Can You Beat Xenoblade 2 with ONLY a Common Blade?

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    In this video I attempt something stupid for no real reason and end up having a good time. Xenoblade sure is a fun game and there's so many different options available to you due to the flexibility of the combat system. Even with a good common blade I can (mostly) solo the entire game. Also yes I did get someone to make the thumbnail for me LOL
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  • @gabrielquesada6759
    @gabrielquesada6759 4 роки тому +888

    Kiko is gonna be a rare blade when they remaster this game in 10 years

  • @rownini3070
    @rownini3070 3 роки тому +363

    To be fair, Kiko had a really good skill tree. 90% of the common blades I pull have stuff like more damage to machines, decreased damage from earth, and increases gold drop rate. And then when I do pull one with decent skills it ends up being a shield hammer or it only has one aux core slot.

    • @ShadowSkyX
      @ShadowSkyX 3 роки тому +19

      One of the better ones I pulled was late ch2. A two crown, female katana with an Agility mod of 11%, got evasion aura (up to level 3 if I remember correctly, boosting evasion rate to 15% at max affinity), and two aux core slots. With a Pentagon chip, she got 50 on Agility. She had great crit rate sitting around 36-40% that early on with the chip. I went all in on evasion and accuracy on the aux cores. The blade arts go off at random but I had arts recharge and accuracy up too. What killed her use was Tora eventually outdoing me on damage and the gross node on her chart that needed _16_ merc missions. If they just cut the minimum number of merc missions required on a node in half, I wouldn't despise the node existing quite as much.

    • @skeleton608
      @skeleton608 Рік тому

      @@ShadowSkyX that’s what Ursula’s merc missions are for, though you need to be lucky enough to roll her in the first place

    • @ShadowSkyX
      @ShadowSkyX Рік тому

      ​@@skeleton608 I didn't get her for a long time in that particular run.

    • @TwilightWolf032
      @TwilightWolf032 19 днів тому

      The Gacha system for Blades was the biggest mistake for this game.

  • @Danku
    @Danku 4 роки тому +620

    The real plot twist is that Enel is, in fact, the Architect.

    • @xynix1549
      @xynix1549 4 роки тому +28

      Imagine thinking that’s a plot twist
      It’s so foreshadowed it might as well be spelled out to you

    • @karmiccrotal3480
      @karmiccrotal3480 Рік тому +2

      Imagine some kind of Enel cameo in a future Xenoblade game💀

  • @Renne308
    @Renne308 4 роки тому +247

    (Gasp!) I made the A-team! *Scooore!*

  • @thelambsauce6658
    @thelambsauce6658 4 роки тому +459

    Mythra is Overrated
    My best girl is
    *Kiko*

    • @cypher838
      @cypher838 4 роки тому +16

      Mythra is also just a basic tsundere trope. She just feels like a cardboard cutout as well as having a shit design.

    • @louisfill849
      @louisfill849 4 роки тому +26

      @@koru1104 he's wrong about the design she pretty fine, but he ain't wrong about the trope.

    • @thecspot1387
      @thecspot1387 4 роки тому +1

      mythra and pyra are just noob bait cause it has a potion proc built into a dps blade

    • @Dan-do2pl
      @Dan-do2pl 3 роки тому

      @@thecspot1387 but does it work

  • @PerkyPyra
    @PerkyPyra 4 роки тому +559

    The most important thing I took away from this video:
    Why the hell can we never unlock Lila as a playable blade?

    • @thaddaeusedwin6277
      @thaddaeusedwin6277 4 роки тому +25

      Love the game but that is a small gripe I share as well!

    • @alexstewart9592
      @alexstewart9592 4 роки тому +72

      Because we get her weapon type and basic kit with Poppi QT.

    • @PerkyPyra
      @PerkyPyra 4 роки тому +97

      @@alexstewart9592 Would be nice to have her as an alternate skin or as a way to have Poppi QT as a playable Blade for characters aside from Tora.

    • @gureguru4694
      @gureguru4694 4 роки тому +5

      because poppi

    • @andrewjames2840
      @andrewjames2840 4 роки тому +5

      Possible ether options for Tora.

  • @thoopsy
    @thoopsy 3 роки тому +118

    When Pyra and Gramps reassured Rex that you could have more than one blade, I don't think this is what they expected him to do exactly.

  • @petervilla5221
    @petervilla5221 4 роки тому +251

    The Kiko run proves that she isn't a common blade, the other common blades just copied her design because she was such a badass.

    • @TrinityCore60
      @TrinityCore60 Рік тому +6

      Well, if she’s still a common, she’s not going to be one for too much longer. I wouldn’t be surprised if she becomes a rare in a few more pulls. Fantastic time, too, since by the time she becomes one, Amalthus (and Indol) would be long gone.

  • @ZeRoWondering
    @ZeRoWondering 4 роки тому +794

    This was a great video and one of your best so far! Make more videos like this, where you come up with a fun way to beat the game or a challenge and document it. Excellent.

