rip sharla man also check out the guide if you haven't in the description of the video it's basically enel's character guides -except more in depth- and in text form if you're into that thing, any feedback would be greatly appreciated! gale slash will eventually deal 2x its initial damage over the course of its bleed, so 3x what its numbers say on the arts screen overall. that means it can actually be a pretty decent choice in a big chain since overall it'll usually deal more damage than worldly slash, provided it gets out most of its ticks. the other important thing to mention other than its gimmick for demon slayer is that it actually has a massive arts multiplier, more than even the last hit of blossom dance at level 10+. for that reason, it can be a pretty powerful chain finisher with a super bad cooldown. the only issue is that it's not red, so unless you can use a talent art to combo it off, its reliability to be a thing for max comboes is somewhat inconsistent. that said, it's usually not _that_ bad and if you manage to pull it off, it can be super satisfying. but i do agree with enel's judgement that it's not that great of an art to have for just straight up normal fights. keep in mind that unlike slit edge, worldly slash only has a 20% phys def down rather than 50. it's still good and you should always use it, but it's just important to keep in mind. thunder can be hugely useful to guarantee hits if you're very underleveled and also break visions, including those of talents if you don't have shulk in your party for the easy shield. if you're using it in any other situation - it's mostly eh. remember that peerless does have a range and it's far from infinite. if dunban's other party members aren't close to dunban when he uses it, the strength buff won't apply. but basically peerless good, use peerless. if you want, you can actually give your party members the strength, put on a different aura, and the peerless buff will still be there for the duration of the aura. spirit breath is actually a pretty good aura, but the ai is trash with it since it'll only use it if dunban has a debuff on him. but if you're controlling him, feel free to try it on. the haste buff is actually quite good. serene heart is more for fighting underleveled since in normal fights the extra agility won't come up that often, or at least enough to make it a worthwhile contender against peerless. heat haze has the potential to be great, even his best aura arguably in certain scenarios, but it does require some setup beforehand to make it worthwhile. it's also very useful for topple locking since each hit will give you a bit of party meter gems and skills i mostly agree with, armor gems are more or less kind of universal across the party once you hit the endgame. stuff like debuff resist, recovery up, good footing, spike defense, topple resist, etc. are always good. interesting weapon skin choice... other than that, there's really not much else to say - a lot of the things that apply to reyn also do to dunban, so once you figure him out he'll be fairly easy to get a hang of, both for setup and playstyle. and of course thanks enel for making these videos, they're really great! love u man -nyar
If Demon Slayer is that strong, then it will make some funky Chain Attacks with a Melia/Dunban/Seven team. Discharge > Red Art > Red Art > Discharge > Demon Slayer > Final Cross > Discharge.
no, Gale Slash is a 10 Second Bleed, same as 7, so only 5 DoTs, as oposed to Riki and Shulks Bleed that are 20 Sec so 10 DoTs so for example Gale Slash deals 10000 damage, 20% of that is 2000, at the end of the 10 seconds its Bleed does its a total damage of 10000, so adding both up is 20000 which is 2X damage total and now for Monado Eater, if it does 10000 damage, again 20% is 2000, so after 20 seconds itll do 20000, so after summing them its 30000 or 3X damage
Out of curiosity, since level 12 arts scale linearly, is level 12 Headshot's cooldown something like 15 seconds? Could make for an okay-ish damage set-up in combination with Thunder Bullet and Drive Boost. But of course, the thing that will always hinder Sharla is how tricky it is to use her in chain attacks, I mean, only one red art, two purple arts but one is a non-damage sleep (can be used as first link though), yeah...
TinyKnight The Guardian that's not true, dunban used his right arm to hold a thermos when they were climbing Mechonis to pour water for Fiora. He can still use his right hand but in very limited tasks and tries not to apply pressure as often as possible unless strictly necessary
Shulk: Sharla, could you teach me how to use a rifle sometime? Dunban: So that's how it is? Giving up the sword already, Shulk? Shulk: N-No, that's not it at all! Sharla: I'll let him have a go, Dunban! I use this party just so I can hear this after battle talk
I mean Sharla has many uses in battle like making auras last longer or giving a heat buff. Is more for the main story than post game but saying that she has no use is a little bruh. Still good joke
@@xx_pit_xx8492 The thing with Sharla is that she's the best support, but at endgame, support is optional, so why bring a character that does low-to-okayish damage when you can force your way with full damage chain-attacks? Well, you do it for funsies, and because it's interesting to make it work, as the game is not so hard that sub-optimal strategies are not viable.
