This guide is specifically about chain attacks, anything else related to the combat or blade combos is explained in my previous guide: ua-cam.com/video/GX0yNsS_pAc/v-deo.html
Man, this game is complicated, I don't know how I did it, but the first time I played it I managed to complete it with almost no understanding of the gameplay, the same with Torna. Years later I returned to the game and finally managed to understand everything, I'm not lying, it's one of the games that has given me more pleasure to play it. Sadly I forgot how to play it, but I still have beautiful memories of it.
I remember first playing it understanding none of the combat because I mashed the a button as soon as those tutorials came up and I couldn't finish the game. Replayed it a while ago, now paying attention to the tutorials and I can say the gameplay is amazing wished it was clearer tho
I remember using elemental orb ender on Minonth in Torna. What I didn't know us that the Aux core effects also carry over the the Driver, in this case Addam. That was pretty dang fun as I had two orbs that I would break for sure! Also with your pretty much set party composition in Torna, chain attacks were so much more fun. I felt like they required even more strategy and planning
One more tip about Full Burst: The amount of orbs needed to break to fill the Full Burst gauge isn't a set number. Basically, the Full Burst gauge needs 6 units to fill it up, with each orb you break counting as 1. However, if you are able to break 2 orbs in one round, that second orb will count as 2 units in the Full Burst Gauge. Even better, if you break 3 orbs in one round, the third orb will count as 3 units. This means that while it could take as many as 6 orbs to fill the Full Burst gauge (breaking 1 orb per round for 6 rounds), if you are able to break 3 orbs in a single round of a Chain Attack, you can pull off a Full Burst with just those 3 orbs by themselves (3+2+1=6). Happy Chain Attacking!
Chain attacks are powerful. Blade combos are also powerful. So bursting the elemental orbs from blade combos in the chain attacks is like, Ultra Powerful
Bruh game had such bad tutorials guides are still being made 7 years later. Awesome though since this is my favourite game and battle system of all time whenever people say the combat is slow and boring these videos would make it much easier to explain 👍
2 things not covered in the video: -Accessories that boost starting damage ratio in CAs are bugged on the highest difficulty. Don't use them in that mode. -If you break 2 or more orbs in one round, that's still only 1 extension, they do not stack. This is almost always a loss of damage in practice. This also makes the spoilerblade that has the ability to damage all orbs at once worse for regular chains(However, it can still be helpful in triggering full bursts if one otherwise has no issue producing the orbs, but has issues breaking them somehow).
Stacking up elemental orbs and then dealing a bazillion damage with Pneuma in chain attacks was addicting man, XC3 chain attacks don't hit the same way at all
@@Alban_Blade_Memer I just like doing 8 orb chain attack full bursts with 9999999 damage cap per hit in newgameplus using chapter 7 spoiler. I know they say not to have every element but I've made it work on top of having 2 light blades.
Will we ever get a crafting accessories guide for XC3? I get the impression the classes used for debuff got an overall improvement due to a new accessory available that increases the chance of debuffing enemies by 15% (stalker and machine assassin for example)
Xenoblade 2's chain attacks are so much fun. I love setting up orbs with blade combos, finding routes to set them up and strategically choosing with blade to attack to break and extend combos. I once restarted a couple bosses so I could do better with my chain attacks.
Also, if you miss the B button prompt that extends the Chain Attack, you will instead use Specials that are lower levelled for that round. For example, if you used level 2 Specials in a round and then missed the button prompt, you would go back to level 1 Specials. If you want to get higher level Specials, you MUST hit that button prompt or you will miss out on damage.