  • @sixtybuzzer8373
    @sixtybuzzer8373 4 роки тому +183

    Kiko is the 3rd Aegis confirmed.

  • @matthewhenry86
    @matthewhenry86 4 роки тому +155

    imagine being able to pull decent commons

    • @alt4g
      @alt4g 2 роки тому +2

      I pulled a decent knuckle claw blade on rex early in the game, the healing was great and the animations and arts were really good

  • @NotTerravin
    @NotTerravin 4 роки тому +285

    you still never watched the spa cutscene, could've been a way better run smh

    • @Potato-pf2qs
      @Potato-pf2qs 4 роки тому +29

      Thank god we had Lila to punish Enel for skipping it.

    • @yaboiderrick
      @yaboiderrick 4 роки тому +15

      First bath in 500 years...

  • @ComfyCherry
    @ComfyCherry 4 роки тому +222

    the reason nobody uses commons in casual runs is they're boring visually and the voicelines suck (atleast imo) and the rare blades have fancy animations and additional questlines
    also they're better skills are super uncommon

    • @TheJokzer
      @TheJokzer 4 роки тому +23

      Some would even go so far as to consider them rare

    • @ComfyCherry
      @ComfyCherry 4 роки тому +3

      @@TheJokzer They're "common" blades I was contrasting that to the rarity of the good skills

    • @buddymmx3936
      @buddymmx3936 4 роки тому

      YeS sIr

    • @Wawawawawhe
      @Wawawawawhe 4 роки тому +13

      Yup, this. when I saw he was spamming legendary cores I just rolled my eyes and stopped the video.. of course you're gonna have an easy time if you use endgame shit. of course it'll be do-able if you use endgame shit. duh. I could have told you that. lmao. Most people railing on the combat and common blades are at early game, so what they say about is spot on at that point. an actual test of this would have been a fresh game start (no new game+ cheese), no dlc, and a level 1-2 common core blade.

    • @roiitzkovich4545
      @roiitzkovich4545 4 роки тому +35

      @@Wawawawawhe But usual players use Pyra/Mythra, 3 blades equiped, 3 playable characters with 3 blades on each at once (so you have Nia to heal you with Healing Halo) and do more sidequests for EXP. If he could've beat the entire game with 1 common blade (even if it was LV3, which you can still get via commom cores), than players who use multiple blades (both common and rare) and multiple characters have no bloody excuse to complain about brokem mechanics.

  • @phrogthejam2998
    @phrogthejam2998 4 роки тому +165

    Where's the kiko swimsuit outfit 😤

    • @sandwichwithnocheese5194
      @sandwichwithnocheese5194 4 роки тому +32

      It took me 12 hours to get the Kiko swimsuit outfit, so what you need to do first is get the dlc. Once you get that, play the challenge battles. But ONE of the challenge battles: “Serious Showdown” has a %1.21 chance to drop an item called “Godly Noponstone” and then you will unlock a secret Nopon merchant in the land of challenge. And it sells 1 thing, Beachside Kiko for 100 Godly noponstone. I was very lucky to get 100 Godly Noponstone in 12 hours.

    • @buddymmx3936
      @buddymmx3936 4 роки тому +4

      @@sandwichwithnocheese5194 years* defo not hours

    • @gaymerjerry
      @gaymerjerry 4 роки тому +1

      @@sandwichwithnocheese5194 you can optionally turn 999 flawless noponstones into 1 godly stone too

  • @sandwichwithnocheese5194
    @sandwichwithnocheese5194 4 роки тому +201

    You forgot to add in 20 red arrows and your face going like: 😱😱😱, and also the red circle and a free gift card giveaway

  • @MiguelHernandez-lo5lg
    @MiguelHernandez-lo5lg 4 роки тому +179

    Damn never knew you could shove malos off the cliff in chapter 4. The more you know.

  • @astralm8072
    @astralm8072 4 роки тому +95

    I'd be absolutely thrilled if Xenoblade had the same joke runs and challenge runs that are so prevalent for other games like BotW, so thanks for your fantastic work!

    • @Yo-zr3bb
      @Yo-zr3bb 4 роки тому +13

      The problem is this game is way longer than botw or mario odyssey, so people don't want to spend so much time on a joke run

    • @blakefenslerjr4858
      @blakefenslerjr4858 4 роки тому +1

      @@Yo-zr3bb breath of the wild is way longer then this game you know that

    • @sofern2681
      @sofern2681 4 роки тому +22

      @@blakefenslerjr4858 no, im pretty sure this game is longer lmao.

    • @rodrigodelemos9048
      @rodrigodelemos9048 4 роки тому +7

      @@blakefenslerjr4858 nah even with all divine beasts botw can be beat in like 25 hours

    • @teecee1827
      @teecee1827 4 роки тому +3

      @@blakefenslerjr4858 you can beat breath of the wild glitchless in less than 4 hours tho.

  • @BigKlingy
    @BigKlingy 4 роки тому +61

    10:32 Did... did you just make Malos Zeke himself?
    This is the best thing I've seen in a long time.