Yeah, sometimes I think he could have been the MC of this game with that intro. In some parts he shows leadership and Shulk is more important because of the plot. If the game could have gone in a different direction, I guess Dunban would have been able to master the Monado. Just imagine combined attack with Shulk in a chain attack like in XC2 where blades and drivers share the weapon. Dunban is a really good character and with proper setups he deals tremendous amount of damage.
@@toooydoeur Yeah, but like Xenoblade 1 has the least Game Breaking shit in all of the series and I'd argue all of the cast except Sharla are all very well balanced.
Since playing the game when it first came out, Dunban has been my favorite character in any game. I'm way too old to have a hero, but Dunban is the kind of person I'd hope to be one day.
I’m a fan of tempest kick if you’re running him with Riki and Melia since having a purple art is nice for chain attacks, summon bolt buffs the damage, and the buff removal is situationally useful
“Dunban: "Riki, mighty Heropon, I can see that you are in pain." Riki: "Nothing can beat Riki." Shulk: "Dunban, you're embarrassing Riki!" “ This always brings a smile to my face every time I hear it. Must admit I like having my main team be Shulk, Dunban, and Riki.
Didn't realise this myself until the other day but the game actually sees Dunban as the third character and not Sharla. Since he joins up with you for a couple of fights in Colony 9 and all. So technically Enel hasn't skipped Sharla quite yet
I’m sorry, but when someone pronounces Dunban as “Duncan” all I can think of is Dunkin (Duncan) Doughnuts with his face on them and I can’t help but laugh 💀
As funny as it is (and its hilarious) I still hate IGN for fucking up something as simple as Dunban's name. Like if you actually played the game how would that even happen. Great guide as always, Enel!
@@nintendex9288 So, not-so-fun fun fact; The people who ACTUALLY know what they're talking about don't get to do the videos. They get to write the scripts for other people at IGN to then make the videos, because they are more photogenic or have a better voice, even if they knew nothing about the game; this was all recently revealed on Twitter by an ex-IGN staff member.
Your videos basically taught me how to play Xenoblade 2, so I'm super excited to see you doing these. I can't wait to see what you make of Melia and Riki as I really like using them but I know I'm missing something, I just can't quite figure out what it is yet. Thanks for the content and keep up the good work. Also, Dunban is an absolute boss. He took God's multi-tool and made it work for him
Serene Heart is great if you want to kill much higher level enemies. You can put Dunban in the lead, use it, and topple a high level enemy so your other characters can hit it and topple lock. It's pretty useful for doing quests early like Reyn's 5th skill tree.
This guide wasn't made for regular play, it was made with a maxed out party in mind. So... it's not very useful if you actually want to know how to use him properly throughout the game. Some of those moves he considers bad or just okay can be very good for parts of the game. Properly learning Dunban means you can also properly use him with limited tools.
Thanks ! I started using him at eryth sea, and i Never stopped using him since then And i haven't finished the game yet so a guide is more than welcome
Thanks for the Video Enel. I've watched your videos since you covered Xenoblade 2, but only recently subscribed. I'd love to see you do a video covering Melia in an Ether damage party setup since she's probably the trickiest character to use. I'd also love to see the time attack challenges gone over in detail since not a lot of people have gone over them yet. Anyway, thanks again for the content hope you have a nice day!
I'm glad that I wasn't just being an idiot when I failed to see why naked Dunban would work. I even tried it once because I wanted to see if I was missing something, but it worked about as expected.
As far as I know, it really is only useful when doing low level runs, because the agility boosts are better than the gems available at the time, and you need all the agility you can get. I only say this because the only time I've ever seen naked Dunban be seriously used is people beating the super bosses at like level 40
Really amazing work how each day there is a new video, you are so fast i really like that, i already subbed and cant wait for the other ones i assume Sharla comes now
I was just finishing up watching the previous videos today and thinking that I hope the Dunban video gets released soon. Can't wait to build him all the way up.
Really didn’t understand him the first time I played and struggling to optimise him now so was looking forward to this and Seven to know what some of the best set ups are for them. Reyn has some variance but he is mostly straightforward
My love for One Piece was at it's height when I first played Xenoblade and the moment Dunban was introduced he reminded me of Shanks. They have a very similar voice, are both roughly the same age, are mentors, wield large but not oversized swords and most of all they both lose an arm. Shanks losing his entirely and Dunban's being rendered useless.
Just FYI for anybody interested, Lancelot set has more ether defense, Rafaga set has more physical defense. It might be better to run dunban with light armor though because of his ability for light armor mastery, I don't know though because I haven't run the numbers.
