cordes batchelder what chapter are you on? Cause it's good you overdrived him off of rex. Rex shouldn't be bonded with any rares unless it's required for the story.
Some advice for Dahlia, if you give her the "Elemental Orb Ender" aux core she will break two to three orbs guaranteed. It all depends on the location of the wind orb.
I adore using Agate. Her damage just seemed to rein supreme compared to even main characters. I first had her on Rex, and recently I had her on Morag and I love her on both of them.
Adenine also has insane utility with her weakness damage increase since it's like an 80% damage increase, much better than Dahlia in Chain Attacks for that reason since it let's you kill the enemy faster. Agaeon's perfect Evasion when reaching Max affinity is broken. Electra also comes with her own Block Rate Up V and a counter, while Kasandra can't make much use of Fortune due to her low crit rate. Also KOS-MOS beats Herald due to better element and having an Ether Mod.
I actually really like Godfrey, he carried me through the architect visions of your friends (keeping it vague for people who haven't finished the game yet but if you have then you know what I'm talking about)
@@kretiver1730 I used Godfrey and Electra against them during my first time. Shield Hammers are definitely at their best when you use only one party member.
Robo315 I got them early but since I wanted to avoid spoilers I didn't even use them since I didn't know they were good. Got Vale as nias first blade and zenobia on morag. I'm just now working on them at level 90 -_-
Boreas is so fun. I love his design and his voice. The strategy I use with him is switching between blades to charge his level 3 special then using it to fully heal the whole team. Works pretty well in most cases, especially against multiple enemies.
The list I made Shield Hammers 1.Kassandra 2.Electra 3.Finch 4.Godfrey Chrome Katana 1.Theory 2.Aegeon 3.Percival 4.Newt Bit Ball 1.Boreas 2.Daliah 3.Floren 4.Vess Knuckle Claw 1.Ursula 2.Nim 3.Kora/Adenine (I can’t choose. Kora is good at healing her driver & her level 3 heals really well. Adenine is good for farming & she’s pretty strong) Megalance 1.Vale 2.Wulfric 3.Praxis 4.Perun Greataxe 1.Zenobia 2.Dagas 3.Agate (Would be number 2, but Dagas gives the party damage :/ 4.Gorg Either Cannon 1.Herald 2.KOS-MOS 3.Sheba 4.Azami
lmao exept for the knuckles i got the worst one from every class first i got lucky tho and got ursula when i just started uraya so i could work on her affinity chart immediey
Slobertooth 13 yea theory is good for damage but aegeon helps morag do what she does best and that's evade attacks because alot of his passives revolve around evasion but I wish he was a different element
In my opinion, you should have split the Ether Cannon section. The two are both insanely powerful. Herald has more damage and is able to oneshot liteally anything without huge investment (+she levels up insanely quick), but KOS-MOS makes it literally impossible to lose due to her team healing and increased survivability. Ether Cannons might be the most overpowered wepon class in the entire game, not counting "unique" classes like the Aegis Sword or the Big Bang Edge. ... Could you please extend this list and explain, which one of these unique classes is the best?
I think it depends on playstyle mostly and some Blades are better for certain situations but on average the top ones imo are Corvin, Kosmos, Zenobia, Elma, Herald, Telos, of course Mythra/pyra in their ashended form, being the top ones on my current list, and also depends on how you equip them all can help enhance them make them better. oh yeah I forgot maxing out Poppi and all her forms just cheeses the game, but that could take a while cause I don't intend to play Tiger Tiger Arcade ever again but luckily you can upgrade her in new game + with accumilated exp shop.
I just got Kos-Mos (my last) the other day took about like 300 cores but Launching and SMASHING that Armu was weirdly satisfying I wonder what the DLC will have, there are no Dark or Fire healers or a Earth tank (besides Poppi) and depends what Challenge Mode might be maybe new higher leveled enemies
My only problem with Xenobia is that I focus a lot on driver combos and Roc's smash is a must have on Rex, which leaves me with no air spot left on him. I could just add zeke to the party, but I use Nia for her good breaks (and launch with knuckles) and Tora for having the 4 driver combo elements by himself...
huh, 2 years late but my team playing through the game was super similar to this list, Herald, Vale/Praxis, Mythra was my standard Rex set-up, always Boreas, Ursala, Dromarch for Nia, and either Tora and the Poppi's or Morag with Theory, Kassandra, Brighid. Sorry Zeke, I don't hate you, but you got literally zero playtime in my game.
Another great video! I actually agree on most of your rankings, except one thing. Shield hammers: while I personally like Electra more, I agree that Kasandra is better overall. Chroma Katanas: Totally agree. Theory is the best, and one of my favourites in the whole game. While Aeageon is great, to achieve his dodge potential, you either have to be low on hp (and that is a bit dangerous for katanas, as they are more fragile than shield hammers), or move around a lot (bot then you can't attack). Bit Ball: No contest. Boreas is amazing. Not to mention his affinity chart is super easy to unlock (if you have enough money and money making is easy in this game). Knuckles: Again, no contest. Ursulla is the best healer in the game. But her affinity chart is soooooo bad. How many hours do you actually need to unlock that sh*t?! 20? 30?! Goddamnit... Still not done. Spears: Yeah, Vale is kinda ahead of everyone in regards to damage. Wulfric is good, but driver combos are usually very short, so the window of opportunity is very narrow, so it can be hard to unlock his full damage potential. Praxis is good, but falls behind a little. Perun is strong solo, but that is pretty boring. Axes: Yeah, Zenobia is amazing. So is Dagaz. Others are not so much. Ether Canons: I would place KOS-MOS on the first place, as she has amazing utility, and I think her lvl 1 special actually deals more damage than Herald's. At least it did in your video. Another thing why I placed Herald on second place - she really struggles with aggro, as she has no aggro reduction whatsoever. And with her damage even the best tanks will struggle to keep aggro to themselves. Sheba has amazing damage potential, but it takes too much time to get it. And Azami... She is in a sad place. Her normal damage is horrible when compared to other Ether Canons, and it is very hard to achieve her true damage potential with the way healing works in this game. I'm sure, that If you have 1 hp remainig, you will deal a lot of damage. But I have never seen her passive kick in on my story playthrought, let alone on superbosses. It's too bad, considering her great design as a character.