    • @goroakechi6126
      @goroakechi6126 2 роки тому +16

      He didn’t even beat Akhos after, him and Obrona were too busy laughing their asses off.

  • @stone3016
    @stone3016 3 роки тому +71

    No cap I really wanna see where Kiko would rank on your tierlist

  • @JbSprinkles
    @JbSprinkles 4 роки тому +78

    Comman blades suck because they aren't hot waifus. This is fact and can't be disputed

    • @buddymmx3936
      @buddymmx3936 4 роки тому +25

      "Damn Wulfric you be looking thicc!" Also dont call Ursula hot or the fbi will be moving in

    • @angeldude101
      @angeldude101 4 роки тому +12

      Did you watch the video? Kiko is the hottest waifu!

    • @Mr_Mouthington
      @Mr_Mouthington 4 роки тому +5

      *cough* kiko *cough*

    • @butterlovers2.038
      @butterlovers2.038 3 роки тому +5

      What are you talking about bitball brute with helmet is one hot piece of ass

    • @revthescatman137
      @revthescatman137 3 роки тому +2

      Kiko

  • @diegovalentino3953
    @diegovalentino3953 3 роки тому +45

    In my first run Zeke didn't had a third rare blade so I used an electic common axe blade called Izumo, Izumo was Zeke blade from his recruitment for around 2 to 3 chapters, after that he got replaced by Veil. to this day Izumo is the only blade with S affinity :/

  • @paubenitoherrera9636
    @paubenitoherrera9636 4 роки тому +49

    So this is the *Common Blade's* power

  • @gateway903
    @gateway903 4 роки тому +61

    Kiko will be a legend passed on for generations. Even beyond whenever this game gets remade in 7+ years.

    • @SimoneBellomonte
      @SimoneBellomonte 10 місяців тому

      Pfp (Profile picture) and / or Banner Sauce (Source [Artist])? 🗿

  • @PowerOf47
    @PowerOf47 4 роки тому +35

    Which fossil did you pick? Oh wait wrong channel.

    • @moberlysquad67
      @moberlysquad67 4 роки тому +11

      Well we should comment anyway. Comments help the UA-cam algorithm

    • @Mr_Mouthington
      @Mr_Mouthington 4 роки тому +2

      I think he pick the V-raptor skull, idk smh

  • @puar6124
    @puar6124 4 роки тому +18

    Not familiar with elemental bomb?
    You didnt give them a chance even from your first playthroughs then.
    We mortals are very familiar with that bs art.

  • @robertwindshade7629
    @robertwindshade7629 4 роки тому +42

    17:48 Missed opportunity to play "An obstacle in our path."

  • @TheHueOfHues
    @TheHueOfHues 4 роки тому +88

    Based Enel making accurate and descriptive titles and thumbnails.

    • @EnelXC
      @EnelXC  4 роки тому +38

      ZeRo told me to stop being lazy lol

    • @robertwindshade7629
      @robertwindshade7629 4 роки тому +1

      @@EnelXC That's all it took? We should get ZeRo to tell you more things. Lol.

    • @CalaCrisp88
      @CalaCrisp88 4 роки тому +14

      @@robertwindshade7629 Yeah, we need zero to say "watch the spa cutscene"

    • @robertwindshade7629
      @robertwindshade7629 4 роки тому +1

      @@CalaCrisp88 That won't take much convincing at least.

    • @lonedrifter9994
      @lonedrifter9994 4 роки тому +1

      @@EnelXC Wait when did ZeRo say that?

  • @ShiftedPyro
    @ShiftedPyro 4 роки тому +61

    Enel Thumbnails!? Impossible

    • @metalfacex8369
      @metalfacex8369 4 роки тому +1

      Shifted pyro, love your vids man, I'll watch your live stream when it goes live!

    • @kingspheal363
      @kingspheal363 4 роки тому +1

      Oh shit it's Pyro

    • @ShiftedPyro
      @ShiftedPyro 4 роки тому +1

      @@kingspheal363 it is I.

  • @bravoampharos
    @bravoampharos 4 роки тому +80

    i like how he was just spawning rare blades casually

  • @nepnep615
    @nepnep615 3 роки тому +19

    I just wanted to share my own common blades are good story here.
    I was doing a semi fast, and semi casual no DLC run. I had only pulled a SINGLE decent rare blade before chapter seven, being Adenine on Rex. I was just using Mythra and a bit of Wulfric all game before losing Mythra in chapter 7. I was sure I would get stuck on the first Malos fight, trying so many different strategies with the rare blades that I had, which were all worse than the default blades that the drivers get. I decided to then look at my common blades, as I had used a couple this run before, and I found this random Dark Ether Cannon blade on Nia that had Blade Combo damage up 60%. In a last ditch effort, I decided to use that blade in combination with Adenine and Tora, and absolutely smashed Malos' face into the dirt on my second try (losing the first one to getting art spammed on like a clown). COMMON BLADES ARE GOOD!