Oh oof, I didn't know only one aura could be active at a time, always started fights by spamming three auras, now I know I basically just waste 5 seconds of my time with every fight, great! I guess Dunban's just so strong regardless that I dont notice only one aura being in effect lol.
speaking as an animation student something you could have done to account for 7 spoilers, at least for her character icon is to put something like a block over her face while editing
I really wish this game had more potent Ether attacks, physical strength kinda wrecks anything without much effort Or at the least, Auras like Berserker and Peerless shouldn’t give such staggeringly high benefits compared to all other auras in the game
6:53 Wild down on Dunban? that must be one rare Arts books lol but yea I really like how in chain attack I dont need to use world slash to get the effect when topple locking.
One thing i dont understand with skill links at 7:48. Does Battle cry give more tension to both shulk and dunban? how do they work? cause i dont want shulk getting more tension, just dunban cause hes tanking
Another great guide. Personally I'm looking forward to Seven guide, I saw some people call her a weak character. I really want to know how to use her properly.
Can you please explain how are you not missing hitting enemies that are more than 6 levels than you? Im at level 85ish and still havent finished the game, just getting into this end-game stuff. I did some googling and i thought having night vision equipped is necessary to hit anything like lvl120 but i didnt see such gem in your setup.
Agility is very important to hit rate and I stack as much as i can, with enough flat agility from gems and skills and buffs at the start of battles you don't actually need night vision for superbosses.
Hi @Enel , loving your guides. Quick question about skill trees: if I'm working on unlocking skills in the bravery path, are my unlocked skills in other paths active and giving me their effects?
Sad that you skipped Sharla, but hey, difficult to argue that among all characters, she has the least damaging potential. I still enjoy to play her, but you really have to bring a lot of proactive arts with reasonable CDs for her gameplay to really be engaging, not just heals.
"The TRUE HERO of the Entire Game” First time hearing that claim. Is it because of the way he plays or his contributions to the story? (I see that argument more for Kallain, Egil or Alvis)
Great video as always! I did have one question however: How did you farm enough Affinity Coins in order to link certain skills? I always seem to have a problem with linking certain skills when I’m near the end of the game.
I used Sharla for a lot of the early game and started to feel like I was lagging as I reached midgame...switched her out for Dunban and used the tips from this vid and I'm never looking back!
There is one use for Demon Slayer other than as a Gimmick. Chain attack burst damage. Demon slayer's slow cooldown is poor for over all damage despite it's high damage but with Chain attacks you can use it after a topple stack to deal huge damage if your talent gauge isn't up. Mainly I see it less of a gimmick and more as a continuation of damage. If you used your Talent art and your ally has used theirs or used a Green Art prior then there's no reason for you not to use demon slayer.
When I play sulk + dunban and Reyn, it's really hard to keep the group alive if I have a unique mob or Boss to fight and even multi mob pack. I always I have to get back a heal and remove Dunban. Any idea why.? I'm 39 right now :p
I enjoy watching these videos because I like the gameplay/mechanic analysis, but I have a minor complaint. In each video, arts and builds are considered as if a character has all their arts completely leveled up, or (perhaps more importantly) the video focuses on options only available in the endgame. Obviously, arts are limited by the availability of advanced art books and AP; you won't have anything past level VIII until well into the game (and you therefore won't have 100% uptime on Peerless, or most other auras for that matter). As for the lategame option issue, I think an example may be in order: Debuff Resist gems are not readily available until late in the game, so they are not a valid argument against Spirit Breath's debuff removal effect unless only a late game build is considered. While I think there is a great overlap between arts which are useful early on and those which are good in the lategame, there is nevertheless a difference between how you should use a character in practice for most of the game and a good way to build them to take on endgame challenges. The strategies that work in the last ten percent of the game do not necessarily reflect how a character is used in the remaining ninety percent, which is clearly more important. This may seem obvious in our minds, but making a build to take on Superbosses and calling it a good way to use a character probably won't help anyone beat Mischievous Naberius all the way back in Sword Valley.
I see where you're coming from and i can try to address this better in future videos, all my content on this channel usually focuses on optimization and postgame stuff since XCX and XC2 have much larger postgames than XC1. general principles for much of this stuff still does apply but i can try to keep the midgame stuff in mind.