I find nim to be the best healer and I had her on Rex almost the whole game. Healing the whole team full with a level one special that is super easy to get is amazing. She also does a ton of damage
Fun fact i didn't know kasandra was actually from salvaging early on in morArdain part of the game and I ended up getting her 2nd from Last, and last being Telos lol
U should make a video on the best 2-3 blades of each role/class (probably besides poppi since people would want to use these blades together). Especially now is a good time since every pre golden country Blade has been released
Have checked over and over your videos, which is very useful information since I started playing all over again. But since all drivers can use up to three weapons each at most the question popped up, what weapons each character should focus their builds on. Both Rex and Zeke seem to be Great axe users of what I've seen, as same for either cannon
Vale and boreas were the first two blades I got in chapter 2 and they made the game pretty easy going. I never had to much trouble against special beasts even if they were 20 levels above me. Nia/Boreas is pretty awesome.
This is a videogame first and foremost! As well, it's not like this is a competitive game where you MUST use certain blades in order to succeed. I personally like to use Crit/Heal setups on mah gurl, Kasandra! (Moon matter chip, Crit Up V aux cores). It's not the best, but I love using it!
Most of the story based blades are among the most useful, in their own way. Poppi QTπ has great damage output, Mythra (at least to my knowledge) builds party gauge the fastest out of every blade, while Brighid and Poppi Alpha are immortal tanks.
I've actually been quite lucky with "random" blades. I didn't watch a single strategy or battle guide whilst playing through the main story. It turns out I accidently came close to having the best team possible. Still trying to get KOSMOS, Vale, Perceval, Dahlia, and 1 or 2 others.
Current Character Setups: Rex: Pyra-Mythra/Zenobia/Roc Nia: Boreas/Floren/Ursula Tora: Poppi/Poppi QT/Poppi QTπ (...duh) Morag: Brigid/Theory/Perceval Zeke: Herald/Vale/Wulfric I rarely use Nia anymore, but Rex and Tora are usually a lock. I'll juggle Poppi's Cores based on whether I use Morag or Zeke. I was hesitant to go double Wind on Rex, but once I figured out Roc's critical rate reaches 76% with Crit Up V and Moon Matter Chip, I didn't feel so bad about it anymore. Also, Topple/Launch/Smash on Rex is always worth it. Sometimes I'll run Herald/Sheba/Azami on Zeke if I want to ensure a Driver combo for farming.
I remember that kosmos was my third rate blade. Think I got her near the end of gormott and didn’t touch her until I was showing my blades to my friend and he flipped his shit when he saw kosmos
I was about to say you forgot about the twin ring class, but then remembered Dromarch is the only one. As a healer though, besides Ursula, who would you say is the better healer between Dromarch and Boreas? Great video!
This is a bit late but after the dlc I'd say the strongest is the Cloud poison boss in Challenge area, that killed me over n over for hours what a troll that boss is, its not the boss thats powerful its the poison that gets you cheesed the most and the boss also casts Doom so without protection against that your as good as dead lol
Awesome video man i really appreciated this and question, which driver should I give what healer? I unlocked all of them first and I really don’t want rex with all of them, do you have any recommendations for who gets what? Especially for post game bosses
My suggestion would be to put bitballs on Nia, Zeke and (if you want Morag). Knuckle Claws can go on Nia and Zeke. For a healer on Rex, I suggest giving him Kora.
1st common core I opened I got xenobia on Rex I cared so much because in my other play through I opened 20 legendary cores none of them were xenobia and none were rare blades the logic is stupid
Is there a video to showcase which characters should get which rare blades? I ask because in my playthrough for Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Nia managed to get all three blades for the CLeared of all Charges quest and it can't be active unless all three are in the party so I sent Godfrey to Zeke. Was that a wise option?
Imagine my happiness when Vale was the first Attacker Rare Blade and Ursula was the first Healer Rare Blade that I pulled....and both came before I even headed off to rescue Nia in Chapter 2. :P
gamester512 lies you can't open crystals until about gormott I had watched my cousin play to about that point and he had the expansion pass but whenever he tried to get the crystals from the pass it said he needed to progress
Steve TheCrafter that’s a good team the second u get KOS MOS though make sure she’s on Zeke and try to max her ASAP Herakd and her can be game breaking in Zeke
I have 2 Rare Blades left to get. Vale and Adenine. I got KOS-MOS as my most recent Rare Blade, and was using Truth boosters to go for Adenine at the time.
I've felt the same on several of the ones I've gotten, but just have to chalk it up to RNG. I'm just missing Percival, Adenine, and Kos-Mos in chapter 8.