  • @dragongamer4753
    @dragongamer4753 4 роки тому +50

    Kiko emote when

  • @wesnohathas1993
    @wesnohathas1993 4 роки тому +18

    The main thing I've noticed that makes common blades useful is their shorter cooldown time making it possible to use more arts. There are also some good abilities unique to commons, but they can be really hard to get (especially orb master).

  • @tkorde8988
    @tkorde8988 4 роки тому +38

    Wow what a cheater, had tora and nia in the party in chapter 2 smh my head

  • @jackfitzpatrick4059
    @jackfitzpatrick4059 4 роки тому +30

    Xc2's version of Ceave

  • @guthetanuki256
    @guthetanuki256 4 роки тому +25

    Forgive me but I never played this game before but have watched the speedruns. All I wanna say is, this game has some really nice waifus. Looking forward to playing this but just want to wait until the first one comes out so I can play that one first for continuity sake.

    • @EnelXC
      @EnelXC  4 роки тому +14

      understandable, I hope you enjoy!

    • @PowerOf47
      @PowerOf47 4 роки тому +12

      not knowing how much of XC2's story you know, the games don't need to be played in a certain order to make sense, the game has some references late into the story that relate to the first game, but it can be easily understood without playing the first, however playing both games does link many moments together.

    • @guthetanuki256
      @guthetanuki256 4 роки тому +1

      @@PowerOf47 I know this much at least. People often compare it to Final Fantasy where each game is separate. But what I mean by continuity's sake is to play the games in order that they were released.
      I want that experience many others had playing the first Xenoblade back then on the Wii.

  • @obamaorb7426
    @obamaorb7426 4 роки тому +19

    Please man, you gotta do more challenge runs like this detailing your whole playthrough as you go, videos like this are great

    • @EnelXC
      @EnelXC  4 роки тому +4

      They're typically a lot of effort but I'll see what i can do

  • @durandus676
    @durandus676 4 роки тому +13

    Put kiko on the tier list

  • @the_abadie
    @the_abadie 4 роки тому +35

    This is great evidence against the "Xenoblade 2 is ruined by blade gacha" crowd. Glad to see proof of how there's no excuse to not play this great game!

    • @veravera6571
      @veravera6571 4 роки тому +4

      its still kinda weeb trash compared to XC1 but aside from that sure no excuse to not play it

    • @nahte123456
      @nahte123456 4 роки тому +3

      Alright being on the internet I need to insert my 2 cents, it is not ruined by the Blade Gatcha, but it still a horrible idea. There is content blocked by it, there are heart-to-hearts and a quest is impossible for me to experience first hand because I can't get Cos-Mos, which automatically makes it a garbage mechanic for me. One of the worst parts of the game(behind the atrocious power-scaling ruining any tension the story has).

    • @cypher838
      @cypher838 4 роки тому +1

      @@veravera6571 agreed. 1 had tropes but were done super well and we'rent intrusive to the story.

    • @Wawawawawhe
      @Wawawawawhe 4 роки тому

      I lol'd so hard. I could actually take XC1 seriously. this game, on the other hand, is so covered in anime bullshit it was impossible to take it seriously. every female character looked like they were pulled out of a porn flick. the characters acted as dumb as bricks. It's a bad sign when I want the antagonists to win. definitely a waste of money. I beat this game out of pure spite.

  • @crewcrew4137
    @crewcrew4137 4 роки тому +26

    Still skipped the Hot-spring cutscene smh

  • @thepotato513
    @thepotato513 4 роки тому +24

    I would just like you mention that one of the things I liked about XC2 was how little grinding I actually had to do. I loved X, but eventually I ended up not finishing everything I wanted to do because it required way to much grinding. 2 was a breath of fresh air in the that respect, especially after the dlc came out. On my initial playthrough, I think I only had to grind for one or maybe two fights in the main story, and it didn't take all that long you get all the rare blades and postgame level equipment. I remember beating Kurodil within a month of buying the game which was less time than it took me to get to the final chapter in X. Now that I think about it, it would be really cool if you made a guide on efficiently grinding in X. It would be really helpful for people like me who still haven't beaten bosses like Telethia, Gradivus or Pharsis

    • @EnelXC
      @EnelXC  4 роки тому +8

      2 is definitely the least grindy of all the games, you can get all the exp you nee with chain attack overkills just from story (usually, maybe not if you do this like I did haha)

    • @thepotato513
      @thepotato513 4 роки тому +4

      @@EnelXC It also feels like, at least, as a new player, there's always something you could be doing better in any given fight, whether it's execution, strategy or equipment. You know that if you're kind of close to winning a fight there are plenty of options that can push you over the edge

    • @Jacob_G9
      @Jacob_G9 4 роки тому

      I remember having to grind alot in X
      but In 2, only the Cliffs of Morytha bosses required me to grind.

    • @Ph33rTheDens
      @Ph33rTheDens 4 роки тому

      I actually never even unlocked the Skells in X because I got stuck at a part where I literally just had to grind XP to level up to accept the quest. I put the game down and haven't touched it since.