Enel Yeah, I think the postgame stuff is a pretty big draw for a lot of people. I know that optimizing my party for taking on the Superbosses is a pretty fun part of the game, and certainly something to enjoy. I understand why people talk about that part of the game so much. Either way, I am glad to hear you considered my critique, and I think I would like to hear more discourse on early- and midgame strategies in the future from the community at large. I think the Xenoblade Chronicles community has a strong understanding of the metagame, but certain aspects of the game are underdiscussed. Still, since what you focus on is postgame content and optimization, by all means keep doing what you are doing!
rip sharla man
also check out the guide if you haven't in the description of the video it's basically enel's character guides -except more in depth- and in text form if you're into that thing, any feedback would be greatly appreciated!
gale slash will eventually deal 2x its initial damage over the course of its bleed, so 3x what its numbers say on the arts screen overall. that means it can actually be a pretty decent choice in a big chain since overall it'll usually deal more damage than worldly slash, provided it gets out most of its ticks.
the other important thing to mention other than its gimmick for demon slayer is that it actually has a massive arts multiplier, more than even the last hit of blossom dance at level 10+. for that reason, it can be a pretty powerful chain finisher with a super bad cooldown. the only issue is that it's not red, so unless you can use a talent art to combo it off, its reliability to be a thing for max comboes is somewhat inconsistent. that said, it's usually not _that_ bad and if you manage to pull it off, it can be super satisfying. but i do agree with enel's judgement that it's not that great of an art to have for just straight up normal fights.
keep in mind that unlike slit edge, worldly slash only has a 20% phys def down rather than 50. it's still good and you should always use it, but it's just important to keep in mind.
thunder can be hugely useful to guarantee hits if you're very underleveled and also break visions, including those of talents if you don't have shulk in your party for the easy shield. if you're using it in any other situation - it's mostly eh.
remember that peerless does have a range and it's far from infinite. if dunban's other party members aren't close to dunban when he uses it, the strength buff won't apply. but basically peerless good, use peerless. if you want, you can actually give your party members the strength, put on a different aura, and the peerless buff will still be there for the duration of the aura.
spirit breath is actually a pretty good aura, but the ai is trash with it since it'll only use it if dunban has a debuff on him. but if you're controlling him, feel free to try it on. the haste buff is actually quite good.
serene heart is more for fighting underleveled since in normal fights the extra agility won't come up that often, or at least enough to make it a worthwhile contender against peerless.
heat haze has the potential to be great, even his best aura arguably in certain scenarios, but it does require some setup beforehand to make it worthwhile. it's also very useful for topple locking since each hit will give you a bit of party meter
gems and skills i mostly agree with, armor gems are more or less kind of universal across the party once you hit the endgame. stuff like debuff resist, recovery up, good footing, spike defense, topple resist, etc. are always good.
interesting weapon skin choice...
other than that, there's really not much else to say - a lot of the things that apply to reyn also do to dunban, so once you figure him out he'll be fairly easy to get a hang of, both for setup and playstyle.
and of course thanks enel for making these videos, they're really great! love u man
-nyar
If Demon Slayer is that strong, then it will make some funky Chain Attacks with a Melia/Dunban/Seven team. Discharge > Red Art > Red Art > Discharge > Demon Slayer > Final Cross > Discharge.
Is the doc glitching or does it end when riki’s gems are about to be discussed?
no, Gale Slash is a 10 Second Bleed, same as 7, so only 5 DoTs, as oposed to Riki and Shulks Bleed that are 20 Sec so 10 DoTs
so for example Gale Slash deals 10000 damage, 20% of that is 2000, at the end of the 10 seconds its Bleed does its a total damage of 10000, so adding both up is 20000 which is 2X damage total
and now for Monado Eater, if it does 10000 damage, again 20% is 2000, so after 20 seconds itll do 20000, so after summing them its 30000 or 3X damage
Out of curiosity, since level 12 arts scale linearly, is level 12 Headshot's cooldown something like 15 seconds? Could make for an okay-ish damage set-up in combination with Thunder Bullet and Drive Boost. But of course, the thing that will always hinder Sharla is how tricky it is to use her in chain attacks, I mean, only one red art, two purple arts but one is a non-damage sleep (can be used as first link though), yeah...
@@myhr2320 technically you can use her talent as a gambit and to kick her out of the chain and continue without breaking the chain
Born in a world of strife, against the odds, we chose to FIGHT
BLOSSOM DANCE
@@toooydoeur most people wouldn't notice that mistake
Jethilius Avalar I didnt notice until someone corrected him so guess you are right 😂
@@jethiliusavalar6449 so what did u or him notice there is no need for this 😑😑😑
I was going to do that
You forgot to explain Dunban's other special ability that only he can do and no other party member can do, he climbs ladders ONE HANDED
is he able to use his other hand or not
@@unreal4good367 Sadly no, he hurt his arm holding the monado.
TinyKnight The Guardian that's not true, dunban used his right arm to hold a thermos when they were climbing Mechonis to pour water for Fiora.
He can still use his right hand but in very limited tasks and tries not to apply pressure as often as possible unless strictly necessary
@@africanamericanwargreymon6341 well something is better than nothing, good to hear he didn't have to cut it off
Nah Shulk in Future Redeemed
Ah yes, my favorite Dunban art, wild down. 6:50
😂😂😂😂
man you all know what i meant...