Hmm... I agree with most of your list, except I would replace Boreas with Dahlia, and Wulfric for Vale... Simply because crit damage is better than sheer damage multipliers
Phoenix 4668 dude just no... Vale does the bets damage and Boreas not only adds a ton of HP to his driver but also has VERY good healing cause it can heal overtime as well
This is my team: Rex: Mythra, Zenobia, Praxis Nia: Dromarch, Herald/KOS-MOS, Ursula Morag: Brighid, Kasandra, Theory With the exception of Praxis, all my rare blades are what you consider the best in their class (I consider Herald and KOS-MOS to be equal, they are interchangeable depending on if I'm going for 5 orbs or 4). Praxis is just for extra utility for her element. I'm hoping that NG+ allows us to transfer blades over so I can try different team builds without RNG.
My sets: Rex: Mythra, Agate, Vale Nia: Ursula, Dromarch, Boreas Morag: Brighid, Aegaeon, Kasandra Zeke: Zenobia, KOS-MOS, Pandoria (everyone says Pandoria is bad, but she's actually not if you max her affinity chart)
my build.. maxed out tora rex: mythra, pandoria, and roc zeke: herald, 2 common blades with over 20% ether boost, one of them being orb master with water element :D or vess with the same two high ether mod commons. morag: brigid, theory, common with high speed preperation, high agility mod or dagas with two high strength mod commons, one of them with orb master bad sadly not water :( nia: kos mos, and two high mod on ether or ursula with two commons, one with high speed preparation and the other with healing wind + bitball. yes im overpowered
Guess im a but late for that game in general but this guide mostly looks at active play right? Meaning the katanas are probably ot that good when u have them on your npc tank right?
I'd probably put Dagas over Zenobia. She is actually WAY too powerful that the tanks really couldn't keep up with her aggro - even Mythra spamming Spinning Edges couldn't do that. Also, I agree with you on Dahlia, but as Floren is way better at healing than Boreas.
Poppi qtpie can kill tyrannotitan in 15 seconds solo, so i think shes the strongest. But herald is only a few seconds behind due her level 1 special during chain attack is slower to use...
This video may be outdated, but I have a question: What core chips were you using in the video? I'm in Chapter 9 RN and I'm not familiar with the looks of the weapons.
Is there anything I need to change Rex: Pyra/mythra Herald Zenobia Nia: Sheba Adenine Crosette Morag: Brighid Kassandra Aegaeon Zeke: Pandoria T-elos KOS-MOS Edit: this is just my postgame build
Rex is mediocre with axes and cannons, nia is fine but not amazing, morag is fine but aegeon and kassandra aren’t very good and if you want to use brighid best you don’t want to swap off of her, zeke is really good
I enjoy running the following team for a quick 4 Orb Build and Full Burst along with making Super Bosses hilarious with Break - Topple - Launch - Smash as Tora's break gives 3 chances for it to occur. Tora - Beta Scope - Hi-Tech Eyepatch Poppi QT Pie Light with one team heal V Poppi QT Fire Poppi Alpha Ice Rex - Overclocking Bangel - Avant Garde Medal Mythra/Pyra Nia as a Blade for orbs mainly and party heal Agate Zeke - Titanium Vest - Avant Garde Medal Vale Zenobia Herald
kinda off topic, i really want shulk either as blade or with alvis as a driver/blade, or even elma and shulk as driver/blade. what i would like even more tho, is if they made zelda a blade and link a driver. i mean, theres already crossover in botw so why not return the favor? :) i want that to happen so bad! Another idea i thought of was robin being chroms blade. ik this will never happen, but i just like it
in my opinion i dont think you should use knucle class blades at all because they arent very good with healing and the only move she can heal is by dropping a potion or 2 and they can die out before you get to them so i dont recomend even using knuckle class blades like at all EDIT: even if they dont change it what if it doesnt work for you what if you dont know how to do it just please if you dont use this tactic stay away from knuckle blades for healing
Just out of curiousity, did anyone bother to finish getting the rare blades that are found from core crystals once you got KOS-MOS? I got her just recently, and don't feel a need to get the rest of the rare blades I haven't found except for Praxis and Theory. The only random non new game+ rare blades I'm currently missing are the cat girl one and Herald.
Hey Nn Li, got a couple of random questions about this game I was hoping you could answer. Is there a "best" kind of pouch item for each character? Right now I'm just using anything that speeds up driver abilities, but the majority of foods I have/use are low tier, to say the least. I've noticed in many of your videos that you tend to focus on getting the Elemental Orbs up, and Driver Combos seem to fall to the wayside. Is that just because of personal preference, or is that the most efficient way of fighting the big baddies if this game? Is it even possible to set up a team to do both the full Driver Combo chain and get elemental orbs?
TubaAssassin pouch items vary depending on what your doing. I prefer running two items that boost special damage as with the right setup you can kill most super bosses after charging a chain att with 1 or no orbs. If you wan't survivability or your farming items than driver art boosting items are preferred as you can heal and smash more often. For your second question driver combos take a paticular setup. Only certain blades break, topple, launch and smash meaning you're limited to running certain blades to preform driver combos. Generally you'll have a party member who can break and Rex at all times so you can topple enemies to hit them for increased damage during the topple and ideally Tora who can preform the whole combo himself although he rarely will finish it without the bangle equipped. While the combos are useful they dont make or break your dps with smash primarily used for trash mobs or farming and there are a lot of better setups for maximizing dps that use blades that can't preform combos. Even if they could you do the most damage with them when something is toppled so you probably wouldn't want to. Driver combos are great when your playing through the story and are useful in endgame to farm but aren't really practical for the endgame challenges which is sort of a bummer cause they're so fun.