    • @Jay-ub7xd
      @Jay-ub7xd 4 роки тому

      Ph33rTheDens lol
      me too, but now I wanna play it again

  • @ObserverLies
    @ObserverLies Рік тому +3

    Ok, but how fast can you beat the game using only Godfrey?

  • @codename618
    @codename618 3 роки тому +6

    Wait, you didn't know about Elemental Bomb? I would have thought that that was the strategy for the Infernal Guldo fight: wait for him to start using it, then chain attack.
    But hey, that's just something I found interesting. I guess that means you just kill him fast, because that's just who you are.

    • @EnelXC
      @EnelXC  3 роки тому +2

      i had never seen it before this fight lol

  • @MaxWelton
    @MaxWelton 2 роки тому +2

    25:08 plus, since you deliberately use them as little as possible, their phantasms are weaker. That’s right: the phantasms are always at the same level as their corresponding party member at the time. I wonder if they also have the same cores/accessories.

  • @aarondx3764
    @aarondx3764 4 роки тому +12

    Well that was quick I didn't expect the video to come out so quick. Brogchamp.

    • @EnelXC
      @EnelXC  4 роки тому +6

      I worked very hard on this last night and all of today. literally over 6000 word script created super fast and recorded all the commentary and everything

    • @reefltz592
      @reefltz592 4 роки тому

      @@EnelXC So, how comfy is that bed looking right around now?

    • @robertwindshade7629
      @robertwindshade7629 4 роки тому

      @@EnelXC Give yourself a pat on the back my man!

  • @TrueKung01
    @TrueKung01 3 роки тому +5

    fun fact: if this glitch were to be done in NG+, the glitch during the boss fight which is most commonly known for bringing pneuma out of the boss fight can also be used to unequip pneuma
    therefore the legend of Kiko can continue

  • @skeletor959
    @skeletor959 4 роки тому +10

    Enel is my favorite speedrunning and Xenoblade content creator. Broggers

  • @donlim181
    @donlim181 4 роки тому +7

    Wow, I'm just left speechless. I must suck playing this game..... Close to 100h of playtime exploring and I'm stuck at defeating infernal guldo yet so close to the ending. I probably will change to easy mode and finish of this masterpiece game, rage quit because I couldn't do it.

    • @notimeforcreativenamesjust3034
      @notimeforcreativenamesjust3034 2 роки тому

      Fyi easy mode is still hard

    • @svenseike4496
      @svenseike4496 Рік тому

      Is that the "zombie king" at the Bottom of the World Tree? Yeah he can 1 hit your whole team. Best try to get an orb on him and start an chain attack if he is about 25% and / or start his deadly move.

  • @lamp3088
    @lamp3088 4 роки тому +13

    Common blade Boc run when?

    • @EnelXC
      @EnelXC  4 роки тому +6

      I dont know about that one LOL

  • @whitewindmills1995
    @whitewindmills1995 4 роки тому +6

    I started watching you're videos just some days ago, and I think that you're one of the best content creator that I now, you're game play si amazing, you're comentatin is just perfect and overall you're videos are a 10/10.
    I wish xenoblade had a bigger reputation so that you could get more viewers, cus it's a shame that someone like you isn't that big in the UA-cam community. ❤️

  • @darklight6921
    @darklight6921 4 роки тому +6

    yes. get beast slayer weapons and power level.
    edit: oh drat heard your final restriction.

  • @goldbananas608
    @goldbananas608 4 роки тому +6

    all your XBC2 content really gave me so much respect for this game. It’s easily one of my favorites now. Thanks enel

  • @soul1795
    @soul1795 4 роки тому +1

    I still wait for the day when someone mods Kiko over Pneuma in the final cutscene.
    To show the true master blade.

  • @funnynameforme4091
    @funnynameforme4091 3 роки тому +6

    did this man really pull three rare blades in a row

  • @Puncake
    @Puncake 4 роки тому +4

    When Xenoblade DE comes out, could you try to beat it at Level 1 (Expert mode allows to change your level).
    I'd also like to see if you would beat Xenoblade 2 at Level 1 if that's possible.

    • @EnelXC
      @EnelXC  4 роки тому +1

      not sure that's realistic. Xenoblade 1 has some severe level penalties, you also can't delevel in 2 except in NG+ and it's easily possible there

    • @Starfloofle
      @Starfloofle 4 роки тому

      @@EnelXC Casual Mode basically annuls the level penalties so maybe it's possible if you're outright insane

  • @alexstewart9592
    @alexstewart9592 4 роки тому +4

    Element Bomb is actually a standard art for all enemies in that family. While it does do a lot of self-damage, IIRC it isn't guaranteed to kill the user if they have enough HP, and will cause the user to lose their attribute (reminder, this family of enemy has no natural attribute and uses Copy Element to acquire one).