In xc3 the combat system on the whole is better, and the chain attack is a fun minigame on its own, but a bit luck dependent. If xc2 did let you see which orbs you have on an enemy before chain attacks it wpuld be perfect for its battle system
Dunno what that yellow bar does until i reach chapter 9 where i can stack orb and got full burst.. now im trying to finish it 2nd time for full completion
Ill be honset most mechanics i learned after the first playthrough, 400 hours and 1 year of playing two later, still grinding for a certain difficult blade to get COUGH COUGH kos-mos COUGH COUGH
Yeah 10 hours into the future just got my last blades needed , agate last (yes seriuosly) zounobia second last, and kosmos i got while trying to get zounobia, for kosmos nearly had a panic attack in excitment for the last one at midnight
I don't know if there are other blades that will do this, but there is a blade called Dahlia who is in ice ball user with a Southern accent. She is a rare blade. She also has an ability that has it where whenever she attacks the blade there is a I think starting 70 chance tod it will also hit whatever orbs are next to it and I'm pretty sure it's for the same amount of damage. So recommendation is to either always have a wind orb active when using her so you can take advantage of that or always have her on orb ender. I also have a more spoilery tip in the comments
So this is the spoiler? I don't know how UA-cam clips these things, so I don't want to make sure that it gets to show more before I say the spoiler So for the fusion of pyra and mythra, when you use her in a blade combo she automatically does one damage to all active orbs. She is by far the easiest way to get chain bursts in combination with Dahlia or just in general. She also does a lot of damage
Yep, I briefly showed her off at 7:14 Common blades with the 'slamdown' skill can do the exact same as Dahlia. I didn't want to spend too much time of this guide going into niche tips that only a few players can use, so thanks for commenting this!
This guide is specifically about chain attacks, anything else related to the combat or blade combos is explained in my previous guide: ua-cam.com/video/GX0yNsS_pAc/v-deo.html
Man, this game is complicated, I don't know how I did it, but the first time I played it I managed to complete it with almost no understanding of the gameplay, the same with Torna. Years later I returned to the game and finally managed to understand everything, I'm not lying, it's one of the games that has given me more pleasure to play it. Sadly I forgot how to play it, but I still have beautiful memories of it.
I remember first playing it understanding none of the combat because I mashed the a button as soon as those tutorials came up and I couldn't finish the game. Replayed it a while ago, now paying attention to the tutorials and I can say the gameplay is amazing wished it was clearer tho
@@RevaliHeeHo yeah, I also bruteforced my way through the majority of the game before learning it, but I loved the combat ever since I understood it.
I remember using elemental orb ender on Minonth in Torna. What I didn't know us that the Aux core effects also carry over the the Driver, in this case Addam. That was pretty dang fun as I had two orbs that I would break for sure!
Also with your pretty much set party composition in Torna, chain attacks were so much more fun. I felt like they required even more strategy and planning
@klanggemaldemusic8723 I didn't even know it worked like that in Torna but that's great!
One more tip about Full Burst:
The amount of orbs needed to break to fill the Full Burst gauge isn't a set number. Basically, the Full Burst gauge needs 6 units to fill it up, with each orb you break counting as 1. However, if you are able to break 2 orbs in one round, that second orb will count as 2 units in the Full Burst Gauge. Even better, if you break 3 orbs in one round, the third orb will count as 3 units.
This means that while it could take as many as 6 orbs to fill the Full Burst gauge (breaking 1 orb per round for 6 rounds), if you are able to break 3 orbs in a single round of a Chain Attack, you can pull off a Full Burst with just those 3 orbs by themselves (3+2+1=6).
Happy Chain Attacking!
Chain attacks are powerful. Blade combos are also powerful. So bursting the elemental orbs from blade combos in the chain attacks is like, Ultra Powerful
@@BulbaWhat98 LOL
Bruh game had such bad tutorials guides are still being made 7 years later.
Awesome though since this is my favourite game and battle system of all time whenever people say the combat is slow and boring these videos would make it much easier to explain 👍
2 things not covered in the video:
-Accessories that boost starting damage ratio in CAs are bugged on the highest difficulty. Don't use them in that mode.
-If you break 2 or more orbs in one round, that's still only 1 extension, they do not stack. This is almost always a loss of damage in practice. This also makes the spoilerblade that has the ability to damage all orbs at once worse for regular chains(However, it can still be helpful in triggering full bursts if one otherwise has no issue producing the orbs, but has issues breaking them somehow).
Perfect timing, been wanting to replay Xenoblade again
@@JustJulyo Hope you'll have fun!
Stacking up elemental orbs and then dealing a bazillion damage with Pneuma in chain attacks was addicting man, XC3 chain attacks don't hit the same way at all
@doxenterzo1069 I still like chain attacks in 3 but yeah, 2's chain attacks are still really fun and unique.
One is fun and has "I'm believe in you shellhead"
The other is more rng flashy and has Yepee
@@Alban_Blade_Memer facts. 2 chain attacks were peak.