I a rex/tora/zeke build so I just put recharge arts on rex since I use a heal blade with him and want quick heals (he's not gonna out damage tora and zeke with mythra anyway) and on the others I just increase special damage. Generally if I'm controlling the character I want arts recharge to increase the pacing and to build my own specials faster, but for the AI I don't really care that much.
Right now, I'm running Rex/Nia/Tora. I have Rex equipped with Pyra/Mythra, Pandoria, and Roc, to go through the combo. Mia sets up Break with Dromach, Boreas, and Vess, although I plan to replace Vess with the Demonetization Bunny once I unlock her to cover the ice element. Tora is just doing his own thing, and I plan to change Poppi Qtpi's element to Dark for complete coverage once I unlock her, too.. If it's really not worth it to focus on the Drive combos, then I'll try to come up with something better
Hot Ruby Steamed Bun + Narcipear Jelly are a great combo for any activity. They increase your art recharge by 0.4s each as well as grant you some -% dmg taken from both types of dmg (main thing you want is the art recharge, as that makes you heal faster, deal dmg faster, hold hate better, etc etc). They're only not too good for Perdido, who shines with auto attacks while on Morag (she has a passive that boosts auto attack speed, otherwise I'd put an Ether Cannon on Zeke or Nia). Perdido's literally the only blade that prefers to auto attack over using arts, so he's a special case.
Once you max out Urusla's affinity you want to die, but she won't even let you do that...
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I maxed out Ursula's affinity chart. It wouldn't do it again, but it wasn't as bad as everyone made it out to be.
that's because you can skip merc talking now
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Thank you SO much.
11:44 "Boreas takes the cake" I see what you did there
I got boreas in chapter 2 on Rex, Not knowing that you can only overdrive a few characters, i overdrived him to nia. Don't regret it.
cordes batchelder what chapter are you on? Cause it's good you overdrived him off of rex. Rex shouldn't be bonded with any rares unless it's required for the story.
Misha just started chapter 5
cordes batchelder ah, well at the beginning of chapter 8 you'll know why to summon blades on drivers other than rex
Misha ok 👌🏻
you can get infinite overdrives easily in the second half lol
Incredibly helpful video! Thank you!
RogersBase ayyyy
someone like you watches youtubers like him?!
Some advice for Dahlia, if you give her the "Elemental Orb Ender" aux core she will break two to three orbs guaranteed. It all depends on the location of the wind orb.
UPDATE: Pandoria is now top tier
The most powerful blade is actually the "Eye of Shining Justice", and its driver is Turters!
UPDATE: Fiora/QTpi is now top tier
Elma/kos-mos/Corvin/Dagas good choice too.
I adore using Agate. Her damage just seemed to rein supreme compared to even main characters. I first had her on Rex, and recently I had her on Morag and I love her on both of them.
Adenine also has insane utility with her weakness damage increase since it's like an 80% damage increase, much better than Dahlia in Chain Attacks for that reason since it let's you kill the enemy faster. Agaeon's perfect Evasion when reaching Max affinity is broken. Electra also comes with her own Block Rate Up V and a counter, while Kasandra can't make much use of Fortune due to her low crit rate. Also KOS-MOS beats Herald due to better element and having an Ether Mod.
I actually really like Godfrey, he carried me through the architect visions of your friends (keeping it vague for people who haven't finished the game yet but if you have then you know what I'm talking about)
Oh,yeah absolutely same for me I struggled there because Rex just dies but once I used Godfrey I came through easily
@@kretiver1730 I used Godfrey and Electra against them during my first time. Shield Hammers are definitely at their best when you use only one party member.
Shield hammers in general hard carry those fights, and those fights alone.
I always look forward to your Xenoblade vids and I truly missed them these past few days. Great to see you're back and better than ever!
HECK YEA, this is what I've been saying, use Blades cuz you want to, not simply cuz of viability.
I got zenobia and vale very early on. Zenobia was my first rare blade...
Robo315 I got them early but since I wanted to avoid spoilers I didn't even use them since I didn't know they were good. Got Vale as nias first blade and zenobia on morag. I'm just now working on them at level 90 -_-
Nice. Love Zenobia and thankfully didn't have too much trouble getting her. KOS-MOS OTHO...
And I got them both last. (Vale near the start of NG+)
69% block rate on such a cute blade? Hmmm nice.
Bitball and Chroma Katana are two classes you just can't go wrong with. Don't think there's anything subpar from either category.
Boreas is so fun. I love his design and his voice. The strategy I use with him is switching between blades to charge his level 3 special then using it to fully heal the whole team. Works pretty well in most cases, especially against multiple enemies.
Right when I was about to sleep, Curse you!!!
Right when I woke up, Thank you
The list I made
Shield Hammers
1.Kassandra
2.Electra
3.Finch
4.Godfrey
Chrome Katana
1.Theory
2.Aegeon
3.Percival
4.Newt
Bit Ball
1.Boreas
2.Daliah
3.Floren
4.Vess
Knuckle Claw
1.Ursula
2.Nim
3.Kora/Adenine (I can’t choose. Kora is good at healing her driver & her level 3 heals really well. Adenine is good for farming & she’s pretty strong)
Megalance
1.Vale
2.Wulfric
3.Praxis
4.Perun
Greataxe
1.Zenobia
2.Dagas
3.Agate (Would be number 2, but Dagas gives the party damage :/
4.Gorg
Either Cannon
1.Herald
2.KOS-MOS
3.Sheba
4.Azami
You made a mistake with your shield hammers, it should be
1. Kassandra
2. Electra
3. Finch
4. Any Common SH
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99. Godfrey
lmao exept for the knuckles i got the worst one from every class first i got lucky tho and got ursula when i just started uraya so i could work on her affinity chart immediey
JoeStar Gamer I definitely agree with your list tho I'd swap Aegeon and Theory.