  • @gmaster2647
    @gmaster2647 4 роки тому +1

    This video was eye-opening in terms of just how important equipment is for this game...hell, any Xenoblade game, really. Having boosts to agility and access to crit heal really does make things easier. Also never realized the final Jin fight gives him an evasion spike. No wonder he's such a wall for most players if you don't focus on having better accuracy at that point.

  • @lonedrifter9994
    @lonedrifter9994 4 роки тому +6

    This is a really good video! I myself am still using rare blades and getting my butt kicked lol, speaking of which will you ever do a video with updated builds of the rare blades in this game? Most of of the rare blade build videos on youtube are 1-2 years old and some of their builds don't compare to the crazy stuff you do in those dlc challenge runs.

    • @EnelXC
      @EnelXC  4 роки тому +3

      I updated Poppi and pseudo updated mythra but otherwise I didn't really bother. Didn't know how useful it might be these days

    • @lonedrifter9994
      @lonedrifter9994 4 роки тому +2

      @@EnelXC Yeah i figured since Xenoblade DE on it's way, videos like that would be great for people trying to complete XC2 before XCDE comes out xD

  • @gigglez3036
    @gigglez3036 4 роки тому +7

    My favorite Xenoblade speedrunner and content creator, indeed

  • @godofmediocrity7582
    @godofmediocrity7582 4 роки тому +2

    Imagine being a blade that's basically a god but your driver only uses that one basic bitch.

  • @TheeLZ
    @TheeLZ 3 роки тому +3

    So you telling me you cheated by using Kiko instead of a common blade? Shame.

  • @louisdelmon8033
    @louisdelmon8033 3 роки тому +2

    Ok are you kidding me right now?
    5 Legendary cores in an you already have 3 rare balades unlocked, and yet i stugle to get a single one using 20 of thème
    Lucky

    • @Wildcard_Ninja
      @Wildcard_Ninja 3 роки тому

      I got a ton of Rare Blades when using Legendary Core Crystals, thats why I ended up limiting my pulls to when I got a new party member or story blades

  • @Heyimconnor
    @Heyimconnor 3 роки тому +3

    Can we talk about how he pulled 3 rare blades IN A ROW. Yeah I know pity system but STILL

  • @matthewrocksso
    @matthewrocksso 3 роки тому +3

    the first time I fought the phantasms it took me 45 MINUTES I just couldn’t kill them fast enough lmao

  • @king_ashtino1312
    @king_ashtino1312 4 роки тому +17

    Enel: Does not use best girl Mythra. Me: “ HOW DARE YOU!”

  • @Lambda.Function
    @Lambda.Function 3 роки тому +2

    Bringer of Chaos with 1 common blade.

  • @beefandfries
    @beefandfries 3 роки тому +2

    Ironicaly, one of my pentagon katanas while doing this challenge is... Kiko

  • @ItssTyler
    @ItssTyler 4 роки тому +2

    Recently, I came up with the idea of a randomized custom difficulty settings run: randomly choose numbers from 1-10 for each difficulty setting to determine what the settings would be (last two settings that are unlocked later you choose 1-4). At the start of each chapter, you reroll for new settings. It’s a ton of fun because each chapter plays differently, you can get really easy settings, really hard ones, or a crazy combination. In my run, I had a really hard chapter 7 because enemy hp was almost max, high attack frequency, and really low health regen. Jin and Malos were a nightmare. For Aion I had a harder time than I anticipated too because both attack power and frequency were high, while hp was average and both party gauge gains and chain attacks were severely nerfed. I would definitely recommend others to try out this idea. I’m hoping DE has custom settings too so this can been done there, but so far it doesn’t seem like it’s in the game so oh well

  • @UltimaPhoenix-dx3kt
    @UltimaPhoenix-dx3kt 3 роки тому +3

    0:22
    *Glares at Godfrey (more like Godawful lmao)*

  • @raehell.
    @raehell. 3 роки тому +1

    i'm german an im not sure if i interpretad the things rigth in to Eng
    i hoppe it is understandable
    i use a common Blade as main to cuz it have a n OP ability wich no rara blade have (german: "Orb Schöpfer") "Orb Creator.... or so" it can create an elemantal combo orb with 30% on every combo atack so u dont need to finish the combo line to get one !

  • @Jarenstarain
    @Jarenstarain 3 роки тому +2

    Damn dude.. kinda have a new respect for the common blades now. Still gonna use my rare blade collection but damn i might look through all the common blades on Zeke(he likes to collect them..) and see if i have a gem like Kiko. Side note i really love this game, the first game was ehh and didn't like X much but this game was fun for me. My favorite blade/blades has been The Sisters(Theory and Praxis), i just enjoyed their quest and they were the first 2 blades i S-ranked. Still missing Kos-Mos and spoiler blonde man.... but thats more on be not really going crazy on farming cores..

  • @NapalmDust
    @NapalmDust 2 роки тому +1

    Ik its true, but why you do my boi percival like that. Hes situational, so he is actually the pinnacle of what certain blades (cough cough electra)need. To be very powerful but in certain situations.

  • @mestairi
    @mestairi 4 роки тому +8

    1/10 not enough arrows in the thumbnail.