@@infern24 not optimal but I always put Zeke after Nia either by controling her or having an other party members played and put Nia in 2 and Zeke in 3
@@Alban_Blade_Memer I just like doing 8 orb chain attack full bursts with 9999999 damage cap per hit in newgameplus using chapter 7 spoiler. I know they say not to have every element but I've made it work on top of having 2 light blades.
Will we ever get a crafting accessories guide for XC3? I get the impression the classes used for debuff got an overall improvement due to a new accessory available that increases the chance of debuffing enemies by 15% (stalker and machine assassin for example)
@@scalicali8073 Maybe sometime in the future, I'll think about it.
Really?
Tactician " my time has come "
Xenoblade 2's chain attacks are so much fun. I love setting up orbs with blade combos, finding routes to set them up and strategically choosing with blade to attack to break and extend combos. I once restarted a couple bosses so I could do better with my chain attacks.
Also, if you miss the B button prompt that extends the Chain Attack, you will instead use Specials that are lower levelled for that round. For example, if you used level 2 Specials in a round and then missed the button prompt, you would go back to level 1 Specials. If you want to get higher level Specials, you MUST hit that button prompt or you will miss out on damage.
Xenoblade 2 combat guide video in 2024?! Nice
Anyway great video
Both my 1st and favorite xenoblade
IMO, this is the best chain attack system.
@TheJaredPunch I'm torn between 2 and 3, but 2 is a big step up from XC1 for sure!
In xc3 the combat system on the whole is better, and the chain attack is a fun minigame on its own, but a bit luck dependent.
If xc2 did let you see which orbs you have on an enemy before chain attacks it wpuld be perfect for its battle system
I’m a huge fan of the future redeemed version. I like being able to customize everyone’s chain effects.
Very good video !
Thank you!
6 days ago?? It was meant to be, I literally just started this game.
@@ccaiitliin Happy to hear I could help!
WE"VE BEEN BLESSED I CAN NOW UNDERSTAND THIS STUPID GAME!!!
Eh, I understood most of it from the start.
@robboxstream9953 Hahaha hope it helps!
@@MaxMonado it did thx
Dunno what that yellow bar does until i reach chapter 9 where i can stack orb and got full burst.. now im trying to finish it 2nd time for full completion
How are you in post game with a full burst, but still not dealing enough damage to kill Tyranotitan?
@@HenrikMyrhaug I had to turn on a costum difficulty to give it more hp since it would otherwise die before I could apply 8 orbs to it.
def put more orbs on superbosses or unique monsters with a lot of hp
WAIT WATER IS WEAK TO FIRE?
@itsWiiland Ohh so that's what kept going wrong
True story. 2 was my first Xenoblade and, because of how bad the tutorials are, I forgot Chain attacks were a thing… for basically the entire game.
Oh you poor soul...
Well, you can still find plenty of success using Fusion combos for damage!
Ill be honset most mechanics i learned after the first playthrough, 400 hours and 1 year of playing two later, still grinding for a certain difficult blade to get COUGH COUGH kos-mos COUGH COUGH
Yeah 10 hours into the future just got my last blades needed , agate last (yes seriuosly) zounobia second last, and kosmos i got while trying to get zounobia, for kosmos nearly had a panic attack in excitment for the last one at midnight
Yeah... I also only got Kosmos 2 years after I started playing, happy to hear you got all the blades now though!
Chain attack guide on BoC or Max custom difficulty: don't
I don't know if there are other blades that will do this, but there is a blade called Dahlia who is in ice ball user with a Southern accent. She is a rare blade. She also has an ability that has it where whenever she attacks the blade there is a I think starting 70 chance tod it will also hit whatever orbs are next to it and I'm pretty sure it's for the same amount of damage. So recommendation is to either always have a wind orb active when using her so you can take advantage of that or always have her on orb ender. I also have a more spoilery tip in the comments
So this is the spoiler?
I don't know how UA-cam clips these things, so I don't want to make sure that it gets to show more before I say the spoiler
So for the fusion of pyra and mythra, when you use her in a blade combo she automatically does one damage to all active orbs. She is by far the easiest way to get chain bursts in combination with Dahlia or just in general. She also does a lot of damage
I read this before you commented the spoiler tip. Lol.
Yep, I briefly showed her off at 7:14
Common blades with the 'slamdown' skill can do the exact same as Dahlia. I didn't want to spend too much time of this guide going into niche tips that only a few players can use, so thanks for commenting this!