Slobertooth 13 yea theory is good for damage but aegeon helps morag do what she does best and that's evade attacks because alot of his passives revolve around evasion but I wish he was a different element
@@kodykoch2100 Godfrey exists to go on Merc missions
In my opinion, you should have split the Ether Cannon section. The two are both insanely powerful. Herald has more damage and is able to oneshot liteally anything without huge investment (+she levels up insanely quick), but KOS-MOS makes it literally impossible to lose due to her team healing and increased survivability.
Ether Cannons might be the most overpowered wepon class in the entire game, not counting "unique" classes like the Aegis Sword or the Big Bang Edge.
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Could you please extend this list and explain, which one of these unique classes is the best?
LevelDown soooooooooo true
Really? So far i have only some comon blades with canons and they are not all that good.
That is because the Commons in general suck. Kosmos, Herals and Sheba are probably teh most OP thing in Xenoblade, Herals in particular
KOS-MOS is better than Sheba, as KOS-MOS can wield the light element, and Hyperclock is stupidly overpowered.
LevelDown ua-cam.com/video/A3d2S4nk1No/v-deo.html is Poppi an Ether cannon :"D?
I love my dynamic duo of Ursula and Boreas on Rex and Nia respectivly also fantastic video I love your tier lists.
Awesome video my dude. You deserve to have much more subscribers.
I think it depends on playstyle mostly and some Blades are better for certain situations but on average the top ones imo are Corvin, Kosmos, Zenobia, Elma, Herald, Telos, of course Mythra/pyra in their ashended form, being the top ones on my current list, and also depends on how you equip them all can help enhance them make them better. oh yeah I forgot maxing out Poppi and all her forms just cheeses the game, but that could take a while cause I don't intend to play Tiger Tiger Arcade ever again but luckily you can upgrade her in new game + with accumilated exp shop.
17:50 Rex be ballin here
Hmm, guess I got a really good early heal setup on Nia, with Ursula and Boreas, that I got in chapter 2.
I just got Kos-Mos (my last) the other day took about like 300 cores but Launching and SMASHING that Armu was weirdly satisfying
I wonder what the DLC will have, there are no Dark or Fire healers or a Earth tank (besides Poppi)
and depends what Challenge Mode might be maybe new higher leveled enemies
My only problem with Xenobia is that I focus a lot on driver combos and Roc's smash is a must have on Rex, which leaves me with no air spot left on him. I could just add zeke to the party, but I use Nia for her good breaks (and launch with knuckles) and Tora for having the 4 driver combo elements by himself...
I know vale is better but I always use Perun, she was my first random rare and I like her personality and side quest
huh, 2 years late but my team playing through the game was super similar to this list, Herald, Vale/Praxis, Mythra was my standard Rex set-up, always Boreas, Ursala, Dromarch for Nia, and either Tora and the Poppi's or Morag with Theory, Kassandra, Brighid. Sorry Zeke, I don't hate you, but you got literally zero playtime in my game.
Zenobia's damage 😍
Nice video and big work!
Another great video! I actually agree on most of your rankings, except one thing.
Shield hammers: while I personally like Electra more, I agree that Kasandra is better overall.
Chroma Katanas: Totally agree. Theory is the best, and one of my favourites in the whole game. While Aeageon is great, to achieve his dodge potential, you either have to be low on hp (and that is a bit dangerous for katanas, as they are more fragile than shield hammers), or move around a lot (bot then you can't attack).
Bit Ball: No contest. Boreas is amazing. Not to mention his affinity chart is super easy to unlock (if you have enough money and money making is easy in this game).
Knuckles: Again, no contest. Ursulla is the best healer in the game. But her affinity chart is soooooo bad. How many hours do you actually need to unlock that sh*t?! 20? 30?! Goddamnit... Still not done.
Spears: Yeah, Vale is kinda ahead of everyone in regards to damage. Wulfric is good, but driver combos are usually very short, so the window of opportunity is very narrow, so it can be hard to unlock his full damage potential. Praxis is good, but falls behind a little. Perun is strong solo, but that is pretty boring.
Axes: Yeah, Zenobia is amazing. So is Dagaz. Others are not so much.
Ether Canons: I would place KOS-MOS on the first place, as she has amazing utility, and I think her lvl 1 special actually deals more damage than Herald's. At least it did in your video. Another thing why I placed Herald on second place - she really struggles with aggro, as she has no aggro reduction whatsoever. And with her damage even the best tanks will struggle to keep aggro to themselves.
Sheba has amazing damage potential, but it takes too much time to get it. And Azami... She is in a sad place. Her normal damage is horrible when compared to other Ether Canons, and it is very hard to achieve her true damage potential with the way healing works in this game. I'm sure, that If you have 1 hp remainig, you will deal a lot of damage. But I have never seen her passive kick in on my story playthrought, let alone on superbosses. It's too bad, considering her great design as a character.
Wait til you see the DLC Axe, T-elos... She's probably the easiest blade to hit dmg cap with.