    • @mestairi
      @mestairi 4 роки тому

      Ok but seriously great video. I think that the only problem i have with it is that some of the item location were a bit vauge.
      If you're doing more of these types of videos then i would recomend that you be bit more clear on where you get all the items you used, since i noticed that you only said the exact locations for some of the items you used. It could be useful information for anyone wanting to do this for themself.
      Maybe show the location on a map or something. Still a great video though.

  • @dycu
    @dycu 4 роки тому +2

    It's not about stats. They wouldn't be trash if they wear quirky clothes that isn't all white and blue while having the same face and body.

    • @EnelXC
      @EnelXC  4 роки тому +1

      It's ALWAYS about the stats

    • @dycu
      @dycu 4 роки тому

      @@EnelXC NOT when game difficulty can be adjusted so people can play with their favorite unusual team.

  • @Jimmywty99
    @Jimmywty99 4 роки тому +1

    This kinda brings back memory of me solo-ing the superbosses in XC1. I only managed to do it with Sharla and Seven (w/ Chain Attack) though, but that was really challenging (it took me an entire in-game day to wear down the last boss using Sharla orz).
    Say, are you going to do solo runs in the XC1 remake as well?

  • @akumathelion535
    @akumathelion535 4 роки тому +1

    The issue with commons is that rares take much longer to develop so I'm usually unwilling to waste a slot (i.e the trust gains) on a common who has no quests or heart-to-hearts to work toward. It's the same issue I have with blades like Dahlia, Agate or Wulfric where I never used them after I maxed out all I could. Many rare blades I got early on in chapter 3 sat on the sidelines 99% of the time until after I beat the game. Unless of course I have no alternative for either weapon or element reasons. By the time I got Zeke I was in the place where getting new rares was not happening so until I got quest/story rares he was using a two star spear and three star axe type. Three crowns and above typically are good blades. Sometimes a two crown is as good as a three+.

  • @sergeantslowpoke1550
    @sergeantslowpoke1550 4 роки тому +2

    Notice that not once in this run has Enel used Dromarch. The reason for this is that since its not a speedrun, Enel isnt worried about going as fast as possible enelSpeed
    ((I still need to change my youtube to be Sergeant Slowpoke oml) edit: it has been done)

  • @CrowAkechi_The_Luminary
    @CrowAkechi_The_Luminary 4 роки тому +2

    I honestly dont think commons suck but i dont use em there is a single reason "they lack design and they need a much better personality they feel to robotic and generic to me

  • @jujuthehoms5482
    @jujuthehoms5482 4 роки тому +2

    Unelated but if you're first video on Definitive Edition isn't an optimal Naked Dunban strat I'm unsubbing

  • @nuclearcheesey7928
    @nuclearcheesey7928 3 роки тому +3

    I am aware of the benefits of common blades but I just find it more interesting to use rare blades that actually have some sort of character to them. I like seeing all of the different interactions.

  • @slimslendey3945
    @slimslendey3945 3 роки тому +2

    Xenoblade DE with only Homs fiora

  • @speak_last
    @speak_last 2 роки тому +1

    when I watch videos about can you beat game without doing X, I just skipped right to the end and see them saying “yeah you can do it”

  • @johnnyp9126
    @johnnyp9126 3 роки тому +3

    lmao how come you got all of those rare blades so many times in a row

    • @Felixr2
      @Felixr2 3 роки тому

      It's a matter of using legendary core crystals at the start of the game. Each rare blade has an individual chance to appear, legendary core crystals multiply that chance by 3. There's 23 rare blades that can be obtained from core crystals, with base probabilities that differ from 0.1 (KOS-MOS) to 5 (T-Elos). I totalled the base probabilities for each rare blade in pool 1 (ex. NG+ blades) together, which gives a total of 22.87. Multiplied by 3, that's a total chance of 68.61%. Except that's not where it stops, because that's just the chance to get a rare blade into the pool of 3. This means that, if you have no rare blades at all yet, a legendary core crystal will have a chance of roughly 96,9% to get you a rare blade. Now let's assume the first blade you pull is T-Elos, the most likely one with a base probability of 5 and the only one with a base probability over 2.5 in any of the summoning pools. After that, a legendary core crystal will still have a 90% chance to get you a rare blade. This will go down further the more rare blades you pull, but for the first few it's very unlikely to even get a common blade. And *even then* there's still the pity system, which guarantees you to get certain specific rare blades after not getting any for a while. The first pity blade is at 100 pity points, legendary core crystals give 50 each.

  • @WeskAlber
    @WeskAlber 4 роки тому

    Ok what the hell was that Legendary Blade luck? I know the first few were thanks to Pity but like wtf you got like what, 3, 4 more after that?

  • @falseswipe7572
    @falseswipe7572 2 роки тому +2

    Gladiator Orion watched this video to get to where he is

  • @iYehuk
    @iYehuk 4 роки тому +1

    Common blades may be as useful as rare, but they are still bland and boring as characters. The game is called Waifublade for a reason.