@@EnelXC yeah I do but it's funny 😂
I love how dunban, melia, and reyn are the only characters who can kick god in the shins.
Seven can as well in the shins and the nuts with one art
Electric nutbuster!
I can completely believe all three wanting to do so for their individual reasons.
Shulk: Sharla, could you teach me how to use a rifle sometime?
Dunban: So that's how it is? Giving up the sword already, Shulk?
Shulk: N-No, that's not it at all!
Sharla: I'll let him have a go, Dunban!
I use this party just so I can hear this after battle talk
The same thing happens with Melia instead of Sharla
Melia Riki and Reyn have a really good one too
I think Sharla actually says: 'Aww, let him have a go, Dunban.'
I love when Melia yells about Reyn, "The head! Shoot him in the head!"
@@allenjenkins06 melias best line
When the Sharla video comes out:
“Please take a look at my other character guides.”
**Video ends**
“Consider the bench.”
"The best way to use Sharla is by linking her skills to actually productive party members"
Sad because I actually quite like her character and design. I've seen some people try to make her do damage but she really just does suck
I mean Sharla has many uses in battle like making auras last longer or giving a heat buff. Is more for the main story than post game but saying that she has no use is a little bruh.
Still good joke
@@xx_pit_xx8492 The thing with Sharla is that she's the best support, but at endgame, support is optional, so why bring a character that does low-to-okayish damage when you can force your way with full damage chain-attacks? Well, you do it for funsies, and because it's interesting to make it work, as the game is not so hard that sub-optimal strategies are not viable.
How am I supposed to use other characters when the game introduces Dundun so early?
Yeah HE is one of a kind and so broken.
Yeah, sometimes I think he could have been the MC of this game with that intro. In some parts he shows leadership and Shulk is more important because of the plot. If the game could have gone in a different direction, I guess Dunban would have been able to master the Monado. Just imagine combined attack with Shulk in a chain attack like in XC2 where blades and drivers share the weapon. Dunban is a really good character and with proper setups he deals tremendous amount of damage.
I felt this way about Zeke in XC2 aswell haha im drawn to those type of badass characters
Shulk using Monado Buster with the Junk Sword just makes me laugh every time
My favorite has to be Monado Cyclone where he holds up the Junk Sword and everything around him just falls down
@@conorb.1901 And then of course theres the cutscenes, where the junk sword still has the Monado blade, and the Monado Arts display on it
@@thomasjunker5415 yep, junk sword Monado is hilarious
The voice crack at 5:05 gets me every time
Enel releases a dunban video: "Sorry to have kept you waiting"
ELECTRIC NUTBUSTER when I saw this upload.
hm yes, shocking
the virgin duncan
vs the chad DUNDUN
“Dunban, the true hero of the entire game...”
Has someone forgotten a certain Heropon? I mean, he’s no Poppi, but still
Enel hates Riki
Riki is probably the second weakest party member. Better than Sharla though. (I personally think top 3 is between Melia, Reyn and Seven)
TheCrazyNintendoMan ! 2 is amazing what are you on about
@@toooydoeur Yeah, but like Xenoblade 1 has the least Game Breaking shit in all of the series and I'd argue all of the cast except Sharla are all very well balanced.
@@chrono7318 He's a guy who doesn't allow others to have opinions, I'd say we should ignore him from now on.
Dunban, other than Seven, is like the best AI party member. He just fills whatever role you need, and is great in ever single party combination.
How To Use Duncan* in Xenoblade: Definitive Edition
Pls shut up
Dunbon* they fixed it
Adam Encinas Is that how the fixed it!? lol
I cant wait for the guide of the Mighty *Napon* Hero RICK
Guys, I’m just making a joke about how IGN pronounced the name.
Since playing the game when it first came out, Dunban has been my favorite character in any game.
I'm way too old to have a hero, but Dunban is the kind of person I'd hope to be one day.
you're never too old to have a hero
I’m a fan of tempest kick if you’re running him with Riki and Melia since having a purple art is nice for chain attacks, summon bolt buffs the damage, and the buff removal is situationally useful
“Dunban: "Riki, mighty Heropon, I can see that you are in pain."
Riki: "Nothing can beat Riki."
Shulk: "Dunban, you're embarrassing Riki!" “ This always brings a smile to my face every time I hear it. Must admit I like having my main team be Shulk, Dunban, and Riki.
The rate you're pumping out these character guides is a gift. Subbed, and thank you.
It's Christmas all over again
We ordered room service an hour ago! Keep up there good work!
