is probably more accurately put. But becomes much deeper and more involved as you get further into the game

[@Levolpehh]

I didnt understand the combat until like the final level, then it all clicked and I was like damn I wish I knew that 40 hours ago

[@TrvisXXIII]

I might consider buying this since I’m enjoying the first game, That’s of course if I’m sold on the convoluted combat

[@escapetherace1943]

first game is shulk doing backslash 1X1000000 times. while I enjoyed the characters and adore fiora and think xb1's story was..... a bit more enjoyable xb2's freaking good... the combat is insanely good and just gets better as u level up/grow the blades

[@squibster81]

Enel: “Intros are pretty useless, so let’s get right into this.” Also Enel: *does an intro anyway*

[@EnelXC]

I was dumb a year ago shhhh

[@Dergeick]

Honestly one of the best combat systems I've ever seen in an RPG. I don't even use all the things Enel does but it still feels super rewarding. I just can't get back to turn-based "casting fireball with your mage" type of combats after that.

[@genevieveedouard3327]

Why not?

[@Alex-rj5wp]

@@genevieveedouard3327 probably bc it's not as dynamic

[@jupiter843]

Hey, looks like this vid will be popping off after more people check out xc2 cause of smash, which is great

[@mini-mangames1363]

So literally just started as of a few days ago and was disappointed after seeing just three skills per character, then vandham showed up, taught rex topple and then i realized that the other blade on Rex had launch. So imagine my surprise when i realized i could topple with Rex and also launch with rex while initiating a cancel that gave me a special increase. Long story short i damn near shit myself because i realized how deep the combat actually was. This game's great. Xeno 1 was awesome for pure customization and characters and decent combat. but Xeno 2? I've never got into as many random battles for just fun as much as i have in this one. Truly a fantastic system. I can see now why the Titanic Sank.

[@Banana-cc5rx]

The titanic sank because it couldn't process all the combo information in this one game. Just like me. I am sinking send help

[@drewholiday5085]

Best Xenoblade related channel on KZbin 😁

[@buster8357]

I couldnt get into this game a couple years ago after beating xc1, but i loved xc3. Ive decided to give xc2 another shot and these videos really help. I know im late to the party, but thanks for these videos.

[@kylegutstadt8883]

This is the video I have been looking for since the game came out, so glad I found it on my second playthrough.

[@Road_to_Dawn]

I watched this video right before starting the game, and I’m so glad I did. Fantastic guide breaking down the combat. I’m in chapter 2 so I’ve only just started and I’ve got a ton left to unlock, but I’m already having a blast with the combat. I thought the combat in the first game was fun, but man, it’s got absolutely nothing on the second game. Completely different systems, and the amount of depth and complexity this game has is freaking insane. I can’t believe how unique this is and how much it’s got going on! I’m already in love, and I can’t wait to get even deeper into this thing.

[@olderythia]

Great video! I like how you started from the basics to keep it accessible to new players. I'll definitely be sharing this with my friends when they hopefully get this game with their new switches they bought for animal crossing.

[@Foogi9000]

With xc3 coming out soon I'm replaying xc2 and watching a bunch of guides. I'll definitely have to rewatch this as there's so much info it's overwhelming my brain.

[@SkywardSquittle]

I kid you not, like many other people, I've just gone back to this game to get at the superbosses, so this was a treat to see.

[@GhoulishGhastly]

People talking about the combat is the one reason I haven't bought it ,but your "late" explanation was perfect to convince me to get it, thanks!

[@benalvis6722]

Digging your videos! I'm looking to use custom difficulty to make it a bit harder have you done a bringer of chaos play through yet?