  • @gohachinightwin9884
    @gohachinightwin9884 4 роки тому +2

    13 hours to beat Xenoblade Chronicles 2!? It took me over 100! ...Then again, I barely had a clue how the combat system works. Nice work!
    ...It seems that the Xenoblade series has a tendency to punish those who don't know how to set up a build.

    • @EnelXC
      @EnelXC  4 роки тому +3

      haha I actually have the speedrun record where I do it in under 4 hours, this was just a specific challenge.

    • @gohachinightwin9884
      @gohachinightwin9884 4 роки тому +2

      @@EnelXC Wow, you weren't joking; I looked it up. I typically play games for their story, and XC2 is no exception to that...but to know its mechanics so intimately that you can beat it that fast requires a different level of dedication. How long did it take you to piece that strategy together?

  • @JMB_Smash
    @JMB_Smash 4 роки тому +13

    I hear the Xenosaga music :). Good video

    • @shadestrider1033
      @shadestrider1033 4 роки тому

      I haven’t played Xenosaga. Which track is it?

    • @JMB_Smash
      @JMB_Smash 4 роки тому +1

      @@shadestrider1033 I think its U.M.N Mode from Xenosaga 1. Basically the pause menu theme.

    • @mooman1017
      @mooman1017 4 роки тому +1

      It is! I was just playing it before watching this video and I thought I was crazy!

  • @Keaten88
    @Keaten88 2 роки тому +1

    oh so thats why lila was so strangely difficult for me... spike damage. Is there really no way to tell other than happening to notice spike damage?

    • @EnelXC
      @EnelXC  2 роки тому

      Not really

  • @voytazino
    @voytazino 4 роки тому +1

    You think you are smart? Try to finish Torna The Country using only common blade!

  • @CrocvsGator
    @CrocvsGator 4 роки тому +2

    At this point I expect the next video from Enel to just be him discovering IRL time travel via Xenoblade and beating the game before it starts.

  • @burnbarnaby
    @burnbarnaby 4 роки тому +1

    Enel always be talking like he is being held at gunpoint. But seriously tho, calm down. Speaking slower will make your videos better.

    • @EnelXC
      @EnelXC  4 роки тому

      I don't think I'll ever be able to do this, i naturally talk really fast and it's hard to change that habit.

  • @phaseshifter3d455
    @phaseshifter3d455 4 роки тому +1

    The hardest thing in this game is getting 4 star blades. It's harder than getting a rare blade.

    • @wesnohathas1993
      @wesnohathas1993 4 роки тому

      I basically never saw those before maxing out luck and idea points.

  • @moberlysquad67
    @moberlysquad67 4 роки тому +4

    Such a cool run! Loved watching the stream.
    But Enel is lying. Mythra did damage during Makos fight, therefore the entire run is a lie and not valid. Cool concept though.

    • @EnelXC
      @EnelXC  4 роки тому +2

      one auto attack because I wasn't paying attention smh

    • @moberlysquad67
      @moberlysquad67 4 роки тому

      I don’t make the rules. But chat will surely enforce them.

  • @Antifrost
    @Antifrost 3 роки тому +1

    I ended up bringing a few common Blades with me all the way up to the fight with Aion at the end, not because I thought they had useful skills or anything (I rarely checked what skills even my rare Blades had throughout my first playthrough of the game), but because I felt like it, so my first thought was that obviously you could use common Blades to beat the game. Then I realized that the title was singular, not plural :v

  • @guimon78
    @guimon78 3 роки тому +1

    Common blades ARE NOT BAD. Now that I've said that, I will say I mostly choose my blades based on personality, appearance, and to a lesser extent, gameplay. Does this make the game harder for me? Undoubtedly. But I am allowed to do that in this kind of game. My point is that you should do what you want.

  • @TheIceLurker
    @TheIceLurker 4 роки тому +2

    Rule 34 convinced me that common blades are pretty cute too.

  • @Spika94
    @Spika94 2 роки тому +1

    So, can you do this? Yes, if you're knowledgeable and good at the game, which no new players are.

  • @rkbelmont1138
    @rkbelmont1138 10 місяців тому +1

    Once I draw a common named Yuna. Tried to use her even if her skills sucked ass because of FFX.

    • @R62F
      @R62F 10 місяців тому

      People still watching him like me

  • @Kazmahu
    @Kazmahu 4 роки тому +1

    This was fascinating! I love seeing ideas about what's necessary and not refuted like this. Since you had to grind a touch at the end there you could almost say the zombie hovers are unnecessary too - maybe getting more levels earlier when they were more exp-efficient would have ended you up at about the same place? Still, even with an ideal blade, soloing the final boss at level 61 is impressive. Great video!

  • @guimon78
    @guimon78 3 роки тому +1

    Yo Enel, I thought of another challenge run. Can you beat xenoblade chronicles 2 without items. Only consumable/equipable items allowed would be core crystals and the blades you get from them. I'd be curious how hard it would be