Ah, given you seem to have skipped Sharla, you must be saving the best character for last!
of course!
Didn't realise this myself until the other day but the game actually sees Dunban as the third character and not Sharla. Since he joins up with you for a couple of fights in Colony 9 and all. So technically Enel hasn't skipped Sharla quite yet
@@kevinh6045 big brain
@@kevinh6045 wouldnt he be the first tho?
Y’know, I really like the Sharla guide man; it tells newcomers a lot about her character and gameplay.
I’m sorry, but when someone pronounces Dunban as “Duncan” all I can think of is Dunkin (Duncan) Doughnuts with his face on them and I can’t help but laugh 💀
As funny as it is (and its hilarious) I still hate IGN for fucking up something as simple as Dunban's name. Like if you actually played the game how would that even happen. Great guide as always, Enel!
"That's Dunban over there"
These are the same people who said "xHaHoRt" and eRaQuEeS" in their Kingdom Hearts 3 analysis. Can't spell Ignorant without IGN.
@@nintendex9288 So, not-so-fun fun fact; The people who ACTUALLY know what they're talking about don't get to do the videos. They get to write the scripts for other people at IGN to then make the videos, because they are more photogenic or have a better voice, even if they knew nothing about the game; this was all recently revealed on Twitter by an ex-IGN staff member.
America runs on Dundun.
I love waking up(I live in Australia) and then just seeing an endless upload
Excellent video as always! Looking forward to tomorrow's (if it's the character I think it'll be). Let's press on!
Dang, Junk Sword Buster did a lot of damage to Belgazas
I used Jaws of Death when I fought Zanza for the first time and it actually saved me from a party wipe lol
You can't imagine how useful are your guides. Thank you so much Enel!
Great thanks for clearing up all the auras, always found them overwhelming, but now I'm truly peerless!
Your videos basically taught me how to play Xenoblade 2, so I'm super excited to see you doing these. I can't wait to see what you make of Melia and Riki as I really like using them but I know I'm missing something, I just can't quite figure out what it is yet. Thanks for the content and keep up the good work.
Also, Dunban is an absolute boss. He took God's multi-tool and made it work for him
Serene Heart is great if you want to kill much higher level enemies. You can put Dunban in the lead, use it, and topple a high level enemy so your other characters can hit it and topple lock. It's pretty useful for doing quests early like Reyn's 5th skill tree.
This guide wasn't made for regular play, it was made with a maxed out party in mind. So... it's not very useful if you actually want to know how to use him properly throughout the game. Some of those moves he considers bad or just okay can be very good for parts of the game. Properly learning Dunban means you can also properly use him with limited tools.
cant wait till he gets to riki.
"just spam all your arts then go afk"
Nailed it
*Comes back to see that the enemy’s corpse is frostbitten and somehow on fire at the same time, with poisoned blood around their mouth*
I’m not watching these videos until I get Definitive Edition (I never played the original just X and 2) but these thumbnails look amazing!
Enjoy the game its one of the best JRPGs ever created.
Thanks ! I started using him at eryth sea, and i Never stopped using him since then
And i haven't finished the game yet so a guide is more than welcome
Dunban was a mainstay in my team after I saw Blossom Dance for the first time. The man is a one arm killing machine.
Im just praying for a 'Say Sorry' build for Riki on the text guide, i love that art so much.
Great video as always!
I just got there level 10 art book from unique monster hunting! Enemies are really going to feel it now!
I've just started playing this game (Chapter 7) and your guides are super helpful!
Thank you 🎃
Thanks for all of these guides man.
Bro I always assumed only the confuse resist applied to the whole party when using peerless and the strength up was Dunban only. That’s fucking crazy
Great video. Looking forward to Sharla.
Thanks for these man, I love using the Dunban, Shulk, Reyn combo and these guides have been really helpful.
Wanna show appreciation towards the clean looking thumbnail arts. When the series is completed, the playlist is going to look sick
Thanks for the Video Enel. I've watched your videos since you covered Xenoblade 2, but only recently subscribed. I'd love to see you do a video covering Melia in an Ether damage party setup since she's probably the trickiest character to use. I'd also love to see the time attack challenges gone over in detail since not a lot of people have gone over them yet. Anyway, thanks again for the content hope you have a nice day!
I'll be doing melia tomorrow
"I don't have time for small fry!"
Great video. Looking forward to more character guides.
Born in a world of strife!
Against the odds!
We choose to fight!
BLOSSOOOOMM DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNCCCCCCAAAAAAAA!!!!
I see you are skipping over the top-tier party member. Do you know that you can't go through the game without her healing?