@8:30 I like the irony of Theory "taking the cake" while you fail to gain agro (Zeke is tanking) and then the other two die... heh
Yeah, +dmg Aux Cores/Accessories are infinitely better that +Aggro stuff. +Dmg increases both your Aggro and your (surprisingly...) dmg :p
I find nim to be the best healer and I had her on Rex almost the whole game. Healing the whole team full with a level one special that is super easy to get is amazing. She also does a ton of damage
Yeah! also knuckles are just fun in general on Rex!
Fun fact i didn't know kasandra was actually from salvaging early on in morArdain part of the game and I ended up getting her 2nd from Last, and last being Telos lol
Starts video playing Tora, arguably more fun than Rex, this man's opinions are automatically validated and is a very good boy.
Good Video my boi, keep it up
I just got Ursula early on in Chapter 3. Gonna have fun completing that affinity chart.
Now that it seems all the DLC blades have been released as of the Torna expansions, do you have any plans to remake this video? That would be AWESOME
Great Blade Tier List
U should make a video on the best 2-3 blades of each role/class (probably besides poppi since people would want to use these blades together). Especially now is a good time since every pre golden country Blade has been released
Have checked over and over your videos, which is very useful information since I started playing all over again. But since all drivers can use up to three weapons each at most the question popped up, what weapons each character should focus their builds on.
Both Rex and Zeke seem to be Great axe users of what I've seen, as same for either cannon
Vale and boreas were the first two blades I got in chapter 2 and they made the game pretty easy going. I never had to much trouble against special beasts even if they were 20 levels above me. Nia/Boreas is pretty awesome.
I like seeing what builds other people make while still being stupid stubborn about my casual trashy builds
This is a videogame first and foremost! As well, it's not like this is a competitive game where you MUST use certain blades in order to succeed. I personally like to use Crit/Heal setups on mah gurl, Kasandra! (Moon matter chip, Crit Up V aux cores). It's not the best, but I love using it!
Mythra is so broken at max chart IMO
Also Poppi QTpi with her builds are insane
Most of the story based blades are among the most useful, in their own way. Poppi QTπ has great damage output, Mythra (at least to my knowledge) builds party gauge the fastest out of every blade, while Brighid and Poppi Alpha are immortal tanks.
I'd like them to add an item that lets you add Aux core slots to blades. I think it would make some otherwise lackluster rare blades much more viable.
I've actually been quite lucky with "random" blades. I didn't watch a single strategy or battle guide whilst playing through the main story. It turns out I accidently came close to having the best team possible. Still trying to get KOSMOS, Vale, Perceval, Dahlia, and 1 or 2 others.
So in other words it's a tier list for vanilla xenoblade. Meaning no dlc.
I recently got KOS-MOS as I was taking a piss. Literally.
Mythra, Corwin, Kosmos are the only blades you will need for 45secs boss kills.
Current Character Setups:
Rex: Pyra-Mythra/Zenobia/Roc
Nia: Boreas/Floren/Ursula
Tora: Poppi/Poppi QT/Poppi QTπ (...duh)
Morag: Brigid/Theory/Perceval
Zeke: Herald/Vale/Wulfric
I rarely use Nia anymore, but Rex and Tora are usually a lock. I'll juggle Poppi's Cores based on whether I use Morag or Zeke. I was hesitant to go double Wind on Rex, but once I figured out Roc's critical rate reaches 76% with Crit Up V and Moon Matter Chip, I didn't feel so bad about it anymore. Also, Topple/Launch/Smash on Rex is always worth it. Sometimes I'll run Herald/Sheba/Azami on Zeke if I want to ensure a Driver combo for farming.
The cookie cutter blades for Mòrag are Brighid, Aegeon and Kasandra.
I remember that kosmos was my third rate blade. Think I got her near the end of gormott and didn’t touch her until I was showing my blades to my friend and he flipped his shit when he saw kosmos
Lol I got her a few days ago randomly. She was my second last because I wasn't aware that Herald was obtained from the Tantalese Seal.
I was about to say you forgot about the twin ring class, but then remembered Dromarch is the only one. As a healer though, besides Ursula, who would you say is the better healer between Dromarch and Boreas? Great video!
Thanks for the video as it helps
This is a bit late but after the dlc I'd say the strongest is the Cloud poison boss in Challenge area, that killed me over n over for hours what a troll that boss is, its not the boss thats powerful its the poison that gets you cheesed the most and the boss also casts Doom so without protection against that your as good as dead lol
Bro, dat DPS damage with Poppi QT Pi. Maybe I need to grind some Tiger! Tiger!
How do you do so much damage? I'm level 99 and I dont havy bad affinity. Do you have to be s+ with all those blades?
I think there is s8+ level which takes a while to get to.
@@issaciams no its cause poppi build and aux
Awesome list, where would you put Nia’s blade form?
Awesome video man i really appreciated this and question, which driver should I give what healer? I unlocked all of them first and I really don’t want rex with all of them, do you have any recommendations for who gets what? Especially for post game bosses
My suggestion would be to put bitballs on Nia, Zeke and (if you want Morag). Knuckle Claws can go on Nia and Zeke. For a healer on Rex, I suggest giving him Kora.
Gorg review👏👏
1st common core I opened I got xenobia on Rex I cared so much because in my other play through I opened 20 legendary cores none of them were xenobia and none were rare blades the logic is stupid
Yeah the legendary ones feel like a complete waste
Is there a video to showcase which characters should get which rare blades? I ask because in my playthrough for Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Nia managed to get all three blades for the CLeared of all Charges quest and it can't be active unless all three are in the party so I sent Godfrey to Zeke. Was that a wise option?