/s
even
Her crit healing is insane
She Is the best
Yeah when I put crit combo on Seven she literally always heals so you’re quite right /s
Healing for plebs. True patricians keep unloading Thunder Bullter with Drive Boost up untill cyberdemon dies.
I'm glad that I wasn't just being an idiot when I failed to see why naked Dunban would work. I even tried it once because I wanted to see if I was missing something, but it worked about as expected.
As far as I know, it really is only useful when doing low level runs, because the agility boosts are better than the gems available at the time, and you need all the agility you can get. I only say this because the only time I've ever seen naked Dunban be seriously used is people beating the super bosses at like level 40
Really amazing work how each day there is a new video, you are so fast i really like that, i already subbed and cant wait for the other ones i assume Sharla comes now
It is so cool to see that my strats/ sets waaay back when I did not read anything on the internet are "Enel approved" :)
I really read the video title as “How to use Dundun in Xenoblade Chronicles DE”
I was just finishing up watching the previous videos today and thinking that I hope the Dunban video gets released soon. Can't wait to build him all the way up.
Can't wait to see the Sharla guide. I found myself enjoying her in combat today.
Really didn’t understand him the first time I played and struggling to optimise him now so was looking forward to this and Seven to know what some of the best set ups are for them. Reyn has some variance but he is mostly straightforward
Reyn sure is having an effect on you when you call Dunban's topple skill wild down at 6:53
My love for One Piece was at it's height when I first played Xenoblade and the moment Dunban was introduced he reminded me of Shanks. They have a very similar voice, are both roughly the same age, are mentors, wield large but not oversized swords and most of all they both lose an arm. Shanks losing his entirely and Dunban's being rendered useless.
Just FYI for anybody interested, Lancelot set has more ether defense, Rafaga set has more physical defense. It might be better to run dunban with light armor though because of his ability for light armor mastery, I don't know though because I haven't run the numbers.
Been waiting all day for this.
Yessss keep em coming! Thank you so much for these!
“I will strike you down and you have become you wretched FOOL!”
Good Boi with best skill links 👌
That’s Dunban over there!
Oh oof, I didn't know only one aura could be active at a time, always started fights by spamming three auras, now I know I basically just waste 5 seconds of my time with every fight, great! I guess Dunban's just so strong regardless that I dont notice only one aura being in effect lol.
Fastest guidemaker. Can't wait for the video on best girl.
Nene obviously Kappa
Dunban's auto is only 5% of the gauge, so yah, Soaring Tempest is sooooo much better.
Especially in groups.
speaking as an animation student something you could have done to account for 7 spoilers, at least for her character icon is to put something like a block over her face while editing
I really wish this game had more potent Ether attacks, physical strength kinda wrecks anything without much effort
Or at the least, Auras like Berserker and Peerless shouldn’t give such staggeringly high benefits compared to all other auras in the game
I'd like to point out that it's possible to do gale slash into thunder since gale slash sends him forward and sometimes straight past a small enemy.
i can't wait for you to speedrun this game
Ur guides are helping me a lot man, tyvm! XD
6:53 Wild down on Dunban? that must be one rare Arts books lol but yea I really like how in chain attack I dont need to use world slash to get the effect when topple locking.
"Dunban is the true hero of the story but not quite as good as Duncan"
L m a o
Dunbon is epic hero when wielding thw Manadon't
The virgin Duncan Vs The chad Dundun
The icon for thunder is a picture of a fist
I'm pretty sure it's just him holding his hand out behind him and shooting thunder out of it.
One thing i dont understand with skill links at 7:48. Does Battle cry give more tension to both shulk and dunban? how do they work? cause i dont want shulk getting more tension, just dunban cause hes tanking
Tension is good for everyone btw, max tension gives so many bonuses
@@EnelXC but won't that make me more susceptible to become the tanker?
Bruh you are churning these out. Thanks so much.
6:50 wild down? What is that? Or am I not hearing correctly?
Nevermind. It's one of Reyn's arts. Pretty sure you meant steel strike.
No one:
Dunban: THUNDER FART MAKES ENEMY DIZZY!
Another great guide. Personally I'm looking forward to Seven guide, I saw some people call her a weak character. I really want to know how to use her properly.
Holy shet i just realized dunban uses blades and his talent art is literally a blade art
Dont mind me. Just waiting for the Melly one so i can figure out how to use her
I am sure the AI can handle it.
oh no
*BORN IN A WORLD OF STRIFE* (guys you're meant to do the rest )
WE Choose to fight!
honestly this is good content!
#Fact! 🎃
Can you please explain how are you not missing hitting enemies that are more than 6 levels than you? Im at level 85ish and still havent finished the game, just getting into this end-game stuff. I did some googling and i thought having night vision equipped is necessary to hit anything like lvl120 but i didnt see such gem in your setup.