Imagine my happiness when Vale was the first Attacker Rare Blade and Ursula was the first Healer Rare Blade that I pulled....and both came before I even headed off to rescue Nia in Chapter 2. :P
gamester512 lies you can't open crystals until about gormott I had watched my cousin play to about that point and he had the expansion pass but whenever he tried to get the crystals from the pass it said he needed to progress
He probably means rescuing Nia from The Ardainian Empire.
My chapter six team looks like this:
Zeke
Pandoria, herald, zenobia
Nia
Dromarch, boreas, ursula
Morag
Brighid, kasandra, aegeon/newt/perceval
Rex
Pyra/mythra, praxis, wulfric
Missing rare blades: KOS-MOS, vale, dahlia, theory, agate, godfrey, nim, finch
Steve TheCrafter that’s a good team the second u get KOS MOS though make sure she’s on Zeke and try to max her ASAP Herakd and her can be game breaking in Zeke
I have 2 Rare Blades left to get. Vale and Adenine. I got KOS-MOS as my most recent Rare Blade, and was using Truth boosters to go for Adenine at the time.
Alex Stewart funny, I got Adenine with 999 luck and justice boosters going for Kos lol
I've felt the same on several of the ones I've gotten, but just have to chalk it up to RNG. I'm just missing Percival, Adenine, and Kos-Mos in chapter 8.
LainK1978 u didn’t get Perceval early on? Wow that must have been tough Perceval is one of the best Dark elements IMO
3:30
You really gonna do ma boy Finch like that?
Ardainian Soldier finch is female.....
Soith 05 okie dokie!
Hmm... I agree with most of your list, except I would replace Boreas with Dahlia, and Wulfric for Vale... Simply because crit damage is better than sheer damage multipliers
Phoenix 4668 dude just no... Vale does the bets damage and Boreas not only adds a ton of HP to his driver but also has VERY good healing cause it can heal overtime as well
3:33 Seriously though he’s not wrong...
This is my team:
Rex: Mythra, Zenobia, Praxis
Nia: Dromarch, Herald/KOS-MOS, Ursula
Morag: Brighid, Kasandra, Theory
With the exception of Praxis, all my rare blades are what you consider the best in their class (I consider Herald and KOS-MOS to be equal, they are interchangeable depending on if I'm going for 5 orbs or 4). Praxis is just for extra utility for her element.
I'm hoping that NG+ allows us to transfer blades over so I can try different team builds without RNG.
My sets:
Rex: Mythra, Agate, Vale
Nia: Ursula, Dromarch, Boreas
Morag: Brighid, Aegaeon, Kasandra
Zeke: Zenobia, KOS-MOS, Pandoria (everyone says Pandoria is bad, but she's actually not if you max her affinity chart)
Pandoria isn't bad. She's just not as good as the other story blades.
That's true, Mythra and Brighid ARE much better than her...
my build..
maxed out tora
rex: mythra, pandoria, and roc
zeke: herald, 2 common blades with over 20% ether boost, one of them being orb master with water element :D or vess with the same two high ether mod commons.
morag: brigid, theory, common with high speed preperation, high agility mod or dagas with two high strength mod commons, one of them with orb master bad sadly not water :(
nia: kos mos, and two high mod on ether or ursula with two commons, one with high speed preparation and the other with healing wind + bitball.
yes im overpowered
Yami well, good news for you. You get to keep the rare blades you have in new game plus.
Guess im a but late for that game in general but this guide mostly looks at active play right? Meaning the katanas are probably ot that good when u have them on your npc tank right?
Those Non random blade that you mentioned, so you'll get them as you progress through the story?
3:30 this said it all
New blades have been out. You should do a new best blades video :)
I'd probably put Dagas over Zenobia. She is actually WAY too powerful that the tanks really couldn't keep up with her aggro - even Mythra spamming Spinning Edges couldn't do that.
Also, I agree with you on Dahlia, but as Floren is way better at healing than Boreas.
The only reason why I won't restart this game is Ursula's affinity chart
Poppi qtpie can kill tyrannotitan in 15 seconds solo, so i think shes the strongest. But herald is only a few seconds behind due her level 1 special during chain attack is slower to use...
This video may be outdated, but I have a question: What core chips were you using in the video? I'm in Chapter 9 RN and I'm not familiar with the looks of the weapons.
Why does Nia using Bitball just look like she is playing catch with the enemy. Such a weird class.
Ehhh I disagree on bitballs I think that floren is really good and that dahlia is too situational
100% agree with this list.
Is there anything I need to change
Rex:
Pyra/mythra
Herald
Zenobia
Nia:
Sheba
Adenine
Crosette
Morag:
Brighid
Kassandra
Aegaeon
Zeke:
Pandoria
T-elos
KOS-MOS
Edit: this is just my postgame build
Rex is mediocre with axes and cannons, nia is fine but not amazing, morag is fine but aegeon and kassandra aren’t very good and if you want to use brighid best you don’t want to swap off of her, zeke is really good
My god the Ursula side quest is long and annoying but you basically become GOD once you finish it 100% so it is WORTH it
I enjoy running the following team for a quick 4 Orb Build and Full Burst along with making Super Bosses hilarious with Break - Topple - Launch - Smash as Tora's break gives 3 chances for it to occur.