Agility is very important to hit rate and I stack as much as i can, with enough flat agility from gems and skills and buffs at the start of battles you don't actually need night vision for superbosses.
Hi @Enel , loving your guides. Quick question about skill trees: if I'm working on unlocking skills in the bravery path, are my unlocked skills in other paths active and giving me their effects?
Yes, all unlocked skills are always active
Sad that you skipped Sharla, but hey, difficult to argue that among all characters, she has the least damaging potential. I still enjoy to play her, but you really have to bring a lot of proactive arts with reasonable CDs for her gameplay to really be engaging, not just heals.
Awesome video as always
"The TRUE HERO of the Entire Game”
First time hearing that claim. Is it because of the way he plays or his contributions to the story? (I see that argument more for Kallain, Egil or Alvis)
it's just a joke cause everyone calls him the hero of the homs
He’s honorary best boy
@@EnelXC Duncan the hero of the hams!!
Great video as always! I did have one question however: How did you farm enough Affinity Coins in order to link certain skills? I always seem to have a problem with linking certain skills when I’m near the end of the game.
You get more affinity coins from fighting and killing UMs for the first time, can get more doing same thing in NG+
I’ve Been binge watching your videos😅main reason I’ve been so interested in the xenoblade chronicles post game is cause of the videos
I used Sharla for a lot of the early game and started to feel like I was lagging as I reached midgame...switched her out for Dunban and used the tips from this vid and I'm never looking back!
Dunban is such a beast in combat
I have a question. When you are done with DE guides, could you do X character/class guides?
"He's gonna stand up really quickly so like I said it's not a topple lock strategy. I *am* gonna topple him again really quickly, though."
There is one use for Demon Slayer other than as a Gimmick. Chain attack burst damage. Demon slayer's slow cooldown is poor for over all damage despite it's high damage but with Chain attacks you can use it after a topple stack to deal huge damage if your talent gauge isn't up. Mainly I see it less of a gimmick and more as a continuation of damage. If you used your Talent art and your ally has used theirs or used a Green Art prior then there's no reason for you not to use demon slayer.
Dunban is my favorite to play as, followed closely by 7.
Here 25 seconds after video upload. Why yes I do SIMP Enel
When I play sulk + dunban and Reyn, it's really hard to keep the group alive if I have a unique mob or Boss to fight and even multi mob pack. I always I have to get back a heal and remove Dunban. Any idea why.? I'm 39 right now :p
I enjoy watching these videos because I like the gameplay/mechanic analysis, but I have a minor complaint. In each video, arts and builds are considered as if a character has all their arts completely leveled up, or (perhaps more importantly) the video focuses on options only available in the endgame. Obviously, arts are limited by the availability of advanced art books and AP; you won't have anything past level VIII until well into the game (and you therefore won't have 100% uptime on Peerless, or most other auras for that matter). As for the lategame option issue, I think an example may be in order: Debuff Resist gems are not readily available until late in the game, so they are not a valid argument against Spirit Breath's debuff removal effect unless only a late game build is considered.
While I think there is a great overlap between arts which are useful early on and those which are good in the lategame, there is nevertheless a difference between how you should use a character in practice for most of the game and a good way to build them to take on endgame challenges. The strategies that work in the last ten percent of the game do not necessarily reflect how a character is used in the remaining ninety percent, which is clearly more important. This may seem obvious in our minds, but making a build to take on Superbosses and calling it a good way to use a character probably won't help anyone beat Mischievous Naberius all the way back in Sword Valley.
I see where you're coming from and i can try to address this better in future videos, all my content on this channel usually focuses on optimization and postgame stuff since XCX and XC2 have much larger postgames than XC1. general principles for much of this stuff still does apply but i can try to keep the midgame stuff in mind.
I beat Mischievous Naberius underlevelled. Don't exactly know how I did it since Titan Stamp would basically one shot my party.
I hate fortress units.
Enel Yeah, I think the postgame stuff is a pretty big draw for a lot of people. I know that optimizing my party for taking on the Superbosses is a pretty fun part of the game, and certainly something to enjoy. I understand why people talk about that part of the game so much.
Either way, I am glad to hear you considered my critique, and I think I would like to hear more discourse on early- and midgame strategies in the future from the community at large. I think the Xenoblade Chronicles community has a strong understanding of the metagame, but certain aspects of the game are underdiscussed. Still, since what you focus on is postgame content and optimization, by all means keep doing what you are doing!
Wow, Rain and Duncan are really good characters
Shut up 🤬🤬🤬🤬
Sweet this helps a lot thank you💕