Tora - Beta Scope - Hi-Tech Eyepatch
Poppi QT Pie Light with one team heal V
Poppi QT Fire
Poppi Alpha Ice
Rex - Overclocking Bangel - Avant Garde Medal
Mythra/Pyra
Nia as a Blade for orbs mainly and party heal
Agate
Zeke - Titanium Vest - Avant Garde Medal
Vale
Zenobia
Herald
Did you make a blade setup that allows you to kill all the special monsters in the game?
hey Man kos-mos is BETTER than herald
BelatedRoom both of them are situational
kinda off topic, i really want shulk either as blade or with alvis as a driver/blade, or even elma and shulk as driver/blade. what i would like even more tho, is if they made zelda a blade and link a driver. i mean, theres already crossover in botw so why not return the favor? :) i want that to happen so bad! Another idea i thought of was robin being chroms blade. ik this will never happen, but i just like it
Wouldn't Link's Blade be Fi?
Joe Smith ur riiiiggghhhttt. (also totally called Shulk and Elma lmaooo)
Vale was my second rare blade pull, I'm in chapter 3. she's on Nia, but I have her as a dedicated healer right now. What can I do to make use of vale?
Best Trap class?
Floren
Bitball because Floren
Artorias Of The Abyss Floren 4 dayz
Hey Artorias
I actually bonded theory to rex. Does that combination work or should I have bonded her to morag
Mòrag.
Paul Rance
From my understanding, past Ch 8 or so, you never have a reason to bond a blade directly to Rex ever again
@@spindash64 Eh I’d still like to put blades on him, just a personal preference.
in my opinion i dont think you should use knucle class blades at all because they arent very good with healing and the only move she can heal is by dropping a potion or 2 and they can die out before you get to them so i dont recomend even using knuckle class blades like at all
EDIT: even if they dont change it what if it doesnt work for you what if you dont know how to do it just please if you dont use this tactic stay away from knuckle blades for healing
So are you just using unupgraded weapons to see their unique weapon models or is there a chip/option to give their unique weapon back?
This is my team: rex: mithra, herald and adenine
Tora:poppi... poppi... and... poppi
Nia: boreas, ursula and dromarch
Just out of curiousity, did anyone bother to finish getting the rare blades that are found from core crystals once you got KOS-MOS? I got her just recently, and don't feel a need to get the rest of the rare blades I haven't found except for Praxis and Theory. The only random non new game+ rare blades I'm currently missing are the cat girl one and Herald.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand then I find out that I don't have to farm more core crystals to get Herald. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!
Where's the aegeon video
Hey Nn Li, got a couple of random questions about this game I was hoping you could answer.
Is there a "best" kind of pouch item for each character? Right now I'm just using anything that speeds up driver abilities, but the majority of foods I have/use are low tier, to say the least.
I've noticed in many of your videos that you tend to focus on getting the Elemental Orbs up, and Driver Combos seem to fall to the wayside. Is that just because of personal preference, or is that the most efficient way of fighting the big baddies if this game? Is it even possible to set up a team to do both the full Driver Combo chain and get elemental orbs?
TubaAssassin pouch items vary depending on what your doing. I prefer running two items that boost special damage as with the right setup you can kill most super bosses after charging a chain att with 1 or no orbs. If you wan't survivability or your farming items than driver art boosting items are preferred as you can heal and smash more often.
For your second question driver combos take a paticular setup. Only certain blades break, topple, launch and smash meaning you're limited to running certain blades to preform driver combos. Generally you'll have a party member who can break and Rex at all times so you can topple enemies to hit them for increased damage during the topple and ideally Tora who can preform the whole combo himself although he rarely will finish it without the bangle equipped. While the combos are useful they dont make or break your dps with smash primarily used for trash mobs or farming and there are a lot of better setups for maximizing dps that use blades that can't preform combos. Even if they could you do the most damage with them when something is toppled so you probably wouldn't want to.
Driver combos are great when your playing through the story and are useful in endgame to farm but aren't really practical for the endgame challenges which is sort of a bummer cause they're so fun.
I a rex/tora/zeke build so I just put recharge arts on rex since I use a heal blade with him and want quick heals (he's not gonna out damage tora and zeke with mythra anyway) and on the others I just increase special damage. Generally if I'm controlling the character I want arts recharge to increase the pacing and to build my own specials faster, but for the AI I don't really care that much.
Right now, I'm running Rex/Nia/Tora. I have Rex equipped with Pyra/Mythra, Pandoria, and Roc, to go through the combo. Mia sets up Break with Dromach, Boreas, and Vess, although I plan to replace Vess with the Demonetization Bunny once I unlock her to cover the ice element. Tora is just doing his own thing, and I plan to change Poppi Qtpi's element to Dark for complete coverage once I unlock her, too.. If it's really not worth it to focus on the Drive combos, then I'll try to come up with something better
Hot Ruby Steamed Bun + Narcipear Jelly are a great combo for any activity. They increase your art recharge by 0.4s each as well as grant you some -% dmg taken from both types of dmg (main thing you want is the art recharge, as that makes you heal faster, deal dmg faster, hold hate better, etc etc). They're only not too good for Perdido, who shines with auto attacks while on Morag (she has a passive that boosts auto attack speed, otherwise I'd put an Ether Cannon on Zeke or Nia). Perdido's literally the only blade that prefers to auto attack over using arts, so he's a special case.
You mention it in text in the video but don't specify. Who do you consider the best blade? Pneuma? Or is it "Catalyst Scimitar" ?
Oops, forgot to add Poppi QTpi, which is probably the answer ;)
kasandra is also my favorite
Vale was the first blade I got in the game, and I never used her LOL.
I am still Struggling To get Three more Blades!!
Vale was my first rare blade. Im assuming thats a good thing?